Leveling Mules For AMAN TROVE

It's gonna take you a week, at least lol. all the level breaks are such a large time sink.

By then i bet i will know all names in LB4 without checking on BG/FFXIclopedia.

Leveling mules to lv99 for trove will take at least a couple days or a week.

The simple formula I have for these mules is:
War to 18
Unlock sub and 1st exp bonus
War to 30
Rank 3 and 2nd exp bonus
War to 50
Unlock Sam and Drg
Sam to 50,
Drg to 50,
LB1
Drg to 55
Rank 5 and LB2 > RoE level up and finish LB3
Drg to 80 finishing all the LB in between
Rank 6
Get 3rd and 4th exp bonus by doing a galore of missions
Drg to 99 with LB and stuff.

Takes about a week. Not the fastest but sort of the easiest imo

1-99 SPEEDRUN GUIDE

DISCLAIMER: 45 mules were already made from mog bonanza and already had login points + 45 days cooldown, 1 set = 3 accounts (15x3 = 45 mules excluding main characters), also have access to a PLer account

PHASE 1
1) character created (45 days) (sandy nation)
2) current job is WHM (make sure it is set WHM)
3) pick up 3 bee pollen + 4 gausebit grass + 2D silent/sneak oil (dbox) + crystals/kit lv5 for RoE craft
4) buy beastmen seals with login point + G10 taru mnk nerf items also (seasoning stone, etc)
5) walk port sandy to south sandy -- pick up HP in north sandy near ww/smithing craft guild -- do mog house exit quest trade
6) talk to RoE NPC to unlock first RoE ( get south sandy HP near RoE npc) (turn in x6 copper voucher for warp ring)
7) complete 10 RoE's (kill 1 mob, get lv3 for RoV start, /heal 1 hp, 3 craft guilds in sandy), Flower girl MH exit
8) Start UC NPC - pick UC trust (yoran)
9) UNM warp to (119)valkurm > selbina (save HP selbina entrance)
10) complete RoV mission in selbina, unlock escha zitah access and teleport to norg (get norg zone HP & talk to gilgamesh 2x for KI)
10) go UNM warp Qufim (use sneak/invis (S/I) get HP for escha zitah) >> walk to jeuno (S/I) for HP Port Jeuno MH, grab all HP jeuno then set HP ru'lude near maat
12) HP teleport back to qufim > enter escha zitah ACTVIATE ROE - PUK/DRAGON/MOSQUITO & grab #1 teleport and walk to #2 /logout at camp (afk spot)
13) (repeat all 15 set of mules)
14) PL all mules (Lv50 capped exp)

PHASE 2
1) login > warp to jeuno
2) start chocobo license quest, turn in grass
3) unlock raptor mount from quest
4) start G1 quest (3 ra/ex item) use UNM warp + mount
5) use RoE (lv50 uncap) to get exp and start G2 (3 NMs in xarcabard - can use mount also, use UNM tele)
6) finish G2, go back to escha zitah #2, /logout (repeat all 15 set of mules)
7) PL all mules (Lv 60 capped exp)

PHASE 3
1) warp to jeuno
2) start G3 (3x beastmen HQ)
3) RoE quest for uncapped 60 to get exp, start G4
4) go back to escha-zitah - /logout (repeat all 15 set of mules)
5) PL all mules (Lv70 capped exp)

PHASE 4
1) go to norg, zone out to sea serpent grotto - PLer farm WHM testimony
2) buy 3 basic lv70 WHM blessed gearset for Maat - vile exilir and +1, echo drops, cure 3 (selbina) and cure 4 (lower jeuno) cure scrolls, also other buff scrolls (protect, shell)
3) start G5 - maat fight (WHM)
4) go back to escha zitah > get lv75 > talk to moogle to unlock merit points, get 22 merit points + capped exp > start G6
5) RoE exp up after G6, start G7 and win minigame
6) go back escha zitah and /logout
7) PL all mules (Lv85 capped exp and merit)

PHASE 5
1) start G8, turn in items and win minigame
2) RoE exp up
3) start G9, record item from NPC into google doc (gather random item)
4) go all over world with mules according to item need
5) go back escha-zitah, /logout
6) PL all mules (Lv95 capped exp)

PHASE 6
1) seasoning stone, fossilized bone, fossilized fang = olde rarab tail
2) start G10 fight, use 2x nerf item, PLer leader for trust
3) go back escha-zitah, /logout
4) PL all mules to lv99

COMPLETE

total items needed per char
mh flower (mithra child npc)
2-3 stack S/I
3 bee pollen
4 gausebit grass
1 WHM testimony (RA/EX) - phase 4
9 kindred's seals *login point
16 kindred's crest *login point
2 seasoning stone *login point
2 fossilized bone *login point
2 fossilized fang *login point

RoE's for Unity NPC and teleports
RoE:(1) First Step Forward {first RoE starter count as 1}
Tutorial>Basic:(2) Heal without using magic,
(3)Vanquish One enemy
(4)Call Forth an Alter Ego
Quest1: (5)Mog House Exit: San d'Oria,
(6)Obtain an Alter Ego: San d'Oria
Synthesis: (7,8,9)Speak to Carpenters/Blacksmith/Tanners
Quest1: (10)Valaineral ego call {after Call Forth Alter Ego}

EDIT: can also use the WHM testimony to gain toau access for locker if you want more inventory space, in that case... dont toss it after maat fight

Personally i skipped the RoV first mission because there wouldnt have enough pollen or mandy drewdrop to buy.

If i need to farm so many items with not awesome drop rate it would kill the time you would save from the extra exp imo.

Im also skipping chocobo/mount quests because my mule that can cleave can also come COR/SCH, providing bolters roll and inv/sneak to mules. Added with Swift Shoes and its already running fast enough for most needs.

After LB4 there isnt much walking too. LB1 you barely have to move (battalia downs > eldienne is the longest road), LB2 you can make in ~15 with warp and above speed buffs, LB3 you can make in ~1h10m with above buffs and no mistakes. LB4 can be more time consuming than LB3 if youre running multiples accounts, every one has a different NPC plus if you dont know beforehand where the NPC are.

Thrifty Transit also saves a couple of mins as it can teleport straight to every city in LB4 even if you never stepped there.

Leaving Maat, a bunch of quick LBs and competing for dragons/puks if youre in a no so dead server.

It took me a day of farming all the pollen with THF for all 45 mules. I needed access to Norg so I can have mules teleport there and zone outside to ssg for whm testimony... and to get access to escha zitah, my server is usually dead without exp gain windows.

It was just easier for me to have mules walk everywhere so PL can stay in 1 spot instead of walking back and forth. I just logon each set of mules, mount up and go to next area. It didn't take long to do chocobo/mount quest because SE nerfed the grass feeding timers down to 1 min each feed.

The idea is doing all 45 mules at once to 99, so there is alot of logon/logouts, but having a mule with COR/SCH works too.

Nice info on thrifty transit, still dependent if the bonus is up.

This method is what I did with what resources I had at the time.

Is there a speed benefits in selecting a specific city?
especially if you want to end up with mules with resinjima access ?