pudding flesh....

its completely stupid that this only comes from a leve mob.... what the hell?

Meh, I've gotten 6 of them in 9 tries.

thats just completely awful, 9 leves for 6 items? both the level 45 alc leves need this crap so i guess ill just make a ton of lanolins instead.

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Originally Posted by Kyronex

Meh, I've gotten 6 of them in 9 tries.

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That is crazy good. 11 tries - 0 pudding.

My suggestion, and I just got done with this myself: Gold Needles. Everything is easily farm-able (if not available on the market boards). There's a leve that gives ~35k for Gold Needles at 45 that is not repeatable, but is extremely accessible.

Don't get so caught up in repeatable leves that you forget there is a whole set of leves that aren't repeatable, and almost as good.

eh the repeatable ones are better and i think i still have over 100 karakul skins

"Better" is subjective. You get notably more experience per leve with repeatable turn-ins, sure. But you get considerably less experience per item. 120k for 1 item vs 200k for 9 items. And then there's the matter of convenience or ease-of-completion. Clearly Pudding Flesh is a problem item, which seems to me like it'd make that particular repeatable leve worse than its single-turn-in counterpart.

however the level 40 repeatable one is super ez plus i still haven't gotten "one with ether"

They really ought to re-evaluate this and put some pudding mobs in the open world. Of course if it's handled badly it'll turn into the problem that karakuls and diremites were.

If you want to do repeatable leves, I would recommend sticking Hi-Potions and then move onto Paralyzing Potions. The mats are easy to get and it can be completed in 5 crafts.

The only thing you need Pudding Flesh for is the level 45 quest, which you can also make a profit from since Mega Vitality Potions sell for a lot and you only need 1 for the quest.

If I could give them to you I would. I got mine from the 35 necro quest and I got a lot of them.

According to the new Eorzea Database on Lodestone. Pudding Flesh drops off the Prison Pudding in The Thousand Maws of Toto-Rak. Though I can say I have run this dungeon over 30 times and haven't seen it drop once.

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thats just completely awful, 9 leves for 6 items? both the level 45 alc leves need this crap so i guess ill just make a ton of lanolins instead.

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You're using them for leves? That would take ages! Stick with the Hi-Potion leve until around L45 then do Gold Needle one until L50. Easy mats to get.

I only needed one pudding flesh for the L45 class quest, the rest I used for Mega Vitality potions to sell for profit.

How about you know, using them for stuff you actually need in combat?
That VIT potion could serve as a decent safety cooldown for tanks since it can be used preemptively to buy you some extra HP - too bad SE "forgot" to make the mats accessible.

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thats just completely awful, 9 leves for 6 items? both the level 45 alc leves need this crap so i guess ill just make a ton of lanolins instead.

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Don't do the repeatables at 45. Just do the single turn in that requires you to go to mor dhona. it gives you 150k exp for HQ and only requires you to craft one item, which doesn't require pudding flesh.

As for pudding flesh required for class quest, I just bought the item off the AH since it was cheaper than the actual flesh.

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thats just completely awful, 9 leves for 6 items? both the level 45 alc leves need this crap so i guess ill just make a ton of lanolins instead.

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I'm pretty sure I used Lanolin right to 50. Granted Karakul skins are going for 2 Gil on Sargatanas due to all the fleece farming. I don't think most people even know what they are for. They are used in the level 40 Weaver triple turn in, woolen Smock.

After doing the Necrologos leve ~10 times without getting a single pudding flesh, I gave a try to the Twin Adder leve at Observatorium (Feathered Foes) and got it on the second try. Random is of course random, but doing both will rise your chances at getting it.

Lanolin to 50 was painless and cheap for me. I used NQ mostly, burnt through probably 50+ leve's but I'm pretty sure I made a profit considering how cheap normal quality lanolin is.

I quick synthesis'ed 99 karakul skins at a time, which is only 6 leve turn ins.
It's 96k xp per leve if normal quality, I believe. It really wasn't bad at all unless you need your leves for another class during or right after.

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thats just completely awful, 9 leves for 6 items? both the level 45 alc leves need this crap so i guess ill just make a ton of lanolins instead.

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That lanolin leve is one of the best crafting leves of all crafts. 1 synth, multiple turnins, of an item that's pretty much dirt cheap because of how much people farm fleece. Enjoy it.

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Originally Posted by Alistaire

That lanolin leve is one of the best crafting leves of all crafts. 1 synth, multiple turnins, of an item that's pretty much dirt cheap because of how much people farm fleece. Enjoy it.

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One of the best crafting Leves out there. I have leveled from 41 to 50 in about 3 hours, including farming the skin.