Chobi Digging Skill

[Ayrlie]

i keep a little blog at http://ayrlie.blogspot.com on my digging adventures

last night, little competition in jungles, 800k+ profit as a result

[Ozymandius]

wow, you must have a hell of a lot of inventory space to hold 800k worth of those logs lol

[Ayrlie]

i use 60 woodworking skill with lumberjack key item to turn the logs into lumber

ebony lumber is 150k a stack, rosewood and maghonagy lumber is 100k/stack

i usually bazaar the petrified logs in sandy by carpenters guild before i go to bed, along with lumber thats either in partial stacks or waiting to go on AH. by the time i wake up, all the petrified logs are sold, and the maghongany/rosewood lumber is sold too. ebony lumber usually sells within a day of putting on the AH.

[Zoko]

dear god ayrilie /bow

[Taskmage]

That 800k result - what was your digging rank when you did that, and how many hours did it take you to finish the stacks?

Maybe the jungles get dug out more on my server, but when I go there, I never get that many of the logs you mentioned.

[Ayrlie]

i'm a35 digger, which is journeyman rank. i always carry wind crystals and bundling twine with me to convert mahongany, ebony, and rosewood logs into lumber (important to turn non-stackable into stackable if possible). my skill is too low to turn petrified logs into lumber (as i opted to do bonecraft). I know just about every high level digger that digs in the jungle on a regular basis do the exact same thing. I also turn all other profitable logs other than oak and elm into lumber. I usually turn Elm Logs into Bast Parchment, and either use the Oak to make Warp Cudgels or sell "as is" in Jeuno (oak lumber stacks, for some reason, sell for loss).

(When it comes to digging up logs, all logs dug up other than lauan, willow, and holly are good digs. Maple Logs can be turned into maple sugar for big profits if Sandy is 3rd place in conquest, and Ash/Arrowwood Lumber is used for ammo which almost always sells for a good bit of change.)

an a35 digger in the jungles will pull up more logs than an a55 or a60 digger in the same area, over the same period of time. Also, the Jungles have a good reload rate on the logs, the other zones that have the same logs have a very crappy reload rate.

(currently writing new chocobo digging guide, its nearing completion right now.)

[Inferknite]

What's this jazz about a chocobo title? I've got level 4 or 5 digging and have never seen a title gained from chocobo digging.

[Aeolus]

I just read somewhere it will take 2years to cap choco digging skill, is that right?

[Ayrlie]

thanks to the fatigue system, 18 to 24 months to cap digging is very likely. using a raised chocobo bred for digging will make an impact, however.

i just hit A20 and it took me over 3 months of everyday digging to fatigue to go from a25 to a20.