Guide to Item of the Week Farming

Background
Every week, Nicholas the Traveler requests a different item in exchange for Gifts of the Traveler. These items of the week end up being very valuable for a short period, since the gifts can usually be sold for – (and opening the gifts yields valuable items). Veteran players usually have no trouble farming the item using advanced (although standard) builds and they have access to the ideal farming locations. This guide, however, is designed to help the relatively new player, who has fewer skills and might need to unlock the farming area.

Solo farming builds
These are the most common solo farming builds referenced in the guides below. The links go to the build articles on PvX Wiki.


 * 55 monk
 * Terra tank
 * Spirit spammer
 * 130 dervish

Summary

 * Item: Pillaged Goods
 * Dropped by: Bull Trainer Giants
 * Found in: Holdings of Chokhin and Vehjin Mines

Farming locations

 * Suggested Farm #1: Western side of Holdings of Chokhin - reach this portal by running north through Vehjin Mines from Jennur's Horde.

Threats & recommended skills

 * Threats: general anti-melee. Be cautious of nearby plant foes with dervish & elementalist members


 * Tactics: No special tactics; pull a group at a time if possible.


 * Recommended skills: anti-knockdown skills may be useful, less so for a spirit spammer

Solo farming

 * Spirit Farmer works perfectly well. Foe is a giant with necromancer skill accompanied by 2-3 melee only mobs.

Summary

 * Item: Amber Chunks
 * Dropped by: All creatures in the Echovald Forest have a small chance of dropping a chunk.
 * Found in: Echovald Forest

Farming locations

 * Suggested Farm #1: Urgoz chest
 * Suggested Farm #2: Faction farm and trade the Kurzick Bureaucrat for amber.

Threats & recommended skills

 * Threats: general threats like hex, condition, environmental effects etc.


 * Tactics: important tactics, for example pulling, choke points etc


 * Recommended skills: skills like anti-kd, hex removal etc

Solo farming

 * Suggest builds that work well here