So, the harvest fesitval just started again this year. One of the items you can get from the harvest festival if you have not all ready done so in previous years is a pitchfork, or pitchfork +1 item. I would like to recommend everyone take some time to go do the mini-quest to get your pitchfork to have. The reason I believe they are very valuable is it is a polearm type weapon that can be equiped by any job at level 1. This means in Abyssea if you have /war you can effectively perform the raiden's thrust TP move to proc the red stagger on any job that has /war!

Here is the link to the wiki page on how to obtain a pitchfork: http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Harvest_Festival_2010/Guide#Pitchfork_NQ

It is not real difficult to do so would not take much time to complete if you have not done it before. They can also be stored with the event item NPC too when you are not using them!

-Keels