Vana'diel Bestiary: Poison Leech  

to get a carbuncle ruby do i need to be lv30?

Edited, Mar 29th 2011 4:26pm by faronpwnz

Was looking from 3pm untill 1am.. Nothing.. had help from 3 different people during the time and not one ruby.. better luck tomorrow i guess.. *sleeps*

bin working on it for 7 HOURS!! and still no drop ive tried buburimu pennisula and valkurm dunes im WHM30/BLM15 must of killed 90-110 leeches.

I got Ruby on my 2nd kill out on Buburimu Peninsulas left beach. Was killing the leeches in Jugner until someone told me i couldn't get off of them, came here bam, got it,

Edited, Mar 24th 2007 5:59pm by Dreamshredder

So, last night...I was settling myself in for the LONG haul that awaited me. I've been reading forums like mad trying to decide where I would try first for the Ruby. I settled upon Buburimu Peninsula, since an IN GAME summoner I spoke with suggested that it had the best drop rate. My MAIN job at that this time is Thief. (THF being my only high job: 30).

Got a tele to Mea.
Grabbed a Chocobo and raced to the Buburimu Peninsula beach (the one nearest the Mhara entrance).

Checked out the Poison Leeches- Easy Prey.

I sneak attacked the little bugger and it began to bite me back. OUCH! For EP's those guys can hurt.
Anyways...I was resting after that first fight and re-evaluating whether or not this was such a good idea afterall. If the down-time was THIS long for HP recovery...I was expecting to be here for DAYS instead of mere HOURS...

So, I thought..."hell, I'm here already...might as well do something."

SA on the next Leech....fight...fight...ouch...fight....DROP!!!!

/shout HOLY MOLY!!! Carbuncle's Ruby just dropped on the SECOND Leech! WOOT!

Treasure Hunter or Pure Devil's-Luck helped me out here. So now...I'm off to experience one of each Weather-type, then that cute little Carby Poke'mon is all mine! :)

I still haven't gotten the ruby after killing lots of leeches on the South Beach.

I went as my 34WHM/17BLM. I healed to full MP and then I casted Stoneskin on myself. I nuked it with Blizzard/Fire until it's about 1/3 dead. I have about half MP then. I cast Dia and use my maul to finish him off with Seraph Strike. Heal, and repeat.
Now they just need to drop it >.<

I only linked once, but I had to 2hour and I have Reraise on in case anything goes wrong.

At lvl 19 i went to ordelle's to just mess around,then i see a lvl 22 war zoning with 8 leeches, then he dies, right after the leeches aggroed me and i died so the ones in ordelle's cave do aggro

Me and my ls partner managed to get Vials of Bird Blood from the leeches in burm. pensinsula beaches. You may want to update this Allakhazam :)


Edited, Wed Jan 11 15:15:59 2006

well ive noticed that for the most part ppl have a hard time getting this to drop if they do not have the smn job, but if they do have it then it drops all the time. wtf!

As a Mithran 32rdm/16thf with crappy mp (only 233, and that's with MP additions), these things can be solo'd in Bubu. Be sure to buff yourself first, with Blink, Blaze Spikes, and certainly an En-Spell, then pull the thing with an enfeebling, like Slow or Paralyze. After one fight, my MP was cut down in half, whereas I was expecting to probably die with my luck. I read in here that a 32Blm was able to solo, so I figured, Why the hell not?

In other words, a 32rdm CAN indeed solo the Leeches in Bubu. They ring up as Easy Prey for me.

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EDIT: After three breaks (because, you know, I actually have a life aside from FFXI), I received the Ruby (along with the other two drops, which was an awesome surprise). I'd have to say that the total amount of time spent killing leeches was maybe 2 hours. I earned almost exactly 900 exp, getting between 15 and 33 exp a kill. I fought in H-9; watch out for Bogy's at night. After Qufim, I've been scarred for life.

Edited, Mon Aug 1 01:26:29 2005

First time i did it (first char) it took me well over 40+ hours of killing leeches just to get one. On my current char, i was doing the BRD quest and killed one just for fun and got it! yay me!

Welp i was fooling around and i decided to visit the little lake at Rolanberry Fields cuz ive never been there.. so i head on there and i see some crabs, leeches and a few fishermen.. i decide to kill stuff.. first a crab.. then a leech.. then the ruby dropped.

Recieved ruby on 6th kill, using Banishga.
Time: Firesday, 18:42
Weather: Water
Moon: Last Quarter (48%)
Mindset: Doubtful

The most important factor besides weather seems to be mindset. Their exists a psychic link between you and the leech, and expecting anything will result in failure. Do not expect a Ruby.

Also, has anyone gotten a drop from the Poison Leeches in Ordelle's Caves? They seem to be lower level and easier to solo around the mid to late 20's, as long as you engage when they're a safe distance apart.

get leeches from buburimu peninsula. easy kills and i got drops for me and two friends in about an hour. poison leech

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err can i solo this as a 32 pld with all centurian armor?

As a BLM, I have farmed several times in Buburimu Pen.
I look at these guys gleefuly, because I know they have
the Ruby for the advanced job I want. It makes me drool
when I see one. But, since they still rate as Easy to Decent,
I always avoid them. Any idea as how tough they are vs. a Level 30
BLM?

I still think they are cute. And they don't walk by, then bounce by.

Heh it was sweet solo'n in Bubu fer a little bit then, outta the blue a lvl 75 japanese thf offers to help me got it in like 5 min after he joined me

.....Ordelles Cave they WILL aggro, we had a party for Eco-monster and someone decided to get close to one, which had been close to like 15 others. Death..