Whether you’re a new player, veteran raider, or maybe returning to the game, the amount of various content in FFXIV can be overwhelming at times. This guide acts as a means of prioritizing content on a daily and weekly basis during your time in game.

Daily:

Duty Roulette – Tomestone grind. In your Duty Finder, you will see various Duties you can queue for under Duty Roulette. Completing each of these daily will yield bonus gil and various Allagan Tomestones.

Mini Cactpot – Earn MGP. Visit the Main Counter in Golden Saucer. Purchase 3 tickets for a chance at big MGP winnings. Refer to FFXIV Cactpot Solver.

Daily Hunts – Currency grind for glamour, minions, materia, HW/ARR mount speed. Visit the Clan Hunt Boards to pick up daily mark bills for each expansion.

Shadowbringers : Sack of Nuts. Go to The Crystarium (x9, y9) or Eulmore: The Understory (x11, y10).

: Sack of Nuts. Go to The Crystarium (x9, y9) or Eulmore: The Understory (x11, y10). Stormblood : Centurio Seals. Go to Rhagr’s Reach (x13, y11) or Kugane (x10, y10).

: Centurio Seals. Go to Rhagr’s Reach (x13, y11) or Kugane (x10, y10). Heavensward : Centurio Seals. Go to Foundation (x12, y11).

: Centurio Seals. Go to Foundation (x12, y11). A Realm Reborn : Allied Seals. Visit your Grand Company’s hub.

Beast Tribe Quests – Reputation grind for glamour, mounts, materia, materials.

Shadowbringers : Pixie (Il Mheg: x12, y32), Qitari (Rak’tika Greatwood: x37, y17), Dwarves (Lakeland: x9, y13).

: Pixie (Il Mheg: x12, y32), Qitari (Rak’tika Greatwood: x37, y17), Dwarves (Lakeland: x9, y13). Stormblood : Namazu (The Azim Steppe: x6, y23), Ananta (Castellum Velodyna: x21, y26), Kojin (The Ruby Sea: x29, y16).

: Namazu (The Azim Steppe: x6, y23), Ananta (Castellum Velodyna: x21, y26), Kojin (The Ruby Sea: x29, y16). Heavensward : Moogle (The Churning Mists: x15, y28), Vath (The Dravanian Forelands: x24, y20), and Vanu Vanu (The Sea of Clouds: x6, y14).

: Moogle (The Churning Mists: x15, y28), Vath (The Dravanian Forelands: x24, y20), and Vanu Vanu (The Sea of Clouds: x6, y14). A Realm Reborn : Amal’jaa (Southern Thanalan: x23, y14), Ixali (North Shroud: x24, y22), Kobold (Outer La Noscea: x21, y18), Sahagin (Western La Noscea: x17, y21), and Sylph (East Shroud: x22, y26).

Retainer Ventures – Send NPC Retainers on missions to collect gil, materials, furnishings, glamour and minions. Retainers not only allow you to post items on the Market Board, but you can also send them on Ventures. These can be either quick ventures for targeted materials or longer ventures which may yield more valuable items and gil.

Grand Company Turn-ins – Large DoH/DoL experience and Company Seals. Each day you can turn in items to your Grand Company Personnel Officer for a DoH (Supply) and DoL (Provisioning) class. Turning in high quality items yields double experience (gold stars yield bonus experience and seals).

Adventurer Squadron – NPC missions yielding various bonuses. Visit your Grand Company’s Squadron Barracks to manage your Recruits. If they aren’t max level (60), you can train them 3 times per day and run Command Mission dungeons. You can also send Recruits on Squadron Missions, namely Priority Missions, which take 18 hours to complete and reward consumables providing various buffs.

Treasure Hunts – Full party treasure maps yielding gil, materials, minions, furnishings, glamour, and music scrolls. There is an 18 hour cooldown on finding a Treasure Map which could yield entry to The Dungeons of Lyhe Ghiah, The Shifting Altars of Uznair, The Lost/Hidden Canals of Uznair, and The Aquapolis. Note, you can also buy these maps on the Market Board.

Weekly:

Eden’s Verse – End-game raid, high-end gear. As of patch 5.31, all encounters on all difficulties are freely farmable with no restrictions.

Cap Tomestones – End-game high-end gear. Allagan Tomestones of Allegory are Shadowbringers’ currency for the high-end gear for DoW/DoM jobs. This currency is capped at 450 per week and can be redeemed at Aymark in Eulmore: The Canopy (x10, y11) for item level 490 gear.

Alliance Raids – End-game 24-man raids, gear once per week. As of 5.3, the only Alliance Raid with a weekly lockout is The Puppets’ Bunker, which includes one piece of gear, two Cracked Stellaclusters, and one Puppet’s Coin. Only roll on the gear you want to prioritize, while this lockout is still in place.

Custom Deliveries – End-game crafting/gathering, gil, experience, scrips. These are weekly DoH/DoL deliveries you can turn in to various NPCs to earn scrip or experience. Limited 6 per NPC and a total of 12 per week. Tip: Leverage the bonus turn-in.

Ehll Tou – The Firmament (x13, y11)

Kai-Shirr – Eulmore, The Canopy (x12, y9)

Kurenai – The Ruby Sea (x28, y15)

M’Naago – Rhalgr’s Reach (x14, y9)

Zhloe Aliapoh – Idyllshire (x4, y6)

Adkiragh – Idyllshire (x4, y6)

Challenge Log – Consistent weekly objectives yielding bonus currencies and experience. These objectives encompass all content FFXIV has to offer, so prioritize what’s important to you. Resets weekly.

Wondrous Tails – Random objectives yielding a variety of rewards differing each week. Visit Khloe Aliapoh in Idyllshire (x5, y6) to acquire the key item which shows this week’s objectives. The more objectives you complete, the higher chance of rewards.

Faux Hollows – Older Extreme Trials scaled to max level, awarding a round of Faux Hollows. Complete the weekly Unreal Trial, then talk with Faux Commander in Idyllshire (x5, y6) to exchange your Faux Leaves to play a round of Faux Hollows. Refer to the Faux Hollows Solver to increase chances of success and rewards.

Jumbo Cactpot – Earn MGP. Visit the Cacktpot Board in Golden Saucer. Purchase 3 tickets and return Saturday when winning number is drawn for a chance at huge MGP profit. Limited to 3 tickets per week.

Fashion Report – Earn MGP. Every Friday – Tuesday, the Masked Rose NPC will appear in The Gold Saucer (x7, y7) and will offer a glamour challenge. The FFXIV subreddit posts the guide weekly – don’t miss this for some easy MGP!

Weekly Hunts – Currency grind for glamour, minions, Materia, HS/ARR mount speed. Visit the Clan Hunt Board to pick up weekly mark bills for each expansion.

Shadowbringers : Sack of Nuts. Go to The Crystarium (x9, y9) or Eulmore: The Understory (x11, y10).

: Sack of Nuts. Go to The Crystarium (x9, y9) or Eulmore: The Understory (x11, y10). Stormblood : Centurio Seals. Go to Rhagr’s Reach (x13, y11) or Kugane (x10, y10).

: Centurio Seals. Go to Rhagr’s Reach (x13, y11) or Kugane (x10, y10). Heavensward : Centurio Seals. Go to Foundation (x12, y11).

: Centurio Seals. Go to Foundation (x12, y11). A Realm Reborn : Allied Seals. Visit your Grand Company’s hub.

The Masked Carnivale – Earn Allied Seals, gil, Poetic tomestones. Weekly solo challenges for the Blue Mage job. You can queue up in Uldah: Steps of Thal (x11, y13). This is particularly useful for quickly earning enough Allied Seals for ARR riding maps!

Conclusion:

My hope is that this brief guide helped you get a grasp on what to prioritize with your time in-game as we continue our adventure through Shadowbringers! While you’ll still want to ensure you’re completing the Main Scenario Quest (MSQ), other quest lines, and leveling other classes, this checklist should help optimize your progression through Eorzea. Cheers to the /r/ffxiv Discord for helping verify the content of this guide!

Updated for Shadowbringers: Patch 5.31!