David J Burns

After grinding northwest Feralas for harpies to drop vibrant plumes, I
turned in about 80 today expecting to make a good dent in my journey
towards my Amulet of the Darkmoon.

I got ~ 200 tickets. Not even 20% of my needed total.

After I logged off in despair, I slept on it and did some research the
next day. I'm a high-50s Dwarven Hunter, with 300 skinning. On this
basis, it sounds like my best grinding territory should be Silithius --
I can kill scorpids and mobs for Cenarion rep (? assuming they count as
rep), I get a ~25% chance drop of glowing scorpid blood, and I can also
skin the buggers for rugged leather.

Double dipping w/ possible rep rewards. Sounds like my best bet.
Certainly the scorpids drop next to nothing in the Burning Steppes.

Any other advice? I'd like to be ready for next month in Orgrimarr.

Apoptygma

burnsdavidj@yahoo.com wrote:

Faire is in mulgore, but that aside I did think of this myself at some
point but no, the beasty-type mobs around cenarion hold don't give rep.
I'd say it's just twilights and the hive-dwelling mobs, not sure but
the worms and scorps and spiders definitly don't unfortunatly.

Brian Westley

burnsdavidj@yahoo.com writes:

What are the prices for Thorium Bars and Runecloth on your server?
They're probably higher now during the Faire.

9 stacks of Thorium Bars and 3 stacks of Runecloth will make
60 thorium widgets, which turns in for 200 tickets.

Since you have about 200, you'd need 5x this, or 45 stacks of
thorium bars and 15 stacks of runecloth. Roughly 130 gold
in materials off-Faire season on my server; YMMV.

High level engineers can make them into widgets.

Don't know how fast/cheaply you can grind out rugged armor
kits with skinning.

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David J Burns

Apoptygma wrote:

I knew it was in Mulgore but typed Ogrimarr, oh well. :/

I'd rather give the nature loving Taurens my business than deal with
those filthy orcs! I'd be tempted to flag myself PvP the whole time I
was there...burry my axe in the head of a few of those worthless scum.

Back to the subject...

Maybe its better in sithilius, but the bugs i killed in Tanaris and
un'Goro dropped little and aren't skinable. I've got the Sithilus
flightpoint and done a bit of exploring, but the region didn't
particularly interest me (especially when i still have to visit
Winterspring!).

I'm also levelling far too quickly. I'm now 56.5, questing with minimal
rested bonus and no instances and I'm still gaining a level every few
days. My quest log is perpetually full -- I've cleared Ungoro and the
Searing Gorge quests completely, but still have a ton of Burning
Steppes + Felwood + Winterspring + Sithilus + EPL + WPL quests ahead.
At least I'll be making lots of gold at 60...

Catriona R

On 10 Oct 2006 12:14:20 -0700, burnsdavidj@yahoo.com wrote:


I did it by just grinding rugged leather from the yetis in Winterspring -
it took a lot of time though, and I'd probably have been better off killing
scorpids to get the blood as well. But then scorpids don't have such a high
droprate on the rugged leather so it's 50-50 really.
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Urbin

On 10 Oct 2006 12:14:20 -0700, burnsdavidj@yahoo.com wrote:

I would advise against the Silithus grind (if your focus is on the Darkmoon
faire). Of course those scorpids can drop blood (but at a low drop rate)
*and* rugged leather (but the ratio thick leather to rugged leather is not
as nice as the Winterspring Yetis).

I would suggest camping that Yeti cave in Winterspring. When I did it, I
would go through about 3200 arrows in a 2-3 hour session, netting me roughly
120-180 rugged leather and about 60-80 thick leather and quite some gold.

I would then sell the thick leather (more profitable than converting it to
rugged at 1:5) and use the money and the gold gotten grinding to buy thorium
bars and runecloth.

I then had guild friends make throium widgets and rugged armour sets.

I got the stuff for the darkmoon amulett together in about two-three weeks
(grinding about 2-3 of those cave-farming sessions).

Of course, surviving the cave is easier at 60 than at 57, but you will
quickly be 60 by grinding in there

Good luck
Urbin, still produly wearing that first epic amulett I ever got!

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burnsdavidj@yahoo.com wrote:

Are you sure this is really worth it? I mean, grinding for the Faire
does really only give you this one item. Grinding for the Argent Dawn
will give you the Medallion of the Dawn and other handy stuff like the
18 slot bag..

*shrugs*

AlphaWoolf

On 10 Oct 2006 12:14:20 -0700, burnsdavidj@yahoo.com wrote:


Having done 2 turn-ins, once for each necklace, I can safely say I'll
never do it again. The grind is brutal for the animal parts. My
warlock did it almost entirely with scorpid blood since at the time
that was all he could turn in. My hunter had a better time turning in
widgets but she went through the combined lifetime thorium haul of 2
characters to do it (I sold sold almost none on my miners, stockpiled
it all). If you are in a raid guild you can get necklaces from
MC/Ony/BWL that are better, more easily.

That said, Horde can have an easy time fo it for the 1st turn-ins.
There is a quest in Thousand Needles that lets you indefinitely spawn
harpies as fast as you can kill them (just never complete the quest).
I discovered this quite accidently but it works. Even then the
vibrant plume drop rate is pretty low but it'll get you through the
first round of turn-ins much less painfully than the scorpid blood
later on. My 60 'lock could aoe the 20-something harpies pretty
easily, and a mage would have it even easier.

But I notice you're not Horde, and you're already up to the final
level of turn-ins. Have fun. And when you're ready for your prize,
make sure to pick the right quest - there's absolutely no indication
of the reward you'll receive in the quest text aside from the name.
Best to have a fresh reading of Thott in mind when you turn in.
Amulet, not Orb, for hunters.

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David J Burns

killmyspam@gmx.de wrote:

Based on everything i've read, up to the end of MC the Amulet of the
Darkmoon is the best necklace available for a hunter.

The Medallian of the Dawn offers +12 stamina, +24 attack power, and +1%
crit. Contrasted with +19 agil, +10 sta and +10str for the Darkmoon
Amulet, I think the later is much superior.

Now as a leatherworker AD rep is definitely a goal for me, but then
again so is Timbermaw, Cenarion Circle (drooling over the Unseen Path
set), etc.

I'm a bit lucky that I'm still levelling, so skinning + drops still
come with XP simultaneously.

I doubt I'll ever go back to the Darkmoon Faire after I get my ammy.