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question- I had great streaks in castle zvahl recently getting consistent chain #4s for great EXP, then horrid streaks of multiple deaths over and over due to bad pulls, etc. It just got horrid fast. This was at level 42...resists weren't a problem, demons running me down were on bad pulls.

Are there other options that are slightly safer without mobs that run at flee speed at 42-44? Also, how about other thoughts for cape terrigan?


Excellent guide though- 3 members of my LS are currently using it with amazing success!

yup- greed got me more than not looking at it in hindsight. Thanks for the vote of confidence, and all things considering I'd rather do this than traditional parties most days....guess its just the RDM in me that's used to soloing now at 75 ^^

Found a good camp for probably the upper 30s. I used to get some experience as a blm42 (45now) in Xarcabard. In (J-7) there are two caves on the map. Take the southern one. Directly in front of this cave there is a gigas beastmaster, his pet tiger, and one other giant. At 42 his pet checked as decent challenge. The pros to this camp are that there is no way to get aggro from behind and easy pulls. If you need to rest just go to the back right where the cave makes a 90 degree turn. The giants never wander close enough to aggro. Only downside is that you can't set your HP anywhere terribly close, so I just used a reraise earring.

Goblin Headman is located on the elevated central path in Newton, which is not immediately accessible solo. You need to gamble with the goblin in Oldton to receive the ENM60 key item, then trade him 2k for a warp to the Mine Shaft to reach this camp.

Has anyone found any alternative camps for 65-72, aside from the 2 mentioned here? (Adyweea Subterrane and Newton Movopolos) I tried Newton.. exp was pretty low {maybe I'm just not in the right area.}
Bibiki rabs only check DC-EM for me @68. In terms of exp best gained at my level has probably been Quiqern RNGs. (400+ a kill with band.)

Sent you a PM before the one about the HP for the mobs... I still got it in my sent list




Hope your not mad I add it. It makes it simpler for people to find stuff and If they find a new spot to add it. And people dont have to search through a bazillion post to find new info.



Edited, Feb 15th 2007 10:54pm by ggrapple

I've been following this guide for a bit, I started around level 43 I think in Castle Zavhl Bailey. I went BLM/NIN to start but a few bad pulls with a long run to the zone left me resting more for HP then for MP, so I came back with BLM/WHM. I felt a little more comfortable this way but I still didn't have much luck here so I got to 44 in an exp party.

Then I tried Pso'jxa as BLM/WHM and so far I've liked this area the best. I soloed from 44-45 in a few hours and a good chunk of 45-46. Then I joined some exp parties until 48 and the xp had dropped a lot. It still wasn't bad but I was getting bored with it so I joined parties for 48-49 (1500 xp from 50). Then I went back and soloed the last bit I needed until 50 and got a level cushion.

Then off to Gustav Tunnel, which is where I'm at now. At first I was doing very well, I got to nearly 4k into my level in just over an hour, but I went back this morning and started having terrible luck. My Sleep IIs are getting resisted left and right which makes it scary and my death toll started rising. I exped for an hour and a half and ended up with less exp then when I'd started. I tried going as BLM/NIN after many deaths hoping the guarenteed blinks would help a bit at the start since I would definitely get my first sleep spell off no problem. However then I had my first resisted Freeze spell, it only hit for 400 something damage taking about 50% of the leech's health and leaving me with not enough MP left to do much of anything. I might've made it out had I slept it and rested but my sleep spells were not being reliable enough so I tried to nuke it but ended up with not enough MP to even sleep it so all I could do was stand there as it killed me. I promptly went back to BLM/WHM although tests in my MH showed no difference in INT, I was probably just unlucky.

I'm thinking of going back and trying my luck as BLM/RDM, I'm hoping Gravity will help with the initial pulls.

I was reading the BLM stickies and read the post about Sleep II overwriting Sleep I, it also discussed whether there was any accuracy difference between the two. The general consensus was no, but my experience in Gustav Tunnel, I only had Sleep resisted once, and Sleep II was resisted at least 10 times. At first I was mainly using Sleep II, but later when I was having worse luck being interupted I was using them about equally.

Also everyone here says that /NIN is the best sub, but /NIN leaves me feeling naked. Sure it's nice when everything is going well, but when things aren't going well, which they seem to do a lot, I feel much more comfortable with the ability to cure myself, and it helps cut down on downtime.

two comments to make:

1. Cape Terrigan 44-49: I tried the outpost with MUCH failure due to bad pulls, lack of clean areas to fight, and lost chains because of bad facing of the BST or other Goblins (I know they won't link, but when positioning yourself around other bunnies that WILL link and gobbies too close to drop invis around, it gets hairy). Long story short? An entire RR earring blown in about 90 minutes and only about 1k exp to show for it.

However, there is an AMAZING camp in cape terrigan, and that is in the tunnel that leads off the map at F-7 (on the way to the cloister of gales). This camp has no bunnies, no sound aggro mobs (so Tonko is all you need, not more expensive silent oils), and plenty of safe pull options. As you enter the tunnel, you'll come across two goblin bandits. Farther in, you'll find yourself a sheperd with his rabbit, then either another sheperd or an alchemist* (see footnote), then another bandit. So if we straighten out the tunnel, it would look like this:


bandit-bandit-----------sheperd---alchemist(or sheperd)--------------bandit

Typically, you have safe pulls back SOUTH in the tunnel towards the two bandits, or northeasterly between the second sheperd(or alchemist) and the last bandit. You can safely rest AFK at the exit of the tunnel (past the last bandit) without fear of aggro because you can go out far enough (into the lighted sand usually works) to avoid the bandit roaming and not be noticed by the manticores on the outside.

The two middle mobs (sheperd x2 or sheperd/alchemist) will often switch positions, meaning you'll have to move around a bit to get clear pulls, alternating as they move between the two "camps". The turns in the tunnel are a great asset- you can be a lot closer to a gob than you think possible due to them! I went from 44-49 in about 9 hours here and two exp parties, easily hitting consistent chain #4s for the same numbers as the outpost camp. One word of warning- don't force anything! If a pull just isn't there, or you even doubt it at all, don't take it. If you do get a link, your best hope is to elemental seal/sleepga the pet/master, then re-tonko, and book it to the cloister of gales. Head to the exit by the manticores, then head north and then west. Do NOT go down the path that leads to the ZM5 headstone by accident, you WILL die (did it once). But you can usually get enough of a head start to make it to the cloister if needed. There are cockatrices as well, however I'm pretty sure they are sight aggro (however, something inside me is telling me they are sound, however tonko always sufficed for me, but I did "try" to swing wide when possible).

*before the recent maintenance there were 3 bandits and 2 sheperds for me (on Pandemonium). After, 3 bandits, 1 sheperd, 1 alchemist. I originally thought about zoning the alchemist in hopes of popping a sheperd in its place (see escape route above), but I still was able to pull steady chain #4s with only one beastmaster, so didn't bother.


comment two- Gustav Tunnel 49-54.

Well folks, word is out and this camp was crowded when I went. 2 BLMs and a RDM soloing there (including me). We tried the 3 corners of the room suggested, however the west camp is horrible, or at least was for me. Eventually I moved to the east camp and it was much better, but at 49 with 4 enfeebling merits and an enfeebling earring I got two deadly sleep resists on the leeches (only the IT ones, and only on lightsday- the VT ones were quite amenable to my sleep attempts).

However, can anyone attest to the functionality of the Labyrinth of Onzozo goblin sheperds in terms of camping ease? I don't seem to remember there being any place to make safe pulls there from my camping of Ose/Mysticmaker in the past on RDM, but then again I wasn't exactly looking for this sort of thing. I'm just looking for a second alternative to tide me over soloing when this camp gets crowded, as apparently its going to be.

Edited, Feb 22nd 2007 9:53am by PandyCelebrindor

awesome thread, very helpfull

Got form 50 to 54 really fast, and as there was usually people farming the white mage testymony or undeads, i got them to clear me a zone with only a Goby BST ^^. Easyly 5.5~7k/ hour in those conditions.

And just following up, check out http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/jobs.html?fjob=3&mid=1166873882197973006 for information on solo'ing from 72 to 75 on more Qiqirin ranger type mobs.

This area can support 3 black mages. There are 2 good camps (one north and one south of the teleport room thing) where you can get up to chain 3. For the 3rd though, you have to go from room to room in rooms outside of the 2 good camps killing other Qiqirin rangers. However, kiss your chains goodbye if you're stuck doing this.

Edited, Feb 23rd 2007 12:01pm by Papinabo

nice -bump-

I had the EXACT SAME PROBLEM with this camp...the problems are not related to the ability to kill the bunny, but moreso in relation to links with other rabbits in the area, or a goblin turning at the wrong moment to see you and bam its over.

I posted farther up the page about another camp in Cape Terrigan on the way to the Cloister of Gales that I had incredible success with. Please feel free to look up on this page (page 3) and you'll see the full thing, but here's a snippet-




I had amazing success here, and gustav (the next listed camp) can support 2 BLMs easily, 3 if the third doesn't mind some periods of inability to pull (the west camp has issues with mob position at times, moreso than the east and south camps)....oh, and if you can, wait till 50 to start there.....its possible at 49, and the exp in Terrigan sucks at 49...but AM makes life so friggin easy! At 50 (prior to staves) I would pull with drain when it was clear, sleep, then Freeze. Once I hit 51 I was easily able to one shot them with freeze without food (Moldy and Aquilo's Staff though, as well as 20+ extra INT) which is great b/c you can eat cookies.

Don't give up! It does work, its just the camp listed for Cape Terrigan is one of the harder ones to get good pulls and if its your first attempt at this (like it was mine), it can get VERY FRUSTRATING, VERY FAST.

Is there another camp at 54.. I can't seem to get past Promy's. If not, i'll suck it up with a party for those 4 or 5 levels

You're talking about Camp #1. The one you quoted is almost all the way down by the Batallia Downs zone line. The Gigas roams that open area with three exits where you get to either go East towards Fei'Yin or South towards Batallia.

I don't think anyone did clear this up for you but i did test this and I'm only on CoP 4-3 and i could enter so you don't have to be on CoP 5-3 or higher but I'm not sure if you can enter lower then 4-3

Edited, Mar 16th 2007 4:51am by tinnyangel

As far as blu is concerned, the Cape Terrugab Camp was awesome, once i figure out the spawns. I could get chain#5 consistently as long as I healed at the right time. Bringing alot of shinobi tabi make this easier, just pop one to heal.

However the Gustav tunnel camp has sucked ass for me. At all the the camps (central, east, and west) It took forever for the shepherds to wander to me, and they seemed to move alot more frequently when pulling, and i got dicked on pathing quite a few times. Blu cannot one shot these pets, so I have to pull to safe zone to kill.

My problems:

-Losing chain due to the shepherds movement patterns.
-Goblins stopping, draw my chakram, then moving again right after I throw.
-Leech pathing around infront of their bst.
-Crabs and Goblins making it impossible to get in position to pull a leech

Does anyone know an alternative for 49-54? I tried looking at goblin lvls at vana bestiary but it appears that goblin lvl is not necessarily correlating to the pet lvl. (IE goblins in terrigan and gustav are same lvl according to bestiary but their pets are significantly different levels).

Not trying to hate on this camp, I try to be open-minded on this stuff. I hated terrigan when i got there, and it ended up being the best camp I have had so far (on blu or blm). Just if anyone knows something I have failed to gather from guide please share.

Ne way thanks for the guide regardless, been a big help.

certain camps tend to lend themselves to duo exp very well. However, I'd wager that in the 50-60 range, where you can oneshot the pets with AM, duoing would in fact be slower.

But the camps that require 3 nukes, or 2 nukes and a drain like happens early on (I'm thinking of castle zvahl and cape terrible, I started my solo climb at 42 btw) would both work well, albeit you'll have to duck out or go solo a little earlier than you'd like. I'd wager 1-2 levels prior to the actual end marked by the OP would be smart.

Another idea if you like to duo is even through 50-60, you could duo some times. In gustav you could each take a camp there and oneshot your own mobs, but be close enough to get high chains with little to no effort. Then just disband the party when exp stinks and still chat/hang out but while solo exping. Same could be done in Newtown Movapolis, the 58-60 range. Pso'jxa has just one camp though....would be a tad annoying there, if not impossible.

Then post 60, duoing in ToAU areas is great because then you're not duoing pets per se, but rather just very low HP mobs. From what I hear, the RNG mobs in Aydeewa (sp) Subterannae are great duo fodder.

couple o questions

Is this not stickied?? Seems I always have to hunt for it!

Also, is there another place for 42~ish? Seems Castle Zvhals on
Valefore is always busy, which kinda stinks just a tad.

Guide edited on Sunday, April 8, 2007. Changes include:

- Added references to several alternate camps that have been listed throughout the thread, including:

• Alternate Camp from 26-28: Gigas's Bats in Lower Delkfutt's Tower. See Bikpik's post on page 1 of this thread for more details.
• Alternate Camp from 30-33: Goblin's Gallinippers in Attohwa Chasm. See Shanshin's post directly below this guide for more details.
• Alternate Camp from 36-44: Gigas's Tiger in Xarcabard. See TidusxXx's post on page 1 of this thread for more details.
• Alternate Camp from 38-40: Gigas's Tiger in Xarcabard. See mattnumbers's post on page 3 of this thread for more details.
• Alternate Camp from 44-48: Tonberry's Elementals in Pso'Xja. See Shotzie's post on page 2 of this thread for more details.
• Alternate Camp from 44-49: Goblin's Rabbit in Cape Terrigan. See PandyCelebrindor's post on page 3 of this thread for more details.
• Alternate Camp for around level 45: Tonberry's Elementals in Temple of Uggalepih. See Ludomancer's post on page 2 of this thread for more details.
• Alternate Camp from 49-54: Gigas's Bats in Upper Delkfutt's Tower. See Chomolungma's post on page 3 of this thread for more details.
• Alternate Camp from 59-64: Alporhan's guide in his "Awesome solo :: 59-64" thread.

- Added a reminder that this guide is listed on Wiki.

- Deleted the section about the Pso'Xja camp that said it may be required to be past a certain CoP mission to enter it.

- Fixed several aesthetic, grammatical, and spelling errors.

There are tonberry summoners with elementals the same level as the ones recommended for 40-44 in Castle Z. Has anyone given these a try?

I tried the tonberry thing at level 41/42 last night. The elemental pets in the first part of the temple of ugly are the right level, but there really isn't a good camp. Namely there's one spot in a hall that kinda works if the tonberry harrasser is at the far end, but doesn't work if he walks into the middle. The other spot is in the thf knife room, which I found to be very dangerous b/c of all the non-walkable chests, which cause some funny pathing, often making the elemental loop around and be seen by it's master.

After that I tried out the demon warlock's pet near the zone to uhligard range (however it's spelled), that was kinda odd, and less death prone than the tonberry in Temple U. However, it still wasn't very good. The problems were, that if you camped by the zone line, then the demons could still see you and aggro mid-fight, or if you camped above the demons, they would bring about 5 demons if the elemental got seen by it's master.

I'm now at the recomended camp.

At 44 moved to the cryptonberry harraser camp. This one is good, but at 44 it's somewhat difficult to kill an elemental if you get multiple resists.

There can also be a lot of waiting for the cryptonberries to be in a favorable possition for a pull, making it difficult to get past chain 2 there.

from Wstwd :At ~62-66 you can solo the qiqirn enterprisers at the I-10 entrance to Aydeewa from Wajaom Woodlands pretty safely. There are 4 that pop here, all fairly close to the zone but far enough apart from each other to avoid links. Cast blink, stoneskin, and make sure to nuke from a distance, as they will hit you very hard if you stand too close. Otherwise they only use a ranged attack which will not interrupt your casting. I generally had to sleep them at about 25-30% and rest some mp back to finish them off

I just wanna say ty for this post. Great guide, I've been following it on and off from about lv 40. I'm not the biggest fan of pets only because the chances of dieing are always there. Enrerprisers however are a completely different story. Exp is a little slower but the only chance of dieing is if you literally fall asleep. They don't aggro, they will link but these ones don't run away so they won't go get any friends. Haven't been able to chain these yet but 500+ exp with band, 350ish without which is nothing to laugh at. I would have to say that if you were duoing these with another BLm you should be able to hit chain 3 (since there are only 4 of them at the I-10 entrance. Only once when I have gone in there was there another BLM so I ran around looking for another camp and found one. H-6 there is a straight stretch with 1 on one end and 2 on the other. These must be sight linking because not once did I link. Only danger here is there is no zone close but again they sleep easy.

Again its not mind blowing exp but it is exceptionally steady, low low chances of dieing and you can freely hold conversations with 2-3 people and solo and eat your lunch at the same time and I cannot say I ever had that luxury when I solo on DRG.

Can someone help me find the Pso'Xja camp for level 54 (Goblin's Bat)? I can't seem to find it, maybe I'm just geographically impaired ><

Edit: Found it. Kick ass camp, but dealing with my drunk ass room mate screwed up my chains. :)

Edited, Apr 20th 2007 1:32am by Epysian