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: Rot Wallow Tusks
 * Found In: Pongmei Valley, Boreas Seabed, and Maishang Hills.
 * Dropped by: Rot Wallows

Getting to Nick
Nick is near the Afflicted Ritualist Boss The Afflicted Hakaru outside of Boreas Seabed in Pongmei Valley. On the way to him, there are several mobs of Rot Wallows which drop the Rot Wallow Tusks.

Farming for Rot Wallow Tusks

 * Suggested Farm #1:Leaving from Boreas Seabed into Pongmei Valley presents several large groups of Rot Wallows that can be killed for their tusks. There is a Statue of Dwayna located just outside of Boreas Seabed that can provide helpful Blessings while farming. The map shows the location of 4 groups of Rot Wallows that can be killed quickly, then the run restarted. (If you continue towards Maatu Keep, there are 2-3 more groups of Wallows. These groups present little challenge to a 4 or 5 player group in normal mode. If using a minion heavy build the Rot Wallows tend to spam their skills on minions ignoring the players.

Threats & Recommended Skills

 * Tactics:Always pull the Rot Wallows away from the Island Guardians. Spike and AoE damage is helpful because the Rot Wallows will group around a single target frequently.


 * Threats: Hexes from the Rot Wallows can present a danger for a group. The Rot Wallows will cause Knockdowns with a Critical Hit followed by the spell Fetid Ground to cause Poison. Island Guardians have some smite skills, notably Signet of Judgement, this causes knockdowns that the Rot Wallows will use to spread poison.


 * Recommended Skills: Knockdown prevention is very advisable, along with Hex removal and condition removal/resistance.

Solo Farming

 * Typical Perma Shadow Form builds can be used to solo farm the tusks. There is only minor danger from two skills used. The first is Signet of Judgement used by the Island Guardian. The second is Vampiric Bite used by the Rot Wallows. Neither will present much of a danger in normal mode.


 * Spirit Farmers also work well. Spam your spirits just out of range, then use a Longbow or Flatbow to pull the Wallows from their Island Guardian (even solo novices should be able to handle 3-4 wallows). If you choose to take down the Guardian, target it with your wand or staff so that you reach optimal range; if you stay at that distance, you often won't suffer any damage at all.


 * A standart 600HP Monk or Elementalist with either hero or human Smiter can also farm the groups quite easily because they lack enchantment removal and interrupts,just be sure to bring an anti-knockdown skill such as Fleeting Stability or Dwarven Stability because Rot Wallows cause Knockdowns with each critical hit and fighting more than 1 at once without an anti-knockdown skill will most likely result in a knockdown chain and quick death.


 * An Elementalist/Dervish using Earth Magic and Earth Prayers to defend himself and act as a tank while an SS Necromancer kills the mobs. The Elementalist can solo the mobs if he drops a few skills in favor of offensive Earth Magic spells, but it is MUCH slower. This team can easily be done with a hero and a player.