Guild Wars 2

Im sitting on 300+ Airship oil, 191 auric dust, 91 ley line sparks, and 400 crystalline ore. Each map currency I have around 1k of each. How do i best spend my time in getting 250 of each based on my map currencies?
Should I buy specific pod keys for AB and TD so that I can get those currencies faster up, is going for DS only good if you need all 3 (or 4 counting crystalline ore).

Do not worry about auric dust, do some AB meta and you’re done with them. For ley line sparks run TD events and buy Vials of Chak Acid. Drop rate is much worse from DS noxious pods.

If you plan on buying anything that requires the map currency, I personally would not spend it on keys. You get plenty of those from completing the final map metas.

Ayrilana.1396:

If you plan on buying anything that requires the map currency, I personally would not spend it on keys. You get plenty of those from completing the final map metas.

Sure thing. The Chak Gerent is like Maw. And three vials are plenty of vials.

Manu.6078:

Ayrilana.1396:

If you plan on buying anything that requires the map currency, I personally would not spend it on keys. You get plenty of those from completing the final map metas.

Sure thing. The Chak Gerent is like Maw. And three vials are plenty of vials.

You get more than 3.

It’s counter productive to buy keys with currency if you still need that currency for other things. All those keys you got after you got auric dust, ley line sparks, etc would be a waste of you already got the quantities that you needed beforehand. Similar to how it’s recommended that players get the mystic clovers first before farming/buying T6 fine mats.

Surely it must be better to buy the pod keys in TD than only doing meta? Ive done the meta a few times and my ley line income isnt that great alone.

Also, should I open the small chests (do they have lower droprate) after AB meta or only the moderate+ ones?

nacario.9417:

Surely it must be better to buy the pod keys in TD than only doing meta? Ive done the meta a few times and my ley line income isnt that great alone.

Also, should I open the small chests (do they have lower droprate) after AB meta or only the moderate+ ones?

It is better to buy keys than rely on the meta. You should just wait until you have gotten all of the currency that you need first. Imagine farming currency and converting it all to keys until you get 250 sparks. You then farm the currency again for collection items or for the gifts. Along the way you get more keys but since you already have 250 sparks, it’s kind of a waste.

I personally prioritize the grand chests first (there are five) and then I do the great chests. I don’t do the other type as I can just wait and do the final meta again later.

For Ley Crystals, I go to TD 30min before the meta and stay 30min after the meta when all events are done. After that I leave because that’s the best time to farm map currency. The vendor after Chak Gerent sells vial of chak acid cheaper than the other vendors so only by from him. Near the flax farm on TD you will find 3 chest one on the updraft tree and 2 by the platform before the flax farm they will give you 2-5 ley crystal per alt. Should not worry much about auric dust or airship oil those are to common. Ley sparks are harder to get than any of the other items.

Ulion.5476:

For Ley Crystals, I go to TD 30min before the meta and stay 30min after the meta when all events are done. After that I leave because that’s the best time to farm map currency. The vendor after Chak Gerent sells vial of chak acid cheaper than the other vendors so only by from him. Near the flax farm on TD you will find 3 chest one on the updraft tree and 2 by the platform before the flax farm they will give you 5-10 ley crystal per alt. Should not worry much about auric dust or airship oil those are to common. Ley sparks are harder to get than any of the other items.

thank you, this was very informative!

When I farmed currency, I would join an active map about 40 minutes before it starts. This is when a lot of people start advertising their maps and the best time to have enough of the miscellaneous events available to get your participation up to 100%.

Once we beat Gerent, I would quickly go to AB and ferry over to a T4 map doing the Defend Tarir meta. From my experience, this affects how much currency you get at the end. I tended to get less on maps with no pillars claimed but that’s just my observations. When doing AB, tag all of the octovines. This will allow you to get more currency as each counts as an even with its own chest and also bumps up your participation.

For VB, it’s best to just dedicate time doing event chains on the map to get crowbars. If you can get onto a map going for T4 day/night then all the better. You get more crowbars if you tag all of the bosses but you will lose participation credit if enough time passes. Triad and matriarch tend to get killed first with patriarch being last.