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Amazing little compilation there. I give you two thumbs up!!! Best one i've seen so far. Good job!

Very awesome. I wish i had this while I was learning most of my stuff ^^

I have just a couple easy levels to go, but this here will help anyone lvling blue mage. Up there close to the anal COP guide writer's stuff (thanks E btw 8-2 and slowly finishing).

rate up, impressive.

Edited, Jul 11th 2007 2:05am by kabulo

In a word Kudos to a job well done!!!!

Very nice guide. I've never seen anything like it.

There are a few spells you listed as non-soloable, which I have been able to successfully solo as BLU/BST. ie: Diamondhide, Warm-Up, Enervation, Firespit, Voracious Trunk

wow, amazing guide there. this will most definately come in handy. rate up for you, good sir.

Very Nice work!!

I absolutely love this guide. Amazingly in-depth. Love it!

Very good guide wish this was out last year...

I'd like to point something out to add to Disseverment.

There is a way to pretty much guarantee a Dagger Wielding Aern before pulling. The ones near the entrance to Sea, if you have a level 75 with you, have the 75 /check the Aern. If it cons High Eva, it is a THF which means it will wield a dagger. The rest usually con neutral evasion. I found this to be very helpful as it only took 2 Aerns for me to learn Disseverment...

great guide! i'm definitely planning to put it to use when i resume leveling blu. i would like to add that frightful roar is soloable. i did so at blu50 and even got a codex out of it for my efforts. all it took was shadows, yagudo drinks, and antidotes.

Name  : Thayan 
Server: Kujata       Rdm75   Blu68   Sam60 
Race  : Hume         Blm55   Sch52   Smn45 
Nation: San d'Oria   Whm42   Brd37   Dnc37 
Rank  : 7            Drg37   Drk37   Nin37 
RoZ   : Complete     Pld37   Rng37   Thf37 
CoP   : Complete     War37   Mnk18   Bst01 
ToAU  : Complete     Cor01   Pup01 
WotG  : 03

o.O

*bookmarks*

I've been slowly working on blue mage, been wondering how and where to learn certain spells . . .

great job!

d(^.^)b

Warm-Up: I camped this spell at H-11 in Wajaom Woodlands, around level 68. This is a common BST leveling spot, but there happens to be a Mamool in a little niche there (along with a raptor). Be careful when pulling the mamool, you don't want to aggro the raptor. There are plenty of pets to use; I recommend the attercops, but you can use pephredos in a pinch. You could even Charm puks if you are daring. But I would stick with attercops (be careful, they link). I simply put pet after pet on the Mamool until the Mamool is nearly dead, THEN I finish it off in hopes of learning the spell. It is best if you put a very large distance between yourself and the Mamool when you are getting ready to charm a new pet, this will allow you more time to recharm if your charm fails. Also, keeping Zephyr Mantle up (casting outside of hate range of the Mamool) is highly recommended.

Firespit: For this spell I camped in Wajaom Woodlands, the specific coordinates I don't recall, but it was in the southwestern part of the map (around the Mamook entrance). I was around level 68, and to be honest, I don't remember what pets I used, but I'm positive there are easily charmable ones spread throughout there (possibly treant saplings, attercops, etc.). But I pretty much followed the same procedure as with learning Warm-Up. Be careful of pulling the mage type mamools because this area has a high density of mamools, and you would not want to link any.

Diamondhide: This spell I camped in Bhaflau Thickets at level 70. It is likely possible to solo without Leave, but you may need to charm Tigers as well, if you run out of leeches (Tigers have some charm resistance, which increases the risk of doing this). I pulled trolls from F-9 and brought them to G-8. Using leech pets, I was able to slowly deplete the Troll's HP. However, it could take a long time to kill because of continuous use of Diamondhide. Not to mention the troll I was fighting was a PLD, and could cure itself.

Voracious Trunk: Learning this spell solo is perhaps the most challenging, and quite risky. I believe I was level 73 or so when I did it. Having Leave is essential for soloing this spell, because otherwise you will run out of pets. What I did was equipped at least two high damage spells (Hysteric Barrage, Disseverment, Frenetic Rip). In addition, I equipped the auto-refresh trait and also used a Vermillion cloak with MP refresh Sanction. This is because you have very little opportunity to rest MP while soloing this spell. You may want to consider equipping a sleep spell or two, as well, just in case something goes wrong. You can try learning this spell at basically any of the pond areas in Wajaom or Bhaflau that has leeches to charm.

Now as for the procedure of fighting the marids, I would charm a pet and sic it on a Marid (make sure it is not a Grand Marid, because other marids will link with it). You will notice that your pet is going to be killed quickly by the powerful marid. Be ready to Leave your current pet, charm a new pet, and put it on the Marid immediately. Do not let your pet die or you will likely run out of pets to put on the Marid. Always have Zephyr Mantle up (run out of hate range to recast it), because the Marids hit pretty hard. And for the first 5 or 6 times the Marid performs a TP attack, it will spawn a Chigoe which will immediately come after you. This is why you equip 2 high damage, quick casting spells. The Chigoe should die in one or two casts. And after 5 or 6 chigoes have spawned, you won't have to worry about anymore spawning when the Marid performs a TP attack. Note that the hate line here will be incredibly fickle. You do not want to gain any hate other than by putting your pet onto the Marid. A lot of times the Marid would take a swing at me during the whole ordeal (which is why Zephyr Mantle will be useful).

Incredible guide! Makes me want to level my 40BLU right now.

Just popping in to say that EntropyMakers and ImmortalAlchemists info on BST/BLU soloing of some spells has been added to the guide.

I have paraphrased and combined your words. Thank you for your contributions.

Myriads

Great Job. Definitely will help me out.

Cheers

Incredible, just incredible! Really awesome work!

Edited, Jul 13th 2007 3:20pm by Addica

I have camped Refueling in Lufaise Meadows before. This is my experience.

First of all, I recommend camping in the little path at (K-11). When fog weather comes up, (Which only has a chance of appearing between 2:00 and 9:00, when there is no other weather currently) there will be a Cluster that spawns in (J-11). I've seen it spawn and wander pretty much throughout that whole block on the map. Widescan is helpful here.

I like this camp, because you can also fight another Cluster mob! It spawns near western (K-11), where the little path you're camping at opens up into the wide area.

However, I found fog weather to appear too rarely. I found another blu in the area if they needed Refueling. In the end we ended up soloing clusters outside the Halvung Staging Point for each other. (He was 75 smn, I was 75 rdm.)

Also, I just want to say that your site has already helped me learn some spells. It's very helpful and detailed. Thanks!

Graev,

Could you give me a map number and location for where the BLM solo happens? And how "run-away-and-link" minded are the Quiqirn here?

Myriads

Good post!

Cannonball can be soloed in halvung with the use of pinecone bomb and blastbomb. I also see alot of your spells with a spell mod of "none". Does that mean you dont know or havent tested it?

It was the entrance to halvung next to the flan camp. I subbed nin and kitted it up and down the entrance, just before the lava lake. you can pull the 1 wamouracampa through the gate, but watch out for the 2 bombs that are right there. you can still melee it, just keep metallic body up so you can cast without getting interrupted when your shadows are down. you could probably dot and bind/grav, but I was lv70 and the only decent dot we have is disseverment. having vermin killer wouldnt hurt either. you will need juices, auto-refresh, and sanction refresh. I was also thinking that binding it and running out of melee range might provoke it to use cannonball.

wow , thats a really great guide!.

it makes me want to lvl BLU lol. *bookmarks it*

Great guide! Thanks for posting this.

One correction I'd like to make: You do not need to break a Merrow's weapon for it to use Tail Slap. I learned it just earlier today, and many of the uses were when it still had a weapon.

Edit: Thought of another correction. The higher-level Qutrub are not "annoying to get to." They're right near a staging point (I can never remember which one ><;) and much easier to get to than the lower-level ones. This is not to say that they're necessarily the best choice, as, of course, they're higher-level.

Keep up the good work! ^^/

Edited, Jul 17th 2007 10:20pm by Janeth

seriously why isnt this getting stickied?

Spectacular piece of work.

I've only noticed one qualm: In your Warm-Up "Obtaining the Spell strategy, you state, when fighting Mamool Ja Fighters...



I'm assuming you mean Dispel, which actually calls for a Red Mage, or a Corsair with Dark Shot, or... well, a Blue Mage with Blank Gaze or Geist Wall. :)

Otherwise, I've bookmarked your link and plan on using it. Good job!

i love this guide, and i have a suggestion for spell camping. clicking on the link for e-mail doesnt work for me so i gotta write it here

metallic body is much more easily camped in zeruhn mines, at the small pond near overseer makarim.
the other places you mentioned are covered in goblin and other beastmen aggro, but the zeruhn mines location is completely aggro-free. between 3 and 4 crabs spawn there and if your camping this spell at level 3 like i did, the no goblins and beastmen can be a godsend.