As you journey throughout Etheirys and beyond in Final Fantasy XIV, your gear is going to take a beating. Eventually, the durability will drop out of the bottom, making that gear entirely useless. That means you need to repair your gear to stay in top shape.

Most players simply pay a Mender in various cities and towns in order to keep their gear in workable order. That said, there’s also another, potentially cheaper option available to those who have leveled a Disciple of the Hand. That option is repairing the gear yourself.

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How To Repair Your Gear

Repairing gear does have certain requirements, but if you’re willing to go this route, you gain the ability to keep your gear up without heading back to town. Each of the Hand jobs—Carpenter, Blacksmith, Armorer, Goldsmith, Leatherworker, Weaver, Alchemist, and Culinarian—can repair a certain class of gear. As an example, if you’re a Dark Knight, Blacksmith and Armorer are the Jobs that are useful to repair your primary gear. Accessories are the domain of the Goldsmith.

To repair your gear, you have to open the repair menu. This can be done by right-clicking on any gear whose durability is less than 100%. This menu will allow you to see all repairable gear, with drop downs for Equipped gear, items in your Inventory, or gear in your Armoury Chest. It will also show you the cost of gear repair, which requires a different Grade of Dark Matter depending on the item’s level.

Grade 1 Dark Matter can be used to repair gear that is Level 1-10, while Grade 2 Dark Matter can be used to repair gear from Level 1-20. At the top end is Grade 8 Dark Matter, which can be used to repair any piece of gear from Level 1-90.

FFXIV Grade 8 Dark Matter Vendor

How To Obtain Grade 8 Dark Matter

So how do you get Grade 8 Dark Matter? The first method is to buy them with Grand Company Seals. Each Grade 8 Dark Matter costs 600 Grand Company Seals. They come from your respective quartermaster, depending on the Grand Company you chose:

Storm Quartermaster in Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks (X: 13.1, Y: 12.7)
Serpent Quartermaster in New Gridania (X: 9.8, Y: 11.0)
Flame Quartermaster in Ul’dah – Steps of Nald (X: 8.3, Y: 9.0)

The second method is for all you PVP players out there. You can purchase Grade 8 Dark Matter for Wolf Marks from the Mark Quartermaster in Wolves’ Den Pier (X: 4.4, Y: 6.0). This is somewhat cheaper per item than Grand Company Seals, but Seals are much easier to obtain.

The final method is to buy Grade 8 Dark Matter outright. There are a host of vendors around Eorzea that’ll sell you the item for a clear 280 gil. The full list of vendors is below:

Merchant & Mender	Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (X:3.2, Y: 12.8)
Unsynrael	Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (X:6.0, Y: 12.3)
Apartment Merchant	Topmast Apartment Lobby (X:6.1, Y: 6.0)
Apartment Merchant	Lily Hills Apartment Lobby (X:6.1, Y: 6.0)
Alaric	Old Gridania (X: 14.3,, Y: 8.8)
Apartment Merchant	Sultana’s Breath Apartment Lobby (X: 6.1,, Y: 6.0)
Haneko Burneko	The Waking Sands (X: 6.2,, Y: 4.9)
Nanabe	Ul’dah – Steps of Thal (X: 14.2, Y: 11.0)
Denys	Foundation (X: 8.0, Y: 10.0)
Junkmonger	Ingleside Apartment Lobby (X:6.1, Y: 5.9)
Anna	The Firmament (X: 14.2, Y: 12.6)
Diana	The Firmament (X:9.8, Y: 8.4)
Eilonwy	The Firmament (X: 12.2, Y: 14.2)
Spanner	The Firmament (X:9.8, Y: 14.6)
Mender	The Diadem (X: 8.6, Y: 18.7)
Merchant & Mender	The Diadem (X:8.6, Y: 18.7)
Merchant & Mender	The Diadem (X: 8.6, Y: 18.7)
Junkmonger	Idyllshire (X:6.0, Y: 7.2)
Independent Merchant	Rhalgr’s Reach (X: 12.7, Y: 11.0)
Blessed Merchant	The Fringes (X:27.0, Y: 19.8)
Merchant & Mender	The Fringes (X: 8.7, Y: 10.9)
Tribe Merchant	The Fringes (X:30.6, Y: 25.9)
Independent Merchant	The Lochs (X: 10.5, Y: 21.3)
Local Merchant	The Lochs (X:34.1, Y: 34.3)
Independent Merchant	The Peaks (X: 24.6, Y: 5.7)
Independent Merchant	The Peaks (X:16.5, Y: 36.5)
Merchant & Mender	The Peaks (X: 27.7, Y: 29.0)
Merchant & Mender	The Peaks (X:27.0, Y: 36.7)
Merchant & Mender	The Peaks (X: 19.6, Y: 11.0)
Dotharli Merchant & Mender	The Azim Steppe (X:11.8, Y: 33.5)
Mol Merchant & Mender	The Azim Steppe (X: 31.2, Y: 11.3)
Oroniri Merchant	The Azim Steppe (X:23.4, Y: 21.9)
Traveling Merchant	The Azim Steppe (X: 32.5, Y: 28.9)
Enclave Merchant	The Ruby Sea (X:21.0, Y: 20.4)
Hingan Merchant & Mender	The Ruby Sea (X: 38.8, Y: 37.7)
Independent Merchant	The Ruby Sea (X:23.3, Y: 9.2)
Merchant & Mender	The Ruby Sea (X: 31.4, Y: 36.6)
Village Merchant & Mender	The Ruby Sea (X:5.9, Y: 11.4)
Independent Merchant	Yanxia (X: 24.8, Y: 13.0)
Merchant & Mender	Yanxia (X:15.7, Y: 31.2)
Village Merchant	Yanxia (X: 30.2, Y: 18.1)
Apartment Merchant	Kobai Goten Apartment Lobby (X:6.1, Y: 6.0)
Tokohana	Kugane (X: 12.9, Y: 12.2)
Resistance Provisioner	Bozjan Southern Front (X:14.6, Y: 30.6)
Expedition Provisioner	Eureka Anemos (X: 19.0, Y: 32.1)
Expedition Provisioner	Eureka Hydatos (X:19.8, Y: 13.9)
Expedition Provisioner	Eureka Pagos (X:4.1, Y: 24.3)
Expedition Provisioner	Eureka Pyros (X: 16.7, Y: 23.8)
Resistance Provisioner	Zadnor (X: 35.8, Y: 34.2)
Merchant & Mender	Amh Araeng (X: 10.8, Y: 16.7)
Mord Junkmonger	Amh Araeng (X: 12.7, Y: 9.8)
Shan San	Amh Araeng (X: 27.1, Y: 15.7)
Dadden	Eulmore (X: 11.8, Y: 11.4)
Aenc Ose	Il Mheg (X: 16.5, Y: 33.8)
Pixie Hoarder	Il Mheg (X: 14.8, Y: 32.2)
Ys Gyuf	Il Mheg (X: 19.7, Y: 4.1)
Local Merchant	Kholusia (X: 34.5, Y: 27.4)
Local Merchant	Kholusia (X: 15.2, Y: 28.8)
Tholl Junkmonger	Kholusia (X: 11.9, Y: 8.8)
Arms Supplier	Lakeland (X: 5.7, Y: 16.9)
Arms Supplier & Mender	Lakeland (X: 18.6, Y: 18.8)
Merchant & Mender	Lakeland (X: 35.7, Y: 20.5)
Merchant & Mender	Lakeland (X: 18.9, Y: 35.6)
Mizutt	Lakeland (X: 9.4, Y: 13.1)
Andia	The Crystarium (X: 9.4, Y: 12.3)
Jasfort	The Crystarium (X: 9.7, Y: 9.4)
Local Merchant	The Rak’tika Greatwood (X: 27.7, Y: 18.0)
Yuqurl Manl	The Rak’tika Greatwood (X: 37.3, Y: 17.1)
Bureau Provisioner	The Tempest (X: 21.7, Y: 26.4)
Merchant & Mender	The Endeavor (X: 6.1, Y: 6.1)
Junkmonger	Labyrinthos (X: 21.0, Y: 6.8)
Junkmonger	Labyrinthos (X: 29.8, Y: 12.8)
Junkmonger	Labyrinthos (X: 22.0, Y: 19.9)
Junkmonger	Labyrinthos (X: 20.9, Y: 33.6)
Junkmonger	Labyrinthos (X: 6.2, Y: 27.4)
Synnove	Old Sharlayan (X: 12.8, Y: 10.3)
Unskynwyb	Old Sharlayan (X: 4.9, Y: 9.3)
Junkmonger	Garlemald (X: 12.8, Y: 30.4)
Junkmonger	Garlemald (X: 31.3, Y: 17.4)
Fahruvvet	Radz-at-Han (X: 12.0, Y: 9.7)
Ghanta	Thavnair (X: 20.4, Y: 28.4)
Junkmonger	Thavnair (X: 24.8, Y: 34.1)
Junkmonger	Thavnair (X: 10.2, Y: 23.2)
Junkmonger	Thavnair (X: 29.4, Y: 17.1)
Coiningway	Mare Lamentorum (X: 17.4, Y: 15.8)
Junkmonger	Mare Lamentorum (X: 21.0, Y: 12.2)
Pillar Of Industry	Mare Lamentorum (X: 12.9, Y: 32.7)
Merchant & Mender	Ultima Thule (X: 30.8, Y: 28.0)
N-0598	Ultima Thule (X: 27.7, Y: 24.7)
Provisions Node	Ultima Thule (X: 14.1, Y: 33.8)
Junkmonger	Elpis (X: 24.2, Y: 24.7)
Junkmonger	Elpis (X: 9.5, Y: 32.3)
Junkmonger	Elpis (X: 10.1, Y: 16.7)

Once you have the Grade 8 Dark Matter, repairing any get will automatically consume the item. At higher levels of durability, Grade 8 Dark Matter isn’t as worth it, but as your gear gets down to 40% or lower, it becomes a much better option. In addition, as we stated before you can require anywhere, including inside dungeons and raids. That’s great, especially if you’re progression raiding. Happy repairing!

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