So, Halloween is coming up and as we all know, there are traders which trade party/drunk/sweet items for a variety of low level items.
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Halloween item farming
Popcorn Devil
Although they collect different items, all of the Horseman Collectors offer the same items:
Ghost-in-the-Box
Squash Serum
Transmogrifier Tonic (only those marked with * )
Vial of Absinthe
Witch's Brew
Ascalon City
Horseman Nurmangor collecting 3 Charr Carvings
Horseman Irimund collecting 2 Ornate Grawl Necklaces
Lion's Arch
Horseman Vulgamor collecting 3 Decayed Orr Emblems
Horseman Malfein collecting 2 Glowing Hearts
Horseman Sorcien collecting 1 Feathered Caromi Scalp
Henge of Denravi
Horseman Saralim collecting 2 Maguuma Manes
Horseman Darelum collecting 1 White Mantle Emblem
Kamadan
Horseman Naramor collecting 2 Mandragor Carapaces
* Horseman Garthim collecting 3 Sentient Roots
Horseman Aramon collecting 3 Juvenile Termite Legs
Champion's Dawn
Horseman Jaysin collecting 3 Copper Shillings
* Horseman Bishma collecting 3 Fledgling Skree Wings
Kodlonu Hamlet
Horseman Kronar collecting 3 Silver Bullion Coins
* Horseman Vadir collecting 1 Chunk of Drake Flesh
Sunspear Great Hall
Horseman Maxilus collecting 2 Mandragor Carapaces
* Horseman Nuher collecting 3 Sentient Roots Anyone know any viable farms taking advantage of these collectors so we can stock up early, if any?
Ghost-in-the-Box
Squash Serum
Transmogrifier Tonic (only those marked with * )
Vial of Absinthe
Witch's Brew
Ascalon City
Horseman Nurmangor collecting 3 Charr Carvings
Horseman Irimund collecting 2 Ornate Grawl Necklaces
Lion's Arch
Horseman Vulgamor collecting 3 Decayed Orr Emblems
Horseman Malfein collecting 2 Glowing Hearts
Horseman Sorcien collecting 1 Feathered Caromi Scalp
Henge of Denravi
Horseman Saralim collecting 2 Maguuma Manes
Horseman Darelum collecting 1 White Mantle Emblem
Kamadan
Horseman Naramor collecting 2 Mandragor Carapaces
* Horseman Garthim collecting 3 Sentient Roots
Horseman Aramon collecting 3 Juvenile Termite Legs
Champion's Dawn
Horseman Jaysin collecting 3 Copper Shillings
* Horseman Bishma collecting 3 Fledgling Skree Wings
Kodlonu Hamlet
Horseman Kronar collecting 3 Silver Bullion Coins
* Horseman Vadir collecting 1 Chunk of Drake Flesh
Sunspear Great Hall
Horseman Maxilus collecting 2 Mandragor Carapaces
* Horseman Nuher collecting 3 Sentient Roots Anyone know any viable farms taking advantage of these collectors so we can stock up early, if any?
Senrath
Farm Gates of Kryta for Decayed Orr Emblems. Works really well.
Konig Des Todes
idk but I've been stockpiling some Decayed Orr Emblems for about half a year. I'll be getting me some Absinthe. 
I believe Orr Emblems are farmed a good amount outside Bergen Hot Springs. Bring some smiters and your golden.
Charr can just be farmed in the breach, or in the Great Norther Wall mission (when you should run), if you have EN, it's even easier to farm them.
Caromi would be outside LA if you want to farm them.
I believe Orr Emblems are farmed a good amount outside Bergen Hot Springs. Bring some smiters and your golden.
Charr can just be farmed in the breach, or in the Great Norther Wall mission (when you should run), if you have EN, it's even easier to farm them.
Caromi would be outside LA if you want to farm them.
Rak Orgon of Beowulf
If you have the EoTN quest "Charr Invaders", they drop charr carvings...you get quite a few too.
NexceveN
Currently running up and down from Frontier Gate to Ruins of Surmia. Killing grawl for Ornate Grawl Necklaces. Quite simple, dont do real damage. And probably all proffessions can farm easy here. Doing it with my hammer warrior. Just try not to kill all enemies at once for better drops.
Otherwise farming outside Nolani for some grawl. Singed Grawl skulls for the Wintersday event, trade 2 for spiked eggnog. Also real easy.
To bad none of the collectors give Sweet tooth items. If i'm correct.
Otherwise farming outside Nolani for some grawl. Singed Grawl skulls for the Wintersday event, trade 2 for spiked eggnog. Also real easy.
To bad none of the collectors give Sweet tooth items. If i'm correct.
Jade
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Just try not to kill all enemies at once for better drops.
I'm still amazed that people believe this. There was a great study done on it that proved that drops are determined when the map loads. Check it out here.
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It's already been mentioned about the gates of Kryta farm for decayed orr emblems so.... how about farming charr carvings! I'd either do that at the end of the Great Northern Wall, you know where you're supposed to run away from the charr, just turn around and there's a nice spot you can stop and they can't get by you. Or just do Nolani, crank open that gate and wipe out the charr that charge in at you.
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It's already been mentioned about the gates of Kryta farm for decayed orr emblems so.... how about farming charr carvings! I'd either do that at the end of the Great Northern Wall, you know where you're supposed to run away from the charr, just turn around and there's a nice spot you can stop and they can't get by you. Or just do Nolani, crank open that gate and wipe out the charr that charge in at you.
komma
that study is bunk....you get more drops killing one by one....dont believe it, go do it.
Miska Bow
For charr carving do the Great Northern Wall mission in NM. After the movie, dont run and kill all charrs.
On top of giving you a lots of carving , its epic fun
On top of giving you a lots of carving , its epic fun
Shayne Hawke
I just hope ANet adds a Saurian Bone collector for the holidays.
SkekSister
Would it not just be more efficient to farm Raptors (or whatever) in HM for gold/drops n then just buy the alcohol off others at 100g per point?
I've not done any maths here so please feel free to prove me wrong.
I've not done any maths here so please feel free to prove me wrong.
XkristoferX
i usually farm Charr carvings or Orr Emblems. does any1 know what the fast item to farm? i can run pretty much any farming build in any area.
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Loot Junkie
When it comes to farming grawl necklaces, I just use a N/E with 16 SR and 12 fire. One cast of icy veins on the grawl monk kills the whole mob instantly and if u get some hammer wars on u just inferno and flameburst them. If u get good at one cast killing entire mobs with IV u will move along quickly.
Olof
I am solo farming in hm the fire imps and caromi outside LA. The fire imps drop glowing hearts + the occasional ruby. The caromi for their scalps, also lots of feathers which fetch a good price and quite a few golds. So its profitable for both collector items and cash imo.
gw_poster
Istan in NF has mega butt-loads of termites (juvenile termite legs) and drake flesh (especially Mehtani Keys and Latenda Bog), as well as mandragor-galore! In NM its like buttah..
Nechtan Thaumaturge
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Would it not just be more efficient to farm Raptors (or whatever) in HM for gold/drops n then just buy the alcohol off others at 100g per point?
I've not done any maths here so please feel free to prove me wrong. Hmm, let's say you can get 7k an hour farming Raptors, which seems a fairly conservative estimate. At 100g per point, that's 70 points of alcohol. Vials of Absinthe are one point a piece, so 70 Vials of Absinthe.
In order to get that many via the collectors, you'd need 210 Decayed Orr Emblems (or 140 Ornate Grawl Necklaces or 70 Feathered Caromi Scalps). That's an awful lot of collector drops in an hour. If I'm getting one per minute (60 an hour), I feel like I'm doing well. You will also make money farming these things at the same time, so that should be factored in as well. At 60 Decayed Orr Emblems per hour, you'd need to make up 50 Vials of Absinthe an hour to break even with Raptor farming, which would take 5k. For 60 Ornate Grawl Necklaces an hour, the numbers are 40 and 4k, and for 60 Feathered Caromi Scalps, 10 and 1k.
Although Raptor farming looks like it is more efficient, it's probably closer than you might imagine. If they start accepting Saurian Bones in trade, however, there's no contest.
Lastly, I wanted to bring up a point regarding Wintersday trading. A lot of people have been farming Decayed Orr Emblems with an eye toward getting Eggnogs. However, according to GuildWiki, you can trade Singed Gargoyle Skulls, Stormy Eyes, and a few other collector items for the far more potent Spiked Eggnogs (Eggnog = 1 pt., Spiked Eggnog = 5 pts.) Shouldn't you go that route instead?
I've not done any maths here so please feel free to prove me wrong. Hmm, let's say you can get 7k an hour farming Raptors, which seems a fairly conservative estimate. At 100g per point, that's 70 points of alcohol. Vials of Absinthe are one point a piece, so 70 Vials of Absinthe.
In order to get that many via the collectors, you'd need 210 Decayed Orr Emblems (or 140 Ornate Grawl Necklaces or 70 Feathered Caromi Scalps). That's an awful lot of collector drops in an hour. If I'm getting one per minute (60 an hour), I feel like I'm doing well. You will also make money farming these things at the same time, so that should be factored in as well. At 60 Decayed Orr Emblems per hour, you'd need to make up 50 Vials of Absinthe an hour to break even with Raptor farming, which would take 5k. For 60 Ornate Grawl Necklaces an hour, the numbers are 40 and 4k, and for 60 Feathered Caromi Scalps, 10 and 1k.
Although Raptor farming looks like it is more efficient, it's probably closer than you might imagine. If they start accepting Saurian Bones in trade, however, there's no contest.
Lastly, I wanted to bring up a point regarding Wintersday trading. A lot of people have been farming Decayed Orr Emblems with an eye toward getting Eggnogs. However, according to GuildWiki, you can trade Singed Gargoyle Skulls, Stormy Eyes, and a few other collector items for the far more potent Spiked Eggnogs (Eggnog = 1 pt., Spiked Eggnog = 5 pts.) Shouldn't you go that route instead?
SkekSister
Though you only actually get 3 minutes of drunk time from a 5 min drink right?
None the less I've been hording my singed skulls for months now, seems a better farm than the 1 point Halloween booze
None the less I've been hording my singed skulls for months now, seems a better farm than the 1 point Halloween booze
komma
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(Eggnog = 1 pt., Spiked Eggnog = 5 pts.)
spiked eggnog only provides a level 5 buzz which gives 3 minutes of drunk time.
Mordiego
Horseman Sorcien collecting 1 Feathered Caromi Scalp
with perma sin U can farm them pretty fast outside Lion's Arch in North Kryta Province.
with perma sin U can farm them pretty fast outside Lion's Arch in North Kryta Province.
Fay Vert
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I'm still amazed that people believe this. There was a great study done on it that proved that drops are determined when the map loads. Check it out here.
I am amazed that anyone thinks that thread is anything to do with rate of kill! It isn't, its about drops being calculated on zone entry. Neither SoJ or SV are fast kills, hence the way above suposed Loot nerf drop rates shown in that thread. Try heavy nuking, trapping or EoE bombing and watch your drops turn to absolute zilch.
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Grawl necklaces: farm the level 3/4 grawl in Eastern Frontier, outside the Ruins of Surmia outpost. There are about 40 to be killed in 4 mins just by sneezing at them, any profession.
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Grawl necklaces: farm the level 3/4 grawl in Eastern Frontier, outside the Ruins of Surmia outpost. There are about 40 to be killed in 4 mins just by sneezing at them, any profession.
I am Grim
For anyone with ele raptor farm would be easiest cuz of how many raptors are killed at such a high speed. I frmed 100's of k dduring wintersday in july.
Trust me it works
Trust me it works
MercenaryKnight
Never thought about abusing the charr invaders quest inorder to gain a lot amount of charr carvings. Seems like a really good idea actually. I will have to make sure to keep that quest active for my a/e farmer.
Also, the one nolani academy mission I have seen farmed in hm (the first group of warriors) by 55 type builds by just opening the front gate and killing all the wars. Could most likely be done with any shadow form farmer as well.
Also, the one nolani academy mission I have seen farmed in hm (the first group of warriors) by 55 type builds by just opening the front gate and killing all the wars. Could most likely be done with any shadow form farmer as well.
BrettM
Any suggestions on areas with a high rate of return on items that can be traded for transmog tonics? I've been farming Sentient Roots along the south side of Fahranur, from Blacktide Den to the boss group, but the drop rate for roots doesn't seem all that great (perhaps a dozen or so per hour, with a run taking about 10 minutes). I'm farming with an ele, so I'd prefer to avoid Mandragor Imps and their Chillblains. Is there a better place for root farming, or would I do better going after Fledgling Skree Wings?
Michiko Miko
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Originally Posted by Rak Orgon of Beowulf
If you have the EoTN quest "Charr Invaders", they drop charr carvings...you get quite a few too.
Don't they drop superb carvings instead of the regular charr carvings?
Don't they drop superb carvings instead of the regular charr carvings?
Zapper901
Not the low level ones, of which there are plenty in that quest.
RoadApples
can someone please post the decaying orr emblems farm build for a monk?
Senrath
Fawxy Lawxy
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Probably, but the farm for Decayed Orr Emblems is insanely easy and fast. Not to mention you can do it easily in HM as well, so you can get some good drops that way.
Can farm singed Gargoyle skulls and a couple stormy eyes outside of nolani academy, pretty much anything can do it crap loads of gargoyles out there.
AshenX
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Originally Posted by Jade
I'm still amazed that people believe this. There was a great study done on it that proved that drops are determined when the map loads. Check it out here.
Back on topic:
It's already been mentioned about the gates of Kryta farm for decayed orr emblems so.... how about farming charr carvings! I'd either do that at the end of the Great Northern Wall, you know where you're supposed to run away from the charr, just turn around and there's a nice spot you can stop and they can't get by you. Or just do Nolani, crank open that gate and wipe out the charr that charge in at you. I have read the thread you linked several times and have found it to suggest interesting possibilities but I will stick to my own data that shows, after more than 5000 farm runs through Gates of Kryta, an approximately 25% greater yield from individual kills (sliver armor in my case) than mob aoe kills (various ele aoe spells).
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It's already been mentioned about the gates of Kryta farm for decayed orr emblems so.... how about farming charr carvings! I'd either do that at the end of the Great Northern Wall, you know where you're supposed to run away from the charr, just turn around and there's a nice spot you can stop and they can't get by you. Or just do Nolani, crank open that gate and wipe out the charr that charge in at you. I have read the thread you linked several times and have found it to suggest interesting possibilities but I will stick to my own data that shows, after more than 5000 farm runs through Gates of Kryta, an approximately 25% greater yield from individual kills (sliver armor in my case) than mob aoe kills (various ele aoe spells).
queen glory
I tried out some of those build, mostly at Gates of Kryta and outside of Bergen Hot Springs.
But I was trying to find a place where I could find many White Mantles, Riverside Province Mission was the best choice.. and a run with a tweaked Warrior VwK build takes about 30 min. and got around 25 White Mantle Emblems .. and you only need 1 White Mantle Emblem to trade, I wouldn't wanna say it's better or that you get more profit than Gates/Bergen or Grawl outside Surmia.. but it works, and its something new.
But I was trying to find a place where I could find many White Mantles, Riverside Province Mission was the best choice.. and a run with a tweaked Warrior VwK build takes about 30 min. and got around 25 White Mantle Emblems .. and you only need 1 White Mantle Emblem to trade, I wouldn't wanna say it's better or that you get more profit than Gates/Bergen or Grawl outside Surmia.. but it works, and its something new.
Shiing!
I farm necklaces.
Critical Scythe kills the grawl in one or two hits. Two minutes per run, 5~15 necklaces depending on drops.
Got 6 stacks so far in around a month of farming an hour a day or so.
Critical Scythe kills the grawl in one or two hits. Two minutes per run, 5~15 necklaces depending on drops.
Got 6 stacks so far in around a month of farming an hour a day or so.
Jade
I farm skulls and sentient roots with my ele. For skulls I like to use spells like liquid flame and fireball because it's pretty easy to ball the gargoyles up. Might wanna bring along something like healing breeze to cut down on the degen. But I go a little farther than most people when I farm skulls. I go well past that huge group at the top of the stairs. Run takes anywhere from 10-12 min and nets around 10-20 skulls per run. Make sure you bring a speed buff or 2. Here's the map:
For sentient roots I just use Flare and Flame Djinn's Haste for damage. I found that when I kill the level 1 plants they seem to drop sentient roots. When I kill the level 6 plants they drop sentient seeds. So I do a little run outside Kamadan that takes approximately 2-3 minutes (remember speed buffs!). You can expect anywhere from 4-10 sentient roots. Here's the map:
For sentient roots I just use Flare and Flame Djinn's Haste for damage. I found that when I kill the level 1 plants they seem to drop sentient roots. When I kill the level 6 plants they drop sentient seeds. So I do a little run outside Kamadan that takes approximately 2-3 minutes (remember speed buffs!). You can expect anywhere from 4-10 sentient roots. Here's the map:
ryan__ryan
Can someone post a perma sin HM farmer for the tengu and imps outside of LA.
I tried doing a few differnt A/E builds but it's extremely slow... anyone?
I tried doing a few differnt A/E builds but it's extremely slow... anyone?
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