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Unfortunately, I have to get into farming. I have taken my BLM just about as far as I can without doing it. Now, as everything I need is about 200k+ I have to get started. I used this guide before and it works great! Here is my question though:

Without /thf (as mine is only a level 15) how much longer would you say it will increase farming time compared to someone who is /thf? Just wondering if I should focus on leveling thf for a while...

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If you're serious about farming, then wouldn't either THF/RNG or THF/BLM be ideal? That way you get TH 2 (and if you're high lv and rich, a thief's knife + Assassin gear with the TH mod. Sorry, I can't recall which piece it is, but this gives a total of TH 4)

Then you can either have widescan to help the hunting, or warp for a quick trip back home. :)

Edited, Tue Sep 6 10:29:27 2005 by FenrirsMaster

If your thf is 15 that's great, assuming your blm is over lvl 30. Always sub it for Treasure Hunter I. If you don't you will definitely notice the difference in drop rates and your farming time will be increased by a lot.

If it was mentioned and i missed it, I'm sorry.

The sanctuary of Zi'tah: area around entrance to the boyada tree.
Mobs: Goobbue farmers (Lvl. 45-50ish)
Drops: Tree cuttings, Boyada moss

This is what i farmed when i was saving gil for Vermillion Cloak, and Hauby.

Made about 800k-1mil a day for close to 10 hours work, With TH2, i farmed with my 65 thf, but you can farm this area with as low as 55 if you bring some bloodys. anything lower than that is just asking for downtime. Also, check jeunos AH price before setting out. my numbers were based on AH price of 100-130k a stack.. these sold like 50 a day too.With the boyada moss, i always saved these for ppl in my linkshel who needed fame. they are great for trading to Meylon in selbina. Raises fame in Bastok and san d'Oria, which in turn gives you jeuno fame. Plz note, i tried farming this b4 i had my thf lvled with pld, and without TH2 the drops were far too rare. i thk i made 1 stack in about 2 hours without TH2, and i avg about double that with TH2. still good money either way.



One additional trick i do as well.

Davoi: Orc Troopers (like lvl. 55-58 mob)
Drops: Gold Orc Mask
Requirements: Someone in pty or yourself to have Goldsmithing 50+

I love farming these with my thf, i have high enough Goldsmithing to Desynthesize the orc masks into Gold Ignots, which are big money any server.
Mind you the masks are EX so only the person who recieves them can desynth, but the ignots of course are not ex, so you can still distribute loot after synths if it is a team project. You will want TH2 for this, the drops arent easy, but the gil is worth it.

These are all great farming tips, but the best thing you can ever do is know your market.

If you get level 1-19 armor/weapon drops, then you'll generally get more money in a Starter City AH then in the Jeuno AH.

If you get crafting mats used for common items, typically Jeuno is best. If the crafting mats are skill-up mats, the Starter city with the respective guild is typically best (Alchemy mats sell best in Bastok, for example).

Selling stacks of low level items that raise fame are always good money. Bat Wings, Zeruhn Soot, et cetera.

Don't forget crafting either. A healthy mixture of crafting and farming is the fastest way to riches (until you can simply HQ everything lol).

Edited, Jun 10th 2006 at 12:14am EST by GrayHavens

Great guide! Thanks a lot. ^^

I'd like to add that I see many people in Crawler's Nest farming Maze Lizards for Lizard Eggs. This is on Alexander, so I don't know about the other servers.

If what you say is true, then your hunting spots have been overrun by noobs for a year now. Check out the OP date. This thread was made a year ago. It was necroposted.

Yeah, but now that they've been reminded... Think about it! >.> Back in the day, prices were stable, but now, prices on things have gone waaaaay down. I'm not talking one set item, I'm talking about the whole slew of farming items. Back then, the noobies were able to make their gil offa crystals. But now that prices are going down on everything, they gotta look elsewhere, right? I mean, come on, Korroloka has, not only the three set RMT there, but noobs farming without TH, even.. I mean, their competition is minimal, but it's annoying as hell to see undercutters *keep* undercutting..... More and more are moving on to bigger stuff, because their crystals only sell for 1-3k a stack now... The end is near, I can see it!

On a side note, Slash Pines in Ordelle's Caves drop Dolphin staves, which are 70k on my server :3

Edit: Oh, and aside from my lack of noticing when the thread was posted, I guess I could say that the noobs that have overrun my spots *could* be the RMT... xD



Edited, Aug 27th 2006 at 9:34pm EDT by Tgmoomba