In this guide we’re going to cover the lot of timed nodes for botanists, separated by expansion (level range) for clarity. That said, this guide does not go over collectables. These are instead covered in our FFXIV botany collectables guide.
The times shown are Eorzean Time (ET), meaning they reflect the time of day in-game.
If you have not set your HUD to display Eorzean Time yet, go into your Character Configuration menu and choose UI Settings, then click HUD. You’ll find Clock Type a bit down.
Once checked, your HUD will show both local and Eorzean time.
Don’t Forget to Set Alarms!
The gatherer’s best friend is FFXIV’s /alarm function, which can be used by typing /alarm into the in-game textbox and hitting the Enter key. From there you’ll be able to set single-time or recurring alarms to aid your gathering.
FFXIV A Realm Reborn Botany Timed Nodes
The first timed nodes are level 50, but you should be able to attempt to gather them at level 46.
These nodes spawn once per day and are up for three hours.
FFXIV Heavensward Botany Timed Nodes
The regular timed botany nodes for Heavensward content (level 60) come up twice a day, and they are up for two hours each time.
Some of these nodes require that you use tomes to unlock them, specifically Tomes of Geological Folklore for their region.
These can be purchased from the Rowena’s Representatives near the Aetherytes in Foundation or Kugane for 125 Yellow Gatherer’s Scrips, or from the Splendors Vendor in Idyllshire for five Blue Gatherers’ Scrip Tokens.
FFXIV Stormblood Botany Timed Nodes
Stormblood’s timed botany nodes spawn twice a day, and for two hours at a time.
Some of these nodes require that you use tomes to unlock them, specifically Tomes of Geological Folklore for their region.
These can be purchased from the Rowena’s Representatives near the Aetherytes in Foundation or Kugane for 250 Yellow Gatherer’s Scrips, or from the Splendors Vendor in Rhalgr’s Reach for 50 Regional Folklore Hawker’s Tokens.
FFXIV Shadowbringers Botany Timed Nodes
The timed botany nodes for Shadowbringers also spawn twice a day, for two hours at a time.
Some of these nodes require that you use tomes to unlock them, specifically Tomes of Geological Folklore for their region.
These can be purchased from the Splendors Vendor in Eulmore for 40 Regional Folklore Trader’s Tokens.
And those are all the timed nodes botanists have to worry about in Final Fantasy XIV, that aren’t collectables. We do have a guide on botany collectable spawns, as well as a similar mining timed node guide and a miner collectables guide.
