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Fire weather is rare. It sucks but you can't really count on having fire weather.

I did Lizards in Cape T. Wamoura in Mount Z. Beasts in Cape T. Bombs in Ifrits.

You'll get the occasional fire weather to help you out. But for the most part you'll just have to aim for Firesday and try to team up with other people and mass kill em during Firesday.

meh i got fed up and just brewed indrik pausing timer at the martello until he dropped taurine cesti. i know fire taipan fangs are probably better, but at least i have something usable now.

I can't stress how important it is to try and team up for trials. That being said;

Waiting for Fire weather is a waste of time. In normal zones it is pretty rare. Just schedule appropriately and wait for firesday. In any zone or any trial for any weather try to get there before hand and start shouting with the translator as closely as you can for what you need.(list is for Firesday not weather)

1. Lizzie(where I assume you are): Cape Terrigan. When 18-20 Darksday(that goes for all trials) hits start heading out there.

2. Wamouras. Best spot is Abyssea-Attohwa for Gullycampa. People always there farming seals from Granite Borer. If no one is there then its all EP anyway.

3. Beasts. You could do this in Cape Terrigan on rabbits and Manticores but it's slim pickings. Best bet is going to Uluegerand range(of course Firesday not weather). Plenty of bunnies, tigers and buffalo down the ramp. Also plenty of other people doing trials so its easier to team up.

4. Bombs. I tried the Mt. Z route and Ifrit's and its only good for weather(plus a sh*tton of travel), not so much firesday. There are plenty of bombs but they are spread out and the respawn is 15 minutes. If you happen to be there for fire weather have a blast. The better route is to go to Abyssea-Vunkerl(of course on Firesday) to conflux 8(near Sippoy spawn) and kill Helter-skelters. There is plenty of them and they resapwn fast plus ppl are always there farming seals or doing trials. /shout for help always!!

5. Lizzies again. Back to Cape Terrigan. Rinse and repeat.

Edited, May 5th 2011 11:27am by westsidepatone

I did Tigers in Jugner Forest S on Firesday. There is a spot where the unicorn NPC roams that has several tigers. The tigers go down pretty quick.



I tried Ifrit's but I really didnt like how far apart the bombs were and the constant need to reapply sneak invis to avoid aggro by monsters you didnt need to fight and If you linked something you had to waste time killing.

I tried Djinns in the Eldieme Necropolis S (accessed from Batallia Downs S) where the Taru NM spawns. This area was decent where you could kill several bombs in a row. Not sure how many maybe 13-15. Then you had to wait for respawn. It was better imo then running around Ifrits, and gave you a break between spawns. Aggroed the NM a couple times and had to use retrace scroll as soon as I got drawn in >.>

The other area I did which I thought was best, was Vunkerl Inlet S on Firesday. I think the Spot was near the zone to Ronfaure S. The Djinns have a 5 minute respawn which is very nice. If you have a group there is a second spot with Djinns close by, have to avoid Treants though. Solo it's not worth the run back and forth as respawn is pretty quick.


Edited, May 9th 2011 3:36pm by Mankind

I did my fire taipans a couple months ago, used Abyssea almost exclusively:
Birds: Geiers in La Theine
Lizards: Shadow Lizards in Konschtat
Wamouras: Gullycampa in Attohwa
Bombs: Helter Skelter in Vunkerl

Because of atmas and buffs, I was usually able to kill 60-80 per fireday solo. I joined a group doing lizards for the last lizard trial and got 170 done in one day. Went a whole lot faster than other trial weapons that I've done outside abyssea.