The perfect run for a Miner

[Yaichiro]

I've just hit level 60 on my miner and I got interested on what other miners consider a good or perfect run.

It would help if each miner reading this post will list their nodes (unspoiled, ephemeral, etc) starting from 12 AM along with their rotations for each node and when they use Cordials.

[AnimaS]

off cliff.

[AskaRay]

8AM. Load into Forelands as Botanist. Pop Antelope Stew/Collector's Glove/Truth of Forests. Travel south to CWH.
9AM. Barely make it to Chyshal green node due to loading times. Bonaist the hell out of it.
Quickly change to Miner and pop a Cordial and Truth of Mountains. Warp to Azys Lla.
1030AM: Barely make it to Adamantite ore node thanks to loading times. Wait. Watch a few people get murdered by mobs.
11AM: Gather 15 ores because I use them for profit not red scrips.
Sleep for a half hour. Repeat.

I'm a really lazy miner. I'll probably add "Stop by Sea of Clouds as miner to get Sun Mica" now though.

What exactly are you looking to do? Scrips? Red scrips only? It honestly depends. I used to run around for blue scrips but I almost hate them more than red scrips. Also: I think if you are ONLY doing miner it's much easier than running around and doing miner/botanist.

[Yaichiro]

What exactly are you looking to do? Scrips? Red scrips only? It honestly depends. I used to run around for blue scrips but I almost hate them more than red scrips. Also: I think if you are ONLY doing miner it's much easier than running around and doing miner/botanist.

I am interested in knowing all variations to be done such as red scripts, blue scripts and favours. Yes, I am only doing miner for now.

[Silverbane]

Don't neglect the L50 Darksteel Ore node at 1 AM after hitting the 11PM Adamantite one. There's good gil in Darksteel Ore, nothing else to mine at that time, and you won't need a cordial before or after - it's a 3-bell window after all. Plus if you want you can bring out your chocobo and beat a few Karakul down for their fleece while you wait for GP to recharge, the fleece is still worth a few gil.

[Itseotle]

8AM. Load into Forelands as Botanist. Pop Antelope Stew/Collector's Glove/Truth of Forests. Travel south to CWH.
9AM. Barely make it to Chyshal green node due to loading times. Bonaist the hell out of it.
Quickly change to Miner and pop a Cordial and Truth of Mountains. Warp to Azys Lla.
1030AM: Barely make it to Adamantite ore node thanks to loading times. Wait. Watch a few people get murdered by mobs.
11AM: Gather 15 ores because I use them for profit not red scrips.
Sleep for a half hour. Repeat.

I'm a really lazy miner. I'll probably add "Stop by Sea of Clouds as miner to get Sun Mica" now though.

What exactly are you looking to do? Scrips? Red scrips only? It honestly depends. I used to run around for blue scrips but I almost hate them more than red scrips. Also: I think if you are ONLY doing miner it's much easier than running around and doing miner/botanist.

This can actually be improved upon. This pattern I use requires 600 GP and also 3 Cordials, and 1 Hi-Cordial* for every 30 minute session. This rewards a minimum of 156 Red Scripts and 696 Blue Scripts every hour, meaning you can cap your Red Scripts in just 3 hours while stacking a good amount of blue scripts on the side. The use of the Hi-Cordials is important to make this work, and while it does cost 100 Blue Scripts per Hi-Codial, if you get just one proc of Discerning Eye on any Blue Script item, then it pays for itself. Now I'm not very good at statistics, but that is a 30% chance with 6 chances to make your investment here profitable.

*Note: You can replace the Hi-Cordial with a regular one, but you must now race to every node and be sure to cut every extra second you can or else you won't have 600 GP for the 12PM/AM node.

9AM: Be at the node for Chysahl Greens (X:8 Y:10) and hit Slot 6 as soon as it spawns. When finished, immediately pop a Cordial and teleport to Camp Cloudtop and head to (X:36 Y:22).

10AM: Once the node spawns, fly over to it and wait until you get your 600 GP. Once ready, hit Slot 3 and collect Abalathian Mistletoe. Once finished, change to Miner and teleport to Helix at Azys Lla. Wait to pop a Hi-Cordail then fly over to (X:23 Y:5).

11AM: Again wait for your 600 GP and stealth into the node. Collect Adamantite Ore from Slot 6 then switch back to Botanist and teleport to Idyllshire. Take the shortcut out to the hinterlands (from the nearby Goodly Adventurer NPC) and start flying towards (X:16 Y:35), making sure to pop your Cordial once again as soon as its off cooldown.

12PM: Soon as you hit your 600 GP, hit Slot 7 and collect Morel. Once done, you have 6 minutes until the next node spawns in the same zone. Just make sure that you are back on Miner and at (X:38 Y:28) and ready by 2PM.

2PM: At the Hinterlands, collect Cuprite from Slot 2. Once finished, you have about 9 minutes until the next node spawns at 5PM, but only if you meet certain requirements. Otherwise, you got about 15 minutes before the node at 9PM.

5PM: This node is only available if you have certain Tomes Of Botanical Folklore. Which item you need to collect will vary depending on what item Rowena is requesting for the day. If it is Honeydew Almonds, the tome for Abalathia's Spine is required and the item can be collected from Slot 2 at Sea of Clouds around (X:24 Y:6)

If the requested item is Seventh Heaven, the tome for Dravania is required and the item can be collected from Slot 1 at The Churning Mists around (X:18 Y:36).

Once your finished with the 5PM node, you have a break until they start all over at 9PM. The rotation is the same, but instead of a Legendary Botanist Node at 5PM, you get a Legendary Mining Node at 5AM.

5AM: This node is only available if you have certain Tomes Of Geological Folklore. Which item you need to collect will vary depending on what item Rowena is requesting for the day. If it is Sun Mica, the tome for Abalathia's Spine is required and the item can be collected from Slot 2 at Sea of Clouds around (X:34 Y:37)

If the requested item is Aurum Regis Ore, the tome for Dravania is required and the item can be collected from Slot 6 at The Churning Mists around (X:11 Y:38).

[Xenosan]

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Nice, squeezing in Morel after Adamantite like so. I usually just opt for Adamantite > Red Quartz because the Quartz is so conveniently close to the Aether, but I'll try this instead.

Is ( Idylshire teleport, run/sprint into north Hinterlands, then fly south to 16:35 ) faster than teleport ( Falcon's Nest > Fly west to Hinterlands Zone, Fly West to 16:35 ) though?

I try to avoid Idyllshire teleport for 1) No mount/bird available in Idylshire, have to run to the hub exit. 2) Idylshire being the hub means a longer loading screen 3) Idyshire exit is essentially as far away north in Hinterlands as Coerthas West Highlands is far away to the East

[Itseotle]

Is ( Idylshire teleport, run/sprint into north Hinterlands, then fly south to 16:35 ) faster than teleport ( Falcon's Nest > Fly west to Hinterlands Zone, Fly West to 16:35 ) though?

I try to avoid Idyllshire teleport for 1) No mount/bird available in Idylshire, have to run to the hub exit. 2) Idylshire being the hub means a longer loading screen 3) Idyshire exit is essentially as far away north in Hinterlands as Coerthas West Highlands is far away to the East

I would argue its faster. There is an NPC right at the Aetheryte that will port you out to the Hinterlands. I arrive at the node with about a 2 minutes to spare and have to wait for GP. I usually harvest from the node about 12:30.

Actually, your minimum should be 0 red scrips, and 0 blue scrips, because you have a small chance to miss every single hit

Yea there is always that but truthfully that is such a statistical improbability that you will most likely never see it. Its less than a 0.0000000000000000000000001% chance of happening. Missing a node at 95% happens (too frequently) but it seems to balance out by the amount of 3+ gathers you can collect.

I might also suggest changing your rotation for just the blue scrip items to guarantee 1044 blue scrips every hour (of course you could miss again, but you are guaranteed 3 attempts to gather if you're appraisal capped: discerning eye > methodical > discerning eye > methodical > single mind> methodical, will net you 456 collectability which is enough for tier 1)

Neat will have to try this rotation thanks for the tip.

[TechnoTechie]

Yea there is always that but truthfully that is such a statistical improbability that you will most likely never see it. Its less than a 0.0000000000000000000000001% chance of happening. Missing a node at 95% happens (too frequently) but it seems to balance out by the amount of 3+ gathers you can collect.

I guess I'm special. I actually went 2 hours once without a single hit while going for adamantite/chysahl because RNG decided 95% chance to hit wasn't enough; I was also using the rotation you mentioned and got 0 impulsive procs so imagine my face when I only got 2 gathering attempts and they both fail... for 4 nodes in a row ... after that I decided to always wait for 650 gp for that extra 5%.

[AskaRay]

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Actually this is what I usually do too, but the OP stated they only wanted miner stuff for now, so I left out all the Botanist nodes.