Skilling Up Solo?Follow

Hey everyone, I was just wondering if there is anywhere worth skilling up solo that isn't too dangerous for me either aggro wise, or actual kill wise. I am asking this because level sync has screwed me over, I am a lvl 50 DRG/WAR and my polearm skill is currently level 120, I need Penta Thrust! :D Anyway, all help is appreciated, thanks.

I've heard about this working but have been too scared to try it out. Apparently, if you go into Campaign with tags off and start hitting mobs, you can gain skill ups off of them. Just find a really crowded campaign where you're guaranteed not to pull hate off the mob, if this works of course. I'm not sure if AoE will hit you with tags off but are hitting the mob, so you might have to look out for that.

I've heard about that Campaign trick, but I'm afraid that I'll pull hate, and can anyone confirm if AoE hits you in Campaign without tags? :O Apparently eldieme [S] is good because there are no non-campaign mobs anywhere near the fort, but I cannot seem to find the fort, can anyone direct me to a map that shows where the fort is in eldieme [s]?

Apparently in Eldieme [S] the fort is at (I-8), but my problem is, which map? I'm not entirely sure if you can go on all the maps anyway, I know the one main one, but is the fort on that map?

It's where Red Axe is

But, if I have no tags, and I attack the fort without tags, and there are campaign mobs nearby, will they aggro me? Or is it like you said for mobs and only if I pull hate on them somehow? Because I doubt I'm going to skill on the actual mobs, I just want to skill on the fort.

I'm pretty sure the campaign mobs link to the fortifications. However, there are a lot of rooms in eldieme with fortifications, so not many of the defending beastmen groups spawn by the campaign arbiter even when they are there.

Thanks for all of the responses everyone! :D

Another option is to use your NPC. As a DD job, a leveled Soothing Healer NPC is a great thing to have. I've become somewhat addicted to Campaign and have used my NPC to keep my weapon / magic skills capped whenever I get a level. The mobs you target will depend on your NPC's level (as well as your weapon skill level) but I generally target Even Match to low-Tough mobs.

For instance, in my early sixties, I went after Robber Crabs in Kuftal Tunnel (along with half of the rest of the server). Once those crabs got to be too weak and stopped giving consistent skillups, I went after their tougher cousins in the Boyahda Tree. Once those got to be too weak, things got a little more interesting (Steelshells are great skillup mobs, but there's a pretty big level gap between those crabs and the Robber Crabs). I ended up finding a nice little camp in the Meriphataud Mountains [S] with two speedy Raptor spawns. Raptors are a bit more problematic than crabs, to be sure, but they're still not bad NPC-leveling targets.

Obviously, if your weapon skill levels are close to capped, the gold standard for skilling up is a normal (non-Level Synced) party. If they're not, your best bet is a standard "safety-in-numbers" skillup party. Still, if you enjoy soloing and a little bit of a challenge, pushing the envelope with your NPC adventuring fellow is a good way to keep your skills capped. It's also a great way to level your NPC if it's not already leveled -- and having a leveled NPC is handy for so many reasons.

Plus, you get to keep all of the drops. All of the Beastmen's / Kindred's Seals and H.Q. Crab Shells are yours. The skins dropped by the raptors are going for 30K/stack on Garuda (and they have a better drop rate on the higher-level ones than their lower-level cousins in the present day). And if you pop an Empress Band before you start, you can even get a non-trivial chunk of EXP for your troubles, though of course the EXP you'll get pales in comparison to what you would get in a good party (or even in Campaign, for that matter).

The Vana'diel Bestiary is a great tool for finding mobs to skill up on. Enter your job, level, and current skill, and it will suggest mobs to target. If you want to go the NPC route, it may suggest mobs that are a bit too difficult for you to solo, so use the "Standard Exp Mob Search" and look for mobs that are DC-T to you.