The Chronicles of Latcarf

The Starlight Celebration is here. That means presents for the children and beautiful trees for us! Obviously, there is quite alot going on in San d'Oria right now! To help celebrate the season, I took on some quests to bring joy to the children in San d'Oria.

First I spoke with a Moogle in Southern San d'Oria near the Auction House (at J-9 on the map). He told me about a "smilebringer" here in town. I ran to North San d'Oria near Ranperre's Gate (position D-8 on the map) and found Charmealaut who has been making presents. He gave me a Kiddie Present. I ran back to the Moogle in South San d'Oria and heard that there were three kids in San d'Oria that I needed to talk to. There were two kids in Port San d'Oria and one in South San d'Oria. I spoke with Artinien ( H-8 ) in Port San d'Oria and received a Letter of gratitude. Next I spoke with Auvare ( H-5 ) also in Port San d'Oria and he gave me a Letter of joy. Finally I ran back to South San d'Oria and talked to Blendare ( J-9 ) who gave me a Letter of thanks.

I ran back to Charmealaut in North San d'Oria to return the letters. After giving him the letters, he mentioned that there were no names on them and he asked me who gave each one. Fortunately, I remembered and was able to tell him. He gave me a Dream Hat for my efforts!

As I was fishing today, still trying to make gil, someone shouted about the Eco-Warrior quest. I've done this quest a few times already but since I want money and it will get you a cool 5000 gil, I figured it was more lucrative than fishing right now (even with the full moon).

The quest requires you to wear an ointment that causes your level to drop to 20 if you are any higher than that. Since I've been traveling as a level 17 Black Mage (BLM), I figured I could go as is and take advantage of my Warp spell to get out of Ordelle's Caves quick. Usually it is much harder to get out of the cave since half the alliance usually warps or teleports out anyway.

We had a full alliance (three parties of six members each), and the group seemed to listen and be patient. There are a few things that have to exist for a successful Eco-Warrior quest. You need a full alliance, you need a group that listens, you need a group that is patient, and finally you need a group that sticks together. Missing any of these key attributes makes completing the quest with no loss of life exponentially harder.

This particular group had all these key attributes and the quest went very smoothly. There was one knock-out but that was due to a goblin aggro after we had already defeated the Necroplasm - so it didn't really count.

When we were done I warped out of there and went fishing in Knightswell in West Ronfaure since there was still a full moon. All in all, it was a pretty lucrative quest. 5000 gil and 852 experience points.

Here is how I fish. I have a small system of two macros that I use to fish and add bait. The add bait macro is just for laziness really and it doesn't have to be used if you want to conserve macro space.

The fishing macro I call "Fish". It times the fishing process for you and provides some feedback while you are waiting. The syntax is as follows:

Fish

/echo Waiting to fish...
/wait 8
/echo Still waiting to fish...
/wait 6
/echo Fish on!
/fish


The add bait macro I call "AddB". It equips your bait and restarts the fishing cycle after the bait had been added. The syntax for it is as follows:

AddB

/echo Adding Insect Ball as bait...
/equip ammo "Insect Ball"
/echo Fish on!
/fish


Change the two instances of "Insect Ball" to whatever bait you are using.

Start the cycle by using the regular /fish command. Then, just use the macro as it will time everything for you. While waiting, you can interact with your inventory, etc... but make sure you don't start another macro since it will cancel the fishing macro.

When the macro doesn't work because "You can't fish without bait on the hook", just hit the AddB macro. I added the last /fish line in the AddB macro so you don't have to manually start the cycle again.

This one thing this macro system can't account for is inventory space. During the "waiting to fish" phases, you should use the time to auto-sort your inventory to make sure you have room for a newly caught fish. Nothing is worse than losing a fish because your inventory is full. You will also have to make sure you have a standing supply of bait in you inventory.

I hope this macro system will make your fishing experience easier and less tedious.

I started out today on a quest for gil. I had hoped to make some money so I could get some new spells. The moon wasn't right for fishing and I decided to go questing instead.

I to tried to kill some wasps in La Theine Plateau so I could get some honey. The first couple I killed gave me nothing so, being impatient, I soon gave up on that effort. I realized I was at the entrance to Ordelle's Caves and figured I could finish the Squire's Test II that Balasial gave me. Turned out not to be so hard as a level 30 White Mage (WHM). I got the Stalactite Dew and went on my way out.

I left Ordelle's Caves from the northern entrance and proceeded to explore the lowest parts of the ravines there. I walked through caves connecting the three ravines in the north-eastern part of La Theine Plateau. I didn't know these were connected. After running to the very tip of the most far north-eastern ravine, I found a Stone Monument (L-6)! Lucky for me, I had another piece of Selbina Clay that the Mayor of Selbina had given me. I used it to make a Clay Tablet. I will have to remember to give him the tablet next time I'm in Selbina.

After bringing the Stalactite Dew to Balasial and receiving the Squire's Certificate, I returned to my Mog House for a little while. There I changed to my Black Mage (BLM) sub-job with the intention of returning to Valkurm Dunes to level up a bit. I'll stay the night in Selbina and see that the Mayor gets the Clay Tablet.