Nil Crystal farm

[Spag]

I generally go to Caltorsis ruins and farm crystals off all the groups of skellies there, but I went out today to load up to find that all the skellies are singles, no groups of them.  None respawned at all either.  Anyone know if this was changed or something is up?  Anyone have a better place to farm crystals?

[Mastire]

Best spot I found is in Zek by the entrence to DFC. Alot or large groups there.

[D-lirium]

First of all I'd like to say BOOO to Nil Crystals, it's completely stupid that we have to farm them to be able to cast certain vital spells, I hope they are finally getting removed with RoK. Anyway, my favourite spot is Pillars of Flame, not only do I get around 200 Nil Crystals per run, I also gain a few plat in trash/corpse-loot. Jusr the gobbos and harpies.

[KabsReds]

if you play really late at night you can sometimes get an empty runnyeye zone, you can whiz through there in about 30 mins from end to end and get a massive amount of crystals, the only thing that slows you down is recasts :/

[xfbishop]

the best place ive found is the monks in pof(if 70) can make 20ish per group killed and all the little ones die in one cast of absolution.

[Agaxiq]

Feerott Lizardman camps - most have a ring event and die fast. agressiv

[Formerly Bbert]

I use isle of aversion or discord.  I get my nil crystals and a good bit of loot to sell, mute or sacrifice depending on my needs at the time. Grabbing 5 sets of the linked eyeballs and seeing all those mobs die at once is also quite satisfying.  (6 sets can be done but they tend to keep me stunned for too much time then, and the BLEEPs win instead of me)

[Agaxiq]

Problem with Barren Sky in general is that it seems to be farmed 24x7 - each isle, or at least the ones that are 61-65. Every time I head there most islands are vacant of mobs and some character is there waiting to clear repops.  The guys all burn fast and I'm sure they are just selling body loot and the random chest drop for transmuting. agressiv

[Deathspell]

I wish they had some AE-way for us to obtain those crystals. E.g. 4 mobs, 1 AE cast = 4 crystals.

[EpokSilvermo]

<cite>Deathspell wrote:</cite><blockquote>I wish they had some AE-way for us to obtain those crystals. E.g. 4 mobs, 1 AE cast = 4 crystals. </blockquote> That's what Curse of Darkness (and upgrades) should do but you have two casts, e.g.: 4 mobs, 1 Curse, 1 AE = 4 crystals

[miliskel]

wish apocalypse/devastation gave us nil crystals every time we cast them then i would have alot of them from soloing nest <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Virulence]

In BloodSkull Valley, Where General Drull is for return of the light. Group's of 6 mobs respawn within 10seconds of being down.There is about 3 other groups next to these.  I Farmed about 1,200 in roughly 1hour.

[Hellswrath]

<cite>Splifz wrote:</cite><blockquote>In BloodSkull Valley, Where General Drull is for return of the light. Group's of 6 mobs respawn within 10seconds of being down.There is about 3 other groups next to these.  I Farmed about 1,200 in roughly 1hour.</blockquote>Nice.  I'll have to check this spot out.

[grimgole]

wheres bloodskull valley located?

[DwarvesR]

South side of Commonlands.

[Agaxiq]

<cite>Splifz wrote:</cite><blockquote>In BloodSkull Valley, Where General Drull is for return of the light. Group's of 6 mobs respawn within 10seconds of being down.There is about 3 other groups next to these.  I Farmed about 1,200 in roughly 1hour.</blockquote>Hmm, after Drull dies, some T4 epics will eventually add.  Are you killing drull and then zoning out?  Or are there other groups that you are getting?agressiv

[ThadeusOfShibboleth]

Are you doing Maulic's Stronghold or the Excavation Site?

[Agaxiq]

I was doing Maulic's, AFAIK Excavation site the mobs are below level 20 so you won't be able to farm those.agressiv

[Virulence]

<cite>agressiv4 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Splifz wrote:</cite><blockquote>In BloodSkull Valley, Where General Drull is for return of the light. Group's of 6 mobs respawn within 10seconds of being down.There is about 3 other groups next to these.  I Farmed about 1,200 in roughly 1hour.</blockquote>Hmm, after Drull dies, some T4 epics will eventually add.  Are you killing drull and then zoning out?  Or are there other groups that you are getting?agressiv</blockquote>Nope, no epics spawned at all for me. And yes it was in the Drull zone. Also after iv killed Drull's little group i go behind the wall where there is 4 groups with 6 mobs in. They spawn in 10seconds continuous. Epics spawn for some and not others. Not sure why but...Yeah. Have fun.

[Phineus]

 Bloodskull is a good one but a tad off the beaten path for some of us. Anvilpaws grotto is the best I have found in the sundered splitpaw. Part of the splitpaw saga adventure pack. Farming crystals in open zones on a pvp server is quite futile and can lead to a nervous breakdown. I can get about 300 in 15-20 minutes in complete saftey at anvilpaws. Hit em with curse, debuff em and hit em with void and they die. Only kill one group at a time so no blue aoes. Rinse and repeat can spawn the mobs at will in the lower end of the tunnel by clicking the stick. The point is to do the puzzle wrong to keep spawing the mobs. The mobs quit scaling at 50 so they are grey to my 70 and die very fast. Only drawback is there is no way out of the zone but to call. Sidenote: I found this very useful stopover place to sell body loot as Im an exile and the merchants in exile pay half what normal vendors pay.

[CelebornXI]

don't mean to sound repetitive, bloodskull valley is great for times when you just need a huge amount of crystalshowever, if i'm going to be killing things to get my crystals, i'd like to make a few plat while doing sospend an hour or two running around in Living tombs, near the silent city front door... go in a circle.. kill all groups, if you pace yourself you can finish a loop and start again as respawns arrive, netting generally 1-2p in straight coin off the corpses, and 1-2p for the body drops/runesplus a couple hundred crystals isn't a bad way to start your week <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[knightofround]

Tombs of Night is my new favorite playground. Plenty of 3-5 level 35 mob groups to play with that can be two shotted by the curse+apocalypse combo, or curse+chaostorm+nebula/nullabs. And the collectibles there go for 10-40g each on the broker.Suprisingly, you do not need Bloodline Chronicles to access it. It is a really fun zone, I'm shocked that more people don't go there; it's way more fun than RE, IMHO.

[Agaxiq]

Did the BSV bit, some epics agro'ed me and killed me once (hitting 600+ each, getting interrupted) but yeah otherwise the heroics melt in one shot.  People don't do bloodlines because:1) They don't know about it/dont realize they can go in without it2) The loot sucks compared to RE.   RE drops masters like crazy.Its too bad though, if they bumped up the drop rate maybe people would go in more....agressiv

[CelebornXI]

re might drop alot of masters / legendary loot, but on AB that [Removed for Content] sells for <20gplike the last pair of the legendary chain pants i gave to a vendor cause i would get more there than the broker,there are the rare masters/gear from there that are definitly worth morebut still only adds up to a few plat. possibly which is similar to killing in living tombs, yet i dont have to mentor there, and its all body drops/shrug

[Agaxiq]

Still, getting an exquisite chest always brings a smile to my face.   <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />Doesn't really matter much, the solo quest lines are better XP and AA than named AA hunting in any zone, and you blow through that level range in no time.  Plus I've seen some pretty bad players out there, especially in that level range.I dont even start doing /lfg until the 50's, ironically, when it actually is harder to find a group...agressiv