mardi 12 août 2008

Beginner guide - How to start digging?

First, you have to know that since the update against RMT, you cant dig more than 100 items, that takes around 20 stacks, depending on your luck.

I recommand to be at least whm 38 to be able to teleport yourself to any zone.

Start by buying Gysahl Greens in a nation town, or in Rabao. Because if you have highest fame, it will cost you 62 gil instead of 68 in Jeuno, and when you buy 20 stacks, it makes a little difference (14880gil instead of 16320gil, at the beginning, it's important to try to not lose too much money).

Dont try to dig directly in zone with high profit, you will lose your Greens for nothing because higher rank than you will certainly be in those zones. Try the zones for Skill ups, listed here.
And check the current time before going to dig, if it's "Waxing Crescent", dont go, high level diggers are digging mostly at that moon phase to dig Elemental Ores and you will have hard to dig someting.

I dont think that you need to invest in chocobo riding time gears, you will need to change zone and then change of Chocobo.

At the beginning, you will mostly dig Bone chips, keep them for money at AH (try to sell them in Windurst where the Bonecraft guild is and less fees than Jeuno).

Keep in mind that you will certainly lose money at the beginning, but after two years (if you dig until fatigue every day), you will be capped! (it's not easy, with other diggers, the other things to do ingame, your own life etc, you will certainly not be able to dig every day).

If you dont like to dig, just dont do it, sometimes it's annoying to get nothing and if you cant handle that, just find another hobby :)

Good luck.

Legend


  • Throw away

  • NPC Sell (price at npc)

  • Craft (low level) or stacking on a mule

  • AH Sell (price at AH)

  • AH Sell, really good item (price at AH by piece or stack)


With the mog satchel, you can keep more ores to craft in ingot:

  • 35k/stack Iron ingot

  • 25k/stack Silver Ingot

  • 50k/stack Mythril ingot (or use to level another craft)

Teleport-Altep


  • Western Altepa


    • Take fragments in your MH if you have some, so it will stack even if you are full

    • Pebble (1gil)

    • Zinc Ore (25gil)

      Brass Ingot - Goldsmithing 9 : Fire + 1 zinc ore + 3 copper ore

    • Bone chip (19gil)

      Bone Hairpin - Bonecraft 4 : Wind + 1 bone chip

      Bone Arrowheads - Bonecraft 9 : Wind + 2 bone chip

      Gelatin - Bonecraft 16 : Fire + 4 bone chip + 1 dist. water

    • Iron Ore (150gil)

      Iron Ingot - Smithing 20 : Fire + 4 iron ore

    • Giant Femur (200gil)

      Bone Pick - Bonecraft 23 : Wind + 1 giant femur + 1 ash lumber


    • Gold Ore (4k)

    • Darksteel Ore (5k)

    • Coral Fragment (120k le stack)



  • Eastern Altepa


    • Take scales in your MH if you have some, so it will stack even if you are full

    • Pebble (1gil)

    • Zinc Ore (25gil)

      Brass Ingot - Goldsmithing 9 : Fire + 1 zinc ore + 3 copper ore

    • Bone chip (19gil)

      Bone Hairpin - Bonecraft 4 : Wind + 1 bone chip

      Bone Arrowheads - Bonecraft 9 : Wind + 2 bone chip

      Gelatin - Bonecraft 16 : Fire + 4 bone chip + 1 dist. water

    • Silver Ore (70gil)

      Silver Ingot - Goldsmithing 20 : Fire + 4 silver ore


    • Giant Femur (200gil)

      Bone Pick - Bonecraft 23 : Wind + 1 giant femur + 1 ash lumber


    • Mythril Ore (250gil)

    • Platinum Ore (7k)

    • Philosopher's Stone (11k)

    • Wyvern Scales (50k le stack)



  • Details


    • If you are full, throw away in order : zinc ore, pebble (but it will pop again), silver ore, iron ore, giant femur



Teleport-Yhoat


  • Yhoator Jungle


    • Lauan Log (9gil)

    • Kazham Pineapple (15gil)

    • Bone chip (19gil)

      Bone Hairpin - Bonecraft 4 : Wind + 1 bone chip

      Bone Arrowheads - Bonecraft 9 : Wind + 2 bone chip

      Gelatin - Bonecraft 16 : Fire + 4 bone chip + 1 dist. water

    • Coral Fungus (150gil)

    • Dryad root (240gil)

    • Giant Femur (200gil)

      Bone Pick - Bonecraft 23 : Wind + 1 giant femur + 1 ash lumber

    • Reishi Mushroom (1300gil)

    • Ebony Log (2k)

    • Petrified Log (3k)

    • Mahogany Log (4k)



  • Yuhtunga Jungle


    • Rattan Lumber (40gil)

    • Cinnamon (50gil)

    • Bone chip (19gil)

      Bone Hairpin - Bonecraft 4 : Wind + 1 bone chip

      Bone Arrowheads - Bonecraft 9 : Wind + 2 bone chip

      Gelatin - Bonecraft 16 : Fire + 4 bone chip + 1 dist. water

    • Danceshroom

    • Rosewood Log (1-2k)

    • Mushroom Locust (1k)

    • Ebony Log (2k)

    • Petrified Log (3k)

    • King Truffle (5k)

    • Puffball (1k)

    • Ancient Lumber (2,150gil)



Al Zahbi


  • Bhaflau Thickets


    • Pebble (1gil)

    • Blue rock

      Lapis Lazuli - Goldsmithing 20 : Wind + 1 blue rock

    • Spider web (1k)

    • Petrified Log (3k)

    • Orichalcum Ore (40k) (it seems to not be digged in this zone anymore)



  • Wajaom Woodlands


    • Pebble (1gil)

    • Moko grass

    • Black Chocobo Feather

    • Pephredo Hive Chip

    • Blue rock

      Lapis Lazuli - Goldsmithing 20 : Wind + 1 blue rock

    • Spider web (1k)

    • Ebony Log (2k)

    • Adaman Ore (17k)



Jeuno


  • Batallia Downs


    • Bone chip (19gil)

      Bone Hairpin - Bonecraft 4 : Wind + 1 bone chip

      Bone Arrowheads - Bonecraft 9 : Wind + 2 bone chip

      Gelatin - Bonecraft 16 : Fire + 4 bone chip + 1 dist. water

    • Iron Ore (150gil)

      Iron Ingot - Smithing 20 : Fire + 4 iron ore

    • Purple rock

      Amethyst - Goldsmithing 20 : Wind + 1 purple rock

    • Red Jar (50gil)

    • Black Chocobo Feather

    • Reishi Mushroom (1300gil)

    • Others : throw away or npc



  • Sauromugue Champaign


    • Bone chip (19gil)

      Bone Hairpin - Bonecraft 4 : Wind + 1 bone chip

      Bone Arrowheads - Bonecraft 9 : Wind + 2 bone chip

      Gelatin - Bonecraft 16 : Fire + 4 bone chip + 1 dist. water

    • Iron Ore (150gil)

      Iron Ingot - Smithing 20 : Fire + 4 iron ore

    • Translucent rock

      Clear topaz - Goldsmithing 20 : Wind + 1 trans. rock

    • Gold Beastcoin

    • Red Jar (50gil)

    • Black Chocobo Feather

    • Others : throw away or npc



  • Rolanberry Fields


    • Coral Fungus (150gil)

    • Puffball (1k)

    • Mythril Beastcoin

    • Gold Beastcoin

    • Red Jar (50gil)

    • Orichalcum Ore (40k)

    • Others : throw away or npc



Teleport-Holla


  • La Theine Plateau


    • Bone chip (19gil)

      Bone Hairpin - Bonecraft 4 : Wind + 1 bone chip

      Bone Arrowheads - Bonecraft 9 : Wind + 2 bone chip

      Gelatin - Bonecraft 16 : Fire + 4 bone chip + 1 dist. water

    • Chestnut Log (2k)

    • Mahogany Log (4k)

    • Others : throw away or npc



Teleport-Mea


  • Tahrongi Canyon


    • Bone chip (19gil)

      Bone Hairpin - Bonecraft 4 : Wind + 1 bone chip

      Bone Arrowheads - Bonecraft 9 : Wind + 2 bone chip

      Gelatin - Bonecraft 16 : Fire + 4 bone chip + 1 dist. water

    • Red rock

      Sardonyx - Goldsmithing 20 : Wind + 1 red rock

    • Gold Beastcoin

    • Gold Ore (4k)

    • Nothing much more, throw or NPC sell



Teleport-Dem


  • Konschtat Highlands


    • Pebble (1gil)

    • Flint Stone

    • Bird Feather

    • Fish Scales

    • Zinc Ore (25gil)

    • Bone chip (19gil)

      Bone Hairpin - Bonecraft 4 : Wind + 1 bone chip

      Bone Arrowheads - Bonecraft 9 : Wind + 2 bone chip

      Gelatin - Bonecraft 16 : Fire + 4 bone chip + 1 dist. water

    • Mythril Beastcoin

    • Elm Log

    • If you see some rams, you can kill, a skin sells 250gil at NPC and horn 600gil