Fast and Easy Way to Make 17 Use 999 Potency Maxicast Spells (Freeze, Flare, Electon)

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Very few items are capable of creating a tier 4 spell known as Maxicasts which have Limit Break. One of these items is the Zu Beak treasure. And with this method you can obtain them relatively quickly and easily. When you obtain the drop, you should get 3 at a time. Using 7-10 of these beaks depending on the level of your Extra Powercraft allows you to have a 17 use 999 potency Maxicasts. The following method allows for a fast streamline farming method to quickly get these spells.

The method in question requires you to accept the Feathered Giant of the Firesmoke hunt from the tipster at the base of the Rock of Ravatogh. Once you have the quest, ascend to the top and rest at the Owlyss Haven campground. Continue through until you have to fight the hunt target Zu. Remember to aim for the beak to break it so you can get the beak treasure. Now here's the important part. As soon as you beat him, get Noctis into a neutral position (the state required to enter armiger and armiger chain) as soon as possible and hit your map button and use the "Return to Entrance" option. When done correctly, you should obtain all your EXP, items, and AP while not having the hunt marked as completed. This allows you to use the "Return to rest point" to quickly return to the campsite and repeat the whole process.

tl;dr: Hunt Zu, using the map return to entrance ASAP, return to camp, repeat process.

Drop rate seems to be every third kill roughly, so essentially one beak per kill. Depending on one's strength, I can kill a Zu at level 90 with 1180 attack in about 40 seconds. 15 if I use Armiger.