Fundamentals
- by all means please see the [Guides] on the Sidebar to the left.


[yellow]Beginning
Why MY job is the best in the game. by Saboruto Please read this if you read nothing else
Guide for Beginner to Thirty by taruofwar
Taodyn's Ultimate Final Fantasy Guide by Taodyn
Partying
Understanding Party Dynamics And Organization by Jerseyprophet
Unveiling Party Fundamentals by fedex
Starting Out
so you wanna become an advanced job.... by Quor
Ten tips for new players just starting out. by Saboruto
Low level Farming: Where and How. by Moriggan
Heading out and getting started - Pickup party success tips by kingjord
Maps
Vana'diel Atlas
Map Guide (do you need it) by Ikas
Gameplay
Kiyo's Uber-mule Guide by Kiyokatsu
�� ASCII Codes �� and FFXI - How to make the symbols by DaluinRizzo
A mini guide to /search. by Aeryk
A thousand and one reasons to love your markers! by AmanoJ
Macros by RagnaClay
Monsters
The Newbie's Guide to Hate and Aggro by Keibah
Aggro 101: A Guide for Newbies. by Xylia
Q's Guide to Adds, Aggro, and Zoning by Fhqwghads the Tulip
Misc.(yet still important)
Amano's tips, tactics and strategies by AmanoJ
FFXI interesting tips by Anaka and Saboruto
Statistics
Combat Damage Faq -- STR, VIT, DEF, & ATK explained by Bugpop
Combat Damage Web Page -- Enemy DEF & VIT Calculator by Bugpop
Theory
Understanding Hate by GrumpyWookie
Art of Leadership: Strategic, Wise, and Prepared in Vanadiel by Rebornfenyx
Laziness Vs. Optimism Vs. Elitism by kingjord
Skillchain
Aden's Renkei Chart 3.0 - With Summoner Bloodpacts! by Adennak
Updated renkei chart by Alvehyanna Needs to be updated
Please read: Skillchains and how they work by RidingBean
Japanese
Getting the most out of the {Auto-Translator} by Adennak
Japanese Phrases by Kristy
Faranim's Guide to Japanese Macros by Faranim
JP /check msg by Kiyokatsu
Solid JP translation of NIN tools/spells by Kiyokatsu
My Guide to Working with Japanese by scubamage
Square Enix and blatant racism. by Saboruto
{Do you speak Japanese?} by Amaterasu


Equipment and Items

Food
What food should I use for.... by Eleusynia
Tonight's dinner menu: A Culinarian's Guide to Vana'diel. by Saboruto
Kiyo's Juice Bar. by Kiyokatsu
New Menu of Vana'diel: Tasty FOOD Effects List - Dec Patch! by exilekiss
Items
Furniture Storage and Moghancements - Theory and List by popsi
Guide: So you want a mannequin? by Splaytree
Equipment
Latent Effect - hidden triggers and effects by Darkdashing
Coffer Guide
Coffer AF FAQ - Where is my AF and what do I fight? by Mikhalia

Jobs

Job Selection/Discussion
Guide on Race/Job/Subjob Selection for New Players by GonadSandStrife
Guide to Proper Subjob Selection by GonadSandStrifE
Of Melee Damage-Dealers in FFXI by Aseran
Let us Define a Tank... by GrumpyWookie
An Essay Concerning Subjobs by Temeraire
Excellent, yet unconventional (Jobs)! by Saboruto
Dispelling the (Job) myths... by Saboruto
Treatises on Unusual Job combinations
Red Mage/Ninja, a careful consideration by Drachasor
Can someone please explain war/whm to me? by AJMGUINNESS origin of the term buttersheep

Advice from other Jobs
Guide: What everyone else might like to know about BST by Winawer
Targetable Etudes and You: A Guide by Saboruto
A puller's statement by MissLMonkey
Refresh etiquette....please read <_> by Lady Noriko
2hr {You can have this} by paoa
Partying with a beastmaster: A how-to guide by Saboruto
War/mnk not a tank?! by AmbroseOdin
The Paladin's playbook: A reference guide to party dynamics by Fortunato

Job Guides

BLM
BLM 101 by BlatolaQuetz
MNK
The Monk Idex by Shinwei
Effen's Monk FAQ 1.05b by Effen
RDM
Red Mage FAQ by Bayler
Red Mage 101 by Airspirit
RDM Guide to Keeping the Chain Alive. by Kingjord
A guide to the effective use of Chainspell by Kingjord
THF
Useful Thief Forum Links by LostTink
WAR
Warrior Guides & Useful Links by Firebirdjim
WHM
White Mage 101 by RydiaJademist
Feeding your White Mage by popsi
BRD
Bard Guide v1.0 by trickybeck
Bard 101 by Alamine
A Complete Bard Guide (with links!) by Saboruto
BST
Everything you need to know about Beastmaster by Lindeus
DRK
Dark Knight Guide by Orikenus Quick Hands
DRG
Dragoon FAQ by Sey
Dragoon Equipment guide 1-75 by DiscipleOfKain
NIN
Ninja FAQ / Guide by Vinay
Ninja Equipment by TsuDymphna
PLD
Comprehensive Paladin Guide by akirussan
Paladin Equipment guide (1-50) by Fisban
Paladin Equipment guide (51-75) by Fisban
RNG
Ranger FAQ by Kamena
Ranger Equip Guide (1-75) by Tredant
SAM
Samurai 101 by Kyoujin
SMN
FFXI Summoners Handbook by DarkswordDX

The summoner Upgrade FYI by spudmatt
Thiefcat's Guide to Lvl 20 Avatar Fights. by Thiefcat

Abilities Skills Traits
Raising your Weapon Skill: A Guide by Taodyn
--Tech's Guide to Stealing-- by Technina
WAR/MNK tanking: a Guide / FAQ by Zalakria
BLM: Debuff/Buff/Nuking/Partying/etc by KudomaBooYah
Sneak Attack / Trick Attack Guide by Leachman
Spells - Where to get them by Dajagr
Widescan Demystified by Rattybatty
Guide to Blink Tanking and Utsusemi by Jahava
Proper Utilization of the Wyvern Or - DRG's 2hr Doesn't Suck by Sey

Pulling
-The Few, The Proud.
Puller's Primer v0.4a by Kiine
Ith's Open Guide on Pulling. by Itharr
A Puller's Primer by Vaelin
Pulling Guide by Desicorda


Leveling

XP for Dummies
How to get good xp from levels 1-30 by yarunk
Stop EXP myths by goldsounds
Tips on Experience Chain by Mrqq
Where to go!
Campsites by AmbroseOdin
Amaterasu's leveling guide by Amaterasu
Alternative levelling areas, brought to you by Promathia! by Saboruto


Money!

Economic Theory
Farm + Craft = profit --> Get around FFXI economy, IRL to by Cigarman
Setting The Standard: A guide to setting prices on new items by Saboruto
Economics, FFXI, Gil Sellers and You by Whales


Making Gil
-its not personal, its business.
Money? Do You Need it? by DarkSchinder
The ultimate gil-making guide! by Saboruto
Thiefcat's Guide to Making Money for NEW Players! by Thiefcat
Chocobo digging: A guide for the masses by walkerscrips
Mining
Animated Mining Map (w/xtra info) by Fhqwghads the Tulip
Farming
Dug's GUIDE TO FARMING by DugAsura
Bringing Home the Bacon by silalus
The basics of farming by MissLMonkey
Farming in the Canyon by DrZoidBurg
NM Camping
Buzz's Big Book of NM Hunting by Buzzltyear
I give up! The Comprehensive Padfoot Guide by galkasquee
Tradeskill Guide
- now you have all that money, and you want to know what to do with it? Go here.
FAQ: Tradeskill Guides, Links and Useful Posts by popsi

Missions and Quests

SideQuests
Fame and Money
When you get tired of Farming by Jute the Flatulent
5/6 Norg scroll quests completed, here is how i got the fame by BlondebeardThePirate
Saboruto's guide to getting fast, cheap, easy fame. by Saboruto
Money! Fame! A Guide to Repeatable Quests: Complete(?) List by Aleczan
Fame
Everything you ever wanted to know about fame by tekkub
You and your Title by Jute the Flatulent
Fame 6 in Jueno in 1hr by Jowaa
Dynamis
Dynamis: A Guide Vol 1. by fedex from CatAttack
Dynamis: A Guide Vol 2. by fedex from CatAttack
Garrison
Garrison Guide (Updated) by Taodyn
Ballista
Ballista Conflict Guide by Marstead
Supply Quests and Teleports
Outpost Teleportation Level Reqs/Fees by aceofwilds
AF Quest Walkthroughs
Black Mage AF by Ollorin
Red Mage AF by Aracelt
Thief AF by Famke
White Mage AF by Skeiron the Malevolent
Beastmaster AF by Lilyanne
Dragoon AF by Fhernias
Ninja AF by kofka
Paladin AF by Russian
Ranger AF by RKenshin
Other Equipment
Hakutaku - The Optical Hat Guide by VagusOdin


Missions

Promathia
Promyvion - The Emptiness - Get your game on by Wingchild
How to beat promyvion. by AmanoJ
You STILL haven't beat the Promyvions?? by Wingchild
Phomiuna Aqueducts - Get your game on! by Wingchild
Guide -> Riverne Site #A01 by Wingchild
CoP Full Mission Guide by Osarion

Zilart
Zilart Mission Guide by hccmike


Fun
The Jobs of FFXI - A History by Overlord Tsukinomahou
Once there were three brothers. by NanashiOniisan
Karg's Video Library by Karg the Vile
Karg's Library of FFXI Music Links by Karg the Vile
History of Vanadiel by Kerrigan
FFXI Web Comics: A List by Taodyn
LFG in WalMart. by GrumpyWookie
Summoner baqst MP? by Gallraiden I believe this is the first use of the term "baqst"
Webcomic pokes fun at IGE/Gil Sellers by Tristem
The Treadmill From Hell by GrumpyWookie
Funny Noob Sayings. started by GreyDaze. And now more of a group effort
How to speak N00b - a guide by Taodyn
Advice from a successful camper... by zanzibari
OMG! PLD/RDM vs SAM/RDM! Amazing ballista action! by zdanshyu[/gold]


Edited, Wed Jun 22 04:47:37 2005 by AmbroseOdin

Edited, Wed Jun 22 14:36:03 2005 by AmbroseOdin

Edited, Wed Jun 22 14:37:09 2005 by AmbroseOdin

I'm honored. Rate up for you, and do we have a 'Vote for sticky' option? lol.

I vote yes.

Edited as asked for zanzi - I feel ashamed for not including it in the first place.^^;

Walkerscrisps, I actually did start by setting the default. But, the notepad thing >< Yeah, I made it alot harder on myself by using cut paste from the explorer bar to the post. But, I did go back about 70 pages. And I intend to go a bit further. I also did some searches for certain topics and included the words "Guide".

I'll start looking for those bookmarks now. Thanks.

Edit: Oooooo. Rate downs. Cool!

Edited, Sun Oct 17 18:13:45 2004 by AmbroseOdin

Fantastic Idea Taodyn. (Nods head like the Genie) Done.

Great thread! Rated up, and PLEASE DEAR HOLY GOD STICKY THIS, ADMINS!

(side note, I can't believe how many of my posts you found...there's a few more in my sig you're welcome to add if you find them worthy, it's flattering to "make the big list" ^_^)

bump! sticky? yes please!

sticky please!!

Bump.

WOW. That is one fantastic collection of the best guides available. Honestly I thing that this should come up on the screen when you buy the game and have to do that horrible 3-4 hour patch...lol Rate-ups for you AmbroseOdin!

/em runs to e-mail Square-enix

Whaoh- I made it...though I have to say that was a #*&$^# fine post. I am working on the others currently. Saboruto is l33t r0x0rzing t3h nub me though. Way to represent lil' guy.

I think your only hope of sticky love is getting this sticked in a secondary, yet still common area... Dunno where that could be though.

Or just live large Karg style and keep getting bumped.

Thank you! Thanks a million!
It's soooooo convenient to have such an index thread like this.
I've got to definitely bookmark this.
And thank you for putting me in here ^^
I'll keep up my work and update my guide once my real life work is done.

LOL! Let's invade Popsi's space!
(J/K of course)

I put your thread as a link in my signature.
I think having it in a sig should attract more audience.

Yay, I'm in there! ^^

It's always great to have threads like this with massive linkage to help navigate the site better. (*'-')b

Okay, enough with the bumping. I for one have had enough of the bumping. NO MORE BUMPING.

*bump*

ACK! That post is on there?!
okay... time to get cracking on 0.5 then.

Thanks for the suggestion Amano. I too love Format and Organization, and in all my presentations, I strive to find a simple, organized way to present a subject.

I've used no bullets, because I do not feel they are easy on the eyes in this case. The tend to clutter and add more information than the eyes can handle. If I were to use bullets, then the colors and underlines and bolding would have to go.

Also, the topics have been bolded with a careful consideration for the usage of the topic. Those topics I believed would be most used are slightly bolded, in order to differentiate between the others.

The colors... I wholeheartedly agree with you. Yellow and Gold are not my favorites either. I felt they go better with the dark and light blues. Whites and grays stand out too much. Teals and Blues would blend in too much. Greens and reds... well, neither of those are very appealing. Green for obvious reasons. Red is too combative.

If you notice, I do still have some work to do on the organization of it. It's not quite as formed as I would want it. The topics in the beginning are hard to characterize, and any suggestion to the order of them would be appreciative. As opposed to "Funadamentals" But, as for the rest of it, I very deliberately listed topics in the order that they appear. For instance, increasing Fame and making money, is my bridge between the two topics.

It still needs more work, and I appreciate the sentiment, but I'll have to disagree with the way you've reformed the post. I like the simple format for now.


As and aside, on a different topic altogether. I've recognized the rate downs, and I agree, I don't believe I've been here long enough to merit a "sage". So, please, continue with the good work.

Sticky Sticky Sticky!!!! PLEASEEEEE

On a side note... Thanks for including the tips thread created based on saboruto's... I knew it wasn't good enough to make it a sticky, but I knew it will fit perfectly in a guide like this.

Rate up!

I also emailed Alla requesting a sticky, but for a reason other than the awesomeness of this guide.

We all know this forum gets cluttered. People often post question after question on topics that have been covered countless times. I, myself, reply to every single Garrison thread I see just in case that person may find my guide to be helpful.

The important pages do not stay on the first page very long and then they might as well be considered lost. Noone is going to search through the whole forum looking for one post.

This thread would change all that (somewhat). People would have a single place to search for information rather than having to look through all of the forums and then several pages back. People might stop asking questions that have been answered time and time again.

This thread deserves a sticky. I understand the concept of why they want to limit the number of stickies. If you ever visit the main forum at ffxionline.com, you'll understand how frustrating too many stickies can be. That idea, however, should not be used as the only reason to see such a great thread get lost amongst a flood of "OMGZ! TEH GILZ ZELLERZ!!!"

I humbly ask that the powers-that-be on the Allakhazam forums at least reconsider the idea. Perhaps, it could be considered in future if a spot were to open. I assume Pikko's "What's new" sticky may not be permanent (given only it's nature as relating to CoP. It's a very cool thread and deserves stickying) and this might make a good replacement for it.

If, however, the powers decide against a sticky, that is cool. I have this thread bookmarked for future reference and I know it will always be there to help me, if not everyone.

Bump. (Do you need it?)

Excellent post! I commend you on the time and effort you put into this.

Unfortunately, this will not be stickied. I made a post a few months ago to this effect, and we basically got the same answer as the people before me who had made similiar posts. "There will be no stickies added to the main forum by non-admins." So, to keep this post alive, just bump it up every once in awhile, because I highly doubt they will sticky it. Not because it's not informative - it's one of the best posts that has graced these boards in some time, but because the admins just won't sticky it for whatever reasons. And I respect that - it's their boards, their rules. (Besides, you really don't want to be on Haggan's and Kaolin's bad side, or any other admin for that matter.)

There is another way to keep this post alive, and this I highly recommend. Add a link to it in your signature. Here is the code needed, for those that haven't quite figured these things out yet. [:wink:]

[ link=http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=10&mid=1098047379424678707&num=37][ Red]Faq: Guides, Links, and Posts.[ /Red][ /link]

Just delete the space inbetween the "[" and the word. I had to put that space there so you all could see it. If I didn't, the forum would have automatically converted it to the proper link.

Anyways, sorry to be the bearer of bad news when it comes to the crys for a sticky. Good job AmbroseOdin, and may this post grace the first page for many weeks to come, and may it's link live on forever in the signatures of others.

Edit: Looking at the list, you have a few posts listed under certain topics that don't beling there. Saruboroto's "SE and blatant Racism" has nothing to do with Japanese at all, but rather is a rather clever joke at the expense of elvaan. It was made to keep us entertained and to share a joke, not to inform new people of how to play their job. You might want to go back and re-check all your links to make sure that they are, indeed, on topic and above all useful.

Edited, Wed Oct 20 10:39:01 2004 by CiaranAnnrach

Does anyone every get tired of bumping thier own threads... ech. Maybe, I'l just let this one die for a while ; ;

Bump.

Please Sticky.../bump

Cubia, is your name from .hack the game? or.. am i remembering something else?

Aw.. c'mon admins... ya know you wanna sticky this. ;)


But if this thread isn't stickied, let's atleast bump this into eternity and beyond!