Farming spots

[Tyrath]

This is very effective for farming CP

I personally use
Light - Com
Sazh - Rav then Syn
Vanille - Sab

Basically pop Behe king into stagger and go to town on a buffed up Light,.. slightly annoyed since my damage seems to cap at 99999 wont break that 100k mark. Anyways fight takes me about 30-40 secs for 6.6 K cp and just run back to just past the save book and they respawn.

Edit: Also theres a Cactuar that can be nearby and it drops a Cactuar Doll that sells for 12k,.. only does 1exp on upgrade and I dont believe there is any other use for that item.

I couldn't find that cactuar. Anyone know where exactly it is?

[Atreides]

all cactuars have a chance to drop cactuar dolls, although it's really rare even with 5 stars and a connoisseur's catalog

Have you gotten the Cactuar cutscene in the north part of archlyte steppe (that makes them appear all over the zone) yet?

[Tyrath]

all cactuars have a chance to drop cactuar dolls, although it's really rare even with 5 stars and a connoisseur's catalog

Have you gotten the Cactuar cutscene in the north part of archlyte steppe (that makes them appear all over the zone) yet?

Nope, I guess that'd explain why I couldn't find it. Still have some uncovered areas, will go find them soon XD

[Boyiee]

Should I continue farming Behemoth/wolf or move on with story? I know there is a pro grinding spot in The Maw of the Abyss area in Mah'habara, which will give more money... cause thats what I need right now. Sitting on 170k and was saving for adamantite to maybe upgrade axis, or idk what else.

[Tobi]

Should I continue farming Behemoth/wolf or move on with story? I know there is a pro grinding spot in The Maw of the Abyss area in Mah'habara, which will give more money... cause thats what I need right now. Sitting on 170k and was saving for adamantite to maybe upgrade axis, or idk what else.

If hurting on money, I'd continue up to Oerba, that's where you can repair the robot that gives you over 550k in items to sell.

[Boyiee]

If hurting on money, I'd continue up to Oerba, that's where you can repair the robot that gives you over 550k in items to sell.

Then the question becomes what to do with the money, lol.

Lightning sitting on helter skelter level 20, got an axis blade I can push to Enk if needed, or upgrade helter more or someone elses weap... Using Light/Sazh/Vanille still so thats a good option. But it looks like there is a lot of love for fang/light/hope (doubt i'd do that without hope having haste) so fang could probably use a weapon at that point.

Not sure I could comfortably change to light/fang/hope now with how awesome haste is. Could always Light/Fang/Sazh and main fang, using light for heals.

If I were to switch to Light/Fang+ sazh/hope now, would it be better to just unequip my level 20 helter and put on a level 1 axis, upgrading fangs weapons maybe... or just leave her with helter. If I have hope as a healer I could main Light still which I would like.

[Tobi]

Then the question becomes what to do with the money, lol.

Lightning sitting on helter skelter level 20, got an axis blade I can push to Enk if needed, or upgrade helter more or someone elses weap... Using Light/Sazh/Vanille still so thats a good option. But it looks like there is a lot of love for fang/light/hope (doubt i'd do that without hope having haste) so fang could probably use a weapon at that point.

Not sure I could comfortably change to light/fang/hope now with how awesome haste is. Could always Light/Fang/Sazh and main fang, using light for heals.

If I were to switch to Light/Fang+ sazh/hope now, would it be better to just unequip my level 20 helter and put on a level 1 axis, upgrading fangs weapons maybe... or just leave her with helter. If I have hope as a healer I could main Light still which I would like.

Hope gets Haste after the boss fight in Chapter 11. I stuck with Helter so I could upgrade the rest of my party weapons/accessories and I still didn't have enough with 600k.

[Boyiee]

hmm guess i'll be sticking with sazh/light/van still for a bit then. Fang's stats are passing lights now so I'll probably play with fang a bit to see how it is.

[Julian]

Trapehedrons from Long Guis are 5% base drop rate, only 1% for Adamantaimai/Adamantioise.

- Platinum Ingots are 25% base drop rates for both Long Gui and Adamantaimai

- Xiao Long Gui - 25% gold bar, 5% dark matter

- Good Chance increase drop rate by 1.5x

- Best Chance increase rare drop rate by 1.1x

- Easy, Good, Best Chance accessories' effects do not stack.

Thank you, this really helps, but I have a few more questions:

1. Which set of quests evolves the adamantoises? The "stone circle" or the titan quests?
2. Do all of the adamantoises evolve, or just some?
3. I'm guessing Long Gui = the smaller one, Xiao = the one with the tusk? Are Long Gui harder than normal large Adamantoise? Like, the difficulty level between them, Small Ada>Normal Tusk Ada>Long Gui>Xiao Long Gui? Or would Long Gui be easier than the normal large tusked ones? Cause those are A LOT harder than the small ada's, which long gui seems to be based off of? Not sure if what I'm saying makes sense
4. How much do gold bars sell for?

Also, just to make sure, Easy Chance = Shrowd/smokebomb/whatever type items? So that doesn't stack with common/rare drop item. Kinda weird I guess but ok.

Thanks! :D

[Atreides]

xiao means small, so I'm guessing Xiao Long Gui are the small ones (without tusks)

[Julian]

Ok whatever, still the same thing but reversed

All I mean is, for me, normal adamantoises, the large ones are A LOT LOT LOT LOT LOT harder than the small ones, which are really easy. Was wondering what the jump in difficulty is when you upgrade, if the small one is still much easier than the large one, and by how much, and if its easier or harder than the large normal one :/

[Atreides]

According to the book:

Adamantoise (tusks): 5,343,000hp (plat ingot 25% trapezo 1%)
Adamantortoise (tusks): 3,699,000hp (plat ingot 25% trapezo 1%)
Adamanchelid (no tusks): 956,250hp (gold dust 25% scarletite 1%)

Long Gui (tusks): 16,200,000hp (plat ingot 25% trapezo 1%)
Shaolong Gui (no tusks): 10,800,000hp (gold nugget 25% dark matter 5%)

[Julian]

ffuuuuuuuuuuuuu

wait, what's the difference between adamantoise and adamantortoise <____<

[Atreides]

it says Adamantortoise only spawn in Archlyte Steppe - Eastern Tors (and Mark 63), while Adamantoise spawn in Archlyte Steppe - Central Expanse as well as Eden - Leviathan Plaza. Pretty sure the ones with more HP are the really fucking big ones.

[Maguspk]

ffuuuuuuuuuuuuu

wait, what's the difference between adamantoise and adamantortoise <____<

One has shit on it's back and the other doesn't, they are both the same size and have tusks.

Trapehedrons from Long Guis are 5% base drop rate, only 1% for Adamantaimai/Adamantioise.

- Platinum Ingots are 25% base drop rates for both Long Gui and Adamantaimai

- Xiao Long Gui - 25% gold bar, 5% dark matter

- Good Chance increase drop rate by 1.5x

- Best Chance increase rare drop rate by 1.1x

- Easy, Good, Best Chance accessories' effects do not stack.

- The party leader must have the Chance accessory equipped if the summon makes the killing blow.

- Party members with Chance accessories must be alive at the end of the battle for the effects to work.

- Getting a 5-star ranking increases rare drop rate by 5x. No rare drops for 2-star and below.

Maybe this will be a bit helpful for some.

Thanks! This is very useful. Everyone using the summon trick needs to take note here, Vanille needs to have the catalogs equipped because if Death succeeds before the summon is gone you will need it on her to proc it since your other party members are gone. I always had mine on another party member which might explain why I didn't see Platinum Ingots too often.

[Julian]

1. Which set of quests evolves the adamantoises? The "stone circle" or the titan quests?
2. Do all of the adamantoises evolve, or just some?

Still curious about these 2 >.> I'm guessing for #2 they all change, except that now I've learned that there are apparently two different types of tusked ones so idk!

And also need to know #1 cause atm I'm scared to do all the titan's quests :<

[Atreides]

if the accessories don't stack, I'd assume you'd wear Connoisseur's Catalog (Best Chance?) if you want Trapezos, and Collector's Catalog (Good Chance?) if you want Platinum Ingots, but not both?

[Maguspk]

Still curious about these 2 >.> I'm guessing for #2 they all change, except that now I've learned that there are apparently two different types of tusked ones so idk!

And also need to know #1 cause atm I'm scared to do all the titan's quests :<

It's the circle quests not the Titan's trials.

[Julian]

Idk, I just read in another thread, that apparently, having multiples of the same ones is what doesn't stack, so having one of each still gives the effects? idk :/

[Tobi]

if the accessories don't stack, I'd assume you'd wear Connoisseur's Catalog (Best Chance?) if you want Trapezos, and Collector's Catalog (Good Chance?) if you want Platinum Ingots, but not both?

From what I've read and been told, You can have both, since the effects of them are different. One affects Normal and the other affects Rare, so you can use both, but if you're trying to stack them(using 2 of same catalog), they won't stack in that way.