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[kwsapphire]

Is there a mount that looks like the Tender Lamb minion? I saw a player (lalafell) and it looked for all the world like he was MOUNTED on a Tender Lamb minion. But I can't find a mount on any of the lists that looks like a lamb.

[Enkidoh]

That's a brand new mount recently added in the 5.25 patch, that is gained with currency given for participating in the Ishgardian Restoration as a Disciple of the Hand or Land (I'm not a crafter or gatherer though so I have no idea how easy it is to get). If you've finished HW's storyline and are onto SB's one head back to Ishgard and unlock access to the Restoration if you haven't already.

[Frizze]

Its fairly easy to earn skybuilder scrips. You earn them by gathering in the diadem instance and having your materials inspected, or by crafting collectables to turn in to help the ishgardian restoration effort. You also get "points" for doing either task, which unlock minions(one for 50k on any gatherer, one for any crafter) and another mount(waaaaaaay too many points on all 11 classes). As the players on your server contribute items to the restoration, a gauge slowly fills up. When it gets topped off, the server spawns a one-time event where all the crafters and gatherers are invited to pull together and pull off a bigger part of the reconstruction process(basically an in-town non-combat Fate). Your server(Behemoth according to your thingy on here) has completed the first 10 such projects(breaking up large chunks of debris and carrying them off was a stage, sweeping up was a stage, laying concrete was a stage, completing the fountain was a stage - these are the ones i saw or did anyway), and is currently filling the gauge to trigger the 11th(the server who has progressed the furthest so far is currently filling the bar on the 20th stage - no one knows how many total there are to get through). Participating in one of these "Concerted Works" gets you a good chunk of exp on whichever crafting or gathering class you do it on(every time ive been there for one, the "fate complete" message has been accompanied by my chat filling with a few dozen level ups), plus 500 scrips. While earning scrips isnt that hard, the mounts(the lamb and a gorilla) are fairly expensive(8400) and take a little bit of work to earn. The scrip vendor also sells emotes, music scrolls, minions, glamour items, and a handful of other things.

Also, almost everything the skybuilder scrip vendor sells can be listed on the market board. So you can also buy this mount for Gil, or if you like crafting/gathering you can get a second(third, fourth, etc) one to sell.

[kwsapphire]

WOW, great information, thank you so much! I think I unlocked the Ishgardian restoration effort, but haven't done anything with it. I didn't realize it's such good XP, I will definitely give it a go! Thank you!!

[kwsapphire]

Regarding the Ishgardian Restoration, I was able to find out that you must be level 60 with your DoL/H to begin. Do you also have to be caught up to your level 60 class quests? Many of my classes are about 4-5 quests behind their actual level.

[Frizze]

I dont believe that is correct. You need to have A class at 60 to do the quests to unlock it, but you also need to complete the 5.3 HW MSQs(to the point where you officially ended the dragonsong war) which requires level 60 as well. There are collectables to make and turn in as low as like level 10 for the restoration effort, the diadem gathering doesnt require a high level at all. And the in-town fates are level agnostic(you dont need to be 60 to carry stuff or sweep afterall). One thing to clear up, incase my wording in the last post was unclear. I said that my chat filled with level up messages. Those are from the dozens of players around me mostly each gaining a level. I happened to already be 80 on all the appropriate classes before these were added and didnt want to leave the impression that a single fate was earning a character a dozen levels. That said though, the IR collectables are worth a TON of exp too so anything you still need to level will go quickly.

[kwsapphire]

Ahh, very helpful, thank you! ^_^

[kwsapphire]

The official pronunciation of Au'Ra is shown as "ow-rah" on this wiki:
https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Au_Ra

Does this mean it would rhyme with "wow-la?" I read it as "no-la" - with the "au" as in the French "au jus."

[Urthdigger]

Nope, not french. The Au is pronounced Ow

[kwsapphire]

Got it, thank you! That is gonna trip me up for a long time, I can tell.