Dug's GUIDE TO FARMINGFollow

Nice idea, rate up ^^

Maybe you could add something about Jugner. You can kill Funguars there for sleepshrooms, and Tigers for teeth...maybe even the Orc Seargent who drops the castle plans.

WOOT great guide. Deserve a rate up :)

You forgot to mention a few important things about this.

1. Spawn time is fixed, spawn location is not.

2. Rams are perma-camped by RNG/THFs and THF/RNGs with mid level leathercrafting (rams are these player's main source of income) If you aren't one of the above you will not be able to claim them unless they aren't there (i.e. almost never)

3. There is an NM and HNM ram in each zone, and this can be potentially dangerous. In La Theine Plateau you have Lumbering Lambert (lvl 30ish NM) and Bloodtear Baldurf (60ish HNM, he will kick your *** solo even if you're lvl 70 and you can't get away because he will tractor your *** back if you try to run. He also spams Mighty Strikes and has an uber version of Great Bleat that will reduce your max HP to around 150). In Konschtat Highlands you have Rampaging Ram (same as Lambert) and Steelfleece Baldarich (same as Bloodtear) The NM and HNM's only pop on the lower spawn radius on both zones, never the upper ones.

Thanks for the input guys. I added a small section on Jugner and gave Valrath crdit for it ;)


Thanks for looking out. I'll add in a disclaimer as a warning.

Edited, Fri Mar 11 17:20:01 2005 by DugAsura

Great guide! Rate up.

Nice guide, thanks

55+
Beadeaux
Garnet Quads for Maul's (3k on Siren, and they sell FAST) and Scroll's of reraise (1.8k to magic mart NPC in Jeuno on Siren)

Alrighty. I added in your Gusgen Mines suggestion--thank you. I also added the bees to the Kon Highlands post. I'm trying to think of a way to write in the Amethyst Quaddy one, but as I have never farmed them I'm not too knowledgeable on that front. Do you know about what lvl a player should be to farm them, how many pops are in a given area, and what general pos they pop at? Sorry to ask for so much...I just have very little knowledge on this one ;)

Thanks, I added that in to the 55+ section. I think while farming these baddies on the upper tier it is also easy to snag the Old's you see on the lower tier as you pass them.

Thanks for the clear-up. I put a note for the Kon Highlands Ram that the NM pops every 2 hours+. However on the La Theine one I put every 1-2+ hours only because when I did purple belt quest that NM popped every hour. It took 3 pops for me to claim one, but (at least for me) the La Theine NM popped more frequently.

Excellent thread! You have put a lot of work into this great job. I farm a ton so i feel like i should at least contribute some addition info. All this info is from farming as THF main, so please take that into consideration. ug....this is going to be lengthy.

Early LVL stuff 10-20:
N. Gusta/Palborough Mines
Amethyst Quads: drop Quad backplates sell 900/1k on AH. decent drop rate.

Horototo Ruins(forget where, lookup Doppleganger Dio and Gog):
Bomb ash from killing ballons and the occasional pop of the aforementioned Dopplegangers.

Jugner Forest:
The NE spawns more around J-6/J-7 and can spawn on both sides of the path.
There is a 3rd spawn for Walking Trees around J-10.
Repop is ~10 mins
Water elementals spawn around the water @ I-6 and J-11(east side of river).
Bring some hatchets ^_~
Drop/steal rate of various seeds from Sapling mobs is very good in Jugner.


Dangruf Wadi:
Geyser lizard is a timed pop in 1 of 2 locations, randomly chosen. Killing steamed lizards doesn't increase the likelyhood of the Geyser Lizard popping.

Meriphataud Mountains:
Raptor drop rate is abysmal.
The areas surrounding H-5 make a nice loop going around that little mountain area farming Lizards, Flies and Goblins. Also 2 beetles pop right around H/I-4/5.
I've never experienced a lottery pop of Axe Beaks from Raptors, but i do know that there are 3 regular spawns G-8 to the uppermost corner of J-8. Respawn times are kinda long ~12-15 mins IIRC. Can also steal Giant Bird feathers from Axe Beaks.

Buburimu:
Sylvestre- best Saruta Cotton drops i have found yet. Also can steal cotton from them at a decent clip. Just watch out for BSTs around lvl 16-19 in the area, they use them for pets often; so don't be a di[b][/b]ck.

Konschtat:
Confirmed Earth Elemental spawn in the same location of where you fight the bomb for SAM flag quest.

La Thiene:
Air Elemental: 5 spawns - C/D-5, E-8/9 to F-9, F-5 to F-7, J-7 to L-6, and G-11 to H-11(this one can also move southwest towards I-11 after it spawns). All of these elementals require you to drop of a small ledge to reach them (although sometimes they do get close enough to the ledge that you can /ra or /ma them, but i wouldn't risk losing the claim) and each area has a small path that you can climb back up.
Water Elemental: 2 known spawns @ H-7 and L-10

Pashow:
Water Elemental: 3 known spawns @ E/F-10, I-10, and K-7 directly behind the outpost. There may be more, but those i can confirm.

Random Note:
Anywhere you fight Yagudo Persecutors- they seem to have a much higher rate of Silver Beastcoin drops than any other mob i have come across, to the point that if i see one, i always kill it.

Ranguemont Pass:
Scorpions: Normal scorp drops + Harvester and Frostreaper
Ooze: Slime oil
Bat Eyes: Ahriman's Tears and Lenses (great for alchemists)
Hecteyes and Taisai: Mercury and Hecteyes Eyes aren't worth a ton, but every little bit adds up.
Bats: Tons and Tons of bats here, easy to load up on Bat Wings.

Xarcabard:
Ice Elementals: They are all over the place and it snows there a lot. You should have no problem finding them.
Demons: Demon Horns sell for 10k each IIRC.

Rate up Dug!

If you really want more that 10k in 10-20 min. Go to zitah and farm the goobbues the drop is good and fast even if you're not a thf(need a jod at least at lv 55) and if you are really greedy /thf and go in boyadah tree and steal spiderwebs every 5mins.

Excellent post. I used it for the Maze of Shakarmi and was amazed at the speed that my bag filled and how fast everything in it sold.



I would have to disagree with this one. Me and a friend went, I as a blm/thf and her as a rdm/rng. Her rng was only like a level 10, so widescan does not cover a lot of range. She covered the north spawn area and I the south. We claimed approximately 85% of the pops and we were facing off against at least 2 rng that I know of. Within a couple of hours we had near a dozen horns and several ram skins. Maybe we were just lucky that morning, but it is definitely possible to do without RNG/ or /RNG.

I am personally a Fan of Delfukts tower + Qufim, it is like Elemental heaven, and i play as RDM/BLM so as ling as i keep stoneskin + phalanx + spikes spells on i train Gigas', and just AoE them to death, making over 1k a set, and more in items. even w/o THF sub these drop around 100g especially the astenics, also these drop stuff to do garrison which can aloso lead to great gil