Nicholas the Traveler
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This article is about the post-Searing NPC, Nicholas the Traveler. For the younger, pre-Searing NPC, see Nicholas Sandford.
| Nicholas the Traveler | |
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| Affiliation | Tyrians |
| Type | Human |
| Service | Collector |
| Level(s) | 20 |
| Campaign | Core |
| Image(s) | |
 Route to Nicholas's location in Eastern Frontier. | |
 Concept art by Katy Hargrove. | |
Each account is limited to 5 Gifts of the Traveler per week at each location; this resets every week on Monday, at the same time he moves.
Background
Nicholas Sandford is an Ascalonian traveler of the world who always travels with his dolyak friend, Professor Yakkington. He met Yakkington in the Northern Shiverpeaks during a snowstorm and the two managed to survive by huddling together for warmth. Before the Searing, he was in love with Mary Malone who was killed during the devastating event. Due to her death, he didn't travel for years. He is also an aspiring writer and has written a novel entitled "There with Yakkington: A Traveler's Tale."
He has friends throughout the world, such as Imperial Chef Yileng, Gwen, Durmand, and many others. During his travels, he often collects items to aid his friends and is mostly seen helping Durmand or Zinn in some form, or catering to Yakkington's whims. Once he helped Vael by making a disguise out of Quetzal Crests so Vael could spy on the Tengu of Cantha.
Nicholas is also a craftsman, as he makes various tools and even small sculptures out of various items he finds, and is very interested in local folklore.
Locations
As a collector
- For the week beginning 21 May 2012 (previous appearances are documented on the research page)
- Prophecies
- Ascalon
- Eastern Frontier (collecting 3 Fetid Carapaces per gift)
- Ascalon
- Reminder: The Traveler often will not appear if local spawns are affected by active quests and/or quest chains.
Other appearances
Dialogue
Collector dialogue
His dialogue changes each week depending on the item he's looking for. The current one is:
- <Unknown>
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I have some right here! (If you have the minimum number of the required item he will accept for 1 Gift of the Traveler.)
- Hmmm. I'm sorry, but it appears you don't have quite as many as I need. (If you dropped the item from your inventory and select "I have some right here!" with less than the minimum number of the required item he will accept.)
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Let me get back to you on that!
- Ah, it appears you have <total number of the required item you have> of those. How many do you want to give me?
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You can have <maximum accepted amount> of them!
- Thank you, <Character name>. May our paths cross again soon! (You receive 1...5 Gifts of the Traveler.)
- How about just <minimum accepted amount> of them?
- Thank you, <Character name>. May our paths cross again soon! (You receive 1 Gift of the Traveler.)
- Let me get back to you on that!
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I'll let you know if I find any!
- Once you have exchanged the maximum number of the required item he will accept:
- Thank you, <Character name>. May our paths cross again soon!
Previous dialogue related to his role as a collector can be seen on the dialogue page.
Guild Wars Beyond
- Olafstead (during The Wedding)
- "It feels like only yesterday that Gwen was chasing after adventurers outside of Ascalon City. I'm glad that she has finally been able to find a bit of her own happiness, especially after all that she's been through. By the way, I was thinking of giving her some handmade hairpins as a wedding gift. If you could find me 3 Berserker Horns I should be able to fashion a nice set for her.
- Just kidding! I got a few from one of the Vanguard scouts a little while ago!"
Notes
- Nicholas sometimes fails to appear in his expected location:
- Active quests can alter spawns in the area. To fix this, complete or abandon the local quests before returning. Alternatively, visit the area with a different character without the relevant quests.
- Some areas have variable spawns (e.g. Pockmark Flats); rezoning a few times will address this.
- On occasion, he has failed to spawn due to the War in Kryta. ANet released an update to address this within hours after a confirmed official report.
- You can report any non-appearances at the official bug report forums.
- Nicholas does not exchange items for gifts in two situations:
- If you enter an area before Nick's scheduled move time, but do not reach him until afterward, Nick will not speak to you at all.
- He attends The Wedding as a guest of Gwen, but not as a collector.
- Nicholas has occasionally been found facing a random object, obstructive landscape, or a wall.
Bug.Sometimes his greeting and/or reward text is not translated into one or more non-English languages. Please report any issues at the localization bug feedback pages so that they can be quickly resolved.Guides
- Farming guides for the currently requested item
- Guild Wiki
- PvX Wiki
- Nick Gift Farms (YouTube video, featured in the official community news)
- Research articles
- User pages that attempt to predict or suggest future requests
Trivia
- Trivia related to Nicholas' dialogue can be seen on the dialogue page.
- Nicholas' novel, "There with Yakkington: A Traveler's Tale," is a reference to "There and Back Again: a Hobbit's Tale" by J.R.R. Tolkien.
- According to John Hargrove:
- Nicholas the Traveler was known internally as "Project Wumpus", a reference to the early computer game, Hunt the Wumpus.[1]
- There are 137 possible "haunts" for Nicholas, translating to 2.6 years of travels before he "even considers going to the same place".[2]
- In the week of August 10, 2009, Nicholas mistakenly appeared in Arbor Bay requesting Krait Skins, instead of in the Wilderness of Bahdza.[3] 116 weeks later, he re-appeared in Arbor Bay requesting Krait Skins at a slightly different location (original location), ending two years of speculation about whether his initial appearance was part of the original cycle or not.
References
- ^ Comment by John Hargrove, Guild Wars Wiki
- ^ Comment by John Hargrove, Guild Wars Wiki
- ^ Comment by Linsey Murdock, Guild Wars Wiki
