Yeah i heard that Galka had to Run from there home town... then learned that it was the Altepa area... its a Neat story plot around that

I am also Siren ^_^ and I am, with my lil Taru buddy, killing the evil ANTICA.... Call us(Beastmaster) whatever you want, but killing antica for money xp and drops kick a$$ ^_^

Helping Galka reclaim there homeland , 1 Antica at a time.

27-30 - Spiders
30-32 - Beetles
32-34 - Dhamels (you can use beetles to do better exp chains
34-37 - Dhamels, and begin transition to goblins
37-40 - Goblins (you can start these at about 35 depending on pt)
40-45 Move to Altepa West and fight beetles at Revelation rock.
45-50 You can move into Quick Sand Caves and begin fighting the tougher beetles there (I have not made it to this point yet, I was told that there are 2 lvls of beetles in the caves).

Oh, and on a side note, you can, at 37-40 pull the Manticore just north of the gobby camp for a good exp chain boost... There is only one, but it spawns every 5-15 mins. And you can also handle the undead that spawn at night pretty easy starting at 35... Ok, they start conning T-VT around 37...

This is a place my ls likes to go to pt, when we can, and have jobs at this lvl, we love to go there, because we tend to get about 1 1/2 lvls an hour. And though it's hard to setup a pt, you don't have to worry about links, if you have a whm high enough with the tele spell, it can replace Escape, and you can pt near the zones pretty easily. There are enough mobs for 3-5 different pts, so it's hard to fill the area... Basically, it's like a fun version of the dunes.

P.S. you only need invis when going near the gobs... Outside of that, all mobs aggro on sound...

Oh, and one last note: the Outpost teleport is lvl 40. So if you reach the point where you can level in Western altepa it is very easy to get to and from there, just alittle expensive (400 if your town owns it, 1600 if they don't).

Unfortunately, there are alot of ppl who just lvl, and don't bother with the exintricities of the game, such as doing outpost runs, or getting the gate crystal, or having an airship pass... However, I really don't like pting with those ppl after Yhoater... Since, I have been both puller and tank (thf and nin) past 40. I have died from links as both jobs. Unfortunately I think I am the only puller that, if past 25, I will pull the mob back to the pt, then take the link away from pt and die, so the rest of the pt doesn't die with me...

No bats, no jetstream. No crawlers linking from 5 miles away... Just nice and easy pulls, and quick and dirty kills:) I love altepa...

Yes this is a very good alternative to yuhtunga/yhoator jungles. There is only one problem in Fenrir World...NO ONE is EVER there!! I would love to get out of yhoator as a lv 30 WHM, but i would have to party with a lot of Japanese people at like midnight...i dont speak any japanese so there is really no way to communicate to them. it stinks...

Woo! I've done that too. Soooo much fun!
Then, when you get bored of it, all you gotta do is go outside and throw a pebble at something big and ugly!

I don't think you can take Anticans at lvl 28, but you should try the beetles before you start taking the Ants. If you can take the beetles then maybe try ants, but i think the beetles (i think they are called sand beetles) will be a challenge and give good exp

The best way to pick up any remaining elements that your Carbuncle's Ruby needs to experience is to talk to the various weather checker NPCs. They tell you where you have a good chance to 'experience' the element.

If they say there will be a heat wave in Altepa for the next 3 days, that means Fire will be showing up in Altepa for the next ~ 3 hours.

So did I, I needed to get to Rabao, and your post cleared a few things up for me!
Garuda here I come!

I think the location of the teleport point was.. between G-6 and G-7..
im not absolutly sure, but i think it was in that little cleft with the 2 exits and the curve on the map.

[quote] The weakest mob I saw there was "tough" to a lvl 28 (a desert spider). I saw a mob out there that *looked* similar to a cactaur, but it had a different name. If you still want to go, make sure you have some way to give yourself the sneak effect. quote]

Was that mob by any chance named Sabotender? I came out here looking to group around level 28 (found out people only take you if you're 29+ >.<), and saw one of those. Sabotender is the Japanese name for cactuar, so if that's what you saw, it was cactuar ^^. Strangely, they decided to call some "Cactuar" and others "Sabotender". Not sure what that's about.

Anyways, if you're coming here under level 30, bring a full group; you'll have trouble getting in one, as people hunt here into their upper 30's. It's certainly doable at 28-29, though, so if you're having as much trouble finding a place to level up to 30 as I am, definately check this place out.

Having sneak/invis/deoderize is definately a good idea. This region has plenty of aggresive, high level monsters, so caution is an absolute must. I had them on coming through the tunnel and while looking around, so I can't vouch for how safe this area would be without them.

Hope this helps.

Gotta go through the Korroloka Tunnel in Bastok