Tonights scheduled event: FARMING!! can i get advise?

buell

Raptus regaliter
Adventurer
Joined
Sep 29, 2004
Messages
372
Location
in a van down by the river
Website
www.rammalammadingdongdotcom.com
Server
Quetzalcoatl
FFXI
Buell
i need gill. i feel like bob and dug makenzie scrounging for beer money.

in other words i'm in real trouble. i have the time but not the knowledge. i hear about people that go out and in an evening get like 60k-100k. well when i go out i end up with like half a stack of 2 items and thats it. some ideas i've tried have been shakrami maze farming silk thread from crawlers. mushrooms from funguars in latheine, and deep in wadi fighting goblins. should i pick stuff that is "too weak" or stuff that is "easy"?

i have thf up to 15 now for treasure hunter (does it really make a big difference?) so i can sub that. i'm a lvl 37 drk. what type of options do i have? you dont have to tell me your super secret camping spot. but some hints would be nice.
 
Basically you are going to want to find items that sell for a decent amount and also sell briskly. If you plan on farming a lot there is little benifit to having your mog house and inventory full. Once you have the items you want that will dictate the mob. Say you want to sell silk. Well you are now going to have to focus on Crawlers. Once you are in an area for a while you will get used to the spawn points and times so that you will just have to make your rounds.

The key to making good money is getting to a mid ranged lvl (which you are) and mass killing in a lowbie area so that you have very little healing time and massive killings. Try to have a little compasion for people who are actually trying to lvl in the area. I know a lot of people who will just kill anything they run accross but I perfer focusing on particular creatures so I don't end up with a ton of partial stacks in my inventory. Also you'll want to get the gobbie bags done as quickly as possible. The longer you can stay out and farm the better.

TH does make a difference but it isn't a dramatic as some people expect. Let's say that without subbing thf you got 40 drops out of 100 kills. With thf subbed you might get 50-55 drops per 100 kill. So their is a difference but it isn't going to make getting money simple.

Goodluck

I'm sure that higher lvl people will have better suggestions than what I've experienced.
 
Back
Top