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It can be a slow process
# Oct 05 2004 at 4:00 PM Rating: Decent
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Spent 4-5 hours over 3 days just killing leeches in Bubu.

Do an hour a day - grab the teleport to the Outpost in the North and bring a scroll of Instant Warp.

My WHM 36 / THF was killing the leeches in about a minute each with 3-4 before rest.

My Divine Skill went up 25 levels in the time which was very useful.

Mind the links and just put a Slow and Paralyze on them. If you get into trouble activate the Warp which doesn't appear to be interuptable.

If you don't focus on getting the Ruby, you will get it eventually. Just don't get wound up about it.

Oh I also got 15 Vial of Fiend Blood for my trouble. ^^
True Story
# Sep 30 2004 at 5:27 PM Rating: Good
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One night I was in bubu killing leeches for 1 hour, no drop, so i went to bed because it was very late. The next day I was killing leeches again, and someone else was trying to find the ruby also, so we partyed. (it was me 30 RDM and a 32 WHM) We were fighting leeches on the south beach. First it was wind weather then i stopped. 2 hours later we got a drop, we both lotted for it and i lost the lot. 1 hour later we got the 2nd drop and i got it. It took 3 hours to get 2 rubies (plus one more hour) None of us TH1 either. The moon phase was 48%. I went back to Windurst to get the quest.

Orange-The minute I zoned into Sarubatua

Green-When I zoned into Tarongi Canyon

Yellow- took ship to Valkrum Dunes got it as soon as I Zoned

Purple- As soon as i zoned into Konchat

Blue-As soon as i zoned into Pashow Marshlands

Red-After Camping in Valkrum for 2 hours I get it

Indigo-I was shouting "Can someone plz lead me through (Rangermont Pass ) for (Summoner)" And a level 50 Monk came to help me because he said he needed to go there to. I casted sneak/Invis on myself before the door. Then near the zone to the Glacier I get killed. We find a raise and then I zone in. It was dark weahter so i waited for 5 min. and ice pops out I zone and get it but I notice I FORGOT to get a sroll of intant warp, so I death warp to my home point in South San d'oria.

After the last one it says go to La Thine Plateu. I head to G-6 ( the little piece of land sticking out, you can spot it because of all the stones there) Trade the ruby and its unlocked.

P.S. - I did this all on chocobo^^

Edited, Mon Oct 25 20:50:31 2004
2nd try ^_^
# Sep 30 2004 at 6:44 AM Rating: Decent
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I went to get my Ruby yesterday and headed to Buburimu Peninsula. I tried the 2nd beach to the West on the West side of the zone. Right next to the entrance to the Bay.
I got my Ruby off of the 2nd Leech I killed! Soloed them easy as a 32WHM.
There was another party of 4 looking for Rubies so I helped them and none of us got a drop for the next hour I was with them!!!! So I guess I got lucky!
1 kill
# Sep 19 2004 at 10:00 PM Rating: Default
my gf who plays on my ps2 at her house wanted 2 be smn and i was helping with teh quest cuz im the better player and i killed 1 leech in buburimu penisula and got the ruby took just about 90 mins for the full quest
100% drop
# Sep 15 2004 at 12:41 PM Rating: Decent
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My LS and I go to Maze of Shakhrami J/k -10 where the leech king spawns. Kill there for an hour and you will get a ruby. I have gone there personally 6 times and gotten a ruby in less then an hour everytime. While camping the Leech King I have thrown out 12-15 rubies in a 4/5 hour time. My 4 person party at the time was 45PAL/45whm/45DRK/45DRK. We were sending tells to everyone in Gilgamesh and spamming shouts in the maze asking for people who wanted free rubies. If you are in need of one and on Gilgamesh send me a tell Ill get you one no problem.
Another story
# Sep 15 2004 at 10:57 AM Rating: Decent
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A lot has already been said, but thought I'd share my story just to give a reference point for anyone else wishing to try. I was a lvl 30 THF/15 PLD (yeah, I know dumb combo for XPing, but the heals and extra DEF helped in soloing leeches.)

I went to the Bubu Peninsula beach. One other ruby hunter was there, we started chatting and he said he had been there for 3 hours. I felt bad when I got mine in about an hour and a half on my 25th kill. I ran to Windy to activate quest, ran back to find this poor soul still there. He was up to 5 hours now. I joined him and another ruby dropped pretty close to the 25 kill mark again.

Nothing real informative here, just another testimony for others.
*twitch twitch*
# Sep 09 2004 at 10:28 AM Rating: Decent
I spent most of the day after activating most of the advanced job quests yesterday hunting this accursed ruby down. Tried Pashlow Marshlands....with the NM Bloodpol VOrax fight. No go.

Then i decided to go to Valkurm....about 45 minutes and a definitive lack of leeches i chose to cut my losses and move to Junger Forest.

Junger Forest...Died once nearly died a few more times then that. Still no drop.

Valkurm again...read up again. Except this time i chose to go to Buburimu Pennisula.

Buburimu Pennisula....this is where i spent most of the night...nearly died probably 8 times. died once.

I soloed all the leeches...except the ones in Pashlow. so i am looking at about anywhere from 250-350 leech kills and no drop..plus side i did get a stack of Fiends blood ....working on second stack.

Maci- Valefor
30 Monk/ 15 thief
14 warriror, 7 Red mage, 1 everything else.
Lucky me ^^
# Sep 09 2004 at 1:22 AM Rating: Decent
Ok, i see my friend (50 RDM) having tons of fun with his new furry blue bunny. I get jealous and ask him to help me to get the ruby. We foot it to Burb Peninsuala and killed leeches for 1 hr, no drop. Went inside the caves in the mountains to the north and killed nearly 500 leeches for another 6 hrs and no drop. He logs i get tired and give it a break. Joined a ls with a 32 PLD we go back to south beach in Burb and we kill 1 leech, BAM! There it was. Its all about luck. U dont get it, wait, clear ur head and try again later when ur mind is fresh.

Oh yeah, I'm not sure if this has anything to do with drop rates but sum1 in a forum on Carby Ruby had a 4-leaf mandy bud with em and got the drop in minutes. I went with a 3-leaf mandy bud. (bring one with ya)

Edited, Thu Sep 9 13:47:09 2004
RE: Lucky me ^^
# Sep 09 2004 at 2:08 AM Rating: Decent
WOW! I went too help too help 2 RL friends and a friends wife get the rubys tonight. We went to the penisula and got 3 rubys in less then 2 hours. After asking other SMN's I found out it normally takes a day or 2 per ruby. Thank you treasure hunter. =)
recomendation
# Sep 01 2004 at 1:15 AM Rating: Default
well i try first 5 hour in qufim, later one DRK say me go to bubu, here i kill leech for 9 hours and nothing, one red mage say me the weather in qufim is sky blue,6-17 hours in qufim loc F-8
so i go this places and obtain the ruby.
if your want obtain carbuncle ruby i recomended you go qufim f-8
Camp while looking~
# Aug 31 2004 at 5:55 PM Rating: Decent
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Got this while camping Leech King. (Maze of Shakrami, you'll know the spot when you get to it~) Good way to MAYBE make a million gil while waiting forever for one of these to drop.
npc for weathers missing
# Aug 30 2004 at 10:12 PM Rating: Decent
i got mine in two kills from southern beach of Bubu Peninsula.

is there a npc that will tell you what weathers you have or still need to get? i like someone mention above took time off and have no clue what i am missing? i know i have not got fire... anyone wanna help me burn somthing to the ground to get it

DOes the moon affect the Drop??
# Aug 28 2004 at 10:00 PM Rating: Decent
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How does the moon rate affect this. Is it the lower percent of the moon the higher chance of getting the ruby?????? Or vice versa?? Please tell me someone. I need to know.


"how does the moon affect the drop rate of the ruby?"
Lost Lights?
# Aug 27 2004 at 5:39 AM Rating: Decent
I got my ruby a while back. Then I took a long break from the game. Coming back, I realized that I forgot which lights I had already exposed my ruby to. Is there an NPC which tells you?
Buburimu is better
# Aug 24 2004 at 8:54 AM Rating: Decent
Not that this isn't a long enough thread, but after hunting for a ruby in Valkrum for about 3 days and probably close to 8 hours of game time with me 28RDM/12WHM and my bro 31DRK/15THF, we gave up and took a port from another friend 37WHM/18BLM and ran through Buburimu. Got to the beach, spent less than 25 minutes there, got the ruby. Honestly I think hunting the leeches on the beach in Bubu is a good bet, and you can solo them if you have to at 28. That and the leeches are more spread out, less chance of a link.
interesting
# Aug 22 2004 at 12:27 PM Rating: Excellent
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i just (finally) got summoner the other day and i forgot to share my experience gettin the ruby. me and a couple of friends decided to get the ruby togehter, and f\all of my friends who are summoners were tellin me to hunt in bubumiru. however, my friends i was gettin the ruby with wanted to hunt in qufim. long story short, i went to bubumiru and they went to qufim, we both got parties there. i started hiunting on the north east beach in bubumiru (forget the name) and they started all in teh main island of qufim. well about 3 hours later neither of us had gottin the ruby yet, so i decide to try the southern beach for the ruby. head sown there, and 5 kills later i get the ruby, and my friends in qufim are still lookin, so i decide to see how many i could get. about a half hour later, they finally got their first ruby (they had about 4 ppl lookin for it) and i had enough rubies to invite other ppl lookin for it to get it. i think i total i was able to get 13 rubies in a half hour, and that was w/o a theif in my party (even got 2 soloing im a whm/blk). so push comes to shove and they all come down to bubumiru and they all get their ruby in about 15 mins.

hunt in bubumiru people, the southern beach all the way on the hidden beach to the left. its a farkin goldmine.
Finding and getting the shiny
# Aug 21 2004 at 12:13 PM Rating: Decent
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Ok, may I just say that I got the ruby after killing 10 Poison Leeches in Buburima Peninsula. What did I do that was so special? Well, the party consisted of myself and a lvl 30 THF. The thf's level wasn't so high that they checked Too Weak, and, as speculation has shown, so long as a monster isn't too weak to be worthwhile, drop rates are increased. That theory I have seen time and time again (especially when I farmed at lower levels). It had just rained, and the weather was windy. We got it on the sands to the very east of the peninsula.
HUNT IN BUBURIMA PENINSULA!
DONT HAVE A TOO HIGH LEVEL THF!
GO WHEN WEATHER IS ACTIVE (WIND RAIN)!
Good luck!
HELP ME GET IT
# Aug 14 2004 at 12:07 AM Rating: Decent
ok well i need help getting it so i am free tommorow but i really need to lvl im lvl 27 but wanna go ahead and get the ruby so it may save some time but i need help so i will be on all day tommorow and my signature tells you my server and name so well send me a tell and say HI HI HI HI^^ 4 times or just say hey i can help or anything it is your game not mine^^ lol ok bye
FINALLY!!
# Aug 12 2004 at 1:29 PM Rating: Decent
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Me (32WAR/THF) and a 36BRD/WHM killed every Poison Leech in Khooma Dunes for 2.5 hours until he had to go. On the last fight before he had to go, it dropped! By the way, it was absolutely awesome with the bard, as there was absolutely 0 downtime. We would sweep one side, then move to the other then back again. Extremely efficient.

Edited, Thu Aug 12 14:29:52 2004
Another fun story
# Aug 12 2004 at 9:18 AM Rating: Decent
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i thought i would add my horror story to the list as well.

i went to bub.penn to try to get the ruby for the quest since i figured i had nothing better to do. so i started soloing the leeches as a whm/blm (30/15) with no problem, other than the downtime in between. about 3 to 4 hours later, and almost 1k in xp (they are 12-25 xp a kill so you can do the math), a few more people show up and start hunting leeches too. 10 minutes later, count them, 10, they shout "I GOT IT". i /sh <contrags> them, all the while muttering under my breath at my horrible luck. about 45 minutes later, the duo that had just popped the ruby group up with me to hunt another. about an hour later, a ls buddy is added to the group and we hunt for another few hours with no luck (yes, a few more HOURS). finally, it is just my ls buddy and me hunting. it is about 7 hours (or so, time seems to blur at this point) into my hunt and 12.30am my time when i tell my buddy i have to crash for work the next morning. so i leave my char logged in so he can hunt a bit more and perhaps get it. no more than 5 minutes after i left he is soloing two at the same time. he kills one and it drops the ruby. he kills the second, and as if fate herself bit$#slapped me, it drops ANOTHER! /sigh

well, i got my ruby... but had to give up hours in the process. i guess the moral of the story is just give yourself lots of time, and dont get discouraged.
# Aug 11 2004 at 12:44 PM Rating: Good
Dont get excited on this ruby. Sometimes you get good luck and sometimes you dont. Me and my friends went out hunting for it in Buburimu Peninsula and we got the first one after killing 10 leeches then i got mine after maybe 30-40 and then my other friends were lucky enough to have a leech with 2 carby rubies after killing them for about 5 more hours. All you can do is wait on the time or moon phase, get a theif if possible, and pray.
Can you get it before 30?
# Aug 06 2004 at 10:47 AM Rating: Decent
Ok, I know the leeches might be tough before level 30, and you can't actually complete any advanced job quest until you are level 30, but can you find the ruby if you are not yet level 30? I'd like to get it, then get the weather effects as I go about my business of leveling and questing, then once I get to 30 go complete the quest. But is this even possible?
cookie
# Aug 05 2004 at 2:04 AM Rating: Decent
ok i dont wana make this to long but we were going to do ninja quest and we get to the ??? and the lvl 52 pld says wiat we need to clear these leaches or they will link and might kill us which i aggreed with so me as a lvl 35 warrior almost take one on my own i had thf as sub for some reason which was lvl 5 dont remember why but there was two leaches and he kills one then comes over to mine and kills it and would u believe it carbuncle ruby there was a lvl 48 whm with us and he needed it more so i let him have it but i am hoping mine will be as easy as his to get going looking for it soon if you are in kaitsith world send a tell some time
RE: cookie
# Oct 28 2004 at 10:24 AM Rating: Decent
Wow. You said so much, and yet nothing at all. It was as if you're telling this your friends, in a way they can only understand your jumbled up jargon.
Help getting ruby
# Aug 04 2004 at 10:25 PM Rating: Decent
Im just about to hit level 30 with my hume rdm and think summoner is a good choice for sub job. So is there any one on the seraph server that can help me out with getting the ruby. My characters name is Vale so if ur on and need something to do help me out. thanks
All leeches
# Aug 03 2004 at 8:32 PM Rating: Decent
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OK, me and this ruby have a kind of hate relationship now, and I'm still tracking it down. So far, here's my progress:

1) Went to Buburimu solo as a 30 BLM. Soloed about 2 dozen of them, no drop. Gave up.

2) Messing around in Valkurm I tried another dozen and a half, no drop.

3) Tried Buburimu again, this time with a 32 war helping and a 20 Thf for TH1. After 2 hours, no drop.

4) Went to Buburimu again as a 25 drg. Subbed BST and pitted the leeches against themselves. About 20 leeches down, no ruby.

5) Grabbed a 56 pld and a 25 thf (again, for TH1)went to Maze of Shakrami. 2-3 hours and about 150-200 leeches later, nothing.

6) Same Pld and Thf accompany me to Buburimu. Again. Battles go quick, and we drop maybe 50 leeches in an hour. Still nothing.

7) Spent about a half hour-45 mins in Qufim with a 51 drk with thf sub. about a dozen and a half leeches, no drop.

8) Port to Bastok. I solo about 5 leeches in zer. Mines, but there's all of 2 leeches and it takes them 5-10 minutes to respawn. I give that idea up quick.

9) I head southwest in Gustaberg and zone. As we speak, I've spent about 3 hours killing Stickpins and Wadi Leeches, and counted over 250 killed, still no sign of the ruby.

By my estimate, i've spent well over 10 hours on this quest and seen the death of probably 700 leeches with no sign of the drop. I'm planning on going back to qufim tonight, since most people say it has the best drop rate, but honestly, this item seems to be entirely too rare/random to be worth this effort.

To put it in perspective, I started ruby hunting about 4 weeks ago. My friend decided to camp J.E. Jack in West Ronfarue about the same time. A week and a half ago, he finally got him Charm, and I'm still looking for my Ruby. And we all know how stingy Jack is with his drop... :/
RE: All leeches
# Aug 03 2004 at 10:51 PM Rating: Decent
Theoretically speaking, the higher level the leech, the more likely you are to get the drop.

So if you can get high level help, Royal Leeches in Sea Serpent Grotto have a better chance of dropping the ruby than Poison Leeches or Acrophies.

Me, I got mine in Buburimu after soloing at least 100 leeches (as a level 30 BLM, so you can imagine it took quite awhile).
i dont like leeches anymore
# Aug 02 2004 at 12:24 AM Rating: Default
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took 3.5 hours in qufim. my friend wanted it, and we spent all day and right before we were ready to call it quits, bam, there it is.
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