Airship Guide

[RiceisNice]

If you haven't gotten it yet, the distance for sector 22, from home is 43.

[Nyalia]

If you haven't gotten it yet, the distance for sector 22, from home is 43.

All the distances are in the spreadsheets.

[Nyalia]

In Bonzai's absence, I will be updating the graphics in the OP.

The sector graphic in the OP has been updated to reflect what we currently know. Please let me know if you see any further errors!


EDIT: And yes, I know the Grade II materia is missing, but it's so rare that I don't think it's even worth putting there...

[Myrna]

Getting Dark Matter Clusters is very easy though.

If anyone didn't know, More Doughnuts makes cluster farming easy. The unspoiled nodes have seven slots taken up so the clusters will always be slot 8, so you can use King's Yield II for 15 clusters every 15ish minutes. That slot can have unaspected crystals as well but you probably need those with an aetherial table anyway.

[mayonnegg]

Anyone know what each set of level 3 FC actions give? I've gt enough for one set, want the one with teleport costs in it.

[DarkCometII]

Aetherial Wheel Prototype V - Red Cluster - Gathering EXP, Crafting EXP, Companion EXP, Increased Wolf Marks, Increased GC seals, Increased MGP
Aetherial Wheel Prototype VI - Blue Cluster - Increased gathering, perception, craftsmanship, control
Aetherial Wheel Prototype VII - Green Cluster - Gear wear, Food duration, Teleport fees

[Nyalia]

Anyone know what each set of level 3 FC actions give? I've gt enough for one set, want the one with teleport costs in it.

I wanted reduced teleportation costs as well and knew it took deep green clusters, so I unlocked the middle one, figuring that would be the green one (since the sectors are always in R G B order), and was rather upset to find out it was the Blue set (crafting/gathering stat boosts) instead >_< So, the top one is Red, the middle one is Blue, and the last one is Green. That means:

Aetherial Wheel Prototype V (Deep Red Clusters)

• Recreation (Increased MGP gain)
• Rivalry (Increased Wolf Mark gain)
• Company (Increased GC Seal gain)
• Productivity (Increased exp from gathering)
• Industry (Increased exp from crafting)
• Longeing (Increased choco exp)

Aetherial Wheel Prototype VI (Deep Blue Clusters)

• Efficiency (+ Crafts)
• Precision (+ Control)
• Capacity (+ Gathering)
• Observation (+ Perception)
• Dedication (Increased spiritbond speed)

Aetherial Wheel Prototype VII (Deep Green Clusters)

• Pilgrimage (Reduced teleportation costs)
• Nutriment (Increased food duration)
• Permanence (Decreased durability loss)

EDIT: Ninajed :P

[Wizel]

I am having a lot of trouble unlocking sector 18 for the last airship, I have had both our main ships visiting it for the past 3 weeks and nothing. I just want to be 100% that visiting sector 17 unlocks it right?

Does just visiting the sector by itself do anything or do you need to visit it first then another sector or something?

[Arcticharm]

I am having a lot of trouble unlocking sector 18 for the last airship, I have had both our main ships visiting it for the past 3 weeks and nothing. I just want to be 100% that visiting sector 17 unlocks it right?

Does just visiting the sector by itself do anything or do you need to visit it first then another sector or something?

So far as we know, this is the only way to obtain sector 18. Sorry you're having a bad time with it, keep at it though!

[Nyalia]

Does just visiting the sector by itself do anything or do you need to visit it first then another sector or something?

It's pure RNG. As far as we can tell, nothing affects it, at least not enough to be clear. Just visit that sector every trip, and eventually you'll get it. The only way I know of to speed up discovery is to put your best rigging and worst aftcastle on the ship (maximizing speed) and hit just that sector over and over. That'll give you the most chances for discovery. But, you'll be giving up loot by doing that, as your retrieval will be terrible and you will only be hitting one sector. It's an extremely inefficient use of fuel and time though.

So, you have two options:

1. You can either hit that sector while hitting other sectors that you actually want to visit. I recommend this option. This gets you normal amounts of loot and doesn't slow down your gathering efforts, especially since sector 17 has good materia in it (grade III/IV crafter materia). You'll hit 17 once every ~60 hour trip. If you like Gatherer Materia, I recommend SC16 -> SC17 (68 Range), SC10 -> SC16 -> SC17 (80 Range), SC16 -> SC17 -> SC22 (93 Range), or SC10 -> SC16 -> SC17 -> SC22 (105 Range). If you like Crafter Materia far more, I recommend SC13 -> SC17 (82 Range) or SC07 -> SC17 -> SC13 (98 Range). The shortest of those would take about 50 hours, the longest would take about 80 hours. Speaking personally, SC17 is the sector I hit the most because it drops the best materia. All three of my rank 50 ships hit that sector every trip.
2. You can hit just that sector in the fastest ship you can make (bronco aftcastle, best rigging you can make). With Odyssey rigging, that's one chance at discovery every 30.5 hours. With Tatanora rigging, that's one chance every 28.5 hours. You'll probably get almost no loot from it though.

So, up to you - normal loot from three sectors, or no loot but double the chances of discovery over time? You can also meet somewhere in the middle - hit just SC17 (or SC16->SC17) with good rigging and a moderate aftcastle, having a trip time of about 36 hours (closer to 48 if you hit SC16 too for gathering materia and far eastern coins) and a much better chance at getting some loot.