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yay good start^^ grats on getting to 5 smile

Here's a list of all the quests in Windy - as you can see they're divided by by reputation levels, the more quests you do the more reputation you get the more quests become available smile
Unfortunately quests don't give exp reward, but they do give items and some gil which you might want/need ... check them out^^

Also - did you find the AH? So you can update your armour and your spells.

Also also, did you get told to use signet while fighting^^ ?

windurst quests (wiki)

Yup here's the AH lowdown:

There are 4 separate auction houses in vanadiel (Windurst, Bastok, San d'Orian and Jeuno). Placing you items on one AH means people browsing the other ones cannot see them. The biggest of the 4 is Jeuno (you'll be going to Jeuno at about lvl20).

In Windurst you can find the AH on your map in Windurst Woods and Windurst Walls. Head up to a AH Counter and click on it and you'll see the following options:
-Buy
-Sell
-Sales Status

The sales status will list up all the items you currently have up for sale (a maximum of 7). When items sell, the gil will be sent to your Delivery Box for you to collect from your moogle. Next time you visit the AH you need to "tick off" the sold items from this list before you can list more. items that do not sell within the time limit (3 RL days) will also be sent to your delivery box and will also need to be ticked off before you can list more items.

Buy is pretty self explanatory xD Navigate through the options to see what is for sale. Things you can equip are listed in yellow. Things that you are currently wearing are listed in green. There are numbers in brackets on the right hand side like this -> [2], which indicate how many there are in stock. If there aren't any then you can't buy one sad
When you find something you want, click on it and there are more options (Bid, Sort and Price History). Use the Price History list to see how much the last 10 have sold for at that AH. Use this to decide how much you wish to bid for it.
You cannot know how much people have listed the items for, but the first person to bid an equal or higher amount will obtain the item. Be careful that you don't bid too much. Its worth "testing" by bidding a lower price first to see if you get lucky smile

When selling you will be asked to select a list price: it will not be visible to people trying to bid. This is the minimum you are prepared to accept for your item. Its a good idea to check out the price history through the "buy" menu first to see what it is worth. If all the recent sales have been for 2,000g you might also like to list yours for 2,000g. Alternatively you might undercut the prices and perhaps list for 1,800g for a faster sale. If it is a popular item which is out of stock you might be able to increase the price to 2,200g.

tips if more than one item has been listed for the same price, the one with the least time remaining will sell first:
Example:
Bob lists an Onion Sword for 500g. The next day Billy lists an Onion Sword for 500g. Marie comes along and bids 500g for an Onion Sword. Bob's will sell because his was listed first.

It is also important to bear in mind that the item with the lowest list price will sell first
Example:
Bob lists 12 water crystals for 700g. Billy lists 12 water crystals for 500g. Marie comes along and bids 700g for 12 water crystals, Billy's will be sold because his is listed at a cheaper price.

What this means is that now the majority of players, particularly with fast-moving items like crystals, undercut by minimal amounts (i.e. 10gil) so theirs will sell faster. If the PH says that all items are selling for 2,000g its likely that people are actually listing for 1,901g. This is a pain in the arse but you get used to it razz If you items are not selling this might be why!

As soon as I logged in today a friend stopped infront of me and traded me a new pearl for a linkshell crying now I am torn as to which ls I should be in. I know you can switch back and forth and all, but the 1st one is american people who are hardly ever on when im on, and the new one is UK peeps who are on when I am on, and are only a little higher lvl than me, rather than all quite higher than me. But my original ls was so kind and helpful. I wish you could have more than one ls at a time...

Anyway, I got frustrated and sold heaps of stuff on the AH that I probarbly will need later on and handed in items for quests and then went out to splat more monsters. I got to lvl 9 tonight, which was ok.. but im still alone! still no one to group with.. Im told that will change at level 10.

Honestly I cant wait to pickup a new job (2nd job) and im considering switching to WHM to get that up a few levels before I do the quest to have a 2nd job active. Maybe that will help out with not having anyone around to help.

The new LS im in is made up of new(ish) players and a couple of older players who left their old LS for some reason or other. I decided to keep both LS and I just switch depending on who is on when (since I seem to be the ONLY Aussie on at all - LOL!)

Anyway. This weekend I went out and about and got my little taru up to level 11. Then a friend in my LS contacted me and said we were going for a boat ride today. So we ran out to the scarey canyon, (which is scarey >.< I died there in a group once.. was a long run there and a another long run there after I died... crying ). But that wasn't the end of it!! we had to go through some barren lands and had to watch out for Gobo's! (Goblins) omg that was fun, dodge and weave amongst the stones. We were lucky until we got RIGHT outside of the town we were heading to and WHAM some gobo comes out of nowhere and nukes my ls friend! crying I ran to town asap, and she had to homepoint and walk all that way again! LOL! was horrible but im glad it wasnt me.

So anyway, when she finally got back to Mhaura, we went onto a big ship. I went to peek upstairs and there was some lvl 75's fishing up there! OMG phantoms and crabs everywhere!! I was scared of dying and having to go all that way again! lol! but we finally got back into port at... Selbina? I think thats the name, and we went out into the sandy dunes leaving footprints behind us. We found a nice group of people to work with (everyone was already experienced at FF by years, and us two by days and weeks! lol!) they were great! we had a white mage tagging along with us, I didnt understand till we got into a fight with a snipper. they were healing from the sidelines! is a good idea, but feels like im cheating...
Well I got another level and a half out there before I had to go crying was so sad because I wanted to stay and get more levels! I did get a crab apron though! so apparently thats for the sub job quest or something.
Im worried now that I wont be able to change jobs now and level up a sub job... Anyway, what sub job should I start leveling if I could?? everyone says WHM WHM! but is that the best? or should I do RDM or something else?

TY Ruka n_n that helped out

So I logged in at Selbina and waited for my friend to turn up again from windy... took her like an hour to do.. gonk anyways! when she got there, we found a party which I was really too low for (so they said) by 4 levels.. they all got to lvl 20 and then broke up the party, But we soon found another one! and went to the goblin camp.
We ground away till we all got to 20. I had my worms and my apron, but still needed a skull. Then this guy running past asked if we needed any help with getting sub job items (LOL! just at the right time.) so we went for a run to some place with like a big crystal which is a Dia crystal? not sure. Anyway, I got it as a key item and was told there is one near windy to get as well. SO I will have to find that one later on. He also told me to do a quest in juno? to get bigger bags as soon as I could. He was nice biggrin was a Dragoon! wow looked cool.

We couldnt get a skull (they kept dropping bone fragments) and I got really tired of staying up late so I went to bed. Anyway, when I got up the next day and after doing chores etc etc etc etc etc.. blah blah.. boring day stuff here..
He was still online! so we got together again and he got me a skull FIRST POP!! lol biggrin after all that time last night, Then he escorted me back to selbina where I got sub job! *cheers enthusiastically* well.. BACK to windy I go (cause I didn't know where these other cities were crying and stuff.. so I couldn't get to them...)
took me like 1/2 hr to 3/4 hour to finally get back to windhurst where I changed my job to WHM/BLM! woohoo sub job FTW! Out I went and ground away to lvl 9... WHM

I would like to grind my RDM as well because of different weapons and spells, but atm im happy with WHM. Im having trouble getting all the spells though.. The shops dont always sell all of them... maybe I need to get them in Selbina? or somewhere else? not sure..
also I have like about 4000 points with the guard at the gate that gives you that special spell.. I want to buy an emperor/empress band thing.. (whats better?) and also it says it can only be recharged once every so often?? what does that mean? and when? and how much?

also, what do you think is the best/easiest craft/crafts to advance at this level in the game? I want to be an alchemist, but everyone goes pooh pooh at this idea.... but what do you suggest?

P.S. I found this link amongst links amongst links, thought it might be of interest
Crafting questions 101 - Answers you need

woot Ruka! your invaluable information is quite a help!!

I tend to be in groups more, even if its just with one other person (there is 3 of us about the same level in my main LS atm.. Of which I am trying to get them to join my other LS as well so we have a good team going later on in the game..) SO im thinking to go with the Empress bracelet (also after the maths, I realise that empress gives you more bonus for your bucks!...

Anyways, Last night we ran amok again in the canyon (where I got my 2nd tele crystal) just to get whoomped by some gobos! lol rolleyes those gobo's love to sneak up on us when we are healing... So we decided not to go quite so far into the canyon area.. I got to lvl 10 finally *WOOPDEDOO* in WHM. so now we can go to Sebelina to get me (and the DRK friend of mine) to 20 and then I can turn back to BLM/WHM (Im thinking I want to go RDM instead of WHM though because WHM is a pain in the posterior! ) But, for now it seems to be the suitable choice for where im heading.. (which just about changes every day xd lol) I found out how to synth grass thread as well and sat and did some synthing (cloth skills? and for those who dont know its umm.. wind crystal and then a yagudo bead... use the wind crystal and a trade like window comes up, then you put a beads in there and it makes 3 lots of grass thread!! WOOHOO!!) they sell for some monies on the AH which helps me buys spells n_n <3

I cant wait to get my chocobo licence, and also someone said about a girl you can give a flower to who shows you how to exit your mog house into any city?? is this true??

ooh so we have to do the mog house upgrapes to talk to the warptarus? or we can talk to them straight up?? and where/who are they? links? (god knows I hate all that running about in windy dropping off quests, getting items mog house stuff etc etc etc... And do they have it in other cities too??

I didn't get to play last night sad so no stories to report. Except I read up lots about crafts lately.

I found out that you can level all crafts to 60.. but then you get 20 master points to distribute after that, so you can master one (by putting all 20 in one skill) or distribute them however you wish over all your skills. And its easier to focus on one craft at a time rather than a lot of crafts because then you can get help from that guild with the harder items etc that you make to level up.
and as you said, fishing and cooking are the ones to go with first, fishing cause its easy and cooking because the stuff you make is usefull (this is why I want to do alchemy.. but I will save that for 'chance' leveling rather than focusing on it directly atm) oh and do you know what this info is about??? Craft Stuff n things

Have you ever raised a Chocobo? and have you ever grown plants in your mog house? do you have a picture of your mog house to share?? biggrin I keep looking at furniture on the AH n_n;;