Farming spots

[Sqwunk]

I was thinking of farming the flowering cactuars for CP since I can't kill big turtles yet Each Flowering Cactuar gives 7500 cp, only problem is you have to kill them before they run away, but theres a group of 3 and a group of 5. I don't have growth egg yet but even without it, that's nice CP for mobs with only 125k hp.

(note: I haven't read all of this thread so someone may have mentioned this already and I apologize if someone has)

[Atreides]

nah it hasn't been mentioned, the only downside to that is that you have to go through a couple of hunts to get to that zone, and I'm not sure if it's possible to respawn the cactuars without warping back and starting over again. I'll probably try to farm up a ribbon tomorrow so I'll let you know what I find.

[nekoshoonen]

So I killed my first few turtles with the death trick(5 or 6) and got 3 ingots and no Traps =/
But I think I'm doing it wrong I'm just running around aimlessly GP killing turtles then trying to find other mobs to build TP (which I have to say is very slow) even with my Vanille equipping the Victory: TP Charge and 2x Kill: TP charge items (idr the names Champion's belt maybe and Speed sash?
Any tips on a route I could take to minimise time spent running around?

Also when can i start killing Turtles without the Death Trick and also without Summoning at all (is that even possible?)

Thanks in advance for the responses =)

[Atreides]

Yes, eventually you can kill turtles by summoning (to knock them over) and then meleeing them to death, and then once your crystarium is more developed and gear is better you can do the whole thing in under 2 minutes without summoning or death.

And the easiest/fastest place to kill turtles is Eden, in chapter 12/13 (you'll be able to warp back to gran pulse if you want, eventually). There's an adamantoise and a bunch of soldiers you can use to get your TP back.

I did the Adamantortoise in Gran Pulse for a while, by the save point in the north-center of the map, then I'd use the 3 adamanchelids to the north of that to get my TP back, then save/restart.

Energy Sash/Champion's Badge both give TP back upon kill/victory, if you have a Taming Pole or Lionheart equipped with them, as well as either a Survivalist Catalog (or some other accessory I dont remember) you can get the "Gestalt/TP boost" synthesized ability, which lets you get TP back even faster. On the soldiers in eden it only takes 3 fights to get 3 TP, but it might take a few more on fewer mobs per fight in GP.

[nekoshoonen]

Thanks Atreides
I'll look up the TP boost synthesysed ability only thing is I have level 1 Taming pole and Lionheart >.<
I'm a bit confused though do you have to use Sash/Badge and the TP boost on the controlled character or does it work even if someone else has it equipped?

[Sqwunk]

Just tested, they don't respawn, but I think they have reflect. I tried com/rav/rav and started with quake and the other two started using AoEs which interupted the cactuars running away. All of a sudden my entire team was down to 5% hp from nukes.

[Atreides]

you can use it on anyone as far as I can tell

[Ronfar]

Where the hell are those cactuar? lol I thought I seen/did everything in the game.

[Viq]

They were on the left side of the D2 Faultwarrens area. It was the zone for the mission against 4x Borgbear + Borgbear Champion of whatever. The mission mob was way over to the right, but there are two groups of cactuars if you take a left at the entrance.

[KoD]

Sorry i know this was diccused already i can't seem to find the post thow..
killing the adamtorttories(ones with legs), what do you fight the main part or take down legs first then go for the main?

[Atreides]

Yeah, you do legs first then body

1. SYN/SYN/SYN to bravera fang, immediately switch to
2. SAB/RAV/RAV spam deprotect on left foreleg while your party staggers it
3. COM/MED/MED and immediately highwind the staggered leg
4. repeat steps 2-3 for the next leg
5. as it's falling down you can go back to SYN/SYN/SYN if fang/light are missing haste/bravera
6. SAB/RAV/RAV spam deprotect and imperil on the adamantoise/tortoise, when its almost staggered switch to
7. COM/RAV/RAV start hitting it until the chain gauge gets to around 850, then go to
8. COM/COM/RAV, melee to death. You can probably highwind off the last bit once the life bar is under the "E" in "TARGET"

Fang/Light: Imperial/Royal Armlet, STR glove x2, genji glove
Hope: Imperial/Royal Armlet, MAG, growth egg, collectors/connoisseurs

as long as you're using bravera and not bravery it should only take 1 stagger to win (takes about 2 mins), otherwise just repeat the process.

[Militant]

In regards to the adamantortoise in GP by the save point, there is also a group of goblins fighting the wolves, and a giant wolf with 2 little wolves that are easy to blast through and build tp. Takes me 3-4 fights (which are quick since they are all right near eachother and not far from the adamantortoise) to build back enough TP to resummon.

[KoD]

For the adamans i found it took much longer to save/reload game, this metode i used instead i ran to the chocobo, ran to the waypoint by the wolve/behe fighting, then took it to center, and choco, to the next adaman, this also let me do choco digging, aswell for gil

[Tyrath]

Finished farming my traps. Did Adamantortoise for all of it. Used the death trick at first and then eventually moved on to the normal killing.

6/28 Traps
6/28 Plats

Time to finish up missions and then farm for money.

[Militant]

Yeah, I'm done with trap farming, just don't have nearly enough platnium/gil to finish the weapons. Omega weapon is maxed, Kain's is level 70, and my Nue is level 75. Takes ton's of gil just to get a few levels at these stages. Anyone know of any better ways to make cash?

[Militant]

I actually just had a thought, since I'm 1 mission away from completing them all and getting that achievement, I figure I can save, beat it, get the achievement, then exit to dashboard without saving that way I can still farm the easier turtles, and have the achievement.

[Atreides]

might as well just spawn them and start on shaolong guis (since you need at least 5 dark matters for treasure hunter, and that's only if you want just 1 kaiser knuckles and 1 magistral crest), then hop up to Eden to kill the Adamantoise there for platinum when you need cash. IMO the eden spot is faster since you don't have to restart or zone to respawn it.

[Militant]

Ah shit, I forgot the one in Eden will remain, I was worried they'd all be Long Gui's.

[Veikuri]

What's the best spot for farming CP and exp for weapons if your characters are maxed in 2 of their main jobs and soon to be 3rd? I'm currently doing Behemoth+Tiger, but I'd like to get some exp for weapons now. I got the growth egg. Should I focus more on missions now? I see some strats for people who seem to have 4-6 things maxed.

[Drunkenmonk]

can start doing eden adamantoise with summon/death, 80k CP a kill+platinum ingots+traps