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From: Pinapelz <yukais@pinapelz.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 23:07:17 -0700
Subject: ffxiv-gil-making: add hunts

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@@ -185,6 +185,75 @@ vary though, some are worth a lot and some are worth next to nothing.
 - **Overall:** Excellent method to farm a ton of gil if you're willing to put in the time. Pick up the pace and bring a few friends and you can 
 make quite a bit in a fair amount of time. So long as the glamours are still worth something on the marketboard of course.
 
+---
+# Bozja
+The methods below all involve Bozja. There are certain job recommendations for each method. Some parts require you to have access to Zadnor so its
+best to have completed the Bozja story.
+
+## Lost Reflecting Sprites
+In Bozja zones you can kill sprites to obtain certain `Forgotten Fragments`. Different sprites spawn under different weather conditions.
+
+Like the other enemies in Bozja zones, they don't have levels but rather have a symbol denoting their strength (I, II ,III, IV, V). The higher the level
+of the sprite the more fragments it will drop.
+
+Since we want to maximize our yield during a weather window, we'll want to kill the highest strength sprite that drops the most valuable fragments.
+
+> TIP: It's not the different type of sprites that drop different fragments, but rather what zone they spawn in.
+>
+> For example: Lightning, Water, and Wind (all) sprites in Zone 3 in Bozja Southern Front drop Support fragments, but they each have different levels of strength.
+> We want to prioritize the highest strength sprite in that zone since it will drop the most fragments.
+
+**Best Sprites For Bozjan Southern Front**
+
+| Weather | Sprite | Zone | Fragment |
+|----------|----------|----------|----------|
+| Dust Storm | V Earth Sprite | 2 | <FFXIVItemPrice client:load itemId={30888} itemName="Forgotten Fragment of Care" itemImageUrl="https://www.garlandtools.org/files/icons/item/20043.png" /> |
+| Wind | V Wind Sprite | 3 | <FFXIVItemPrice client:load itemId={30890} itemName="Forgotten Fragment of Support" itemImageUrl="https://www.garlandtools.org/files/icons/item/20043.png" /> |
+| Thunder | V Lightning Sprite | 1 | <FFXIVItemPrice client:load itemId={30885} itemName="Forgotten Fragment of Preparation" itemImageUrl="https://universalis-ffxiv.github.io/universalis-assets/icon2x/30885.png" /> |
+
+**Best Sprites For Zadnor**
+| Weather | Sprite | Zone | Fragment |
+|----------|----------|----------|----------|
+| Snow | V Ice Sprite | 3 | <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/f0eef0aa6e8/" class="eorzeadb_link">Forgotten Fragment of Support</a> |
+| Rain | V Water Sprite | 2 | <FFXIVItemPrice client:load itemId={33773} itemName="Forgotten Fragment of Artistry" itemImageUrl="https://universalis-ffxiv.github.io/universalis-assets/icon2x/33773.png" /> |
+| Wind | V Wind Sprite | 1 | <FFXIVItemPrice client:load itemId={33768} itemName="Forgotten Fragment of History" itemImageUrl="https://universalis-ffxiv.github.io/universalis-assets/icon2x/33768.png" /> |
+| Thunder | IV Lightning Sprite | 2 | <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/0dd8a20e589/" class="eorzeadb_link">Forgotten Fragment of Artistry</a> |
+
+> TIP: If you're in a party, you can split up and have each person kill a different sprite. This will maximize the amount of fragments you get during a weather window.
+> 
+> You will all each receive the same amount of fragments regardless of who kills the sprite, so long as you're in the same party.
+
+**How to Reflect:**
+1. Switch to a Tank job and take off all your gear 
+2. Use a [Essence of the Irregular](https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Essence_of_the_Irregular) (get it from <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/13f3af60e07/" class="eorzeadb_link">Forgotten Fragment of Awakening</a> )
+3. Have the [Lost Reflect](https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Lost_Reflect) action ready (get it from <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/f0eef0aa6e8/" class="eorzeadb_link">Forgotten Fragment of Support</a>)
+4. (Optional) Put on Lost Swift for faster movement
+5. Stand far away from the sprites and use Lost Reflect (it will aggro and kill you before you gain the Reflect buff)
+6. Stand near the sprites and use Lost Reflect, they should now all aggro onto you
+7. Refresh Lost Reflect at roughly 2-3 seconds remaining
+
+If this confuses you watch [a demo of it here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCsrxOrCN4A)
+
+- **Overall:** The amount of gil you get will be dependent on how many people need the fragments. These are commonly used in Deluburm Reginae Savage.
+Still, its a very predictable way to rake some gil in since you can always check the weather in advance using a weather tracker online
+
+## (Honourable Mention) Deathing ★ Mobs
+Something you can do during downtime in Bozja or Zadnor is try and death a ★ mob. Its pretty annoying to do and doesn't yield a ton of fragments
+but might be worth doing after you're done with Sprites.
+
+The method essentially involves casting Death on the mobs with a "★" strength difficulty. It takes quite a few attempts since
+the Lost Death spell's chances of working go up the lower the enemy's HP (unless you can somehow survive the wrath of a ★ enemy, you'll be deathing them when they're max health)
+
+1. Switch to a Healer or a Caster with Sleep
+2. Use Lost Death on the mob
+3. If it fails, run out of range
+4. Repeat until Lost Death works.
+
+There are roughly 3 ★ enemies per zone in both Bozjan Southern Front and Zadnor. Each one has a 30 minute respawn time after they are killed.
+If they're missing from their usual spot then someone has probably already killed them.
+
+[This map](https://eorzeaworld.com/en/bozja) does a decent job at showing where the ★ enemies are located.
+
 ---
 # Eureka
 The methods below all involve Eureka. If you're still new to Eureka then I'd recommend maxing out your elemental level (level 60) before doing these methods
@@ -368,6 +437,116 @@ There's 5 types of eyes, 4 of which you get from doing Bunnies. The prices vary
 
 - **Overall:** Excellent method. You make some amount of consistent gil and have a chance at some very valuable items. Its also always available to do and highly repeatable!
 
+---
+# Hunts
+The following methods below require you to have ideally unlocked hunts in the latest expansion and be at the current level cap.
+
+Hunts are world bosses that spawn in overworld zones. They are seperated into ranks:
+- B Rank: Respawns in about 5 seconds after being killed (2 per zone, with the exception of A Realm Reborn zones (1))
+- A Rank: ARR zones respawn in 3.5-4.5 hours, all others respawn in 4-6 hours (2 per zone, with the exception of A Realm Reborn zones (1))
+- S Rank: Respawns in a minimum of 2 days, and requires certain spawn condition to be met (1 per zone)
+
+>B Ranks are generally can be and are done alone as part of your Hunt Mark Bills. The rest will require a larger group of people to be killed!
+
+There are 3 types of Hunt currencies:
+- Allied Seals: Earned from ARR Hunts
+- Centurio Seals: Earned from Heavensward and Stormblood Hunts
+- Sacks of Nuts: Earned from Shadowbringers, Endwalker, and Dawntrail Hunts
+
+You can trade these in for a variety of things such as materia, aetheryte tickets, gear, mounts, etc.
+
+>Note: I won't be going into detail about these currencies, think of them as the cherry on top of all the other rewards.
+>
+> However, if you're unsure of what to spend currency on 4
+
+
+I'll only be briefly introducing it, and skimming over the details. If you want to learn more about hunts then check out [The Modern Guide to FFXIV Hunts](https://ffxivhunt.carrd.co)
+
+## Hunt Trains
+<div style={{ textAlign: 'center' }}>
+  <img style={{ maxHeight: '250px' }} src="https://i.postimg.cc/SRwvn1cz/image43.jpg" />
+  <p>Image of a Hunt Train from <a href="https://ffxivhunt.carrd.co/">The Modern Guide to FFXIV Hunts</a></p>
+</div>
+
+Hunt Trains are player organized events where groups of players will go around the world killing all the available A-Ranks in a particular expansion
+in succession. The idea is to get as many people as possible to join the train and kill the A-Ranks as fast as possible.
+
+The rewards for killing A-Ranks differ depending on the expansion, and not all expansions have trains running.
+
+In the table below, Tomestone A refers to the tomestone that is weekly capped and Tomestone B refers to the tomestone that is uncapped but are not poetics (2nd in currency menu).
+
+The names of these tomestones change from patch to patch. As of writing this in 7.05, Tomestone A is `Heliometry` and Tomestone B is `Aesthetics`
+
+| Expansion | A Rank Reward | Train? |
+|----------|----------|----------|
+| A Realm Reborn | 30 Poetics, 10 Tomestone B, 40 Allied Seals, 20 Centurio Seals | No, A-Ranks killed on sight |
+| Heavensward | 30 Poetics, 10 Tomestone B, 40 Centurio Seals | No, A-Ranks killed on sight |
+| Stormblood | 30 Poetics, 10 Tomestone B, 40 Centurio Seals, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/a9133f968bc/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Cluster</a> | Yes, but rarer these days |
+| Shadowbringers | 30 Poetics, 10 Tomestone B, 40 Sacks of Nuts, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/b27acfc4093/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Stellacluster</a>, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/8c5a623a256/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Planicluster</a> | Yes |
+| Endwalker | 30 Poetics, 10 Tomestone B, 40 Sacks of Nuts, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/c21b9948087/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Anthocluster</a>, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/40d45e3a9c0/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Dendrocluster</a> | Yes |
+| Dawntrail/Latest Expansion | 30 Poetics, 10 Tomestone A, 10 Tomestone B, 40 Sacks of Nuts, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/0612d5f2b45/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Novacluster</a>, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/0b7fcd6c50b/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Prismaticluster</a> | Yes |
+
+What we're after for here are the latest expansion A-Rank trains. These drop a variant of "Clusters" that can be exchanged for the current tier of materia.
+
+> Note: In case you're reading after Dawntrail, there will always be a new type of cluster introduced that is relevant for that tier! That's the one you want!
+
+Since there are 2 A-Ranks in each zone, this means you'll be raking in 360 poetics, 120 Weekly Tomestones (A), 240 Tomestone B, and 480 sacks of nuts per train.
+
+In addition to that you'll also be getting 2 clusters for each A-Rank killed. One for the highest tier matiera, and one for the 2nd best (right now these are `XI` and `XII`)
+
+Not only that but sometimes there will be multiple instances per zone, so if there was 3 instances of some particular zone, then suddenly there are now 6 A-Ranks on that zone.
+
+> Note: You need to kill full credit to get all rewards. Join a party! Read ["Earning Credit""](https://ffxivhunt.carrd.co/#how-to-earn-credit) for more info
+
+Don't forget about Cross World and Cross Datacenter travel too! Once the train on your world is over you can keep going by attending trains on other worlds.
+
+The price of materia fluctuates but will usually spike before a raid tier. My advice is to stockpile clusters, wait for a price spike, exchange for whats most valuable, and sell!
+
+**XII Materia Price. The best tier will be different if you're reading post Dawntrail**
+<FFXIVItemPrice client:load itemId={41772} itemName="Savage Aim Materia XII" itemImageUrl="https://www.garlandtools.org/files/icons/item/20298.png" />
+
+> ## How To Find a Train?
+> The best way to find a train is to join a Hunt Discord. There are usually ones for each datacenter (sometimes even World). I would start by looking in [Centurio Hunts](https://discord.com/invite/centuriohunts)
+> and then refining down to find a server local to your datacenter or world.
+>
+> You can also try asking in game during a S-Rank Hunt for a local linkshell invite!
+
+- **Overall:** Excellent method. You can make a ton of gil in a short amount of time. The rewards are consistent and the method is highly repeatable. Just make sure you're in a party!
+Its also a fantastic way to cap out on your tomes, and trains are usually abundant thanks to world visit and datacenter travel.
+
+## S-Rank Hunts
+
+S-Rank hunts operate similarly to A-Rank hunts, but they are much rarer and require very specific conditions to be met before they spawn.
+As such the rewards are also much higher than A-Ranks.
+
+| Expansion | A Rank Reward |
+|----------|----------|
+| A Realm Reborn | 100 Poetics, 30 Tomestone B, 100 Allied Seals, 50 Centurio Seals |
+| Heavensward | 100 Poetics, 30 Tomestone B, 100 Centurio Seals |
+| Stormblood | 100 Poetics, 30 Tomestone B, 100 Centurio Seals, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/a9133f968bc/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Cluster</a> |
+| Shadowbringers | 100 Poetics, 30 Tomestone B, 100 Sacks of Nuts, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/b27acfc4093/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Stellacluster</a>, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/8c5a623a256/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Planicluster</a> |
+| Endwalker | 100 Poetics, 30 Tomestone B, 100 Sacks of Nuts, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/c21b9948087/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Anthocluster</a>, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/40d45e3a9c0/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Dendrocluster</a> |
+| Dawntrail/Latest Expansion | 100 Poetics, 30 Tomestone A, 80 Tomestone B, 100 Sacks of Nuts, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/0612d5f2b45/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Novacluster</a>, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/0b7fcd6c50b/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Prismaticluster</a> |
+
+Since they are so rare, you'll want to use a tracker to see when they've spawned. The commonly used tool for this is [Faloop](https://faloop.app/)
+- You can also try asking for a Hunt Linkshell invite during an S-Rank Hunt or after an A-Rank train
+
+Its good etiquette to arrive and wait for the "pull time" (PT) set by the spawner before attacking. This will be denoted usually in Eorzea Time.
+
+### SS-Rank Hunts
+After defeating an S-Rank there is a random chance for a SS-Rank to spawn in the same zone as well. Although its only available in certain expansions
+| Shadowbringers | 200 Poetics, 50 Tomestone B, 400 Sacks of Nuts, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/b27acfc4093/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Stellacluster</a>, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/8c5a623a256/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Planicluster</a> |
+| Endwalker | 200 Poetics, 50 Tomestone B, 400 Sacks of Nuts, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/c21b9948087/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Anthocluster</a>, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/40d45e3a9c0/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Dendrocluster</a> |
+| Dawntrail/Latest Expansion | 200 Poetics, 50 Tomestone A, 100 Tomestone B, 400 Sacks of Nuts, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/0612d5f2b45/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Novacluster</a>, <a href="https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/0b7fcd6c50b/" class="eorzeadb_link">Cracked Prismaticluster</a> |
+
+Players need to kill 4 Minions that spawn around the map within a certain time limit to spawn the SS-Rank. If you see a notification on screen and  people shouting `Minions!` then that means an SS-Rank can be spawned.
+
+- "Overall:" If you're doing stuff on the marketboard, organizing your inventory, basically not running any content. Its a good idea to keep Faloop open
+in case S-Ranks spawn. The rewards are pretty good and its a nice way to make some gil on the side. Remember you can also World Visit too!
+
+
+---
+
 # Time Sensitive/Seasonal Things
 These are a few things that are worth doing but are only available during certain periods of times. It doesn't necessarily mean they
 can only be done during those times, but the gil you can make will be higher.
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