Travel to another city?

[Aleczan]

To travel to other city, if you follow the road, it is quite safe. I think the main road leading to cities area are clear of aggressive monster, or if there are aggressive monster, you can easily avoid them. So I am quite sure it is safe for you to walk to Gridania.

You can also ride the Airship, but the price is 5000 gil, expensive for new player. (Actually, it will be 2500 gil for people level 25 and below. Please see VydarrTyr's reply below.)

You might also ask someone else that's going to teleport to Gridania if you can tag along.

If you want to go to Gridania on foot, you have to ride the ferry to Thanalan (Ul'dah) first, then walk along the road to far, far east. Then you'll be arriving in the Black Shroud. Head north in this dark forest to get to Gridania. If I remember correctly, the walk would take about 40 mins.

If you travel on foot, it would be a good safety-first measure if you touch every Aetheryte along the way, in case you die. So you can teleport to those Aetheryte to try again. Or, set home point at each Aetheryte you pass, so when you die you restart from the last one you visit.

Too bad you're not on my server, else I'd gladly escort or teleport you.


My reply is quite messy, gonna rearrange it a bit.

Methods to travel:

Airship
Requires: 2500 - 5000 gil (Thanks VydarrTyr for the correction.)
Good: Instant arrival, safe, fast, and easy.
Bad: Expensive, and you don't get to see the scenery along the route.

Teleport
Requires: 3 Anima. You need to have visited the destination before if you want to teleport yourself, or if not, you can instead have someone who has visited before teleport you.
Good: Instant arrival, safe, fast, and easy.
Bad: Need to find a willing helper. And you don't get to see things along the way.

Walk
Requires: Patience, time, and will power.
Good: You get to see the terrain and scenery. You might also get lucky and find Harvesting/Logging points along the way. You can touch Aetherytes along the way to memorize various teleport destinations.
Bad: Consumes time and energy. Has some risk of dying.