NPC leveling!

[sleekmotorwurkz]

I looked around the forums and subforums, and the failwiki one is kinda out of date. Is there a good place to find what mobs to fight for good exp on your npc?

Basically my question is this...
My NPC is 48, and I have been leveling with a friend who's npc is 68. Im looking for some mobs, that are fairly squishy, that will give decent xp to my friends npc, without completely destorying mine with AOE's. We have been doign crabs in vunkerl, and though they have a small aoe, it only takes about 15% of my npcs health, so I can just cure it.

I would probably either go PLD/NIN or NIN/DNC and my friend would be DNC/NIN. WoTG area's preferred, but anything that would be feasable to fight would be appreciated. If anyone can link a generic npc leveling guide that would be helpful also

Thanks!

[solsovly]

Search Campsitaru, then go to none of those camps. I'd play around with Quads as they don't have any AOEs. There are plenty of DC quads in pashlow.

edit: pashlow [s].

[Karbuncle]

Pashhow Marshlands (S) Has some squishies if your a decent tank.
I leveled mine from 67-69 killing the Manticore and Cockatrice near Kruetzet while camping it for a friend, The manticore were T so even my NPC was getting around 300 exp a kill.

However, Your friends NPC (68 yes?) will be getting 150~200 Exp depending on the Quadavs level, while your NPC will be getting full exp(it being only level 48..)

I was thinking you could go out as a level like 30 job and sit with your NPC, and have a friend train like 30 IT Mobs (to you) kill them all, Uber exp for your NPC, since they receive Exp as if they were soloing the mob(from my understanding)

[gandorf]

At 48 I did buffalo's in ulangand range. Your friend probably wont get much xp there so I would have to say try the goblins and raptors in kuftal tunnel. Can even camp a nm there if you want for a nice axe.

[Vedder]

There are a number of places to go, but if you want to maximize your XP over time you should fight mobs 6+ levels higher than your NPC. (the XP cap varies on mob level difference, but 6+ will always give you the maximum)

If your NPC is level 48, it's going to get the same XP on a level 54 mob as it would on a level 75 mob... but you'd be killing the level 54 mob quicker, so your XP over time will be greater since you'll reach your NPCs 'battles fought' cap quicker.

Toramorai Canal is an excellent place to XP your NPC around your level, especially if you can get there from Windurst Walls.

[kayn]

The high level beetles in KRT are nice. need sneak to get to them but once you're there it's super easy. They're 64-66. I solo them np on pld/rdm. respawn is ok for solo. might not be enough for 2 ppl though.

[Alistaire]

From 65-70 I took my npc to Meriphataud Mountains (s), there's 2 pairs of gobs southeast of the fort just before where the main road turns south. WAR+BLM, then about 60' away a WAR+WHM. I did it solo on BLU, don't know how well Violent? Flourish (the stun one) would work on DC mobs.

[Suiram]

For 68-70 I did Tormentors in Den of Rancor. Usually my friends with higher level NPCs joined me, but a couple times some came with 40-50ish lvl NPCs as well. Their Fireball move is AoE, but I don't believe it is enough to oneshot an NPC of that level. They don't aggro but they do link, and there are 11 that are easy to get to from the entrance without having to avoid other mobs, and are on 16min respawn timers. In case you didn't exp back in 2004-2005, the entrance is just northeast of the OP, by that lake.

[Jaffar]

I know in another post the OP mentioned he was leveling SAM on pets- I actually have been leveling my npc pretty much exclusively on pets while leveling various jobs. Most recently did newton while i was 56 and npc was 51. Wont be good for your friend's npc, but you could use that solo to help bridge the gap.

[sleekmotorwurkz]

Thanks everyone! I tried the quadavs last night and they worked great. Easy to kill, and they are level 70-74, so my friends npc gets decent xp and mine can stay alive without me curebombing her

[ferigor]

My friend and I sometimes duo with our NPC on Catoplebas or whatever (The dhalmels) in bibiki bay. They don't have any AOE, and I think they are still T to VT for 75 (Been awhile since we've leveled, but I think I remember this correctly).