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: Massive Jawbones
 * Dropped by: Sand Giants
 * Found in: Crystal Desert

Farming locations



 * Suggested farm #1: Vulture Drifts just outside the southern portal to The Arid Sea (use this portal to rezone).
 * There are 6 groups nearby &mdash; 2 groups immediately outside the portal, 2 more at the north end of the jelly-bean-shaped rock, and 2 more on the west side of the arrow-shaped rock.
 * Each group consists of either 3 Sand Giants or 2 Sand Giants and 1 pop-up Rockshot Devourer for a total of 12–18 giants per run.
 * One group in each pair will start walking as soon as they enter your radar, the other group a little later. If a group contains a devourer, the giants will stop about an aggro bubble away from their spawn point, since the devourer can't follow.

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: Demonic Relics
 * Dropped by: Torment creatures
 * Found in: The Desolation and Realm of Torment

Farming locations

 * Suggested Farm #1: Domain of Fear[from gate of fear], Clear the field with heroes and henchman on normal mode.

Threats & recommended skills

 * Threats: Need a lot of healing if against Rain of Terrors, they do massive AoE damage.


 * Tactics: Just take 1 group at a time or you might be wiped by the AoE from the Rain of Terrors.


 * Recommended skills: Unless farming as a 600/Smite team, remember to show your Lightbringer title. The Lightbringer skills may also come in handy. skills like anti-kd, hex removal etc

Solo farming

 * Suggest builds that work well here