Changes: Nicholas the Traveler

Nicholas the Traveler
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Classification
Species:	Human
Level(s):	20
Map(s)
	File:Nicholas the Traveler location 20240415.jpg; Current location

Revision as of 17:58, 3 May 2011

Nicholas the Traveler is a collector who travels all over Tyria, handing out Gifts of the Traveler to adventurers intrepid enough to collect the various items he requests. His location and requested item change every Monday at 15:00 UTC.

Current location

Nicholas the Traveler is currently collecting 3 Decayed Orr Emblem in Cursed Lands .

See the collections archive and the dialogue archive for historical data.
If he fails to appear, check to see whether you have an active quest that affects the foes spawning in the area.

Dialogue

Notes

Each account is limited to 5 gifts per week.
If you are in the same area as Nicholas when the change occurs, he and Yakkington will still appear, but he will not offer any dialogue.

As with any NPC, Nick's appearance can be suppressed by active quests in the area. You can usually fix this by dropping (or completing) local quests or returning with a different character.
- This can be more difficult in the Kryta region of Tyria, since it is not always easy to tell which part of the War in Kryta might be affecting this. The most reliable work-around is to return with a character at a different point in the storyline. Alternative, you can wait, since ANet usually fixes the problem within 24-48 hours.

Trivia

The Traveler gets his name from the gift-giving Saint Nicholas.
Nicholas always travels with his trusty partner, Professor Yakkington.
The Traveler is known as Nicholas Sandford in Pre-Searing Ascalon.
He is following an itinerary of 137 weekly locations (~2.6 years worth of requests). The 138th week will begin on December 5, 2011, when we find out if he is repeating the same order. (Source, per GW developer, John Hargrove.)
- Coincidentally, December 5 is the eve of Saint Nicholas' feast day according to the Gregorian calendar.

Historical note: This NPC was added as part of the 4th Year Anniversary Update.

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 == See also ==
-; Farming guides for the currently requested item
+; Farming guides (currently requested item)
 * [http://www.guildwiki.org/Guide_to_Item_of_the_Week_Farming Guild Wiki]
 * [http://www.gwpvx.com/Guide:Nicholas_the_Traveler_Farming PvX Wiki]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/user/WeeklyNickGiftFarms YouTube] <small>(featured in the [http://www.guildwars.com/community/news/ official community news])</small>
-; Research articles
+; Research articles (Historical info)
 * [http://www.guildwiki.org/Nicholas_the_Traveler/Past_Collections Guild Wiki's past collections]
+* [http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Nicholas_the_Traveler/Remaining_Locations Remaining Locations]
+; Predictions (player speculation on future items)
+* [http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Kanda/Nicholas Kanda's Guesses]
+* [http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Tennessee_Ernie_Ford/Shortcuts/IotW_Predictions TEF's Guesses]
 ==Trivia==