CatsEyeXI New Player Guide - CatsAndBoats/catseyexi GitHub Wiki

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Depending on if (and when) you played FFXI, a lot has changed over the years.

Whilst this is a level 75 era private server, there are tons of quality of life improvements added to alleviate the grind. Everybody is very friendly, helpful, and proactive.

If you need anything, don’t be afraid to ask in the Catseye linkshell! Let's get right into it!

• https://www.catseyexi.com
  Features links to access the discord, wiki, and user area. The database tools tab has some very useful features such as:

  • Auction House
  • Bazaar Lookup
  • Character Lookup
  • Crafter list
  • Crafting Recipe Lookup
  • Item Database
    Item Search is incredibly useful to use on this server, as it shows you which mobs drop which items, and at what % drop rate. If you ever find yourself needing to farm an item, check here (over other FFXI wikis) first!
  • Monster Bestiary
  • Weather Lookup

• https://github.com/CatsAndBoats/catseyexi/wiki The wiki for CatsEyeXI. Everything you need to know can be found between this, and the discord. The wiki has detailed documentation for any custom changes on CatsEyeXI.

• Apururu Unity Leader and Sylvie (UC) are the only ones that are fully coded. Do not choose any others until they are working!
• Daily reset is Japanese Midnight (15:00 UTC, 09:00 CST)
• Fastest way to make gil: exchange Sparks of Eminence for items to NPC/sell on AH.
  • The sparks exchange amount is capped at 150,000 per week, but resets on Sunday.
• Best places to farm vendor items for gil and small AH profit: I found Castle Oztroja drops TONS of gear and spells, quite a bit goes for 10-30k on the AH, or NPC for a fair chunk. Using the !chef command to sell these items and scrolls as you go is a nice way to make some pocket change.
  • This goes for most high-level areas with spellcasters (Sea Serpent's Grotto, etc.)
• You can obtain a free Relic Weapon for levelling your first craft to 100.
• You gain the 4th and 5th Trust slots for getting a craft to level 60 and 80 respectively.
  • Working on a craft is one of the first things you should be doing once you hit 75! If you want to hit 100 the cheapest/fastest, do cooking. You can always change later.
• There are a few handy shortcuts that you can use:
  • !mog - opens nomad moogle menu (can only be used in cities)
  • !signet, !sigil, !sanction - these give you the corresponding area buffs. Make sure you keep these up (and the right ones in the right zones).
  • !chef - a food shop that you can access anywhere. Very handy if you forgot to eat

The very first thing you should do is go grab 2 pieces of gear sold at the Curio Vendor Moogle. When you click on him, choose Foodstuffs, and then scroll to the bottom and buy the Chocobo Shirt (Which has all Accuracies at +50) and the Destrier Beret (Which has regen, refresh, auto reraise, increased skill gain, and increased running speed). This is the most effective, and the only required armor pieces until you get to level 30.

You can find the Moogle at:

• Port San d'Oria (J-9)
• Port Bastok (K-13)
• Port Windurst (M-4)

Make sure you use your Sprout Beret daily, and get an Empress Band from the Gate Guard once you have enough CP points. Always run with Signet/Sigil/Sanction, depending on where you are exping!

Note: If you created your character before June 2022, you may not have a Sprout Beret in your inventory. You will then need to do the goblin daily quests listed on the wiki to earn one.

The Curio Vendor Moogle also sells the Kupofried trust for 500k. He has a Corsair’s Roll aura that gives you bonus exp whilst near him. This does stack with the Experience Point buffs.

The BEST way to gain extra XP while leveling! These can be found in the Quest Tab (hit Main Menu button twice to scroll to the second page).

You start RoE’s by going to
Quests > Objective List > Tutorial > Basics > First Steps Forward
and talk to one of the NPC that is listed. This will unlock further RoE Quests.

Next you should accept the following (not mandatory, but very useful):

Quests > Objective List > Tutorial > Basics

1. Heal without using magic - /heal after taking damage
2. Vanquish One Enemy
3. Call Forth an Alter Ego - This part is covered in the Trusts section below.

Quests > Objective List > Tutorial > Quest 1

1. Obtain an Alter Ego: (Your home City)

Quests > Objective List > Combat (Wide Area) > Combat (General)

1. Vanquish Multiple Enemies I
2. Deal 10-20 Damage
3. Total Damage I
4. Total Healing I (if you are a healer)
5. Total Damage Taken I
6. Weapon Skills I

Quests > Objective List > Combat (Wide Area) > Combat (Spoils) 1

1. Accept all Spoils (Crystals) (If you’re hitting RoE limit, you can add/remove certain crystals as you need to, like light crystal, dark crystal, depending on what you’re exping on)

Quests > Objective List > Combat (Wide Area) > Combat (Spoils) 2
Here is a great exp maker. If any mob you are fighting drops any of these items, you should have the Spoil enabled. I will list the ones I nearly always have enabled, but check this periodically if you need to add any others.

1. Spoils (Bat Wing)
2. Spoils (Flint Stone)
3. Spoils (Rabbit Hide)
4. Spoils (Honey)
5. Spoils (Sheep Skin)
6. Spoils (Lizard Skin) - super important levelling 39-75 in Crawler’s Nest.
7. Spoils (Treant Bulb)
8. Spoils (Wild Onion)
9. Spoils (Sleepshroom)
10. Spoils (Zinc Ore)
11. Spoils (Beehive Chip)

Quests > Objective List > Combat Region) > Conflict: Area
While this one is not currently available when starting out, every new zone you enter will populate with a Conflict: Area RoE, that is very helpful in boosting your exp. Remember to always set the one for the zone you are in!

Quests > Objective List > Other > Daily Objectives

1. Vanquish Multiple Enemies (D)

Note: Certain RoE quests give items. If your inventory is full you will get an error message. Once you make space in inventory you must go to Quest tab Records of Eminence under Current and accept reward on the completed task.

In order to participate, players must satisfy the following:

Players must have completed ten or more Records of Eminence objectives and then visit one of the following areas:

• Southern San d'Oria / Northern San d'Oria / Port San d'Oria
• Bastok Mines / Bastok Markets / Port Bastok
• Windurst Waters / Port Windurst / Windurst Woods

Players may then join a Unity by setting the Records of Eminence objective All for One, and speaking to one of the NPCs given below, and selecting a Unity to join:

• All for One is found under the Tutorial section of the Records of Eminence menu.
• Unity Service NPCs:
  • Urbiolaine in Southern San d'Oria (G-10)
  • Igsli in Bastok Markets (E-11)
  • Teldro-Kesdrodo in Windurst Woods (J-10)
  • Yonolala in Windurst Woods (J-10)

Note: Apururu (UC) and Sylvie (UC) are the only Unity Leader Trust Magic that are coded.
Please select one from the choices given at this time.

They can be exchanged for items and equipment at the following A.M.A.N. NPCs:

• Rolandienne - Southern San d'Oria (G-10)
• Isakoth - Bastok Markets (E-11)
• Fhelm Jobeizat - Windurst Woods (J-10)

The sparks exchange amount is capped at 150000 per week, but resets on Sunday.

• Fastest way to make gil: exchange Sparks of Eminence for Raptor Trousers (Lv 48) for 216 points.
• If you are using the sparks addon (approved on this server) you can use the following command:
  • /addon load sparks
  • /sparks buyall Raptor Trousers
• You can easily sell your gear without having to move by using the !chef command.
• If you cap all 150000 points every week, and sell the raptor trousers, you should walk away with roughly 3.2 million gil per week.
  • Don’t let this be your only source of making gil. You’ll need to find additional ways to make gil as this still isn’t enough to meet all the gearing/crafting requirements you’ll come across.

The most effective way to level up is by using Trust Magic. These are Alter Egos of NPC’s such as Shanttoto, Prince Trion, Koru-Moru, etc. that are able to be used in battle.

Starting out you can only summon 3 trusts at one time, however there are methods of summoning up to 5 trusts:

• Levelling a craft to level 60 and talking Momiji at Lower Jeuno fountain in front of the auction house unlocks the ability to summon 4 trusts.
• Levelling a craft to level 80 and talking to Momija unlocks the ability to summon 5 trusts.
  • These provide you with a Rhapsody Key Item. The level 60 Rhapsody Key Item provides you with a permanent 30% more Exp, and an even higher rate of combat/magic skill ups.

Once you hit your first level 5 job (shouldn’t take long with Sprout Beret or an exp ring active), talk to the NPC listed below based on your Home City. Make sure you enable the Obtain an Alter Ego: (Your home City) RoE listed above.

Trust NPCs:

• Gondebaud - South San d’Oria (L-6)
  • Unlocks Trust: Excenmille - Northern San d’Oria (D-9)
• Wetata - Windurst Woods (G-10)
  • Unlocks Trust: Kupipi - Heavens Tower (in Windurst Walls)
• Clarion Star - Port Bastok (K-7)
  • Unlocks Trust: Naji - Metalworks (J-8)

Once you obtain your first trust, go outside the city and summon him to complete the Obtain an Alter Ego: (Your home City) RoE. You MUST go back to the most recently talked to NPC to finish the quest and the RoE.

You can also go to each of the other 2 cities and obtain the first Trust, but I would do this after completing the next part of this guide.

Upon summoning your first Trust, you will obtain a Cipher of Valaineral’s alter ego.

1. Trade this item to a Trust NPC listed above. Once you do this, and after a short cutscene, you will learn Trust: Valaineral.
2. You MUST accept ROE quest:
   Quests > Objective List > Tutorial > Basics > Alter Ego: Valaineral
   to continue on questline.
3. Now go outside and summon Valaineral. Because You enabled the RoE quest, upon summoning the Trust you will obtain a Cipher of Mihli’s alter ego.

If you repeat steps 1-3, you will obtain the following

1. Valaineral - Paladin / Warrior
2. Mihli Aliapoh - White Mage
3. Tenzen - Samurai
4. Adelheid - Scholar / Black Mage
5. Joachim - Bard

If for some reason you do not get a Cipher after summoning one of these Trusts (with the exception of Joachim - he is the final Trust obtained via this method) make sure you have the RoE quest relating to the Trust enabled.
Note: Joachim will not start casting songs until around level 35-40

The Curio Vendor Moogle has some very good additional trust ciphers, including; Kupofried, Zeid II, Qultada.

Note: as this is a private server, not all trusts are coded and working 100% the same as retail. Many have been customized and have unique features. Read in detail about our custom trust magic system on our wiki.

All Outpost Warps are unlocked from level 1, however your main job must meet the level requirement for the region to which you wish to teleport.

Outpost Warp NPCs:

• Conrad - Bastok Mines (K-8)
• Jeanvirgaud - Northern San d’Oria (L-10)
• Rottata - Port Windurst (L-4)

Once you initially click on any home point crystal you find, you unlock the ability to teleport to it for a fee. They also restore your HP/MP back to full.

• Fee’s are lowered 80% by getting a craft to level 60.

Once you initially click on a survival guide you find, you unlock the ability to teleport to it for a fee of gil or tabs (the currency obtained from completing ground tomes). There are typically 1 Survival Guide in every zone (with some exceptions). Cities only have 1 Survival Guide located somewhere in the city zones.

At level 20, head to Jeuno to unlock the ability to ride on Chocobos, and subsequently unlock a Raptor mount that you can summon at-will. An in-depth guide to the quest can be found here, but to summarise:

• Talk to Brutus - Upper Jeuno (G-7) (May need to talk multiple times to trigger the right quest)
• Feed the chocobo 4 clumps of gausebit grass
  • You only need to wait 1 real-life minute between each feed

Congratulations, you can now ride a Chocobo from any city! The next step is to unlock the Raptor mount. The full guide of how to complete this quest can be found here, but to summarise:

• Speak with Mapitoto in Upper Jeuno (G-7) after completing the chocobo quest above
• Run around Batallia Downs on the mount, looking for the food.
  • They are located on your map, and they are inside the hills - you have to go in!
• If the mount slows down (motivation <50%), use /cheer to increase it’s motivation back up
  • Sometimes the food inside the hills will not load. You still need to go inside the hills all the way to the center and get the message prompt that your raptor overcame the munchies. You will need to do this 5 times total, then head over to the west end of Batallia where Syrillia is located.

Once you complete the quest, you unlock the ability to use /mount Raptor in any zone it’s possible to ride a chocobo in.

You can teleport to certain Wanted areas. Some of the warps have been disabled on this server.

The AH is pre-stocked with some specific items, most notably crafting tier increase test items, and some materials. Anything that is pre-stocked will have 3 items on the AH, and this restocks every 3 hours.

The cheapest craft to level is Cooking, and it’s also typically the fastest.

• All crafts are relatively quick to level from 1-50, as the crafting kits are sold at the guilds.

You can farm Crystals or Clusters, or buy Clusters from the Curio Vender Moogle for 20k each.

For Cooking, you can buy ALL materials to synth to level 100 at vendors around Vana’diel. As mentioned above. all of the crafting test items are sold at the Auction House.

It’s recommended you view the crafting guide listed here: https://github.com/CatsAndBoats/catseyexi/wiki/CatsEyeXI-Crafting-Guide

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