Several beginners questions

[Niwashi]

Getting from where you are to the point where you get retainers is:

It's Probably Pirates (Sastasha dungeon)
Call of the Forest (a quick head-to-the-next-area quest sending you from Limsa Lominsa to Gridania)
Fire in the Gloom (Tam-Tara Deepcroft dungeon)
Call of the Desert (another quick head-to-the-next-area quest sending you from Gridania to Ul'dah)
Into a Copper Hell (Copperbell Mines dungeon)
The Scions of the Seventh Dawn (a storyline quest, mostly in cutscenes) <-- This is the one that unlocks retainers.

[MumbleJumble]

Thanks a lot guys for that info.

I was not aware that the pirates was "THE" quest to continue for the retainers business.

[Conradus]

Thanks a lot guys for that info.

I was not aware that the pirates was "THE" quest to continue for the retainers business.

You can always tell "THE" quest you need to continue the storyline (which unlocks all kinds of things)--it has a special flaming meteor icon to help you distinguish it from ordinary quests.