MithraPride

I was doing this last night and found that going to Ghelshba and beating on the Orc there is a good way to make good money with Fire Crystal Drops and to level a charachter from level 7-8 to level 12. I have leveled a couple jobs there already and the Orcs there are afraid of my Dark Knight with his Claymore of Destruction!



Anyone else like to go to Ghelshba and pick on the Orcs?

That is my favorite place to work on my low level jobs. Besides it is fun to beat on the beastmen, and the Orcs drop the most valuable crystal (of the three main beastmen forces).

Some of the junk armor that is dropped can be sold for decent cash too.

I and 2 irl friends will get 3 characters at lvl 6 and storm ghelsba. We will come back all at level 10 with -several- stacks of Fire Crystals each. Sell, reap cash, start Valkurm... I have personally experinced problesm soloing the latter parts of the Pre-Valkurm levels, and this makes it easier.

Also, Ghelsba is good for soloing up to the mid to low teens depending on how long you want to stay. Nice orcs up by Mr. Vatgit.

This is why, at least on Alexander, San d'Oria lost Ron one week during conquest. Out of all the "newb" regions Ron brings lots of lower levels for the fire and dark crystals. If only Windy and Bastok had such profitable leveling area.

Since leveling my DRK, WAR, THF, and MNK up to level 10 or greater in Ghelshba I am now able to afford to buy Dispel!!! Now my Redmage will be invited to far more parties!!! Plus I can offload some lower level useless armor!

I always level jobs there. If you are very patient you can level to 15 or higher (highest I got was to 15, and one job from 19-20 there). Also, you make a lot of money leveling a job you need to level anyway. The only downside is it takes FOREVER.

I still prefer Saruta to 7ish, then Outer Horutoto Ruins to the north of Ghelsba. Wild Onions, Fire Crystals, and Wind Crystals galore.

Maybe I'm too much of a Windurstian... but I can't level effectively anywhere else.

ghelsba for me, im a sandy kitten go figure....

"Sir Agent Ka-Chan has breeched Fort Ghelsba."
"WHAT STOP HER! *crash explosion, slice and dice*"
"Too late..... You wernt fast Enough for Agent Ka-Chan.....you freak beastmem."

Pyrexia wrote:I still prefer Saruta to 7ish, then Outer Horutoto Ruins to the north of Ghelsba. Wild Onions, Fire Crystals, and Wind Crystals galore.

SHHHHHH!

Tamarik wrote:

Pyrexia wrote:I still prefer Saruta to 7ish, then Outer Horutoto Ruins to the north of Ghelsba. Wild Onions, Fire Crystals, and Wind Crystals galore.

SHHHHHH!

Don't forrget about firrre crystals and light crrrystals from the low level cardians in the rrruins.

Prrsha wrote:

Tamarik wrote:

Pyrexia wrote:I still prefer Saruta to 7ish, then Outer Horutoto Ruins to the north of Ghelsba. Wild Onions, Fire Crystals, and Wind Crystals galore.

SHHHHHH!

Don't forrget about firrre crystals and light crrrystals from the low level cardians in the rrruins.

You get water crystals from # Of Cups cardians
fire from the # of swords
not sure about the other two... (if they were gonna go for a more tarot theme for them it would have been cups, swords, staves, and pentacles... )

Kahvi wrote:

Prrsha wrote:

Tamarik wrote: SHHHHHH!

Don't forrget about firrre crystals and light crrrystals from the low level cardians in the rrruins.

You get water crystals from # Of Cups cardians
fire from the # of swords
not sure about the other two... (if they were gonna go for a more tarot theme for them it would have been cups, swords, staves, and pentacles... )

You get light crrrystals from coins.

Prrsha wrote:

Kahvi wrote:

Prrsha wrote: Don't forrget about firrre crystals and light crrrystals from the low level cardians in the rrruins.

You get water crystals from # Of Cups cardians
fire from the # of swords
not sure about the other two... (if they were gonna go for a more tarot theme for them it would have been cups, swords, staves, and pentacles... )

You get light crrrystals from coins.

psssst~ palborough is better~

I despise orcs with a fiery fiery passion, so I adore leveling there.

I remember cheering the first time I was able to solo Orcish Stonelaunch. I was so gleeful! That and owning the orcs, it makes me happier and happier to just run through and cause genocide for the orcs.

...I don't mean to hate them, but they make it so hard for me to love them!

that and its oddly appropriate that the shirt I'm wearing right now is the Penny Arcade "AGGRO" shirt.

Heh, Ghelshba is why Sandy is able to even have a Smithing Guild is my best guess. It's practically a mine for Fire Crystals. (and Dark Crystals if you beat up on the cave Toadstools.)

It's no dark in Sandy that Ghelshba is where you wanna go if you want to make a quick buck, though. Orcs are everywhere, providing good Fire Crystal drops, the Bronze equipment can be easily de-synthed for Bronze Ingots (which sell for a nice price on where I'm at), and that, combined with Dark Crystals, makes a good Ghelshba run the answer to low coffers.

windy has the 2nd best place, Giddeus, while not as lucrative as firecrystals, the bead necklaces are currently selling for 800-1k gil each on Titan, though they take up more space, they can make you quite a bit of money

Aesha Clan-Clan wrote:windy has the 2nd best place, Giddeus, while not as lucrative as firecrystals, the bead necklaces are currently selling for 800-1k gil each on Titan, though they take up more space, they can make you quite a bit of money

on Valefor too, though they do go as low as 300 gil they still go up to 1k gil