When should I start the sub-job quest?

[sofakng]

I'm a level 13 Taru WHM from Windurst. Currently I'm fighting in the canyon and in the Maze of Shakrumi.

When I should I start the sub-job quest? Should I do the San'doria one or the Mahura one?

Also, same question for the chocobo quest... when I should I start that one?

Thanks in advance!

(btw, I'm on the Midgarsormr server in case anybody is wondering...)

[Methos1226]

go with selbina

i hear mhaura subjob is harder than selbina. i did mine in selbina and it is pretty simple. During the course of lvling there, the best things to fight are crabs and flies, which drop the item you need. Getting the skull is the only time consuming or "going out of your way" item to get, only because they show up 20:00-04:00 and there are so few while everyone needs one there. Dunes are a great place to lvl so i would head there with a group at 15. should give you time to lvl and get your items.

I heard that they have lowered the lvl req for the chocobo. you still need the grass from dangruf wadi, which is easy with a group of 17's. the run itself to jeuno isn't bad as long as you are sneaky and smart, i.e. hug the wall.

This is my experience, but i play things a bit cautiously and i did all this with ease. try it earlier for a crazy time.

[Pilsbane]

Definately start grouping in Valkrum around level 15 (maybe even earlier, like 13, since you are a whitemage). By the time you hit 18 in experience groups you should have your crab apron and damselfly worm, and if you are lucky your magicked skull. If you have all three by level 18, congrats, go to Selbina and turn them in to Isacio by the coast. If by 18 you still need the skull, convince a group to go to the Gusgen Mines with you to kill ghouls. The mines zones off the east side of the Highlands.

As for the chocobo quest, I don't know if its been changed to 15 yet. I did mine at level 20 with no problems. If you are lazy and/or rich you can buy the Gausebit Grasses for about 800 a piece off the auction house. Or you can go to Dangruf Wadi and kill wadi hares for the grasses. You have to go up the first geyser to get to the area with wadi hares. A level 20+ melee can solo the hares without too much difficulty, so if you bring a melee along with you, the two of you can rape and pillage bunny rabbits in a hurry. I helped Nylia get her grasses. Only took an hour or two to get all 4.

[sofakng]

I'm currently level 14 at the Shakrami mines, so I'd probably like to wait until 15 (and I'll have the "Divine" ability at that level) to go to Valkrum.

How do I get there and is there any home points nearby? Also, any auction houses or the such near there?

[Cymmina]

Re: go with selbina

Originally posted by Methos1226
I heard that they have lowered the lvl req for the chocobo.

The list of upcoming changes only says that they are lowing the requirement for *riding* them to 15. They didn't specify whether or not the quest to get the license was being changed from 20 to 15. Last I checked, this change isn't scheduled to go live until the 16th.

[Brayden]

heh, a lot of good "riding" them will be if you cant get a license to...

[Pilsbane]

It actually does make a difference Battle Angel. As it is now if you already have your chocobo license but are on a job that is less than level 20 you can't rent a chocobo. So lets say you are a level 25 whitemage and you are leveling up your blackmage at the moment that is only level 15. You'd have to go back and switch your main job to whitemage in order to rent a chocobo, until you get your blackmage to level 20+ as well.

Edit: forgot to add instructions to Valkrum Dunes. If coming from the Windurst area take the boat from Mhura to Selbina. Valkrum Dunes is where you end up after zoning out of Selbina. Its inbetween La Theine Plateau and Koncrast (sp?) Highlands if you are coming from another direction. You could of course do the subjob quest in the Mhura area, but I didn't do it that way so I can't offer you any advice on that.

There is a crystal in Selbina that you can set as your homepoint for free (recommended) but there are also outposts in Valkrum Dunes that you can set your homepoint to for a fee. Selbina doesn't have an auction house or a residential area, but it does have a few vendors, including white and black magic vendors.

[sofakng]

Thanks for all the information!

How do I get to Mahura? Buri --> Onzozo --> Mhaura?

Seems a bit risky


Also, do either of you have a price list on white mage spells in Mahura? I need to buy level 13 --> 18 (or so) spells and I'm heading back to Windurst before making my trip so I can use the Auction House.

Thanks again!

[Icemage]

Windurst to Mhaura:

Windurst Woods -> East Sarutabaruta -> Tahrongi Canyon -> Buburimu Peninsula -> Mhaura

There is a ferry that takes 15 minutes to cross between Mhaura and Selbina, and costs 100 gil.

If you have the money to spare, pick up Regen for ~4k in Mhaura. It's going to be your best friend when you hit 21.


P.S. Don't visit Onzozo ^^ That place scared me at level 50 in beta - the elementals there were level 55+


Icemage

[Lily]

Also, you know those Ghouls that sit in their huts in the Shakrami maze in the Taronghi canyon? They drop Magicked Skulls too, when you kill them (however at your level it will be suicide to take one on). I got one there once, but I had already done the Mhaura subjob quest.

I found the Mhaura subjob easier, because the Dhamel spit you can get from Bull Dhamels, and the rarab tail you can get from Mighty Rarabs; BOTH in the same area - Bubimaru Peninsula.

Lastly, the Bloody Robes can be found by killing bogys between 22:00 and 04:00 on one of the beaches ALSO in the Peninsula. But even though the rarabs and dhamels are reasonably easy for a group of 18+, the bogys will prove to be a little trickier. But the good thing is, the entrance to Mhaura itself, is also in Bubimaru Peninsula.

They usually cast Ice spikes (like blaze spikes) at the beginning and can also cast Curse on anyone fighting them (AoE) about 2/3rds of the way through the fight, which is a 25% mp/hp/speed reduction I think. But don't worry, it goes after about 10-15 mins. And remember you can cast Cure on bogys to deal dmg to them.

I did a Cure III on one once, helping another group out, and did 109 dmg, even though my Cure III only heals for about 167 at the moment. I am pretty certain that 3-5 Cure IIIs would kill a bogy.

[Brayden]

Pilsbane-

good point, i never thought of that. doh.