Vanquishable Areas 1man

Moonstalker

Moonstalker

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2007

Club Of A Thousand Pandas [LOD???]

Mo/

I'd like to be able to make a list of areas that can be vanquished with a one-man build, IE 55HP or 600. Right now I only have one area which I will post below. The most that would be needed is the build template and what will be listed; no guides or complex variables. This is just for those who already know how to farm and use the builds, just not know where to use them ^^. Simple rules for this is that the builds needed for the farm are limited to one Hero help (for maximum drop rates), and just to post:

Area: (Town name) - (Explorable Area/Mission Area) - (Campaign)
Quest (If needed):
Difficulty:
Profession:
Build needed:

Use what I use as an example

So, let's get started then!
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Area: Dasha Vestibule - The Hidden City of Ahdashim - Nightfall
Quest: N/A
Difficulty: Average
Profession: Monk/Mesmer; Monk/Necromancer
Build Needed: 600HP, 1 Monk Hero:
600HP (Player): OwUTMmHD5RLeXrHLhICARfIPAA
Smiter (Hero): OwQDQjzPH35kpMk0Lf4TmA

Credits to Moonstalker.
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Area: Serenity Temple - Pockmark Flats - Prophecies
Quest: N/A
Difficulty: Easy/Medium - Some carriers have skull crack which tends to be annoying.
Profession: Elementalist/Monk
Build needed: OgNCkMzDPMbsM+qmCah8AAA

Notes:
-One skill slot open, use it for Elemental Lord or another skill to buff yourself.
-Kill the Carrion Devourers first as they have Skull Crack.

Credits to Mr.Kotte
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Area: Seitung Harbour - Saoshang Trail - Factions
Quest: N/A
Difficulty: Easy
Profession: Elementalist/Monk
Build needed: OgNCkMzDPMbsM+qmCah8AAA

Notes:
-There is a E/N build I've used too, but I do not wish to share it at this time. Working on a big guide for it. Eyes open when it comes here.
-Kill the monks first when there are lots of enemies attacking you, otherwise you will get stuck with having one monk healing itself = owned.
-One slot over for an optional skill, I suggest you use this for extra heal or Damage buff.

Credits to Mr.Kotte
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Area: Deldrimor Bowl
Quests: The Deserters (To add more monsters).
Difficulty: Easy
Profession: N/Mo (55HP)
Build needed: OANEQ8dN+4UPAJax9gKUfIPEJA

Notes:
-Rangers have D-Shot, but are terrible at hitting skills with it.
-there are 6 bosses here, 1 of each core profession, making this a good elite tome run.

Credits to Fuzzy Taco
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Area: Vehjin Mines
Quests: N/A
Difficulty:Hard/Very hard
Profession: No/Mo (55HP)
Build needed: OANEQ8dN+4UPAJax9gKUfIPEJA

Notes:
-there's a lot of damage and degen on this run, and you need to spam Spirit Bond and maintain IP to maintain health.
-you need to wait for Skree griffons to un out of energy, which takes a while in HM. they're the longest fight.

Credits to Fuzzy Taco
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Area: Cursed Lands - Prophecies
Quest: N/A
Difficulty: Easy
Profession: Mo/D (55HP)
Build needed: Owok4wPI0tiT94uuSwJsXDi8AgA

Credits to My Lipgloss is cool
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Area : Lion Arch - North Kryta Province - Prophecies
Quest (If needed) : Defend North Kryta Province
Difficulty : Medium
Profession : Mo/N or N/Mo
Build needed : 55 SV

Credits to Kartman
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Area : Ran Musu Gardens - Kinya Province - Factions
Quest (If needed) : none
Difficulty : Medium
Profession : Mo/N or N/Mo
Build needed : 55 SV

Credits to Kartman
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Area : Ran Musu Gardens - Minister Cho's Estate - Factions
Quest (If needed) : none
Difficulty : Hard
Profession : Mo/N or N/Mo
Build needed : 55 SV

Credits to Kartman
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Area : Shing Jea Monastery - Sunqua Vale - Factions
Quest (If needed) : none
Difficulty : Medium
Profession : Mo/N or N/Mo
Build needed : 55 SV

Credits to Kartman
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Area : Wajjun Bazaar - The Marketplace - Factions
Quest (If needed) : before completing "seek out brother tosai"
Difficulty : Easy
Profession : Mo/Me
Build needed : 55 SOJ
(you don't need to kill the mantis, just the jade brother hood)

Credits to Kartman
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Area : Jokanur Diggings - Fahranur, The First City - Nightfall
Quest (If needed) : none
Difficulty : Medium
Profession : Mo/N or N/Mo
Build needed : 55 SV

Credits to Kartman
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Area : Gates of Kryta - Scoundrel's Rise - Prophecies
Quest (If needed) : none
Difficulty : Easy-Medium
Profession : R/N
Build needed : Resilient toucher

I think other areas may be vanquished with this build (killed about 100 monsters in Kinya Province).

Credits go to XiaoTheBlade
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I Will Heal You Ally

I Will Heal You Ally

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2007

In my HoM

Canthan Refugees [TOGO]

E/Rt

Um that would take ages to vanquish! Why go 1man when you can go with a full team which is faster

Skinny Corpse

Skinny Corpse

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

Company of Corpses [CoC]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Moonstalker
Simple rules for this is that the builds needed for the farm are limited to one Hero help (for maximum drop rates), I think the answer is in the OP.

gw_poster

gw_poster

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

so cal

R/

HM 600/smiter hero..... Mehtani Keys...took about 1 1/2 hours (~250 monsters)

HM 600/smiter hero.....Finished a few areas in Vabbi (mirror of lyss, resplendunt makuun, wilderness of bazhda) but didn't vanquish - ran out of time looking for last few..but can be done.. just don't leave the monk harpies for last..if one on one they are very hard to kill

Moonstalker

Moonstalker

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2007

Club Of A Thousand Pandas [LOD???]

Mo/

Can you please use the way I did. That'll make it a lot easier to post ^^ Thanks in advance.

Quote:
Originally Posted by I Will Heal You Ally
Um that would take ages to vanquish! Why go 1man when you can go with a full team which is faster Because in a full team you get 1/8 drops. In this you get 100% :P

Also it takes about an hour to an hour and a half, but it's worth it. My first run I got about 15 gold items

Tantra Existantance

Tantra Existantance

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Ireland

W/

You can take down the melee groups in Wajuun Bazaar and surrounding areas around Marketplace using 600/smite, just watch out for the mesmers/necros.

Shyft the Pyro

Shyft the Pyro

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

NYC, USA

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Moonstalker
Because in a full team you get 1/8 drops. In this you get 100% :P You don't really know what loot scaling is, do you? Or that henchies and heroes "eat" drops and "poop" gold, which they then steal from you when you pick it up?

Anyway, an easy 1-man vanquish is the Zen Daijun explorable in Factions. Go in with a Canthan character, kill an untamed pet, and you've got the vanquish under your belt

Mr.Kotte

Mr.Kotte

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Me/

Area: Serenity Temple - Pockmark Flats - Prophecies
Quest: None that I am aware of (i did this without any quests)
Difficulty: Easy/Medium - Some carriers have skull crack which tends to be annoying.
Build needed: E/Mo 16 earth magic, 12 energy storage
[skill]Sliver Armor[/skill][skill]Crystal Wave[/skill][skill]Glyph of Renewal[/skill][skill]Stoneflesh Aura[/skill][skill]Armor of Earth[/skill][skill]Aura of Restoration[/skill][skill]Balthazar's Spirit[/skill]

Notes:
-One skill slot open, use it for Elemental Lord or another skill to buff yourself.
-Kill the Carrion Devourers first as they have Skull Crack.

Time to vanquish: Took me 1hr22 mins, but then again, I had to do a lot of double-checking.

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Area: Seitung Harbour - Saoshang Trail - Factions, Cantha
Quest: None
Difficulty: Easy
Build needed: E/Mo 16 earth magic, 12 energy storage
[skill]Sliver Armor[/skill][skill]Crystal Wave[/skill][skill]Glyph of Renewal[/skill][skill]Stoneflesh Aura[/skill][skill]Armor of Earth[/skill][skill]Aura of Restoration[/skill][skill]Balthazar's Spirit[/skill]

Notes:
-There is a E/N build I've used too, but I do not wish to share it at this time. Working on a big guide for it. Eyes open when it comes here.
-Kill the monks first when there are lots of enemies attacking you, otherwise you will get stuck with having one monk healing itself = owned.
-One slot over for an optional skill, I suggest you use this for extra heal or Damage buff.

Time to vanquish: Took me 0hr25min - easy peasy.


You're welcome.

kvndoom

kvndoom

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Communistwealth of Virginia

Uninstalled

W/Mo

Old Ascalon, 1 person, no heroes, W/Mo. I've cleared it solo at least 3 times.

Can't remember attributes and I can't access photobucket from work, but the gist of it is:

Mending
Live Vicariously
Dolyak Signet
Whirlwind Attack
Flail

[sword]
Sever
Gash
adrenaline Elite of your choice

[Axe]
Executioner's Strike
Adrenaline Elite
Dismember (if Elite does not cause deep wound), or another axe attack if your elite does DW

I think it's 13 weapon, 9 healing, and 11 Strength, all runes considered. The 9 Healing is important because it's practically impossible to kill Flint Touchstone without a wand / staff (he will spam Eruption and Ward Against Melee), so you have to wand him to death. Having Favor (+3 regen) helps a ton when dealing with the degen from Plague Devourers or Shatter Gargoyles. When Weaken Armor was just a hex, it was pretty easy. Now that it causes a condition, you get slammed with Virulence and have to keep attacking to keep yourself alive until the Plague Devourer is dead.

Dolyak works wonders against Flash Gargoyles and those annoying Seed thingies. Good pulling and patience is a must when 2 or more Seeds pop up at once. Bonnetti is the hardest boss to kill with this build because he spams the hell out of Bonetti's Defens and Heal Sig (often covers Sig with the stance). Also, packs of 2 Grawl monks are a pain in the ass, but still doable. It just takes forever.

Clearing the zone takes over 2 hours, mainly because some enemies or groups of enemies take forever to kill (waiting for a monk to run out of energy in Hard Mode is no joyous task). But, it is possible...

Duh, I posted it on my guild forums, along with some variations. Enjoy:

http://www.coldblackeyes.com/forums/...php?f=5&t=1660

Moonstalker

Moonstalker

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2007

Club Of A Thousand Pandas [LOD???]

Mo/

Updated as much as I could. Remember, need to post the information as I asked to make it simple and easy

Antithesis

Antithesis

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

BrisneyLand

Sphincter Says [What]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tantra Existantance
You can take down the melee groups in Wajuun Bazaar and surrounding areas around Marketplace using 600/smite, just watch out for the mesmers/necros. You can take out all Jade Brotherhood and Am Fahn, but the Mantids can't be done with 600/Smite or a 55.

Fuzzy Taco

Fuzzy Taco

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

Level Twenty One [HAX]

N/

Area: Deldrimor Bowl
Quests: I had The Deserters when i did it, but it only adds more enemies.
Difficulty: Easy
Build needed: 12+1+3=16 Blood, 7+3=10 Curses, 8 Healing, 8 Prot, rest in SR
[skill]Protective Spirit[/skill][skill]Healing Breeze[/skill][skill]Spirit Bond[/skill][skill]Insidious Parasite[/skill][skill]Spoil Victor[/skill][skill]Essence Bond[/skill][skill]Balthazar's Spirit[/skill][skill]Mending[/skill]

Notes:
-Rangers have D-Shot, but are terrible at hitting skills with it.
-there are 6 bosses here, 1 of each core profession, making this a good elite tome run.
-time to vanquish is around 1hr15mins.

Area: Vehjin Mines
Quests: none.
Difficulty:Hard/Very hard
Build needed: 12+1+3=16 Blood, 7+3=10 Curses, 8 Healing, 8 Prot, rest in SR
[skill]Protective Spirit[/skill][skill]Healing Breeze[/skill][skill]Spirit Bond[/skill][skill]Insidious Parasite[/skill][skill]Spoil Victor[/skill][skill]Essence Bond[/skill][skill]Balthazar's Spirit[/skill][skill]Mending[/skill]

Notes:
-there's a lot of damage and degen on this run, and you need to spam Spirit Bond and maintain IP to maintain health.
-you need to wait for Skree griffons to un out of energy, which takes a while in HM. they're the longest fight.

My Lipgloss is Cool

My Lipgloss is Cool

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2007

My Computer

Band Of The H A W K

P/Mo

Area: Cursed Lands - Proph
Quest: None
Difficulty: Easy
Profession: Mo/D
Build needed:
Divine 7+3, Earth Prayers 8, Prot 8+3, Smite 12+3+1
[skill]Protective Spirit[/skill][skill]Shield of Absorption[/skill][skill]shielding hands[/skill][skill]Holy Strike[/skill][skill]Mystic Regeneration[/skill][skill]Shield of Judgment[/skill][skill]Balthazar's Spirit[/skill][skill]Blessed Aura[/skill]

Moonstalker

Moonstalker

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2007

Club Of A Thousand Pandas [LOD???]

Mo/

Updated ^^ Thank you for posting the builds, guys.

KartMan

KartMan

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

Grand Line

Plz Use R Instead of Q for [req]

hi there,

I also like to solo vanquish, here's a few I do from time to time :
(I also do cursed land's undead one btw )

Area : Lion Arch - North Kryta Province - Prophecies
Quest (If needed) : Defend North Kryta Province
Difficulty : Medium
Profession : Mo/N or N/Mo
Build needed : 55 SV


Area : Ran Musu Gardens - Kinya Province - Factions
Quest (If needed) : none
Difficulty : Medium
Profession : Mo/N or N/Mo
Build needed : 55 SV


Area : Ran Musu Gardens - Minister Cho's Estate - Factions
Quest (If needed) : none
Difficulty : Hard
Profession : Mo/N or N/Mo
Build needed : 55 SV


Area : Shing Jea Monastery - Sunqua Vale - Factions
Quest (If needed) : none
Difficulty : Medium
Profession : Mo/N or N/Mo
Build needed : 55 SV


Area : Wajjun Bazaar - The Marketplace - Factions
Quest (If needed) : before completing "seek out brother tosai"
Difficulty : Easy
Profession : Mo/Me
Build needed : 55 SOJ
(you don't need to kill the mantis, just the jade brother hood)


Area : Jokanur Diggings - Fahranur, The First City - Nightfall
Quest (If needed) : none
Difficulty : Medium
Profession : Mo/N or N/Mo
Build needed : 55 SV

Cebe

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by KartMan
Area : Ran Musu Gardens - Minister Cho's Estate - Factions
Quest (If needed) : none
Difficulty : Hard
Profession : Mo/N or N/Mo
Build needed : 55 SV How do you manage to vanquish HM Minister Cho's Estate with a 55? Last time I vanquished that area there were a lot of Afflicted Necromancers hanging around with rangers and warriors, spamming Order of Apostasy.

KartMan

KartMan

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

Grand Line

Plz Use R Instead of Q for [req]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Celestial Beaver
How do you manage to vanquish HM Minister Cho's Estate with a 55? Last time I vanquished that area there were a lot of Afflicted Necromancers hanging around with rangers and warriors, spamming Order of Apostasy. no issue dealing with afflicted necromancers + ranger, simply hide behind a wall to avoid the arrows, SV on the necro and he'll drop fast
I don't think there is necro + assa/warrior combo there, only necro + ele, which give you huge degen btw ^^

edit : but I do admit this is a hard run, you'll probably die once or 2, so bring a -20 focus

Titine

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2008

Aube

R/

Area : Gates of Kryta - Scoundrel's Rise - Prophecies
Quest (If needed) : none
Difficulty : Easy-Medium
Profession : R/N
Build needed : Resilient toucher

I think other areas may be vanquished with this build (killed about 100 monsters in Kinya Province).

XiaoTheBlade

XiaoTheBlade

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

Southern England

Reign Of Shadows

P/W

Griffin's Mouth

Any 55 build, I used SoJ but im sure Mo/N would be faster. Its all easy apart from the ele boss, he takes a while to die.

Mr.Kotte

Mr.Kotte

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Me/

Yeah Moonstalker, I think I'd be good if you added the "notes" to the builds aswell. In case this thread gets very big and I'm pretty sure people dont like to click every page to finds notes.
Also, I think you should add the name of who created/gave you the tip for the vanquish - just a thought.

MORE ELE BUILDS /beg

philo

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by KartMan
Area : Wajjun Bazaar - The Marketplace - Factions
Quest (If needed) : before completing "seek out brother tosai"
Difficulty : Easy
Profession : Mo/Me
Build needed : 55 SOJ
(you don't need to kill the mantis, just the jade brother hood) I fail to understand this: how can you possibly vanquish an area leaving out at least three whole groups of enemies???

My Lipgloss is Cool

My Lipgloss is Cool

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2007

My Computer

Band Of The H A W K

P/Mo

I'm not sure why you'd need to leave them out...The monks would be easy, and the necros would only have [skill]Deathly Swarm[/skill]

KartMan

KartMan

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

Grand Line

Plz Use R Instead of Q for [req]

Quote:
Originally Posted by philo
I fail to understand this: how can you possibly vanquish an area leaving out at least three whole groups of enemies??? well it happens
I guess it's possible that the mantis are considered (maybe wrongly) as pop up.

Moonstalker

Moonstalker

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2007

Club Of A Thousand Pandas [LOD???]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr.Kotte
Yeah Moonstalker, I think I'd be good if you added the "notes" to the builds aswell. In case this thread gets very big and I'm pretty sure people dont like to click every page to finds notes.
Also, I think you should add the name of who created/gave you the tip for the vanquish - just a thought.

MORE ELE BUILDS /beg I was plannin' on doing that when I get the spare time
I'll be updating soon again ^^

lundis

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

Ingame

The Monstrous Fangs [fang]

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by KartMan
well it happens
I guess it's possible that the mantis are considered (maybe wrongly) as pop up. Monsters don't spawn until you've gotten close to them (if you check the progress bar carefully while vanquishing you'll notice this in some areas, another known proof is hFFF). Since the Mantids are so far away they don't spawn and you vanquish the area without killing them!

Moonstalker

Moonstalker

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2007

Club Of A Thousand Pandas [LOD???]

Mo/

Updated!
Enjoy ^^
And keep posttiinngg!

philo

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

So what's the status of this project? Any more suggestions to come?

leonmeh

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2008

[DTCH]

E/

Area : The Mirror of Lyss - Vabbi - Nightfall
Quest (If needed) : none
Difficulty : easy
Profession : Mo/Me (+ Hero Mo/N)
Build needed : 600/smite

tried to farm the new axe "Serpentine Reaver" and i noticed i was able to kill multiple foes in HM. My first vanquished area on my monk

Qdq Swi

Qdq Swi

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

N/

Area: Zen Daijun Explorable - Factions
Quest: N/A
Difficulty: Easiest
Profession: X/X
Build needed: None

Notes:

-Enter the explorable, kill the untamed tiger, voila.. Vanquished Zen Daijun Explorable.

Mr.Kotte

Mr.Kotte

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Qdq Swi
Area: Zen Daijun Explorable - Factions
Quest: N/A
Difficulty: Easiest
Profession: X/X
Build needed: None

Notes:

-Enter the explorable, kill the untamed tiger, voila.. Vanquished Zen Daijun Explorable. No?
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My Lipgloss is Cool

My Lipgloss is Cool

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2007

My Computer

Band Of The H A W K

P/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Zen_Daijun_%28Explorable%29
For Factions characters (and Factions characters only), there is an exploit regarding clearing this area in hard mode for the Vanquisher title progress. Your character must complete the An Unwelcome Guest quest first and enter the area from Seitung Harbor. If you fulfill the conditions, no enemies will spawn, allowing you to just kill a Tiger or a Crane to immediately get the area vanquished. Note that all player characters in the party must all be Factions characters and have all completed the aforementioned quest. Yes you can, if you're faction born.

Qdq Swi

Qdq Swi

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by My Lipgloss is Cool
Yes you can, if you're faction born. My bad.. didn't know it was only factions chars ;s. All my chars apart from one are from factions.. So I never tested with prophecies/ NF chars.

philo

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

There seems to be a similar "trick" for Bukdek Byway. I recently saw someone offer a vanquishing "run" there for 4p, claiming it would take no longer than 3 minutes!

I didn't hire him as I thought he was charging too much for 3 minutes work, so does anyone know what this could mean?

Mr.Kotte

Mr.Kotte

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by philo
There seems to be a similar "trick" for Bukdek Byway. I recently saw someone offer a vanquishing "run" there for 4p, claiming it would take no longer than 3 minutes!

I didn't hire him as I thought he was charging too much for 3 minutes work, so does anyone know what this could mean? 2 quests and voilá.