Guide to Item of the Week Farming

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.

Summary

 * Item: Herring
 * Found in: Riverside Province from Gruhn the Fisher
 * Dropped by: none, traded by Gruhn the Fisher in exchange for 5 Bog Skale Fins

Getting to Nick
For getting to Nick this week, I would suggest starting from Riverside Province or Stingray Strand. I think that Riverside Province is easier. You will take the exit into Twin Serpent Lakes and head in a North Eastern direction. The map on Nick's page will take you right to him. There are a few threats though. There are Tengu that will inflict conditions. There are also Mergoyles,Bog Skale, and Lightning Drakes. Two things that will benefit a group heavily are hex removal and condition removal.

Farming for Herring
This one is my favorite so far. It isn't about direct farming. Instead you have to farm the Bog Skale Fins required to trade for the herring. The easiest place I have found to do this so far is just outside the Gates of Kryta. By leaving Gates of Kryta into the Scoundrel's Rise then fighting your way to the exit into North Kryta Province you are capable of zoning in and out killing Bog Skale Blighters. They are level 17, but despite their low level they use a mixture of hexes that can be quite powerful to the unprepared. When farming them bring a group that you feel comfortable with. Someone with hex removal is very helpful to bring along. Using this method you can build up the required Bog Skale Fins quickly. Gruhn the Fisher will trade you 5 Bog Skale Fins for a Herring. If you take my advice and leave from Riverside Province he is on the way to the traveler.

Another run, that might be faster but harder is leaving directly from Riverside Province into Twin Serpent Lakes. Just outside the exit is a group of Bog Skale Icetooth and Mergoyle. This is a faster area to farm, but slightly more dangerous. It makes up for this by allowing a group of 6 to zone in and out quickly killing and then zoning.