Let's talk about Hunts - a detailed rundown of their assumed mechanics

[Kayko]

Gandarewa (The Churning Mist) Died on Gilgamesh, 7/5/2015 23:06 CDT (X6 Y36), No known reason for spawn.

[Vandesaan]

First time you see it?

[XxSliphxX]

Meanwhile, I still haven't managed to find a hunt that isn't already dead when I get there :/

Your best bet is to join a hunt linkshell otherwise you'll never make it to one in time.

[Vandesaan]

Gandarewa (The Churning Mist) Died on Gilgamesh, 7/5/2015 23:06 CDT (X6 Y36), No known reason for spawn.

That kill time, by the way, is two Eorzean Hours after the gathering node for Seventh Heaven was available. Worth checking out.

[Kayko]

First time you see it?

Yes, it was the first one for us. That zone is instanced for Gilgamesh so something like a gathering node seems unlikely as we would have people in both instances heading to the nodes and only one spawn since launch. While possible, it does seem unlikely that SE would have put it in to only be possible spawn in one instance since instancing was supposed to be very temporary.

[Kanjishin]

I have been trying to pop Ganadarewa on Siren with no luck (last two days before maint). I've been killing dragons, praying to statues, gathering seventh heaven nq and hq, gathering aurum regis ore nq and hq, fishing up dragons souls and pteranodon. How do I pop youuuuuuuuuuu. By the way I am still going to try all of these things until we confirm a pop condition. If it is seventh heaven it may be a certain quantity before the node vanishes. Also of note, seventh heaven and aurum regis ore are 1 star items.

[Steve_UK]

Just a quick question regarding Ganadarewa theory, Is either the botanist node, or the miner's nod appear in the east of the map, or Any mountain scenario around it?

Also, I wondering if in fact it's none of the stated above, and actually something to do with a NPC interaction, or a fate boss? Opulent Syricta is a NPC clickable fate boss (and required about 50 of us to even attempt to kill, with no luck)

I know this might sound unrealistic, but reading Vande's First post had made me wonder.

Rank S: Gandarewa
Naturally, the Temple Knights were quick to clamp down on the sect's activities. Its leader, a peasant who styled himself the great guru Gandarewa, fled to the next holiest place he knew─the sacred mountain of Dravania. There he supped on the blood of a dragon, and was forever changed..."

[Super-Pucelle]

No more instances on Moogle. Maybe Kaiser Behemoth and Bird of Paradise are spawnable now, but don't know where i can find npc for hint.

[Antonio_Xul]

Judging by this clue "The heathens adopted the customs of the Near East, bathing themselves in perfumes brewed from strange flowers and forging idols from rare metals that they used in their bizarre and unholy rites", could it be that Gandewera is popped by using crafting potions and crafting items with rare metals?

[Steve_UK]

I just want to add this here -

I've noticed that the new Heavensward S ranks are potentially on a different respawn timer after the maintanence than the level 50 s ranks.

I've checked our tracking website, and no server 12-15 that actually use the site have killed even 1 s rank from heavensward. So my question is, has any server killed any heavensward s rank since the maintanence on 9th july?