Farming

Whats a good place for a 75 Thf to farm at?

common, really? If you are THF 75 shouldnt you know by now whats good to farm?

I just recently got my Thf to 75 and haven't really done much farming on it besides Zitah so was just looking for ideas

you can try going for alky, thats what a friend does, makes a couple Mil a week doing that.

Check the AH and see what sells, that's probably as easy as I can make it for you. I don't know how anal people are here about talking about their farming spots.

Bone chips in the Maze of Shakrami...

go to miserux coast and farm that *** out of buggards

i say beehive chips in the jungles

Ok, let me put it like this. There isnt any big secret every lv 75 THF is holding on to and shares with you the moment you ding 75. You pretty much farm the same thing as you farmed at 74, or 72 or 70. well you get the idea.

The only thing I've ever farmed at 75 that I didnt feel comfortable farming solo at 74 is Wisteria Lumber.

I just find it funny that you took THF all the way to 75 and never once found out what to farm, mostly because alot of ppl farm the same thing no matter if they are lv 50 or lv 75. Depending on what sells, or if they gardening or crafting.

I understand you have more than 1 75 job? What did you farm with your other jobs? Did you even do some reasearch, or just wanted to drop by and ask that ppl tell you what they had to find out themselves?

I did do some research and I was just wondering what other ppl had to say

Farm something you can craft or garden with...
If not you can farm in Sea serphent grotto+Quick sand caves for npcable and just gil.Farm those in North Gustaberg with Stinging sophie! >o

slime oils, lady bug wings+that one lady bug nm and angel skin is what i farm

The problem with farming is that it's different for each person's specific tastes, very much similar to crafting.

Are you the type of person that enjoys a constant yet small income of profit, similar to Alchemy and cooking with the creation of Silent oils and various food?

Or are you interested in the chance at larger profit yet possible gaps between these profits, more similar to Smithing and Bonecraft with HQ items?

These are questions that you need to ask yourself before you step outside of town because this decides your farming location. Some are geared towards one type while others are the complete opposite.

You also need to decide how you're going to be farming. Are you farming alone, two boxing, with a friend, or NM hunting? These need to be taken into account to decide if a location or item is worth enough to split amongst friends that you farm with and whether or not to change your destination.

Do you have a craft already that you're looking to use in your money-making scheme? If so, look through your recipes for profitable synths, every craft has them. These recipes you choose will affect and direct you to what farming locations you travel too. Make sure to check the prices that NPC's have though before you farm. Some NPC's sell things extremely cheap that can keep you from having to leave city walls all together to make some quick cash!

Is your AH listing all ready bogged down with items that won't sell? Or do you have 7 slots sitting there collecting dust? Are you willing to wait for profit, or do you need instant gratification? These once again depend on you and your personality.

Make sure to go through these questions, they are very important to maximize your profit. You want to go through whichever method makes you the most money in the time spent farming. Keep a track on an Excel spread sheet, a note book, a napkin, anything! It may seem OCD but if you want to maximize your profit in this game for the time you put into it you must discover what works best for you. If you skip this step, you just tippy toe through profit and will be upset at your gains.

Now, with all this in mind, I'll give some personal examples that I use.

*The Instant Gratification Farming*
-This style expects you to NPC your items for quick gil. In the long run this isn't the best choice for most people, but a temporary patch on your wallet.

Your looking for monsters that you can kill quickly by yourself, that have a quick respawn time, items with high drop rates, and sell well to npcs.

Some examples of this can be:
1) Bugard's in Miseraux Coast. Originally much better before the nerf, they very frequently drop skins and tusks that npc for 200-800G each. They have a 5min repop timer and multiple pops in the zone. They are also located right next to Tavnazia Safehold where you cna quickly recharge your HP as well as NPC your items.

2) Flytraps in Various Locaitons. You can find these monsters throughout many zones, mainly Carpenter's Landing where they have a 5min respawn and 30+ pops! Their leaves, although a lower droprate then some other possible items, NPC for 1,200-1500 G per leaf!

3) Diremites in Pso'Xja. Your looking for primarily Avatar Blood here, a common sought out item in Weskit synths. These bloods npc for 3,600-3,800G per. The diremites in Pso'Xja also drop chips that when given to Cid, provide you with a CCB Polymer which AH's for roughly 20k.


*The Group Farm*
-This style of farming is used when you want to tackle monsters of a higher level with one friend or more, thinking you'll get better drops. Use this site as well as wiki to research. HIGHER MOBS =/= BETTER DROPS. An example of this would be Crawlers inside Crawler's Nest to Crawler's outside in Rolanberry Fields. The lower Berr Grubs have a higher droprate on silk then the Worker/Soldier/Rumbler Crawlers.

Your looking for monsters that give you drops of decent value that can still generate enough profit to satisfy two or more people. If you're able to two box, or are the sole person receiving the items from a nice friend, this MAY be the better route for your farming.

Some examples of this can be:

1) Elder Goobue's in The Boyadah Tree. These monsters are much stronger then their coutnerparts in Zi'tah, checking as DC-VT to 75's, however their drop rate is improved that much. They will next you exp, seals, Moss, Cuttings and especially important, Wisteria Lumber. The lumber npc's for nearly 7k EACH. If you can 2box this, or farm with a friend this is an excellent place.

2) Sea Serpent Grotto Sahagins. This can be said for nearly all Beastment Capitals, but SSG is famous. You will need the Sahagin key to get past the door, but the treasure behind the door is worthwhile if you cna kill quickly and effectively. Behind the door you have Mindgazer's which drop the elusive Hakutaku Eyes that can be bazaared for 10-30k, Dragon Blood from the bats for 40k each, coral fragments from various sahagins for 8k. The main attraction here though is the BRD NM's behind the door. They drop nice maounts of gil, are mugable for roughly 3k and drop various scrolls that NPC from 500G to 4K Each. You'll also be receiving seals and exp while doing this so it works out nicely, however you MUST plan ahead for this. This is not a spot you go to farm when you only have 20Minutes, and not a spot to go when you only have 5 spaces open. If your able to have a second character sit in the zone while you kill monsters and have them near Norg, lot the npcable items and dump as you kill, it makes this much more profitable. Be prepared for links and death as well, once your behind the door you can't walk back through until you get another key.


*The HQ/NM Farm*

-This is the style where you look for the one item that's worth a nice chunk of change, or the NM drop. It takes time, and may not come until multiple, multiple, multiple tries. Make sure to check if this style works for your personality and if you're willing to have patience for a drop to come your way.

Some examples of this are:

1) Angel Skin in Kuftal Tunnel. On the basement map of Kuftal tunnel sits a small pond containing various monsters, one being the Devil Manta. This manta holds the elusive Angel Skin which nets you 400-800k depending on your server. It takes time to pull up with your fishing, and may not drop, but it's a nice chunk of change if it does. Bring along a darksteel ore during down time to pop Phantom Worm from the nearby ??? for an extra chance at Phantom Tathlum, as well as Yowie popping nearby.

2) Money-HNM's. These types of NM's are considered HNM, but aren;t too challenging. Serket, Bune, KA all fit this category as they have the potential to drop nice items gil-wise and are easily soloable-lowmanned by friends.

*The Consumable Approach*

-Every craft has item's that are used for many recipes that need to be restocked frequently. Become a supplier to this market and you're guaranteed constant profit. These items generally sell for less then some of your big-ticket items, but generally drop quickly.

Some examples of this are:

1) Silk Thread from Crawlers. Rolanberry Fields, Crawler's Nest, Maze of Shakarami, Pashlow Marshlands are all great spots with many crawlers. Thread is always in demands and generally nets you 10k profit per stack.

2) Beastment Blood from Poison leeches. The infamous Pashlow Marshlands is home to this farming spot. Located in one cluster are crawlers, bees, and leeches. All dropping items that are sought after by crafters. Utilize this spot for beginning your farming career to maintain income.

3) Spider Web from Spiders. An extremely fast seller, often selling before you get back to your mog house. It was once worth alot more before Aht Urghan came out. With Aht Urghan Attercrops right outside and a nice drop rate, these are worth 2-3k depending on your server.


*The Crafting Approach*

-This approach comes from your own crafts and skills. What did you learn as you leveled? Hopefully you didn't follow a guide solely, but took the initiative to look through recipes for other items to make. This will have given you a heads up on synths to steer towards away and to. Use this information now, go back to your roots. What did you synth on? What were you buying? See if the items you once bought are profitable to sell and fuel other's crafts.

Some examples of these are:

1) Fishing. If you can't make money with fishing you're doing it wrong. You can NPC fish for profit, as well as sell some on the AH for nice profits.

2) Goldsmithing. Use the guild to your advantage.

3)Woodworking. Shihei, the most common Ninja tool used can bring in profits.

4) Alchemy. Holy Water will never fail you and guarantee you profit without ever leaving the city's walls.

Sorry for the lengthy post, as well as any misspelling or rambles, its 2AM for me.

But this topic of "How do I make money?" is a see-saw subject for me.

People who simply turn their head to others, you're doing nothing productive but look like an ***. "But I find my way on my own, I didn't ask for help!11!". Grats to you, you beat the system. You have your cookie and you look like an *** with one fell swoop.

The people asking shouldn't be asking you how you made your money, I agree with that. It's rude, unimaginative, and lazy to simply say what do I do, where do I go. It's basically saying give me some gil.

If you were to say, "Hey I just dinged 75 THF/RDM/SMN/NIN w/e, and am interested in any advice from others that can help me find some farming locations that I can now do." or "I'm not exactly sure on how to figure out what's best for me to farm, I have these options, can someone help me out?", that's a totally different question you asked and more people would be inclined to help you.

Hopefully my short guide that I came up with in about 15 minutes can help you and future people with your situation, as well as create new farming spots to pop in your head. Don't limit yourself to these as these are very basic, unimaginative spots. If you apply this thought process though to other locations, you are more than likely to come up with better locations and styles that fit you well.

Laterz~

Holy crap that was not just one wall of text but two!

Probably one of the most informative wall of texts ever built though!

hmm... i thought it was very nicely done and spaced apart. i always thought a wall of text was no paragraphs, spaces, or punctuation.

thf farming isn't what it used to be. Npcables used to be nice til SE killed them.

I thought it was one of the best answers i've seen on here, totaly correct imo lol There are so many ways of making gil, even a new person with a lvl5 character can make 100k or so a day off wild onions if they wanted.

Like krunk said, find what style of farming you like the best and see what the market is like. Personally I do NMs, always love to see hours of work rewarded with big gil prize.

I am sorry, but a lvl 75 thief should not have to ask the question that was asked in the original post. Did you inherit your account?

People farm still! O.O

fixed^

It's almost like this should have been the post.

Hello. I bought gil to get a level 75 job. My mom confiscated my credit card. What do I do now?

All I can say is, do some research. Most anyone wont give you their good secrets. In the hopes that they will stay secrets.

This. The reason most good ways of making money stop becoming good is cause more people learn about them. Then either AH prices drop like a rock and/or SE messes with droprates and/or npc prices.

THere are still secrets?

I used to 2-box a thf/nin and sam/dnc farming in SSG and before they nerfed the hell out of it, Castle Z. Baileys.

thf and sam have easy light and dark skillchains together, the /dnc basically means that except for really tough mobs, the thf won't even have to use any shihei (any shihei used directly subtracts from profit).

thf and sam pair can easily keep the Ocean Sahagin room cleared as long as they can get the first few pulls well to avoid the massive sahagin link from hell.

@Nevill

Like I said in my earlier post, the way the question is asked seriously determines the acceptable response.

In the old day and age, where you would LFP for hours upon end, yes I'd say it was more common sense to use that time to farm. Nowadays, your able to level faster then ever, making less time to complete missions, skillups, as well as farming for that gear.

I'm sure most people recall back in the day before inflation where people would stop leveling till they farmed enough gil for that erase scroll, or that freeze spell. Nowadays people are able to get by with simply npcing Colibri Beaks, Wind Crystals and ISNM's every day.

I'm not trying to justify anything but the fact that if you don't want to give advice to a question like this in a way that could possibly benefit more then person reading it, is there really a need to post and come off as being a jerk? I may just be one of those people that go with the saying of teaching a man to fish is greater than giving him a fish, but I feel it is more constructive to be supportive in the long run then negative for the e-peen.

If the guy is hungry enough, he'll figure out how to fish. You shouldnt need to take him by the hand and lead him to the water and tell him step by step how to fish, right?

The guy has multiple 75 jobs and dont know how/where to farm. Either he never had to farm because of ______? Account was given to him(?) or bought(?). Ofcourse maybe he SMN burned his multiple jobs to 75 and have no idea about farming?

Point is, do you know anyone with multiple jobs at 75 and doesnt have a clue where/how to farm?