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: Dredge Incisors
 * Dropped by: All Dredge in Factions
 * Found in: Echovald Forest or Urgoz's Warren

Farming locations

 * Suggested Farm #1: From Aspenwood Gate (Kurzick), go southwest into Ferndale. This has many more Dredge, including a few bosses.
 * Suggested Farm #2: From Brauer Academy, go east into Melandru's Hope. This has fewer Dredge and only one boss, but includes Fungal Wallows for those interested in Truffles.

Threats & recommended skills

 * Threats: Gutters, gatherers, and guardians can interrupt with Disrupting Dagger, Savage Shot and Savage Slash respectively. Gatherers can also cause poison condition. Fungal wallows KD on critical hits. Watch out for Oni pop ups.


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


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

Solo farming
Suggested Solo #1: Spirit Spammer with Dissonance and Disenchantment

Summary

 * Item: Naga Skins
 * Dropped by: High-level Naga in the Jade Sea.
 * Found in: The Jade Sea

Farming locations

 * Suggested Farm #1: From Jade Flats (Luxon), go north in Archipelagos.
 * Suggested Farm #2: From Breaker Hollow, clear the beach in Mount Qinkai.
 * Suggested Farm #3: From Leviathan Pits, head straight north to around the Gyala Hatchery. Many smaller Naga groups for Farming.

Threats & recommended skills

 * Threats: The Naga Archers can apply daze through Concussion Shot which can make farming with a caster difficult. Naga Warriors also are able to interrupt the player.


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


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

Solo farming

 * Suggested Solo #1: Spirit spammer
 * Suggested Solo #2: This build, with the Plague Touch variant, can farm Stsou Swiftscale's group in Maishang Hills. Blessing of the Luxons is optional, the build works either way, but if dieing once the blessing is advantageous. Follow the blue path on the map from Gyala Hatchery, defeat one group of of 4-6 Archaic Kappa, avoid the mixed group, to reach Stsou. Use the cliffside to block some of the archers to reduce the chance for daze. After 2-3 naga die its pretty safe to be in the open. Do not leave the boss for last, she doesn't attack enough to keep your energy up.
 * Note: make sure Attack the Kurzicks quest is not in your log.
 * This build also slays any naga group without a ritualist.