Sadly although we are all Mistified by it's wonder and secrecy, 1 fact remains. Bostaunieux Oubliette is the place where bodies go to dispose themselves. I know I met the same 2 slimes, and as they pimp slapped my lifeless corpse, I remember them fondly in my Nightmares!

Why are all the cell doors labled 'cell door' ...is there a quest that requires you to find the right door?

Good party combo for this place for me was level 48 PT of 48Nin/24War(x2), 48Thf/24Nin(me), 48Rdm/24Blm, 48Blm/24Whm, 48Brd/24Whm. We all leveled in about 1-1.5 hours, I was 1.2K into level when I went into here. All mobs are sound agressive. Mobs we pulled were Hounds and bats! The skillchain we were using was Blade: Rin >> Viper Bite. SaTa VB was doing between 600-678 Damage and our SC was hiting for around 300-350 damage.

Edited, Tue Oct 25 14:05:19 2005

lol, all the stories are the same... not even going to bother telling mine. For the love of god, Sneak BEFORE talking to the guy who lets you enter. I'm lvl 70, and one of the Aspics where you drop in is still EP to me.

Map is from a Mhaura quest that has you killing pirates on the ferry for a sand charm.

Tips for just exploring the area

- be a lvl 25 whm at least. (invis and sneak both to rest for more mp, as things aggro to healing)
- have sneak up before going in.
- divine seal Sneak whenever you can.
- do "The Sand Charm" quest in Mhaura for the map.
- there are several north/south hallways that are relitivly safe to resneak in.
- everything I saw in here aggroed to sound (sneak) so, keep it up at all times, obviously.
- taking screenshots is fun and all, but you won't see your sneak fading if you are taking screencaps ^.^

Other than that, this place isn't scary. Yes if you get aggro, you die. ^.^ Death is just part of the game.

Also in answer to a question, it comes out in West Ronfaure at (E-8). Long way from Sandy...

There is a ??? just outside, and I'd like to know what it's for. It reads :

"Something seems unatural about the outcropping."

Just curious. I didn't have anything to try trading to it at the time.

oh and here's my story:

I read all this and think about how dangerous it was but being my stupid self, i decide to go down there anyway to check it out. I was already scared out of my mind passing the drain guy, but i finally get the courage to open the sewer lid. As soon as i hit the ground a dark aspis does some 400 damage to me and i die instantly. What a nice day.

May I ask where do this little beast spawn [Sewer Syrup
]in Bostaunieux Oubliette? Wanna get it tonight or tomorrow but dunno where it at.. =/ Thanks a lot!

Edited, Fri Jan 7 20:53:00 2005

The other day i was trying to raise San D Oria fame to get drain scroll for my DRK. after trading 5 or 6 stacks of bat wings i went to Bostin...(ya know what i mean). well i figured i had enough fame.. WRONG! so i got realley PO'ed at the game and found the guy standing at the "Entrance of death". i dropped in and next thing i knew 3 bats and 2 jellys aggroed me. As a 32WAR/15MNK this is how it all went down. I start running. then im hity for 250. then 180 then like 275. Bam! im dead noone offers to help, and since i had to respawn back at my HP in rabao i fell to level 31 again.............................. (>.<) (T.T) (>.<)<^> to that dungeon of death

Quick question on this area. I'm a 62PLD ATM, and am curious whether I would be able to get to the Jelly Ring monster (Sewer Sludge?) without much trouble? Chances are I'll drag some random BLM to come with me, but I figure I'm gonna try and find my way through the area so I don't get lost when I'm goin for the NM.

I was bored one evening so I bought some silent oils and thought I'd scout out the area for the Sewer Syrup that I'll eventually need to kill for the Jelly Ring. I went in as a pld/thf so I could flee if I got into trouble. I'm not certain is the silent oil would stick if I put it on before dropping through the manhole so I decided to put it on as soon as I dropped down. So I drop down and land on a couple of the dark aspics and immediately get aggrod, no time to put on oil. So I immediately flee for the zone, and on my way I aggrod every single mob along the way so I hit invincible. Get bound by a haunt, uh oh, flee is almost gone. I get unbound and I'm still fleeing and I see the zone, I'm close! But no, I hit a trap door of some sort and fall in the basement and there are bloodsucker leeches everywhere. I die almost instantly after invincible wears off. So lesson learned...don't ever explore this place w/o a full party. 3k exp lost and no scout of the area.

A friend and myself decided to drop down into the sewers while we were doing the Drain quest for him. However, being the extremely cautious person that I am, I recommended we change to our lvl 1 jobs (MNK and WHM) and then venture down into the sewer. So a quick trip back to our mog house and we were on our way.

We dropped down into the sewer, and came face to face with a slime. We both just stood there, frozen in our tracks, when suddenly, the slime jerked toward me! My friend, thinking he was in the clear, took off down the path, only to have the slime chase after him, and slaughter him in one hit. Now it was my turn it seemed, so I took this moment to gear up my courage and ran full speed past the slime, only to turn the corner to see a high level BST fighting a leech, completely blocking the narrow tunnel. One hit and I was on the floor and the slime was on his way. I can only wonder what the BST must have thought, seeing two lvl 1's dead in the sewer...

A good word of advice to anyone less curious than me, and a little smarter; Unless there is a purpose for you to drop into the sewer, don't do it, unless you want a quick trip back to your HP :P

I'm Windurstian, you get into Chateau on missdion 2-3(Windy)

lol yeah i went down there once when i was about lvl 29 rdm and of course got pwned and decided not to return. But of course after hundreds of thousands of exp i decided to return at lvl 55 ...I still got pwned. These cecked DC to me and to dark aspic things were takin turns hittin me for 150 dmg each (didnt have body armor on dont ask me y) i chainspelled » warped and died right next to the crystal in port jeuno =( What a way to lose 1k exp.

There is a reason why it is said to be level 50+

You know why? It is *dangerous* - I do not suggest going in there until you are the appropriate level, except for the drain quest. Save yourself the loss of xp, and stay out.

As a level 75, I can say this on good authority, I believe.

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{ Now of course, Sneak is a very unreliable spell at times, as anyone who has cast it will attest. So in order to save myself from certain death, I would recast it as needed by getting as far away from the monster in front of me and the one behind (the sewers offer no safe haven)or continuing to run until such a place could be found. }

...I ventured on into the sewers, until I eventually found monsters that looked like hounds or werewolves and figured they would tear me to shreds..but seeing as how there was no way back, I walked up to--and past--them as well, with no unfortunate consequences. These beasts were as thick as the leeches had been, one or two every 2 seconds of travel.

The sewers started branching into different "passageways" just as narrow as the first, and I was forced to "guess" my way around, hoping that I wasn't just going in circles. I finally came upon a large round room that had a large hole in the center with the walkway continuing around it and connecting to several more passageways, none of which, looked any more promising... Viewing each passage in turn, I finally selected one and ran along it with renewed hope.

I ran and ran...and ran. Finally, I came upon something different: a set of stairs, leading upward no less. Having no desire to stay in the wretched sewers, I made careless haste to the miraculous stairway...

...too careless. My unwatching eye had missed the warnings, my "Sneak" was about to fail..and here again was no safe zone. I screwed up my courage, and sped forward...hoping the stairs would save me from my misadventure. Much to my dismay, I found another hellhound blocking my path...the stairway had betrayed my confidences and the hall behind, guarded, by two flagrant leeches. As I ventured forward these beasts attacked, ravaging me of my health...my death was assured. In less time than it takes to tell, I succumbed to the massive amounts of damage and fell dead.

That is all I know of the sewers...

Yeah, um don't go into the sewers unless you are REALLY high level. I am level 9 and decided to go exploring and got whacked for 264 damage by a Dark Aspis. Weeeee