FFXI Beginners Guide

[Daemon]

WINDURST WOODS

Lets head over to Windurst Woods now. Upon exiting the "Residential Area" the zone to Windurst Woods should be nearby. Walk down and turn left heading East. Upon zoning into Windurst woods, you will receive a Cutscene. Once completed, continue to walk east until you see a water fountain on your right and a Moogle named "Artisan Moogle" on your left (G-10). Speak with the moogle and he will offer you the ability to unlock Moogle Sack for the price of 9,980 Gil.

At this time since you cannot afford to pay for this. Exit the conversation and he will give you a "FREE Warp Scroll."

Tip: Each Vana day in real time is 57 Minutes, 36 Seconds long.
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Days_of_the_Week

If you speak to the Artisan Moogle once per Vana Day, he will reward you with a FREE Warp Scroll.

LEVIATHAN'S GATE
At this moment we will now head over to the front gate leading to the zone of East Sarutabaruta (K-10)

SIGNET
What Is A Signet?
Signet is a a beneficial Status Effect that allows the acquisition of Conquest Points and Crystals from defeated enemies that grant Experience Points. The signet effect can be obtained from any Conquest Overseer.

Upon reaching the gate you will see the NPC on the right Harara, W.W. this will be your best friend throughout the entire game :)

Click on Harara, W.W. and observe the menu. The first option on the list will ask "Would you cast Signet on me?" Select it and he will cast a Signet. You should now see a small Crystal Icon on the top Left side of your screen.

TUTORIAL NPC
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Tutorial_NPC
Each Nation has a Tutorial NPC that offers you the ability to obtain EXP Bonus item "Emperor Band", Food, Emperor Band, Reraise Earring, and Chocobo Passes.

START NPC: Selele
Location: Windurst Woods (K-10)
After receiving your Signet walk over to the left side and speak with the female Taru NPC name "Selele." Speak to her a few times until she gives you 6 Strips of Meat Jerky. Now we can run out and begin leveling.

EAST SARUTABARUTA
Experience Points/Field Manual
Zone out into "East Sarutabaruta" and turn right. You will notice a floating book "Field Manuel." click on it and observe the options that appear. Scroll down to "Read about Individual Training." click on it. Notice you will see Page 1, Page 2, etc.

Select Page 1 until you see "Bring it on!" Or "no, wait..." pop up. Choose the first option "Bring it on!"

Another option will appear asking if you want to "Set training regime to repeat?" Select "Yes."

Now you are setup to accomplish the goal of killing 6 Mandragoras. After completing this assignment an additional bonus of EXP will be given as a reward.

NOTE: Remember the "6 Strips of Meat Jerky" you received before exiting Windurst? Use 1 now. And begin fighting Mandragoras in front of Windurst.

At this point we will only fight 6 and complete 1 Page Quota.

WARNING: Becareful not to wander too far from the entrance. As you move further away from town into the other areas, Monsters tend to differ in Level Range.

As you are fighting monsters, you will notice different yellow messages appear showing you skill up points.

Example
Club skill rises 0.1 points.
Evasion skill rises 0.2 points.

Once your Weapon skill raises to Level 5, you will learn your first Weaponskill.
After completing 6 kills for your page Quota, you will be awarded EXP, Gil and Tabs.

WHAT ARE TABS?
Tabs are points that can allow you to exchange for buffs and other things such as Repatriation (teleports you to your Home Nation)

When examining the "Field Manuel" scroll down to "Read about Field Support." this will further show you a list of buffs you can use such as Reraise, Regen, Refresh, Protect, Shell etc."

HOW DO I OBTAIN MORE TABS?
You can only receive tabs once per Vana Day by completing another page Quota.

Now that you have reached Weapon skill level 5 and learned your first Weaponskill make sure to engage monster and use the Weaponskill atleast once, then Zone back into Windurst Woods through the Leviathan Gate.

Speak with NPC Selele again. When you exit the conversation, she will give you 3 items and ask you to synthesize something for you.

Here are the items I received

Water Crystal
Pot of Honey
Bird Egg

ORGANIZING YOUR INVENTORY
Bring up your main menu and scroll down to Items to open up your Inventory. At this point due to having received other items from monsters during our EXP run, your inventory will be filled with a few extra things. Notice on the Right side corner you will see "Auto" and "Manual" click on "Auto" with your mouse and hit "Yes."

Now your items have been organized.

SYNTHESIZING
While your Inventory is still up, now scroll up to the crystal that Was given to you by NPC Selele. Click on it and select "Use"

Now the Synthesis box will appear. Place the two other items she gave you and hit "OK"

WARNING
There is a chance your synthesis will fail. In that case you will have to hunt for those lost items.
TIP: These items are for the craft skill "Cooking" therefore heading over to the Cooking Guild and obtaining "Synthesis Support" will help you craft slightly better.

Selele instructs you to head over to the Auction House and select the counter. You do not have to purchase anything. Once you are done, return to Selele and speak with her again. She will reward you with a "Conquest Promotion Voucher"

Walk over to Harara, W.W. and select "I want to spend my conquest points." then choose "Common Items" and scroll down to "Emperor Band"

Congratulations now you have obtained the item "Emperor Band" allowing you to increase exp rate for a duration.

Emperor Band
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Band
[Ring] All Races
Experience point bonus: +50%
Maximum duration: 210 min.
Maximum bonus: 2000
Lv. 1 All Jobs
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NOTE: Emperor Band only has 3 Charges. After using all charges, you can hold on to your band and recharge it. Also becareful, never use an item like this when Paralyzed. You will lose 1 Charge without receiving the effect.

Also don't even think about tossing it to purchase another one from the NPC. You are only allowed to buy 1 each week after the "Conquest Tally Results."

WHAT IS CONQUEST TALLY RESULTS?
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Category:Conquest
Each Sunday, at 0:00 a.m. Japanese Standard Time (JST) (7:00 or 8:00 a.m. PST, 10:00 or 11:00 a.m. EST depending on Daylight Savings Time) the game system executes a "conquest-tally". The result is the conquest hierarchy of the 3 nations for one earth week. The places are determined by the amount of total "influence" each country has. To get control of a region, one nation must get more "influence" over the other Allegiances and the Beastmen hordes. When the tallying timepoint passes, the nation with the highest influence acquires control of the region. "Influence" of a region between the weekly tallies can vary and isn't relevant except in the rare instance of Beastman hordes gaining more than 95% influence, which will eliminate the Outpost Vendor-Teleport function.

EXPERIENCE POINTS LEVELING
Now in order to continue with the next Quest offer Selele has to offer, it is now time to head back out and level up. The next requirement is to return to her at Level 4.

At this point you should be Level 2 and have 5 Meat Jerky, 1 Emperor Band, 27 Tabs for Field Manual.

Zone out into East Sarutabaruta. Equip Emperor Band and activate page 1 If you've been away from the Field Manual too long and the page no longer shows active. This time open up Field Support and purchase Regen for 20 Tabs. Use 1 Meat Jerkey and open items menu and use your Emperor Band.

Continue to level off Mandragoras doing pages until you reach level 4.

After reaching Level 4, return to Selele and speak her. She will reward you with a Raising Earring which will allow you give yourself Reraise.

Now you can spend time leveling to 10. The next section will continue off from Level 10-15 on the next post.