Overview
Nophica's Wells (ノフィカの井戸 [nophica no ido] or 'nophica's water well' in Japanese) is an area in western Thanalan in Final Fantasy XIV. There are two different iterations of it, and it isn't even known if they're both canon in the present, as they are very different locations.
In version 1.x, Nophica's Wells was a highland area to the south-south-west of the city of Ul'dah, and was accessed from the south-eastern corner of Horizon's Edge. A series of cliff separated it from Horizon's Edge below, and the area had a section on higher cliffs to the north with an entrance to the Copperbell Mines. The area gained its name from its plentiful ground water. As of version 2.0 however, Nophica's Wells is now a fertile area on much lower ground than the surrounding Horizon's Edge (to the north) and Hammerlea (to the south), on the coast of the Rhotano Sea. The basin was created in the Calamity when a system of caverns collapsed1 and exposed the water systems hidden within. As mentioned above, there is no word whether the Nophica's Wells area was retconned to be on this location in the first place (with the later collapse of caverns relocating it lower down), whether the original Nophica's Wells area is somewhere inaccessible in the current game and the old name was simply transferred to the new fertile water area, or if the old Nophica's Wells was retconned out entirely and the name didn't exist in history before the collapse of the caverns.
In the current game, Nophica's Wells as an area is more of an afterthought. In version 1.x, it was the major leveling area for level 30+, and as such at any time of day you could find players there. This distinction can very clearly seen in the amount of different mobs present in the area between the versions.
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NPCs
| Regular NPCs (2.0+) | Regular NPCs (1.x) |
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| Brass Blade Cenmin | Battlewarden |
| Quest NPCs (2.0+) | Quest NPCs (1.x) |
| Cocobusi Hildibrand Manderville Flamboyant Oaf Stalwart Swordsman |
Chuchumu |
Quests
Note that no quests started in Nophica's Wells in version 1.x, and no battlecraft leves are located there in version 2.0+.
Side Quests (2.0+)
The Hammer (Hildibrand)
Battlecraft Leves (1.x)
Dodos and Popotoes
A Drop in the Pond
Necrologos: Amongst Leaves Most Green
Necrologos: Levinshower
Necrologos: The Light's Corrivals
Operation: Bloody Side Up
Secret of the Sewers
Securing Nophica's Wells
Wanted: B'khenna the Phoenixfire
FATEs (2.0+)
Doomed
The Villain
Gathering
| Logging (2.0+) | Harvesting (2.0+) | Logging (1.x) | Harvesting (1.x) | |
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| - | Garlean Cloves (lv15) Garlean Garlic Ogre Pumpkin Wild Onion Wild Onion Set Water Shard |
Almonds Yew Branch Yew Log |
Cotton Boll Dragon Pepper Marjoram Nutmeg |
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| Mining (2.0+) | Quarrying (2.0+) | Mining (1.x) | Quarrying (1.x) | |
| - | Blue Pigment (lv30) Grade 2 Thanalan Topsoil Water Crystal Water Shard |
Alumen Electrum Ore Iron Ore Mudstone Petrified Matter |
Fire Rock Lightning Rock Raw Amber Raw Zircon |
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| Fishing (2.0+) | Fishing (1.x) | Spearfishing (1.x) | ||
| (see below) | Ala Mhigan Fighting Fish Bone Crayfish Crimson Crayfish |
Muddy Water Sandfish |
Fishing Log: Nophica's Wells
Level: 5, Type: Freshwater
Bone Crayfish
Brass Loach
Copperfish
Dusk Goby
Eunuch Crayfish
Glimmerscale
Gudgeon
Maiden Carp
Monsters
Category: Area
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