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icon Rolanberry 881  

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Rolanberry 881
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This rolanberry has been preserved in the saliva of a crawler.
Date of preservation: 881 C.E.

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  • AGI -3

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Good for fame
# Nov 25 2007 at 8:53 AM Rating: Decent
I have tried this quest my self but I did it way too far in advance.
When I 1st did it I was level 50RDM/25BLM.
I went and bought about 12 stacks of rolanberries.
Went to the CN with a friend of my 75RDM/35BLM.

He was the one spawning the Crawler NM, so he would take the entire hate.

At that time there was a 75DRK (1st time I saw a DRK and look so freaking kool)

He help us out finishing our stack we had a lot and it was taking 4-6 of those berries in order to spawn the NM.

Well to make it short the I took home about 4 1/2 stacks of rolanberries 881.
And my friend confirmed it that it was a 1/3 rate for what he heard.

So Then I went to selbina and try to sell the berries but I did not had enough fame.

I went and farm some cabbage, (I was broke and only had less then 2k) I think it took 3 stacks of cabbage in order for the guy to talk to me and take my berries. I can't remember how much exactly he gave me but I think I lost only like a couple 100's gill's.

For me it was enough though because it gave me fame in all 3 cities Sandy, Bastock and Windy.

SO I can't say I made a profit but I can say that it was well worth it.
And in case you are wondering with the 4 stacks that I got I got fame 5.

Especially at sandy since I've done so many missions and quest that barely game me fame 2.

I think it was a fair trade.
quest 1 time per day SE sucks
# Jun 14 2007 at 6:07 AM Rating: Decent
this used to be a decent gil maker but SE has now given it to the RMT thats all they ever do is help the RMT u can only do the cargo quest once per day now and thier is no player in the game gonna wait a vanadial day to get 800/2000/3000 gil after the time u have to spend farming the berries SE *beep*ing sucks a big fat 1 but on the other hand this is still ok for RMT and those peeps that use 3rd party programs and can bot the mobs and the quest while they are sleeping/working but i thought SE wanted peeps to stop useing 3rd party programs if so why are they doing crap like this that makes the most since to use a 3rd party program cause it is foolish to sit there and wait 45 min to an hr to make 1-2k gil the hell with that><
Also remember upfront cost
# Jun 08 2007 at 11:23 AM Rating: Decent
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I have done this, and may do it again, but remember you are investing gil to make gil. 10 stacks of Rolanberry will cost you 14,400gil at 120/piece(that is based on my fame). I did this with 10 stacks of Rolanberry and walked out with 39 Rolanberry 881 and once I trade them in I will make 31,200 - 14,400 = 16,800 in about 1hr and 30min. I also got 1 stack of Thread(Asura server as of today is 8k/stack) and some lizard tails(2k/stack))

So all in all, for the 1hr and half i was down there, i made 26,800gil total profit. Obviously, we can all do math, you can probably make roughly 107,200gil in a full 6 hours. Alot of time for not alot of gil. I read in the tip where i heard about this that you can make 1mil in a full day, assuming that meant 8 hours. Got me but I am not very close to that.

Now for another point. They may have nerfed this because the NPC you trade the 881 to will only take 1 and then say he needs to wait for his goods to sell before he has more cash or something like that. So be careful.

Good hunting all. Again, this is based on my one experience doing this. Dont go 100% by it.
Economy
# Jun 22 2006 at 12:25 PM Rating: Default
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I recommend not farming the quest itself but possibly selling these rolanberries on AH. Why? because you're ******** over the economy on your server by getting the NPC to hand out thousands of gil. It may not seem like much and you might be happy that you're getting gil, but in the long run you're only raising the prices of everything on your server.
I know how it spawns
# Mar 12 2006 at 9:38 PM Rating: Decent
first of all the berry drops 100% of course. now... when you get something like "you trade the rolandberry, but nothing happens" its because there are no spanws of workers crawlers to turn them into the guardian crawlers. if you trade and it says just you traded it then that means it turned the worker crawler into a guardian crawler. i figured that out by seeing the party next to me, they werent killing fast but at a decent speed. i got down to like 9/12 will make Guardian spawn. i hope this helps. if im wrong please somebody notify me
I know how it spawns
# Mar 12 2007 at 2:52 PM Rating: Decent
Amedome wrote:
first of all the berry drops 100% of course. now... when you get something like "you trade the rolandberry, but nothing happens" its because there are no spanws of workers crawlers to turn them into the guardian crawlers. if you trade and it says just you traded it then that means it turned the worker crawler into a guardian crawler. i figured that out by seeing the party next to me, they werent killing fast but at a decent speed. i got down to like 9/12 will make Guardian spawn. i hope this helps. if im wrong please somebody notify me


it doesnt spawn from others. Its popped. They nnerfed the seblina guy also .

I traded him a berry, got 800 gil. Traded again, he says Im all out of gil come back when my wages come in and Ill buy more.


I cried; ; I dont know if its game day or what, but I only got to trade 1!!!

/ismad


-_-
repeating
# Jan 25 2006 at 1:49 PM Rating: Decent
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From my expericence, and ive only been doing this a short while, so its not extensive,

I bought 3 stacks of berries and traded them in, and got 10 crawler pops, 100% drop on the 881 berry, and a 1/5 drop on silk, and a 1/10 drop on eggs.

I went back and bought 30 stacks of berries and im slowly working my way thru them. I asked the party that was next to me if they minded, and they said it was fine as long as it didnt affect their party.

Ill post again with the results from the 30 stacks.
RE: repeating
# Jan 25 2006 at 7:13 PM Rating: Decent
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Well, from the ideas that this mob has a higher drop rate on silks than other crawlers, i can honestly say that i think this is false. i got 1 and a half stacks from about 100 crawlers.
The berries themselves make decent gil tho. On seraph, a stack of this berry goes for 15k. Traded to the NPC gets you 9.6k

I gave it a go, it makes decent gil, but there is much better things to farm.

Saying that, at lvl 60 they were getting me 20xp a pop, and it got me from 400 past my lvl to more than 2k past it. So no risk of delvl if i die. :D

Worth it if you cant think of a better thing to farm. But bee chips/sheep leather sell faster and make more gil for the time spent.
RE: repeating
# May 09 2006 at 1:34 AM Rating: Decent
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Doing the quest in Selbina also rewards Bastok fame if anyone is interested in that more than the money.
BIG money maker
# Nov 26 2005 at 3:03 AM Rating: Decent
well i have been doing my math and if you do just the rolanberry 881 or 800 each, and do a trip with just your armor and weapons and a 30 invintory you can get 163,200 gil in one trip, now if you do this all day and make 4 trips thats 652,800 gil, im gonna do this as soon as i hit 45, im doin it with my 60PLD friend =)
for those that dont read
# Oct 12 2005 at 2:37 PM Rating: Decent
The Rolanberry 881 is obtained by trading 1 or more Rolanberry(ies) to a specific ??? inside the crawlers nest and force popping a guardian crawler. you kill the crawler for the aged berry (can also get earth crysals silk and crawler eggs). The aged berry in this case the 881 can now be used for the quest in selbina or traded to a different ??? inside the CN to pop yet another nm Drone crawler(not a 100% pop chance when trading) and upon killing the drone crawler you get a Rolanberry 874 which can either be used for selbina quest or traded to yet another set of ??? to pop yet another NM(s) Matron Crawler or Queen Crawler which will drop a Rolanberry 864 which can either be traded to selbina or traded to yet another and final ??? to pop another NM crawler named Awd Goggie which will drop Royal Jelly which can be used in a few quests or crafted into cursed soup or elixir The main reason this is camped is cooks trying to get that final level 99-100 without investing millions of gil on dragon meat(although prices on the other materials make it just as/if not less profitable, since the soup has so little demand). The jelly can also be obtained via death wasps and other various NMs however from my exp the drop rate on the jelley was close to 1/400 off the wasps, yes some people are luckier than others.
If the NM crawler is popped and killed the berry or jelley should be a 100% drop.
For those that want info on the quest or fame check here or find Vuntar located at H-9 in Selbina.
881= 800
874= 2k
864= 3k
all the berries stack and chances are it will take more than one of each berry to pop the NM.
If you want to try this the rollanberries are sold in the duty free shop in port jeuno.
Just 800 gil?
# Oct 12 2005 at 1:14 PM Rating: Decent
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Is that all you get is 800gil? Has anyone ever gotten anything besides gil?
how many
# Sep 08 2005 at 2:27 PM Rating: Default
how many do i trade to the ******* i tried anywhere from 1-5 but get nothing
Might try it
# Aug 19 2005 at 3:14 PM Rating: Decent
48 posts
There's a person on Kujata who does this all day. A lot of people don't like this, but it seems logical to me. Doesn't put them on the AH, and nobody else ever tries it.
RE: Might try it
# Aug 28 2005 at 8:54 AM Rating: Excellent
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Marryxia and Tomokibaby eh.....
Lol i say them every time I went to CN (>.<)
And he is a gilseller.... so he does sell them. Just on a mule. All the -xias are gilsellers (marryxiamwenlixia,yanlixia,koujixia etc)

Edited, Sun Aug 28 10:05:46 2005
Question
# Jun 08 2005 at 10:35 AM Rating: Decent
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Do these Stack ? rollanberrys stack so i dont see why not.

Edited, Wed Jun 8 11:36:10 2005
RE: Question
# Jun 14 2005 at 6:05 AM Rating: Decent
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yes these things stack just did this quest last night
Quest in Selbina
# May 22 2005 at 12:14 AM Rating: Decent
Quest:Cargo
Talk to Vuntar @ H-9
Trade Rolanberries to him
Rolan 881: 800 gil reward
Rolan 874: 2000 gil
rest: Unknown atm
selbina quest
# Jan 19 2005 at 6:56 PM Rating: Good
20 posts
its the hidden quest in selbina, trade to the NPC called Vuntar you will get 800gils per these things so basically you keep trading rolanberry to the ??? and kill the guardian you get these and maybe silk.. so just keep doing over and over until inventory is full and go to selbina and hull in a good amount of money
fgh
# Aug 03 2004 at 7:30 PM Rating: Decent
im playing rite now waiting for pt and there is a high *** lvl whmkilling this thing he has a item that makes it respawn and respawn...either he;s farming those things or just doing qest?
#REDACTED, Posted: Jul 22 2004 at 12:51 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) my balls itch...oh by the way, what is this thing for?
selbina
# May 26 2004 at 2:56 AM Rating: Decent
Its for a quest in selbina
purpose
# May 24 2004 at 3:03 PM Rating: Default
i kno its for a quest..... forgot which one
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# Apr 02 2004 at 9:04 PM Rating: Decent
i thought you put it into that little bowl thing in crawler's nest... but i have no idea
???
# Feb 26 2004 at 11:45 AM Rating: Default
i got this off the guardian crawler inside the crawlers nest....dont really kno what its for...anybody know?
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