The Raptor Farming Compendium

The Raptor Farming Compendium

Table of Contents

I. Introduction
II. General outline/info
III. Builds
IV. Credits

Introduction

Well, considering that Wintersday is coming up, and that Raptor farming is amazing for holiday drops, I figured that a lot of people might want to start farming who haven't before for holiday drops. Also considering that there's around 30-50 threads on Raptor farming scattered on Guru and another 10-ish builds on PvX, finding a good build might get a little overwhelming for some. As such, I've decided to create a thread with Raptor farming builds in both NM and HM for every profession.

This thread will contain various builds, whether it be links to PvXwiki, GWG posts, or quotes from sections of GWG posts. Now, obviously, there's going to be some professions for which I don't have builds for. This is where you, the knowledgeable inhabitants of the Farming board [/suckup] come in! I ask of you to post any build which may either A) be an improvement over a current build, or B) be of a profession of which I don't have listed. Also, as I don't have time to test every single build in NM and HM, I'd appreciate it if you would tell me if an HM build works in NM, and vice versa.

General outline/info

Raptor farming is farming the Raptor Nestlings in a small cave outside of Rata Sum in Eye of the North.


They are located in the cave with the Assassin symbol on it.

In this cave, there are 33 Raptor Nestlings and an Assassin boss. The Raptor Nestlings are split up into three groups: One towards the far side of the cave, one in the middle, and one in a group with the boss. The Nestlings themselves aren’t much of a problem; In NM, they’re level 15, their only attack skill, [Disrupting Stab], is blockable, and they only have about ~200 health. In HM, they’re a little higher level, have more health, and attack faster, but they’re still not much of a threat. Most, if not all, professions can farm these effectively.

The boss, Rekoff Broodmother, is a little more difficult to farm. She has a skill called [[Twisting Jaws], which is a touch skill which steals 120 health (This is life stealing, so it’s hard to get around) and inflicts Bleeding and a Deep Wound. She also uses [Wild Strike], which removes any stances you are in. Despite this, with many builds, she is still a pushover.

Raptor farming became popular shortly after the release of EotN. The Raptor nestlings drop Elemental Swords, and chests in the cave can reward [www.wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Saurian Scythe]Saurian Scythes[/url], both of which were worth well over 100 platinum at that time. As a result of mass farming, both of these items are worth less than 15 platinum at this point in time.
However, Raptor farming still remains popular because of the fact that one can kill around 30 foes in a minute and a half, give or take 15 seconds, in Hard Mode. It is mainly farmed in HM for gold drops. During special event drop weekends, people farm here in Normal Mode. It is much faster in NM than HM, but the amount of event item drops remains constant throughout both modes. As a result, one can farm more event drops in NM than in HM.

Builds

Note: If you have any questions on individual builds, click the link and read around the thread/wiki discussion page (if on PvX) first. If it’s not up there, you can ask and hopefully someone will answer your question.

[i]Note: Most of the HM builds also work in NM.[/url]

If you have any additions, feel free to post!

Any Profession

Any/W - [any/ Raptor farmer;OAESI5KT4F0F8FKF7gBAAAAAA] (Source) (Unsure)
Any/E – Mist Form (Casters only) (HM)


Warrior

W/Rt - VWK Farmer(HM)
W/D – Sand shards/Whirlwind Attack(HM)
W/E – Defy Pain/Sliver Armor(HM)

Assassin

A/E – Perma SF Raptor farmer
A/E – Perma Sliver Form (HM) Highly popular build, can farm most other places as well.

Elementalist

E/Me – Elite-less Raptor Farmer (HM)
E/Me – Mist Form Raptor Farmer (HM)
E/Me – Quote: