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 and 600/Smite team
 * Terra tank
 * Permasin degen, Permasin daggers, and Permasin sliver
 * Spirit spammer
 * 130 dervish

Summary

 * Item: Bone Charms
 * Dropped by: Outcast Assassin, Outcast Deathhand, Outcast Ritualist, Outcast Warrior
 * Found in: Jade Sea

Farming locations

 * Suggested Farm #1: Rhea's Crater
 * Suggested Farm #2: Zos Shivros Channel
 * Suggested Farm #3: Exit Seafarer's Rest into Silent Surf, just west of the res shrine and then north under the bridge. These groups are hostile to other mobs as well.

Threats & recommended skills

 * Threats: Stance and Enchantment removal.


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


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

Solo farming
Spirit spammer works on the group of 4 outcast right outside the entrance to the Aurios Mines, as well as just north of Zos Shivros Channel in Boreas Seabed.

Summary

 * Item: Saurian Bones
 * Dropped by: Raptors, Raptor Nestlings, Tyrannuses, Angorodons, and Ferothraxes
 * Found in: Tarnished Coast

Farming locations

 * Suggested Farm #1: Exit east of Rata Sum into Riven Earth and travel south to the nearby Raptor cave.

Threats & recommended skills

 * Threats: Be aware that Raptors will often interrupt you with their Disrupting Stab and are able to block attacks by using Critical Defenses.


 * Tactics: If you farm the Raptor cave, be sure not to aggro more groups than you can handle, Raptors are usually patroling around so careful pulling is recommended.


 * Recommended skills: General anti-melee skills are especially useful this week, consider taking Blinding Surge or similar skills to make the enemies less effective. When you are getting interrupted too frequently, you may also bring an anti-interrupt skill such as Mantra of Resolve.

Solo farming

 * The Permasin sliver build mentioned above can clear the cave in a few minutes.