Ephemeral Nodes

See also: Folklore Nodes and Aetherial Reduction

Collectable items gathered from Ephemeral Nodes are used for   Aetherial Reduction. They convert into crystals, clusters, and varying types of aethersand. The type of aethersand you get upon Aetherial Reduction depends on the item you reduce. Each particular Collectable can only reduce into one kind of aethersand. As for the Crystals and Clusters acquired, they will normally be the same type as the ones already gatherable from the node.

Unlike Unspoiled Nodes and Folklore Nodes, Ephemeral Nodes do not get called out on the minimap with a direction indicator, so players will need to use   Lay of the Land or   Arbor Call to locate them. Another difference is that Ephemeral Nodes spawn in clusters of 3, and will continually respawn like normal nodes as long as it's still within the time window. Ephemeral Nodes are active for four Eorzean Time / in-game hours.

• Players can unlock Collectables by completing the level 50 quest Inscrutable Tastes.
• Players can unlock   Aetherial Reduction by completing the level 56 quest No Longer a Collectable.
• The higher the collectability of the item is, the greater are the chances of getting higher quantity of items.
  
• Link to gathering rotation (5.4)

See the tables below for when and where Ephemeral Nodes spawn, as well as which Collectables reduce into which aethersand.

Note: The   Collect ability must be active to catch any fish as a collectible. Non-collectible versions of these fish have no use whatsoever.

Note2: After the collectables changes in patch 5.4, older nodes with formerly dual-use Crafting Materials now have new collectables present, these are marked for clarity.

Endwalker

Botanist

Time	Zone	Coordinates	Closest Teleport	Items	Items gained from Aetherial Reduction
8AM-12PM	Labyrinthos	(x10, y35)	Aporia	Ewer Clay (Lvl 86)   Earth Cluster	Moonlight Aethersand   Earth Crystal
12PM-4PM	Thavnair	(x25, y14)	Palaka's Stand	Palm Chippings (Lvl 90)   Fire Cluster	Endwood Aethersand   Fire Crystal

Miner

Time	Zone	Coordinates	Closest Teleport	Items	Items gained from Aetherial Reduction
12AM-4AM	Mare Lamentorum	(x21, y34)	Sinus Lacrimarum	Lunar Quartz (Lvl 86)   Earth Cluster	Moonlight Aethersand   Earth Crystal
8PM-12AM	Garlemald	(x10, y15)	Tertium	Ghostly Umbral Rock (Lvl 90)   Lightning Cluster	Endstone Aethersand   Lightning Crystal

Fisher

Conditions	Zone	Coordinates	Closest Teleport	Fish Name	Weather	Bait	Items gained from Aetherial Reduction
None	Labyrinthos	(x32,y8)	The Archeion	Red Bowfin (Lvl 85)	All Weather	Sky Spoon Lure	Ice Crystal   Ice Cluster   Moonlight Aethersand
Truth of Oceans +   Hedonfish x10	Thavnair	(x2,y39)	Yedlihmad	Gilled Topknot (Lvl 85)	All Weather	Spearfishing	Ice Crystal   Ice Cluster   Moonlight Aethersand
None	Ultima Thule	(x7.0,y22.3)	Reah Tahra	Eehs Forhnesh (Lvl 90)	All Weather	Chimera Worm   Grey Worm   Versatile Lure	Water Crystal   Water Cluster   Endtide Aethersand
None	The Ruby Sea	(x39,y32)	Tamamizu	Othardian Lumpsucker (Lvl 90)	All Weather	Spearfishing	Water Crystal   Water Cluster   Endtide Aethersand

Shadowbringers

Botanist

Time	Zone	Coordinates	Closest Teleport	Items	Items gained from Aetherial Reduction
4AM-8AM	The Rak'tika Greatwood	(x24, y15)	Slitherbough or Fanow	Levin Mint (Lvl 80★★)   Sweet Marjoram (Lvl 76)   Wind Cluster	Levinstrike Aethersand   Scuroglow Aethersand   Wind Crystal
12PM-4PM	Lakeland	(x33, y36)	Fort Jobb	Levin Mint (Lvl 80★★)   Bog Sage (Lvl 80)   Ice Cluster	Levinstrike Aethersand   Agewood Aethersand   Ice Crystal
8PM-12AM	Kholusia	(x18, y5)	Tomra	Levin Mint (Lvl 80★★)   White Clay (Lvl 76)   Earth Cluster	Levinstrike Aethersand   Chiaroglow Aethersand   Earth Crystal

Miner

Time	Zone	Coordinates	Closest Teleport	Items	Items gained from Aetherial Reduction
12AM-4AM	The Rak'tika Greatwood	(x24, y13)	Fanow	Thunder Rock (Lvl 80★★)   Gale Rock (Lvl 76)   Water Cluster	Levinstrike Aethersand   Chiaroglow Aethersand   Water Crystal
8AM-12PM	Lakeland	(x34, y29)	Fort Jobb	Thunder Rock (Lvl 80★★)   Solarite (Lvl 76)   Lightning Cluster	Levinstrike Aethersand   Scuroglow Aethersand   Lightning Crystal
4PM-8PM	Kholusia	(x33,y16)	Tomra	Thunder Rock (Lvl 80★★)   Shade Quartz (Lvl 80)   Fire Cluster	Levinstrike Aethersand   Agedeep Aethersand   Fire Crystal

Fisher

Time	Zone	Coordinates	Closest Teleport	Fish Name	Weather	Bait	Items gained from Aetherial Reduction
None	Il Mheg	(x20,y13)	Pla Enni	Voeburt Bichir (Lvl 76)	All Weather	Spearfishing	Ice Crystal   Ice Cluster   Chiaroglow Aethersand
None	Il Mheg	(x20,y22)	Lydha Lran	Poecilia (Lvl 76)	All Weather	Spearfishing	Water Crystal   Water Cluster   Scuroglow Aethersand
None	The Tempest	(x29,y15)	The Ondo Cups	Predator (Lvl 80)	All Weather	Moyebi Shrimp   Short Bill Minnow   Squid Strip	Water Crystal   Water Cluster   Ageflow Aethersand
None	Il Mheg	(x21,y23)	Lydha Lran	Fuchsia Bloom (Lvl 80★★)	All Weather	Robber Ball	Lightning Crystal   Lightning Cluster   Levinstrike Aethersand

Stormblood

Botanist

Time	Zone	Coordinates	Closest Teleport	Items	Items gained from Aetherial Reduction
4AM-8AM	The Lochs	X:31 Y:27	The Ala Mhigan Quarter	Ice Crystal   Torreya Branch (Lvl 70★)   Yanxian Verbena (Lvl 70★★)	Ice Cluster   Everborn Aethersand   Duskglow Aethersand
8AM-12PM	The Azim Steppe	X:15 Y:29	The Dawn Throne Dhoro Iloh	Earth Crystal   Doman Yellow (Lvl 66)   Yanxian Verbena (Lvl 70★★)	Earth Cluster   Dusklight Aethersand   Duskglow Aethersand
4PM-8PM	Yanxia	X:30 Y:35	Namai	Wind Crystal   Windtea Leaves (Lvl 66)   Countess Tea Leaves (Lvl 66)   Yanxian Verbena (Lvl 70★★)	Wind Cluster   Dawnlight Aethersand   Duskglow Aethersand

Miner

Time	Zone	Coordinates	Closest Teleport	Items	Items gained from Aetherial Reduction
12AM-4AM	The Lochs	X:13 Y:27	Porta Praetoria	Ice Crystal   Almandine (Lvl 70★)   Rhodolite (Lvl 70★)   Yanxian Soil (Lvl 70★★)	Fire Crystal   Fire Cluster   Dusklight Aethersand   Duskglow Aethersand
12PM-4PM	Azim Steppe	X:29 Y:15	The Dawn Throne	Lightning Crystal   Schorl (Lvl 66)   Yanxian Soil (Lvl 70★★)	Lightning Cluster   Dawnlight Aethersand   Duskglow Aethersand
8PM-12AM	Yanxia	X:27 Y:7	The House of the Fierce	Fire Crystal   Perlite (Lvl 66)   Dacite (Lvl 66)   Yanxian Soil (Lvl 70★★)	Water Crystal   Water Cluster   Everbright Aethersand   Duskglow Aethersand

Fishing

Time	Zone	Coordinates	Closest Teleport	Fish Name	Weather	Bait	Items gained from Aetherial Reduction
None	The Ruby Sea	(x17.5,y20.5)	Tamamizu	False Scad (Lvl 66)	All Weather	Spearfishing	Ice Crystal   Ice Cluster   Dusklight Aethersand
None	The Ruby Sea	(X:16.3 Y:24.7 Z:1.8)	Tamamizu	Snow Crab (Lvl 66)	All Weather	Spearfishing	Water Crystal   Water Cluster   Dawnlight Aethersand
None	The Azim Steppe	(x23,y23)	The Dawn Throne	Sweatfish (Lvl 70★) (  Othardian Folklore)	All Weather	Stonefly Larva	Water Crystal   Water Cluster   Everdeep Aethersand

Heavensward

Botanist

Time	Zone	Coordinates	Closest Teleport	Items	Items gained from Aetherial Reduction
12AM-4AM	Coerthas Western Highlands	X:26 Y:28	Falcon's Nest	Wind Cluster   Highland Oregano (Lvl 56)   Furymint (Lvl 58)   Clary Sage (Lvl 60)   Lover's Laurel (Lvl 60★)   Pot Marjoram (Lvl 56)   Water Mint (Lvl 58)   Wild Sage (Lvl 60)	Wind Crystal   Duskborne Aethersand   Dawnborne Aethersand   Leafborne Aethersand   Light-kissed Aethersand
4AM-8AM	The Dravanian Hinterlands	X:13 Y:19	Idyllshire (West Gate)	Earth Cluster   Granular Clay (Lvl 56)   Peat Moss (Lvl 58)   Black Soil (Lvl 60)   Humic Soil (Lvl 60)   Lover's Laurel (Lvl 60★)	Earth Crystal   Duskborne Aethersand   Dawnborne Aethersand   Leafborne Aethersand   Light-kissed Aethersand
8AM-12PM	The Dravanian Forelands	X:10 Y:32	Anyx Trine	Earth Cluster   Granular Clay (Lvl 56)   Peat Moss (Lvl 58)   Black Soil (Lvl 60)   Humic Soil (Lvl 60)   Lover's Laurel (Lvl 60★)	Earth Crystal   Duskborne Aethersand   Dawnborne Aethersand   Leafborne Aethersand   Light-kissed Aethersand
4PM-8PM	The Churning Mists	X:20 Y:30	Zenith	Earth Cluster   Granular Clay (Lvl 56)   Peat Moss (Lvl 58)   Black Soil (Lvl 60)   Humic Soil (Lvl 60)   Lover's Laurel (Lvl 60★)	Earth Crystal   Duskborne Aethersand   Dawnborne Aethersand   Leafborne Aethersand   Light-kissed Aethersand
8PM-12AM	The Sea of Clouds	X:26 Y:35 X:23 Y:12 X:13 Y:18 X:15 Y:22	Camp Cloudtop Ok' Zundu	Wind Cluster   Highland Oregano (Lvl 56)   Furymint (Lvl 58)   Clary Sage (Lvl 60)   Lover's Laurel (Lvl 60★)   Pot Marjoram (Lvl 56)   Water Mint (Lvl 58)   Wild Sage (Lvl 60)	Wind Crystal   Duskborne Aethersand   Dawnborne Aethersand   Leafborne Aethersand   Light-kissed Aethersand

Reduction Table

Aethersand wanted	Gained from
Duskborne Aethersand	Granular Clay (Lvl 56)   Pot Marjoram (Lvl 56)
Dawnborne Aethersand	Peat Moss (Lvl 58)   Water Mint (Lvl 58)
Leafborne Aethersand	Humic Soil (Lvl 60)   Wild Sage (Lvl 60)
Light-kissed Aethersand	Lover's Laurel (Lvl 60★)

Miner

Time	Zone	Coordinates	Closest Teleport	Items	Items gained from Aetherial Reduction
4AM-8AM	The Dravanian Forelands	X:17 Y:27	Anyx Trine	Fire Cluster   Fire Moraine (Lvl 56)   Bright Fire Rock (Lvl 58)   Radiant Fire Moraine (Lvl 60)   Radiant Astral Moraine (Lvl 60★)	Fire Crystal   Duskborne Aethersand   Dawnborne Aethersand   Landborne Aethersand   Light-kissed Aethersand
8AM-12PM	The Dravanian Hinterlands	X:26 Y:24	Idyllshire (East Gate)	Fire Cluster   Fire Moraine (Lvl 56)   Bright Fire Rock (Lvl 58)   Radiant Fire Moraine (Lvl 60)   Radiant Astral Moraine (Lvl 60★)	Fire Crystal   Duskborne Aethersand   Dawnborne Aethersand   Landborne Aethersand   Light-kissed Aethersand
12PM-4PM	The Churning Mists	X:29 Y:19	Moghome	Fire Cluster   Fire Moraine (Lvl 56)   Bright Fire Rock (Lvl 58)   Radiant Fire Moraine (Lvl 60)   Radiant Astral Moraine (Lvl 60★)	Fire Crystal   Duskborne Aethersand   Dawnborne Aethersand   Landborne Aethersand   Light-kissed Aethersand
4PM-8PM	The Sea of Clouds	X:34 Y:30	Camp Cloudtop	Lightning Cluster   Lightning Moraine (Lvl 56)   Bright Lightning Rock (Lvl 58)   Radiant Lightning Moraine (Lvl 60)   Radiant Astral Moraine (Lvl 60★)	Lightning Crystal   Duskborne Aethersand   Dawnborne Aethersand   Landborne Aethersand   Light-kissed Aethersand
8PM-12AM	Coerthas Western Highlands	X:23 Y:21	Falcon's Nest	Lightning Cluster   Lightning Moraine (Lvl 56)   Bright Lightning Rock (Lvl 58)   Radiant Lightning Moraine (Lvl 60)   Radiant Astral Moraine (Lvl 60★)	Lightning Crystal   Duskborne Aethersand   Dawnborne Aethersand   Landborne Aethersand   Light-kissed Aethersand

Reduction Table

Aethersand wanted	Gained from
Duskborne Aethersand	Fire Moraine (Lvl 56)   Lightning Moraine (Lvl 56)
Dawnborne Aethersand	Bright Fire Rock (Lvl 58)   Bright Lightning Rock (Lvl 58)
Landborne Aethersand	Radiant Fire Moraine (Lvl 60)   Radiant Lightning Moraine (Lvl 60)
Light-kissed Aethersand	Radiant Astral Moraine (Lvl 60★)

Fishing

Time	Zone	Coordinates	Closest Teleport	Fish Name	Weather	Bait	Items gained from Aetherial Reduction
12AM-6AM	The Dravanian Forelands	X:29 Y:15	Tailfeather	Dravanian Bass	Fog Clouds Dust Storms	Goblin Jig	Water Crystal   Water Cluster   Duskborne Aethersand
10AM-2PM	The Churning Mists	X:19 Y:6 Cloudfishing	Zenith	Manasail	Clear Skies Fair Skies	Red Balloon	Ice Crystal   Ice Cluster   Duskborne Aethersand
9AM-5PM	The Churning Mists	X:20 Y:40 Cloudfishing	Moghome	20px  Pteranodon	All Weather	Giant Crane Fly	Ice Crystal   Ice Cluster   Dawnborne Aethersand
6PM-8.30PM	The Sea of Clouds	X:27 Y:34	Camp Cloudtop	Caiman	All Weather	Bladed Steel Jig   Mooch from   Bullfrog.	Water Crystal   Water Cluster   Dawnborne Aethersand
3PM-6PM	The Dravanian Hinterlands	X:21 Y:22	Idyllshire (East Gate)	Thaliak Caiman	All Weather	Goblin Jig or   Bladed Steel Jig   Mooch from   Sweetfish.	Water Crystal   Water Cluster   Seaborne Aethersand
3PM-6PM	Azys Lla	X:40 Y:18 Cloudfishing	Helix	Tupuxuara	All Weather	Red Balloon	Ice Crystal   Ice Cluster   Seaborne Aethersand

Reduction Table

Aethersand wanted	Gained from
Duskborne Aethersand	Dravanian Bass (Lvl 56)   Manasail (Lvl 56)
Dawnborne Aethersand	Caiman (Lvl 58) 20px  Pteranodon (Lvl 58)
Seaborne Aethersand	Thaliak Caiman (Lvl 60)   Tupuxuara(Lvl 60)

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