Alternate ways of getting moonstones?

Other than doing Ixal quests and turning in stuff for GCs, are there other ways of getting moonstones that I'm not aware of?

Doing Maps. Moonstones can drop from them.

Peisteskin,Boarskin maps to be specific

The fastest way to get Moonstones, that I know of, is to make and turn in Madman's Whispering Rods. Not counting the crystals needed, you can gather everything needed to make 25 of them in one game day, assuming you're able to gather stuff from the first level botany Unspoiled Nodes.

Ohh that's a good idea! I've been doing militia chokers too.

YOu can also buy Leather maps off the MB and run them. That's what I did when crafting i55 stuff got to my head.

Of course, only do this if maps are under 2k gil. At that point, you're also making money!

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Originally Posted by Iagainsti

Peisteskin,Boarskin maps to be specific

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I have gotten them from Goatskin.

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Originally Posted by Shadygrove

I have gotten them from Goatskin.

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In my experience, the higher level the map, the higher the chance of a moonstone drop. My droprate with moonstones from Peisteskin maps is easily over 85-90%, with Boarskin being about 50%.

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Originally Posted by HakuroDK

In my experience, the higher level the map, the higher the chance of a moonstone drop. My droprate with moonstones from Peisteskin maps is easily over 85-90%, with Boarskin being about 50%.

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I have easily done well over 100 peiteskin maps since moonstones have come out, and my drop rate is 10%, if that.

I just started doing boarskins lately, since all I'm really interested in at this point are unhiddens, and I've had around the same luck.

I've gotten 3 from Leather maps. Opened 11 of them, so the drop rate is still pretty high on the low level maps as well (or I'm just really lucky).

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Originally Posted by HakuroDK

In my experience, the higher level the map, the higher the chance of a moonstone drop. My droprate with moonstones from Peisteskin maps is easily over 85-90%, with Boarskin being about 50%.

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YOu are abnormal. For most, moonstone drops are 10-25%, regardless of map type.

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Originally Posted by Bombast

YOu are abnormal. For most, moonstone drops are 10-25%, regardless of map type.

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Not as abnormal, or lucky, as having and 85%-90% drop rate.

My friend and I mine 6-8 peiteskin maps a week, then on Saturdays, we run them together. We've been doing this for months.

We usually see 2-4 moonstones on Saturday.