Low level Farming: Where and How.Follow

Since Gil is perhaps one of the most sought after posessions in the game, I figured a mini-farming guide may help those who have no other income source thus far. Hopefully this will temporarily decrease the, "Moniez plz~!1" threads.

Levels 1-20

This is the range where most new players will struggle with gil. Please don't beg for gil, other players (hopefully) worked hard for theirs.

Sarutabaruta
- Bees (Beehive chips/Honey)
- Crawlers (Silk threads/Calculi)
- Goblins (Beastcoins/Threads/Cloths/Onions)
- Magicked Bones (Bonechips/Ceremonial Dagger)
- Yagudo (Beastcoins/Necklaces)

Ronfaure
- Goblins (Beastcoins/Threads/Cloths/Onions)
- worms (various Ores)
- Beetles (Beetle Jaw/Beetle Shell)
- Wild Sheep (Sheep Tooth)
- Enchanted Bones (Bonechip)
- Bomb (Bomb Ash)

Gustaberg
- Enchanted Bones (Bonechip)
- Golblins (Beastcoins/Threads/Cloths/Onions)
- Worms (various Ores)
- Hornets (Beehive chips/Honey)

Zeruhn Mines
- Leech (Fiend's Blood)
- Worms (Various Ores)
- Bats (bat wing/bat fang/Beastmen's Blood)

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More difficult areas, don't tread too far into these:

Horutoto Ruins
- Bats (Bat wings/Bat fangs)
- Goblins (Beastcoins/Threads/Cloths/Onions)
- Magicked Bones (Bonechips/Ceremonial Daggers)
- Ballons (Bomb Ash)

King Ranperre's Tomb
- Bats (Bat wings/bat fangs)
- Goblins (Beastcoins/Threads/Cloths/Onions)
- Worms (various Ores)

Dangruf Wadi
- Stickpin (Beastman's Blood)
- Goblins (Beastcoins/Threads/Cloths/Onions)
- Worms (Various Ores)

I suggest to keep to these areas until about 20-25. I've seen far to many people die in places like Giddeus because they thought they could train scores of Yagudo before level 25.

Level 25+

It's safe to start in these areas at 25, however, steer clear of the tier3 mobs in the keyrooms. At 25 they're dangerous, and if they link you're toast. Besides, they're pretty much useless for farming unless you have the steal ability to get Silver Beastcoins.

Giddeus
- Yagudo (Beastcoins/Silver Beastcoins)
- Worms (various Ore)
- Bees (Beehive Chips/Honey/Giant Stinger)

Ghelsba Outpost
- Bats (Bat wing/Bat fang/Beastmen's Blood)
- Pugils (Shall Shell)
- Lizards (skin/tail)
- Orcs (Beastcoins/Silver Beastcoins)

Palborough Mines
- Quadav (Beastcoins/Silver Beastcoins)
- Mine Scorpian (Claw/Shell)
- Beetle (Shell/Jaw)

These areas remain popular at nearly any level. Once you're high enough level you can stick around and go NM hunting if you get tired of farming.

Farming Suggestions:

- Thief sub:
Treasure Hunter will increase the amount of drops you get and the Steal ability will allow to grab even better items.

- Farm in groups:
Farm with one or two other people who have Treasure Hunter. Spread out and you'll cover more ground faster.

- Try out new skills:
In many farming areas you can also mine, fish, or harvest. It's a good time to build up those skills.

- Farm while gaining experience:
Always remember Signet! Nearly everything drops crystals.

- Make sure you have free inventory space:
There's no point to farming if you show up with five spots empty. Clean out your inventory of everything except necessities, it'll save you some trips.

- Farm stackable items:
You can carry more of them and stacks tend to sell better. So drop that Pair of Cuffs and pick up some more Bat Wings or Beehive Chips.

- Mules:
Those naked level ones you see around town all the time. If you have one for each city you'll have increased storage and access to each AH. You can sell 21 things at a time other then 7.

- Be nice!
There are a lot of other farmers out there, so share the wealth. Training a whole area where there are other farmers is rude. Try not to farm mobs that someone else may be trying to gain experience off of.

Remember: farming takes patience. People will farm for a week straight or more, but in the end it pays off.

Anything to add? Please do.

Good little guide. :)

THANK YOU!!!! I hope everyone reads this and I never get asked for money again.

I would like to add that while farming in Yughott/Palborough, bring along a stack or two of pickaxes. If you stumble across a mining point there, you can make more gil that way too.

Excellent guide Morrigan...now if only people would pay attention to it ¬_¬

where would be a good 30+ place to farm ? ... i was going to stick with Pal mines .... but there has to be something a little better

Here's some links to some guides to making gil:

SaintD's excellent guide to making gil
http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/journal2.html?user=293711&mid=107552383012697389

Ascendancy's list of farming locations
http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=10&mid=1081207815515552700

Jaenale's guide to making gil
http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=10&mid=1077897037955285537&num=66

I have extensive experience in getting gil, as is evident in my profile

The more northern reaches of Dangruf Wadi is good for 30+. You start running into Goblin Leechers/Gamblers/Muggers and Steam Lizards.

Steam Lizards drop lizard eggs, worth 300 gil at AH in Bastok (Bastok mission item).

Gamblers drop Poison Flour (700 gil).



Some notes to add to Morrigan's post:

In Gustaburg, you can't forget about the Quadav. They drop shell shields (100+ gil depending on fame), backplates (500+ gil and one of the quickest sellers at Bastok AH), armor pieces, gil and scrolls (sneak scroll goes for 500 to NPCs). Also there are sheep and bees on Vomp and Zegham Hills (sheepskins, sheep teeth, beehive chips, honey, etc..)

In Dangruf, the worms (Giant Grubs) also drop Pinches of Sulfur (3-4k a stack) and Hermit's Rings (1000 gil). The Wadi Hares also drop Gausebit Grass (and Wadi is the only place you can get the grass needed for the Jeuno Chocobo quest, so it will also sell and at a good price).


edit:

40+ a good place is Pashhow Marshlands. Goobues (dahlias, treant bulbs, tree cuttings), goblins, quadav, crawlers, flys, rabbits, bats, leeches, pugils, elementals. Jugnar Forest is good too (though Jugnar isn't as mob filled as the Marsh, so you have to spend more time walking around I've noticed).


Also in Gustaburg:

Saplings (one of the best item dropping mobs in the game): Treant bulbs, seeds (grain, herb and vegtable depending where in north and south gustaburg you are).

Edited, Wed Jun 2 22:57:29 2004 by SeomanP

More on Palb and Gustaburg:

You can make good money in Palborough Mines at the mid-teen levels. Staying on the 2nd level (and as long as you're careful).

The quadavs in Palb also drop Fetich Pieces (used in a Bastok Mission). These can be sold at the AH or to an NPC vendor for around 200 gil each.

The Quads in the mines are also more likely to drop armor pieces and scrolls then the ones that wander Gustaburg. There are also rabbits in the mines, can get alot of rabbit hides and meat.

And the 2nd tier of Quads (Veteran, Greater, Onyx) will drop Silver Nametags (good for 550 gil in a repeatable Bastok quest).

Also the Black Dogs that spawn in N. Gustaburg. From my observations there are only 2 that spawn (1 in N. Gusta along the road north of the outpost, the other on the first level of Zegham Hill by the ramp up). The Black Dogs drop Dog Collars (needed for the Gusgen Mines map quest) which go for 6000 gil.

Bump... (apparently low-level farming is a EXTREMELY popular tonight and some people can't scroll throught the first page! )

Bump...

This is an ever popular topic. Perhaps an issue like this deserves a sticky?

Thanks again, Moriggan.