MY GAYMER TIPS - Advanced Level Grinding in Ni No Kuni

MY GAYMER TIPS – Advanced Level Grinding in Ni No Kuni

As I progress towards end game, I realized I needed to get my familiars up to snuff in preparation for the Ni No Kuni’s final challenges.  Having Tengri allowed me to find one of the best places to grind – Billy Goat’s Bluff.  The long winding passageways through the mountains to the west of Tombstone Trail and Hamelin are home to some pretty tough familiars and other neat surprises.

Enlarge my screenshot and you can see where Billy Goat's Bluff is located.

The upper trail has a sparkling resource point at the top (near the monolith) that produces one of the four Crystals necessary to make the Jumbo-sized drops.  The longer lower path is littered with level 3 evolutions of familiars, all of which are reasonably challenging and reward you with ample experience and Guilders.  The real prizes are the Tokotokos, the evolved version of the Tokos on Ugly Duckling Isle.  Like their cousins, they’re timid and immediately try to flee from battle, but they’re worth over 9,000 experience points a pop!  They show up with other enemy groups even if they’re not the one walking around on the map, so make sure you take on everyone!

Additionally, Swaine’s Mugshot comes in pretty handy here.  I compiled a list below of what I’ve stolen (note that the listed familiars can also DROP the items, so you can end up with more than you thought you would).

Gustplumes from Thunderbyrds and Prohawks

Iron Diamons from Wackrabbots

Planet Crystals from Puss in Bouts

Moon Crystals from Flouroboros

Drakestones and Sun Crystals from Gobspeeds

Black Truffles from Scrambled Eggrolls

Use Swaine's Mugshot to fill up your pockets with goodies here.  It's well worth it.

One of the familiars also drops Star Crystals, but I haven’t quite pin pointed them yet (I have a feeling they’re the Thunderbyrds).  Anyone else have any good power leveling tips to share?