With so many things to manage in FF14, you might be happy to have an assistant who will run all errands for you, giving you the chance to prepare for fights and put smart strategies in place. Luckily, such a character exists in the game. It’s called Retainer, and their job is to manage your resources, collect valuable items, and offer additional storage space for your gil and belongings. Here is an insight into Retainer.
How to hire a Retainer?
A retainer can have a vital role in helping you propel your character through the game fast. They are a kind of resource managers that keep an eye on your gil and valuable items, while you are minding your other important business. Also, you can send Retainer on ventures where he has to complete tasks mostly related to collecting precious items.
Having a Retainer is extremely useful for your leveling journey, but how do you hire one?
Well, first of all you have to unlock the character. It’s pretty easy, as the main requirement is to complete the “Scions of the Seventh Dawn” story, which is at level 17.
To hire a Retainer, go to the market board of any major cities and access the Retainer Vocate. You can hire one or two assistants by this method. If you want more assistants, you can purchase them in the Mogstation for real money.
Which jobs you can choose for your Retainer?
Retainers can adopt different jobs. It’s up to you whether your manager will be a botanist, miner, fisher or disciple of war. A disciple of war retainer is in charge of collecting items that imply killing monsters to be earned. If the items you need aren’t attainable through combat, you can choose either a botanist or a miner job for your Retainer.
A botanist assistant will focus his search efforts on items related to plant life. A miner will supply you with mineral resources, like gold and rocks. If you have a marine-related or culinary class, you can opt for a fisher retainer to hunt sea products for cooking and crafting purposes.
How do you get in touch with your Retainer?
The assistant won’t be always by your side and accompany you in all your daily activities. They will spend most of their time exploring the surroundings and distant lands to collect indispensable and precious items for you. If you need Retainer’s help, you can use the summoning bell to call him. Summoning bells are available in major cities and, in general, in all safe places in Eorza.
Why send Retainer on ventures?
Sending the Retainer on a venture equals assigning a task to him, which in most cases deals with gathering something important to you, like rare items, ingredients, crafting materials, and trophies. But, besides making you reach, ventures are also needed to help Retainer level up and grow.
Each completed venture rewards your assistant with EXP that helps him jump to a new level. With higher rank, new hunting skills come, which allow the Retainer to collect items with higher value and keep up with your ever-growing needs.
Why hire an assistant?
Given the vastness of Eorzea world, there are many things you have to keep under control. To make your life easier, you are good to hire a Retainer that will act as your manager.
A Retainer performs two main tasks – collecting items and offering extra storage space. Yes, besides bringing the precious resources to you, the assistant keeps them on him. A Retainer can keep up to 175 items, including the gil. So, when you sell an item on the market board, the received money will go to your Retainer, who acts as a safe bank in this case.
Closing line
Hiring a Retainer is incredibly beneficial for your FF14 progress. These loyal and hard-working companions help you gather multiple items you can use in crafting, cooking and processing. Retainer collects resources much faster than you would do alone. Hence, your leveling gets more alert and dynamic. Make sure you assign many tasks to your assistants to help them accumulate experience and level up. This will make them more skilled in hunting precious items.
