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Fame

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Fame is a term used to describe how well your character is "known" in a nation or area. Fame is broken down in levels per area, and affects the prices with NPCs offer for both buying and selling items, as well as open up new quests which were previously unavailable. Fame is increased directly through doing quests for NPCs in an area. There are fame checkers in various areas throughout Vana'diel. They will not tell you directly what level your fame is, however they will speak to you differently as it increases. After achieving a fame level of 6, the only benefit of increased fame is seen in NPC buy and sell prices and the response of the fame checker, as no quest has a fame requirement higher than level 6.

Certain areas have fame that raises based on quests that you do elsewhere. Jeuno fame is most often accepted as a combination of your fame from Bastok, San d'Oria and Windurst, and can also be raised directly by doing quests in Jeuno. You may find your fame to be elevated in Jeuno before you've even attempted a single quest in the area. Norg fame is raised through doing quests from Norg as well as quests for the Tenshodo. It can also be raised through various quests offered in individual nations.

There are other areas which have fame which are directly linked to various nations.

Selbina quests increase fame in both Bastok and San d'Oria.
Mhaura quests will increase fame in Windurst.
Kazham quests will increase fame in Windurst, and Windurst quests will directly increase Kazham fame.

Basically, fame can be broken down by areas which are directly related to nations:

Selbina is linked directly with Bastok and San d'Oria.
Mhaura and Kazham are directly linked with Windurst.
Norg fame is derived from quests specific to the Tenshodo and Norg itself. Each of the three nations and Jeuno all have ways of increasing fame in Norg.
Jeuno fame is derived from a combination of your fame from all three nations, as well as quests from Jeuno.

There are numerous quests for increasing fame, many of which can be repeated for rapid increase of fame. Most notably is Norg fame, for Utsusemi: Ichi, where people will repeat simple trade quests in both Bastok and Windurst. Quests offer varying amounts of fame; shorter and easier quests will grant smaller amounts of fame, whereas longer and harder quests typically offer more. AF quests are notable for their rapid increase in fame for the nation where they are offered.

Fame may also be known as Reputation. This is a term carried over from various other MMOs, and is occasionally used by SE. Reputation is a less common term.

Fame Checkers

Nation	NPC	Location
Bastok	Flaco	Located in Port Bastok in front of the Steaming Sheep Restaurant at (E-6)
San d'Oria	Namonutice	Located in Southern San d'Oria in the Lion Springs Tavern at (K-6)
Windurst	Zabirego-Hajigo	Located in Windurst Waters on the upper map in Timbre Timbers Tavern at (F-10)
Jeuno	Mendi	Located in Lower Jeuno in across from Waag-Deeg's Magic Shop at (H-8)
Kazham (Windurst)	Ney Hiparujah	Pakhroib's Residence at (I-11)
Norg/Tenshodo	Vaultimand	(H-8) - Note: It is possible to check your Norg fame in Jeuno at the Tenshodo based on prices offered by the NPC near the entrance.
Rabao (likely Bastok, perhaps also San d'Oria)	Waylea	(G-9)

Tenshido Fame - Rice Ball Trick

Traveling to Norg solely to check Tenshodo fame can be a tiresome trek. To save time, players can determine their Tenshodo fame level by checking rice ball prices at Ghebi Damomohe, Lower Jeuno (J-7) in the Neptune's Spire Inn.