Efficient Windurst Starting Guide 1-11

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Hello and welcome. Here is a leveling guide for new Windurst citizens on the Horizon server. By the end of this guide you will have:

• Level 11
• Completed the first two nation missions and the tutorial
• ~25,000 gil worth of items & an exp ring

This is everything you need to get your start in the game, advance the story, and jump in to party-based play. I've diligently designed the route so that you accomplish all of these things at once--as efficiently as possible! If you are completely new to FFXI, pay special attention to the tooltips as these are intended for you. Please enjoy. config solo or with a player or 2

-Yam, Sept. '24

Windurst

To begin, open the map and proceed to the point labeled with a green and yellow "beginners'" arrow. Your first task is to learn how to trade your Adventurer Coupon to the NPC located there. Next, proceed to Windurst Woods Tutorial Quest #1 In Windurst Woods find the Tutorial NPC, Selele, located beside the gate at K-10 Proceed through the Tutorial Quest until she asks you to get a Weapon Skill. Now that we have the Signet buff, it's advisable to set your Home Point here before you leave. To do this, inspect the huge cyan-colored crystal.

Tip: To efficiently travel around Windurst there are "Warp Tarutarus" positioned around the city. Their locations are shown here Tip: Always try to have the Signet buff when fighting monsters

East Sarutabaruta

It's now time to leave the city and begin your first foray of combat. Your primary goal is to slay level 1 monsters until you reach level 5, but keep your eye out for a Rarab Tail. We will need this for an upcoming quest. Once outside, figure out how to eat a strip of your Meat Jerky. Now, slay monsters in this close vicinity. Practice using a Weapon Skill once you reach skill level 5 in your weapon. Level 5 Once you have reached job level 5 and obtained a Rarab Tail, it's time to head back into the city.

Tip: One type of monster in the vicinity drops Rarab Tail, but which one may surprise you... Tip: Weapons are the most important way to improve your damage, while food is the second most important.

Windurst Woods

Tutorial Quest #2 Talk to Selele and advance the Tutorial Quest. She'll instruct you how to craft an item. Do so, and progress to the stage of the Tutorial Quest where she asks us to visit the Auction House Nation Mision 1-1 Now, let's get started on the main story. Speak with the nearby Gate Guard, Rakoh Buuma. She will assign you Nation Mission 1-1: The Horutoto Ruins Experiment We must head to the Orastery in Port Windurst (E-7) You can walk there if you prefer to get your bearings around the city, but somewhere nearby us is a Warp Taru if you prefer to travel more quickly...

Port Windurst

Once at the Orastery head inside and speak with the mages until you get a clue to the whereabouts of the minister. (cutscene) After the cutscene, head down an alleyway and behind the warehouse to G-5 You will encounter a gang of children. Speak to their leader. (cutscene) Once you've handed over your Rarab Tail, you can continue to speak to them for another quest. Return to the Orastery and speak with the Warp Taru up on the roof

Tip: You can obtain Nation Missions by speaking with a Gate Guard stationed at any of the city gates

Windurst Walls

You'll be whisked away to Windurst Walls--on top of the Auction House. Proceed below and inspect the Auction Counter to try it out. If you would like, you can sell your reward from the previous quest for a nice chunk of change. If you've encountered any wayward mail, the nearby postman, Ambrosius, will be interested to hear about it.

Generally speaking, it's most efficient to sell stacks of items--12 at a time--on the auction house. It's incredibly time consuming to list single items, so consider hanging onto them until you have a stack.

3. Visit AH -Use taru @ top of orastery to go to AH -Explain AH/undercutting -Probably don’t have much to sell yet.. -but maybe bar tab/mail? Can turn in here -just sell all stacks of stuff you have, keep rest -Sell your justice badge, you could consider keeping it if you want to WHM but you probably need the money right now

Downtime: explain MOG SATCHEL linking

Walk South from AH & stop by mog house to store ALL items we aren’t using. -keep your wild onions on you (probably don’t have any yet..) -Not now, but in the future when you’re on your own, You may find it convenient to set HP here. Where we have is better for the time being because it is a easier death walk for right now. But later, right here outside the mog house is probably where you’ll want it

Complete Tutorial #3 @ gate. -Buy chariot band from conquest overseer. Get a chariot band. Later you can try the other ones, after you have used up all three charges of your chariot band. -he has other good stuff; usually CP is worth 2x or more than gil if you buy the right stuff; check AH

NATION MISSION #1=

Exit the city YAM QUEST #2: WILD ONIONS -Look I’ll just fucking tell you, It’s dropped by goblin thug

-explain check -if you can, kill monsters as you go -practice dodging

Proceed to: Inner Horutoto Ruins (#5 J-7) E.Saru -Use chariot band @ exit city -Kill goblin thugs on the way & crawler -We are going to start encountering dangerous mobs, start checking each mob before you fight (ctrl C or the menu) -should get to level 6 on the way

-Might want to talk to cat on way in for some intel ENTER

-Somewhere in here is the minister, where is he? My memory has been wiped and they must figure it out -dont proceed if you enter a rocky cave area “beetles burrow” -dont tell them but crack is @ H-9 (cutscene) then you are tasked to inspect each of the 6 gizmo -explain “zoning” -it’s random for each person. -team up with someone if theyre here often theres other players -no monster higher than L6 here -TIME FOR THE ONION TALLY. Anybody have 4? (there will be more opportunities..) -should be level 8 now

Return to city, tele @ roundabout & complete mission @ Orastery (port) -Complete SOB if anyone has 4x onion

This is a good stopping point

NATION MISSION #2

-Gate Guard -Buy warp scroll? If you can afford.. -try to always have warp. -Manustery, Windurst Woods (H-9) and talk to Apururu. -Horu Ruins #4 (e.Saru J-11) -MUST talk to Pore-Ohre @ entrance for KI

ENTER: -BE VERY CAREFUL OF BALOON-TYPE MOBS (they are hidden inside) they’re stronger than other mobs and will aggro so we should fight them together -the single bats aggro here, but not trio -Try to get 4 wild onions (goblin thug) before returning. -There’s 6 mana orb spots but 2 are hidden… -Once youve touched all 6 go to crack on eastern wall & complete -Must retrieve all 6 now. -by now you should be level 9/10 -Exit for cool cardian CS -Warp/walk back

-Return to the Manustery (woods) and talk to Apururu -Turn in star onion brigade #2 (give them onions if necessary)

NM#3 is Giddeus Making Money:

the two R/EX items from W. Saru (don’t say but its Torn epistle from savana rarab +meterorite from starfall hillock crawlers) gives a really good item worth 5k (compound eye circlet)

-Gathering?

-Gardening

Show them starting players’ guide

Future items/quest: - MH exit - Evasion circlet - Aspir (two leaf bud R/EX & test answers)