Interesting idea about making cash.
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:20 pm
I stole this from another message board I read.
I figured I'd share this little tip with you starving mages/ninja/rangers/(insert expensive class).
If you didn't already know, beastman seals are used for battles at the 3 Burning Circles found around Vana'diel. One is in Giddeus, one is in Yughott Grotto, and one is in Palborough Mines. These battles, commonly called BCNM battles, teleport you to a battlefield where you and your party have to defeat some monsters, after which you receive some fairly random rewards including gil and some nice equipment. You enter these battles by trading a certain # of beastman seals to Shami, an NPC in Port Jeuno, who will give you an orb in return. The number of seals you give him determines the strength of the monsters and the level cap on players entering the battle.
One of them is a bit different. The level 50 BCNM in Giddeus (requiring 50 beastman seals) does not start with a battle. You are presented with 3 chests: a small, a medium, and a large. One of these chests contains 2 items and some gil. The other two are Mimics, and will attack you. If you pick the right chest, no battle. This means you can switch to a level 1 job, have someone escort you through Giddeus, and have a 1 in 3 chance of getting something nice for only 50 beastman seals.
Rewards vary from high level goldsmithing items to rare spells and equipment. I succeeded on my 2nd attempt and got about 1200 gil, a platinum ingot (worth about 70k at the AH), and a Shinobi Ring (level 50 NIN, +4% haste).