FFXIV Yo-Kai Event

Last night we continued with our adventures in Schitt’s Creek, and instead of working on the Shaman in World of Warcraft I decided to spend some time in Final Fantasy XIV. Right now there is an event going on that crosses over with Yo-Kai Watch, a thing that I know next to nothing about other than the fact that the toys did not sell here at all and are available in mos Dollar Tree stores. I’ve always sort of assumed it was Pokemon but instead creepy ghosts? This is not the first time we have had this event in XIV, but the last time around I was apparently not paying any attention.

Participation is really simple, which is in part why I am interested in joining in the nonsense this time around. Essentially you complete a quest, get a wrist item and then doing FATEs while wearing that wrist item allows you to collect Yo-Kai medals. You can turn these in for very unique minions or weapons that are seemingly themed after the series. I apparently accepted the quest last time around but never turned in it… which lead to a lot of confusion when I first logged in trying to figure out how to get started. One thing of note… the event specifically calls out certain areas of the game with eligible fates.

• La Noscea
• The Black Shroud
• Thanalan
• All Heavensward Zones
• All Stormblood Zones

Essentially it seems like they specifically ruled out Mor Dhona and Coerthas Central Highlands which I guess makes sense given that those specifically are common FATE grind spots.

I spent a chunk of last night low key doing FATEs in The Fringes, largely because it was easy to zone out from Rhalgr’s Reach. However it seems like a lot of people had that idea and I even bumped into my good friend Jess while leveling out there as well. I collected enough medals for seven of the seventeen pets and got all of level 73 on my Red Mage while running around. I am not sure how far I will make it but it does provide an interesting reason to be in Final Fantasy XIV, which had been something I was admittedly lacking. I’ve not done any of the 5.3 story, so in theory at some point over the weekend that will happen as well.

Miss Kaiyoko Star created an excellent infographic outlining what zones need to be done for the various weapons. It seems like the numbers of things needed has been reduced from the last time the event was run. I remember there being an escalating scale that took awhile to cap out, but now it just seems like you get 1 cheap minion and 1 cheap weapon and then all addition after that are at a fixed cost. So if my math is correct 49 medals for all of the minions and then significantly more complicated situation for the weapons given that they require you to do FATEs in a specific zone with a specific minion. However that all adds up to 165 legendary medals.

If nothing else it does serve as a good opportunity to level some more jobs. Right now I have Warrior, Samurai and Bard at the level cap and I’ve most recently been working on the Red Mage. About and hour and a half of running FATEs earned me a level, and I have a feeling that is probably going to be about the case going forward. FATEs are not a fast way to get levels, but they are a reliable and consistent one… and require just about the right level of interaction for sitting and watching something on Netflix.