How to get to Limsa Lominsa?

I'm a new player, a level 15 Conjurer, so of course I'm in Gridania. But I keep running into things I want to do like this:

• learn to fish — only in Limsa Lominsa
• learn culinary arts — only in Limsa Lominsa
• try an instanced dungeon with my LS mates — guess what, the only one available is in Limsa Lominsa.

I feel like I'm missing out on all the coolest (to me) content. My searches for how to get to there from here have turned up mixed results; some say to use a FC house (seems extremely unlikely, given how hard a time I had even finding a LS to join), or an airship (supposedly unlocked at by a level 15 quest, but I haven't seen any sign of that, and most of the "guides" on airships are incomprehensible to me).

So. How exactly does a level 15 adventurer get from Gridania to Limsa Lominsa? Or do I just have to wait until I'm farther along in the main quest before I pick up fishing, cooking, or party dungeons?

Just continue on your main story quests and you'll be there soon enough.

The MSQ that leads you to the other cities is at level 15. You just need to progress them.

The quest "The Gridanian Envoy" will lead you to Ul'dah and after that, the quest "Call of the Sea (Gridania)" will lead you to Limsa Lominsa. These quests unlock the airship you need to first travel to the other cities, unless you decide walk the entire way. Once you reach the other cities, you can unlock the aetheryte in each city so that you can teleport to them easily.

You can't walk to Limsa from the mainland though given it's on an island, meaning the ferry from Vesper Bay in Western Thanalan is the only real way of getting there, and that used to also be locked until you gained your airship pass during the storyline, making it rather moot (I think that restriction has since been removed though, but it was still restricted months after the game launched). An alternative as you mentioned though is indeed to join a Free Company who has a house in Mist with a miniaetheryte, and teleport there, and simply zone out of Mist into Limsa, and then attune to the main aetheryte in Limsa's main square, allowing you to teleport there from then on.

Either way, undertaking the main scenario is probably the best way as so much of the game is locked behind main scenario quests (main scenario quests are identified with an exclamation mark inside a flaming meteor logo instead of the regular speech bubble that ordinary sidequests have (and quests that unlock content like airships also have an additional mark on them in the form of a plus sign.).

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

(I think [the story lock on the ferry] has since been removed though, but it was still restricted months after the game launched)

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I'd be interested if anyone knows this for sure, since I and other mentors in my world's NN have been operating under the assumption that the ferries were still locked until after the Envoy arc.


Update: Thanks for the confirmation, Legion.

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Originally Posted by Rongway

I'd be interested if anyone knows this for sure, since I and other mentors in my world's NN have been operating under the assumption that the ferries were still locked until after the Envoy arc.

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They are locked until after the envoy arc.
Can tell from my altoholic GF.

Just continue with the main quest. Not only do you need it for unlocking travel to/from Limsa Lominsa, you also need to follow it to unlock instanced dungeons, as well as loads of other features.
Almost everything in FFXIV is gated behind the MSQ one way or another.

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Originally Posted by MistakeNot

Just continue with the main quest. Not only do you need it for unlocking travel to/from Limsa Lominsa, you also need to follow it to unlock instanced dungeons, as well as loads of other features.
Almost everything in FFXIV is gated behind the MSQ one way or another.

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This. 100%. Most of the important things in the game are locked by the MSQ either directly(the MSQ sends you to the other towns so it gives you airship access, it makes you run a dungeon so it unlocks it, etc) or indirectly(for example you wont be offered the quests to unlock some optional dungeons until you finish specific steps of the MSQ). Its always a good idea to be at least reasonably caught up with the MSQ.

Side notes: If you havent already, make sure you do your level 10 conjurer class quest before you make the trip to Limsa(this is another requirement before you can learn to cook or fish - or take on any other class training that might interest you later). And you should be able to unlock the first couple Guildhests now if you really want to get your feet wet in instanced fights with your LS friends(i believe the first 2 were level 10 required). In addition to that, if you havent already its advised to take up the Hall of the Novice training for some basics of how your class should function in a group dynamic plus some decent gear(the actual hall is outside Limsa, but you can get the training from any city - look for a Smith NPC at the inn).

And finally, welcome to the game!

Just do these quests:

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...t/37d5a29a600/
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...t/065df303e8a/

And then unlock your first dungeon (Sastasha) doing this quest:

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...t/83266250b51/

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Originally Posted by Frizze

In addition to that, if you havent already its advised to take up the Hall of the Novice training for some basics of how your class should function in a group dynamic plus some decent gear(the actual hall is outside Limsa, but you can get the training from any city - look for a Smith NPC at the inn).

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The actual Hall of the Novice is right next to the entrance to Sastasha (the first dungeon) and the MSQ will even send you to visit the hall on the way to unlock Sastasha.
Doing the training in the Hall is indeed strongly recommended. The gear you get is quite good - especially the ring you get for finishing it - and the training itself, while not all that special, can be useful for someone new to MMOs.

Thanks, all. I have indeed been doing the main story quests (which lately has meant mostly running Chocobo-related errands) — I guess I need to just stick with them.

Actually the fact that I got impatient to see another city, right around when the MSQ is about to take me to another city, shows remarkably good (or lucky) game design!

Thanks for the other newbie tips, too. I just last night realized that I'd been neglecting the Conjurer quests, and started catching up on those. And I'll be sure to check out the Hall of the Novice when I eventually make it to Limsa Lominsa (which sounds like it may be soon).

[EDIT: And with this post, I apparently have hit my limit of 3/day, making it impossible for me to post in the "Find a Friend" thread today... and making me somewhat regret being nice enough to say thanks. Silly forum post restrictions, mumble grumble...]

[EDIT 2: No, actually, I've only posted twice since December 6th, so I don't know what the heck is going on with being unable to post in that other thread. But this is off-topic, so I'll shut up now.]

[EDIT 3: And now it works. Whatever, I give up trying to understand it. ;) ]

I'm pretty sure, hall of novice is something that you can find in all big cities Adventurer's Guild and in front of some Dungeon..
Not sure if the beginning is at certain location, can't remember..

The Hall of the Novice (Beginner's Hall) should be accessible from any of the 'Smith' npcs with the big green sproutling icon which can be found in the Adventurer's Guilds in each city (the Gridanian one is positioned between the Inn counter and the repair npc).

As for questing, definitely keep up to date with the class quests given by the Guildmaster for your class's Guild (E-Sumi Yan at Stillglade Fane for CNJ), as it not only unlocks the Armoury System after completing the level 10 one (which allows you to change classes), eventually after completing the final class quest at level 30 you will be able to then unlock the Job upgrade for that class (in your case, WHM for CNJ). The Job upgrade also requires you to be past a specific level 20 main scenario quest though so once again keep plugging through the main scenario, it does get better despite dragging on sometimes (and it does draaaaag a bit). :)

Also in regards to the posting restrictions, that is connected to your current in game level, as you gain higher levels your posting restrictions are reduced although sadly they are not completely removed. This thread explains the restrictions and what levels they are relaxed.

Either way, don't get discouraged! Also, Welcome to Eorzea! :D

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

The Hall of the Novice (Beginner's Hall) should be accessible from any of the 'Smith' npcs with the big green sproutling icon which can be found in the Adventurer's Guilds in each city (the Gridanian one is positioned between the Inn counter and the repair npc).

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The training quests from the Hall of the Novice are available from any of the 'Smith' NPCs. In addition to the Adventurer's Guilds they can also be found in front of each of the early dungeons.
The actual physical hall is located outside Aleport in Western La Noscea though, and within you can find some additional helpful information for beginners in addition to doing the training quests.