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Monsters Location Maps: Rank B Clan Hunt

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Link to my Google Drive folder of Monsters Location Maps: http://goo.gl/iPEYox

I made these maps because I am terrible at spotting places using the coordination, I would have to fumble about for a long time, trying to hover my mouse everywhere on the map to find the correct pos. By marking the pos onto a visual map, it helps me a lot when I need to scout for these Clan Hunts. The maps were originally intended for my personal use, but then it became useful to a few friends, then to a few strangers in the game. Eventually one of them said I should post this on the internet. So here goes…

Note: I’m not going to come back to edit the .jpg pics I post here. However, the Google Drive link will be updated as soon as I notice any unlisted spawn spot or confirm anything new.

Coerthas Western Highlands: http://goo.gl/PYjjnF

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The Sea of Clouds: http://goo.gl/wYZ9AO

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The Dravanian Forelands: http://goo.gl/kWuIVq

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The Dravanian Hinterlands: http://goo.gl/eikZki

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The Churning Mist: http://goo.gl/U50mPq

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Azys Lla: http://goo.gl/7AK6Ek

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Monsters Location Maps: The Sea of Clouds

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Made my 4th map for the Monsters Location.

Again, 4 versions, in case some people like cleaner map with less distractions.

This map was truly a challenge to complete, due to the amount of monster’s varieties as well as the cascading pieces of land.
Monsters_Map_SeaofClouds_v1 Monsters_Map_SeaofClouds_v2 Monsters_Map_SeaofClouds_v4Monsters_Map_SeaofClouds_v3After finishing all 6 maps, I will make a center post containing all maps in the same page. But for now, it has to be separated entries.

Monsters Location Maps: The Churning Mists

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Finally got around to making The Churning Mists’ map.

3 Versions, again.

MonstersMap_ChurningMists_v1 MonstersMap_ChurningMists_v2 MonstersMap_ChurningMists_v3

The reason why I made this (despite the fact that there are already monsters maps on the internet that everyone else is using) is that I find things on the map faster with visual aid. Also, on my server, there are a lot of European players, so some of the monsters names are complete different from English names.

Moreover, some monsters drop crafting materials so there might be a competition for kills, so I feel that marking territory of spawn can be useful when monsters become heavily hunted.

Monsters Location Maps

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Made Coerthas Western Highlands map the other day and a few friends were using it, so I made a Dravanian Forelands map yesterday. However, s friend commented that it was too messy and qas quite hard to read, so I made a few adjustments and made 3 versions of it.

(On this occasion I revised my Coerthas Western Highlands and increased font size. As shown above.)

Now, onto the 2nd map, The Dravanian Forelands.

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First one has approximate territories marked.

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Second one doesn’t mark monster’s territories. But I keep the pictures because I recognized mobs better when it’s visual. It took me a long time to scan the map for text when it was text only. ><;;

Monsters_Map_DravanianForelands_v4Version 3 has even bigger font, and is text only, by Dahlia’s suggestion.

Hope these will be useful for me and my friends for Clan Mark Bills. :D

 

Flag coordinates marker

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Useful map function of FFXIV: <flag>

I’ve already talked about <pos> which will mark the map at your current position, but now I’m going to talk about how to mark a flag on the map without having to be physically there.

However, I only know how to do it by using keyboard and mouse, because I use keyboard and mouse. If I find out how to do it with a controller, I will add the information later.

– Additional information –

A friend, Kuji, looked it up for me and said:

PS controller it’s R1 on map to set a flag marker

So, R1 for PlayStation controller, it is.

Also,

Austia Silverwing of Midgardsormr says:

On ps3 you can hold L1 and click R3 for mouse. then L2 is left click, R2 is right click. also L1+select gets rid of hud, L1+start is screenshot.

– End of additional information –

First, you have to open the map where you want to mark a flag on. Then, you use your mouse to point at the spot, and hold CTRL button on your keyboard while using right-click with your mouse.

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When you mark your own map with a flag in this method, the chat input will automatically type <flag> for you, so that you can hit enter to add text before or after it, or just send the <flag> to your chat channel right away.

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When sent into the chat, the <flag> will show coordinates as the pic above. Anyone who sees this message will be able to click on it in the chatlog to mark their own map with this flag.

This flag will stay there until you mark other flag, click other coordinates, or log out.

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We can only have 1 flag at a time, so if you click on any other coordinates, the new one will replace previous one.

Although there can only be one <flag> marker for anyone, but you can mention 2 coordinates at the same time if you use a <pos> and a <flag>, like in the example below:

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The chat log will come up like the next screenshot below:

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If your friend click on the coordinates that you sent, in this situation they can see (and mark) 2 different spot, but only one at a time, because every coordinates flag will overwrite each other.

FFXIV_Map_Marker_006I guess that’s all to know about <flag>.

Related entries:
Coordinates in FFXIV
Handy coordinates marker

Fishing Log – The Black Shroud

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I haven’t typed out the fish list yet, and the screenshots of the fish list are all done, but I’ll need a bit to upload all of them. However, I have to force myself to make this entry, otherwise I will keep procrastinating. I’m arranging and adding details to this entry slowly, but for now is will show just the map screenshots. Sorry for the incomplete information, but I must publish this to push myself to do it, LOL. ><;; The longer I leave it, the more lazy I get!

Fishing Log – The Black Shroud Region

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New Gridania (2 locations)

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1. Jadeite Flood – Lv.5 (Freshwater)
Crayfish (Lv. 2)
Pipira (Lv. 7)
Gudgeon (Lv. 8)
Maiden Carp (Lv. 10)
Moat Carp (Lv. 19)
Raincaller (Lv. 43) [Rainy weather only]

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2. Lower Black Tea Brook – Lv.5 (Freshwater)
Crayfish (Lv. 2)
Pipira (Lv. 7)
Gudgeon (Lv. 8)
Maiden Carp (Lv. 10)
Moat Carp (Lv. 19)

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Old Gridania (2 locations)

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1. Whispering Gorge – Lv. 5 (Freshwater)
Crayfish (Lv. 2)
Pipira (Lv. 7)
Gudgeon (Lv. 8)
Maiden Carp (Lv. 10)
Moat Carp (Lv. 19)
Raincaller (Lv. 43) [Rainy weather only]

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2. Upper Black Tea Brook – Lv. 5 (Freshwater)
Crayfish (Lv. 2)
Pipira (Lv. 7)
Gudgeon (Lv. 8)
Maiden Carp (Lv. 10)
Moat Carp (Lv. 19)

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Central Shroud (5 locations)

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1. The Vein – Lv. 5 (Freshwater)
Crayfish (Lv. 2)
Striped Goby (Lv.4)
Pipira (Lv. 7)
Gudgeon (Lv. 8)
Brass Loach (Lv. 9)
Maiden Carp (Lv. 10)
Eunuch Crayfish (Lv. 22)

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2. The Mirror – Lv. 15 (Freshwater)
Bone Crayfish (Lv. 5)
Pipira (Lv. 7)
Gudgeon (Lv. 8)
Brass Loach (Lv. 9)
Maiden Carp (Lv. 10)
Moat Carp (Lv. 19)
Tri-colored Carp (Lv. 21)

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3. Everschade – Lv. 30 (Freshwater)
Black Eel (Lv. 25)
Ala Mhigan Fighting Fish (Lv. 16)
Monke Onke (Lv. 33)
Mitten Crab (Lv. 34)
Spotted Pleco (Lv. 30)
Bonytongue (Lv. 34)

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4. Hopeseed Pond – Lv. 30 (Freshwater)
Mudcrab (Lv. 21)
Black Eel (Lv. 25)
Black Ghost (Lv. 28) [Mooch from Ala Mhigan Fighting Fish]
Ala Mhigan Fighting Fish (Lv. 16)
Mudskipper (Lv. 13)
Clown Loach (Lv. 36)
Seema (Lv. 35)

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5. Haukke Manor – Lv. 35 (Freshwater)
Mudskipper (Lv. 13)
Ala Mhigan Fighting Fish (Lv. 16)
Mudcrab (Lv. 21)
Monke Onke (Lv. 33)
Silverfish (Lv. 36)

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East Shroud (5 locations)

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1. Sweetbloom Pier – Lv. 15 (Freshwater)

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2. Springgripple Brook – Lv. 15 (Freshwater)

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3. Sanctum of the Twelve  Lv. 20 (Freshwater)

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4. Verdant Drop – Lv. 25 (Freshwater)

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5. Sylphlands – Lv. 45 (Freshwater)

For Sylphlands fishing location, at first I didn’t see that there was a small pond at where the location mark would appear, so I went all the way north to Hanging Barbs and fished at x24,y10, hahaha.

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Lavender Bed location was added on patch 2.1, I will check it out later.

Where to farm Fleece in FFXIV

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I saw that quite a lot of search engine keywords that lead people here lately were about fleece farming. So I marked the map (from memory, because I am now fishing in Mor Dhona and didn’t want to go to Coerthas to check these farming spots) for estimated locations of where you can find these Ornery Karakuls.

ffxiv_karakul A. is immediately south of Camp Dragonhead. There are some ledges you have to run around to climb up, so it’s not very good for those who cannot range attack (ability/arrow/spell).

B. is east, across the road from A. Requires a bit of legwork because the spawns are a little far apart.

C. is northeast from top right gate of Dragonhead. There is one sheep that would pop on a high ledge. You have to go up there or use range attack. All other sheeps pop on the ground but a bit dispersed. You’ll need to run around a lot.

D. is northwest, but you have to go around from northeast gate. It is the same spot where Ogre’s FATE named Simply Red pops. Has ledges and the rocks/mountain in the area make it a bit of a hassle in reaching all the pops.

E. is on the right side of the road when you head to Gate of Judgment from Dragonhead. I am not so sure of the location, it’s somewhere near Gate of Judgment.

F. I saw some Ornery Karakuls outside of west gate from Observatorium with epic long name. It might be a small group, and wide apart. I never stopped to count how many. I passed this area again and couldn’t see any Karakul. Seems like I remembered the wrong side of the gate. I thought I saw some Karakuls here while doing Botanist levequests, but it might actually be the east side, not here.

G. I saw some more of the Karakuls outside east gate of the Observatorium while doing Pudding Levequest here.

Moreover, some of the levequests in the area will spawn Karakuls for you (the Pudding one named Necrologos: Cinerary Rite, too. You can kill 5 Karakuls in this LQ, then the Pudding will pop, if you run away from the pudding, you can kill the last 3 Karakuls as well, which will total to 8 Karakuls per LQ.) LQ’s Karakuls can also drop Fleece.