What place do you like best 1-10?Follow

West Ronfaure 1-8, working my way towards Ghelsba Outpost. King Ranperre's Tomb from 8-10 (11 with the new exp rings). This has just been the best method I have found, was never a fan of Ghelsba Outpost and I love San d'Oria.

personally, i prefer sartabaruta

crawlers drop thread, bees drop chips, which are both pretty profitable.

Ronfare and gustaburg are nice because of the worms, and you can sometimes just run away if you aren't doing so well.

Depends on what I want for crystals. I'll do Ronfaure and Ghelsba for Fire. Sarutabaruta and Giddeus for Wind. Gustaberg and Palborough for Water.

Or Items:
Vomp or Zegham Hill in Gustaberg for bee chips.
King Ranpere's Tomb for bat wings.
Sarutabaruta for silk.

My favourite is a toss-up between Gustaberg and Sarutabaruta.

Which I would choose depends on my mood, confidence with the job and how much of a challenge I feel like.

Gustaberg has an abundance of worms which are pretty easy kills, especially for ranged attack jobs and has generally easier beastment (I find Quadavs to be the easier ones to handle).


Then there is Sarutabaruta, this one has mobs with more profitable drops, so you can farm as you level however I find Yagudo's to be the toughest beastmen race.

E sarta by far.

beehive chips from bees ^_^ 8-10k a stack Odin

Silks from crawlers ^_^ 28-35k a stack Odin

Misty silk cape >_< (i would rather be able to get Bounding Boots or Rabbit Charm but hey its cant be all that good)

the other guy is right i never went to the 1st tower b4 level 6 but at 6 you can pull 1 gob at a time until 8

then at 8 just run around killin gobs till 10-12

B4 PS2 update at 10-12 you would goto Maze of Shakrami ^_^

Now is Valkurm Dunes >_< its ok exp but still i like the Maze a ton better ^_^

Double post, sorry. CPU was acting all weird on me. >.<

Edited, Thu Oct 20 16:24:47 2005 by JungleDiva

I find Gustaberg to be the easiest. Weak mobs (bats, bees, worms) and mobs are clearly divided on the map by level ranges. You can do 1-10, all while getting good exp amounts, without ever leaving Gustaberg.

Ever since the XP changes to Easy Prey, I go all the way to 7 on the Bees in Gustaberg or Sarutabaruta. Just the basic bees you can fight straight from level 1. I prefer this because:

1. Its very fast xp. These things spawn very quickly, and you practically never have to rest.

2. By staying here all the way until they are TWTBW, you get more total kills. This nets you more crystals (Wind in this case^^), and also more Beastmen Seals.

After 7, I would then fight Saplings and Vultures for Grain Seeds, Fire Crystals and Bird Feathers (Gustaberg), or Crawlers and Birds for Silk Thread, Fire Crystals and Bird Feathers.

Basically, I'll fight anything that has a good drops, and I prefer to fight all Easy Prey for increased number of kills/drops/survivability.

Ronfaure can be really nice too, fighting Funguars and Orcs for Fire Crystals, Dark Crystals and Mushrooms.

I generally start out (at least 1-7, though it's possible to do 1-8 here) on just the bees and (at night) bats in South Gustaberg. They're easy to kill, and particularly with an aketon, I can get nice, stackable drops. You can talk about silk, but crawlers aren't exactly the safest target for a low-level. Poison can easily kill you with such low HP.

After that, I like Horutoto. Goblins and bats all drop good crystals, as well as bat wings, onions, and various clothcraft stuff. You can toss the low-level gear they drop, desynth it, or whatever.

I usually wear my aketon (for more crystals), Waders, starting ring, and fisherman's legs/hands. Once I get to level 7, I go with either the Justice Badge or Wing Pendant, depending on job.

The important thing to remember is that, for most jobs, it's usually faster to mow down a bunch of EPs than to try to take on DCs, EMs, etc. and have to frequently rest. That also means you get more drops, because you have a higher amount of kills. Additionally, don't forget the food! Even something dirt cheap can help a lot. Just remember that percentage-based food (like sushi) is usually worse at lower levels than food which gives you an absolute stat bonus.

Although each area has its benefits depending on what you want to craft/farm I found saru to be the easiest and fastest way to xp and gain enough money to have the best gear for my jobs. Like so many have posted chips/silks are very profitable. And so are the many stacks of wind/fire crystals you get from bats/gobs in the horo towers. As soon as I leave from windy woods I start heading in a round about fashion towards the middle horo tower near one of Spini's spawn points. By the time you get there you should be level 4-5. In the tower take on bats and d/c gobs until 6. At 6 you can pretty much start thrashing anything and everything in the main chamber which will accumulate xp fast up to 7-8. At this point head through the cracked walls and wreak havok on the gobs, and bats that are usually in abundance in one of the chambers just beyond. Just be careful in exploring too thoroughly as there are skeletons, and bombs that will agro depending on your status and there's beetles and bats a little deeper that are ITs for lvl 10s.

Personally, my favourite place is Ronfaure. I don't like Gustaberg, it's very dull. Sarutabaruta is pretty good for money, but I rarely have a need to be in Windurst. The Fire Crystals from Ronfaure are pretty good for a bit of extra gil, and I LOVE the scenery. I always feel at home in forests...

Someone also mentioned it feeling like Scotland... I am so getting my parents to move up to the highlands then ^.- Where I live, there aren't very many nice forests... Unless you have a boat, and feel like going up the Loch ^.^

West ron ^^

<money> <East Sarutabaruta>
<Easy prey> <South Gustaberg>
Sandy is where I 1st started and 1-4 are pretty quick there with pugils and then gobbie fishers. Alternatively I think I will do gusta from now on (Those bastards stole saruta on hades)