I'm getting a large number of individuals whispering me in game about grind locations, so I've decided to make a thread about it as it would be more accessible information, and allow me to suffer less pm spam. Anyways, here's a quick thread outlining a few key details and locations for various purposes.
In general, the provided level ranges are not exact, feel free to go wherever you please. This list acts more of a guide as to the possible grind locations.
Other general notes
- Mobs in edo experience a large jump in both difficulty and experience
- Magatama drop rates are low
- Ryou grind spots assume the use of kanmon magatama
Feel free to move forwards more quickly if you are confident.
Things to (conditionally) avoid
Ankan Forest - This is a noobtrap. While you do get fast exp, you miss out on a tonne of weapons that you could normally obtain elsewise. The reason that I tell people to farm gedoumaru for such an extensive amount of time is so that they could be ready, with level 30+ weapons for when they need to farm Yakumo. Farming ankan instead of gedoumaru will result in your character being especially weak, and unable to start Yakumo as fast as they otherwise could. The only time to start this dungeon is when you have two +50 weapons from gedoumaru that have good skills.
Hermit Crab Grotto- Also nubtrap. Lots of people from this server have habitually grinded there for exp, when that's honestly not what its for. Its horribly slow compared to estate. It offers itself as an alternative to Yakumo when grinding for ryou, and even then, its inferior unless you have 4 people who can one shot anything in the dungeon due to repair costs and travel time.
Following this will allow you to progress smoothly through the levels for the most part, as you will be getting weapons along with exp, but you don't have to follow it exactly.
The core strategy behind this is fairly straight forward, but if you have any questions, feel free to post below, and I will get right to your questions.
