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: Drake Kabobs
 * Obtained from: Chef Lonbahn (Kamadan) or Apida (Yohlon Haven) will trade 1 Drake Kabob for 1 Chunk of Drake Flesh, which is dropped by Irontooth Drakes and Steelfang Drakes.
 * Found in: Istan and Kourna

Farming locations

 * Suggested Farm #1: There are four Irontooth Drake in the Plains of Jarin. Two are located south of Sunspear Great Hall and two are located east of The Astralarium. There is a small distance between these points and running skills are recommended. Low level creatures.
 * Suggested Farm #2: Use the quest Drakes on the Plain in The Floodplain of Mahnkelon. You have to take Koss with you, but if you want to get all the drops, you can flag him off the radar to the south.  The first two groups of drakes consist of Irontooths and Steelfangs only.
 * Suggested Farm #3: Enter Issnur Isles from Beknur Harbor, short run to a group of 2-3 Irontooth Drakes.
 * Suggested Farm #4: Enter the Rhilon Refuge mission. Flag Master of Whispers to the north, then run south (do not trigger Dejah).  After fighting one group of beetles, you will find two groups consisting of 4 Steelfang Drakes.

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

 * Suggested Solo #1: Spirit spam can farm Drakes on the Plain easily.
 * Suggested Solo #2: 55 work excellent during Drakes on the Plain quest