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Progression

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Forget what you know about retail progression on the Relaunch server. Story missions still exist, but the real path through the game runs through the Hunting League — a custom rank-based NM hunting system that drives both gear acquisition and endgame challenge.

Summary

Level to 99 (a couple of hours with 3× mob EXP / 3× scripted), type !hunt to warp to Escha ZiTah, find the Hunt Seals and Spawner NPCs, pop NMs, earn Hunt Marks, unlock the next rank, buy endgame gear. Repeat through 5 ranks until you take down Shinryu at the top.

Currencies at a glance

the Relaunch server layers a handful of custom currencies on top of gil. Here's what each one is, how you earn it, and where it's spent:

Currency How you earn it Where you spend it
Hunt Marks Killing Hunting League NMs (15–120 per kill by rank — see the ladder below), Weekly Hunts, and the Wave Master Hunt Hub reward shop — rank unlocks, seals, and Sortie job earrings
Seals (Bronze / Silver / Gold) Bought with Hunt Marks at the Seals NPC Armor & Weapons vendors at Escha ZiTah
AF / Relic / Empy Marks Killing Sky God / Unity / Abyssea NMs Reforge system — upgrade AF/Relic/Empy armor from base to +3
Infamy Endgame content — Abyssea NM hunts, Invasions, and the weekly Raid Infamy Vendor — relic weapons, instruments & best-in-slot gear; also unlocks the Augment Sage
Gil Quests (100× rate), crafting, and drops Auction House, NPC vendors, consumables

The Hunting League at a glance

The system has two NPCs side-by-side in Escha ZiTah:

NPC Purpose
Hunt: Seals Shows your rank and Hunt Marks. Unlock the next rank. Visit the reward shop.
Hunt: Spawner Spawns the current rank's NMs on demand. No mob_spawn_points needed — they appear in front of you.

Currency: Hunt Marks (carried as a character variable, not an inventory item).

Cooldown: None — you can spawn the next NM as soon as the previous one is dead.

Anti-stack: If an NM of the same type is already alive, the Spawner won't let you pop another.

Tier gating: Kill credit only counts if your rank is at or above the mob's tier — no skipping ahead.

How it works in 6 steps

  1. Type !hunt in chat. You'll warp directly to Escha ZiTah and land next to the Hunt Seals — no map navigation required.
  2. Talk to Hunt: Spawner (right next to the Seals).
  3. Pick an NM from your current rank's list.
  4. The NM appears at the spawn point. Engage and kill it (you must land the killing blow, or be the player credited as killer).
  5. Hunt Marks land in your character variable instantly. You'll see a system message.
  6. Back to Hunt: Seals to unlock the next rank or spend marks at the reward shop.

The Ranks

Each rank has 3 NMs to hunt. You can repeatedly kill the same NM to farm marks. Higher ranks have tougher targets but pay more per kill.

Rank I - Initiate

Unlock cost: 0 Hunt Marks · Hunt Marks per kill: 15

NM Points
Leaping Lizzy 15
Valkurm Emperor 15
Tom Tit Tat 15

Rank II - Hunter

Unlock cost: 150 Hunt Marks · Hunt Marks per kill: 28

NM Points
Roc 28
Bomb Queen 28
Aquarius 28

Rank III - Elite

Unlock cost: 650 Hunt Marks · Hunt Marks per kill: 45

NM Points
Serket 45
Vrtra 45
Simurgh 45

Rank IV - Champion

Unlock cost: 1500 Hunt Marks · Hunt Marks per kill: 75

NM Points
Nidhogg 75
King Behemoth 75
Kirin 75

Rank V - Legend

Unlock cost: 3000 Hunt Marks

NM Points
Absolute Virtue 100
Pandemonium Warden 100
Shinryu 120

Rank V notes

Shinryu at Rank V is the explicit gear-check — Lv99 with 72× HP, +2420 DEF, +10800 ATT. Bring a party. Leaping Lizzy at Rank I is the starter benchmark: Lv99, 5× HP, +2700 ATT, and +520 DEF.

The Reward Shop

Spend Hunt Marks at the Seals NPC. The shop is paginated (3 items per page). Inventory must have a free slot or the purchase fails.

The reward shop is organized into 1 categories — 3 purchasable entries in all, every price in Hunt Marks. The Seals category converts marks into the Bronze/Silver/Gold seals you spend at the Armor and Weapons vendors, while the Sortie categories sell job earrings. The full per-item earring list lives on the Gear Vendors page.

Category Items Cost each (Hunt Marks)
Seals 3 5–40

Approximate full clear: 5,300 marks for rank unlocks + ~5,500+ marks for every shop item.

  1. Orient yourself at the hub. Every custom NPC stands together on Purgonorgo Isle (!hub) — the economy row (Hunt Board, Gil Exchange, Sparks Exchange, Race Changer, Home Point) and the endgame row (Apex Trials, Prime Armory, Colosseum, Infamy Vendor, Augment Sage) side by side, plus the Test Dummy for DPS testing. !leaf and !lib are the two aliases that land you there too.
  2. Hit level 99. Use FoV books, ROE, trust grinding, or EXP rings. With 3× mob EXP and 3× scripted EXP, expect an afternoon.
  3. Warp to Escha ZiTah with !hunt. The command drops you right at the Seals and Spawner NPCs.
  4. Start Rank I - Initiate. Pop any of the three NMs from the Spawner: Leaping Lizzy, Valkurm Emperor, Tom Tit Tat. Each kill pays 15 Hunt Marks. Grind until you have 150 Hunt Marks to unlock Rank II — talk to the Seals NPC to advance.
  5. Pick up Weekly Hunt objectives. Visit the Weekly Hunt Board at Purgonorgo Isle (!hub) or type !weekly for a status check. Five random objectives roll fresh each Monday. Sweeping all 5 objectives in a single week pays a 5,000 Hunt Marks meta-bonus on top of the per-objective rewards. Completing these adds a big mark income boost alongside your regular NM grind.
  6. Push through Rank II - Hunter and Rank III - Elite. Rank II unlocks at 150 Hunt Marks spent; each kill pays 28 Hunt Marks (Roc, Bomb Queen, Aquarius). Rank III unlocks at 650 Hunt Marks — kills pay 45 Hunt Marks (Serket, Vrtra, Simurgh). Use accumulated marks to buy core BiS accessories: Brutal Earring, Epona’s Ring, Rajas Ring, Suppanomimi, etc.
  7. Try Game Master wave challenges in Escha Ru'Aun. Use !wavemaster to warp there and talk to the Game Master NPC. Start with Easy difficulty: 3 waves, 1 mob per wave, manageable for a geared solo player. Full clear pays 25 Hunt Marks. Harder difficulties (Normal / Hard / Insane) pay progressively more marks and unlock tougher wave pools.
  8. Unlock Rank IV - Champion and Rank V - Legend. Rank IV costs 1500 Hunt Marks total spent; kills pay 75 Hunt Marks (Nidhogg, King Behemoth, Kirin). Rank V costs 3000 Hunt Marks total spent — endgame kills pay 100 Hunt Marks (Absolute Virtue, Pandemonium Warden, Shinryu). Rank V is the gear-check wall. Bring a party.
  9. Start the Reforge track. Farm Sky Gods, Unity NMs, and Abyssea NMs for AF Marks, Relic Marks, and Empy Marks. These currencies feed the Reforge system to upgrade your AF/Relic/Empy armor to +1 / +2 / +3 tiers. Type !huntrank to check your current Hunting League rank and overall progress.
  10. Augment your gear. Visit the Augment Moogle at Purgonorgo Isle (!hub) to add random stats to equipment. For passive endgame bonuses, earn enough Infamy to unlock the Augment Sage — right beside the Moogle — Infamy comes from apex Escha - Ru'Aun NMs, Scheduled Invasions, and the weekly Raid. The Sage applies permanent stat bonuses outside the normal augment RNG.

Where retail content still matters

The Hunting League is the main game now, but retail content still has a role:

Content Why it's still worth doing
Crafting 1× skill-up and 2× HQ multipliers make it lucrative. Sell to fund consumables.
ROE 3× ROE EXP, no weekly sparks cap. Quick way to add to your Hunt Marks income.

What's NOT here

  • Retail Hunt Registry (the LSB NPC version in cities) is also in the world but isn't the primary system. It uses a different currency (scylds, capped at 1000) and pays out evoliths in retail — on this server it's secondary.
  • Limit Break / subjob / advanced job quests — not needed, all unlocked at creation.
  • Fishing — disabled server-wide.

Tips

  • Bring a party for Rank IV–V. Tier 4 NMs (Kirin, King Behemoth, Nidhogg) are doable solo with strong gear. Tier 5 — especially Shinryu — is a real raid boss.
  • Save marks. Don't blow your first 150 on a Fotia Gorget if you haven't unlocked Rank III yet. Get the rank unlocks first; the gear stays available.
  • Tier-gating cuts both ways. If you stand around in Escha ZiTah while someone else pops a higher-tier NM, you won't get credit unless you've unlocked that rank.

Last updated: 2026-08-28 08:15 PDT