Azury Ariella's *NEW* SOLO GUIDE, LOCATIONS, + MORE - Ranks 1-50

[sammmmmyyy]

Sticky plz~

[Bahn]

Extremely useful guide. PLEASE make this a sticky, it's incredibly useful and has helped me and my friend, both of whom have been out of FF14 for 8 months out with getting back up to speed with levels and areas!

[Anapingofness]

^^ Many thanks! It must have taken a long time to write all of it out. So yes, thank you very much!

Although I am used to soloing it certainly helps to have a reference point. Sometimes I will be uncertain where to go next level.

=D You get major kudos for this!

[Polaritie]

Thank god. I needed something like this. Time to get back up to speed.

[Uriko]

Brilliant guide, really helps for when it's quiet online in the LS.

I definitely recommend Cellar Puks in Nanawa for ~25-30 though; the respawn rate is really good, they're easy kills and the only issue is watching out for aggro (Will-o'-the wykes in some areas, and Balloons / Skeletons. Skeletons mainly stay in the side rooms though, so they're rarely an issue. Camp Glory's brilliant as well, just a pain to travel to all the time.

[Azurymber]

WOOO MASSIVE UPDATE
11 new camps including end-game ones.. (they are all in the Original Post in proper order)
Here they are in no real order just for reference

Ul'Dah - Thanalan
Cactus Basin / East of Ul'Dah

Suggested Rank: 43 - 50
Location: the lake at 30/31-36 and northwest and northeast. They are -ALL- over the place so you should never run out.
Mobs to Kill:
Sphene Doblyn: Rank 55-59 (150 sp on a R55 @ rank 50)

Notes: Not the best SP ever but not horrible and near town, so you can go there if you lack anima or randomly get bored. Can also use them to farm silver ore if you don't want to spend gil or rank up mining.

Ul'Dah - Thanalan
Camp Horizon

Suggested Rank: 6-13
Location: 12-32 southwest of horizon and the surrounding areas
Mobs to Kill:
Thistletail Marmot: Rank 15-19

Notes: TONS of these around, if you run around the surrounding square you should never run out of them.

Limsa Lominsa - La Noscea
Camp Bearded Rock

Suggested Rank: 1-14
Location: the entire area south of 25-37
Mobs to Kill:
Lost Lamb: Rank 1-4
Lost Wether: Rank 1-9
Lost Ewe: Rank 5-9

Notes: Turn your sound off, sooo depressing when you hear them go "baa". Can farm sheepskin which sell decently

Limsa Lominsa - La Noscea
Camp Bloodshore

Suggested Rank: 11-15
Location: around Gullperch Tower (southeast of Bloodshore)
Mobs to Kill:
puk: Rank 21 - 23 (approx)

Notes: footpads around rank 27 spawn here as well so watch out. Not the greatest camp, but not horrible. If you run out of puks go north a bit along the path and some spawn there as well

Limsa Lominsa - La Noscea
Camp Bloodshore

Suggested Rank: 10-15
Location: 41-17, to get here go through a cave at 39-18
Mobs to Kill:
Bloodshore Bell: Rank 20-24

Notes: These can hit hard so this is prob best for jobs that can nuke fast like archers or mages

Limsa Lominsa - La Noscea
Camp Iron Lake

Suggested Rank: 34-40
Location: 19-6, 27-9
Mobs to Kill:
Young Raptors: Rank 40 - 41, (400ish xp per kill @ R36)

Notes: when they are down to 50% avoid firebreath by strafing to the side. This is a -CHALLENGE-. It's a much better idea to duo these. But if you want a challenge, they are fun.
Thank you Zdenka / Soldate Alastia of Cornelia

Limsa Lominsa - La Noscea
Camp Iron Lake

Suggested Rank: 39-46
Location: 19-10, 27-10
Mobs to Kill:
Young Raptors: Rank 45 - 46

Notes: when they are down to 50% avoid firebreath by strafing to the side. This is a -CHALLENGE-. It's a much better idea to duo these. But if you want a challenge, they are fun.
Thank you Zdenka / Soldate Alastia of Cornelia


Gridania - The Black Shroud
Silent Arbor

Suggested Rank: 36-45
Location: 44-45
Mobs to Kill:
Lemur: Rank 45 - 49

Notes: Not the best camp but not horrible. This area is just north of Quarrymill. They spawn in a group in a hallway and aren't overly hard to take down. A fun alternative if you get bored of the norm . Not the -best- sp though.

Gridania - The Black Shroud
Emerald Moss

Suggested Rank: 5-14
Location: 24-12 just north of Hyrstmill
Mobs to Kill:
Young Galago: Rank 15-18 or 20-13

Notes: 8 spawn at 15-18 all close to each other. They aren't too hard to take down but can knock you back. Ranged jobs are fairly strong against them (arc, conj, thm). Not the best camp but not a horrible camp and something different than the norm. If you go to 20-13 they are more spread out but there are also marmots nearby that are rank 13ish in case you kill Galagos too fast.

Coerthas
Camp Glory

Suggested Rank:1 5-25
Location: -everywhere- around camp glory and all the way east to Owl's Nest
Mobs to Kill:
Arbor Squirrel: Rank 25-29
Antelope Doe: Rank 25-29
Dread Wolf : Rank 25-29
Plains Footpad: Rank 25-29

Notes: If you want a challenge come here at rank 15, but if not start around 18. Start with squirrels and does and if you can handle them go to dread wolfs (which are through the small pass to the east nearer to Owl's Nest. You can also kill Plains Footpad in the tunnel to Owl's Nest (they drop buffalo leather +3 which sells very well). I wouldn't say this is the best camp but it works, and it's a great alternative if you can't handle puks.
Thank you Mishow / Kuroi Kaze of Saronia

Coerthas
Camp Riversmeet

Suggested Rank:40-50
Location: 16/17-24 and surrounding area
Mobs to Kill:
Bandit Spearman: Rank 46-49

Notes: Not the best sp and a bit of a challenge but a fun alternative where you actually get to fight people .

[Konachibi]

Also usefull for getting some idea on how early I can start killing specific beasts for crafting materials.

+1

Love it ^.^

[Elgorian]

Awesome work! Just been grinding leves when they're available for my PGL40-50 so this should help speed things up in the down time ^^

[Hopecord]

fabulous work indeed, you have my gratitude.

[naaros]

Thanks for this great guide!

Does anyone know of a couple decent places to grind 45-50 as duo? My friend and I have been doing the raptors listed in the OP, but the long/random respawn can be a pain. We also tried the Doblyns east of Uldah, but didn't care for them too much. We might try them again, though.

Anywhere else?