Guildhests: How to Activate?

Hello,
My question is regarding the activation of guildhests.
Until 2.1 implemented them into the story, i did not activate them, and i am having trouble figuring it out.
I am on story line quest "Hest of the Best" which requires me to "use the Duty Finder to undertake the guildhest "Hero on the Halfshell."
I do not have any guildhest in my DF. How do i activate them? Sorry if this is a dumb question, but this has caused me a great deal of frustration, and any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Hero on the Halfshell is a Level 30 Guildhest. Which is probably locked for you now.

You have to go to the Duty Finder and play through the Guildhest there. You can't miss it. When you complete a guildhest, you unlock the next hest. Keep going until you complete Hero on the Halfshell.

Thank you for your reply,
Upon opening DF, I do not have any "Guildhest" available to me. I am unsure how i activate this.

Are you sure? Well, according to what I found in the net: Unlocking guildhest requires completing level 10 and finishing a leve quest (not guildhest) at the level 10 camp in your starting city.

Does that help you?

I have done numerous Lvl 10 leves in Ul'dah & Maelstrom and still have not gotten the access.

Are you sure you don't have ANY? Not even Basic Training?

Yes none at all. I believe it is due to me not activating them and I do not clearly understand how to do so.

At the level 10 camps there is a Battlewarden in addition to a Levemete. The Battlewarden should have a starter Guildhest for you to do, assuming you've completed the first Levequest starter quest.

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Originally Posted by Orophin

At the level 10 camps there is a Battlewarden in addition to a Levemete. The Battlewarden should have a starter Guildhest for you to do, assuming you've completed the first Levequest starter quest.

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Thats the problem, i have completed all the LVL 10 Leve quests in each area, and still the battlewarden tells me i am not yet ready. What am i missing? what am i doing wrong??

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Originally Posted by melisande

Thats the problem, i have completed all the LVL 10 Leve quests in each area, and still the battlewarden tells me i am not yet ready. What am i missing? what am i doing wrong??

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This is going to be a long shot. I see you're a 1.0 char. Did you complete the level 10 class quest for the class that you first logged into ARR with? Normally there's a problem with there being a combination of finishing the first leg of the main story quest (the level 10 equivalent that unlocks inn rooms and levequests) and finishing your level 10 class quest to open up certain things.

Normally after you finish the first level 10 Levequest, the Levemete will tell you to talk to the Battlewarden to learn about Guildhests. If this doesn't do it for you, I'd submit a ticket. Make sure to fill out the template correctly else they won't look at it.

Yes, i have completed all of my main class quests (BLM). I still have yet to even enter my Inn room, could that be it? I have returned to the THM guild and i have no quests available. At this point, i have no idea what to do. But you have been very helpful thank you.

I'm in the same boat as Meli, there is no "Basic Training" popping up in my DF even though I've done all 3 city's level 10 levequests. I decided to contact a GM, waiting to hear back from one, I'm assuming this is some type of glitch.

Hello. Same boat... any news on the problem?

You can go to Horizon camp, there is Battlewarden NPC in there that give guildhest from lv 10.

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Originally Posted by soulz

You can go to Horizon camp, there is Battlewarden NPC in there that give guildhest from lv 10.

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it works! Thank you so much

I was having the same problem. For folks from Limsa, you'll need to head to Swiftperch and speak to Swygskyf. He'll send you on to the battlewarden and you can start doing guildhests

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Originally Posted by MaxaTrilion

speak to Swygskyf.

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Not really on topic, but why do a lot of Limsa npcs have names like gil sellers? O_o

I am having the same problem on my 1.0 char on Excalibur.
Tried all of the starter battlewardens, done all lvl 10 leves, done main story (up to Titan easy), done class quest...
Just can't get 'hest access at all....
All i get from Wardens is a line basically saying going by my gait and garb i'm still too green....wtf, i'm in AF.... (Bard)...

I have been to all 3 battlewardens, all 3 levemete officers.
What am i missing??

Never mind. figured it out. Had to speak to Totonawa...eeeek..

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Originally Posted by melisande

Hello,
My question is regarding the activation of guildhests.
Until 2.1 implemented them into the story, i did not activate them, and i am having trouble figuring it out.
I am on story line quest "Hest of the Best" which requires me to "use the Duty Finder to undertake the guildhest "Hero on the Halfshell."
I do not have any guildhest in my DF. How do i activate them? Sorry if this is a dumb question, but this has caused me a great deal of frustration, and any help is appreciated. Thanks.

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For everyone that has this problem, i think i might solved it.

I went to Swiftperch, nothing, went to Horizon, nada, finally i went to Bentranch Meadows or whatever its called, and bam, "Simply the hest" recieved and i got access to Guildhests.

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Originally Posted by Piricho

For everyone that has this problem, i think i might solved it.

I went to Swiftperch, nothing, went to Horizon, nada, finally i went to Bentranch Meadows or whatever its called, and bam, "Simply the hest" recieved and i got access to Guildhests.

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Which city did your character start the game in? If it was Gridania, then maybe the answer is needing to unlock them in your home region (where you would have been if you had done it at level 10).

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Originally Posted by Niwashi

Which city did your character start the game in? If it was Gridania, then maybe the answer is needing to unlock them in your home region (where you would have been if you had done it at level 10).

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Yup. Unlocking Guildhests comes about naturally as a result of unlocking Guildleves in ARR. After completing some of the storyline content, the head of the Adventurers' Guild in your home city gives you an optional quest to unlock Guildleves. And once you've finished the sample leve that particular quest requires, you receive another quest to unlock hests (though that particular quest doesn't require you to actually complete a hest).

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Originally Posted by melisande

Hello,
My question is regarding the activation of guildhests.
Until 2.1 implemented them into the story, i did not activate them, and i am having trouble figuring it out.
I am on story line quest "Hest of the Best" which requires me to "use the Duty Finder to undertake the guildhest "Hero on the Halfshell."
I do not have any guildhest in my DF. How do i activate them? Sorry if this is a dumb question, but this has caused me a great deal of frustration, and any help is appreciated. Thanks.

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The way to unlock "Guildhest" is to talk to a guy named Swygskyf in Western La Noscea (34,31). He will give you a quest called "Simply Hest" (level 10). Complete that quest and you shall unlock Guildhest.

Ive unlocked it on an accident and didn't know how I did. I ask around and no knew. So I have restarted and figured it out. Took me four days but finally got it. Hope it helps!