The "Good exp spot" thread

**Dawin** · 2010-09-26 12:10

Post some good EXP spots in this thread. If you want to save EXP spots for yourself, that's understandable. Wait until your main is too high a level for the spot, and then post it!

First great spot I found is for rank 7-14ish NW of Gridinia in the Black Shroud.

http://www.ffxivmaps.com/img/region-...roud-large.png

The stump of births has a bunch of squirrels for that level. Once you get too high for them, there's a ton of Young Garalago (SP?) around. Those opos were really good class exp. Was duoing as rank 11 PUG and rank 12 CONJ, and the exp was flying. Was getting ~380ish skill points a kill solo, and still 200+ as a duo (and no downtime as a duo). Not long after you can take the opos, you can take the lone wolves, although there aren't enough of them to provide any type of majority on the enemies you are figthing. I'd say the spot is good for anywhere from 1-3 people, maybe more if you push it at a lower level.

Cons: Lone Wolf in the way will aggro and most likely kill you if you are solo. There's a crystal near by, so just grow some balls and run past it until it loses aggro. If you die, just do it again til you get past him.
It's also a bit of a long run, so bring multiple weapons, or something to repair them.

Be careful going north of the exp camp. There's some high level shit that will hit you for 4k (guivres, among other things).

**Nartosar** · 2010-09-26 13:24

Directly north-west of Camp Bearded Rock is a small downward slope. In there there's a cave with moles and Aurelia. Great for 5-10.

**SquallTiofae** · 2010-09-26 13:59

Cave E of Camp Black Brush outside of Ul'Dah. Respawns 2 Shrews, 1 Errant Soul and a Chigoe every 2-3 min. Good for 6-9 on my PUG. Plus a Quarry/Gig Fishing spot.

**miokomioko** · 2010-09-26 14:07

I am pretty certain that every cave within a certain area (e.g. Bearded Rock, Bentbranch, etc) has the same monsters/levels. Every (Black Shroud) cave I have come across between Bentbranch and any other camp has had mostly Snapping Shrews and Glowflies, sometimes spawning Cave Bats and Errant Spirits. Always the same level range.

**½pint** · 2010-09-26 14:07

West of camp black brush, there is a weird canyon offshoot part of the map with a small square area and lots of brown dots. In this dotty area there are lots of moles that have fairly quick respawn rate. A few people have picked up on this being a good xp zone, so you may have competition, but even so there are enough pops to support 3 people with minimal competing with each other. Not sure what the rate of exp was, but the massive plus is that the moles drop fire crystals every now and again - often in 2s or 3s. Great farming spot for them - one guy got over 100 fire crystals in his xp'ing session. And just to clarify - yes crystals, not shards.

**Gallick** · 2010-09-26 14:10

NW of Camp Drybone is a little mountain that the path goes through; there is a bunch of dodos, thistletail marmots and coblyns there that were great XP for a duo around level 10.

**Grey Jorildyn** · 2010-09-26 18:00

Way south of dry bones past the node, there is a spot against the rock wall which has dodos in a circle around a large rock structure. They share spawns with coblyns a few levels lower. Really great solo (not really enough for duo) from rank 11-14 if you don't mind 150-400skill/450ish xp per fight. It's pure grind but you get a ton of wind shards and dodo parts.

**Kirbyprime** · 2010-09-26 21:22

So... anyone know of a good place to get lightning shards? These things are like the light crystals of FFXI >_>...

Also,

at x38y21 above Drybones there's a nice little camp for solo, maybe duo killing beetles at around rank8

**Meresgi** · 2010-09-26 21:39

What are some good mobs to kill for wind shards/crystals. It seems like every damn craft uses these things and all im getting are earth, fire and water.

The caves to the north east of the first camp from Uldah have some fast spawning moles in them that die easily enough. I grinded there for a bit till lots of people showed up. I usually just try to find caves and out of the way places to grind right now.

**Darkhavans** · 2010-09-26 21:45

Originally Posted by Meresgi

What are some good mobs to kill for wind shards/crystals. It seems like every damn craft uses these things and all im getting are earth, fire and water.

The caves to the north east of the first camp from Uldah have some fast spawning moles in them that die easily enough. I grinded there for a bit till lots of people showed up. I usually just try to find caves and out of the way places to grind right now.

Lots of mobs in La Noscea drop wind crystals/shards. I know Puks and Dodos have dropped quite a few for me.

**Palin** · 2010-09-27 01:27

Uldah cave:

In the North East part of the zone, near the path you'd take to Camp Drybone, there's an area North of the road that has dots all over it on the map. In the North West corner of that little area, there's a rather large cave with 4-5 mobs spawning inside. The Chigoes aggro and have a poison attack, the Wandering Soul aggros to magic, and the Snapping Shrews are passive. Spawns are pretty quick, and I was able to grind out 6-9 in a little over an hour or so.

**Anton** · 2010-09-27 08:48

The Black Shroud:

Just north of Camp Tranquility is a river area with Canopy Galagos and Faerie Funguars. They were good exp from 12-16, be cautious in case an angler pops in the river.

**araraeuchiha** · 2010-09-28 02:12

Originally Posted by Palin

Uldah cave:

In the North East part of the zone, near the path you'd take to Camp Drybone, there's an area North of the road that has dots all over it on the map. In the North West corner of that little area, there's a rather large cave with 4-5 mobs spawning inside. The Chigoes aggro and have a poison attack, the Wandering Soul aggros to magic, and the Snapping Shrews are passive. Spawns are pretty quick, and I was able to grind out 6-9 in a little over an hour or so.

This is a good area if it's not crowded. I'd recommend this too plus the other cave NW of the pond where you'll see people fishing. I normally rotate depending on if it's heavily camp or not (Usually is, it's a popular place)

**Syntex** · 2010-09-28 02:25

Now I am going to show you guys this spot and anyone who wants the location can PM me for it.

I am still using the spot but its a waste to let it go unused when I'm not there so all I ask is if I give you the location I call dibs! I'll also post the spot info when I am no longer using it so others can benefit.

Just to show you what its like...

If you come here you want to be 10-12ish and its better to duo(maybe trio) because you don't need to worry about waiting on respawns making it a nice camp overall.

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/2513/xpspotcave.png

**Darkhavans** · 2010-09-28 03:23

Originally Posted by Syntex

Now I am going to show you guys this spot and anyone who wants the location can PM me for it.

I am still using the spot but its a waste to let it go unused when I'm not there so all I ask is if I give you the location I call dibs! I'll also post the spot info when I am no longer using it so others can benefit.

Just to show you what its like...

If you come here you want to be 10-12ish and its better to duo(maybe trio) because you don't need to worry about waiting on respawns making it a nice camp overall.

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/2513/xpspotcave.png

Oh man, that looks like an amazing spot. I'd ask for the location but I'm past Marmots and not leveling another class past 10 for a while.

**Maguspk** · 2010-09-28 03:42

It's 22 down, 17 across on Gridania map, it's a cave off the lower section. I was using it earlier today, the skill point rates were horrible even at level 10, getting around 50-100 skill points a fight and there is healing required. With more people I imagine you get even less skill ups since you hit less so I don't know. There are a lot of mobs there so whatever floats your boat.

**Syntex** · 2010-09-28 04:04

Originally Posted by Maguspk

It's 22 down, 17 across on Gridania map, it's a cave off the lower section. I was using it earlier today, the skill point rates were horrible even at level 10, getting around 50-100 skill points a fight and there is healing required. With more people I imagine you get even less skill ups since you hit less so I don't know. There are a lot of mobs there so whatever floats your boat.

Did you have to give it away? :/

I found skillups to be somewhere between 50-150 per kill but with them all being so close you make more xp/hour from it then running around elsewhere and yea healing is a must with preferred duo being ideal.

**miokomioko** · 2010-09-28 04:32

He's just wants to ruin fun because he's fangry about Anima... ;/

**Crizto** · 2010-09-28 09:44

Originally Posted by Kirbyprime

So... anyone know of a good place to get lightning shards? These things are like the light crystals of FFXI >_>...

I have been getting Lightning Shards along with Wind Shards from killing Dodos

**Kurokikaze** · 2010-09-28 22:09

Anyone finding it hard to get decent skill on GLA? Can't seem to get 100+ consistently. Averaging like 58ish.

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