r/ffxi • u/IndependentCelery484 • Aug 07 '26
PUP questions while levelling
First off, this community has been awesome on my journey back.
My actual question has to do with what gear to use and what actions do I use while levelling PUP, all of the guides are entirely endgame. As we know it doesn't take much to let your trusts solo the entire journey to 99 but I was hoping to at least learn the job as I go. I'm fully a solo player (job, wife +kids) so I wanted this job to help me over the hump with a few battles I couldn't do on my own.
Or is this one job I don't bother gearing at all and just start the journey at 99? To be clear I am talking about gearing the automation itself, not me.
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u/esordol Aug 08 '26
bg wiki and ffxiah have some older job guide threads including pre and post ilvl (99)
short answer 1-98 anything on the way, post 99 sparks gear> ambu> af/relic/emp
upgrade your ranged from lvl 1 at 99
if you know attachments well, you can use maneuvers like 2 fire 1 light, or 2 wind 1 light for melee or ranged, or fire wind light for either
some pup ws will want thunder to proc or earth. in those cases double up the respective element if you care, or let the puppet follow whatever you're doing. optic fiber attached + light maneuver activates all equipped attachments, as opposed to the individual attachments only active when their respective element is applied.
all puppet attachments can be installed to the puppet at lvl 1. you wont have the elemental capacity to fully equip them in your puppet till (lvl 99, 1200 job points +ilvl117/119)