My retainer found something interesting...

[Nocte]

rank 13 18 hour explorations can bring you (crap) or the mindflayer minion (i got that!) taffeta cloth, lightsteel, and the other rare material.

idk if there is anything else that's rare like those but those i know drops, got a taffeta cloth myself too sold for 500k.

If you don't mind me asking, what gear (+melds) did you equip to your retainer so they could meet the gathering requirement for r13 ventures?

[Musashidon]

If you don't mind me asking, what gear (+melds) did you equip to your retainer so they could meet the gathering requirement for r13 ventures?

i have 1 miner and 1 gld retainer, my miner only has 323 gathering i haven't melded anything so she can't actually do rank 13 explorations she only does rank 11 or 12 for me kinda wish i made her a battle class to get your retainer to the the amount of gathering you have to put tons of gathering up melds on every piece you can and you have to get the pick/ax that requires 60 hq of the untradable item. (its a real pain)

battle class you just put anything i70 plus on them and once they hit i70 they can do the rank 13 explorations and you go on with your day.