Grounds of Valor

Grounds of Valor is a training system, supported by the Adventurers' Mutual Aid Network (A.M.A.N.), in which players can take on voluntary training regimes to slay a number of specified enemies in an assigned period of time. Regimes can be undertaken multiple times per Vana'diel day. If successful, players will receive experience points, gil, and Grounds and Fields of Valor points (called "tabs") redeemable for other benefits. If a regime is undertaken more than once per day, the subsequent page completions will only reward experience points as Tabs and gil may only be obtained once per day. Multiple "Prowess" effects can be obtained per game day, but obtaining a Prowess effect is not guaranteed upon each completion.

Beginning a Training Regime
To begin a training regime, the player must examine a Grounds Tome, in zones in which they wish to train. The "Individual Training" option will give access to a number of pages—each page details which monsters need to be defeated, the area to defeat them in, and the recommended level range the player should be in order to earn credit (Easy Prey or higher, meaning earning experience points). Players can start a page at level 1.

Example page:
 * The information on this page instructs you to defeat the following:
 * 5 Colliery Bat
 * 2 Veindigger Leech
 * Target level range: 75~80
 * Training area: Zeruhn Mines

After choosing a page, seek out and defeat the specified enemies. As the player defeats the enemies, they will receive progress reports, for example:
 * You defeated a training regime target. (Progress: 1/6)

Players do not have to be the one to defeat the monster in order to have it count towards their progress, they will receive credit for the kill by being in the party when the enemy is defeated and within range to receive experience from that kill.

When the player has completed the regime, they will receive a message like the following:
 * You have successfully completed the training regime.
 * [Player] gains 1200 experience points.
 * [Player] gains 1,200 gil.
 * [Player] obtains 120 tabs. (Total: 120)
 * Prowess Attained: Enhanced Magic Accuracy and Magic Attack.

Players do not have to return to the Grounds Tome to gain the reward. As of the September 2011 update, players can set regimes to auto-renew after completion.