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THF/WAR (ML though not necessary) with free deed +2 gear and a quick empy+1 foot with other lv1 pieces for TH8.

NIN/WAR with TH4 (3 lv1 pieces, 1 herc augment)

Grabbed all the enhancements, had abyssite of discernment (I'd go crazy without it) and used any 3 TP-oriented atmas, didn't care much. Trusts were Mon, Joachim and Koru and that's it. Didn't summon more because entering Abyssea multiple times and getting Sakura and Brygid out was a waste of time.

I started with the longest one first, also because it seemed the most RNG with two mobs being very TH-oriented (Saruba and Ansareth).

I did all this with THF/WAR, and learnt to use the warp trick with Amarok to reset red procs (very easy to do surprisingly, and easy to dodge and spam warp even without flee).

I always went in with Tiger King Hide from AH and deleted it to keep it in my recycling bin as a buffer, and then my routine was always Ansareth > Dhalmel > Saraba > Amarok > [if it took a while, check back for Ansareth, otherwise] Orthrus. I procced TH10 for all NMs besides Amarok and I don't know if I was just super lucky but Ansareth dropped a hide 8/10 of the times, and Orthrus was almost always double-drop (thanks to his drops being super common rate).

One big preparation tip I had to follow was dumping absolutely everything in my inventory before entering Abyssea because you get a lot of rubbish, and if you try to chuck it you risk deleting your sand-caked fang / tiger hide in the recycle bin (which I learnt to use and it helped so much).

I ironically found Saraba to be more annoying than Ansareth, just didn't always drop the hide.

Overall this grind went super fast, moreso than Itzpapotl even.

NIN/WAR with this because 3 NMs require red proccing.

Routine was Granite Borer > Tunga > (through the maze) > Blazed Eruca > Itzpapotl. The worse part was the long walk through the maze, and the drop-rate for Eruca Eggs was very bad, sometimes I cleared out all the Erucas and an egg never dropped.

https://www.bg-wiki.com/ffxi/M._Counteragent really helps for not having to wait through the chasms, I asked a friend to craft them for me because AH sold out, though I didn't always use them all since the chasm waiting also allowed me a break sometimes to do work on the other screen.

Tunga, though small, wasn't too bad to kill with the abyssite of discernment since if I wasn't sure if it was casting, I spammed moves anyway until I got a hint, which usually narrowed it down until I could spam it. It chainspelled a few times only, and was just a waiting game.

Itzpapotl had a rough drop-rate, because it's 'common' it was like 40-45% chance with TH4 and most of the time I only got 1, so it was somewhat slow.

NIN/WAR mostly for all the red procs. In the beginning I used to swap to THF/WAR for just Glavoid because it's super long getting there, but the % isn't a huge increase so stuck with NIN/WAR since the drop is 'very common', even with the jump from TH4 > TH10.

Once a routine was set it was quite easy going through them all, honestly preferred the journey to Attohwa because I didn't like the chasms. Going to the bottom-right took a while and was the least enjoyable phase.

Tried to keep on top with the timed NMs first from worm to fly, and they were usually the first I killed before doing the forced spawns. Drop-rates from mobs was generally good.

I'm still working on this one. 25/50, I wouldn't mind doing the rest traditionally but going to see if I find box-farming easier.