Farming log by Faedryth ^^

[Faedryth]

Hiya guys. Well as we all know, this game revolves around effeciency in most things that we do. Due to this, I decided to run a log of my experiences farming in my favorite spot, Tahrongi. This spot is good for low to mid level ranges, and I love it because I can one shot anything I need to kill. I was wondering if time/moon phase affects drops as well so this would answer that.

*Notes* Times are usually 1 Earth hour or 1 Game day. I buy my arrows in S.Sandy for 300 gil a stack of wooden. My thief I use for farming this is 50 so it DOES have TH2, you will not get similar results without. TH1 does improve drops over non-TH, but cant compare to TH2. This is not necessarily in chronological order and is relatively short atm, but if anyone cares, I can continue to update as I farm more. At one point, I plan on synthing my chips into wax when I can. Log goes Item - # - average value based on low range of AH in the best selling city. This does not include items I save to synth. Treants run from 1.2 - 2k a stack. Also goblins drop gil which I do not factor in. Sub ranger for elementals and scavenge.

Now the log:

Darksday 20:00 (Waxing 64%) - Firesday 20:00 (Waxing 67%) 198 Arrows used
Results:
Beeswax - 8 - 16000
Saruta Cotton - 9 - 6750
Honey - 6 - 1500
Wind Clusters - 2 - 6000
Cotton Cloth - 5 - 5000
Herb Seeds - 9 - 6750
Grain Seeds - 5 - 5000
Ash Lumber - 2 - 500
Beehive Chip - 1 - synthable
Treant Bulbs - 18 - did not sell

Total - 47500
Note this total does not include items I use to synth and the result will be higher if everything is sold

Firesday 22:00 (Waxing 67%) - Earthday 12:00 (Waxing 69%) 108 Arrows
Results:
Honey - 3 - 700
Goblin Armor - 1 - 500
Herb Seeds - 8 - 6000
Grain Seeds - 2 - 2000
Cotton Cloth - 4 - 4000
Saruta Cotton - 13 - 9000
Beehive Chips - 12 - did not sell
Treant Bulbs - 12 - did not sell
Wind Cluster - 3 - 9000

Total - 31200
Note - this was only a half hour

Firesday 7:30 (Full Moon 95%) - Earthday 8:30 (Waning 93%) 198 Arrows
Results:
Earth Cluster - 1 - 1000
Wind Cluster - 4 - 12000
Honey - 9 - 1600
Herb Seeds - 10 - 7200
Grain Seeds - 2 - 2000
Cotton Cloth - 4 - 4000
Saruta Cotton - 12 - 8000
Insect Wings - 6 - Dropped
Beehive Chips - 7 - synthable
Beeswax - 6 - 12000
Giant Stingers - 2 - Dropped
Animal Glue - 2 - 2000
Treat Bulbs - 24 - did not sell

Results - 49800
Note - Again more stuff saved to synth

Iceday 5:45 (Waning 29%) - Lightningday 3:00 (26%) 165 Arrows
Results:
Wind Cluster - 7 - 21000
Honey - 10 - 2000
Herb Seeds - 4 - 3000
Grain Seeds - 6 - 5000
Arrowwood Lumber - 1 - 250
Ash Lumber - 1 - 250
Saruta Cotton - 9 - 6000
Insect Wingo - 4 - 200
Beehive Chip - 26 - 16000
Treant Bulbs - 24 - did not sell
Yagudo Fletching - 2 - 300

Total - 54000
Note - less than an hour

Darksday 13:00 (93%) - Firesday 13:00 (95%) 198 Arrows
Results:
Wind Cluster - 5 - 15000
Honey - 7 - 1250
Herb Seeds - 9 - 6000
Grain Seeds - 7 - 5300
Ash Lumber - 3 - 500
Beehive Chips - 25 - 15000
Cotton Cloth - 3 - 3000
Saruta Cotton - 12 - 8000
Treant Bulb - 17 - did not sell
Animal Glue - 1 - 1000

Total - 55050



Well that is all for now. I havent been able to put together much as of yet. I have been farming this place for a good long time now and just recently decided to make this. I am not trying to give anyone money making tips and would prefer things to remain the way they are (aka leave my spot alone =P). This is really a test to see if day/moon phase affects drops, one that I would love the community to get involved in. As of now, I have decided that Earthsday signifcantly increases drops over Firesday. That is about all I have been able to garner from this data. If anyone else has any logs or input feel free to put em up.

Faedryth

 

[Pupusa]

I plan on farming in Pashboro (sp?) Marshlands tomorrow night, unless FFXI decides to kick me off, I'll use Spyle's parser and see what data I can get for you.

 

[NeogearzX]

if i had drop rate like that ... man ... ; ;

 

[Synical]

ive done a lot of farming in my time in this game. and though i have never tried to log the day/rates of drop i can tell you that day of week definately effects drop rates. its not universal though. the best day to kill orcs might be the worst day to kill some other mob type. mobs are stronger on certian days and weaker on others, just like they have certian spell weaknesses. i make it a point to get to my favorite spots for certian days if im in the mood to farm.
moonphase ive never really found to effect rates, but then again im not in the habbit of /clock every time i go farm, i save that for crafting. im sure it does though, how couldnt it? it effects just about every damn other thing in the game from gardening, fishing, crafting, to fenrir, lol.

~Syn

 

[Faedryth]

Yeah I think its pretty conclusive. I went out on Windsday (couldnt make a log) but my drop rate was spectacular. I mean about 30 of each cotton and Chips. Would guess I pulled in 65-70k in that one hour.

I think one thing might be what kinda weather the zone gets. Tahrongi gets Earth and Wind weather, so it leads one to believe that those would be the days to go? Just some food for thought.

Obviously this was a waste of my time and I coulda just asked someone ...bleh...lol

Fae

 

[Kiere]

hmmmm...i will have to keep this in mind. I have noticed dramatic differences in my favorite farming spot though. Somedays the drops just don't stop...and other days it seems nothing does...