When Can I Start Rank 3?
When you
- Have Cleared Archer Rank 2
- Are at least Level 20 as an Archer
Archer Hunting Log Rank 3 Targets
Reward:
20,000Reward:
6,300Stoneshell
Number Required: 4
I bet you can’t work out what these creatures’ primary defence is, can you?! Thankfully, even if someone else is clearing their Hunting Log Rank 3 at the same time as you, there are loads of Stoneshells for you here.
Region/Area
Upper La Noscea: OakwoodNearest Aetheryte
Upper La Noscea: Camp Bronze Lake (Fly or take the boat to Oakwood) and Western La Noscea: Aleport
Reward:
6,500Diseased Treant
Number Required: 3
I don’t know if there’s a FFXIV quest that explains why there are Diseased Treants in the Bramble Patch, but I do kind of want to know! The coordinates below are vague because, so long as you stick within the main part of the Patch, you’ll be able to find enough Treants by using your eyes! They are huge.
Involved in FATE
Region/Area
East Shroud: The Bramble PatchNearest Aetheryte
East Shroud: The Hawthorn Hut
Reward:
6,700Forest Yarzon
Number Required: 5
Forest Yarzons seem especially creepy at night when the moon is shining. With that encouragement in mind, you’ll find this particular breed of ugliness en route to Fool Falls, not far from some Coeurls. Also, while Camp Bronze Lake is theoretically nearer, if you’re close to being on-level, then Aleport is much easier.
Region/Area
Upper La Noscea: OakwoodNearest Aetheryte
Upper La Noscea: Bronze Lake
Jumping Djigga
Number Required: 2
What a beautiful, buggy source of disease! I can’t imagine why you’d be asked to kill a number of this poisonous death-bringers, can you? The Jumping Djigga does as its name implies – it jumps and flutters from place-to-place, rather than actually flying.
This breed of insect is found in the Bramble Patch, but not the area you initially arrive in. Take the North-West path (on the map it’s the path that’s parallel to the one for the Sanctum of the Twelve).
Region/Area
East Shroud: The Bramble PatchNearest Aetheryte
East Shroud: The Hawthorn Hut
Overgrown Offering
Number Required: 2
There’s probably a quest somewhere around here that explains who these Overgrown Offerings are for or to. Suffice to say that they won’t exactly be willing sacrifices. Also, as an Archer you need only find and defeat/impale/kill/squash two of them.
Overgrown Offering Location
These can be found to the West of Quarrymill. Or, more accurately, North-East of Buscarron’s Druthers. They’re not difficult to spot, what with being “overgrown” and all that.
Region/Area
South Shroud: Upper PathsNearest Aetheryte
South Shroud: Quarrymill
Yarzon Scavenger
Number Required: 4
The Yarzon Scavenger is described in the Hunting Log as being in the Footfalls. The problem is that’s a huge area. To find this particular breed of six-legged freaks, head North past Vesper Bay. Continue North until you come to the murky area and the Yarzons are right there as you emerge from the tunnel.
If Laughing Toads are on one of your hunting logs at rank 3, then these are in the same area, just further in.
Region/Area
Western Thanalan: the Footfalls (Parata's Peace)Nearest Aetheryte
Western Thanalan: Horizon
Reward:
6,900Redbelly Sharpeye
Number Required: 5
Okay Archer, it’s time to hunt the hunter. A Redbelly Sharpeye wields a bow as you do, but hopefully not as well. That is true, yes? Can anyone even remember why they’re called red-bellies? At least the Coeurlclaw Cutters made sense! Anyhow, distractions aside (I have a short attention span), the Sharpeyes can be found – and this will come as a complete shock – near the Redbelly Hive!
So, that makes them bees, I guess?
I’ve put coordinates below, but the map is easier to follow. On top of that, you can spy a small Redbelly campsite. Though, be warned, other classes of Redbelly may join in the “fun”.
Region/Area
South Shroud: Silent ArborNearest Aetheryte
South Shroud: Quarrymill
Reward:
7,100Banemite
Number Required: 5
Do you remember dear Archer, those heady days of the Miteling? Well, scaled those up a few times, add a poisonous tail and you have a Banemite. Lucky you! These spider-come-scorpion creatures can be found by heading out of Fallgourd Float by the western exit and they are mostly in two “pockets”, approximately
- X:16.5, Y:26.0
- X:18.0, Y:25.0
Region/Area
North Shroud: Alder SpringsNearest Aetheryte
North Shroud: Fallgourd Float
Reward:
7,600Chasm Buzzard
Number Required: 5
As if the crossing from Highbridge wasn’t dangerous enough (the FATEs there feel like they’re always on), a beautiful flock of blue birds waits for you on the other side. The aggressive Chasm Buzzard at least sticks with the others in one group, making them easier to pick off. It’s just annoying that the journey from Camp Drybone is soooo long.
Region/Area
Eastern Thanalan: Wellwick WoodNearest Aetheryte
Eastern Thanalan: Camp Drybone
Reward:
8,600Sandskin Peiste
Number Required: 5
Until I went in search of a Sandskin Peiste or five, I had not realised quite how large an area they lived in. These tall, scaley lizards can be found North-West, North and North East of Little Ala Mhigo. The bonus is, if someone else is also attacking them for their own hunting log, you can just calmly go someplace else. You’re not the only adventurer after all.
Peistes in FATEs
Region/Area
Southern Thanalan: Broken WaterNearest Aetheryte
Southern Thanalan: Little Ala Mhigo
Reward:
9,100Ziz
Number Required: 5
There are many similarly-named creatures in FFXIV, but this is the One True Ziz. Or so it likes to think, anyway. These can be found mostly below ground level in Alder Springs and are due South-West of the Banemites. I think I found one on ground-level, but the rest were below – at least when I was mapping them.
Ziz in FATE
Region/Area
North Shroud: Alder SpringsNearest Aetheryte
North Shroud: Fallgourd Float
Reward:
9,700Toadstool
Number Required: 5
Whoopee. another semi-sentient mushroom-like enemy. Like the Faerie Funguar and the Funguar, the purple-capped Toadstool likes to pretend.
If you look carefully, sometimes you can see it opening one eye while it’s in “toadstool stance”! I believe one of the earlier justifications for clearing these out is the rate they spread their spores. Find your own excuse to destroy five creatures of nature, Archer!
Involved in FATE
Region/Area
Central Shroud: Sorrel HavenNearest Aetheryte
New Gridania: Take the White Wolf Gate
Reward:
10,000Apkallu
Number Required: 5
Apkallu are cute birds that provide eggs and down for crafting and spit fish to interrupt you. Thankfully as an Archer (or maybe even Bard by now), that shouldn’t massively affect you.
I’m not sure why you need to kill some of them – maybe like seagulls in our own cities they’ve become pests. I mean, there are a lot them. Or maybe it’s the fish-spitting, which is kinda gross.
Apkallu Location
You can find them on – and near – the road from Eastern to Lower La Noscea. However, there is also a convenient rock that a few always gather on. That makes it easy to clear this stage of the Conjurer Hunting Log Rank 3. The rock’s coordinates are below.
Region/Area
Eastern La Noscea: BloodshoreNearest Aetheryte
Eastern La Noscea: Costa del Sol
Total EXP Available
- Total EXP for All Levels: 78,800
- EXP Clearing Rank 3: 20,000
- TOTAL: 98,800
Note, this excludes any EXP gained for defeating the individual enemies.
When Can I Start Hunting Log Rank 4?
Once:
- You have cleared Rank 3, and
- Reach at least Level 30 as an Archer.
TL;DR FFXIV Archer Hunting Log Rank 3, Nailed!
From the beauty of the Twelveswood, to the deepest parts of the Sagolii desert then to more attractive sands of the Costa del Sol, the Archer Hunting Log Rank 3 makes you travel! But a certain Wandering Minstrel would argue that moving around is the nature of a Bard. That is your next step, in fact! I’ll be back to complete the Rank 4 guide soon. I already have eleven out of the sixteen targets in my database. So, stay tuned and enjoy your time in FFXIV!
