Can somebody confirm if yak milk is obtainable via retainer?

According to this http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Yak_Milk, supposedly, it is... however, I asked a guy from my static and he claimed Yak Milk wasn't on his hunting list despite having his retainer at level 60 (not sure if he's serious or trolling me xD).

Could somebody clarify? I'm pretty interested in this ingredient because it's asked in so many culinarian recipes and killing wooly yaks is eternal.

Yes you can get Yak Milk via the hunting missions. I have done that many times with my battle retainer.

They really shouldn't have drop rates on mobs that are so low that retainer ventures become the preferred method of farming. This was one of the first things I was concerned with when they mentioned 3.0 having tougher enemies. Lower drop rates, larger health pools, more ingredients needed to craft a single item. I can't wait for the inevitable buff to drop rates, like we got a year into 2.x.

Yep I have it on both my MRD & GLD retainers. It's level 51.

Yeah, our retainers know a guy who can milk yaks, your guildmate was being mean.

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Originally Posted by Gunspec

They really shouldn't have drop rates on mobs that are so low that retainer ventures become the preferred method of farming. This was one of the first things I was concerned with when they mentioned 3.0 having tougher enemies. Lower drop rates, larger health pools, more ingredients needed to craft a single item. I can't wait for the inevitable buff to drop rates, like we got a year into 2.x.

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I hope it remains as it is. It's far, far better than items being worth less than a hundred gil each since they're so ridiculously common. It also serves to make retainer ventures profitable - I've been sending mine off to acquire a specific item that sells for quite a bit on my server and the income is pretty decent.

My retainer brings jack's milk but seems not happy for that!

I like the current drop rates. Retainer ventures shouldn't be just "level to cap and send the only use of you is to find rare drops". Consistent money earners should be an equally good choice.

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Originally Posted by Zfz

Consistent money earners should be an equally good choice.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

the income is pretty decent.

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I'm speaking from the perspective of someone leveling leatherworking, and it takes 15 minutes of farm to get enough skins to make a single piece for a level 50 leve that requires 9 pieces. I don't want to finance your entire housing ward just to level a single profession. And your retainers (which can be bought with real money) shouldn't be a significant source of gil income, because that is literally pay to win.

People should make bank on endgame gear, not leveling components. That is why hippogryph skin drop rates were never changed in 2.x, while aldgoat, toadskin, and boarskin were buffed substantially.

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Originally Posted by Gunspec

I'm speaking from the perspective of someone leveling leatherworking, and it takes 15 minutes of farm to get enough skins to make a single piece for a level 50 leve that requires 9 pieces. I don't want to finance your entire housing ward just to level a single profession. And your retainers (which can be bought with real money) shouldn't be a significant source of gil income, because that is literally pay to win.

People should make bank on endgame gear, not leveling components. That is why hippogryph skin drop rates were never changed in 2.x, while aldgoat, toadskin, and boarskin were buffed substantially.

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the 2 free retainer are enough to give one of them a battle class to bring you milk and skins.
Or make a 2nd character to get 2 extra free retainers.

I just recently got my first retainer to 60, CNJ, and i must say many of the things she can bring back sell fairly well on the market. If you're trying to level your crafters I highly recommend leveling your retainer. You can get things such as dhamel skins, dragon skin, wyvern skin, crawler cocoons, and chimera manes.

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Originally Posted by Gallus

According to this http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Yak_Milk, supposedly, it is... however, I asked a guy from my static and he claimed Yak Milk wasn't on his hunting list despite having his retainer at level 60 (not sure if he's serious or trolling me xD).

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It's the very first item listed in Lv51-55 hunting ventures. He's either blind, messing with you, or is selling a lot and doesn't want to lose potential customers. XD

So let me get this straight. People like the idea that retainers (of which 2 are free and 3 more are a paid monthly service) are exceptionally efficient at farming materials necessary for leveling crafts. You are opposed to the idea of boosting drop rates from enemies, so that you can reap more gil from market boards by using these retainers. And the best advice being given here is to level additional characters to 60 so that I can access more free retainers, rather than actually engaging in the content by fighting enemies in the field.

There is a lovely game all about sending retainers out to do work for you, it's called World of Warcraft, and its subscription numbers are plummeting at the moment. We should have less emphasis on retainers, and more emphasis on doing things ourselves.

And yes, I'm currently using my retainers (two free, one paid service) to their full capacity, but I still consider it to be stupid. I much preferred retainers to be about gathering the occasional rare treat, not the dragon skin and crawler cocoon farming workhorses they have recently become.

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Actually, yes. I prefer to have my retainers go out and farm materials. This affords me more time to run dungeons, do raids, gear up, help friends out, and be social. Plus, this way I don't have to compete with bots trying to farm dhalmels.

Different playstyles I guess.

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Originally Posted by AnaviAnael

Actually, yes. I prefer to have my retainers go out and farm materials. This affords me more time to run dungeons, do raids, gear up, help friends out, and be social. Plus, this way I don't have to compete with bots trying to farm dhalmels.

Different playstyles I guess.

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Are there even bots farming this stuff? Whenever I've tried to farm ANYTHING on Ultros, I have zero competition. Crawler cocoons, dhalmel hide, aercheoskins, I never encounter anyone killing creatures unless its for a quest or daily hunt. It's the polar opposite on my server from 2.0. The only thing that prevents me from farming the whole day is that 30 minutes of farm nets me only a dozen of any item, and you need around 15 of them to complete a single levequest. So I end up playing exactly as you do, but only because it's far more efficient.

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Originally Posted by Gunspec

Are there even bots farming this stuff?

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Unfortunately, yes. I've seen a few when doing daily hunts.

Honestly, the only thing missing from retainers is a means to farm more precious materials. I feel like in 3.0 Gatherer Retainers should have the option to farm certain unspoiled nodes in the 2.0 areas even if they have to use 5 ventures to pull it off. It just seems odd how they can't farm those even though retainer ventures are hourly for the most part and an unspoiled node appears every hour (half hour in 3.0 zones) but ya.

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Originally Posted by AnaviAnael

Unfortunately, yes. I've seen a few when doing daily hunts.

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I have very mixed emotions about that. Anger, because I hate bots. But also... remorse. Imagine a little robot trying to roll up a hill, but eventually he loses momentum and slides back down. That poor little robot, he tries so hard, but his quest is futile. He is doomed to fail, but keeps on trying, unaware that each attempt is as meaningless as the last.

Oh, and if they are killing dhalmel, then I feel a surge of joy, because those giraffes can die for all I care. The best giraffe is a giraffe on fire.

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Originally Posted by Felis

the 2 free retainer are enough to give one of them a battle class to bring you milk and skins.
Or make a 2nd character to get 2 extra free retainers.

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Who wouldnt actually be able to collect items, since the character would need to be 50-60~ as well. (to personally collect said items first so that the retainer can)

The problem i see with retainers being the best way to farm skins/milks/whatever is that this is clearly PAY TO WIN, since those who hire half a dozen retainers will have six times more mats to sell for gil or to craft and sell.

Yes, I do use my retainers to grab that, but I still feel bad and I don't think that should be the primary way of obtaining things to craft, even more so now that the mob drop rates are abysmal low and crafs require 3 to 5 of each skins/ores/tears/plant things for cloth.

The official developer statement that FF14 is not a P2W game is slowly but surely becoming one big lie.

Hey guys,
I have sent couple of lv51+ battle retainers and didn't see any yak milk.
Can i get the only from field mission or quick mission is ok?
thank you in advance!

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Originally Posted by Gunspec

I'm speaking from the perspective of someone leveling leatherworking, and it takes 15 minutes of farm to get enough skins to make a single piece for a level 50 leve that requires 9 pieces. I don't want to finance your entire housing ward just to level a single profession. And your retainers (which can be bought with real money) shouldn't be a significant source of gil income, because that is literally pay to win.

People should make bank on endgame gear, not leveling components. That is why hippogryph skin drop rates were never changed in 2.x, while aldgoat, toadskin, and boarskin were buffed substantially.

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Take heart, you can only craft junk @ 60 so there's no reason to level it anyway!