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Happy New Year 2017/Guide
This is a copy of last years guide!!! Add Info as it comes!!!
The Basics
Welcome to the Year of the Rooster!!!
As with every year a herd of this year's animal on the Chinese Zodiac parade through the open fields bringing good luck and prizes! Follow the Chocobos around and trade them any random item to get a random buff and prizes.
Although not required to get prizes, there are starter npcs: Bunta in Bastok Markets (E-10), Jeanparmand in Northern San d'Oria (D-8), and Pyru-Copyru in Port Windurst (B-4).
NPCs: Smiling Chocobo / Felicitous Chocobo / Elated Cockatrice / Mirthful Hatchling
Trading items of particular interest to the chocobo may reward you with even more valuable spoils.
- Gysahl Greens - Gave new Chocobo costume first trade
- Gausebit Grass -Gave new Chocobo costume first trade
- Azouph Greens - Gave new Chocobo costume first trade
- Stamina Apple - Gave new Chocobo costume first trade
- San d'Orian Carrot - Gave Cait Sith Carving first trade
- Speed Apple - Nothing
- Grauberg Greens - Nothing
- Vomp Carrot -
- Zegham Carrot -
- Just keep trading things to Smiling Chocobo for the body.
- Add info here
Among the prizes is the traditional New Year treat:
This food lasts 3 Hours. Visiting Parike-Poranke at Lower Jeuno (H-8) outside the Merry Minstrel Meadhouse is a good idea. (He removes food effects.)
When used, you will get the message:
"Player eats a Galette des Rois, but finds nothing inside...",
or,
"Player eats a Galette des Rois. Player finds an item inside!"
- Possible Reward Items (in alphabetical order):
The flock of chocobos can be found prancing through: (Wide Scan is a good idea)
- East Sarutabaruta
- West Sarutabaruta
- East Ronfaure
- West Ronfaure
- North Gustaberg
- South Gustaberg
- Tahrongi Canyon
- La Theine Plateau
- Konschtat Highlands
- Valkurm Dunes
- Qufim Island
- Meriphataud Mountains
- Jugner Forest
- Pashhow Marshlands
- Sauromugue Champaign
- Batallia Downs
- Rolanberry Fields
- Yuhtunga Jungle
- Yhoator Jungle
- Beaucedine Glacier
- Xarcabard
- The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah
- Western Altepa Desert
- Eastern Altepa Desert
- Buburimu Peninsula
New This Year!!!
Previous Years Prizes
Last Year's
- Cait Sith Carving can be gotten by trading the chocobos items they like.
- Synergizing (no skill required) a Snowman Cap with a Brilliant Snow will yield a Frosty Cap.
Ake-Ome Spirit
- A Monstrosity item that unlocks the species called
New Year Mandragora (MON). See also: Ake and Ome.
- A Monstrosity item that unlocks the species called
- Talk to Ake or Ome next to the Odyssean Passage.
- Talking to either while in possession of the Ake-Ome Spirit will give you a costume.
Purchasable at the Holiday Moogle Stands for 777-10,000 gil:
New Year's Gift
Talk to one of the Event Starter NPCs in the 3 nations. Bring any one of the kinds of New Year's Gifts to the Event Starter NPC and choose the second option to obtain the Battledore.
- Bunta, Bastok Markets (E-10)
- Jeanparmand, Northern San d'Oria (D-8)
- Pyru-Copyru, Port Windurst (B-4)
- You need to speak with the event starters to trade the item in, even if you have already obtained a New Year's Gift.
Options:
- Let you ask Grandpa a question.
- Give you something from my pocket. (Choose this one)
- Tell you more about Grandpa.
- After obtaining the Battledore, on subsequent trades you will receive fireworks when selecting option 2.
- Note: If you trade the New Year's Gift back, or you "use" the Gift, you will receive a special buff for one hour depending on which language it is written in.
Copy of "Hoary Spire"
- Equip the Battledore and board the Windurst-Jeuno Airship. Travel may originate in either Windurst or Jeuno for this portion of the event.
- Locate the NPC Dilauriome on the West side of the upper deck. Talk to Dilauriome while having the Battledore equipped. Bring him two Black Ink and one Bast Parchment to obtain Copy of "Hoary Spire".
Transfer from Starlight Festival!!! Moogles vs. Goblins?!
Direct copy from Starlight Celebration guide. Make changes as needed!!!
You heard the Moogles! Grab your Caver's Shovel and saddle up; it's time to trample those Goblins in a race to the cards! Search high and low for the Overturned Soil outside of the nation cities in order to unearth the cards of fortune! But don't forget to bring your friends, because for every extra party member you have, you'll find +1 random card in each spot they've been hidden! Once you've gotten the right cards, return to the Moogles to reap your merry holiday bounty!
- Don't actually need a Caver's Shovel. That was just in the official story.
The moogles are found in the following locations:
- Windurst Waters near exit to West Sarutabaruta
- Windurst Woods near exit to East Sarutabaruta
- Southern San d'Oria (K-9)
- Northern San d'Oria (D-8)
- Bastok Markets in front of the fountain.
- Bastok Mines (I-9), next to Christina.
- They are next to the token moogles.
Card Combinations
Trade in the following cards combos to the Event Moogle for the corresponding rewards and gifts!
Initial Three
The initial three combo bestows upon you a fantastical new stove (one from Bastok, San d'Oria and Windurst!) for your cozy Mog House! Just in time for the cold, Winter nights too!
From Bastok:
Kanonenofen
From San d'Oria
Poele Classique
From Windurst:
Pot Topper
Secondary Three
The secondary three combo adds a dazzling new belt with audacious, mooglerific motif to your already-festive raiment (they have mystic transformation abilities too)! Wear it while you help your friends for a +2 to your "In Your Face Goblins!" job trait!
From Bastok:
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From San d'Oria:
Rabbit Belt
From Windurst:
Mandragora Belt
Straight Seven
The straight seven combo is the ultimate combination you can make with the cards of fortune, and for good reason too! Turning in all seven cards at once is going to score you a marvelous piece of attire that'll not only keep your neck warm against the frosty weather, but spirit you away to any one of the three starter nations within the blink of an eye!
~ Found all 7 cards in South Gustaberg. The Moogle twice picked out 3 of the 7 cards and gave me the 2 Bastok items. the belt and the furnishing and left the other 4 cards in my inventory. Only received the Chocobo Stables Medal for Bastok after I had all 7 again and after I had the other 2 items for Bastok.
From Bastok:
From San d'Oria
From Windurst:
Cards
You can get all cards from one area. The Goblins will run towards where the cards are so following them can allow you to find the next card spawn area. However, because they are on chocobos, without movement speed (such as flee) you will quickly be left behind if they are running far away.
Additionally, each zone seems to have preferences for which cards drop with which frequency. At the time of writing, the people I have been doing this with have not tested any zones outside of the initial 3 starter areas (Ronfaure, Gustaberg, and Sarutabaruta). Because of this, we are unsure if the cards dropped are affected by geographical ownership or based on Conquest ownership. However, since the 3 starter zones change hands only rarely this information will maintain its truth in most situations.
Ronfaure: High drop rates on Bishamon Card and Daikoku Card. Rare card was Benten Card.
La Theine Plateau: High Daikoku Card, Bishamon Card, Hotei Card drop rates.
Jugner Forest: High Bishamon Card, Hotei Card, Jurojin Card, and Benten Card drop rates. VERY low Daikoku Card or others at all.
Gustaberg: High drop rates of Bishamon Card and Benten Card. Rare card was Daikoku Card.
Sarutabaruta: High drop rates of Benten Card and Daikoku Card. Rare card was Bishamon Card.
Because of this, it is efficient (especially if working towards the items with friends) to move between areas if you aren't having luck with the "rare cards" in a specific zone. Ebisu Card is rare everywhere!
"Overturned Soil"
Goblin Riders and Fablinix are in every area listed above and are competing with you to find "Overturned Soil." When they dig at one it will vanish, so be fast!
- Being in a party will increase cards dropped by "overturned soil" by the number of members.
- "Overturned soil" can occasionally spawn the Wayward Worm who will immediately cast Bind or Bindga.(Wayward Worm can be attacked but not killed and does not attack but depops after spell is cast.)
- Although the goblins are on a Chocobo , "Overturned soil" cannot be examined while on a mount.
- Movement Speed of some type helps, as well as some way to erase bind if you get a worm. A pet, like Carbuncle, will auto-attack (but not kill the worm, as it can't be killed) and stop it from binding you. Also, having Wide Scan to track the Goblin Riders helps a lot.
Source entry: Happy New Year 2017/Guide. Cached on this server on 3 November 2026.