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 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 solo builds (from PvX) can be used every week to farm Nick's request item. (Rare exceptions will be noted in the guide.)
: 55 monk
: Terra tank- : Spirit spammer
- : 130 dervish
Week starting 2010-10-18: Kournan Pendants
Summary
Nick's location this week
- Item: Kournan Pendants
- Dropped by: [Kournan Military]]
- Found in: Kourna
Farming locations
info about farm
- Zone
- Directions to farm, things to do (e.g. shrines), to avoid (e.g. foes), and rezoning notes (if any).
Threats & recommended skills
- Threats: general threats like hex, condition, environmental effects etc.
- Tactics: important tactics, for example pulling, choke points etc
- Recommended skills: skills like anti-kd, hex removal etc
Solo farming
See above for the most common solo builds.
- [Build Name]
- Build code, link to PvX, or description. (No need to mention 55 Monk, Terra Tank, Spirit Spammer, or 130 Dervish *unless* (a) the build won't work or (b) there are additional notes for the farms above.) Add any tactics notes, if different from above.
Week starting 2010-10-11: Skree Wings
Summary
Nick's location this week
- Item: 3 Skree Wings
- Dropped by: Skree Harpies
- Found in: Vabbi
Farming locations
info about farm
There are three areas that can easily be farmed for Skree Wings.
- Wilderness of Bahdza, before completing Destroy the Harpies.
- Forum Highlands with the quest Desperate Measures active (at least 75 Skree will spawn).
- The southern half of Resplendent Makuun. Exit east from the Market.
Threats & recommended skills
- Threats: Raiders can Cripple & Interrupt, Trackers can Bleed & Disable, Singers can Remove Stances & AoE Resurrect, Griffins Heal and Resurrect as well.
- Tactics: Pulling is essential if using the Desperate Measures method, as there are many Harpy groups bunched together, and Singers can resurrect foes not linked to their group. If another Singer or Griffin is brought back this way, it can result in having to deal with groups you already cleared; thus wasting time & energy for no extra loot. Also be wary of any Guards or Heket stealing Harpy kills.
- Recommended skills: High damage AoE skills are useful for taking out both resurrect users simultaneously, thus neutralizing the main threat. Beware of interrupts if using slow spells though.
- Solo Farmers might benefit from Frozen Soil if they can spare the secondary and some points.
Solo farming
See above for the most common solo builds.
- [Build Name]
- Build code, link to PvX, or description. (No need to mention 55 Monk, Terra Tank, Spirit Spammer, or 130 Dervish *unless* (a) the build won't work or (b) there are additional notes for the farms above.) Add any tactics notes, if different from above.
Week starting 2010-10-04: Inscribed Shards
Summary
Nick's location 4 October 2010
- Item: Inscribed Shards
- Dropped by: Graven Monoliths
- Found in: The Desolation, Realm of Torment
Farming locations
Farming in The Sulfurous Wastes
- Ruptured Heart
- Leave from the Mouth of Torment, head for the Crystal Overlook, killing the nearby monoliths. Zone and repeat.
- The Sulfurous Wastes
- Activate A Show of Force and take 4-5 human players. Leaving from Remains of Sahlahja, step into Junundu and head to the Great Margonite Temple in the southwest corner. Save time by refusing to fight any foes until you reach the resurrection shrine near the temple, but clear the neighborhood of the Margonites. The temple itself will have about a dozen monoliths. Activate the Abaddon Shrines one at-a-time, each spawning 6-10 monoliths and a variety of margonites. The wurms should allow you to survive most anything as long you avoid aggroing too many foes at once.
The temple can be farmed with heroes and henchmen, but it can be more difficult to get there. Flag the team ahead of you whenever possible to prevent them from engaging any foes along the route. Force heroes to tunnel at strategic points to get them past patrols. If you take a party of 8, you can afford to lose 1-2 to get to the temple. After reaching the farm, flag any extra team members out-of-reach so that they do not steal your drops.
Threats & recommended skills
- Threats:
- Form: Signet of Humility disables your elite skill; and an interupt.
- Form: Enchantment removal and blind condition.
- Tactics: important tactics, for example pulling, choke points etc
- Recommended skills: skills like anti-kd, hex removal etc
Solo farming
See above for the most common solo builds.
- [Build Name]
- Build code, link to PvX, or description. (No need to mention 55 Monk, Terra Tank, Spirit Spammer, or 130 Dervish *unless* (a) the build won't work or (b) there are additional notes for the farms above.) Add any tactics notes, if different from above.
See also
- Tips for previous requests
- Primary article on Nick
- The PvX farming guide