A Toto-rak farming guide

[Magnesium02]

Basic Toto-Rak Speed Run Guide

This guide is meant for a duo of r50 THM/BLM to run through the r25 dungeon with the goal of getting a complete clear to farm the green U/U items from chests to exchange for company seals. If you do it right you can get around 1,500 – 2,500 seals per hour depending on luck and doubles. You will aim to complete 2-4 runs of the dungeon back to back before returning to your home city to exchange.

Starting Tips:
~ Clear your inventory so you have room for the equipment drops and the random mob drops that you may want to keep for crafting or NPCing (This is a good place for Red Coral, Flax and Chocobo Feathers).
~ Ideally you would do this with someone in the same GC as you to minimise anima cost of getting back to exchange seals after the end of each run.
~ Set one home point at the Silent Arbor gate, and one hope point at the inn of your GC city.
~ Work out who is doing what before going in.
~ If you are still learning the run and have 2 monitors, open up the map in the 2nd screen.
~ There will always be mobs around a photocell. Don't try to pick up the photocell without dealing with the mobs. Their attacks will inevitably break you out of the pickup screen and you will just waste time. When the 2 players are together, the first person can run in and grab agro, so the person behind can pick it up uninterrupted. If not, just use a AOE attack or Sleepaga. (Note: The wisps are very resistant to sleep, so it is best to kill when they are involved)
~ After you open the final portal and before you walk in to engage Shaula, spend a few seconds clearing your loot list to make it easier to receive/send drops after the fight.

Class Stuff:
I have mostly done this with a r50 THM/BLM duo but WHM can also be used. You can experiment using other classes like MNK and BRD to make use of fast movement skills. However AOE damage is the key here and TP-reliant classes may not be as efficient compared to Mages. With a decently geared THM or BLM one fire is sufficient to take down most of the r30 mobs inside and Sleepaga rarely gets resisted on the non-wisp mobs. Also resists aren't that much of an issue, so go with INT and Magic Potency gear rather than Magic Accuracy.

Map/Guide stuff:
~ Yellow route = Person A (A)
~ Purple route = Person B (B)
~ Photocell = (P)
~ Chest = (C)#

First Boss Chest Stuff
There is some debate ofer the spawn conditions of the first boss chest. In Dezmael, Aurum and Cutters, this chest has been pinpointed to a specific mob(s). However there are varying reports on which mob, or group of mobs are the target for the first chest. Theories include
- Kill all 3 groups of Tainted Lice
- Kill all Puddings
- Kill 2 bombs in second area
- Kill 3 mitelings in last area
- Kill a certain quantity of mobs.

For me personally, I have done a duo run where we didn’t touch any mobs except for the 2 bombs mentioned and we got the first chest. Others have reported the same findings for the tainted lice and the miteling strategy. I will make notes in the guide for when each event occurs so you can get them all.

Toto-Rak Part 1

Both people run forward. One grabs (C)1 and the other runs towards the first (P). Either kill the mobs and collect cell, or run on with agro and let other pick up (P). At the crossroads, A splits off and heads to the center of map, B heads south. A runs through, picks up the (P) and (C)2 and runs back then down. B will probably be faster and can run up and get the 4th (P) while A is still on the way down. Whoever gets to Portal first opens.

*NOTE*: Person B will encounter the first group of tainted lice

Toto-Rak Part 2

Run forward and split at the crossroads. B runs south to the Antares gate and gets the first (P). Then then double back and head north, getting (C)3 and (P). They then drop down the ledge and head to the Portal. In the meantime A runs on down the path and collects the last 2 (P). They then wait there for B to open the green barriers with the Portal

*NOTE*: Person A will encounter the 2 bombs above the cluster of flowers guarding the last photocell

Toto-Rak Part 3

A is already in place for the portals to open, so runs along the lower path picking up 2 (P). B runs east and south, dropping down at the ledge and then takes the north path to a (P) and (C)4. Whoever gets to the middle path first, heads down to collect the last (P). The other player heads to the Portal again. This can be done by
a) using "Return" to head back to the start of the dungeon and make their way to the Portal (it is slightly faster, or
b) running back south, west then north. If you are fast you may find that return may still be on cooldown from coming back from a city or from a previous round and you may have to walk.

Once the 4th (P) is collected, the other person makes their way back with whatever option is fastest/available for them.

*NOTE*: Person A will encounter the second group of tainted lice

Toto-Rak Part 4

Both players should be on their way back to the Portal. Whoever gets there first opens it and heads left (indicated as Person A). They pick up (C)5 and take the long path around to a (P). The slower player (indicated as Person B) heads right at the portal and then north at the crossroads to get (C)6 and a (P). You should meet up roughly around the 3rd (P). Then just move on down the path to the last (P) and Shaula's room. Head in and defeat her for your rewards

*NOTE*: Person “A” will encounter the third group of tainted lice and a group of 3 cell mites at the end of the path before heading south to meet up with the other player