BLM AF1Follow

I would like to come along for AF1, I heard it was hard though. *Scared* o.o

Send me a /tell if I am online when you are trying to do it. I will help if I am not in a party or doing a coffer key hunt. :)

ok sounds great everybody, i'm glad to get some response for this and from players other than just us mages because were gonna need some help on this. I'll keep checkin this post and try to reach you all on Sunday.

To make this event easier and beneficial to all involved (no deaths !!!) please do your research if possible or start askin some friends who have done this before for some advice or possibly if they wanna tag along to help.

Note: I Have not done this mission/AF before but i do believe i have the skills to organize it. So i will do the research as well and well get-er-done!

ok every one who is looki to do this or add a helping hand this is some of the researh ive done and i'll paste it here to help us all...please read/print/memorize it lol



Once you have attained level 40 with you Black Mage, head over to Windurst Walls and enter Heaven's Tower. Head to the left (not the doors where you ascend the staircase to the Star Sybil) and follow it all the way down until it ends and you see the NPC Chumimi. Once you talk to Chumimi a cutscene will play where Shantotto, Koru-Moru, and Yoran-Oran will enter and argue over who is right in diagnosing the problem with the baby Star Trees. Most it is really funny ("Watch it, or I'll turn you into a pair of dirty underwear!") but none of the doctors will agree.

It doesn't matter with whom you agree, as the message "No one paid any attention to you." will be displayed. Then, Koru-Moru and Yoran-Oran go off themselves to perform what they believe will fix the problem, but Shantotto will turn to you. After calling you a total loser, she'll then ask you to go toss a Faded Crystal into the gorge in Xarcabard, and bring back a Glowstone, as she thinks that the lighting is the root of the problem.

Prepare yourself for your journey, then grab any type of crystal that you don't need. Most will choose either a Water or Earth crystal, as they're the cheapest. Travel to *ANY* crag (Holla, Mea, or Dem) or any telepoint crystal (Altepa, Vahzl, Yhoat) and trade the crystal that you have chosen to the telepoint crystal. The message "The crystal was drained of all energy." will be displayed and you will receive a Faded Crystal. This is the easiest part of the journey, and it's rocky from here out.

I'm assuming that you have never been to Xarcabard, as most people this level will have not. To get there you travel through the Ranguemont Pass, through Beaucedine Glacier, and inside the glacier go northwest towards Xarcabard. Obviously, having a map helps and the Northern Regions map is really easy to get (See "Her Majesty's Garden," Chateau d'Oraguille).

Welcome to Xarcabard, one of the most beautifully designed places of the game. The 'Northern Lights' you see here are just icing on the cake. However, it's just as deadly as it is pretty to look at, so be warned. Expect Demons, Dragons (Yes, I said Dragons), Ahrimans, Evil Weapons, Skeletons, and many other high levels monsters that will give you a run for your money. This won't be a cakewalk, so come prepared.

You need to head west to E-8. Whether or not you have your map, you really only have to head west. You want to be on the middle of the west side of E-8 (i.e. middle of the left side of the box on the map). There are two "???" here, and the one that's inside the gorge surrounded by the lights is the one you want. You do not want the one that's on a cliff with the torch.

Try to clear out the surrounding demons, and trade the Faded Rock to the "???" and a Chaos Elemental will appear. It is a Light Elemental based NM, so most Black Magic spells will extreme damage to it. It is actually the easiest fight you will engage in while you are in Xarcabard. However, if you call upon it and run, it will eventually go back into the gorge and you will need another Faded Crystal to call upon it again.

Once the fight is over the monster will drop a Glowstone. Make sure everyone that's not here on BLM AF1 passes. Get the Glowstone then go back to Windurst Walls. Enter Heaven's Tower and approach Chumimi again. Trade the Glowstone to Chumimi and you will be thanked for your service. Chumimi will say that Shantotto left the Casting Wand for you, though she probably wants you to do something else for her.


ok hope this helps!!!!!!

Vandamage---- Van Da Mage or Van Damage-------I Don't Care call me Van or Vanda is fine lol



Edited, Sun Oct 24 18:32:40 2004 by vandamages

I did this with my linkshell last friday, as long as you guys have maps you will be ok. The last part can get a little bit confusing though, since there is a lot of "???" around

Good Luck to all you blms doing this :D

Yo yo yo. Wow, this is great. I've been wanting to just get my AF1 over w/ for awhile now. :D Hopefully you mean Sunday the 24th. :P I'm BLM50 (Genkai still not done yet >.<) and am down to straight whoop Demon/Ahriman/Skeleton/Dragon/Elemental asses! I know for a fact that I can get a RDM50 and a DRG54 as well. :D Hit me up, Vandamage. Oh yeah...name's Sendel. :P I'll prolly be on tonite (Friday 22th) around 11pm EST, so i'll also try and get ahold of you too. Peace, homey, and thanks for putting this on. :D

Yes, thank you Vandamage, you are awesome. Another thanks goes to you and that little taru (can't remember his name) for not letting me die when that ice elemental aggro'd us. *Hugs* ^_^