Guide to Item of the Week Farming

Current week starting 2013-05-20: 1 Bottle of Vabbian Wine in Vehtendi Valley

Nick's location this week

• Vabbian Wine can be farmed indirectly by farming Sentient Spores; see the farming tips on that article for more information.

Locations

Vehtendi Valley

Farm Vabbian wine directly from Jarimiya the Unmerciful using solo or duo teams. Use the Forum Highlands portal to the south to rezone. After the first run, you will need about 4-10 minutes to kill Jarimiya, grab the wine, and return to the portal. If you have difficulty, take some heroes to help kill the Blue Tongue Heket monk in Jarimiya's group, then flag them off the radar before killing Jarimiya.

Jarimiya always drops the wine, but just like any drop, it may be assigned to a hero or henchman if any are in radar range. It can also be assigned to the local guards (green dots), if they participate in the kill.

General info and tips

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 4–5 (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 every player of the game, including the relatively new player, who has fewer skills and might need to unlock the farming area.

Solo farming builds

These are the most popular solo builds available from PvX that can be used to farm for Nick's request:

• : Dwarven Gladiator • SoS Spirit • DwG Farmer
• : HB Melee
• : Lacerate Degen • Whirling Defense
• : 55 Monk
• : Obsidian Flesh • 330 Shockwave
• : 55 Spoil Victor • 55 Spiteful
• : SoI Illusion
• : Vaettir Farmer
• : 330 Vengeful Rit
• : Focused Anger / Blazing Echo
• : Vow of Silence Tank • VoS Smiter • 130 Dervish

General tips

• Always farm in normal mode! The drop rate for trophies is not increased in hard mode, so all it does is make the farm more difficult.
• Although solo farmers will generally find more trophies per run, there are times when adding one or two heroes will make your runs much faster, increasing your overall farm rate.
• Waiting approximately two minutes after zoning can significantly increase the trophy drop rate, especially if the target farm is close to a portal.
• If an item is difficult to gather, consider farming trades instead, i.e. compare how long it would take to earn the 4-15 required to buy a full set versus how long it might take to earn the same amount through some other farm (e.g. feather farming).
• Nick Gift Farms (YouTube video, featured in the official community news)

See also

• Nicholas the Traveler/Past Collections for a list of all items collected by Nick. Each item's article includes farming info.
• The PvX farming guide