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    Soil

    I ran a search and didn't come up with anything. Has anyone had any luck digging up the new topsoils? I've been spamming nophica's wells nodes for over an hour and haven't even caught whiff of a ??? on at least 300 nodes. Someone give me a sign that this shit isn't bugged or pure RMT bot fodder.

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    I saw a level 2 while mining earth crystals (not clusters). Not sure if it's just random or what, but I mined one and then it disappeared. The node remained, but the option for Topsoil was gone. If that's typical, gathering them is going to be a pain, got 1 in about 12 nodes.

    That said, I sold it for 20k

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    They gave specific zones that you could get it in during one of the notes, right?

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    ^ Yeah they did, but I haven't seen squat from any of them.

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    Yeah, it's just the rarity/RNG compared to other gathering stuff that makes it confusing.

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    Especially considering topsoil is the most simple thing in the world to gather or "find" IRL, yet is some mystical, mystifying substance that requires only the most legendary of miners and equipment to even find.

    This is the most aggravating thing Ive seen in 2.2. I'm hoping its a bug.

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    I got about 8 grade level 1s in e than yesterday in about 45 minutes

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    I'll try again. Thanks for the information.

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    Grade 1 and 2 come from nodes in the areas listed in the gathering log. The Grade 3 come from new unspoiled nodes that you find in the areas listed in the gathering log. I've managed to get a little bit of all of them, but their pop rates are pretty terrible (sans grade 3). The grade 3 is limited to one per node. Not sure if any of that is any help. :/

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    Farmed soil in Nophica's wells (the correct nodes are the ones closest to the silver bazaar, not in the drop down area) with 2 other people hoping to get enough soil before servers shut down last night. We got about 8 soil between the three of us in 20 minutes.

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    ^ Thank you for this. I was in the drop-down area!

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    Yeah the Nophicas Wells nodes aren't. They drop into the mining pool like the treasure maps but at a much more assy drop rate.

    The level 50 nodes near Bramble Patch give the grade 2 Shroud Soil.

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    If you plan on going after grade 3, http://ffxivclock.com/#/ is your friend.