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• Disembark in Limsa Lominsa
  
  You’ll arrive in Limsa Lominsa when your boat-bound tutorial ends and are greeting with the site of many other new adventurers. Talk to Hob to be lead to the Drowning Wench pub.
• A stroll through the upper layer
  
  The Drowning Wench pub is the beer hall located in the Mizzenmast, the building at the hub of the city. Here, there are counters set up for the adventurers’ guild and hiring a “retainer.” There is always a great deal of people here. I decided to walk around the guilds on the upper layer.
• Window shopping in the southern markets
  
  Walking south on the upper level of Limsa Lominsa, I came to the market district. This is split into a number of wards. This will probably eventually be set up to take you to where you want to go based on what you want to buy.
• Elevator go down the hole
  
  After walking around the upper level, I returned to the southern part of the Mizzenmast to take the elevator down to the lower level. You can take the stairs down, but I suggest trying out the facilities set up for you.
• Leisurely lingering in the lower layer
  
  The chocobo stables are the first thing you see when you exit the elevator. To the north, there’s another elevator that goes all the way to the top of the Mizzenmast. If you leave the Mizzenmast and head west, you’ll be able to see the hawkers’ alleys, where import goods are sold.
  
  Chocobo stables: the waiting room
  
  The chocobo stables will probably be a place where adventurers will rent chocobos to ride for travel purposes. This looks like it would be a convenient place to meet with the rest of your party.
  
  ”Stand” by me in Hawkers’ Alley
  
  The path that connects the Mizzenmast and the ferry docks at which adventurers make landfall in Limsa Lominsa is called “Hawkers’ Alley.” It is composed of two large buildings and includes many types of merchandise stands, including “Qiqirn’s Co-op” and “Ul’dah Imports.” There’s also an unknown class guild in this direction, so adventurers may have many reasons to come down this way.
  
  Just a spoonful of cedar
  There are stands in Hawkers’ Alley that woodworkers and goldsmiths will find useful. These stands sell the main tools and equipment that these classes need and also carry a selection of ingredients used in these crafters’ recipes.
• Visiting the lower layer guilds
  
  There are many guilds on the lower layer of the city, each related to one of the different classes. I was drawn to a guild called the arcanists’ guild. If this is a class, what role will it play? I talked to the NPCs there and starting imagining what they might do.
• Full circle to the ferry docks
  
  I made my way back to the ferry docks in the west, the place where my Limsa Lominsan adventure began. Right now, the entrance is sealed off so you can’t go back onto the docks, but perhaps in the commercial version, this will be where adventurers will go to get back on the sea, and we can anticipate this to be quite a lively place.
  
  Don’t wake the ferry master
  
  Adventurers are told in the beta version that normal ferry service has been halted for the moment and they cannot ride. Will these ferries take us to other lands when they’re ready for use again?
• Venturing out into La Noscea
  
  Finishing my stroll around the city, I made my way out of the western gates into Lower La Noscea. You can get there just by following the path, but if you get lost, you can use “return” or “teleport” to take you back.
  
  First adventure in the majestic Lower La Noscea
  
  There’s an aetherite a bit of the ways out in Lower La Noscea where you can refill your HP and MP and activate your guildleves. A lot of adventurers will be using the aetherites as their base of operations. Disciplines of war and magic can even leave the city right away to spread their winds across this great field, and there are also many places for disciplines of land to gather items.

• The Bismarck (Culinarians’ guild)
  
  The Bismarck, northwest of the Drowning Wench, is marked on your map by a cute little bread icon and is home to the culinarians’ guild.
• The Coral Tower (Musketeers’ guild)
  
  Farther northwest is the musketeers’ guild. The self-proclaimed “Knights of the Barracuda” are in constant conflict with the pirates and the sahagin beast tribe, and they warn everyone to “Stay away from that pirates’ den, the Astalacia!”
• Naldiq and Vymelli’s (Blacksmiths’ guild and armorers’ guild)
  
  Naldiq and Vymelli’s is in the southern part of the upper layer and houses both the blacksmiths’ and the armorers’ guilds. The blacksmiths make weapons of all sorts, and armorers are masters of making shields and other heavy armors.
• Fisherman’s Bottom (Fishermen’s guild)
  
  At the south of the lower layer lies the fishermen’s guild, the “Fisherman’s Bottom.” Here you can see people fishing and or scattering bait, and it has quite a unique feel about it compared to other guilds. If you want to be a true fishing master, there’s probably no better place to do it than Limsa Lominsa, the marine capital or Eorzea.
• The Astalicia (Marauders’ guild)
  
  To the west of the fishermen’s guild is a large, docked ship. On the surface it looks like any foreign merchant ship, but it’s actually a pirate ship run by the “One-eye Hilfil.” Here you can find the marauders’ guild headquarters and a lounge where you can hear tales from many a pirate.
• Mealvaan’s Gate (Arcanists’ guild)
  
  At this gate, the “arcanists” work like customs agents, inspecting cargo and confiscating contraband. If these arcanists exist as a class, it’ll be really interesting to find out what special abilities they have that affect their lifestyle in such a way that makes this a good job for them.

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