Mining in Gusgen?

[BlueFire]

Which level do you think I would be able to go to Gusgen and mine without my gear and not aggro anything? Looking into buying the field gear and get started with mining as a new source of money.

Thanks.

[BlueFire]

Anyone?

[Arctyc]

Gusgen? Mid-40s+. (For all the points.)

I have a friend @ 41 that brings along pickaxes when he heads into Gusgen and runs across a few favorite points.

[ShadyDT313]

i'm 50 and nothing aggro's me there except for the Foul Meat whenever it pops. Mostly I just run in a circle between 9 points and fill up 35 spots in about an hour 1/2 of good ores. I'm a goldsmither at lvl 20 so I synth zinc and silver, sell darksteel and some gold, send Iron to my buddy, and throw away tin, copper and pebbles. I bring along about 3 stacks and have the 3 piece lvl 15 workers set for mining. I use about 2 stacks, sometimes cut into the 3rd stack.

[BlueFire]

Hmm. Thanks for the replies.

So, does the level 15 worker gear make a larger difference than the field gear? I'll have to upgrade, then.

[Disturbed]

just use sneak if you're afraid of agro ^^

[Carbon]

Mining wasn't worth it for me. Went into Gusgen with about 60 pickaxes. When I was done, my overall profit was about 4k.

Do mining clothes work? I've been told they only increase the rate of getting low-end ores, not the really valuable ones.

[ShadyDT313]

I have heard that what you mind is dependent on how many people are mining with you. when I was alone I got 2 darksteel and 1 blue rock on the first 3 tries then more people came and all I got after that was copper. Mining can be profitable if you are patient and if you can do it when only 1 or 2 other people are there with you. I was able to make 150k mining for 6 hours yet other times I mine for an hour and get about 10k.

[BlueFire]

Originally posted by Carbon
Mining wasn't worth it for me. Went into Gusgen with about 60 pickaxes. When I was done, my overall profit was about 4k.

Do mining clothes work? I've been told they only increase the rate of getting low-end ores, not the really valuable ones.

From what I've heard, mining clothes decrease the pickaxe break rate.

[ShadyDT313]

mining clothes decrease the pickaxe break rate.

that seems how it works when I use it. Can usually fill up 35 spots on 24 pickaxes with the workers gloves and boots and field tunic.

[imp]

does worker really make it better than with field? or is it only better defense? :sweat: :spin: :sweat:

[Zane]

Its speculated that Defense is the only difference. This is due to the comparison of the level 1 and 15 Chocobo and Nomads clothing. Those have the same modifiers at 1 and 15.

Regarding Gusgen (Pebble, Tin, Copper, Zinc, Iron, Silver, Darksteel, Gold, and Raw Ore mine):

if youre hardcore into mining you can raise Goldsmithing and Blacksmithing to 20ish. Bring a stack of fire crystals and wind crystals with you. Combine 1 FC + 4 Iron ore for 1 stackable Iron Ingot, and 1 FC + 1 Zinc + 3 copper for 1 stackable Brass ingot while in the mines. Use 1 Wind crystal on any stone to create a stackable gem. Really saves space and allows more room for the bling bling ores (DS and Gold).

[ShadyDT313]

not sure if there is a difference in skill between the worker and field gear but since I had the money I just bought worker and hopefully it's better, havent compared it with field gear yet