Eco-Warrior (Bastok)

Start NPC	Raifa Port Bastok (D-6)
Requirements	Bastok Reputation 1 Level Cap: 20
Title Granted	Cerulean Soldier
Repeatable	Yes
Reward	5,000 Gil Dragon Chronicles

Gusgen Mines

Walkthrough

• NOTE: *Before attempting this quest ensure you have one designated leader that everyone will follow so that the alliance works as one big team. This is essential for the success of this mission. Make sure you have a full alliance unless you are using two or more SMNs with Astral Flow Inferno.
• Talk to Raifa in the Steaming Sheep Restaurant in Port Bastok (D-6).

• If you cannot get the quest, Raifa will say:

• Something about the food (you have either completed an Eco-Warrior quest once already this Conquest period, or you do not have enough fame)
• "...Can I have a moment of your time? Oh, but you look busy..." (you are currently involved in another Eco-Warrior quest)

• Head to Gusgen Mines.
• Talk to Degga at (H-9). (You will see him on your right, toward the end of the entry corridor.) He will apply an ointment that will restrict your level to 20. Buffs will NOT wear with this level restriction! Buff before applying the restriction.

• Note that, once the level restriction is applied, only others with the same level restriction will be able to cure or buff you.
• You will lose the level restriction if you are KO'd. It may be reapplied at any time by speaking to Degga again once raised. (Take note that if you return to your Home Point after being KO'd, or otherwise leave the area in any way, you will lose any progress made in the quest since talking to Degga.)

• At the very first 4-way intersection (H-9), go down the West corridor (turn left).
• Go down the West corridor and turn North at (G-9).
• Continue North at (G-9) and do not turn down any passage but ones leading North until you arrive at (G-6).
• Camp on the Western side of (G-6) and clear out the monsters here before turning to the East corridor.
• Clear the way to the East. You will find the ??? on a chest further East on the middle of the deck at (H-6). Clear the area around this chest.
• When ready, click the ??? to spawn two Pudding NMs.

• You must have the level restriction applied to spawn and engage these NMs.
• By default, the Puddings will spawn with sound aggro toward the party member who spawned them. (If Sneak or Silent Oil is applied, the spawner will still be aggroed. Clicking the ??? removes any Sneak effect.)
• The Puddings are Slime-type NMs, As such, they are weak against magic, but highly resistant to physical attack. As they gain TP, they will use a strong version of Fluid Spread, the Slime AOE attack, that will cause critical damage to anyone in range. This is a common cause of wipes.

• After the NMs are defeated, touch the ??? again to receive the Key Item Indigested Ore.

• You must have the Level Restriction applied to obtain the Key Item.
• Should you change areas during or after the fight, but before obtaining the Key Item, clicking on the ??? will only cause the Puddings to respawn. They will have to be defeated again for you to obtain the Key Item.

• Return to Degga to have your ointment/level restriction removed. It may also be removed through logging out, then logging back in.
• Return to Raifa in Port Bastok to receive your reward.

Notes:

• You can only have one Eco-Warrior quest active at any time. This includes Eco-Warrior (Windurst), Eco-Warrior (San d'Oria) and Eco-Warrior (Bastok).
• Eco-Warrior quests cannot be deactivated.
• Only one Eco-Warrior quest can be completed once per Conquest Tally.

Duo Strategy

• Because buffs do not wear when the level restriction is applied, and the Puddings are weak against fire, 2 SMNs can easily solo this.
• Make sure each SMN has Sprinter's Shoes and Silent Oils. MP medicine optional.
• First, cast Reraise and have Light Spirit apply Protect IV and Shell IV to each SMN.
• Next, go to the ??? with no level cap yet and clear the skeletons and ghosts.
• Third, use Sprinter's Shoes and run back to Degga. Apply Earthern Ward, Aerial Armor, and Noctoshield. Noctoshield is very important in case of a resist! Cast Sneak, then receive the level restriction.
• Fourth, run to the ???.
• Fifth, summon Ifrit, use Astral Flow, and have a SMN pop the NM. Each SMN uses Inferno. If neither slime resists the Infernos, the battle will be won. Important: Pets cannot take hate in this fight! If one or more of the slimes resists, they will continue to attack the SMN that popped them. They are slow-moving and easy to kite. Protect IV, Noctoshield, and Earthen Ward make kiting while the other SMN rests very easy with 1 Pudding still alive. Because pets do not take hate, the NMs will have to be kited if they survive the Infernos until Blood Pact: Rage timer is back up.

Game Description

Client

Raifa (Steaming Sheep Restaurant, Port Bastok)

Summary

Raifa wants you to exterminate an ecological threat, and bring her evidence of the feat.