Airship Guide

[Jade-Nephrite]

I have a Quick question: If I just want to maximize obtaining Crafting Materia I should just make 1 voyage to Sector 17? If I select just 1 Sector do I have a better chance to obtain those items?

[Nyalia]

I have a Quick question: If I just want to maximize obtaining Crafting Materia I should just make 1 voyage to Sector 17? If I select just 1 Sector do I have a better chance to obtain those items?

No, you have equal chance of finding items in a sector regardless of what other sectors you visit. The sector visits are completely independent and do not affect each other. Hitting just one at a time can be faster than hitting multiple because most sectors are closer to other sectors than home is, and all trips out have a 12 hour fixed initial cost added to them. Also, sector 17 does not have Cunning materia, only Comp and Command IVs (IIIs too of those, but the IIIs are much rarer than the IVs - weird, but don't complain!). Sector 13 has Cunning and Competence IV/III materia. But, irritatingly, 13 and 17 are on opposite sides of the map. Hitting them both with one ship takes a 82 range just for those two, and it's very slow (relatively speaking). With a speed 100 ship, it takes ~48 hours to hit both, while it only takes ~26 hours to hit 13 on its own and ~37 to hit 17 on its own. However, if you want IV materia, those are the only two sectors with crafter IV materia. If that's all you care about, IV materia, then just hit those two sectors if you can. On a freighter-style ship (bronco rigging, invincible hull, tatanora fore/aft castle), it actually takes longer to hit 13->17 than to hit 13 twice on two different trips.

But, it should be noted that sector 7 has grade III crafter materia, as does sector 3. Sector 7 has Cunning and Command, and sector 3 has Competence and Command. Hitting sector 7 and 17 is much quicker than 13 and 17. It's also better to do 7->17 if you care most about Command materia, as 13 doesn't have any. It's worth noting though that the earlier a sector is, the fewer items you seem to get. An optimal yield from sector 3 is like a normal yield from sector 13, or something.

[KogentaStormbringer]

Not sure if this is relevant but i thought it might be intresting. Thanks for the awesome guide btw, it helped me a lot!

FOUR dravanian mote.



And this is the airship... All Bronco parts.

[hqdm]

Not sure if this is relevant but i thought it might be intresting. Thanks for the awesome guide btw, it helped me a lot!

FOUR dravanian mote.



And this is the airship... All Bronco parts.

oh man, that's great news. I'd given up on bronco orz.
At least now we know it's possible, if unlikely.