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Gusgen Mines  

Type: Dungeon
Region: Zulkheim
Min Level: 20
Max Level: 45
Connected Areas:Konschtat Highlands
Oldton Movalpolos
Quests for Gusgen Mines
Mobs found in Gusgen Mines
Items found in Gusgen Mines

Overview
Zone TypeDungeon
RegionZulkheim
ExpansionOriginal
Level Range20 to 45
Entry RequirementNone
EscapeKonschtat Highlands
ActivitiesFishing, Mining
Weather
Fellowship NPCYes
ChocoboNo
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Description

Large amounts of mythril were extracted from these twisting caverns long before the discovery of the Palborough Mines. Complete with a railway system for mine carts, Gusgen was heavily mined for many years. However, as the veins of ore were depleted, the miners packed up and moved away. Now the mines remain abandoned.

Persistent miners can still find darksteel, gold and other valuable ores in the tunnels of Gusgen. However, they must often compete against a troupe of strangely named miners who rarely stop or sleep.

Ghosts often roam the dark tunnels of Gusgen. Some are peaceful, and quickly fade from sight. Others are deadly, and they'll take any chance to drag adventurers into the afterlife.

Points of Interest

Maps

The Map of Gusgen Mines can be obtained by completing the quest A Foreman's Best Friend

Map 1 Map 2 Map 3 Map 4

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Updated: Sun Aug 23 20:02:24 2009

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Ghosts
# Sep 25 2010 at 4:14 PM Rating: Decent
When i was trying to get the magic skull a few years back, i saw a ghost of a girl go up a stair case and disappear at the top and reappear at the bottom, repeating over and over. Also today i was playing helping a friend and saw a ghost of a boy without a face do the same thing except it was in a room going into a mine shaft and made a weird noise... This place scares the **** out of me!!!
Stay away from tunnel of dead
# Feb 21 2007 at 2:39 PM Rating: Decent
This place scares me to death! My friend took me to get the magical skull needed for the sub-job quest. He left me at the entrance and the sirens were going off at diffrent times. What do the sirens mean?
Mining in Gusgen Mines
# Nov 22 2006 at 5:02 PM Rating: Decent
For those of you who wish to mine here, I've got some general information.

Level (to avoid aggro from regular mobs): 50 (beware of the sound detection of Foul Meats 'til the upper 50s, so Sneak isn't a bad idea)
First possible level: 20 (keep Sneak up with WHM or else; even then, Feu Follets and Spunkies can still detect by magic and sight)
Number of Mining Points: 15
Detection: 90% sound; 10% sight/magic (Bomb-types)
Goldsmithing-supported finds: Copper Ore, Zinc Ore, Gold Ore, Silver Ore.
Smithing-supported finds: Copper Ore, Tin Ore, Iron Ore, Darksteel Ore.
Findings compared to other mines
Zeruhn: Obviously, you're bound to find better ores in Gusgen compared to this place. There are more RMTs roaming in Gusgen, which can lead to frustration. However, it's shameful to see level 75s running around going on killing sprees to get Zeruhn Soot. Best strategy to use here in order to make money early on: take a low-level character, make sure Signet is up, and level it to level 10, using Field gear to mine. The Conquest Points are a bit of a help, as well as the prices of Zeruhn Soot (which practically every mob in Zeruhn drops) in stacks. If your Goldsmithing and Smithing are to a decent level, this can be a nice place to obtain Brass, Copper, Tin, and Iron Ingots. Silver drops too occasionally to be worth much. Darksteel is a rare, rare find, unlike it is in Gusgen.
Palborough: Don't even try to mine in Palborough. There may be some RMTs roaming in Gusgen, but this place is never an alternative. Too much commute to different mining points. Besides, you might mistake a Mythril Seam for a mining point. And that just grinds your pickaxes.
Oldton Movalpolos: From my experiences, this place is better if you pass the aggro avoidance level of 60 and have a level of Goldsmithing over 50. Otherwise, stick to Gusgen. Rares in here are less common than in Gusgen. I rarely got Darksteel in Oldton, but I've walked out with nine Darksteel in one run with Gusgen.

Summary: Gusgen has a tendency to have an RMT or two, but that's why we have GMs on-call. I've only called one once and he eliminated the threat. I can safely say that it has the highest tendencies to let some Darksteel be found, but, like I said, get rid of RMTs whenever possible! I've found that certain hacks can make your mining findings horrible! I didn't think it was possible, but breaking five pickaxes in a row with complete Worker equipment... not so much fun.

I didn't bother to show my comparison to Yughott Grotto, because I didn't spend enough time at Yughott. I didn't find anything of value at Yughott, so to speak. Basic finds, without any rares in a good, long period of time.

With full mining equipment and maxed-out inventory space and the ability to successfully synth all ores here (other than Tin and Pebbles, your throw-away-ers), you can take in eight stacks of pickaxes and three stacks of Fire Crystals and walk out three or four hours later with 250k+ worth of ores. Seeing as though I've come so far in the mining world by myself, I'm proud of such a profit.
gusgen mines
# Jul 26 2006 at 7:59 AM Rating: Decent
if ya go to hume forums theres a massive forum with people debating on what happened down there my favourite theory is that rather they hid people down the mines in bastok V sandy war or the mine had a collapse thats why the mobs have names like crushed or injured just a guess but might be true who knows
map
# Feb 05 2006 at 10:49 AM Rating: Decent
Where is the map seller of this place?
RE: map
# Feb 12 2006 at 8:37 AM Rating: Decent
You have to do the quest "A forman's best friend" to get the map.
mining
# Jan 18 2006 at 5:59 AM Rating: Decent
just a quick question can any1 give me pos's on mining points cause gold ingots sell for 2.2m a stack on Lakshmi and i need 2 make them for goldsmithing i ran around for ages and couldn't find anything ; ; except 2 people standing in the 1 place for hours any info will b great ^^ thank you


Edited, Wed Jan 18 05:01:25 2006
RE: mining
# Apr 17 2006 at 7:37 AM Rating: Decent
http://ffxi-atlas.com/nav/?act=show&id=gusgen_mines&PHPSESSID=d2e70089b20b49bd5474c5aee939e5e1...This website will help you then
Map
# Nov 29 2005 at 12:28 AM Rating: Decent
found it :)

Edited, Tue Nov 29 01:27:34 2005
Map
# May 22 2008 at 8:16 PM Rating: Default
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37 posts
No DRG for party, camp spot site with 30 dmg, but is it for 20 like 30 dmg when you no hit be it for dd, for 30 dmg instead? or half is 10 for 20 dmg?

Can anybody please translate this sentence? I think this guy was drunk or something. :)
____________________________
Ballin Rdm90,Thf90 Full Merits
One Bad *** Elvaan Female.
Sylph
Bastok Rank 10/Windurst Rank 1
Cooking90
S.San d'Oria ^Naughtybutnice^
Ooze
# Nov 02 2005 at 1:19 PM Rating: Decent
Does Rancid Ooze really have a decent slime oil drop?
Bastok Mission 2-3
# Oct 05 2005 at 6:39 PM Rating: Decent
Just pwnt blind moby today, pretty easy with my lvl 32 mnk self, went to the yellow hp though, that scared me, the dog didnt agro though ^^.

ANYWAY BACK TO THE POINT:
this place has always creeped me out/interested me ever since eco-warrior quest, when i saw the ghost kid float around, kinda freaked me out, lol

NOW, info on this place was lacking, so thats why i didnt skip 2-3:
SLIGHT BACKSTORY SPOILERS:









ALIGHTYTHEN,
1) Sandorian Priests have been performing exorcism rituals (tele-hola quest?) on the mines.
2) Acording to everyones favorite presidental aide, Lucius (and cid, he was there to...), gusgen has some sort of magical importance
3) Glucolite can only be obtained from Gusgen, glucolite is a rare meatle with unknown props., and you obtain it from a pool of water, which happens to be where ghost NMs spawn...

MY THEORY BASED ON THIS: glocolite is formed by the crystal line, (those offshoots of the tele crags) which just so happens to be running underground a couple meters from gusgen, the glocolite can re-animate dead tissue... which is why the dead in gusgen didnt stay dead,

ANYWAY that is just my theory...

Theres always the "Moria Theory" to, they dug up the balrog ^^ lol


Edited, Wed Oct 5 19:57:28 2005
#REDACTED, Posted: Oct 13 2005 at 6:16 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I swear, if someone uses the word "theory" in the wrong context again, I am gonna /slap them all the way to scientific purgatory and back again! What you just did is create a hypothesis.
RE: Bastok Mission 2-3
# Oct 06 2005 at 10:20 AM Rating: Decent
Ok where did you find this knowledge to get a theory? All I knew was I nearly had a heart attack while doing the Holla quest.

I'm in Gusgen. Friend just died and hp. If I die I delevel. I'm WHM so I can Sneak and Invis around til I get out.

I see Juggler Hecatomb. (Someone told my the he was a HMN >.>) I think.. Oh nice... and carry on.

I turn the coner into a dead end. And I see a ghost at the end standing on the buffers (Hume one not a mob).

At that instant the sirens go off.

I wasn't told this would happen. It's about 1am in the morning, (Real life time) and I was scared out of my mind.

Also another ghost appeared (Hume one not a mob) but he was on the ceiling...

First thing I did was smack my speaked in hope of hiting the off button. Instead I knocked the power cable out. >.>

Anyways I escaped and never went back... til I had to finish off my mules Deathbringer quest. >.>

By the looks of it something horrible happened in Gusgen by the number of ghosts there. But does anyone know what happened in Gusgen?

Quote:
Theres always the "Moria Theory" to, they dug up the balrog ^^ lol


Two things.

1) "Moria Theory"? Whats that?
2) Balrog? Who or what is that?
RE: Bastok Mission 2-3
# Feb 17 2006 at 11:14 AM Rating: Decent
Moria Theory/Balrog = Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship).

Get out from under your rock.

=P
Just kidding. XD
Gusgen history
# Sep 27 2005 at 2:01 PM Rating: Decent
There are a alot of places in this game that intrest me alot. I want to find out as much as I can from quests but most I can't do. Like the MNK AF and the Eco-Warrior. I was wondering could someone tell me the whole history and information about this place.

Like why are there ghosts here?(NOT the mob ghosts) Why do Sirens go off during the night?

Also if anyone has information about and other Dungeons (Maze of Shakhrami, Attohwa Chasm etc.) Could they give me more history lessons or tell me quests to do to find out more? ^^;
sucks
# Aug 31 2005 at 1:17 AM Rating: Decent
This place sucks to die in as a BST with reraise
-.- Im lying there dead now waiting for someone to whipe 2 nearby skeletons, IMO you should be revived with 100%HP of course in a weakened state.
Im ******* unable to raise myself w/o dying Ill get aggro at once >.<
Oldton Movalpolos
# Mar 16 2005 at 3:21 AM Rating: Decent
can anyone tell me where the zone to Oldton Movalpolos is, i'm having trouble finding it.
Thanks :)
RE: Oldton Movalpolos
# Apr 26 2005 at 12:46 PM Rating: Decent
when you get into gusgen, just take every right you can, right right right right, an you'll zone to Oldton
RE: Oldton Movalpolos
# Mar 16 2005 at 3:32 AM Rating: Decent
found it in another thread, but just in case you want to know

If you have CoP you can enter from N. Gustaberg at K6 or J6

:)
Oldton Movapolos
# Mar 16 2005 at 3:20 AM Rating: Decent
double post sorry :)

Edited, Wed Mar 16 03:31:25 2005
#REDACTED, Posted: Mar 13 2005 at 5:09 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post)
Small opening
# Mar 02 2005 at 2:01 PM Rating: Decent
I was recently exploring the mines and happened across a ??? at location G-7 on the bottom most map near the north-west corner. When clicked it says "There is a small opening here". I've tried to mine it with a pickaxe but it says that I can not even mine it open or something along those lines.

I thought it was the ??? for the teleport holla quest but this is farther north than the holla one.

Any ideas?
RE: Small opening
# Mar 04 2005 at 6:39 PM Rating: Decent
This ??? Small opening is for Monk AF1.
RE: Small opening
# Mar 07 2005 at 9:17 AM Rating: Decent
Ok cool, thanks for the info!
RE: Small opening
# Mar 04 2005 at 6:39 PM Rating: Decent
>.< Double post

Edited, Fri Mar 4 18:39:09 2005
storyline
# Jan 08 2005 at 7:13 PM Rating: Default
The only thing I ever heard that was storyline for this place was the following from a role-play with a fellow elvaan:

*namecensored*: Those greedy humes dug too deep...they uncovered something.
Eiyoko: What did they uncover?
*namecensored*: Let me know when you find an answer to that.


Can anyone tell me the storyline behind these mines? Anyone?
RE: storyline
# May 19 2005 at 10:03 AM Rating: Decent
The tele-hola, mnk AF1, and Bastok mission 3-2 probably say some things about it... if i get mnk or rng to lvl 35 im going to do mission 3-2 and mabye find out why there is some ghost of a 5 year old kid in the room for the eco-warrior quest...
RE: storyline
# Jan 30 2005 at 2:48 PM Rating: Decent
First of all there is an Elvaan child ghost there, not a Hume. My guess is do the demand of metal ores in San d'Oria and real lacking or a mine, they made Gusgen, but something went wrong. But that's just my theory.
Oldtown Movapolis - Gusgen
# Jan 01 2005 at 9:42 PM Rating: Decent
Lol I was looking for Magicked skulls for one of my friends when out of the blue I zoned. I was kinda like what the crap cause I thought I was just going to run into a wall. So I ran around on my 44 samurai
listening to the kewl music^^ ,but then I saw a goblin that was EP to me and my friend wanted me to keep looking for the skull so I left. I had a good time in there while it lasted ^.^.
Mining Maps
# Nov 26 2004 at 12:22 AM Rating: Decent
Does ANYONE have a valid link to a site for Mining Points? Please Post =) thanx
RE: Mining Maps
# Dec 24 2004 at 8:38 AM Rating: Excellent
here's a site that may be useful for your point search needs:

Points.

Edited, Fri Dec 24 08:55:29 2004
Key?
# Nov 20 2004 at 4:28 PM Rating: Decent
Anyone know what mobs in here drop the key? Or do all of them have a chance of dropping it. I'm probably going to do RSE here.
RE: Key?
# Apr 06 2005 at 7:48 AM Rating: Decent
I dont know if this is correct for sure but i heard the Fue Fei <-( not correct spelling)things drop the key. They are one of the bomb familes down there other then spunkies.
i tried getting key off them myself havent killed to many but no li\uck so it will probally take you a little if it is true that they are the ones who drop the keys.
location in highlands
# Oct 11 2004 at 2:50 PM Rating: Decent
Does anyone know the location in the highlands where the entrance to the mines is by chance???
RE: location in highlands
# Oct 19 2004 at 9:52 AM Rating: Good
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Entrance is at (L-7).
Siren
# Oct 03 2004 at 6:30 PM Rating: Excellent
I found the sirens to be a regular thing that seemed to happen once a night at exactly 2:00.
I heard a rumour that it's the mine doors closing for the night.
The ghosts are really cool, I heard a woman scream, thinking it was someone fighting and dodging a hit (like it sounded) I turned round to look and there was nothing there, the children seriously freak me out though ><
Word of advice for early miners pre-level 40
DON'T MINE HERE!!!
RE: Siren
# Dec 19 2004 at 10:03 PM Rating: Decent
The siren of which you speak activates 2 NM's, One spawns where blind moby is, and the other is directly across the map, Both are ghost type. I had trouble soloing these at 50, but the can be done.
RE: Siren
# Feb 13 2005 at 12:41 PM Rating: Decent
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It actually spawns more then just those 2.
There is also a few on a diff part of the map...
If your smart enough you don't need me to
tell you where that is. So don't ask!
Go wondering around... You'll find 'em!
HUH?
# Sep 21 2004 at 4:12 AM Rating: Default
Yes, it is a CoP area. It says "Unable to enter area. Expansion not registered"
RE: HUH?
# Sep 21 2004 at 3:47 PM Rating: Decent
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This is a Rise of the Zilart area, not CoP, I have been going to Gusgen Mines for near a year now.
RE: HUH?
# Sep 27 2004 at 12:37 PM Rating: Excellent
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I believe quezac meant to reply to paoa's question about the CoP zone inside of Gusgen Mines. That zone is not accessible unless you have the CoP expansion, yet it will look like you can zone into it.

There are several areas around the world now that have these "new" entrances.

-t
RE: HUH?
# Jul 09 2005 at 4:04 PM Rating: Decent
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Yep, I'm pretty sure he meant Oldton Movalpolos.
HUH?
# Sep 12 2004 at 10:27 PM Rating: Decent
Well i was mining here, (first time) and i ran into a zone, that i couldnt zone into... it said i couldnt enter the next area or something.. anyone know waht this means? does it have somethign to do with CoP?
RE: HUH?
# Sep 20 2004 at 8:31 PM Rating: Decent
Yes this is the entrance to Movalpolos a new zone in CoP. With the update you can now see this on your region map.
LVL
# Sep 03 2004 at 11:40 AM Rating: Decent
When Can i mine here im lvl 42 drk can i do it?
RE: LVL
# Apr 06 2005 at 7:52 AM Rating: Decent
i am going to agree with jaruu. I was a lvl 44 whm when i first tried to mine there. It was safe enough if u feel like casting sneak thousands of times. but then i lvl'd pld to 51 and nothing there aggros me other then the evil NM's of course. ( I dropped down the one whole and the one juggler NM killed me like i wasnt there so be careful event at 50+ )
RE: LVL
# May 22 2005 at 9:22 AM Rating: Decent
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I can move around gusgen and shakhrami without getting any aggro at level 45, only NMs are high enough to aggro me.

I still haven't found a way to walk out from the back area of gusgen though, so may yet be something i haven't seen.^^

Edited, Sun May 22 10:28:58 2005
RE: LVL
# Sep 14 2004 at 6:26 PM Rating: Default
I think the best time is lvl 50. You shouldn't get much if any aggro. Or if you sub a Whm and use sneak, that should help alittle.
ghosts!
# Aug 29 2004 at 12:52 AM Rating: Default
I hear that there are ghosts and such in these mines. Anyone care to send any pics? Or a map of Gusgen?
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