pre-searing newbie

North Dragon Slayer

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2008

USA

W/A

I just made a toon i want to keep in pre searing for the gifts of the huntsman. to gain additional money to buy the gifts i was wondering what are the best foes in pre-searing to get black and white dyes

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

Forget trying to get rich farming dyes. The best place in Pre-Searing for drops is in The Northlands. Runes, Charr salvage kits, purples, Charr bags all drop there and more frequently than black and white dyes.

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

I'm pretty sure the drop rate of dyes holds no regard to things like foe level and type (undead/animal/whatever). I'd assume that you're best off going for the place where you can maximise kills/time. Black/white dye won't drop frequently enough to be a main source of income though.

Anyway, you're probably better off just farming for whatever you need each day. You can see what you need in advance so it should be fairly convenient.

Darcy

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

There is no "best" location for any dye in pre-searing or in the main games. Dye drops are random and your chances of getting the more valuable ones is even more random. The reason people like to farm dyes in pre is due to the easy foes so the farming goes much faster.

Perkunas

Perkunas

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2006

In my own little world, looking at yours

Only Us[NotU]

E/

Two years ago, I made a character just to "get rich" dealing in dyes. It turns out, I made more money from drops, than I did from dyes. About 4 months ago, I sold all the dyes, several full stacks of many colors, for post gold. The market for dyes in presearing, is not what it was in the past.

If you want to "get rich" in pre, pick up everything, ID all the blue labeled items, salvage the "highly salvageable" items. My newest character, spent 24 hours, spread over 5 days in pre and took 24k to post, along with 12 dyes of 6 different colors. Making money in pre is easy, but don't count on dyes.

Snograt

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

Yes, dyes will drop naturally when you're busy killing off all the critters that Nicholas needs. There's no need for any specific farm - although keeping the quest Bandit Raid has always been popular among dye farmers: Rack up the Leather Belts and Charred Husks while you're at it

dagrdagaz

dagrdagaz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2010

NL

E/N

@Snograt, Charred Husks ?
I am guessing that should be Baked Husks.

Ghengis Kwell

Ghengis Kwell

Baby Maker

Join Date: Jun 2007

UK

Sent Fromhell

D/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by dagrdagaz View Post
@Snograt, Charred Husks ?
I am guessing that should be Baked Husks.
Naw she is right her baking is awful :P