Mo/n 85hp Djinn farm

Priceykins

Priceykins

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Scotland

Heroes Etc [HeEt]

Hey dudes!

I decided to keep on with the old monk farming after the recent update, and with the sudden price hike in gems, this seemed the perfect idea.

I tried a few builds, and this was the only one that works.

Stats

Curses 12
prot 7+3(10)
divine 8+3(11)
healing 9+3(12)

Skills
Blathazars spirit
essence bond
mending
blessed signet
healing breeze
prot spirit
insiduos parasite
spiteful spirit(E)

Equiptment

15al jing shea armour with full sup runes
Totem axe(though and +20% enchant +5 energy wep will do)
-20 health healing offhand

This gives me a total of 85 health, which is very helpful incase you get caught with burning when hb is down.

This farm is inresplendent makuun, just out of honur hill.

When you go out of honur hill, just run past the darksong mob(dont aggro), past the front of the mansion, and down the tunnel, and you will come up agaisnt a mob of a ruby djinn, and 2 sapphires.

Get ure 3 enchants up, and blessed sig till ure at full energy, then fire up ps, then hb, and aggro the mob. When you do this, run up to the ruby djinn, and the saphires will follow you, and spam ss and ip, while keeping your hb and ps up.

The next mob is generally the hardest if it contains 2 diamond djinn, as these self heal like mad with leaders comfort. To do this mob, either wait till all 3(2 x diam, 1 sapph) mob up, or pull them till they mob, and then get ip on one of the diamonds, and ss on the other, and just keep alternating these till they die.

The next mob on this run is kombabs mob aka the searing flames boss. He drops the green kombabds prisim. This mob is fairly hard due to the ether in it, so this has to be killed with ss quick, or say bye bye to your energy. Just mob them up, and spam ss and insiduos, and remeber, ruby djinn attack with melee, so insid works on them too.

This is a fairly difficult farm, as you have to keep your concentration up or youll die, but, the farm is still possible, and infact, easier with 13hp

I have one screenshot of me just after ive killed kombab, sadly, i only got ruby daggers, but here it is, and good luck trying this build.

White_Chaos

White_Chaos

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Evrope

I'm so going to try out this when I get there with my monk
maybe in 1 month

~Vanilla~

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

My guildmate said that diamond djinns are easy. They die within 30 seconds, even faster with insidious parasite (which sucks when farming, btw). 12 healing prayers is way too much, use shield of absorption, blessed aura and save your points in healing prayers. This way you can tank far more djinns.

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8152/gw031ep2.jpg

Here's a screenshot my guildmate made, different location, but you can use the same build.

Priceykins

Priceykins

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Scotland

Heroes Etc [HeEt]

I could run with sheild of absortion, but i would have to run with 100+ health, instead of my 85 health.

Also diamond djinn dont go down in 30secs for me lol, for some reason ss only does 15dmg instead of 29 when im fighting them, and they randomly strip hexes on themselves, but i dunno with what :S

For where im farming though, there is no point to the sheild of absortion build, as they r in groups of 3 that are pretty spread out, and I generally farm there so I can get greens from the boss

-.-

-.-

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2006

Angelic Bond is the reason why Spiteful Spirit only does 15 damage.

Stixxx

Stixxx

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

great...i sold my 15AL armor about a month ago, runes are also gone...meh!

Priceykins

Priceykins

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Scotland

Heroes Etc [HeEt]

Ah, angelic bond :P

Thanks, not quite up to date on the ole' paragon skills, as mine is only lvl 9 or some such.

As for using 15al armour, its not required, as ps is gonna reduce any damage you take to 8 anyways, so use any armour lvl u like, I just use 15 as its the cheapest available at the mo :P

vahlah

vahlah

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

Zagreb

JDS

Mo/

It looks ok I just dont know why you would have to use the 15al armour.

Effigy

Effigy

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Illinois, US

Heroes of Talia [HoT]

Mo/

Low armor only matters when you're using Spirit Bond, which you aren't.

KARMACOP

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

Valencia, Spain

System of Kantal

W/Mo

Vanilla, where's that spot ?? i can't find it on map..

chessyang

chessyang

Not far from Elite

Join Date: Apr 2006

Florida

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by KARMACOP
i can't find it on map..
it's a secret.... =) (just kidding because of the name of the town)

Quote:
This area is supposedly not accessible until after completion of the Dasha Vestibule (Mission), however, this area can be reached by speaking to the Key of Ahdashim(inside Dasha Vestibule) without beating Dasha Vestibule Mission. http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/The_Hid...ty_of_Ahdashim

KARMACOP

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

Valencia, Spain

System of Kantal

W/Mo

Ah lol.. i've been there about 3 days ago.., xDDD

But now, one more question, where i can find that -20 health icon or whatever ??

Koning

Koning

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

you don't really need a -20 item, i farm @ 55hp and it is more easy than farming with more hp to my opinion

KARMACOP

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

Valencia, Spain

System of Kantal

W/Mo

Nice, i'm farming with my 55hp, Grim cesta rules, xD

Priceykins

Priceykins

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Scotland

Heroes Etc [HeEt]

Quote:
Originally Posted by KARMACOP
Ah lol.. i've been there about 3 days ago.., xDDD

But now, one more question, where i can find that -20 health icon or whatever ?? Mine was just a random healing ankh drop :P, think there might be a -20 item given as a reward in ascalon somewhere though.

As for running 55hp, I found it could get a little dodgy, such as if u were burning and didnt have HB up, you would die failry fast, while the extra 30hp gives you another second or 2 to get HB up.

As for that other farming location, its the lost city, accesable from dasha vestibule, however, since i didnt take magrid, i cant go there, and i cant find the secret door either, spent nearly an hour beside that shrine, and no door appeared.

KARMACOP

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2005

Valencia, Spain

System of Kantal

W/Mo

i can help you, just come with me and i'll show you.

My name is Hanzo Subotai in game, whisper me.

king_robin

king_robin

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

Stockholm Sweden

LF HA Guild

Mo/

can a Necro do this 2? I CANT bare to get my monk to Elona. Takes forever....

Arkantos

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by king_robin
can a Necro do this 2? I CANT bare to get my monk to Elona. Takes forever.... I don't see why you wouldn't be able to.

king_robin

king_robin

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

Stockholm Sweden

LF HA Guild

Mo/

.... just wondering.... Need those material for my *COOL* Dervish armor ^^

Priceykins

Priceykins

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Scotland

Heroes Etc [HeEt]

Quote:
Originally Posted by king_robin
can a Necro do this 2? I CANT bare to get my monk to Elona. Takes forever.... I can only see one problem with using a necro, and thats the lack of heal from divine favour, as I know ive needed it a few times to keep me alive :P

But do try, and let me know how it goes, i reckon that if it works, youll be able to do it alot faster than my build, due to the extra damage from ure higher than 12 curses :P

Also, you might run into some energy problems, as you cant use blessed signet

king_robin

king_robin

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

Stockholm Sweden

LF HA Guild

Mo/

But you can think like this, Essense Bond + Balth Spirit works perfect. 2 energy (no shit ^^) then the problem The burning. But if you think you can put in Ind(something) Parasite you will have some good healing. And while curse attribute is in 16 you will get some nice health.
Due to the energy problem Soul Reaping comes in. I think you will get enough energy after *Each* mob.
Tomorrow I'm gonna play my necro then we see if it works or not. ^^

Durik Lakmor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

Missouri

Pearl of Great Price

R/Mo

Vanilla, what equipment were you using i noticed you had over 100 health?

ashed

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

-20 hp offhand is a reward from some lowbie pre-searing quest. I saved mine when I saw it in my bags one day.

[BtL] poke

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

[BtL] Born To Laugh

E/Me

I'm going with PS, SoA, SpiritBond, IW, AV, SV, Blessed Aura, Balth. Spirit
Spirit Bond against Burning.. Using a scythe to kill them. It works good but takes some time.

Priceykins

Priceykins

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Scotland

Heroes Etc [HeEt]

sure, the IW build does work, i tried that one too, but i prefer ss as the speed is just better tbh.

Durik Lakmor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

Missouri

Pearl of Great Price

R/Mo

been trying this but with the new AI haven't been too successful, oh bother

Kais Unduli

Kais Unduli

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Room V

I'm gonna give this a shot when I get my monk up there, just gotta buy some new armor and runes.

Missmelady

Missmelady

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Wisconsin

Our Gostly Solo Caps

Mo/

Wow a guildi told me to keep this farm a secret. Lol one day i was bored and decided to try to 55 them. It worked so i have been farming them for about 3 weeks now. I have salvaged 40+ rubies 50+sapphires and it only seems to keep getting better Got the paragon and dervish greens from the area vanilla was talking about. Both bosses are easy to kill. To clear the zone of all djinn takes be about 2 hours. But 50k+ an hour is not a bad trade off. (not the 100k + from troll farming but hey a monk has to do what a monk has to do). When i first started this run i also died alot. So if ur running with the grim cesta i say die once. Lowers ur health to 23. You can tank a lot of the djinns. Only thing is make sure that you keep hb up at all times othr wise ur gonna get killed really fast.
glyph of healing. Pm me in game to see it.

Durik Lakmor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

Missouri

Pearl of Great Price

R/Mo

I've tried both Pricey and Vanilla's builds in the area Vanilla talked about.

The ethers are the first major problem, when I am lucky enough to not have to deal with or avoid them the next big problem seems to be that I will once in awhile get a big spam of damage and be dead or the fire degen keeps me too low, also energy seems to be a bit of a problem.

Vanilla's seems to be a bit better for the area he was in, but I would like to know how many Skill Points and a bit of strat for the area, dealing with energy, how many mobs to fight and of course the ethers. Any of this would be greatly appreciated.

I R Exiled

I R Exiled

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2006

Bathing Apes [BAPE]

A/

What is the name of this -20 HP Off hand item? And when you get the Djinn Essence's does it matter if you use a superior or expert salvage kit to get the ruby / sapphire?

My Green Storage

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Arizona

My Blue Storage

N/

I use Superior kits for everything ... and I can tell you the essences give you a LOW success rate no matter the kits (Or so I would think)...

You dont know the number of times I've seen:
"You salvaged 1 pile of dust from Ruby/Sapphire/Diamond Dijinn Essence."
:/

As for the farm, my NF necro is through the game, I may have to go get SS and try it out (My Factions Necro w/ SS, SV, etc isnt that far)


**Edit**
Now what about the Roaring Ethers? I believe they carry enchant removal?
I know there's a few lurking near the dijinn fire ele boss (As shown on 1st screenshot). Also a few in Dasana Vasbule(sp).

Just ignore them ... or ... go get 'em?!?

r3dsk4r3

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

N/E

I'm not finding this farm as profitable as everyone else is. I'm nowhere near the 50k+/hour that missmelady is claiming, not even close.

I cleared the first couple groups in dasha a few times, and about 10 groups of djinn in makuun. I netted a couple of purple ruby daggers (junk mods), which salvaged into dust, a few essences (dust), and around 1k in gold. The makuun run took about 20 mins, but the dasha groups took forever. I think it would have been just as fast to use spoil victor.

I tried both the 55+breeze and 150+SoA methods, SoA is waaaay better. I also tried subbing in boon for mending/watchful, and i think it works equally well if not better.

I tried the build used in the posted (german?) screenshot. from what i can tell its heal=8, df=12, prot=14, leaving 10 for curses. Not so sure on the staff thats being used, but i used a totem axe and a collectors +5/+45^ench offhand. This was rather slow, SS just doesn't have good damage at only 10 curses.

I understand that on the rare occasion that you salvage a gem from an item it will be profitable, but i would be willing to bet the chance of that is only a couple percent.

I really think that duo farming dasha would be the best option. Something like UW with a monk tanking and a necro echoing ss and reckless haste.

As for the roaring ethers in dasha vs makuun, the ethers in makuun have ench removal (shatter) and the ones in dasha just have an e-drain (which is far less deadly, but equally annoying). I would make them a priority target in dasha and avoid them in makuun.

Anyways, If someone wants to fill me in on what i'm doing wrong, feel free.

TheYangg

TheYangg

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2006

None

Mo/Me

http://files.filefront.com/Ahdashim_.../fileinfo.html

I like my Build

Have fun!

matt the man

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

A/E

do these things also drop things that salvage into diamonds?

Lord Oranos

Lord Oranos

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Fort Aspenwood

This is kind of bittersweet for me, Im glad the person posted a nice place to farm, that actually makes decent cash on occasion... but now I know its going to get smacked by the nerf bat..

Zarn

Zarn

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

The Lost Heroes Guild

W/

Well the one who had over 100 hp was a 135 hp monk... I have personally been using that for a while now for djinns... Till now dual with a ss necro, but was already considering ss to solo (but havent capped it with my monk.... yeh i know im lazy )

Missmelady

Missmelady

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Wisconsin

Our Gostly Solo Caps

Mo/

Ok my last 5 farming runs have run me at about 45k a run. U have to realize that this run takes me about and hour and 10 minutes. I kill the djinn paragon boss, the djinn dervishboss(little more difficult then paragon) and the ranger boss. Usually getting one of the greens if not 2 or all 3. The greens sell for about 25-40k depending on the buyer. I also usually get 3-4 rubies and 2-3 sapphires a run just from the number of essences i get + jewled daggers. I get about 20-25 ruby essences and about 35-40 sapphire essences. Depending on the mood im in i will either sell the essences for 500 gold each to people that are willing to buy them for that or ill salvage and get about 2 rubies. or 2 spahs. Then the rest come from the 10-20 jewled items i get. So in retrospek a run can be as low as 10k for me or as high as 80k+. The most profitable run was the 8th run i did yesturday. I got all 3 greens + 6 rubies and 7 saphs. Total profit was around 160k. I still find the 55 with hb still to be the easiest way to do this. Does ne one know if u can duel with a ranger so that u can run a AV style monk like with the shirokin?
Thanks and i think i may try the ranger style with a guildie later ill tell ya how it goes.

Priceykins

Priceykins

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Scotland

Heroes Etc [HeEt]

I still havent even been able to find my way in to dasha vestibule, damn seceret door

novawhiz

novawhiz

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

A/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Oranos
This is kind of bittersweet for me, Im glad the person posted a nice place to farm, that actually makes decent cash on occasion... but now I know its going to get smacked by the nerf bat.. Where i sure as hell better hurry and get there!!

How far is it into the game?