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soloing bonus
# Mar 01 2005 at 10:54 AM Rating: Decent
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I was soloing leeches and pugs near the Labyrinth of Onzozo zone line in Bubu yesterday, and a ruby dropped after about 2 hours.

Such a peaceful place, not a soul around. I had a lot of fun there, and the ruby made it a perfect session. :)
In Qufim
# Feb 26 2005 at 12:16 AM Rating: Decent
FOUND IT!!!
spent 1.5 hrs in qufim killing every leeches and elementals and got the drop + some light/lightning clusters...
GOOD JOB!!
Unholy randomness
# Feb 16 2005 at 7:20 AM Rating: Decent
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Went to Buburimu w/ a friend (I was 33thf/15nin and he was blm just turned lv30) ... first Leech we killed gave the drop!
I wanted one as well for the heck of it, but after hours of searching couldn't get a second one :(
oh well at least I saw some fool lv44 paladin try to train some bogies onto us a fail miserably lol
RE: Unholy randomness
# Feb 28 2005 at 2:30 AM Rating: Decent
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lol I came back to get it for another friend (yea being a thief makes you quite popular) and guess what? First kill... the ruby dropped! It fell to me though coz my friend wasn't in the area at the time, but we got a second one in less than an hour ^^
so anyway I suggest to all yous to go to the south beach of Buburimu. Its nice and big and as long as there aren't many other ppl there you hardly have to stop and wait for spawns.

Gimme a /tell if you're on Hades and I'll get it first kill again muahahaha :P
RE: Unholy randomness
# Mar 14 2005 at 5:01 PM Rating: Decent
i wish i was as lucky as you two i killed poison leeches in Bubu for 2 hrs with my group didn't see a single ruby
7 hours
# Feb 13 2005 at 6:15 AM Rating: Decent
Fount it! Over 7hrs farming. /cry /smile /dance

I can be smn lol
RE: 7 hours
# May 25 2005 at 2:09 PM Rating: Excellent
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Wow, that's a long time. Congrats^^
RE: 7 hours
# May 25 2005 at 2:09 PM Rating: Excellent
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Wow, that's a long time. Congrats^^
RE: 7 hours
# May 25 2005 at 2:35 PM Rating: Decent
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Oops, double post.
Other Drops
# Feb 12 2005 at 12:32 PM Rating: Decent
I've gotten this drop off leeches in Ordelle's Caverns and Korroloka Tunnel too... not sure if theres a % to the drop rate per area, but I've gotten LS 4-5 in 1 to 1 1/2 hours when i was 50 PLD...
8hrs
# Feb 05 2005 at 11:27 PM Rating: Excellent
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Darn.. been killing the leeches in Bubu. Penninsula for 8 hrs straight with my level 55 PLD, still no drop. Mabye I'll get the drop tommorow. >.>
Have you Tried the Maze
# Feb 10 2005 at 9:01 PM Rating: Decent
Have you tried goin the the maze of shakarimi? there is a cavern in there that has a room of leeches, a friend took me there and after on pull of leeches (about 20) i got my drop! it is kind of high lvl but if you get help, farming goes much faster
Annoying!
# Jan 28 2005 at 5:28 AM Rating: Decent
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Well, I tried this Quest last night... after several hours, my party finally got a Ruby! Then whilst we debated who was going to lot for it, the server (Fairy) crashed and when we logged back in, it was gone and none of us had it... another 2 hours later and I had to give up tired. ><
Yep.
# Jan 27 2005 at 7:01 PM Rating: Decent
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Got mine in Buburimu Peninsula a bit back. I was there with a friend, we'd just finished getting the Vahzl gate crystal, so we took a tele-mea and decided to try to find 2 rubies. I was RDM30/WHM15 and he was WHM44/BLM22. I didn't have the best gear on (Brass Scale Mail, etc. Flame Sword, when I needed Centurion's armor and sword). Anyway I had no problem soloing the Poison Leeches in buburimu. I'd hit for about 25 each strike, 8 from Enblizzard. I could also cast Thunder, INT +12, for around 105 damage. Careful for links, and when it is night time, try not to get into low HP, as bogies pop there. The leeches and bogies were EP to me.
first time
# Jan 23 2005 at 5:31 AM Rating: Decent
I'm a low level thf myself, and my ls friends asked me to help them to get the ruby, because i have Treasure Hunt, so i went with them, we got the Ruby in the first fight :D, and then i told them i want one too, so we faught another 2 Leech, and we got another one! got 2 in 3 fights, we were lucky :D
Leech Room
# Jan 21 2005 at 9:52 PM Rating: Decent
I went on a hunt for it in Buburimu, but after three hours we had no Ruby. About a month later, I ran into some high level friends in the leech room in the Maze of Shakhrami. They linked every leech in the room and killed them with -ga spells. Out of the 20 or so leeches, there was one ruby. The only reccomendation I can give is to be a high level mage (or be friends with one) and camp the leech room. I'm not sure about how weather, moon, and day affect it though...
Worthless after smn flag quest?
# Jan 09 2005 at 6:56 PM Rating: Decent
First time I got this ruby was in Buburimu with a 3 other friends. Took about 2 hrs, and I lost count how many leeches we killed. Eventually, we split up to cover more leeches on the two beaches.

2nd time, I was skilling up my dagger in Qufim on Acrophies. Killed about 30 of them, and got the drop unexpectedly.

Well, smn is already unlocked for me, so does this ruby serve any other purpose. Can it be sold to any npc's?
Got Carby?
# Jan 04 2005 at 11:51 AM Rating: Default
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I was leveling BST on the leech beach of Buburimu Peninsula and as I leveled to the level I can charm leeches, a guy asked me to help him kill leeches. It took many hours, and we finally got one. After he left, I got back to exping. The first leech I killed dropped a second ruby. I guess I will be unlocking Summoner.
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# Dec 31 2004 at 11:31 AM Rating: Decent
took me 2 days to get this thing!! It's a ***** to find, waaaaay too many leeches to kill, got it in Qufim Island
RE: ><
# Jan 01 2005 at 10:38 AM Rating: Decent
I managed to get this bad boy in about 3 hours thanks to a high lvl drk.
RE: ><
# Jan 02 2005 at 2:40 AM Rating: Decent
I got mine in Buburimu Peninsula..first leech..lol?
RE: ><
# Jan 02 2005 at 7:14 AM Rating: Decent
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Setting: Korroloka Tunnel
Purpose: Helping 2 people that were overheard discussing the Ninja quest at Bastok Mines AH in say mode.

Invited a 50+ Mnk friend as well (I was a 51 Whm) - probably overkill I'm sure.

While clearing out the other leeches that are at the ??? location for Ninja quest so that they wouldn't link, ruby dropped from 2nd leech. One of the people we were helping needed it, he lotted and got 2 jobs at the same time. :)

Feels good to help people out sometimes.

Edit: It took me around 100 kills to get mine back when I was searching in Bubu.

Edited, Sun Jan 2 07:16:57 2005
Zeruhn Mines? NOT
# Dec 29 2004 at 3:35 PM Rating: Decent
I would like to post that a correction needs to be made here. Carbuncle's Ruby does NOT drop off Leeches in Zeruhn Mines. Whoever reported that is on crack. Sorry, but it only drops in a few places, and this ain't one of them.
NIN Quest
# Dec 20 2004 at 9:37 AM Rating: Decent
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Found this little item while killing the three leeches for my NIN quest. Needless to say, I plan on doing the SMN quest while I level NIN.

Edited, Mon Dec 20 09:41:06 2004
Hey
# Dec 15 2004 at 7:01 PM Rating: Decent
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Hey im new to This forum but can anyone help me with this freakin ruby!! ill pay handsomely like how about 10K> HELP ME OUT!!
Got it!
# Dec 02 2004 at 2:59 PM Rating: Decent
Got two of them in about an hour's time in total. It started off as me (lvl 40 Taru Blm/Whm) and a LS buddy (lvl 31 Taru Whm/Blm) trying to kill tons of leeches in the Maze. Problem was, I could only take on 2 leeches at once without the Whm curing me constantly and without me using up over half my MP. Then an Earth Elemental spawned. Easy Prey to me, but the Whm (being 9 lvls lower) panics and yells that he's going to make a run for it and can come back to Raise me later. To which I respond, "Or, I could kill it." He creeps back, notices that I'm kicking the Elemental's ***, albeit while taking quite a bit of damage, and decides to start curing me. Elemental dies. We're both out of MP and start resting. He decides to rest right next to some Seeker Bats. I run over, figure I can take them in melee, fail, and end up having to Manafont/Escape. Then, another LS buddy logs on, a lvl 49 Hume Thf/War, and we ask him to help. He proceeds to chunk the leeches so fast that I would basically just start casting Fire II as soon as he first hit a leech, the spell would take out about half its HP, and by that time, the Thf would just have to hit the thing 3 times tops and it would die. The Whm pretty much just sat there resting with Sneak on and would Cure/Buff the Thf once in a blue moon (not because he was a bad Whm, but because the Thf wasn't getting hit). Once the Thf joined us, it went really fast, and I got to cast my shiny new Warp II spell for the first time in thanks. I even got a couple mildly lucrative Scorpion parts while I was there, including the Stinger you need for the Windy Woods quest. Good times.
RE: Got it!
# Jan 25 2005 at 6:21 PM Rating: Excellent
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Please Help Me Out!!!!
# Nov 29 2004 at 8:29 PM Rating: Decent
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I am lvl 28 and hopefully will get to 30 soon. I logged in Yhotoar(sry if spelt wrong) Jungle and everytime I log I'll look for a pt till I get there. I am a Whm too so ^^. Anyway let me get to the point. I really want help getting the ruby!!! Please help me whenever you can. Thank you and advanced and pls don't be shy about asking for money I will pay for help. Thank You!


Server-Seraph
Name: Anari
28 Whm/ 15 Blm
RE: Please Help Me Out!!!!
# Dec 15 2004 at 6:59 PM Rating: Decent
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[Maroon][/Maroon] Hey, Im Also looking for help for ruby I am a lvl 17 Drg but need help with my lvl 30 mnk HELP ME OUT
RE: Please Help Me Out!!!!
# Apr 14 2005 at 7:37 AM Rating: Decent
I was soloing them leeches as a lvl 30 mnk in Buburimoo Peninsula so you shouldn't need help.
battle spam
# Nov 23 2004 at 5:49 PM Rating: Decent
ok so like to fix the problem of battle spam set your message window so the damage, healing and miss date comes up over you or the monster this way you don't miss the messages that count the most. this has saved me a lot of problems when it comes to messages in party chat. as well as not missing an Item.
# Nov 17 2004 at 2:50 AM Rating: Decent
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me and a load of friends where killing leeches for 3 hours, I had 1 level 41 thief helping me along with a 40RDM, 40WHM/BRD

then a level 60+ DRK comes along, and as soon as he kills a leech, up comes a ruby... Then he kills a few more leeches, another one.

Within the space of 10 minutes we got 4 rubys, 1 for everyone that needed one in Bubumecia

I have a feeling that the drop rate has something to do with DRK in the party
My thoughts on TH
# Nov 11 2004 at 1:01 PM Rating: Decent
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I posted this already on the board for the SMN flag quest, but figured it wouldn't hurt to add it here too.

I really don't think this is luck. My DRK/THF friend was bored and offered to help me kill leaches for the Ruby in Buburimu. Within 5 minutes, the ruby dropped from one of the DRK's kills, but because I was slaying 7-8 at a time, I didn't notice it before my log window was filled with the usual battle spam. Apparently, my friend hadn't noticed either because nothing was said until the "inventory is full" message came up and the ruby was lost. Horrible, right? >_<

Well, 5 minutes later we got another Ruby and I cleared out a spot in my inventory, lotted, and got the prize. 2 rubies in 10 minutes with nothing but TH, not bad! But my friend told me it was that easy every time he helped people get the ruby. So why is my friend harvesting Rubies right and left while lvl 75 THFs are spending hours?

Well, both times the Ruby dropped, it was the DRK that killed the leach. None of my RDM vs. 7+ leaches dropped a single Ruby, but it only took 5 or so kills for the DRK to get one. We also noticed while camping Leaping Lizzy that when I killed the random Lizards, Quads, etc, I rarely got drops (about 4 the entire time we were there) while he got drops from almost every fight. And once again, I was helping him to farm Yagudos for Norg fame and was only able to get him three necklaces while he got 22 killing the same number or fewer Yagudo than me. I really think that TH will only work if the THF is the one that kills the mob.

If you're having a hard time with the ruby, I recommend you try letting just the THF have at the leeches.
RE: My thoughts on TH
# Dec 10 2004 at 9:11 PM Rating: Decent
It's Treasure Hunter, a THF job trait. It gives them better chances for drops. Just like Gilfinder, which multiplies the gil dropped by mobs. It's a handy thing.
RE: My thoughts on TH
# Dec 11 2004 at 11:15 AM Rating: Decent
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I know what Treasure Hunter is. >_< What I'm sayign is people invite THFs into NM and HNM partied for their TH abilities, but it looks to me like TH does not effect the whole party, just the THF and he/she must be the one to kill the mob in order to get the increased drop rate (or maybe even needs to be the only one to hit the mob). I could be wrong, but I know that when I'm in exp parties, I never see any difference in mob drops whether or not we have a THF or /THF in the group. If that's true, then inviting a THF into a HNM fight solely for TH and TH2 is pointless and so is bringing a THF along for items like these if you don't let them kill leeches by themselvs.
SO LONG!!!
# Nov 03 2004 at 4:32 PM Rating: Decent
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Well, the other day, I finally hit 30 with my white mage. SMN is the first advanced job I wanted, so I decided to try to get my ruby. I read that you can get it in Zeruhn Mines from the leeches there, so I did that for an hour, but since I could only find 3 leeches, it was a waste of time. I waited a couple days, and finally asked someone on my LS, he agrees and brings another LS member, someone I know IRL, and we kill leeches in Buburimbu for a couple hours, and then head to Qufim to attempt it there, we eventually get a lot of LS members (an 8 member alliance) killing all of the leeches in Qufim, to no avail. I got killed by a Banshee, so I ask my RL friend to tele everyone else to Mea, and I'll just HP to Windy and we can try the maze. I get another person from Windy to help, and as soon as I set foot in the maze, everyone tells me to lot, XD They got the drop right away in the maze, they got another in about half an hour or so for another LS member. I am pretty sure that my experience doesn't prove anything about the Shakhrami leeches or anything, I suppose it would have been the same situation had we stayed in Buburimbu the whole time. I actually had a lot of fun up until the last hour or so, I tried that first hour by myself, and then my LS helped me for about 5 hours, Thanks VF!! Since I'm a WHM, this gave me a chance to skill up my weapons, and I got my Seraph Strike for my wand, and Earth Crusher for my staff within 2 minutes of eachother! It was also fun to be able to melee stuff, and we fought a couple bogies and elementals, which I had always been to scared to do, as a WHM. Now I know that I can at least solo most of the stuff in Tahrongi ^_^ Good luck to everyone trying to get their Ruby! I've only gotten SMN to Lv3, but I <3 Carby already!

Oh yeah, and I got all colors for my ruby except for ice in about 20 minutes, and then I got a 48DRG to help me get ice at the glacier, and on my way back through the dungeon, I died and delvled, but I was able to finish the quest as my 17BLM (Which I only used for warp.)
So... back to Yhoator with my WHM!
Valkurm - Ruby?
# Oct 21 2004 at 3:04 PM Rating: Decent
The leeches in the dunes DO NOT drop rubies. so even going there to get a ruby is a waste of time.
RE: Valkurm - Ruby?
# Jan 25 2005 at 6:22 PM Rating: Decent
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They drop the ruby. Carbuncle's ruby is quite rare no matter where you are. I've known friends who got the ruby in the dunes while leveling.
lvl 51 sam
# Oct 21 2004 at 12:12 PM Rating: Decent
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i've helped many many people get rubys on unicorn.
what i do is go to burmabo and pull all the leaches on the north beach, kill them and get a ruby, takes me about 10 min total and i get a ruby almost every time. so if you need help and your on unicorn send me a /t
TH2 and the Ruby
# Oct 21 2004 at 7:12 AM Rating: Decent
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When I first hunted for the ruby as a 30-something thief, it took me several hours with help to get my ruby. The other day I was logging in Buburimu Peninsula when someone asked if I could help them out. Remembering my experience, I agreed to help if paid (something I normally don't do when item-hunting, since it's usually a short job). Maybe it was just luck, or maybe TH2 really makes a difference, but it only took 20 minutes of killing leeches to get a ruby to drop.
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