Yeah, we have the FF thread, but FFXIV is such a huge game… I don’t want to clutter the FF thread with every little FFXIV thing that comes by. Plus, we need a listing of SRK players, their time zones, and their characters’ names, races, etc so we can coordinate and do shit together. We can also plan raids and shit with this thread.
99% of SRKGD is playing on the LEVIATHAN server/world. If you want to roll with us, that’s the server/world to choose when creating your character.
Post up your character’s name, race, starting nation, primary job/class, and your area/time zone, and I’ll list them below.
Also, the SRKGD Linkshell will be sending out invites in a few hours. You must be on the list below to get sent an invite.
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Quick Guides:
Leveling
FATE grinding is the fastest way to level at the moment. Here are recommended locations based on level:
1-13: No FATEs. Clear your Hunting Log instead.
13-21: Western La Noscea - Aleport/Swiftperch Teleport
21-27: Southern Shroud - Quarrymill Teleport
27-35: Eastern La Noscea - Costa Del Sol Teleport
35-42: Coerthas Central Highlands - Dragonhead Teleport
42-50: Northern Thanalan - Ceruleum Processing Plant Teleport
How to FATE successfully:
- Join party
- Check map for FATEs
- If FATE has existed for less than 2 mins, teleport/chocobo there ASAP.
- Get first claim if possible.
- Spam AoEs until FATE is 80% complete.
- Check map for next FATE.
- Repeat from Step 3.
Pro Tip 1: Stay in central ground so you are about equal distance from everything.
Pro Tip 2: If you are CNJ, unlock GLD and learn Flash to use as AoE. If you hit 30 and get WHM, don’t equip WHM gem (WHMs can’t use Flash). Stay as CNJ to spam AoEs. Don’t forget to re-equip WHM gem every multiple of 5 level to do WHM job quests.
Beyond Level 50
If you’re wondering what to do once you hit 50, check below:
- Finish Story if you haven’t. Post game content only becomes available after completing the final story battle in The Praetorium.
- Castrum Meridianum. You get 100 tomes of philosophy every time you clear CM. You use phil tomes to buy Darklight gear, from the NPC names Auriana at Mor Dhona (Revenant’s Toll Teleport). Generally, body and leg pieces cost 825 tomes each, hands/feet/head cost 495 each, and all accessories cost 375 each. Prices differ for tanks and mages because their body piece covers the head as well. Using the prices I listed for standard DPS roles, it will cost you ~5385 tomes of philosophy to be fully equipped in Darklight gear, which = 54 CM runs. I recommend getting the accessories first, then Body/Leg, then Hands/Feet/Head.
- While you’re grinding for phil tomes, go to Waking Sands in Western Thanalan to find post-game missions. Namely, the mission that unlocks Hard Mode Ifrit. Unlock HM Ifrit in the Duty Finder by completing the quest, and start doing runs. Ifrit drops a random weapon for a random job (100% drop rate) if killed. It’s a 1/9 or ~11% chance that it drops the weapon for your class. Keep doing Ifrit HM until you get your weapon.
- With your Ifrit weapon and a few DL gear, you can begin comfortably doing Amdapor Keep runs. You unlock AK by completing a quest offered at Vesper Bay (Where Waking Sands is). AK is the most important run you can do at this point, because it gives you 40 tomes of mythology (in addition to 80 tomes of philosophy) every time it’s cleared. You need myth tomes to buy your relic armor piecea. The prices for your relic armor pieces are the same amount as Darklight, except you use myth to buy instead of phil. You are capped at gaining only 300 myth tomes a week, so it will take 3 weeks to save up enough to buy your relic body piece, for example. 300 myth tomes = 8 AK runs. So it’s best to get your 8 runs out of the way early in the week, so you can do CM runs and other stuff for the rest of the week. AK chests also drop some nice gear to tide you over until you get more Darklights.
- Sometime between AK runs, go to Vesper Bay and speak with the NPC Nedrick Ironheart (He gives the quest for AK and others) to flag the Relic Reborn quest, which rewards you with your Relic Weapon when you clear the entire quest line. After speaking with him, go to Revenant’s Toll (Teleport) and speak with NPC Rowena. Then teleport to Fallgourd Floats (Northern Shroud), chocobo to Hyrstmill, and speak to NPC Gerolt.
-5a. Get the broken weapon from where he asks you to. Refer to the list below for your job/class:
-5b. Go back to NPC Gerolt. You now have to buy a special weapon and 2 level III materias to meld to the weapon. Refer to the list below for the weapon/materia you need based on your job/class:
I recommend buying the weapon and materia through the Market Board, then /search for a level 50 crafter who can meld the materia to the weapon for you. Return the weapon to NPC Gerolt.
-5c. Kill the Dhorme Chimera. This is an 8-man instance in Coerthas Central Highlands. Just teleport to Dragonhead and /shout for a group. Or go with FC/LS mates.
-5d. Go back to NPC Gerolt, then teleport to Revenant’s Toll and talk to NPC Rowena.
-5e. Clear Amdapor Keep. Just clearing it will get you the item. It’s not something you have to search for. If you’ve cleared AK before this, you’ll have to re-clear again. Return to NPC Rowena, then return to NPC Gerolt.
-5f. Kill 24 beastmen. 8 x 3 types. Check list below for your class:
Go back to NPC Gerolt.
-5g. Kill the Hydra. The Hydra is at the same place Halitali is (Eastern Thanalan). /shout for group or go with your people. After killing it, go back to NPC Gerolt.
-5h. Kill HM Ifrit, Garuda, and Titan. /shout for group or go with your people and kill them. If you killed Ifrit before for your weapon, you’ll have to re-kill again. The rest is continued from #6 onward.
6. At about 60-75% Darklight, go back to Waking Sands and flag the Hard Mode Garuda quest. Clear the quest to unlock HM Garuda in Duty Finder. Clear HM Garuda for a chance to get her weapon (same chances of dropping as Ifrit). It’s not a priority getting her weapon. The priority here is to just clear it, so you can get the clear for your Relic weapon and to unlock HM Titan.
7. Get 80-95% Darklight (By now, you may even have enough saved to buy a relic Body/Leg piece, go back to Waking Sands, flag and clear the Hard Mode Titan quest. Unlock it in Duty Finder and clear Titan. The weapon doesn’t matter at all.
8. Buy Radz-at-Han Quenching Oil. It’s 900 phil tomes, and Auriana sells them. You will need to buy this and go to NPC Gerolt to clear the Relic Reborn quest line and finally get your Relic Weapon.
9. Grind CM and AK until you have at least your Relic body and all Darklight, then you can begin The Binding Coil of Bahamut, the final endgame dungeon/instance in the game. You flag the quest to unlock BCoB by talking to Urianger in the Walking Sands after clearing HM Titan. Then you go to Wineport in Eastern La Noscea to speak to a couple of NPCs to unlock it.
10. Clear BCoB and work on getting BCoB gear. The Binding Coil has 5 levels, or “turns.” Each subsequent turn is harder than the previous, obviously. You need to be armed to the teeth and skilled to comfortably clear Turns 1 through 3. I know nothing about the last 2 turns.
11. Level 2nd class, or level crafting class, or make dat paypuh~, or chill/wait 'til 2.1 in Nov/Dec.
be back in a couple hours.