Farming Popular Mats

The Jaded Command

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2010

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Sacred Knights of Orr [SkoO]

P/W

So we all know that certain mats (stacks) create quite a lucrative farm for most people. But some of us have problems gathering them, whether it be location or build. So I have created this thread to form a list of possible farming locations for certain mats.

If you have any locations, quests or builds to contribute to this, please do.

COMMON MATERIALS:

Feathers:
Jaya Bluffs: SoS spirit spammer (any caster can do this)
Naphui Quarters: SoS spammer (again, any caster)
Kryta birdies: SoS spammer (any caster)

Iron Ingots: Farm max weapons and salvage them. Here are some places (HM)
Vaettirs in Jaga Moraine (A/Mo vaettir farmer)
Raptors (W/N Raptor farmer)
Other easy-to-farm mobs (trolls, hydras griffons etc.)

Bones:
Gates of Kryta (NM) (Any/Mo GoK farmer)
Jaya Bluffs, bones drop from the birdies as well as the feathers
^ on that note, Naphui Quarter as well
^ and again, outside of Lions Arch

Piles of Glittering Dust:
Gates of Kryta (NM) (Any/Mo GoK farmer)
Salvaging Demonic Remains, Phantom Residues and Demonic Fangs from Topk, UW and FoW


So thats what I can think of right now, I'll add some more mats later on as well as start rare mats, but if you have anything to contribute, please do.

Thanks

Outo Oli Apc

Outo Oli Apc

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2009

Finland

GOLD

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Plant Fibers: Plants in Pongmei Valley (300Ele, SF etc)

Granite: Stone scale kirin in pongmei valley ( 300Ele, SF etc)

Salvage everything you get

Spiritz

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

DMFC

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jaded Command View Post
So we all know that certain mats (stacks) create quite a lucrative farm for most people. But some of us have problems gathering them, whether it be location or build. So I have created this thread to form a list of possible farming locations for certain mats.

If you have any locations, quests or builds to contribute to this, please do.

COMMON MATERIALS:

Feathers:
Jaya Bluffs: SoS spirit spammer (any caster can do this)
Naphui Quarters: SoS spammer (again, any caster)
Kryta birdies: SoS spammer (any caster)

Iron Ingots: Farm max weapons and salvage them. Here are some places (HM)
Vaettirs in Jaga Moraine (A/Mo vaettir farmer)
Raptors (W/N Raptor farmer)
Other easy-to-farm mobs (trolls, hydras griffons etc.)

Bones:
Gates of Kryta (NM) (Any/Mo GoK farmer)
Jaya Bluffs, bones drop from the birdies as well as the feathers
^ on that note, Naphui Quarter as well
^ and again, outside of Lions Arch

Piles of Glittering Dust:
Gates of Kryta (NM) (Any/Mo GoK farmer)
Salvaging Demonic Remains, Phantom Residues and Demonic Fangs from Topk, UW and FoW


So thats what I can think of right now, I'll add some more mats later on as well as start rare mats, but if you have anything to contribute, please do.

Thanks jaya bluffs can be done on almost any profession - ive done it using a fire nuke ele , standard 55 build on a non 55hp monk , 55 monk build , vwk me/rt and rt/me.And vaetires are also doable on a/me , me/a , e/me (several variations ) and mo/a and i believe w/n with bonder as well as in theory a n/a and a/n ( theory tested a/n and was very slow - different but slow as hell lol ).
Fahranur explorable nf in hm - i believe mo/d 105hp will do skales/undead for iron/dust and bones ( plenty of dead swords/dead bows and skel shields ) - the build i recall isnt standard 55/105 - uses ps,mystic regen , and sigs for dmg and you rely on ps/mystic to keep you alive.If anyone knows the exact build and would be kind enough to post i would be grateful.

TheodenKing

TheodenKing

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2008

DoA

Dark Order of Retarded Knights (doRk)

N/Me

Regarding feathers and Jaya Bluffs: I've used almost every profession to farm here in NM and HM. I have found the two most efficient methods to be 1) 100 Blades warrior solo with "while hexed" mods, and 2) Dwayna Derv solo. Both of these methods are more reliable in NM than in HM. And over time I have found NM to be most efficient when considering time vs feather count. The advantage for the warrior is you can use a tengu mod on your sword. The advantage of the Dwayna Derv is that hexes barely slow you down.

A spirit spammer works (like in most places), but it truly takes more than twice as long to kill stuff compared to the warrior or derv.

Oh, another note about Jaya Bluffs: Be sure to pick up all the blue armor drops. You will get quite a few Radiants, Survivors, Vitaes and Attunements, as well as other valuable minors like soul reaping, spawning, etc.

Shrimz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

Texas

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Jade weapons have a nice dust salvage depending on rarity so any farm done in the jade sea would be nice. I suppose that a spirit spammer would work of course but does anyone else know some good easy farms?

Essence Snow

Essence Snow

Unbridled Enthusiasm!

Join Date: Nov 2009

EST

DPR

Everyone knows bout Starfish Focuses and Great Conchs.....but not everyone knows bout the merch fodder Blazing Wing Wands. Excellent dust salvage 90% of time....(80-120 per w/ measure for measure).

Mini Norn

Mini Norn

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2010

Fort Worth, Texas

Lost Souls Of The Shiverpeaks [LoST]

P/W

Hulking Stone Elementals in HM out side of Ascalon for Granite.

Behemoth farm in the maguuma jungle for totem axes(Plant Fibers there)

nightmares in kryta (Forgot quest name) from that guy on the platform for Glittering Dust.

Vaettirs for their glaciel stones (LOTS OF DUST)

afya

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mini Norn View Post
Hulking Stone Elementals in HM out side of Ascalon for Granite.

Behemoth farm in the maguuma jungle for totem axes(Plant Fibers there)

nightmares in kryta (Forgot quest name) from that guy on the platform for Glittering Dust.

Vaettirs for their glaciel stones (LOTS OF DUST) is glacial stone alone or turrn to dust more profitable?

Mini Norn

Mini Norn

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2010

Fort Worth, Texas

Lost Souls Of The Shiverpeaks [LoST]

P/W

stones can go for 10-15k maybe 20k a stack.
Dust 4k, but you get 3-4 dust per stone so 1 stack of stones is 3-4 stacks of dust, dust is much easier too sell..

IMO dust is more of a profit.

~Mini Norn

Black Metal

Black Metal

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2009

N/

any of those monster seed drops (they are all over tyria and elona) are easy plant fibers, considering merching them gets you between 8-30 gold, and plant fibers have been pretty steady 250-300g/10

CE Devilman

CE Devilman

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

hell

Do U Trust Anet

N/Mo


fire imp: Lump of Charcoal (deldrimor steel)
Location: Talmark Wilderness northeast of the entrance from Majesty's Rest



plant fiber and dust: Talmark Wilderness.

Loot Junkie

Loot Junkie

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

in a utopian dream

clan dethryche[dth]

N/

Considering that it's a double lucky/unlucky chestrunning weekend event: dolyak prod staves merch to generous amounts of dust or iron. If you're chest running you should be getting a decent amount of salvage inscriptions - save them for the dolyak staves and collect stacks of mats per day

I forgot to add: this works for chestrunning in ice cliff chasms, I don't know about other locales.

Snograt

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

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

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mini Norn View Post
Hulking Stone Elementals in HM out side of Ascalon for Granite. My favorite.

If nothing else, it's nice to take your dual-riposte Warrior out for old times' sake

Mini Norn

Mini Norn

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2010

Fort Worth, Texas

Lost Souls Of The Shiverpeaks [LoST]

P/W

Good ol' wammo farm.

~Mini Norn

Cuilan

Cuilan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2008

Me/

Holdings of Chokhin with spirit spam for plant fiber. Monk boss is hard and don't bother with the elementalist.

HigherMinion

HigherMinion

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2008

East Anglia, UK

Order of [Thay]

N/

What's that area outside Anjeka's Shrine in Kurzick land? The R/A farm there for farming those dragon dudes; lots of Plant Fibre!

Essence Snow

Essence Snow

Unbridled Enthusiasm!

Join Date: Nov 2009

EST

DPR

Speaking of plant fibers.....using measure for measure on Bramble items (bramble bows, bramble blades) will chance yield 100ish fibers per salvage.

chill_n_space

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2007

AZ USA

M I N D Hack {OMG}

W/Mo

what are the Great Conchs shields going for now

ive got 2

1 is 9 tact inscrib?