Is it possible farming rubys or sapphires?
azelf bidoof
Hello everyone, i was just wondering if it is possible to farm rubys or sapphires. I need those materials to get vabbian armor. but it is extremely expensive. WRITE BACK!!!
wind fire and ice
no,theres no effective way to farm them.
Farm somthing else and buy them.
Farm somthing else and buy them.
Dr Dimento
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Farm somthing else and buy them. QFT
I just bought my vabbian set for my sin.........eeeeeeeexpensive. If you can't afford it, dont buy it.
lordheinous
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Originally Posted by wind fire and ice
no,theres no effective way to farm them.
Farm somthing else and buy them. Wrong, at least as far as rubies go. Sapphires indeed have no reliable farm, but you can farm hulking stone elementals in ascalon for rubies. Not the most efficient farm maybe, but people do it, and you will get rubies.
Farm somthing else and buy them. Wrong, at least as far as rubies go. Sapphires indeed have no reliable farm, but you can farm hulking stone elementals in ascalon for rubies. Not the most efficient farm maybe, but people do it, and you will get rubies.
ALF71BE
Just for clarification - any monster that drops crafting materials has an extremely slim chance of dropping a Sapphire/Ruby, Pre-Searing excluded IIRC.
I've got like five or six from farming Elementals in HM outside Sardelac Sanitarium, in Ascalon. However, just like in Pre-Searing, the variety of drops of these monsters is very low; they basically just drop Warrior and Ranger weapons, a collectable, and Charcoal/Granite, limiting the possibilities and increasing the percentage of dyes/rubies/sapphires.
I've got like five or six from farming Elementals in HM outside Sardelac Sanitarium, in Ascalon. However, just like in Pre-Searing, the variety of drops of these monsters is very low; they basically just drop Warrior and Ranger weapons, a collectable, and Charcoal/Granite, limiting the possibilities and increasing the percentage of dyes/rubies/sapphires.
Cobalt
Another way would be to farm hidden chests on level 2-3 in CoF, just clear enough to make it to all the hidden chest spawns, rinse and repeat. It should be 6-8 chests, 3-4 per level on levels 2-3. It should take you 30 minutes or less if you don't bother to go on and kill the boss each time..
They do drop from those chests but rarely so you would have to do it a lot I imagine.
FYI, Only gold and maps drop from level 1 hidden chests so you could just pass those up to speed things up.
They do drop from those chests but rarely so you would have to do it a lot I imagine.
FYI, Only gold and maps drop from level 1 hidden chests so you could just pass those up to speed things up.
wire dawg
farm uw drops both not as often as ectos but they do
_Nihilist_
Hulking Stone Elementals in between Ascalon City and Sardelac Sanitarium in HM also drop Sapphires (not just Rubies). I've had 3 Sapphires drop from them in runs with my 55 SV Necro farmer (all 3 dropped during holiday weekends, too!).
Rare crafting materials can drop from Hidden Treasures in some of the GW:EN Dungeons as well, I've seen them in CoF HM runs quite a few times.
The last time I did the 'free' chest runs in NF (Treasure Chests/Buried Treasures/Do Not Touch) I got 1 Ruby and 1 Sapphire, too.
As far as farming goes, Ruby Djinn Essences can salvage into Rubies, and Sapphire Djinn Essences can salvage into Sapphires, but just like the Hulking Stone Elementals, this is pretty rare. Still, a friend of mine used to use a D/Mo farmer to solo farm the Djinns (both types, Ruby and Sapphire) and he got tons of Essence drops, but rarely a Ruby/Sapphire salvage. Those are pretty much your options, unless you go on Wiki and find what can drop/salvage either of those 2 materials. Just like others have said, it might be a better use of your time to farm up the cash and buy them from a Rare Material Trader or other Players, but the farming runs can't hurt, even if they put 1 or 2 more in your stash, right?
Hope this helps.
Rare crafting materials can drop from Hidden Treasures in some of the GW:EN Dungeons as well, I've seen them in CoF HM runs quite a few times.
The last time I did the 'free' chest runs in NF (Treasure Chests/Buried Treasures/Do Not Touch) I got 1 Ruby and 1 Sapphire, too.
As far as farming goes, Ruby Djinn Essences can salvage into Rubies, and Sapphire Djinn Essences can salvage into Sapphires, but just like the Hulking Stone Elementals, this is pretty rare. Still, a friend of mine used to use a D/Mo farmer to solo farm the Djinns (both types, Ruby and Sapphire) and he got tons of Essence drops, but rarely a Ruby/Sapphire salvage. Those are pretty much your options, unless you go on Wiki and find what can drop/salvage either of those 2 materials. Just like others have said, it might be a better use of your time to farm up the cash and buy them from a Rare Material Trader or other Players, but the farming runs can't hurt, even if they put 1 or 2 more in your stash, right?
Hope this helps.
masterjer1
Well not really a true farm, but a way of earning rubies and sapphires is to earn your Trade Contracts and trade them in at the Kodash Bazaar. It takes 7 Contracts per gem. You could also waste your time and stand around spamming "WTB Trade Contracts".
ALF71BE
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Originally Posted by wind fire and ice;
Originally Posted by lordheinous
Not the most efficient farm maybe
Well, precisely...
Konig Des Todes
You can always go Perma SF and farm ectos before ANet nerfs it, if they do.
In the 3 or so days I farmed ectos, I got about 3 Rubies and 5 Sapphires (with 80ish Ectos). Not the fasted for the materials themselves, but you can sell Ectos and buy Rubies and Sapphires. Tom Swift IronSheik
Farm something else and buy them, or as anyone else said, if you can mass kill something that drops mats, they can also drop rubies/what not
lordheinous
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Originally Posted by ALF71BE
Well, precisely...
Well, when compared with something like ecto farming chaos planes with a perma, most "normal" farms fall short. I'm not saying its a bad farm per se, its just that there are a few very, very good farms that outshine it (and most other farms too). Doesn't stop people from doing them though.
Nightow
Just a thought but geodes also have a chance to salvage into a ruby.
wind fire and ice daze
Salvage for rubies
Salvage Items * Roaring Ether Heart * Stone Remnants Collectable Drops * Ruby Djinn Essences * Geodes * Pillaged Goods Weapons * Jeweled Daggers * Ruby Maul * Ruby Daggers * Iridescent Aegis --------- Salvage for saphires Salvage Items * Ancient Lodestones Collectable Drops * Sapphire Djinn Essences * Geodes Weapons * Jeweled Daggers * Iridescent Aegis Numa Pompilius
I've farmed a couple of stacks of granite from elementals, and played through all three campaigns several times, am "I have many leather-bound books", and never got a single gem except from chests in EotN dungeons and as drops in FoW/UW, so I'd say the probability of getting gems from normal mobs is very, very, very, low.
For comparison I have 17 black dye in storage, plus several of avatars have black armor, and superior vigors on most of my avatars, all obtained as drops. I completely support the suggestion to farm something else (feathers or granite is fast & easy) and buying the gems. jonnieboi05
you can also do CoF (cathedral of flames). the hidden treasure chests give a random chance for a ruby/sapphire/other item/gold. doing this is so-so, the drop rate for rubbies and sapphires from this method is somewhat decent.
~LeNa~ Shasgaliel
I think Daze presented the best way to farm them. I would also add that to ruby daggers and other weapons you should apply (if possible) measure for measure Inscription for higher chances. I noticed that the gems drop from:
- Treasure chests in NF (rarely but they do, got 3 rubys from them already) - Hidden treasures in GWEN dungeons - random drop from a monster. Apparently Elemental bosses in old ascalon are believed to drop them in a noticeable rate - I was killing them during elemental run and I got 2 rubys from them so far (around 30 runs). Never a sapphire dropped for me but I saw them dropping once during a fow run and more or less they have the same pattern of dropping as rubys. Rothan Celt
How do peeps farm granite anyhow?
BrettM
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How do peeps farm granite anyhow?
Take a look at this very recent thread, where that very question was discussed.
d_fens
Maybe I'm just lucky but i got 2 rubies from Stone Scale Kirins in Arborstone yesterday (HM ofcoz). Maybe there is some connection between granite and ruby/sapphire dropping from certain monsters... (granite in NM/HM, ruby/sapphire in HM) just wondering...
Trader of Secrets
No really effective way to farm them. Ive gotten mine with the occasional drop during UW or buy salvaging does gemmed items, which those items can be obtained by doing chestruns in vabbi (work on TH title also).
Farm the money and buy. lilesnoopy
the best place for me was to farm wardens in the kurzick areas for both rubies and saphires, theydorp quite alot
azelf bidoof
ok ty everyone. what i've heard the most out of reading all this was: just farm UW and buy them. dont waste the time trying and trying to farm them. ty all
L|S >+>+G+<+<
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Originally Posted by Dr Dimento
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I just bought my vabbian set for my sin.........eeeeeeeexpensive. If you can't afford it, dont buy it. and that was helpful how? |