Detailed Solo Guide - Lv. 19-70Follow

unless im at the wrong camp right now, its not only very easy to get too (about a 10 second walk from the outpost), but about half your info for this camp is wrong.

first, theres (usually) a bat eye (it can wonder pretty far away, so its not always there)

while the camp IS pretty big, its still kind of hard to move around with out getting aggro, of course tonko/invis will prevent aggro entirely.



good? hardly! im getting 6~7k exp/hr atm there at lvl 31...using only the bear minimum equip (2 erimite rings, seers robe, and gloves, elvaan RSE boots, linen legs, 2 yew wands, and a emp pin.)

/cheer

and /bow for awesome guide =)

edit: also, theres occationally two other tigers here.

Edited, Mar 12th 2007 4:24pm by ThePsychoticOne

There's no prerequisite at all for reaching the Pso'Xja goblin bat camp. The only parts of this zone that require anything special are the Shrouded Maw BC and Promyvion-Vahzl.

Just a quick question here. Sorry if it has been asked before..

A friend and myself decided to level BLM, only level 22 atm. When it comes to Duo, how would that relate to camps for solo? I am assuming you may just need to go to a new camp a couple levels sooner, since you will have twice the fire power. Anyone go the duo route over the solo that could through a tip or two would be greatly appreciated.

PS: Kudos to OP, that is a great guide. Rate up!

There's a camp in Upper Delkfutt's Tower that uses single bat targets of the same level range (53-55) as the leeches of Gustav. It worked really well with a 52-54 DRG, and I kinda wish I had found it sooner. There is often more than one BST Gigas wandering around, so if you're able, you can move to the next target without having to wait for a respawn. My record was a solo chain 7 at 53 thanks to 3 BSTs constantly popping bats. =D

However, be warned that it's a very dangerous camp. There are sound-aggro bats in most tunnels on the 11th and 12th floors, magic-aggro dolls and pots out in the middle of the rooms, and sight-aggro Gigas pretty much everywhere. You'll want a RR earring for sure. The best camp I found was on the 12th floor against the South East wall (I-9 or so, you'll probably be moving around a fair bit to avoid aggro). You can also rest quite safely in the middle of the 12th floor, just don't use any magic near the dolls. In emergencies, there's a zone to the Stellar Fulcrum at F-10, although getting there requires sneak to pass the bats without aggro, and anything attacking you will interrupt the teleportation device.

Something else that just occurred to me is that there may very well be people killing your BST Gigas trying to get the pop items for Alky / Pallas since the update, so be sure to do a /sea before going. It's a fairly quick trip if you've got the key from mission 3-3, but it's still disappointing to get up there and find nothing to kill.

Hope that's useful. It's definitely the craziest camp I've ever soloed at, but can be fun and excellent exp if you're careful. ^.^

*Information already posted by another member*

Edited, Apr 4th 2007 4:10am by Superllama

Checking out camps at level 58 today, /search revealed a low-60s Japanese BLM playing solo in Mamook; he had a "yellow dot" search comment that said something about a pet camp. As his level was some way above mine, I didn't take special notice of it at the time, but afterwards wondered whether there was a suitable pet camp in Mamook. There is a Mamool Ja's Lizard listed at the Vana'Diel Bestiary and on Somepage as level 68 (same as the Bibiki Bay rabbit pet) and 6 spawn points are cited. Has anyone here found a camp there? It might relieve congestion at Bibiki Bay.

I haven't tried these myself, but a while back my friend was doing a search of that area and commented on why a 40 something BLM/NIN would be out there. The player's search comment was mostly japanese but I'm fairly certain he was soloing the pets, so it may certainly be doable.

wow, let me just say, the camp in xarcabard around J-7 is amazing exp, just hit chain 5 solo. The pulls can be a bit hard though if you don't have experiance pulling, 2 giga's pop here, normally spread around in bad places.

Edited, Apr 10th 2007 4:28pm by MrDudee

I had this problem at first, but then I realized there's no sound aggro anymore (how I hated you you stupid eye in Zvahl), so tonko'd up and went to rest in the middle of the cryptonberries ^_^ so whenever the mob turned the right way and I considered myself having sufficient mp, I'd run back a little and pull. Of course that led to some close calls when I was greedy and pulled with only 200 mp >.>. But anyways, with that way I could pull consistant chain 3 at the very least, usually 4 unless the berries just refused to cooperate, rarely 5 (more of a not enough mp issue).

Also every now and then I pulled the ele to the opposite end of the hallway if both berries decided to hang out at the front of stairs for extended periods of time, but that was very risky.

It has lately seemed like the Newton Movalpolos camp for the upper 50s is almost constantly in use, so I wandered around and found a couple others. They both have advantages and disadvantages, but I don't think either are quite as good as the D-11 camp.

F-10 / F-11: your prey is on the east side of the gates at F-10. The easiest way to get here is to go east past the D-11 camp, and, assuming the red gates are open, camp on the south side of the gates. The dead-end tunnel behind you is completely safe.
The major disadvantages of this setup are the lack of a zone in the case of aggro and the fact that there's always going to be a Moblin (Lengthman, I believe) between you and your target. It's ok for jobs that pull the bat back into the tunnel, but might be riskier for a BLM. The tunnel east of these gates might also work, but you'd have to watch for aggro from behind.

E-7: your prey is on the south side of the gates at E-7 / F-7. The fastest way to get there is to hit the J-8 zone from Oldton and turn south at the gates (if the red gate is open).
You've got the advantage of a zone right behind you. You've got the disadvantage of a Goblin Fireman and a Moblin Tankman who like to hang out in the same area as the Foreman. Any of these three enemies can wander as far back as inside the entrance of the tunnel, so be careful where you rest. If you're finding that the Fireman and Tankman are between you and the Foreman, you can pull these two and zone them until they re-pop in a more convenient location. When all three are behaving well, there's really very little aggro to worry about; the problem is convincing them to all behave for a whole exp session.


If, for either of these camps, the red gates aren't open, you can still access them. This involves a trip through Mineshaft #2716.

If you've never been there before, here's one method: talk to Twinkbrix at E-13 of Oldton, then trade him 1-10,000 gil to play his dice game. 10k is the best odds, but even at that it's still a 50/50 chance of winning. Once you win, you can pay him 2k in the future to get warped to the Mineshaft.

Zone from the Mineshaft back into Newton, and follow the path until the junction (I/J-9)just beyond the first gates. If you want the F-11 camp, turn south and stay left all the way until you get there. If you want the E-7 camp, go straight west at the junction, then NW where it opens out a bit. You want the tunnel going north from G-8; follow this NW until you reach the camp.


There are a couple other Foremen hanging about the zone, but those were the only two I found that had convenient camps located nearby.

Just needed to say this: tons of people have found this guide, and that is all well and good. But please, the moment you arrive at a free camp, put your camp location and target in your /seacom. The words Goblin, pet, camp, Black Mage are all in auto-translate, and many more. Then enter in the location of your camp! Why you ask? Well there are two camps in Bibiki that work very well and can easily support two BLMs- on pandy I usually seem them referred to as "North" or "South"- if I see one is taken and no other /seacom, I'm heading out there. This is just one example- Newton in the 50s has at least 3 camps I've used. Many places have multiple camps and its good to know where one person is to avoid clashing with them over mobs.

This is more for the protection of the camp than anything. Myself and the vast majority of people I've run into during my soloing will respect a /seacom more than anything- **** I've logged out the previous night at an exp camp, logged back in the next day to see a BLM and simply checked to see how long they are staying...There have been times I've waited an hour just conversing with the BLM who's exping and having a grand time, then the camp is mine. But no /seacom, and if I waste my time coming out there I'm going to try and outpull you end of story. If nothing else, to teach you a simple lesson....don't waste other's time....just put in a **** /seacom.

Edited, Apr 20th 2007 8:59am by PandyCelebrindor