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FFXI Beginner’s Clamming Guide

Mar 18, 2009 FFXI|1,154views

What is clamming?

Clamming is searching the beach for items as I understand it, you need a clamming kit to do so and go dig up stuff, it can be both trilling and frustrating, this guide explains why.

Where can I clam?

You can clam at an isle called Purgonorgo Isle, it�s a area that is a part of Bibiki Bay.

To enter Bibiki Bay you need to go to Buburimu Peninsula. Go to Khoonia Dunes at G-10 there is a �secret� path find that and go trough it to second beach after that find F-10 where there is a cave zone to Bibiki Bay. If you don�t have a map of Bibiki Bay you can buy one in Mhaura from map vendor Ludwig at H-9.

Bibiki Bay has aggroing mobs so ride a Chocobo to be safe if you are below level 45 or you can use sneak for sea creatures in there and invis for gobs (only few gobs where we are going)

Now when you are in Bibiki Bay go to Sunset Dock at H-7. There you will find a mithra at the dock who sells Manaclipper tickets. One costs 80gil; a multi ticket with 10 uses costs 500gil. Now wait for Manaclipper to arrive, it don�t necessarily take you to Purgonorgo Isle at first trip but if not you will go there at second trip.

On Manaclipper there are different mobs. Most won’t agro but be careful if you fish, you may catch a NM level 75 called Harajnite or Cyclopean Conch, these mobs have bad area of effect gas and can kill a level 51 player easy without Poisona.

Ok now to the fun part, we are now in Purgonorgo Isle a pretty Hawaii-like place with a pretty beach, sand, water and some black mandys.

When you arrive talk to the Mithra Toh Zonikki at position H-7 she will offer you a clamming kit for 500gil but just a loan.

Now follow the beach a little bit from NPC and find a clamming point, you click on it and dig for an item. Every item has a weight, if you put too many items in the bucket it will break and the items will be lost. Weight is measured in so-called Ponzes.

If you manage to get close to 50-100-150-200 etc you can go to Toh Zonikki chose �I am all clammed out� and she will offer a bigger bucket that can hold more weight and maybe a more expensive item can be found.

To get a 100 ponzes bucket you need a weight of 45-50

To get a 150 ponzes bucket you need a weight of 95-100

To get a 200 ponzes bucket you need a weight of 145-150

To get a 250 ponzes bucket you need a weight of 195-200 (I think but have only managed to get a bucket for 200 ponzes)

Every item has a different weight so here is a list of their weights. You simply calculate what you find and stop if you get in range for a new bucket. You can also lose items if you overfill your bucket, so this is an art of luck.

If you have the Gillet+1 and Trunks+1 you will have an edge because it has these two stats.

Trunks+1 = Improves clamming result.

Gillet + 1 = Reduces clamming �incidents�

The way to obtain +1 beach cloth is to do the quest for them in another city then the one you gained your normal trunks + gillet.

That�s my guide, you all have fun clamming. Below here you can find the list of items, it is not complete but feel free to add more in forum if you find it.

Igneous Rock = 35 ponzes (These suckers can be bad.)
Bibiki slug = 3 ponzes
Bibiki urchin = 6 ponzes
Fish scales = 6 ponzes
Broken willow fishing rod = 6 ponzes
Shell shell = 6 ponzes
Petrified log = 6 ponzes
Crab shell = 6 ponzes
Pantam kelp = 6 ponzes
Pebble = 7 ponzes
Maple log = 6 ponzes
Jacknife = 11 ponzes
Hobgoblin bread = 6 ponzes
Hobgoblin pie = 6 ponzes
Goblin Armour = 6 ponzes
Goblin mail = 6 ponzes
Rock salt = 6 ponzes
H.Q Pugil scales = 6 ponzes