Way of the Archer

Way of the Archer

Quest giver

Athelyna

Location

New Gridania (X:15, Y:12)

Class

Archer

Level

1

Experience

 100

Gil

 0

Next quest

My First Bow
Training with Leih

“

Athelyna wishes you to reaffirm your desire to join the Archers' Guild.

— In-game description

Rewards

• 1   Weathered Shortbow
• 5   Braised Pipira

Important Differences

If starting the game as an Archer, your next quest will be Training with Leih. If you started as a different class and picked up Archer as an extra class, then My First Bow will be next. As a result this will affect what steps you need to take and what your Journal will look like.

Started as Other Class

Steps

• Speak to Athelyna and select "So You Want to Be an Archer."
• Speak to Athelyna again.
• Speak to Luciane for your reward.

Journal

• Athelyna wishes you to reaffirm your desire to join the Archers' Guild.
• You have been referred to Luciane, the master of the Archers' Guild. Seek her out in the rear chamber.
• Luciane teaches you that an archer must be able to identify and exploit the enemy's weakness. To this end, the guild seeks to instill a discerning eye within its members. Equip the Weathered Shortbow Luciane has gifted you, and speak to her once more to be assigned your first trial.
• ※The next archer quest will be available from Luciane upon reaching level 5.

Started as Archer

Steps

• Go southeast out of New Gridania through the Blue Badger Gate exit to the Central Shroud.
• Slay 3 Ground Squirrels.
• Slay 3 Little Ladybugs.
• Slay 3 Forest Funguars.
• Return to New Gridania, and the Archers' Guild.
• Speak to Luciane for your reward.

Journal

• You have been referred to Luciane, the master of the Archers' Guild. Seek her out in the rear chamber.
• Luciane wishes to test your fitness to join the Archers' Guild. Take yourself outside the city and slay three squirrels, three ladybugs, and three funguars.
• You have succeeded in slaying the specified creatures. Report back to Luciane at the Archers' Guild.
• Having successfully completed the trial, Luciane names you a member of the Archers' Guild. She encourages you to practice proper technique, loosing arrow after arrow until the movement becomes second nature.
• ※The next archer quest will be available from Luciane upon reaching level 5.

Dialogue

If you started as an Archer

Athelyna: Greetings, friend. You have found your way to the Archers' Guild. Do you seek to uncover the secrets of our art?

Athelyna: Ah, now that I think on it, you have the look of one who has received Mother Miounne's “gentle” instruction. Very well, I shall give you a brief introduction to archery and the Archers' Guild.

Athelyna: The skills practiced by our archers allow them to gauge an enemy's weaknesses from afar, and turn the tide of a battle with a single, well-placed arrow. Should you join us, you will be taught to do the same.

Athelyna: Archery as practiced in Gridania was born of two distinct styles of bowmanship.

Athelyna: The first was devised by the longbow sentries of the Elezen who once ruled the lowlands, while the second belonged to the shortbow hunters of the formerly nomadic Miqo'te. As you will doubtless be aware, both races ultimately came to call the Twelveswood home.

Athelyna: Though the two peoples began as rivals, they gradually learned to live together in harmony. During this time, they learned from one another, their two schools of archery intermingling to give birth to the art as it is known today.

Athelyna: For a time, the bow was used primarily for hunting. But as the hunters vied with one another to prove who was the better shot, there emerged a group of archers whose ultimate goal lay not in the practical pursuit of prey, but in perfection.

Athelyna: Thus was the Archers' Guild born from the ranks of the Trappers' League.

Athelyna: It is the way of the guild to promote greatness in archery through friendly competition. And the results of our methods can be seen in the vaunted archers of the Gods' Quiver, many of whom spent their formative years loosing arrows at the guild's practice butts.

Athelyna: I hope this gives you a better idea of who we are, and what we do here. Oho, did I see the spark of ambition flare within your eyes?

Athelyna: If you wish to draw a string with the finest archers in Eorzea, look no further than the Archers' Guild.

Athelyna: Before you can enlist, however, you must gain the approval of the guildmaster. Once you are ready to proceed, speak with me again and we can begin seeing about your enrollment.

Athelyna: So, are you resolved to join the Archers' Guild?

If you click "Decline" on the quest:

Athelyna: Need more time to consider, do you? Very well.

Athelyna: Our guildmaster would discern your indecision ere you had approached to within fifty paces, so keen is her eye. Best you do not go before her until such time as you know your own mind.

Accepting the Quest

Athelyna: The look in your eye bespeaks your determination. It would be my pleasure to refer you to Guildmaster Luciane.

Athelyna: Lest you worry unduly, Luciane is an affable and kind-hearted woman. Even those not of the guild have been known to seek her counsel on various matters, and ever have they been given fair hearing.

Athelyna: Luciane awaits you in the training area yonder. Present yourself before her, and impress upon her your desire to join the guild.

Speaking to Guildmaster Luciane

Luciane: Greetings, adventurer. I am told you wish to join our ranks.

Luciane: I am Luciane, the master of the Archers' Guild, and I bid you welcome. Our doors are open to all who have the will to learn.

Luciane: Allow me to explain the basics of our art, and offer you a foretaste of that which we teach the members of our guild.

Luciane: The bow's greatest advantage is its range. Unlike those arms used in other disciplines of war, it allows one to strike at the enemy from afar.

Luciane: Though the bow may not boast the destructive force of a sword or spear, its myriad strategic applications more than compensate for this shortcoming. An experienced archer can immobilize an enemy by striking a leg, or sap its strength with a poisoned arrow.

Luciane: Rise to become a virtuoso of archery, and a veritable deluge of death will be yours to rain down upon your foes.

Luciane: By fighting from a distance, we can better assess the battlefield and thereby determine the most advantageous course of action.

Luciane: This is of paramount import, as our role in battle is to exploit the enemy's weakness. With the requisite placement and timing, but a single arrow may serve to turn the tide.

Luciane: To this end, the guild seeks to instill a discerning eye within its members, that they might learn to strike at vulnerabilities, swiftly and surely.

Luciane: Now, any half-wit can bend the bow, but it is no simple undertaking to become a skilled archer. You must be prepared for a long and arduous journey.

Luciane: Are you resolved to complete that journey?

Will you dedicate yourself to archery?

> No.

You silently shake your head.

Luciane: That it regrettable. Yet it is good to see a wo/man who knows his/her own mind.

Luciane: You would make a fine archer─had you but the will. Should you experience a change of heart, seek me here once more.

> Yes.

You silently nod.

Luciane: Very well. Now, before proceeding any further, I must needs gauge your innate aptitude for archery. To this end, I hereby assign you the following trial...

Luciane: Slay the squirrels, ladybugs, and funguars that roam just beyond the city gates─three of each should suffice.

Luciane: In so doing, you will prove your fitness to join the Archers' Guild.

Luciane: Report back to me when the task is accomplished. I doubt that it will trouble you unduly.