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: 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

Summary

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

Farming locations

 * Suggested Farm #1: Exit Zos Shivros Channel Channel into Boreas Seabed, just north of the exit around the ship are 3 groups of outcasts. Each of the 3 groups can be separately pulled close enough to the shrine to get some NPC Warrior and Priest assistance.
 * Suggested Farm #2: Rhea's Crater
 * 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.