Where is the best farming place?
Why?
Does it depend wat u r looking for?
how many ppl should i take?
wat class should i take?
wat skils should i take?
and other info u could give
i am looking for things like black dye and most of all gold.
if u say something like griffon-farming, wat do u mean and where.
THIS IS LIKE AN Idiots Guide to farming
or noobs guide
Best Farming Place in detail
xiaokai
jonnybegood
augury
good money
not really
1
mo/w w/mo
healing and tactics
ill post my farming guide ina sec
good money
not really
1
mo/w w/mo
healing and tactics
ill post my farming guide ina sec
xiaokai
cool i am desprate for money as i have lost 91k dont ask how i jus trust ppl too much now i will stop trusting and jus farm
jonnybegood
To start this is my farming build(viable even after the 11/10/05 update)
W/MO
attributes:
Smiting=12
Tactics=9+1 rune
Healing=10
and just pour the rest into Axe mastery.
Armor:
The armor i prefer to us is Glads for the chest and legs, Knights for the boots, Wyvern for the arms, and of course Axe helm. Try to get as high as absorption and vigor runes as possible.
Skills:
cyclone Axe= used to charge bonetti's and give you health from vig spirit
bonetti's defense=major form of protection
vigorous spirit(what i like to call Viagra's spirit)=heals you when ever you hit something
Shield of Judgment{E}= only effective AOE smite Ive found to work, make sure you use this only with bonetti's on
sprint=to get to the enemies
endure pain=in case your in a tough situation
mending=make sure this is +3 Regen
Balthazar's spirit=every time you get hit you get energy
Execution:
Now a good place to start is "talus chute"(just outside droks). start off by casting mending as soon as you load up. Then at the start there may be some dengue or dwarfs,
try dodge them by staying to the left wall. If they come for just use sprint. When you just about go into the cave where the trolls are cast balths spirit, then go in.
Try to get the whole first batch around you. Then when your fully surrounded attack with cyclone immediately followed by bonetti's. Wait for cyclone to recharge then cast vig spirit,cyclone,bonetti's in that order. If and when your health get below half just use cyclone and bonetti's over and over again, until your comfortable. when you feel like it cast SoJ for some extra damage. And remember if your about to die use endure pain till u can use a skill. So have fun and don't hurt yourself.
difficulty 1-10: this is a bit easy ,probably a 5. To make it even easier swirtch SoJ with Gladiator's defence
"Jonny Original Build"
W/MO
attributes:
Smiting=12
Tactics=9+1 rune
Healing=10
and just pour the rest into Axe mastery.
Armor:
The armor i prefer to us is Glads for the chest and legs, Knights for the boots, Wyvern for the arms, and of course Axe helm. Try to get as high as absorption and vigor runes as possible.
Skills:
cyclone Axe= used to charge bonetti's and give you health from vig spirit
bonetti's defense=major form of protection
vigorous spirit(what i like to call Viagra's spirit)=heals you when ever you hit something
Shield of Judgment{E}= only effective AOE smite Ive found to work, make sure you use this only with bonetti's on
sprint=to get to the enemies
endure pain=in case your in a tough situation
mending=make sure this is +3 Regen
Balthazar's spirit=every time you get hit you get energy
Execution:
Now a good place to start is "talus chute"(just outside droks). start off by casting mending as soon as you load up. Then at the start there may be some dengue or dwarfs,
try dodge them by staying to the left wall. If they come for just use sprint. When you just about go into the cave where the trolls are cast balths spirit, then go in.
Try to get the whole first batch around you. Then when your fully surrounded attack with cyclone immediately followed by bonetti's. Wait for cyclone to recharge then cast vig spirit,cyclone,bonetti's in that order. If and when your health get below half just use cyclone and bonetti's over and over again, until your comfortable. when you feel like it cast SoJ for some extra damage. And remember if your about to die use endure pain till u can use a skill. So have fun and don't hurt yourself.
difficulty 1-10: this is a bit easy ,probably a 5. To make it even easier swirtch SoJ with Gladiator's defence
"Jonny Original Build"
xiaokai
Is there a reason for axe?
y not sword or hammer?
persnoly i am a hammer user
y not sword or hammer?
persnoly i am a hammer user
Knido
axe for cyclone axe
hammer has one like it, but it gets interrupted
sword has Hundred Blades, but its an elite
hammer has one like it, but it gets interrupted
sword has Hundred Blades, but its an elite
coldslammer
fow chest farming is rewarding, just make a random running build, run out to the chests, open em, 15>50 chaos axe 
, if its not a chaos axe, its a shadow bow/shadow staff or offhand/shield. sometimes you get other random stuff like dragon swords, and hammers.
Sharpe_116
I farm everything with my mo/w and m/me (2 diff chars). My fav spot is UW. when we have favour, me and a guildy get together and just farm till our eyes bleed.
second favourite spot is griffs for the cash
3rd is hydras.
last is perdition rock ( hint hint mo/me) i dont like perdition cuz i might doze off and gett tottaly mauled..
second favourite spot is griffs for the cash
3rd is hydras.
last is perdition rock ( hint hint mo/me) i dont like perdition cuz i might doze off and gett tottaly mauled..
Senator Tom
jonny
you might wanna try switching endure pain for judges insight i believe it is
the one that makes you do holy dmg
you might wanna try switching endure pain for judges insight i believe it is
the one that makes you do holy dmg
Monica Angelina
I've tried Judges Insight before with not so great results. It doesn't last very long and can be interrupted. The worst part, 1 plat just to find out it wasn't suitable for my build based on someone else's suggestion.
jonnybegood
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Originally Posted by Monica Angelina
I've tried Judges Insight before with not so great results. It doesn't last very long and can be interrupted. The worst part, 1 plat just to find out it wasn't suitable for my build based on someone else's suggestion.
ditto... but i do rarely use endure, i will look for a skill later tonight and see if i can get more of a damage output, only one off the top of my head is deadly riposte.
xiaokai
where is griffs and hydras.
Jetdoc
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Originally Posted by xiaokai
where is griffs and hydras.
Outside of Augury Rock - Hydras to the north, Griffons to the south.
jonnybegood
i dont like to farm those darn hydras for some reason, takes way to long to get any thing i guess
xiaokai
can i farm hydras and griffions alone solo?
W/MO 20 Hammer
wat skils should i use for them?
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where is it most likely to get black dye
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some1 said "Besides, farming griffons is pointless now anyways - they've been nerfed to hell."
true? or untrue?
W/MO 20 Hammer
wat skils should i use for them?
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where is it most likely to get black dye
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some1 said "Besides, farming griffons is pointless now anyways - they've been nerfed to hell."
true? or untrue?
pbspectre
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Originally Posted by jonnybegood
Shield of Judgment{E}= only effective AOE smite Ive found to work, make sure you use this only with bonetti's on
i prefer Glad's Defense post-patch...
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Originally Posted by xiaokai
some1 said "Besides, farming griffons is pointless now anyways - they've been nerfed to hell."
true? or untrue? not true...i still do the same run i did pre-patch...came out with 3-4k per run, sometimes more...lately i've switched to farming ettins for runes...3 Sup Vigors in the last 2 weeks...
Jetdoc
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Originally Posted by xiaokai
can i farm hydras and griffions alone solo?
W/MO 20 Hammer 1. wat skils should i use for them? ------------------------------ 2. where is it most likely to get black dye ------------------------------------- 3. some1 said "Besides, farming griffons is pointless now anyways - they've been nerfed to hell." true? or untrue? 1. Check the Gladiator's Arena - there are tons of builds for W/Mo's for farming. And I mean tons. 2. Black dye drops randomly all over - there is no one place that is better to get those drops. 3. True from a gold weapon standpoint, but these still do drop decent amounts of cash (i.e. normally, each one drops about 100g - so, if you kill 10, that's not a bad haul for a few minutes of work).
Sol_Vie
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Originally Posted by coldslammer
fow chest farming is rewarding, just make a random running build, run out to the chests, open em, 15>50 chaos axe
jonnybegood
3-4 plat in 1 run? honestly i don't see how you do it. not criticizing you though, i only get 800-1500g a run. plz explain how you come about this.
pbspectre
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Originally Posted by jonnybegood
3-4 plat in 1 run? honestly i don't see how you do it. not criticizing you though, i only get 800-1500g a run. plz explain how you come about this.
take out all the griffons (except for the monk boss if he's around) then go kill the minos to the NW of Augury...it's not always 3-4k, but i can usually pull in that much every other run or so...
jonnybegood
oh ok i do that almost now, bur i cant those minos in that rock circle to target me! lol... they kill eachother
pbspectre
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Originally Posted by jonnybegood
oh ok i do that almost now, bur i cant those minos in that rock circle to target me! lol... they kill eachother
don't bother with them...get the ones on the bluff overlooking the valley...
Me NoFat
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Originally Posted by pbspectre
take out all the griffons (except for the monk boss if he's around) then go kill the minos to the NW of Augury...it's not always 3-4k, but i can usually pull in that much every other run or so...
I always make 3K + items from drops per run. I also always kill the monk boss. Go kill the griffons (and monitors on the way) then take the teleporter and head straight between the 2 rocks in front of you. kill all the monitors and walk it up and around the hilltop killing monitors non stop. Once they are dead map over to Elona's and enter mission killing all monitors and Dune Burrowers.
Map back to Augrury and that is a complete run. Sell/salvage/repeat by leaving out the West gate. There are more profitable places but this is the best place to learn farming IMO. I agree that if you need a build just search the build forum there are a million builds and about 1/2 that many guides.
pbspectre
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Originally Posted by Me NoFat
I always make 3K + items from drops per run. I also always kill the monk boss. Go kill the griffons (and monitors on the way) then take the teleporter and head straight between the 2 rocks in front of you. kill all the monitors and walk it up and around the hilltop killing monitors non stop. Once they are dead map over to Elona's and enter mission killing all monitors and Dune Burrowers.
Map back to Augrury and that is a complete run. Sell/salvage/repeat by leaving out the West gate. There are more profitable places but this is the best place to learn farming IMO. I agree that if you need a build just search the build forum there are a million builds and about 1/2 that many guides. well if you throw Elona into the same run, sure you're gonna get 3k+ per run...i'm talking about just the Augury griffons/minotaurs... living too die
I farm the ice imps around marhans grotto with my ranger, they drop good gold, with the occasional rare drop.
ghostlyranger
Quote:
Originally Posted by living too die
I farm the ice imps around marhans grotto with my ranger, they drop good gold, with the occasional rare drop.
can share how u farm them?
i pretty bored farming griffon, grawl and troll already.
Me NoFat
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Originally Posted by pbspectre
well if you throw Elona into the same run, sure you're gonna get 3k+ per run...i'm talking about just the Augury griffons/minotaurs...
It's just not a full run to me without it. That is what I have called a desert run for as long as I have farmed. Sorry that's just what I do. Without Elonas I would say that I still make 3K after selling the items I find at Augury. It is more like 4K with Elonas .... a very rare 5k.
xiaokai
is griffon farming solo?
Me NoFat
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Originally Posted by xiaokai
is griffon farming solo?
Depends on if you go alone....sry that was calling for a smart #$% comment.
Yes you can solo Griffons of all types
jonnybegood
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There are more profitable places
are you talking about FoW or UW?
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Glasswalker
My favorite spot for farming is the Iron Mines of Moladune. Just do the standard infusion run, but kill everything along the way. The Giants and Trolls are just big defenseless pinatas filled with ~100g and occasional treasures. The Griffons and Shadows are a little tougher for some of my characters, but worth it in the end. Identify items in case they are 'precious' and sell all to the merch.
If I run into the Mursaat after the Seer's Cave and let them kill me, then just restart the mission, I don't seem to run into ArenaNet's anti-farming messages. (Hmm. Maybe I shouldn't be saying this...) Former Ruling
I play Ranger -and I trap farm the Kryta Ettins sometimes. It is mostly for Colored Armors (and thus runes) though.
Usually get atleast 3 purp armors and 1 gold armor per trip, sometimes not as much though. Yesterday a Sup Abs. dropped on second trip (but I was letting a friend tag along and it assigned to him). I leave from Beetletun into Nebo Terrace, then run over into NKP. If their are convenient Ettin spawns on the way I'll stop and kill them, but 90% of the time they have too jerky of a patrol or random Lynx and those Roots that randomly pop up can ruin your traps. Once in NPK I go thorugh Ascalon Settlement, and take the 2-3 groups of ettins there, and respawn back in Bettletun. Only Two real threats, other thna these, 1 stock pile of traps kills any ettin group: 1) Lynx..the "animal" charmable in the region. They can run through and ruin all your trap stock. I usally try to get out of their path, or kill them before hand. 2) The Ettins can have jerky Patrol paths sometimes, and REFUSE to be pulled into the trap zone - this is rare but annoying as you watch all your traps going off while the ettins you have aggroed refuse to come towards you, or follow you. 3) The AoE "nerf" can have some effect here. 80% of the time, they hit your stockpile and their toast so walking isn't a problem, but theres that 20% of the time when they hit your pile, feel the first flame trap, and walk alittle out of the trap zone and spam healing sig for a few times to counteract the bleeding and burning. This is REALLY annoying as now you have a ettin or two that survived your trap stockpile..Your low on energy..They can hit through your stance protections with their Irres. Blow.. and you have about 8 seconds to set some more traps to recripple or blind them before that dust trap wears off and they start owning you. (This is a resent problem, as with the Nov. 10th AoE fix they can now sometimes get out of the last few flame/dust pulses just in time to survive to use healing sig, this is either because they were on the outskirts of the trap zone, or just lucky - But like I said - them being crippled and just the pure amount of traps their hitting usally drops them all before they even have a chance to turn around) SilenceWeaver
you can farm with an elementalist too.
i usually do it in augurys with the griffs and minos alone and i do fine unless a devourer pops up while im tanking the griffs/minos. the build for it is somewhere on these forums by Ensign. its fun stuff and quicker than the traditional mo/w or w/mo farming (at least i think so, one run takes between 15-25 min)
dont feel no pain
hydra farming ftw my new build can take 12 hydra at once (if i manage to get to take on 12 a once) and i have done the exact saem build with all the grawls by port sledge(well i killed all the hammer ones at once but could not do anything to the crones) and i done it one 6 mangho hydra(was dodgy)
still looking for more melee areas to use it , manage to own all the trolls in the caves without my healing going below 90% but drops were no good. i worked it out the other day and have done some hydra farming and just reached my 100th hydra claw i will post this build once i reach 1000 :-) (wont be too long) tips: it's quick easy and no healing sigit + no cyclone axe + no smite 
pbspectre
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Originally Posted by Former Ruling
I play Ranger -and I trap farm the Kryta Ettins sometimes. It is mostly for Colored Armors (and thus runes) though.
Usually get atleast 3 purp armors and 1 gold armor per trip, sometimes not as much though. Yesterday a Sup Abs. dropped on second trip (but I was letting a friend tag along and it assigned to him). I leave from Beetletun into Nebo Terrace, then run over into NKP. If their are convenient Ettin spawns on the way I'll stop and kill them, but 90% of the time they have too jerky of a patrol or random Lynx and those Roots that randomly pop up can ruin your traps. Once in NPK I go thorugh Ascalon Settlement, and take the 2-3 groups of ettins there, and respawn back in Bettletun. Only Two real threats, other thna these, 1 stock pile of traps kills any ettin group: 1) Lynx..the "animal" charmable in the region. They can run through and ruin all your trap stock. I usally try to get out of their path, or kill them before hand. 2) The Ettins can have jerky Patrol paths sometimes, and REFUSE to be pulled into the trap zone - this is rare but annoying as you watch all your traps going off while the ettins you have aggroed refuse to come towards you, or follow you. 3) The AoE "nerf" can have some effect here. 80% of the time, they hit your stockpile and their toast so walking isn't a problem, but theres that 20% of the time when they hit your pile, feel the first flame trap, and walk alittle out of the trap zone and spam healing sig for a few times to counteract the bleeding and burning. This is REALLY annoying as now you have a ettin or two that survived your trap stockpile..Your low on energy..They can hit through your stance protections with their Irres. Blow.. and you have about 8 seconds to set some more traps to recripple or blind them before that dust trap wears off and they start owning you. (This is a resent problem, as with the Nov. 10th AoE fix they can now sometimes get out of the last few flame/dust pulses just in time to survive to use healing sig, this is either because they were on the outskirts of the trap zone, or just lucky - But like I said - them being crippled and just the pure amount of traps their hitting usally drops them all before they even have a chance to turn around) yeah, ettin farming's a good time...profitable too...i've yet to get that elusive Sup Absorb to drop but i've got numerous major vigors along with Sup Favor and Smiting and 3 Superior Vigors... Berserk Stance/Distracting Chop/Glad's Defense/Dismember = Dead ettin...
xiaokai
hmmm this was ment to be a guide for noob farmers like me
Maiyn
Xiaokai,
farm the sand drakes outside elona, it is tedious.. but with almost any build you can take on at least two no problem. This was the first place I ever farmed like waay wayy back in april. I made my first 50k here. It is very slow, but it's an easy place to practice builds. Then if you're ready go on to augury and beyond. You can really farm with any class. The best I think being M/X W/X or N/Mo, (I haven't played ranger, I hear they can manage well, and ele was the first class I ever farmed with so that's nothing new) and there are some interesting Mesmer combinations I would LOVE TO TRY IF I HAD ROOM FOR A MESMER HINT HINT ANET. :> Do some searches on "class" solo builds on the forums and you should find good info if you need more. xiaokai
thanx alot coz i tried ourside augury and died witout getting anything
da_king
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Originally Posted by xiaokai
thanx alot coz i tried ourside augury and died witout getting anything
You are too too weak! It is not good farming with hammers, and you need to use stance!
xiaokai
wat weapon would u suggest?
my hp is 560 wit my hammer (+50) wit out hammer its 530 |
