Mining Poll.

[Daroth]

What mine is usually dead **as in hardly anyone there mining** Because I am going to attempt to take up mining as my source of income but I want to know what wone would be my best bet for starting out and where I am not going to get slaughtered at lvl 29.

 

[Pupusa]

Ifrits Cauldron is probably your best bet, I've gone to mine there 3 times, but all I ever got was some ash and sulfur. I used my Ninja with Tonko and Silent oils, then when I was done I was use my 2 hours and ghetto warp back. Its not easy though, I printed out some maps and was all set to go, when I arrive, almost none of the mine points were around, flame spouts blocked off various areas, and most points were close to a bomb. I lost gil in that venture.

Best place IMO is the grotto, if you got good blacksmithing and goldsmithing skills you can turn all those iron ores you get into ingots and keep mining with space in your inventory. Sometimes you'll strike it rich, I made 40k in one venture that lasted like 20 minutes, got lucky with darksteel and gold ores. Sometimes it won't be so good, flint stones and such, but you almost break even.

Go to Mystery Tour FFXI page and look up the sections there, I was about to start mining again, you could probably make your own pickaxes cheap, and most of the ingot recipes require either smithing or goldsmithing to be in the 13-20 range.

Its a great place honestly, if you can craft and have some patience. Just try to go in hours when no one is around. Be careful at level 29, some things can still aggro you, have a map ready, theres 3 places you can zone out, so things shouldn't get too hard.

 

[Daroth]

Thank you for the help. I have been in zerhun mines and all i get is blasted zinc and iron which isnt too bad considering i break even everytime i go sometimes i have come over with some profit but I will go back to yug and mine there, Also Is mining EQ like field set really helpful?

 

[Pupusa]

Here's some more tips, mining equipment from my experience only helps in the number of swings before a pickaxe breaks. My 3 best ventures have been without mining equipment, but then again I was breaking pickaxes at 2-3 swings. With the gear on I can swing perhaps 5-6 times before one breaks, just boils down to luck.

A tip with those zinc ores, buy 3 copper ores at the Blacksmith guild in Sandy and use the zinc ore to make a brass ingot, a stack goes for 7-8k, and the goldsmithing skill is low to get constant successes. The market is getting flooded though with miners, so expect to deal with undercutters constantly making your stuff take longer to sell. :evil:

 

[Daroth]

understood. you are my teacher, you are wise in the way of finding shiny rocks.