Take a vacation in the volcano!
You've done well to come this far. Hours upon hours have been spent staring at progress bars, and unlike the other professions, if you AFK here, you are dead. Even alt-tabbing has caused me to fall from the skies like a brick if something really distracts me. You've spent ~140,000 kinah just training on how to waste your wings.
Now it's time to waste them some more.
This level will go a little faster than the other two simply because you have numbed yourself of the pain and suffering involved. The good news is that you've got your level 30 wings and level 25 flight speed passive at this point, so you should be hitting at least 2 nodes per run depending on your addiction to wind serum. The bad news is this level range will take a little more finesse and attention than before. These areas are either at awkward heights, or have monsters hovering inches away from aggro range from the best rest spots.
Scared yet? I hope you've got at least 5 empty cube slots. There are four, FOUR possibilities from these nodes; Gems, Pure Gems, High Quality Gems, and Essence of Wind. The 5th slot is to ensure you can still gather. Now that you're prepared for the worst, we've got a little hike before our first destination.
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200-225
In Morheim, head south to Mt. Musphel and then west past the encampment for the area's quests. See that lava river right by them to the north west? Run along side it and dive straight down to Node #1, with a rest spot right next to it. Head due south along the walls to find Nodes 2 and 3, and do wide half circles along the east sky temple wall to find the most 200 nodes. This one is really easy compared to most starter tiers.
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225-250
You probably don't need me to tell you this, but there are two 225 nodes right above nodes #1 and #3 on the same path as before. Take the same circuit, grabbing the 200's until they stop giving you skill since they're faster and this tier produces amazing Wind Serum, so stocking up on Aether Gems is advised. You'll end up using the same rest areas as you did for the 200 tier.
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250-275
I'm going to be blunt with you here - this tier sucks. The 250 nodes are clustered mostly in the middle of the islands of Sky Temple, meaning resting is quite perilous unless a group has cleared the nearby area. One wrong landing and you might have to fly right off in a hurry. On the other hand, you have the option of Beluslan as well, which is probably a better option. The nodes in Beluslan are underneath the large structure in the sky, and in the distance far off otherwise. It resembles the 150-175 tier in Morheim. This one is your call, but I'd do Belusian. Two good spawns reside on under the eastern outcropping.
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275-299
So easy it hurts. Off the eastern most point of the structure, rotating around you you should see no fewer than 4 275 nodes. I don't have to hold your hand here. Pop those wind serums and loot, loot, loot! I noticed a much higher rate of Pure Aether Gems on these, maybe 12-15% of my attempts were Pure.
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If you're made of money (and you should be if you sell these or the serum they can be used to produce), you're ready for the next step. Burning Vortexes. So for our next segment, reserve a spot in your local burn ward. It's even more complicated than this tier was, and this time, I'm serious! See you then!
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Sunday, March 28, 2010
Aion: Asmodean Aether Gathering Guide - 100-199
The Aether Extraction marathon continues!
If you've come this far, you're hardcore. There's no doubt about it. Mining Aether is a chore, a labor of love. Taking it beyond 100 is going to test your patience all over again. No longer do you have the ability to switch channels to make nodes respawn instantly. No longer do you have the complete safety of the Fortress. It's entirely possible for Elyos to come ruin your day when you're casually sucking the life out of the skies.
The same basics apply here, but starting with the next segment, things will be getting a little more threatening. At this point you might want to consider at least waiting until level 25 to get your flight speed bonus. Nodes other than these will be in some really annoying areas, but doing nothing with full wing power is even worse. You could even wait until level 30 and get your new wings, but you'd have to suffer through that level range being forced to buy Aether Crystals if you wanted to craft solid gear for yourself. After all, this guide is about harvesting Aether, not buying it!
Welcome to 100-199 aether gathering. Got your lesser/normal/major wind serum stacks? Good. Let us begin.
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100-125
Simple spots, close to the ground. First is above the apothecary, the building west of the brokers. The next one you'll hit is directly behind the brokers to the south. You can rest on the Aether gate structure right next to it for quick resting. From there, head due west and you'll find a node above the banner structure with a lone guard. Loot it and rest next to the fortress flag. By now, you should be able to restart your circuit but if you need some more time to kill there is a level 75 node right behind you over the banner structure. You can still skill up on this into the 100s slightly, and you can never have enough aether of any type.
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125-150
A little bit higher. Start from atop the south middle gate, and look directly up. That will be Node #1 for you. Head northeast, land on the warehouse keeper's tent, and turn towards the middle of town facing directly up. Node #2 is right there. Now head to the northwest atop Aegir's command structure (the main campaign giver for Morheim) and look directly up. You'll see another 125 node, #3, and a 100 node. Loot the 100 if you need to kill some time, and repeat.
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150-175
Now you'll start using the Abyss Gate structure in the middle as your resting point since these nodes are going to be awfully high. To the northwest is your first point, above the stairs leading out of town. Rest on the blue outcropping and look directly south of where the first node was -- you'll see a 125 and a 150 in close proximity to each other. Grab both, and then way above the very same fortress flag you used before is the final 150 point. You can rest atop the gate there for easy access. Nothing to it, right? Try logging on non peak hours if competition is getting to you.
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175-199
Oddly enough, the easiest part. Just rest atop the abyss gate area once more, and grab the pictured note while facing northeast. From there, just like the picture, a quick trip northwest and that's another easily reached point. Circle around to the southeast and you'll see a node near where the blue outcropping joins up with the abyss gate. Easy node #3. Damn, why can't they all be this easy? If you're having trouble competing for those, you'll have to suck it up and fly to the far south and far north regions to get Aether nodes with no competition. Don't settle for that unless things are really overcrowded. Then you can try going to the Sky Temple and pick up the nodes barely off the ground, which are 175 skill. Put up a tent here if you do this, I sense you'll be here for a while in our next segment...
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With this all said and done, you now have to pay about ten times what you did to take Aether Extraction to the Greater level. Suck it up. You just harvested a couple hundred aether crystals and probably about 65 high grade. I think you can handle that, right? With that purchased, we'll see you in our next installment of Aether Gathering, where we dance around a volcano and things get really unsafe! May not be suitable for those under level 30! Get to grinding those levels out and I'll see you there!
If you've come this far, you're hardcore. There's no doubt about it. Mining Aether is a chore, a labor of love. Taking it beyond 100 is going to test your patience all over again. No longer do you have the ability to switch channels to make nodes respawn instantly. No longer do you have the complete safety of the Fortress. It's entirely possible for Elyos to come ruin your day when you're casually sucking the life out of the skies.
The same basics apply here, but starting with the next segment, things will be getting a little more threatening. At this point you might want to consider at least waiting until level 25 to get your flight speed bonus. Nodes other than these will be in some really annoying areas, but doing nothing with full wing power is even worse. You could even wait until level 30 and get your new wings, but you'd have to suffer through that level range being forced to buy Aether Crystals if you wanted to craft solid gear for yourself. After all, this guide is about harvesting Aether, not buying it!
Welcome to 100-199 aether gathering. Got your lesser/normal/major wind serum stacks? Good. Let us begin.
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100-125
Simple spots, close to the ground. First is above the apothecary, the building west of the brokers. The next one you'll hit is directly behind the brokers to the south. You can rest on the Aether gate structure right next to it for quick resting. From there, head due west and you'll find a node above the banner structure with a lone guard. Loot it and rest next to the fortress flag. By now, you should be able to restart your circuit but if you need some more time to kill there is a level 75 node right behind you over the banner structure. You can still skill up on this into the 100s slightly, and you can never have enough aether of any type.
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125-150
A little bit higher. Start from atop the south middle gate, and look directly up. That will be Node #1 for you. Head northeast, land on the warehouse keeper's tent, and turn towards the middle of town facing directly up. Node #2 is right there. Now head to the northwest atop Aegir's command structure (the main campaign giver for Morheim) and look directly up. You'll see another 125 node, #3, and a 100 node. Loot the 100 if you need to kill some time, and repeat.
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150-175
Now you'll start using the Abyss Gate structure in the middle as your resting point since these nodes are going to be awfully high. To the northwest is your first point, above the stairs leading out of town. Rest on the blue outcropping and look directly south of where the first node was -- you'll see a 125 and a 150 in close proximity to each other. Grab both, and then way above the very same fortress flag you used before is the final 150 point. You can rest atop the gate there for easy access. Nothing to it, right? Try logging on non peak hours if competition is getting to you.
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175-199
Oddly enough, the easiest part. Just rest atop the abyss gate area once more, and grab the pictured note while facing northeast. From there, just like the picture, a quick trip northwest and that's another easily reached point. Circle around to the southeast and you'll see a node near where the blue outcropping joins up with the abyss gate. Easy node #3. Damn, why can't they all be this easy? If you're having trouble competing for those, you'll have to suck it up and fly to the far south and far north regions to get Aether nodes with no competition. Don't settle for that unless things are really overcrowded. Then you can try going to the Sky Temple and pick up the nodes barely off the ground, which are 175 skill. Put up a tent here if you do this, I sense you'll be here for a while in our next segment...
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With this all said and done, you now have to pay about ten times what you did to take Aether Extraction to the Greater level. Suck it up. You just harvested a couple hundred aether crystals and probably about 65 high grade. I think you can handle that, right? With that purchased, we'll see you in our next installment of Aether Gathering, where we dance around a volcano and things get really unsafe! May not be suitable for those under level 30! Get to grinding those levels out and I'll see you there!
Aion: Asmodean Aether Gathering Guide - 1-100
300 Aether Powder in 2 hours or your money back!
Let's face it, Aether Gathering sucks early on. You have no wing power. You have no skill at all with gathering. Half of the time when you right click after gathering, you fail instantly and waste precious wing time. But no matter what you think about it, if you want to farm those precious crystals and the like that are needed for all good crafting recipes, you have to do it. Might as well start the suffering off here, with our 1-100 guide. I'll do my best to make it as painless as possible for you, that is, if you're Asmodian. If you're Elyos, you'll just have to experiment to find the best places possible!
Before you begin, I highly recommend that you purchase a good supply of Lesser Wind Serums at the least, and chug them as you lose wind. That means after 12 seconds of flight, you hit one, and then 24 seconds later, you drink another. You will go through them quickly, but they'll enable you to fully clean out nodes without having to stop for a rest. You can take your powder proceeds from this and turn them into lesser wind serum of your own to sell back, or use in your future quest for a higher standing. Wind Serums are a good general way to level Alchemy since the materials are in abundance from skill leveling, but we'll touch on that in a later guide.
The node you want isn't there? Switch channels! This can only be done in the 1-100 tier, but is a great way to ensure constant access to easily accessible nodes.
Don't get greedy! You will eat soul healing for breakfast if you don't mind your remaining time on your wings. Ditch the node and get to safety. If you absolutely have to, cut your wings off early in the case of not being able to make it. Hit them just before impact with the ground, or before you reach terminal velocity after about 8 seconds of free fall and you can then lessen your impact. Please, don't pancake. It's embarrassing.
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1-25
You can get started right in your backyard in Altgard Fortress. The best two spots for this, since it'll likely be contested, are right above the primary Campaign hut near the west gate, and above the potion supplier north of the east gate. The latter might even have a quest for you if you've never been there, by the way. Rest on the fortress walls between gathering runs.
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25-50
One major node in particular is atop the abyss gate structure in the fortress on the south side - you'll have a node right off the top of the rock. Loot it completely and change channels while your wings recover and repeat. Repetitive, but painless compared to the others.
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50-75
If you look to the north side of what you just did, you'll see a node north of the NPC on the jagged limb that requires 50 skill. You can do this much like 25-50, but you probably want a change of scenery. There's a node on the west side of Impetusium, barely off the the ground that requires 50 skill, and is very rarely camped or even touched to boot. Of course, you have to be tough enough to handle the enemies on the way there, so don't plan on tackling this part and above until at least level 15 if you plan on making the trek down there.
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75-100
Much like the 25-50 node and 50-75 node atop the Altgard Ice Lake, there is a node on the east side of the little outpost. Jump off the edge where the gargoyle is onto the outcropping, and run up it as high as you can. Note where you lose your footing and return to there after mining the node just to the south of the tip of the outcropping. You have the option of doing this in Morheim as well, but it's much better to get this out of the way so once you're done in Altgard, you can start obtaining the much more valuable Aether Crystals ASAP!
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Now that you've come this far, what are you going to do with a couple hundred aether powder? You could sell it, but the going rate wouldn't get you more than 50,000 kinah depending on your server. I'd recommend using it to level new trades with. Convert it with Morph Substance to iron ore, conide, or azpha and you can make some definite headway in a new trade in a hurry! What you decide to do is up to you, but one thing is for certain: You aren't stopping here! Once you hit 99, head to your Aether Gathering Master in Pandaemonium and shell out the cash for level 2, which is a little over ten thousand kinah. Trust me, it's pocket change compared to the next upgrades, which we'll touch on soon!
Let's face it, Aether Gathering sucks early on. You have no wing power. You have no skill at all with gathering. Half of the time when you right click after gathering, you fail instantly and waste precious wing time. But no matter what you think about it, if you want to farm those precious crystals and the like that are needed for all good crafting recipes, you have to do it. Might as well start the suffering off here, with our 1-100 guide. I'll do my best to make it as painless as possible for you, that is, if you're Asmodian. If you're Elyos, you'll just have to experiment to find the best places possible!
Before you begin, I highly recommend that you purchase a good supply of Lesser Wind Serums at the least, and chug them as you lose wind. That means after 12 seconds of flight, you hit one, and then 24 seconds later, you drink another. You will go through them quickly, but they'll enable you to fully clean out nodes without having to stop for a rest. You can take your powder proceeds from this and turn them into lesser wind serum of your own to sell back, or use in your future quest for a higher standing. Wind Serums are a good general way to level Alchemy since the materials are in abundance from skill leveling, but we'll touch on that in a later guide.
The node you want isn't there? Switch channels! This can only be done in the 1-100 tier, but is a great way to ensure constant access to easily accessible nodes.
Don't get greedy! You will eat soul healing for breakfast if you don't mind your remaining time on your wings. Ditch the node and get to safety. If you absolutely have to, cut your wings off early in the case of not being able to make it. Hit them just before impact with the ground, or before you reach terminal velocity after about 8 seconds of free fall and you can then lessen your impact. Please, don't pancake. It's embarrassing.
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1-25
You can get started right in your backyard in Altgard Fortress. The best two spots for this, since it'll likely be contested, are right above the primary Campaign hut near the west gate, and above the potion supplier north of the east gate. The latter might even have a quest for you if you've never been there, by the way. Rest on the fortress walls between gathering runs.
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25-50
One major node in particular is atop the abyss gate structure in the fortress on the south side - you'll have a node right off the top of the rock. Loot it completely and change channels while your wings recover and repeat. Repetitive, but painless compared to the others.
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50-75
If you look to the north side of what you just did, you'll see a node north of the NPC on the jagged limb that requires 50 skill. You can do this much like 25-50, but you probably want a change of scenery. There's a node on the west side of Impetusium, barely off the the ground that requires 50 skill, and is very rarely camped or even touched to boot. Of course, you have to be tough enough to handle the enemies on the way there, so don't plan on tackling this part and above until at least level 15 if you plan on making the trek down there.
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75-100
Much like the 25-50 node and 50-75 node atop the Altgard Ice Lake, there is a node on the east side of the little outpost. Jump off the edge where the gargoyle is onto the outcropping, and run up it as high as you can. Note where you lose your footing and return to there after mining the node just to the south of the tip of the outcropping. You have the option of doing this in Morheim as well, but it's much better to get this out of the way so once you're done in Altgard, you can start obtaining the much more valuable Aether Crystals ASAP!
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Now that you've come this far, what are you going to do with a couple hundred aether powder? You could sell it, but the going rate wouldn't get you more than 50,000 kinah depending on your server. I'd recommend using it to level new trades with. Convert it with Morph Substance to iron ore, conide, or azpha and you can make some definite headway in a new trade in a hurry! What you decide to do is up to you, but one thing is for certain: You aren't stopping here! Once you hit 99, head to your Aether Gathering Master in Pandaemonium and shell out the cash for level 2, which is a little over ten thousand kinah. Trust me, it's pocket change compared to the next upgrades, which we'll touch on soon!
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