Guild Wars 2

I’m in the process of crafting a Twilight and besides having the problem of getting a dusk I also need the massive amounts of T6 mats. If anybody has any tips on how to get the most materials please let me know.

Run easy and fast dungeons like AC1/3, CoF1/2, SE1/3, HoTW1, TA1 and do events in Orr. Then use the tokens to either buy armor and break em into ecto/insignias and sell that or buy 4 weapons and MF them and pray. Then use all that gold to buy the mats.

Max your kills per hour and get your account MF up, shoot for 200% at least. Find places with reasonably high density of mobs that drop the mat that you want and find a build/strategy that gets you 400+ kills/hour. Depending on the mob and area this might be a zerk build that kills one at a time or it might be a condi necro with epidemic in which you pull 3-8 enemies at a time and then kill all at once. The big factor is how far apart the enemies are and how much time is spent running between kills. You’ll be looking at about 20 t6 and nearly 100 t5 /hour on average if you achieve the high kill/hour rate. I also never set out to farm venoms, dust and totems specifically, as these tend to be cheaper than the other t6. Better for farm 3 bloods and sell to buy 5 venoms.

The dungeon —> buy t6 advice is getting to be worse due to the price rise because everyone thinks that these things can’t be farmed and is chasing the mats with gold instead of farming them.

thehipone.6812:

The dungeon —> buy t6 advice is getting to be worse due to the price rise because everyone thinks that these things can’t be farmed and is chasing the mats with gold instead of farming them.

This.

If everyone responds to rising prices by farming dungeon gold harder, they’re just competing against each other for the same (or smaller) stock of materials, bidding prices up even further. At current prices just killing random zombies on Orr pays better than all but the fastest dungeon runs.

@op

Ive found a few spots that are awesome for farming. They are out of the way with lots of mob of different kinds, so you can get 2-3 different types at once. I’m not going to reveal them here, but ive found I can make a decent amount of gold, and mats, with these locations. Maybe hit me up in game and ill show you. :P

Also be sure to save all the T5s and upgrade them until you have say, all your powerful bloods, then use the excess t5 bloods to craft rares, to toss in the forge for your precurser. And sell any excess T6 you have to buy more of what you want.

Battlebronze.2576:

I’m in the process of crafting a Twilight and besides having the problem of getting a dusk I also need the massive amounts of T6 mats. If anybody has any tips on how to get the most materials please let me know.

Go to Orr and farm events. Particularly events with lots of weak enemies who die really fast. Ignore champions unless there are no better events up.

Also please be aware that until you have Dusk, you are NOT in the process of crafting Twilight.

mtpelion.4562:

Battlebronze.2576:

I’m in the process of crafting a Twilight and besides having the problem of getting a dusk I also need the massive amounts of T6 mats. If anybody has any tips on how to get the most materials please let me know.

Go to Orr and farm events. Particularly events with lots of weak enemies who die really fast. Ignore champions unless there are no better events up.

Also please be aware that until you have Dusk, you are NOT in the process of crafting Twilight.

This. That is a matter of perception. While he doesn’t have dusk, he still needs The gifts of mastery, fortune, and twilight. So obtaining those gifts IS part of the process for crafting twilight, or any other legendary. Don’t try to make him feel bad for working on the parts that he can work on until he gets the precurser. Because he is still working toward it, even without the precurser.

I agree with mtpelion in that you should go to Cursed Shore. You can farm the events there all day. The best events are: plinx, defend Penitent camp, defend shelter camp, Jofast escort, defend Jofast camp, and of course, all the temples. Even if you’ve done a temple even once already, it can be worth it when hundreds of mobs are spawning to do them again (I’m looking at you Mel). Defend Arah is good too but most people will want to fail that in order to start the Arah attack. Either way, there’s loads of mobs that give T6 mats, tons of T5 mats, heavy moldy bags. If you sell what you don’t want you’ll end up with lots of extra gold to buy T6 with. Also, you can use laurels to buy bags of T6 mats. Also, you can get them when crafting mystic clovers in the forge.

thehipone.6812:

Max your kills per hour and get your account MF up, shoot for 200% at least. Find places with reasonably high density of mobs that drop the mat that you want and find a build/strategy that gets you 400+ kills/hour. Depending on the mob and area this might be a zerk build that kills one at a time or it might be a condi necro with epidemic in which you pull 3-8 enemies at a time and then kill all at once. The big factor is how far apart the enemies are and how much time is spent running between kills. You’ll be looking at about 20 t6 and nearly 100 t5 /hour on average if you achieve the high kill/hour rate. I also never set out to farm venoms, dust and totems specifically, as these tend to be cheaper than the other t6. Better for farm 3 bloods and sell to buy 5 venoms.

The dungeon —> buy t6 advice is getting to be worse due to the price rise because everyone thinks that these things can’t be farmed and is chasing the mats with gold instead of farming them.

Thing is, after diminishing returns was implemented, it’s no longer efficient to kill hordes of mobs other than aiming for champion bags.

The reason why dungeons for gold is efficient is because you not only get gold to get T6 mats, you also, you know, GET T6 mats.

Although, to be fair, I would suggest running CoE, Arah, and Fractals mainly. The reason is that the mobs are level 80 in these dungeons causing them to only drop high level gear, as opposed to the low tier dust and whatnot from AC.

Additionally, with Fractals specifically, you will be getting goodies like Charged Cores and Lodestones (Arah will get you Putrid and Vile Essences instead, unless we count moldy bags). The amount of money you can get from these is significant.

If you can only run one thing per day, I would tell you to do Fractals because they will give you the most loot that you’re looking for. You can grind Fractals for loot, to some degree, you just won’t get the bonus chest with 1g + empyreal dust + chance at items + pristine relic.

If you’re looking for money farms, I would suggest Karka Shell farming unless you have a dedicated speedrun group. If you’re looking for something that isn’t mindless, try speedrun groups or just casual dungeon runs. They might not be that fun, but they’re much better than Karka Shell farming.

And you’re only partaking in the bid war if you uppercut someones offer. Just match the offer or don’t ask for 100+ of an item.

Esplen.3940:

Thing is, after diminishing returns was implemented, it’s no longer efficient to kill hordes of mobs other than aiming for champion bags.

Thats wrong. There is no DR for crafting mats. DR only affects the drop of stuff like
weapons and armor .. however you can farm mobs 10 hours on the same spot and
the droprate of T5/T6 mats will not change.

However i’m not sure about bags .. haven’t farmed Orr for very long time.

DR was implemented because of T5/T6 mat farm spots, in conjunction with heavy spawn areas, or “improved” drop mobs, such as Barracudas.

DR was implemented as a way to combat bots in farm spots. Farming is actually encouraged and supported by the devs. Its not an anti farm device, but anti bot.

Esplen.3940:

DR was implemented because of T5/T6 mat farm spots, in conjunction with heavy spawn areas, or “improved” drop mobs, such as Barracudas.

DR was implemented when masses of people farmed the tunnel events in Orr and
at that time the mobs there only dropped T6 bones and Dust that was not really
worth much .. main income was really the drop of blue/green trash that was sold
to the vendors .. and so also generated directly gold out of thin air.

T5/T6 mats don’t generate new gold since they mostly are traded at the TP they
even remove money.

I thought DR was implemented at launch and not as a response to any one thing.

RIP gates of arah farm. It was like a staff guardian family reunion, every two hours.

Beldin.5498:

Esplen.3940:

DR was implemented because of T5/T6 mat farm spots, in conjunction with heavy spawn areas, or “improved” drop mobs, such as Barracudas.

DR was implemented when masses of people farmed the tunnel events in Orr and
at that time the mobs there only dropped T6 bones and Dust that was not really
worth much .. main income was really the drop of blue/green trash that was sold
to the vendors .. and so also generated directly gold out of thin air.

T5/T6 mats don’t generate new gold since they mostly are traded at the TP they
even remove money.

DR was in Guild Wars 1 (http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Anti-farm_code) and at launch for Guild Wars 2.

You get a lot of T6 mats when making mystic clovers. Do the 10 recipe. It’ll take you longer to get all your clovers, but you’ll get lots of mats along the way.

Morsus.5106:

You get a lot of T6 mats when making mystic clovers. Do the 10 recipe. It’ll take you longer to get all your clovers, but you’ll get lots of mats along the way.

You should gather your clovers first, since “failures” will give you something you need. However, don’t try to make clovers after you get your 77; there are far better ways to convert karma and skill points into gold.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

Morsus.5106:

You get a lot of T6 mats when making mystic clovers. Do the 10 recipe. It’ll take you longer to get all your clovers, but you’ll get lots of mats along the way.

You should gather your clovers first, since “failures” will give you something you need. However, don’t try to make clovers after you get your 77; there are far better ways to convert karma and skill points into gold.

Not if you get the 10+ Charged Lodestones in a 10 recipe.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

Morsus.5106:

You get a lot of T6 mats when making mystic clovers. Do the 10 recipe. It’ll take you longer to get all your clovers, but you’ll get lots of mats along the way.

You should gather your clovers first, since “failures” will give you something you need. However, don’t try to make clovers after you get your 77; there are far better ways to convert karma and skill points into gold.

True, but you dont need karma for Bloodstone shards. Those can be gained through pvp reward tracks. So if you play pvp at all, get your shards that way, and convert your karma and skill points.

Blix for one hour

Astral Projections.7320:

Beldin.5498:

Esplen.3940:

DR was implemented because of T5/T6 mat farm spots, in conjunction with heavy spawn areas, or “improved” drop mobs, such as Barracudas.

DR was implemented when masses of people farmed the tunnel events in Orr and
at that time the mobs there only dropped T6 bones and Dust that was not really
worth much .. main income was really the drop of blue/green trash that was sold
to the vendors .. and so also generated directly gold out of thin air.

T5/T6 mats don’t generate new gold since they mostly are traded at the TP they
even remove money.

DR was in Guild Wars 1 (http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Anti-farm_code) and at launch for Guild Wars 2.

It was in GW1 yes, but it wasn’t in GW2 at launch the way it is now and anyone around GW2 at launch would know that given how much of a stink was kicked up when the current implementation was put in place about 2 or 3 months into the game.

I miss the days of farming Penitent and Shelters as well as Plinx non stop. The good ole days of Orr. Now it’s just DR up the wazzo that dungeons are the way to go…of course I liked it better when dungeons were farmable for tokens all day too…..ahh the days of all day CoF P1 and P2 runs.

Protoavis.9107:

Astral Projections.7320:

Beldin.5498:

Esplen.3940:

DR was implemented because of T5/T6 mat farm spots, in conjunction with heavy spawn areas, or “improved” drop mobs, such as Barracudas.

DR was implemented when masses of people farmed the tunnel events in Orr and
at that time the mobs there only dropped T6 bones and Dust that was not really
worth much .. main income was really the drop of blue/green trash that was sold
to the vendors .. and so also generated directly gold out of thin air.

T5/T6 mats don’t generate new gold since they mostly are traded at the TP they
even remove money.

DR was in Guild Wars 1 (http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Anti-farm_code) and at launch for Guild Wars 2.

It was in GW1 yes, but it wasn’t in GW2 at launch the way it is now and anyone around GW2 at launch would know that given how much of a stink was kicked up when the current implementation was put in place about 2 or 3 months into the game.

Since DR is a system used to combat bots and was in gw1, I found it hard to believe that it wasn’t firmly in place at launch. The game launched on Aug 28th 2012. I found a reference talking about how the current version of it is bugged, dating from Sept 21 2012. This reference dates to when the game is 3 weeks old.

http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/arenanet-diminished-returns-are-not-funtioning-as-intended/

If they are talking about how the current version is bugged then that means there were previous versions in place before the 3 week mark, or most likely, since launch.

They did did make DR on dungeons account based a couple of months into the game, which is what you are probably thinking about.

Morsus.5106:

You get a lot of T6 mats when making mystic clovers. Do the 10 recipe. It’ll take you longer to get all your clovers, but you’ll get lots of mats along the way.

I tried this last night when I don’t need clovers at all….crafted 10x and got 100 Mystic clovers and NO T6 mats…. how unlucky I was…

ShadyNZL.9018:

Morsus.5106:

You get a lot of T6 mats when making mystic clovers. Do the 10 recipe. It’ll take you longer to get all your clovers, but you’ll get lots of mats along the way.

I tried this last night when I don’t need clovers at all….crafted 10x and got 100 Mystic clovers and NO T6 mats…. how unlucky I was…

Very unlucky. Assuming a 1 in 3 chance of getting a clover, the likelihood of getting 10 in a row is 1 in 59049.

Cormac.3871:

ShadyNZL.9018:

Morsus.5106:

You get a lot of T6 mats when making mystic clovers. Do the 10 recipe. It’ll take you longer to get all your clovers, but you’ll get lots of mats along the way.

I tried this last night when I don’t need clovers at all….crafted 10x and got 100 Mystic clovers and NO T6 mats…. how unlucky I was…

Very unlucky. Assuming a 1 in 3 chance of getting a clover, the likelihood of getting 10 in a row is 1 in 59049.

I didn’t explain that clearly. Not 10 from 10 – I did it in lots of x10 and got obby shards, globs, Ori Ingots and crystals as by products but no T6 mats at all.

ShadyNZL.9018:

Cormac.3871:

ShadyNZL.9018:

Morsus.5106:

You get a lot of T6 mats when making mystic clovers. Do the 10 recipe. It’ll take you longer to get all your clovers, but you’ll get lots of mats along the way.

I tried this last night when I don’t need clovers at all….crafted 10x and got 100 Mystic clovers and NO T6 mats…. how unlucky I was…

Very unlucky. Assuming a 1 in 3 chance of getting a clover, the likelihood of getting 10 in a row is 1 in 59049.

I didn’t explain that clearly. Not 10 from 10 – I did it in lots of x10 and got obby shards, globs, Ori Ingots and crystals as by products but no T6 mats at all.

Ah, I understand. Sorry

That’s still extremely unlucky though. Depending on how many other things you got it is still probably below 1%.

Your point is true though, in order to even out your luck you should go for the 1 recipe, not the 10.

I guess I should have done one at a time…

Luckily – I’m not far from finishing off the T6 requirements for my Bifrost – about 20-50 left to go for each of the claws/bloods/scales/totems – and then my first legendary!

ShadyNZL.9018:

I guess I should have done one at a time…

Luckily – I’m not far from finishing off the T6 requirements for my Bifrost – about 20-50 left to go for each of the claws/bloods/scales/totems – and then my first legendary!

I made the same mistake when I was nearly finished making the clovers. I now have 3 left over clovers that I have no use for >.>

Fractals is an excellent place for mats. From the lowest level of fractals mobs are 80 and climb to 83 in the 40+ levels. T5 mat drops are very generous in there. I’ve almost never had to buy silk off the TP simply because of fractals, and I’m not even really considering making more ascended armour.

Certain mobs will have a bias towards certain types of mats.
For example,
Destroyers will generally drop large claws more often than not, making Mount Maelstrom a very good source of claws.

Drakes will drop scales more often than not as their preferred t5 mat drop.

Blood from harpies so Uncategorised fractal tends to drop quite a few, with maybe some powerful bloods as well.

Totems from Grawl, so Lava fractal is a pretty nice source of them.

Venom sacs come from spiders so certain events in Orr like penitent and melandru where huge spawns of spiders happen are good sources of these.

Claws I’ve found drop from icebrood wolves quite regularly.

Dust I’ve generally found from air elementals in Orr.

Scales drop from Krait quite a bit, so underwater fractals are good for them

Of course, these are not the only mobs, but in my wanderings these are the mobs that I find have a better tendency of dropping these sorts of mats than others.

Air Elementals also drop Charged Cores/Lodestones.

Esplen.3940:

Air Elementals also drop Charged Cores/Lodestones.

they do? :O

At a really, really low rate, yes, yes they do.