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Sometimes the Old Ways Are Best
Final Fantasy XIV
Type
Ul'dahn Sidequest
Plotline
Ul'dah
Reward
1,620
EXP
154
gil
Reward Options
Hard Leather Pot Helm
or 10
Ethers
or
Allagan Bronze Piece
Area
Central Thanalan
Level
9
Prerequisites
All Classes Lv.4,
Out of House and Home
Starting NPC
Zezeda
Area
Central Thanalan
Location
Black Brush Station
Coordinates
(X:20 Y:18)
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Special monsters
are spawned by quests, FATEs, or leves, or are normally occuring monsters with special properties for use in quests;
instance monsters
appear in dungeons, guildhests, and quest instances;
notorious monsters
(NMs) are unique monsters of particular note;
high notorious monsters
(HNMs) are unique monsters with notable rewards
Name
The family of the monster; if the monster has a class, that is also shown here; a ∗ indicates that the monster is a special quest monster and may have special defenses or other properties
Type
The range of levels this monster may appear at; the specific level of a monster depends on where it is encountered
Lv. Range
Hostile monsters will attack characters up to 10 levels above their own level; some passive monsters may be hostile when appearing in certain contexts, such as leves or FATEs
Behavior
Drops
Areas
Special monsters
are spawned by quests, FATEs, or leves, or are normally occuring monsters with special properties for use in quests;
instance monsters
appear in dungeons, guildhests, and quest instances;
notorious monsters
(NMs) are unique monsters of particular note;
high notorious monsters
(HNMs) are unique monsters with notable rewards
Name
The family of the monster; if the monster has a class, that is also shown here; a ∗ indicates that the monster is a special quest monster and may have special defenses or other properties
Type
The range of levels this monster may appear at; the specific level of a monster depends on where it is encountered
Lv. Range
Hostile monsters will attack characters up to 10 levels above their own level; some passive monsters may be hostile when appearing in certain contexts, such as leves or FATEs
Behavior
Drops
Areas
Hammer Beak
Hammer Beak
5–8
Passive
Animal Skin
Central Thanalan
,
Western Thanalan
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Name
Type
Subype
These quests only appear during the main plot of one of the three cities or to members of a particular Grand Company; you will not see them if you are from another city or join anoher Grand Company
Plotline
Level
The amount of experience awarded when completing this quest; some quests give varied amounts of experience based on your current level
EXP
Gil
You earn all of these rewards when the quest is completed, independent of optional rewards
Rewards
You may choose one listed optional reward when the quest is completed
Reward Options
Prerequisites
Starting NPC
Name
Type
Subype
These quests only appear during the main plot of one of the three cities or to members of a particular Grand Company; you will not see them if you are from another city or join anoher Grand Company
Plotline
Level
The amount of experience awarded when completing this quest; some quests give varied amounts of experience based on your current level
EXP
Gil
You earn all of these rewards when the quest is completed, independent of optional rewards
Rewards
You may choose one listed optional reward when the quest is completed
Reward Options
Prerequisites
Starting NPC
Out of House and Home
Main Scenario
Seventh Umbral Era
Ul'dah
9
3,240
-
-
Copper Gorget
or
Bone Necklace
or
Allagan Bronze Piece
All Classes Lv.9,
Prudence at This Junction
Warin
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Name
Type
Subype
These quests only appear during the main plot of one of the three cities or to members of a particular Grand Company; you will not see them if you are from another city or join anoher Grand Company
Plotline
Level
The amount of experience awarded when completing this quest; some quests give varied amounts of experience based on your current level
EXP
Gil
You earn all of these rewards when the quest is completed, independent of optional rewards
Rewards
You may choose one listed optional reward when the quest is completed
Reward Options
Prerequisites
Starting NPC
Name
Type
Subype
These quests only appear during the main plot of one of the three cities or to members of a particular Grand Company; you will not see them if you are from another city or join anoher Grand Company
Plotline
Level
The amount of experience awarded when completing this quest; some quests give varied amounts of experience based on your current level
EXP
Gil
You earn all of these rewards when the quest is completed, independent of optional rewards
Rewards
You may choose one listed optional reward when the quest is completed
Reward Options
Prerequisites
Starting NPC
In the Court of the Rat King
Ul'dahn Sidequest
Central Thanalan
Ul'dah
9
1,620
-
21
Lightning Shards
Hempen Kecks
or
Hempen Gaskins
or
Allagan Bronze Piece
All Classes Lv.4,
Sometimes the Old Ways Are Best
Zezeda
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Armor: Earned in Sometimes the Old Ways Are Best – 1 shown
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Disciplines:
All
Battle
War
Magic
Land
Hand
Levels:
All
1-5
6-10
11-15
16-20
21-25
26-30
31-35
36-40
41-45
46-50
Type:
All
Head
Body
Legs
Hands
Feet
Waist
Necklace
Earrings
Bracelets
Ring
Gray-named
legacy items
were available in 1.0 but can no longer be obtained
Name
Type
The total defense offered by this armor;
multi-slot
armor is sorted by the defense accounted for by its main slot; mouse over this number to see the breakdown of defense per slot
Def.
The total magic defense offered by this armor;
multi-slot
armor is sorted by the magic defense accounted for by its main slot; mouse over this number to see the breakdown of magic defense per slot
MDef.
The bonuses offered by this armor;
secondary statistics
are potentially of value, but are rarely considered for the chosen discipline;
Aetherial armor
has additional, randomly chosen bonuses in addition to those listed here
Bonuses
The item level of this armor, which indicates its relative power
iLvl
Lv.
Classes
The number of materia slots this armor has
Materia
The class required to repair this armor; this is typically the same class as the one that can craft or attach materia to this armor
Craft
Price
Aetherial armor
can be worth more than the listed amount, depending on the bonuses it has
Value
Gray-named
legacy items
were available in 1.0 but can no longer be obtained
Name
Type
The total defense offered by this armor;
multi-slot
armor is sorted by the defense accounted for by its main slot; mouse over this number to see the breakdown of defense per slot
Def.
The total magic defense offered by this armor;
multi-slot
armor is sorted by the magic defense accounted for by its main slot; mouse over this number to see the breakdown of magic defense per slot
MDef.
The bonuses offered by this armor;
secondary statistics
are potentially of value, but are rarely considered for the chosen discipline;
Aetherial armor
has additional, randomly chosen bonuses in addition to those listed here
Bonuses
The item level of this armor, which indicates its relative power
iLvl
Lv.
Classes
The number of materia slots this armor has
Materia
The class required to repair this armor; this is typically the same class as the one that can craft or attach materia to this armor
Craft
Price
Aetherial armor
can be worth more than the listed amount, depending on the bonuses it has
Value
Hard Leather Pot Helm
Head
9
9
Strength
+1,
Dexterity
+1
8
8
GLA
,
PGL
,
MRD
,
LNC
,
ARC
,
ROG
,
PLD
,
MNK
,
WAR
,
DRG
,
BRD
,
NIN
,
DRK
,
MCH
-
LTW
220 gil
5 gil
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Type:
All
Food
Medicine
Materia
Crystal
Catalyst
Gray-named
legacy items
were available in 1.0 but can no longer be obtained
Name
The list of effects of consuming this item; most such effects are given as a percentage increase to a single attribute, though some items (not marked with a % sign) offer a flat bonus; the numbers in parenthesis denote the maximum bonus and the attribute total at which that bonus is reached; items will have their maximum effect on any attribute greater than or equal to this number
Attributes
Recast
Duration
A bonus to EXP earned while you are under the effects of this food
EXP
Type
Price
Value
Gray-named
legacy items
were available in 1.0 but can no longer be obtained
Name
The list of effects of consuming this item; most such effects are given as a percentage increase to a single attribute, though some items (not marked with a % sign) offer a flat bonus; the numbers in parenthesis denote the maximum bonus and the attribute total at which that bonus is reached; items will have their maximum effect on any attribute greater than or equal to this number
Attributes
Recast
Duration
A bonus to EXP earned while you are under the effects of this food
EXP
Type
Price
Value
Ether
Restores 28%
MP
(60@215)
3m
-
-
Medicine
60 gil
2 gil
Allagan Bronze Piece
-
-
-
-
Miscellany
-
100 gil
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Name
Area
Location
Coordinates
Whether this NPC is the starting or ending NPC for this quest; some NPCs will both start and end the same quest
Role
Name
Area
Location
Coordinates
Whether this NPC is the starting or ending NPC for this quest; some NPCs will both start and end the same quest
Role
Beringaer
Central Thanalan
Black Brush Station
(X:20 Y:17)
End
Zezeda
Central Thanalan
Black Brush Station
(X:20 Y:18)
Start
Need Not Apply in Person
In the Court of the Rat King