Talk:Nicholas the Traveler/Archive 6

January 4th

Think he'll notice if I sneak him a couple destroyer cores?141.158.102.42 19:18, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Lol, then he will ban your account for scamming. :D --65.0.128.19 22:26, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Just noticed a bug with this one. He collects Roaring Ether Hearts but on the mission map he is labeled as a Roaring Ether Claw collector.

Nick is never labeled on the map. However, he is standing next to Dahwan, who is a Claw collector, and is the one labeled on the map. Rose Of Kali 22:28, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Excellent Luck

Well, if I wasn't already planning to spend the afternoon farming elementals in the Mirror of Lyss for Lightbringer points, Nick sure made it a lot easier for me by coming over. This is going to be a hard one though, I've never even seen an Ether Heart--Hawkins 19:23, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Quite annoying. They seem to drop claws much more than hearts and being mesmers with resurrection signets doesn't help. At least you only need 5.--SunJinyu 19:58, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Getting flashbacks to Guardian Moss week. 85.19.140.9 21:43, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

This is worse than guardian moss. This item is so rare... and ethers have resurrection. > > --65.0.128.19 22:27, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Girst run got 2, second run got 1, then like 10 full runs through Lyss and nothing! Was doing it with 2 heroes and me. And nobody is selling, either. Every once in a while you'll see one at 4k, but screw that, might as well buy the gift at that price. Rose Of Kali 23:04, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Its not that rare of a drop, I got three in about 5 runs over an hour, with a full party of 8, so far. Just use the Lightbringer point farming route for Mirror of Lyss in this wiki. The res is a nuiasence, but with a full party, its not that hard.--Hawkins 23:54, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Oh, it wasn't hard, I did it with only 2 heroes, but still no drops. I tried Adhashim, not so good, many djinn and few ethers. I tried the two boss groups in Forum Highlands, also nothing after like an hour. And NOBODY is selling. ¬ ¬ Rose Of Kali 02:31, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

i 2manned the lyss run about 8 times and got 2 hearts from about 90 ethers --adrin 05:32, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

TBH with you all, for me it's easier to farm ectos than these hearts... *frustrated* and it's the first time i didnt manage to get all drops on Monday (only managed 4 drops in almost 3 hours). -- Pixy | Talk 10:51, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Good thing I decided to leave the one I got when he wanted Djinn essences. 4 more to go... — Poki#3 (talk) 14:12, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

20 runs (party size of 2) none dropped so far... I think I will skip this week M3G 14:26, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

update: last night i managed to get the last drop *whew* and apparently all you have to do is to have a guildie say on guild chat: "heart" and it drops :-) j/k but happened to me. On another note, i saw someone trying to sell each drop for 7k... srsly i mean an ecto price for it??? better off buying the gifts themselves, so peeps dont get scammed! -- Pixy | Talk 15:16, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

I know a few people keep saying "Its not that hard I got my drops fairly quickly"...apparently you have more time to grind away than I do. Spent 4.5 hours trying to farm these stupid things and only got 2. Was doing it with a party of 2. Took a break and spent the rest of the day with nothing. This week is getting skipped. Sorry nick your fetish will have to go unsatisfied this week :S Nay the One and Only 06:12, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm pissed. 3 days to farm 5 roaring ether hearts and Nicholas gives me junk. Ramei Arashi

@Nay the One and Only. I know, had too many ppl say "Well, I got mine fast, it's easy". It's not what you want to hear when you've spent an eternity farming hearts with absolutely no luck. The game decides what drops you get, not the person farming it. Some ppl don't seem to grasp that, lol. 85.19.140.9 12:09, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

2 ruby salvage items in a row

Have fun this week guys :/ Karate Jesus 17:31, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Very easy week with a 130hp dervish or variants of Protective Spirit builds.--Im Irrelevant 17:51, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Depends on your definition of "easy". If by easy, you mean that the enemies are easy to kill, then yes - welcome to GW. If by easy, you mean the drop rate is decent enough to not take 4-5 hours to farm, then sadly you're mistaken. Karate Jesus 17:52, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Why are they making these runs so hard, they want present as a new value? (A.K. as ecto) WTB new Develepor team 100k+ 1337p--Derv Who Likes To 18:07, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, I hope most people who bother to farm the Nick stuff, either just for themselves or to sell, has learned by now to save collectables they get that Nick hasn't yet asked for, at least the tedious ones to get. Just farming the Ethers last week should have netted a couple Ruby essences, and he's asked for Sapphire before. 600/Smite Hidden City, especially with the quest Gift of the Djinn should get a fair bunch in a decent amount of time :) 83.251.194.11 18:14, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

You really have that much inventory space? Saphire was like 4-6 months ago. Justice 18:27, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Some people do have enough space to keep every or most collectibles in storage. I just keep the collectibles that would be harder to farm than most, like Ruby and Sapphire essences, any Wurm Husks, Mursaat Tokens, Soul Stones, etc. If you know it'll be hard to farm for you and you don't want to buy, you'll know what to keep and what to sell. — Gares 18:56, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

"130 Dervish?" "Why are they making these runs so hard?" - You guys are making this soooo much harder than it is. Leave Bone Palace into Alkali Pan. Hold CTRL. Look right. If there's 2 Ruby Djinns, get in the wurm and kill them. Resign and repeat. If there aren't 2 Ruby Djinns, take two steps back into town and rezone. It takes less than a minute, and you don't need a single skill on your bar. There's no point in forming teams and running all over Dasha or Alkali. Think people. -Ninjatek 19:14, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Or just 600/smite the hidden city. Killing them isn't the hard part. The hard part is actually getting the drops, because the rate is so low. Karate Jesus 19:25, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

That's why speed is important. My way is faster. -Ninjatek 19:27, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Um...you can do hidden city with a hero and kill about 20 djinns in like 2 minutes. How is using the wurm faster? Karate Jesus 19:29, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

6 seconds a djinn? your crazy. Justice 19:50, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

That, my friend, is called an exaggeration. Karate Jesus 19:53, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Fun? This means one'll have to kill maybe 50 ruby djinns, a pretty rare enemy, and don't even think about doing it with a full team. Seriously groan-inducing. What's next, Bleached Shells? Feh. 213.112.197.46 20:06, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Bleached Shells would indeed hurt. But not as much as the hearts. I remember farming them for armor and it wasn't as bad as last week's bs. Rose Of Kali 20:11, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

At least I have the Bleached Shells. SarielV 22:36, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Let me rewind there, When I said - Why are these runs so hard? - I ment the droprate--Derv Who Likes To 20:13, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

The word in the Bone Palace is that these are comparatively better than last week. Rose Of Kali 20:20, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm gonna make a suggestion to include the /slashwrist emote... at least the BiP icon could be reused... -- Pixy | Talk 21:17, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Guild Wars doesn't even have the /cry emote. I'd be more than happy enough if they just gave us that. Taros 21:21, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

And slashing wrists over Nick's presents is... unhealthy... @Taros: The best you can do is /pout or /moan. I guess /cry would be a pain to animate. Rose Of Kali 22:24, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Not as much of a pain as /shedding a single tear San Darkwood 22:52, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm more scared for the day he asks for Giant Tusks to be honest, the Bleached Shells at least have a decent droprate from the wurms, it's just rare due to how rare the wurms are :s 83.251.194.11 02:10, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Why the terrible drop-rate? I remember this discussion from my classes. It's called randomized player reward systems, one of the easiest to program/laziest design/worst ways to reward players (feel free to pick your favorite, all are true). The fact that by taking any npcs at all dramatically cuts your rewards also is a kick into the least desired location of your body (results may vary). Now, exchangeable tokens that vary by creatures was a good thing. Had they just reduced the number of particular creatures or raised the exchange rate on those tokens and (either way) made the tokens always drop, they'd have eliminated a pretty big problem. But apparently a lot of games are happy to over-reward one player per million while severely under- or unrewarding the rest. It's no wonder why players leave games in a rage; punishing hours of effort with the tedious and unfortunate activity of farming items that they should be getting regularly is just poor design. Seryu 05:45, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Well compared to last week the drop rate is much MUCH better! At least for me. On about 50 runs I had zero ether heart and yesterday it took me 20-30min to get the 5 essences, go figure! 194.2.20.67 08:01, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

At this stage i have 2 comments: (1) I disagree with anet with selecting items with low droprate, sice it induces players to solo farm instead of the concept of playing together and (2) does anyone have a confirm that getting heros and hench and sending them outside radar range increase droprate of these items? -- Pixy | Talk 11:15, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Huh, 20-30 minutes. For the average rewards those gifts give, that's actually the amount of time it should take for everyone. My average of seven and a half hours a week... soloing for this stuff and getting nothing better than fireworks five out of every six weeks really doesn't cut it for player motivation. As far as flagging heroes and henchies, it does seem to return the drop rate to soloing levels, but unless you're slowly flagging them to vanquish an area, it's not even worth bringing them at all while farming. Seryu 11:27, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Flagging heroes away does actually return the droprates to exactly soloing levels. I've done pretty extensive research in droprates hero flagging and soloing. Only difference is that you have to share the gold coin drops with your heroes when flagging. Believe me! Manassas 14:34, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

thx for the info ^^ -- Pixy | Talk 17:20, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

YOU PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH ALL!! Nothing makes you happy you want a free game that has everYthing you ever wanted, the way you wanted etc, and if in the game they nerf or boost something you like to use then game is bad, if they add new stuff you cry or say that isnt enough compared with like a stup... red big dragon to kill so at the end my recommendation is make youre game take it out for all us to see and let us destroy it with nonsense cry. Ivy Thunder Goddess 3:08, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I think most people expected the gifts to be easier to get than ectos, which for the last few weeks they haven't been. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 174.112.224.76 (talk).

I farmed about 30+ today, in the beginning the drop rate was terrible, but somehow it got better after a while. Spirit spammed, 3 minutes on average a run killing all the djinn near Bone Palace. 85.19.140.9 03:07, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Just Curious... <(o O)>

How many weeks in a row do we have to be good to get that bug removed from Nicholas' page? :) [John Hargrove] talk 10:56, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Until it gets fixed permanently I guess? -- Lacky 13:07, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

@John - Be bold! You have editing rights here, too! :P -- FreedomBound 13:10, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Very true, but I feel like it's cheating if I do it!!! [John Hargrove] talk 20:48, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

John doesn't like his brain child being handicapped it seems. :p -- Konig/talk 22:29, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

I think you have to wait a year before that goes away. ^^" Or we could put a sign that says Bug Free for x amount of weeks. Katherinezoltin 06:36, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

I removed the bug note because the bug had not been here for a lot of weeks.--Wysth 17:09, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Agreed, apart from the fact that you're wrong. It was there just last week. --Frozen 16:30, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

John's got a good point on that matter, a localization bug is a very much minor thing (barely enough to be called a bug except in reporting to or within the development company) and in most cases it can be worked around without causing issues with game play unlike bugs that would really need to be reported or require public attention that can outright halt playability. To that end, I made a change that should help things to get fixed rather than just the public flaunting method it was (especially when it doesn't occur. We'll see if it manages to stick around or not. Seryu 22:25, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Bug free's the way to be! Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ аІiсә ѕνәи Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 23:12, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

-.- 20090118

I just did D'Alessio and Divinity and didn't pick any up -.- –alistic 17:17, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Just make a bot. They're really easy to farm, pretty much right next to Nick. -- FreedomBound 17:42, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Solo? Also what is the going price each?----Xtreme 17:44, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

this wiki is not for price guides, there are other sites for that, but this week's item is quite easy to farm, i d say equal to charr carvings and despite the fact that there should be no pricings, i d say dont pay more than 300g ea.. (i dont want to start a discussion about the value here, u can spam my user site for that ^^) NewAtWiki

As said above, 300g each is basically borderline so 3k for 15 is reasonable to look at.--Im Irrelevant 19:40, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Check you math ;) 300g*15=4.5k not 3k. But i would never spend 300g on something so easy to farm. ~ Dragon 19:54, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

I got more than 15 just walking to Nick with my necro (alone) and killing the mobs on the way. Sold extras for 100g each - most are offering that, it seems. Rose Of Kali 20:28, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

I wasn't aware and did certainly not mean 300g each for 15 is directly 3k, I said it is a reasonable price.--Im Irrelevant 21:17, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Getting 15 only took me 30min, i'm glad this week's an easy trade with nick :)--N0VA 22:32, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

In the Gates of Kryta mission, where you meet Oink if you go back behind the house, and it's very possible, a ****load of Undead will spawn. More spawn if you run up to the edge of the cliff in the normal mission path. There are several ways to farm this area. Than 22:35, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Why would anyone want to farm this? Their price isn't worth the trouble to farm/sell imo. And as I mentioned, you get most of them just on the way to Nick, and if you're short, just run around the area and kill some extras. Rose Of Kali 23:24, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Quite easy to motivate actually: Horseman Vulgamor and Priest Meran, and being probably the easiest steady holliday collectable to farm ;) 83.251.194.11 01:33, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, but those are almost a year away. Who'd want to give up their storage for this NOW? O o Rose Of Kali 03:19, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

The Gates of Kryta mission also provides a lot of minor runes (got a Minor Soul Reaping one today) along with many golds, and they come in large numbers. People who have other accounts can also easily farm a lot here too. Than 02:25, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

I wonder

Hmmmm.... the one for the week of 1/19/2010 Could this be a reference to GW2 and the Orrian rise? Could be...--Lord Randy 17:50, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Your guess is as good as mine. I'd like to think your hunch is right, but that's probably because I'm a lorewh-re. Markus Clouser 22:17, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

That was in fact my first thought when reading this, that they were giving yet another implication of the events of Orr rising. As Linsey said: hew GW2 lore will affect GW1. -- Konig/talk 22:25, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

I agree with you --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:PlobMaster (talk).

This would be a great way to unravel some more GW2 lore. I'm not sure to what degree since I believe he already has the locations predefined (and of course Yakkington isn't a DeLorean). Markus Clouser 22:19, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Only in as much as he says they have something to do with the future, and we know that Orr rises... :) I am not sure how far we can expect to hear some great revelation from Nick :P 14:21, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Jan 25th 2010

The search begins in 2 hours! I have a gut feeling that he's going to be in the Maguuma Jungle. --ᴥ GreyGhost ᴥ 13:05, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

He's been found on Guru, Kryta, Majesty's Rest, 2 Thorny Carapaces (per gift) - http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5030367&postcount=419 --Find And Seek 16:53, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Screenshot is here (to prove) [1] Karate Jesus 16:54, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

My running around in Ettin's Back has me on a 7 carapace lead. Yay for gut instinct. :D --ᴥ GreyGhost ᴥ 17:00, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Bet you would have been gutted if he wasn't around that area xD, I'm assuming there pretty easy to farm tho? Since i need bout 70 or 80 --Find And Seek 17:02, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Should be. Just go to Ettin's Back or one of the other areas that they just crawl all over (literally). Spirit farmer should be more than enough to kill them. Karate Jesus 17:03, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Haha, I'm glad I won't get Eviscerated! Anyways, leaving from either Ventari's Refuge or Druid's Overlook will yield lots of Devourers to kill. --ᴥ GreyGhost ᴥ 17:06, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

I'll need to finish listing on auctions then and get this weeks lot over n done with lol, But I Hate feeling cluttered which is annoying cause I horde stuff ~.~ --Find And Seek 17:19, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

I bet if every week each of us made a guess on which huge effing region he might be in, one of us would be right. Instinct... Justice 17:24, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, technically, that's still Kryta, so no cigar there. Rose Of Kali 18:22, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

sarcasm Justice 18:31, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

February 1st

He is in Reed Bog and he collects Maguuma Spider Webs 62.224.22.11 17:53, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Confirmed, I just checked. Thanks for the info, I'm editing the page. --Frozen 18:04, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

img: http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/5383/gw004e.jpg Arkay 18:18, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

February 8th

A guildy said Riven Earth for 5 Saurian Bones - Alftagrabben 15:27, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

I wish Manassas 15:46, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Any1 that can confirm?.. Im pretty sure that it is the saurian bones.. *EDIT* Should be above the bridge between Vlox Falls and Riven Earth - Alftagrabben 15:53, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

I confirm that, just have been there, he is just above the bridge, looking for 5 saurian bones per gift http://www.IMG-Teufel.de/img gw0662c103362jpg.jpg.html --94.216.206.155 16:14, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Wow, Saurian Bones. Probably as common or even more so as the Orr Emblems from earlier. 85.19.140.9 17:30, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

LOL ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!:Sorry, that was necessary. Anet must be absolutely crazy to let Nick collect bloody RAPTOR trophies. Pastafarian Hunter 17:02, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Maybe they were hoping to have nerfed the builds by now (remember, these were set up quite some time ago). -- FreedomBound 17:26, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

That would require nerfing the W/N build, Mist Form, GoR, and several other skills....none of which were on the chopping block from what I've heard. Karate Jesus 17:28, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Well, my whole guild will have free Nicholas this week, because I have like 3 stacks of those things ^^; — Poki#3 (talk) 17:48, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Zinn's comment about bone being stronger than metal or wood is true in real life. Don't know if that would be considered trivia or not. Interesting though. Sardaukar 17:54, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

(Edit conflict) Well, the only ones they specifically called out were SF and 600/Smite, but originally they did say "several prominent farming builds". That, and these were set up long before that conversation even took place, so it's more likely that this is just a joke. -- FreedomBound 17:57, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Nick said that "Saurian Bones are so 'hard' to get." Notice the quotes around the word "hard." I can't say for certain if that's a humorous jab at raptor farmers, but it sure seems like it, haha.140.209.225.2 18:06, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Heh, could be, or just a pun since bone is hard. Sardaukar 18:16, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Well it took me about 2 years (from the farewell to Gaile) til now to get 10 stacks and only 3 hours to sell them all, so relatively hard to get yeah. lol thanks for making my after wintersday comedown so much better anet --Skekzyz 04:23, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

February 15th

Any idea where Nick is this week? I reckon somewhere in Factions since he hasn't been there for a while - Mythman981 15:51, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Nope, but I'm thinking somewhere near Nolani Academy.--Im Irrelevant 15:53, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Let the manhunt begin! Previously Unsigned 15:58, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Supposedly he's in Rhea's Crater asking for 3 bone charms per gift 195.252.70.43 17:21, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Location confirmed, item confirmed. Nick is standing on a ledge on the south side of the deep quarry pit. Yume 17:37, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Imagine that, I've been saving those for some odd reason. No farming required for me this week! --FreedomBound 17:56, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Even if you had to, they're pretty much easy stuff. Clearing out most of the Outcast outside Aurios gets you about 15-20. 85.19.140.9 22:51, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

You must be born under a very lucky star --Manassas 08:31, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

From the dialogue: "Obviously they have gone to far from salvation." The "to" should be "too". Needs a [sic] in there. Sardaukar 18:48, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Unless it was just transcribed wrong. ;P Sardaukar 21:19, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

It was, I checked in-game. -- FreedomBound 01:21, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

February 22nd

Let the speculation and rumor begin ... Yume 17:38, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

"apparently hes in ferndale looking for 3 amber per gift, verifying now and will post screenies"

From Guru, if someone would like to confirm. Would be pretty hilarious. Karate Jesus 17:45, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

http://www.wartower.de/forum/showthread.php?t=721033&page=4 claims the same. Tub 17:46, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

With a screenshot o.0. If he's actually collecting amber, I may die laughing. Good week for FA :D Karate Jesus 17:47, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Well at least now we're sure that aeria.net ... errr... arena.net has totally lost their marbles. Great job. Yume 17:48, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Just found nick at the location posted in the link above. He is collecting 3 Amber Chunks per gift.Kylix 17:52, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

1,2k at trader = 18k. That smarts... - - 85.19.140.9 17:55, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Or you can just get some kurzick faction and trade it in for amber chunks.Kylix 17:59, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

5k faction per amber x 15 = 75,000 faction. Oh wait - I forgot, it's Grind Wars these days anyway. Feh. Yume 18:02, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Just do FFF's. It'll take at least an hour (maybe more) to get the faction considering how expensive amber is, but it's doable. However, 5k faction is just a joke for 1 amber.... Karate Jesus 18:03, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Is it really grind if it's for items that in no way effect your performance? Or if you enjoy FA, AB, JQ, or vanquishing? Manifold 18:05, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

It's 75,000 faction for all 15 amber. Even if you really love CM's or AB or even vanquishing....it's going to take a while. And DTSC only takes 15 mins per run, and considering that the trader is out of amber now, the prices are going to skyrocket. I'm just suggesting doing it if you want to farm them. If you don't, take the 3-4 hours and get the faction the fun way. Karate Jesus 18:12, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Right, it just seems people get stuck in the mindset of "I must acquire this item, so I will do it fastest way, even if I don't like that activity as much as the slower way, nor will I buy it even if I could make more money farming for money during that time". Manifold 18:19, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Well, then I'm sorry if it seemed like I was trying to perpetuate that. Personally, I'll probably just FA/AB for the faction (if I have the time/desire to actually play GW this week), as I still sometimes enjoy those two arenas. I hope other people have fun trying to get it too, but as I have recently developed into a casual player, I can understand why some people may just say, "Fuck it" this week. Karate Jesus 18:24, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

DSC is max 15 min for 17K faction. nowadays it's 12min with a good group wich means 5 runs for a total of 85K in 1 hour. thats what you need and you have 2 extra to spare. Not very hard i gues? Rhonin Soren 18:39, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

This makes me wish I hadn't sold my amber stack. Oh well. This isn't' that bad either... I like competitive mission... and you have a week from now to get the stuff too. Previously Unsigned 18:52, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

17k Faction ? This must mean Hard Mode? Which would mean the only people getting the gifts this week have to had already beaten Factions. Is this the first time The Traveler has asked for a "Crafting Material"? ..And such and expensive one with horrible availability. This would be better if there was a stronger likely hood getting better items than normal in your gifts...but I doubt that. It might make more sense to just sell the Amber on the price spike and forget the worthless Hunter's Ale, Rock Candies and Jars of Honey. This is almost as bad as getting similar worthless crap from the Zaishen chest like Creme brule and Firewater.

Screw the gifts, im going to just farm faction(into amber) and sell it. If amber gets to or above 1 2/3 k then you can just easily buy the gifts. i generaly sell mine at 4k a pop so that number would be 1 1/3 k. Justice 20:14, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

QQ, I'll need 135 in total, --Find And Seek 21:14, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Tip: Wed's zcombat quest is JQ, Thurs is AB, Sun is FA. Pick your arena! Cress Arvein 21:42, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Stop complaining nicholas wil ask all items available so prepare anyway, do pvp if not like pvp youre in the wrong game this game has still one of the best pvp out there play pvp get factions dont like pvp then get lost or buy amber you lazy people Ivy Thunder Goddess 15:44 22 February 2010.

Omg WTF Q.Q Amber!?! ; \ -- Read all of above and had to write it for lawls. :D Magic Talk 22:56, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Just wait until the day he'll be asking for ectos, I think we could wake the dead with the uproar that'll come from that. Let's just hope it's 1 Glob of Ectoplasm per gift instead of 3 ... then people can laugh their arses off at anyone who pay that much for a few tonics ;)

- Kherec 12:00, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Maybe I should also start stacking up on Jadeite Shards. I can't believe I sold all those stacks a long time ago...71.135.227.92 06:18, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Potential Trivia?

I think it's clear that Nicholas is a Kurzick fan. He has us killing Luxons (albeit outcasts), and then has us supporting the Kurzick's need of Amber. And he's even been to the Echovald more often than the Jade Sea (and at that, he's never mentioned being with the Luxons!). Go Nicholas the Kurzick. :p -- Konig/talk 02:09, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

The outcasts are anti-Luxon, so it was an aid to the Luxons to farm them. C'mon, you're the guy working on all the lore stuff, you should be better at this sort of thing. --Kyoshi (Talk) 02:12, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

My above commment was a joke, actually. That was the point of ":p." Though Nicholas does seem more Kurzick than Luxon. -- Konig/talk 02:45, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't catch that, it's been a long day of telling people on the internet they're wrong. --Kyoshi (Talk) 03:47, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Ferndale

if ur luxon, the quickest way to get to him is to procede south to the bridge then die. u rez at his spawn point 23:44, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

limit

The page says, "This limit is per location, and resets every week on Monday at the same time he moves." So,if he finishes all the items available and does a rerun, and you already submitted those items before, you won't be able submit the item again? 71.129.63.227 19:29, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

I imagine it's like Nick Sandford, except like a few years instead of weeks. But I'd wait till the actual rerun, you never know! :3 Rose Of Kali 21:03, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

It's possible that they would have us hunt for something else if it finishes. Who knows what they'll think of? 71.129.63.227 00:57, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Hey, maybe they'll kill it this time and we're gonna have to bring 3 Red Iris Flowers to his grave! :D Full circle. .......just joking, I agree with Rose Of Kali. Markus Clouser 03:24, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

"... we obviously needed to give him a lot of locations, and so we did. His list of possible haunts at launch was 137, and given 1 a week, that's 137 weeks (or ~2.6 years) of Nicholas' travels before he even considers going to the same place twice. ~ John Hargrove" It doesn't appear this is something we really have to be concerned about. -- Wyn talk 12:37, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Oh, nice! Where'd he say that? Rose Of Kali 13:05, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

On his talk page, just follow the link. -- Wyn talk 13:11, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, just did. :P Teh interwebz r soo confoozing! So can we put this in the article? :] Rose Of Kali 13:18, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

If you think it's relevant, I don't see why not :D It is a direct quote from Nicholas' creator. -- Wyn talk 13:37, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

March 1st, 2010

Getting the category up and ready for this week. Here's hoping it's something a little less costly than Amber chunks. Then again, if last week is an indicator it means that we can never rule out Ectoplasm. -- ᴥ GreyGhost (talk!) ᴥ 11:53, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

I've stacked up on black dyes to be ready for when he wants 3 of those for each gift. Bring it on Nick! --Manassas 13:14, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, this is the first material Nick asked for that's not craftable by artisans. Although, it's still reliably farmable through faction, while ecto isn't. I will laugh the day he asks for dye, though. ^ ^ And get rich, while at it - I have at least 40 of each color besides black and white. XD Rose Of Kali 13:23, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, but it wouldn't be worth giving him items such as black dye or ectoplasm because they are worth more than the gift itself. You'd be better off buying them for 5k each from other people.--MrKGado 15:14, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

I do belive they were sarcastic 195.252.70.43 16:18, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

3 miniatures kuuna per gift ^ ^ 194.2.20.67 16:45, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

How about if, instead of Glob of ectoplasm he ask for a Glob of Frozen Ectoplasm XDD what would you hate more?--Batousai 17:11, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

I'd have a barbeque. "Courtesy" of Professor Yakkington. >:3 85.19.140.9 17:20, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Other wiki is saying Alcazia Tangle / 2 patch of Simian Fur, but they have no screenshots of details discussed on their discussion page. Can anyone get a confirm/deny on this? (headed out there now) -- ᴥ GreyGhost (talk!) ᴥ 19:19, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

I found him in the Holdings of Chokhin. I believe he's asking for Pillaged Goods if you want to confirm he's in the western library in the Halls oh Chokhin

A guildie of mine is also saying he f ound him in Holdings of Choking collecting 1 Pillaged Goods per gift... -- Pixy | Talk 19:36, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

He also gave me a screener... click on the red link 2 times in following url: http://wyslijto.pl/files/download/nkdnqmlx2x -- Pixy | Talk 19:42, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Also confirming Holdings of Chokhin, 1 Pillaged Goods. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/abyschan/GuildWars/gw208.jpg -- ᴥ GreyGhost (talk!) ᴥ 19:47, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Confirmed, he's in the Holdings of Chokhin. I'd link a screenie but that's been done already.

Those trainers sure don't part easily with their goods. . . 85.19.140.9 21:13, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

next its going to be free faction for the kurzicks.. . anyone have luck with these things?

[Reset indent] And I was joking about the black dye. This is much worse. I've had 35 minotaur horns and 2 "green" weapons so far, but haven't seen the shadow of any pillaged goods. Think I'll skip Nick this week and do something fun in stead. --Manassas 08:29, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

After about 2 hours of trio-farming (me and 2 heroes) with no results, I was ready to quit, but managed to get ONE of these on the last mob. Yay, 5 Mystery Tonics! Thanks, Nick! See you next week... ¬ ¬ This is the second time I'm giving up on him, first was the djinn thing near the Grand Court of Sebelkeh, and even then I got I think 3 or 4 gifts before saying "screw this." Sheesh, ANet, fix your damned drop rates! x x Rose Of Kali 09:18, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

I've vanquished AND explored all chapters, plus did lots of quests and elite skill capping everywhere, but I had NEVER even heard of pillaged goods... And I've been playing NF since it came out! Plus, I keep ALL collectable drops on a second account, just in case he wants em... I'm skipping this one :) Sjeng 09:32, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

I guess I'm not the only one to give up. I cleared the Giants in Holdings and Vehjin several times and didn't get even one, so at that pace it was going to take forever. What's "funny" is that I went through Vehjin a week ago with a char to open Grotto and got two. Didn't keep them of course. Clobimon Craiggy 14:33, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

I managed to reap 5 of these in approx 5 hours of constant swearing... spirit solo farm, but many guildies could not be bothered. Mind you, i made some 13k in selling stuff, plus some nice skinned weapons too... -- Pixy | Talk 17:23, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

I got two yesterday and two today. Now they've just stopped dropping all together. I'll do one more run, then buy the last. Next week better not be the same. Edit: Ok, I retract my complaint for a bit. Got another two in the last run. Still... :P 85.19.140.9 19:25, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes, this item drop rate is very bad, almost criminal. Heh...seiously though, two guildies and myself spent several hours and I ended up with 2. They got nothing >.< At least we got some golds and had some good chats! I did get 22 Hunting Minotaur Horns and 8 Bull Trainer Giant Jawbones woot! It shouldn't be this much of a pain, but I wouldn't want it too easy either. If they're going to make it this hard then they should make it a bit more fun or interesting? Von Skleeve 06:36, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Arenanet needs to balance it out. The traveler's requirements are either insanely easy to get, or "slamming your face into your keyboard" hard. 118.92.181.196 10:55, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Why? To make everything dull and predictable. I think it's kinda fun to see what he wants each monday and to find out by trial and error if it's something I can be bothered to go for. I think the whole Nicholas thing rocks, please don't change anything *Two thumbs up* --Manassas 15:39, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Indeed! Nicholas is the most fun thing in gw currently. If they really want to change something, maybe randomly reward a more special gift of the traveler that gives out nothing but awesome stuff. Idmz 18:13, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

That sums up GW in 2010, pretty sad. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.155.213.150 (talk).

Don't know about you guys, but bad luck follows my friend . I was at his house , watching him farm these...5 hours later - nothing . I went home , so we can play together , he said he's still farming . 3 more hours later - ZERO ! I got 4 in my first run 0.0 --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 79.100.96.60 (talk).

No, your friend's luck is more in line with the rest of us, while you must've sold your soul to Abaddon... Rose Of Kali 02:55, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Wow, I never knew these things dropped in the first place, well it's Saturday now, and I have only able to get 1 Pillaged goods, 2ish hours a day farming these bastards with a four person group(No hero/hench). Poor luck or droprate? Can't complain too much got a sup vigor giant's boots off them, see ya next week nick69.129.199.244 01:48, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah this week was really bad after several hours of complete boredom rolling through these guys time and time again and getting tones of jawbones and boots and not a single pillaged goods I quit it. I think A-net needs to do something about loot scaling with nick items so that there's actually motivation to make an innovative solo build or 2/3 man build. Not saying I couldn't solo these guys, but whats my motivation to do it. Might as well go full 8 with loot scaling in effect. Maybe make the loot scaling like half effective for nick items for the week --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.156.6.109 (talk).

SOFA-KING--R-Ded --ilr 08:33, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

March 8th 2010

Let the hunt begin again. Yume 15:39, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

[2] --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.127.202.197 (talk).

Ruptured Heart, 1 Demonic Relic. — piper doesn't talk 18:55, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Yay, i've been saving up on those, awesome =D --84.192.9.50 18:56, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Going to go there and get the Dialogue. Kaisha 19:01, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Best place to farm those ? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.66.199.240 (talk).

EDIT: Gate of Fear... with The Last Patrol active --ilr 20:05, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

I spent 15-20 minutes or so doing The Missing Patrol and The Oddbodies and got 7 demonic relics. Jarus 09:28, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Funny Anet has him asking for just 1 per gift. These things drop much faster than the blasted goods. I was done in a bit over 10 minutes. Yes, that's minutes, not hours. :D 85.19.140.9 20:19, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I totally agree. From just exploring and playing PvE I had truckloads. Shame I sold most. But I still had 10 from exploring The Ruptured Heart last week. Easy as hell. Previously Unsigned

The 15 minutes I spent on this is to make up for the hours I spent farming for the pillaged goods last week. Cheers to Anet! Swordfish56 20:45, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

For once. 141.165.170.76 01:16, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

For once? ... Do you suffer from an extreme case of selective memory? 32 times out of 48 he has asked for something dead easy to collect. --Manassas 09:35, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah but since it's account based anyway... they shoulda already started rewarding moar than 1 GotT per trophy on some of those... especially in the case of pillaged goods (I'm thinking 5 GotTs for it, given its 0.5% to 0.75% ((~margin of error)) drop rate) --ilr 19:44, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Shame I sold 50 of these two weeks ago. To the merchant. MadSkillz1o1 14:39, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

well than the merchant has enough for a few of his acounts this week, considering how many chars he has he must have a massive amount of accounts. imagine all the tourny point he used to get from XTH Rhonin Soren 18:08, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

March 15th 2010

The hunt is on again! *sits back and waits for the speculation to start* Yume 15:12, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

He's in The Arid Sea asking for 1 Massive Jawbone per gift

I have guildmates saying this too. I'm asking them to SS it and upload it shortly. -- ᴥ GreyGhost (talk!) ᴥ 18:57, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Yay! another easy one... daa naa naa na... nah nah.. nah nah.. --ilr 19:20, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

"Can't Touch This" makes this a joke :P -- ᴥ GreyGhost (talk!) ᴥ 19:35, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Why is he looking at Giant mandibles in order to find the missing link between extinct dolyaks and modern dolyaks?? Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ аІiсә ѕνәи Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 19:45, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

There's evidently a reason why his dolyak is called "Professor", and he's called "the Traveler". -- FreedomBound 19:53, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Yakkington is the mastermind?? Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ аІiсә ѕνәи Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 19:57, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

I am also wondring why he is looking for something from a giant in order to find a link between Dolyaks and some extinct race that had Dolyak-like qualities (hmmm, could the race be a sheep?). For that matter... how could the ancestor of the Dolyaks be in the Sea (as that is what the area was in the past, not a desert) when Dolyaks are from the frigid Shiverpeaks? This week makes little sense with lore Q Q -- Konig/talk 22:14, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Elephants' ancestors were woolly mammoths, or something like that. Animals evolve to adapt to their surroundings. It makes more sense than you think. I think. --Kyoshi (Talk) 22:21, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Unless Nick is going for some very old ancestors, I doubt he's trying to find an aquatic ancestor of the Dolyak... Remember, the area was known as the Crystal Sea until the Exodus of the Gods (year 0). -- Konig/talk 22:37, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

3 runs in The Scar killing all giants there. Drop rate is reasonable I guess, considering. 85.19.140.9 22:36, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Hard to say what the intent of an NPC is, or how quickly evolution occurs on Tyria. But meh, I don't really care~ --Kyoshi (Talk) 22:39, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

He may simply be wanting to compare Dolyak jawbone structures with those of other specimens. Or at least, that sounds like a moderately reasonable excuse. :P Arshay Duskbrow 22:56, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Whats all this aquatic talk about? These giants dont seam to be swimmers. Perhaps if they were called Ancient Massive Jawbones... Justice 16:08, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Nicholas is looking for the ancestor of the Dolyaks, over a thousand years ago the Crystal Desert was the Crystal Sea, so unless the ancestry was just that of growing lots of fur, said ancestor (which cannot possibly be giants... making the item collected confusing) would be aquatic. Now, on the other hand, if he's just looking for some race which is as similar as the minotaur in the Crystal Desert/northern Vabbi to the minotaur in the shiverpeaks, well that's a different story. And it is possible that Dolyaks are related to minotaur, and the other Berserkers, as they all seem to be of the Bison family (bulls, buffalos, etc.). -- Konig/talk 17:13, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

The giants could have been an alternate evolution of the ancestors of the dolyaks. --Kyoshi (Talk) 19:32, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

I guess the only answer we'll ever get about any question these days is "GW2" or "dunno lol". This is interesting, though. I never even thought about the Crystal Sea thing. Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ аІiсә ѕνәи Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 20:39, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Jeez... the giants probably ATE all the prehistoric yaks and he just wants to match up teeth marks on the yak bones... don't any of you guys ever watch archeology specials on Discovery/PBS? --ilr 23:46, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

In archaeology they dig dead things up. These giants are alive now, and were they to have eaten prehistoric yaks, the bones would be long digested (defeating the purpose of killing giants to get them) or would be laying around on the ground, or underground (defeating the purpose of killing giants to get them). --Kyoshi (Talk) 01:21, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

(Edit Conflict) Seeing how I never turn PBS on, and the only thing I really watch on Discovery is Mythbusters (I prefer History channel), I've never seen archeology specials. :p -- Konig/talk 01:23, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

For those interested, modern bovines (including Yaks and Cattle, Buffalo, and Bison) are most closely related to antelope. They're more distantly related to sheep. As far as Nick's concerned, I'd second the predation theory posited above; it's much more likely that early giants were predators of early GW bovids. Do we have any in-game evidence of current or past Giant diet?69.249.223.63 01:58, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Studying the clothing of Sand Giants we can see that they are wearing some sort of hide & cloth. Also looking at their dental structure it appears that they don't have developed canines, but only 24-32 same size teeth. This may either be due to their "recent" diet or because they use their horns, arms and pretty much anything else when it comes to hunting. Now back to their clothing, when the yaks may have been around, these giants were probably chewing constantly yak hide in order to create clothes - boots included since it's known that yak hide is used for boots. To link the Crystal Sea to Yaks, from Yak hide coracle boats for fishing can be built. This might have lead to canine regression and teeth-blunting. Because now there are no yaks left (for who knows what reason) the sand giant teeth structure started to sharpen, again, probably due to diet change. With this theory I believe there's no genetic link between old dolyak-like creatures and sand giants. Markus Clouser 02:11, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Or... this might be jsut some random junk they thought of to give a reason for nick to want to be in some desolate but interesting part of the world... seriously people he's talking about theories not proof... give him some jaw bones and get on with your life... not every theory is fact. 65.6.156.101 11:26, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

The thing is, Linsey, who's the writer of the lore-based dialogues (that I know of) loves lore and would not make it contradictory or confusing - well, I'd hope for the later. So there should be some sense and facts to it, in some way. You're clearly not a lore-lover, so you wouldn't understand our interest. :p -- Konig/talk 17:53, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Isn't Nick all John Hargrove's "toy?" Rose Of Kali 19:39, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Nope, he told me in game a while back that a lot of Anet staff, even some working on GW2, have worked on it. John just started it, did some dialogue, chose more items, and chose some number of collections (he's the reason why we aren't always collecting 5 per gift). But he said that Linsey has taken over the project since its launch and all the lore coming from him is her doing. -- Konig/talk 19:53, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Let's cook up a conspiracy theory! Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ аІiсә ѕνәи Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 20:30, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

He's investigating the connection between prehistoric Dolyaks and global warming Oceanic Flight 815 Second Impact the Searing, obviously. 68.118.250.100 22:54, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Professor Yakkington and his ancestors are behind 9/11! O o--84.192.9.50 18:28, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Yakkington and the Rockefellers met at a secret Bildeberg Group hideout in Saudi Arabia to plot a staged catastrophe so that they would have an excuse to start a war against Kryta. Alex Jones told me! Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ аІiсә ѕνәи Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 20:45, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

A little late this week in getting to Nick but I just used the the portal in the Crystal Overlook to get to the Arid Sea. Short trip to Nick. Sardaukar 05:31, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Only just now saw this, but I lol'd my way through. Thanks guys. :D -- Elv 09:10, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

March 22nd 2010

Confirmed nick is at Witman's Folly collecting 3 Intricate Grawl Necklaces per gift. Noentje 16:55, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Easiest item since red iris flowers. (Ixillius 17:08, 22 March 2010 (UTC))

You are probably thinking about Ornate Grawl Necklaces. Intricates are not that easy.

25 in two runs in Witman's (solo spamming as per usual). Reasonable droprate I suppose. 85.19.140.9 18:53, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

The grawl in question are weak to lightning damage, for what it's worth. Manifold 18:54, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

And shinies 65.40.197.16 17:43, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

I always go around Witman's Folly for fun. Too bad I sold most of mine, but I still have 22 left. I wonder what's next... 71.135.226.106 01:26, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Go, go, animal hides. 24.197.253.243 08:31, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Torn Robes Justice 08:50, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Looks like I picked a good week to start wanting a "The Ice Breaker" hammer. Necromas 17:05, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

March 29, 2010

Let the Hunt begin. Has anyone created an online chart showing which explorable areas have already been used? Nicholas has not appeared in the same area twice, and probably will not do so until he has visited all of them. So by eliminating which explorable areas have been visited, we can narrow down the possible areas he will appear in. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.164.184.82 (talk).

Nicholas the Traveler/Research. -- FreedomBound 14:30, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I'm aware of this chart. But it only shows where Nick has been. We also need a chart to show where he has not yet been, so that we can narrow the options of where to look. I would make one here on the wiki, but I'm a wiki noob and don't know how. I made a paper chart for myself, and by looking at it, Nicholas has visited every region at least twice EXCEPT Istan (NF) and the Far Shiverpeaks (EotN). He has only visited these regions once. So by probability, I predict he will appear in an explorable area of Istan or the Far Shiverpeaks. Similarly, he's visited some regions 5 times, such as Kaineng City, so explorable areas in this region are less probable. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.164.184.82 (talk).

You're assuming that the devs distributed his spawn points evenly between each region. The only real assumption we can make is that he only appears once per explorable area. There are 136 vanquishable explorable areas in the game, and he has 137 spawn points, so he probably spends one week in every single area, plus one other (Battledepths maybe?), regardless of how many areas each region has.

If that's the case, you're better off just picking an explorable area he hasn't been in and checking it. 68.118.250.100 15:15, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

User:Dr_ishmael/Nicholas_the_Traveler_appearances Manifold 15:22, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Awesome. That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.164.184.82 (talk) at 15:35, 29 March 2010 (UTC).

Hopefully this week will be better than some of the past few weeks. I just haven't had time to spend farming for the items and would greatly appreciate something a bit easier. --MrKGado talk 15:26, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

He has been to Istan, when he was collecting scale fin soup. Probably right about Far Shiverpeaks from what I can remember. --SunJinyu 15:45, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

What do you mean, previous week was easy as hell.--Derv Who Likes To 15:46, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/5003/gw001r.jpg (not my screenshot < <) -- Chrono (talk) 16:35, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Ouch...farming these will not be fun and getting to Nick will not be fun this week. Pretty brutal. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.174.66.205 (talk).

Is this the first time he's been collecting something from an elite area? 213.112.196.230 19:44, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

No, he already asked for Gloom Seeds from the FoW when he was in the Temple of Balthazar in the Falls quite a while ago. Jaxom 19:47, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Any prof can farm this in ToPK — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.81.47.239 (talk) at 20:15, 29 March 2010 (UTC).

I love this week. I had 25 sitting in my inventory for when this was an item for months. No farming for me. ^^ -- Konig/talk 21:25, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

I've never been to FoW... where's the easiest place to fight the mobs that might drop these? Plz?? --
NvM, it's so much faster to just buy some in ToA :p --ilr 00:00, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Same here as Konig. I farm ectos with my sin often, and these drop... I just tought bout to sell them, or just wait for the frog event, but now I use and sell these at last. Death Fox 06:34, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Frog event? Only one I know of was a one-time thing. SarielV 14:17, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

These drop a lot in UW. We got about 30 in one run doing the chamber, smites, and the planes... plus 8 ectos. --Lania Elderfire 23:41, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Ive been saving these since UWSC, booyah! Jonny10 09:46, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

April 5, 2010

LOL so easy again this week. --84.192.9.50 17:17, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Scalping sentient creatures to make pillows. Thats just effing creepy. Justice 19:12, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Stop the pillows, safe the Tengu! InfestedHydralisk 19:57, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Nick wants his 100 Nazi...I mean, Tengu scalps. ^^ Katherinezoltin 20:14, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Weird, I saw someone buying these in LA a couple weeks ago. Wonder if someone found his spawn list in the dat file. 68.118.250.100 20:35, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Or... they wanted something from a collector?80.195.31.78 20:44, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Keep in mind, these are asked for every Halloween/Wintersday. Some people pick one or two collectables and stash up on them during the year, when the demand is low, to use or sell to other players when the event comes along. (Most common item is probably Decayed Orr Emblems. 83.251.193.118 08:26, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

I had sold almost a stack of these just days before (Saturday I think), so it really isn't uncommon for people to stockpile trophies used for events. Heck, I have about 180 mandragor carapaces for Halloween already. 67.158.10.44 15:57, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Epic win if

Nick starts collecting things for Gwen's birthday picnic

please? 68.193.113.198 20:17, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

BUG Nicholas dosen't appear if quest: Defend North Kryta Province Is Active . Math

I doubt that Nicholas will ever collect ales, sweets. But food, maybe. But why would you want him to? To make more money? :P -- Konig/talk 09:12, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

"Nicholas will not spawn if you have any active quest in your quest log that alters spawns in the area. Either complete or abandon the quest, then rezone." It helps to read the article. --Curse You(talk|contribs) 16:16, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

The Gwen/Thackery thing was getting really heavy with the Nick references, so until I realized Thackeray had his mini-game, I had a feeling they were going to hi-jack Nick's location list and have him collect stuff for her picnic or something. Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ аІiсә ѕνәи Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 02:31, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

April 12 2010

Let the hunt for Nick begin anew! (For those that aren't tired of it already) Yume 15:13, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Nicholas found - The Whirpool (Factions) collecting 3 Black Pearls per gift. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 95.43.79.197 (talk) at 15:31, 12 April 2010 (UTC).

I Cant Confirm hes Within the Whirlpool, but i CAN Conform hes NOT South of the Harvest Tower--Neil2250 , Render Lord 15:37, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Confirmed in Shadow's Passage. 3 Jadeite Shards. [3] -- Arduin 15:43, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Confirm in Shadow's Passage 3 Jadeite Shards — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lady Belette (talk) at 15:49, 12 April 2010 (UTC).

Ah. Good thing I saved just enough of those, I can just go see Nick now. 85.19.140.9 15:55, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Lulz, Jadeite. Good thing these still cost 5k Lux....wait....no, that's not a good thing. Karate Jesus 15:57, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

(Edit conflict) x 2 Damned KJ, Somehow you (Edit conflict) 'ed me twice > >, --- Thank god i bought them just a second ago @ 500gold , Thier already 750 gold Each Now!--Neil2250 , Render Lord 15:58, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

I bought a bunch of these when amber chunks for for sale. Currently, I have 35. *Cheers* 71.129.49.138 00:53, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

How much I hate people that "confirm" lies. plack pearls...pfft, whirlpool...pfft *brings out the banhammer* so, jadeite? glad i just recently spent 80 of those for my monks elite lux armor. nothing left for nick ;) but maybe nick is saving for his elite lux too? ~ Dragon 12:01, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

The Correct Term is "Begging"--Neil2250 , Render Lord 12:03, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

I love how people were caught by surprise by him wanting Jadeite, despite the fact he was asking for Amber only about 2 months ago. It should have been obvious he was going to ask for the other faction's equivalent eventually. <-(Saved up 15 Jadeite just for Nicholas) --Curse You(talk|contribs) 15:00, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Lol I find that odd that this weeks Nick's location would be in shadows passage. Shouldn't he be like outside of Cavalon since hes collecting Jadeite Shards? Drug 22:28, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

the Traveler&direction=prev&oldid=1470977 Now Shush.--Neil2250 , Render Lord 22:34, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Thats even odder..... Drug 00:50, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

More to the point - Brotherhood Knight#Items dropped Tidas 23:26, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

April 19 2010

Nick's favorite game as a child was Hide and Seek. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.164.184.82 (talk) at 14:11, 19 April 2010 (UTC).

Mount Qinkai, 3 naga skins per gift I think. There's a map on Guru. 208.100.1.46 16:31, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Confirmed via WarTower :) [4]--Munkypoo7 16:32, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

I would go to "Simon says" instead of Hide and Seek. Simon says: farm naga skins XD--Batousai 01:54, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

why not a combination between the two "hide and says" or "Simon seeks"?--Wysth 10:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Wouldn't it be more of a "Nicholas says"? That guy keeps me running around the world and eradicate the flora and fauna for his own needs. I hope Greenpeace doesn't find out ^^ ~ Dragon 13:21, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

April 26 2010

At change-over time, the new location listed for Nicholas was the original point in Regent Valley. I did not think this could be, so I checked. Nicholas was not in Regent Valley. Someone playing a joke on us or just making a mistake? Aliro 15:16, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

The page hasn't been edited since last week... Are you sure you weren't looking at the research page? -- FreedomBound 15:25, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Nah he was looking at the wiki main page, where it is stated that Nicholas currently collects 3 red iris flowers in Regent Valley. I suspected this to be a joke as well, considering he has never been to the same location twice, so far. --Adul 15:30, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Ah. Not a joke, someone's template is broken. I removed it until it can be fixed. -- FreedomBound 15:32, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Ah OK, thanks. --Adul 15:40, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Fixed. --JonTheMon 15:40, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks gang. It was causing a ruckus at Fort Ranik, lol. Aliro 15:41, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Can someone start archiving this. It needs some free space. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.88.86.253 (talk) at 15:43, 26 April 2010 (UTC).

he is in melandru's hope, collecting 3 dredge incisors , http://yfrog.com/jqgw078j and http://yfrog.com/0nnaamloosfcp

Yep just saw him there myself. (Melandru's Hope - 3 Dredge Incisors)--Sacratus 17:14, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Just a 3rd confirm. in melandru's hope. map is correct.

NewAtWiki 17:33, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

apr 26th dialog

references to Gruhn the Fisher... I'd edit but I aint logged 192.203.160.241 18:50, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

I love how "Mind helping me look?" is basically a subtle way of saying "Mind going and slaughtering some sentient beings in order to harvest their teeth?" Sometimes, I really wonder if Nicholas isn't far more callous and cunning than he appears... Arshay Duskbrow 20:35, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Indeed. By now Nicholas is indirectly probably one of the biggest mass murderers in Tyria, and that's saying something in an MMO. 68.118.250.100 21:21, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

He has amassed an army larger than Palawa Joko and no one is batting an eye about it. He is stockpiling collectibles that exchange for weapons and sometimes, just requests items to either feed or decorate his pet dolyak. He is the bane of Tyrian wildlife, meddler in diplomatic affairs with his unhindered army of killers. But we love him and he asks so little of us ;) Kyubiko 22:28, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Im wondering who hes working for. How else can a single man and Dolyak acquire such a vast stockpile of wrapped gifts if not from a higher source? And what is the real reason behind the items he collects? What secret society would call for such senseless slaughter of beasts for triflous trophy items and give out such a costly array of rewards? Im watching that Nicholas, there is more to his simpleton appearance than we have been let on to believe...--Neithan Diniem 00:55, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, if you're a believer in Alternate Nicholas, he doesn't work for anyone but himself. He probably does have various groups of people giving him the supplies for his gifts for free, just as he has us collecting materials for him. Probably does a lot of blackmailing, too. 21:47, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

I could see him running a mercenary blackmailing guild or a black market franchise. Who knows what devious things some of the items we give him are really used for...?--Neithan Diniem 17:47, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

He heard that the bones of local critters are useful, so he asks for the teeth of recent immigrants. That silly dolyak. 24.197.253.243 11:19, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

3rd of May

Let the hunt to try to find what cretures Nick want us to murder now Yay Killing Charr talk 15:31, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

It's May.Kyubiko 15:46, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Duly corrected. Let the hunt for Nick the Traveling Snake-Oil Tradesman begin again (the most likely reason he keeps moving, lest he gets tarred and feathered ;-) ) Yume 15:55, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

i'd bet NF or EotN... -- Pixy | Talk 16:14, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Nope, Factions. Unwaking Waters, collecting 1 Azure Crest per gift. Confirmed it myself, too lazy for a screenshot though. Tub 16:43, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

oh well, didn't notice someone had already edited the article while I was around confirming. sorry :) Tub 16:44, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Wow, still in Factions. I had figured they'd move him to another campaign after the 3rd time, but oh ok. 85.19.140.9 19:11, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

You'd think they'd change campaigns every once in awhile eh? Eive Windgrace 04:44, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

random is as random does... 192.203.160.241 12:26, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

If you look at the research page it seems like he stays in one campaign for more than 1 week at a time fairly often. Like the entire month of September09, he was in prophecies... so maybe not random? --Lania Elderfire 14:54, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

"I've heart that Azure Crests come close" is this his dialog or a typing error?173.24.17.247 03:44, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Typing error. Stupid edit lock. 68.118.250.100 23:33, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Hall of Monuments

My apologies if this has already been discovered. I was in the Hall of Monuments 20 minutes ago when Lieutenant Thackeray paid a visit to Gwen (little brat taking credit for all our efforts again), about needing to get some "Jacaranda seeds" (probably Sentient Seeds), for some tea to give to his men. Gwen then said she would ask Nicholas, to which Thackeray replies, "The Traveler?" Not sure if this is related to what the Traveler's after this week but hope it helps. 116.14.155.69 07:31, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

that dialogue has been around for a while, so has the follow-up dialogue where gwen has finished the tea. It's just a little storytelling to link all the lore together (gwen and nicholas knew each other since pre-searing). Certainly not a hint at future nicholas items. Tub 09:42, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

It probably is a hint to a future item but there's no indication when he might collect them if at all. -- Kirbman 10:32, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Remember that the list of nicholas items has been made a year ago, while Thackeray's dialogue was added only recently. Given that nicholas' dialogues were written well in advance, but usually aren't translated until they're used, I'd assume that the list isn't readily available to most guild wars employees, so the lore writer couldn't just look it up. I wouldn't rule out that he'll ever search for Sentient Seeds, but I doubt that there's a correlation. Of course you may disagree, happy farming. ;) Tub 11:02, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Also, the Gwen/Thackeray dialogues are a permanent part of the game, so it wouldn't make sense to add a Nicholas item related to it that only comes up once every 2.5 years. 68.118.250.100 17:20, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

May 10th

happy hunting

He's collecting 1 Drake Kabob per gift in Issnur Isles Map. You can get Drake Kabob from Chef Lonbahn. Kylix 16:17, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Confirmed. - Reanimated X 16:32, 10 May 2010 (UTC)]

wait, wasn't he already in that spot collecting kabob's before? easy farm.

Last time he was collecting NF food, it was the skalefin soup. 85.19.140.9 16:36, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm talking about the second or third week of nick, pretty sure he was collecting kabob's i remember farming them for all my accounts. But i don't think he was in nightfall at the time.

On a side note Lieutenant Thackeray also collects Drake Kabob, so might as well get some for him at the same time if you haven't already.Kylix 16:45, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

You are mistaken. According to this list he's never collected kabob's before.-- Pyron Sy 16:53, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

You probably were thinking about when you had to feed Toma the drake, but you got branches from it. InfestedHydralisk 17:12, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

yea, that's what it was, juni berry branches. doh.

I did a doubletake also but then I remembered it was for Thackeray... well it's nice to have an easy farm every now and again... MrPaladin † talk 20:30, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Ridiculously easy this week - takes 10 minutes to get the drake flesh outside Moddok Crevice (horrible drop rates, but very quick farm) and no mobs at all on the way to Nicholas :D NilePenguin 01:51, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I already had flesh saved up to use for NF chars doing that "food quest", so easy peasy week for me, lol. Ok, now he's asked for Skalefin Soup and Drake Kabob. I am going to take a chance and farm more Iboga Petals for Pahnai Salad (or what its called). I hope he asks for it sometime in the future. 193.215.199.34 12:21, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Naw I'd prefer to keep the inventory space open and jsut get the pedals when/if he asks... nothing better then pwning some level 1 enemys for an item 192.203.160.241 12:30, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

OMG He gave me a Gwen Doll for one Drake Kabob best deal ever XD, and when I was starting to lose interest in the gifts he always gives --Batousai 14:35, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Bug note

In my opinion the bug note should be removed. "Sometimes" is not really a bug, more separate instances of related bugs. After one instance is removed there is no bug, until the next time the translation is missing. But the link is useful, so maybe it should just be a note? The way it is now there is no way of telling if the bug has been fixed. 82.143.219.108 12:34, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

A bug which does occur, but cannot be easily replicated, is just an intermittent bug. It's still classed as a bug, except that the route to providing a solution is different. Unfortunately, as the userbase in GW is vast, and those who report this bug on gw wiki are predicted to not relate this to their user accounts, trying to pull any log files for why this may have occurred is near impossible (unless they manage to replicate it in-house). The use of it on the main page, with the Bug prompt, is VERY useful. Mrblackdx 15:19, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

May 17th

I found him in The Floodplain of Mahnkelon, right next to Dehjah, says he wants a 6 pack of Dwarven Ales

1: Sign. 2: as in 250? 3: sounds unlogical :S Shadow Form Slayer 15:18, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

1 doesnt need to 2 no as in SIX pack 3 no cheap item is unlogical

127.0.0.1 15:25, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

So sorry, clarification, you need 30 dwarven ales to get all five gifts? Mrblackdx 15:32, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Confirmed. 6 Dwarwen Ale in Floodplains in return for 1 gift.--Manassas 15:37, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Anyone want to SC a map for us.Dakota 15:40, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Yep, confirmed, need 30 for 5 gifts. 85.144.162.176 15:42, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

He's fairly easy to get to --FasterThanC 15:47, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

And the Ales are easy, 6k @ Hakon and your set.--Neil2250 , Render Lord 15:56, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

This is going to be interested economically. Either buy 30 ales for 6k or run Kilroys quests 30 times. Considering people generally try to sell gifts for 4-5k each, will the different way to get the 6 ales contribute or weaken the standard selling price of gifts. The profit margin now will be like 2.8-3.8k instead, one reason why it might go up. However, since obtaining the ales can now be done quickly, maybe a reason for why the price of the gifts could go down. Very interesting indeed :) Mrblackdx 16:02, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Going by what I've seen in Kodonur, it's more like people will try to sell ales to non-Prophecies owners for 300g/each - - 68.118.250.100 16:13, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

I think this is also the week where we will an increase in survivor titles being earn't. Probably should mention that this week is probably the best week so far for a profitable bonus from earning XP through Kilroys punchout extravaganza. Mrblackdx 16:27, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Resetting indent. Before I go on, I just have to say earn't isn't a word. It's earned - n't always stands for not. Yes, the contraction is silly in itself, but anyway...o o I don't think this will affect the economy in any noticeable way. The best weeks are when it's double scroll weekend. I should know since I did my last survivor using that to my advantage.>< Iskander Rith 17:12, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Has this been the only time that he's asked for an item that is inaccessible to the campaign he's put in? Xiaquin 17:15, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

If memory serves, he once asked for Branch of Juni Berries in Cantha. Kyubiko 17:28, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

These maps are terrible... the last one posted is zoomed out so far it takes less than half the box for the route.. the second one posted has the massive ugly icon.. would there be objections en masse if I reverted the map to the first one uploaded? [ neat and fills most of box ] --File:User Chieftain Alex Chieftain Signature.pngChieftain Alex 17:48, 17 May 2010 (UTC) nevermind.. the first two maps are of such a low resolution >.> --File:User Chieftain Alex Chieftain Signature.pngChieftain Alex 17:51, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

you insult the Nick&Yak logo!??! Well ill now insult you.You smell.--Neil2250 , Render Lord 17:54, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Better now eh? –alistic 17:54, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Nicholas the Traveler has achieved the title Incorrigible Ale-Hound. The gods have extended their blessings. Sardaukar 17:59, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

== Lol @ prev post :D and..there's a way to complete kilroy's dung in less than 2 mins...you can run straight trough anyone and just kill the end boss (the only RQ to complete dung), then the chest will spawn , in HM you can get 2 aged,2 norm or 1 of each type, so you can get 30 in no time that way .

People are buying in Prophecies and then selling them in the Crossroads mission outpost for 200g each to prevent ripoffs, for those who don't have the patience to go Kilroy farming. Kyubiko 18:18, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

So I get this guy his booze and what does he give me? 10 Aged Hunter's Ale. Methinks Nicholas is a wee bit forgetful of what he's already carrying. --Curse You(talk|contribs) 22:59, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

He wants Dwarven Ale, not Hunter's ale. The man has an endless supply of that, and you've got to figure he gets sick of it occasionally. Though in view of that, it's sort of amazing he's ever sober... Arshay Duskbrow 23:19, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm a bit confused by his dialogue, how exactly did Ascalonians obtain Dwarven Ale enough for it to be his favorite? Dwarves were isolationists because of the Stone Summit if I remember correctly. Eive Windgrace 23:22, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

The Summit were the isolationists. By contrast, Deldrimor was (and had always been) friendly with humans. That's the whole reason they helped the Ascalon refugees through the Shiverpeaks. Obviously they were trade partners as well. Arshay Duskbrow 23:46, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

12k to get max gifts for two accounts... Being a cheap-skate sucks. (cheap-skate?) Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ аІiсә ѕνәи Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 00:24, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Chances are you'll get more than 12k worth out of 10 packages, right? Couple candies and done. -- NilePenguin 01:48, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

@Arshay: Maybe this is why He is always asking for us to go out and kill things and in return giving priceless gifts, Hes hammered 24/7.--Neithan Diniem 03:03, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

I've been using candies for vanq/guardian Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ аІiсә ѕνәи Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 03:26, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

@Arshay: Curse You said that one of his gifts gave (hint at the "what does he give me?" part) him 10 Aged Hunter's Ales. –alistic 01:03, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

May 17th (2)

Dwarven Ale

Hmmm ... seems a bit silly, not to mention expensive to buy 30 Dwarven Ales. Hope this isn't a precedent (and I fer sure BETTER get something excellent). Algonda 16:23, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I thought that 25 (5 items per gift) was the max Anet would ever have him ask for. Now we're potentially up to 30 at future farms. I didn't have any regular ales (only aged), and couldn't be bothered to run Kilroy 30+ times today, so I went to Hakon and paid for mine. :/ 85.19.140.9 21:30, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

It's a SIX PACK. -- Arduin 17:31, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I figured that a bit later. Now he's going to sit around and drink 5 six packs, that drunken slob. Oh well... 85.19.140.9 09:14, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

It's a GOLD/TIME SINK. Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ аІiсә ѕνәи Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 00:55, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Wow. I can't be bothered with Nick half the time because all I ever get from him is junk, and now 30 aged hunters ales for 5 gifts? When will he want my first born. Last time I'll worry about him, that's for sure.

He wants normal ales not aged ones. Death Fox 13:31, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

And dwarven ales, not hunter's. --Juze 11:29, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

I actually bought all the ales and then popped red rocks and was like, "w00t! Paid off!" I go to bed happy...and then 12 hours later mesmer patch came out and nerfed them and then I was like D:< --ilr 10:26, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

people relyin on consumebles are doomed to fail 127.0.0.1 11:22, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

People selling them for the ridiculous prices the farmers were willing to pay were doomed to get rich. I sold blues to some nut for 2k ea once. :P 85.19.140.9 17:56, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

24th

On your mark... get set... FIND! Yay Killing Charr talk 14:24, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Still nothing :S Shadow Form Slayer 17:12, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

I bet he'll be in Nightfall - Giant Nuker 17:15, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

I would bet any price, but surprisingly, he hasn't been found yet Death Fox 17:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Not been found means somewhere big & unpopular... Prophecies? Matty Asia 17:46, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

hmm somewhere like dragon's gullet then. --File:User Chieftain Alex Chieftain Signature.pngChieftain Alex 17:49, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Hmm... probably right. But anyway, he will be found earlier or later. Death Fox 17:55, 24 May 2010 (UTC)h

Better note be Dragons Gullet as I have The Titan Source active, though I still reckon he'll be in NF this week at least.Dakota 17:57, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

It seems like he's been hinting his location with the items he wants the week before, lately. Maybe he's in the Southern Shiverpeak, since he wanted Dwarven Ale? --Wolfdm3 18:11, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Actually it's been ages since he made his way to EotN. But that's a pure guess. Tazeru 18:17, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Reset Indent. They had to make it ether claws RIGHT after the mesmer buff. Couldn't have been last week. 58.106.158.34 18:19, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Giuldie found him in Garden of Seborhin... making screenshot soon. -- Pixy | Talk 18:21, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Didn't we already have that? Or was that ether hearts? Sucks, either way... Arshay Duskbrow 18:22, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

I found him!!! He's in the Garden of Seborhim, collecting 2 Roaring Ether Claws per gift.[5]Szydol 18:22, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Killing creatures for a hair brush. Leave the rest of it to waiste. This guy is worse then americans. Justice 18:49, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

I'll thank you to keep your stereotyping of 310 million people to yourself. By the way, you're playing an American-made game. I guess you should stop since they're all such horrible people. Arshay Duskbrow 19:06, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

(Reset indent) Stay on topic and keep it civil. Thank you. - Reanimated X 19:11, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

NO U, this is gonna fukkin suck and Anet sucks too for making it worse. I've actually been keeping all the Roaring claws I've found on alts doing Nightfall this spring and you know how many I've found so far? ...two... that's it. But everyone else might as well start the begging and bargaining right now. Haha disregard that, I got all mine in 1 hour with a Lulzy Hammer build. --ilr 21:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

You could just... Oh, I don't know... NOT get it this week. But what am I saying, that's ludicrous! First off, Anet trying to fix a profession that was mostly broken from the beginning (It took professional skills before to use a Mesmer good, they know who they are) and making a very good attempt at it is far better than people's lack of getting 5 presents for a week. Second, ranting and cursing on the wiki is going to get you what now? Nothing. Completely and utterly nothing. Why not try spending that time gaining nothing and do something productive. And lastly, do you honestly think that the presents are worth all the effort? If your a seller, kudos to you, but there are far easier ways to make cash than to farm a ton of items when during that time you could make more money elsewhere. Are you trying to get a certain item from those presents? If so, luck to you at it, I know how hard it is to get some of the things you want from them, but again you could also just earn cash then buy it from other sellers (GWguru is quite useful for that) and probably get more than you could weekly than going to nick himself. You be Trollin? If so, does it look like the majority of the wiki readers here care? No. So sorry, but they don't.--Neithan Diniem 23:16, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Finally, been holding on to those since he was last out in that general area. ~~000.00.00.00~~ 02:46, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

"It took professional skills before to use a Mesmer good" <-- this was epic... XD --ilr 10:41, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

(Reset indent) If you want to complain that the enemies are *gasp* Mesmers find some other place. What's a good place to farm these? Eastern Mirror of Lyss is the only thing that comes to my mind. Anything better? — Poki#3 (talk) 04:23, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

I farmed them at the east corner from Dzagonur Bastion to Honur Hill in The Mirror of Lyss. Firstly I tried with a Spirit Spam, but after failing multiple times, I tried an SF Build, and it worked for wonders. I used GoS, SF, SoD, GoEP, Lava Font, Fire Storm, Snow Storm,and fire attunement. So, if you're an assassin having problems with this week, you should probably give his build a shot. Death Fox 13:00, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

As a personal experiment, I timed how long it took to sell this week's item for half price. It took 5 seconds. I always enjoy when I can have a little fun with people who don't realize it would be faster to just farm the item than sitting around spamming for an hour or two. At least Roaring Ether Claws drop at least once per run, unlike Roaring Ether Hearts, or *shudders* Pillaged Goods. --Curse You(talk|contribs) 17:23, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Some people (like the previous poster) had trouble farming them completely solo which is understandable since 4-mob groups of these guys were perfectly capable of wiping 8-man H/H teams when NF first came out. Also the drop rate is dreadful so any team with more than one hero (or a minipet out since they steal drops and mess up aggro) is going to be at it for much longer than an hour. Those who do farm it however, have a chance at some other great drops like tons of Dust, Ruby daggers/mauls that can sometimes be pro-salvaged into a ruby, and Bronze/Copper mauls that can be pro-salvaged into 50 or more granite slabs. Selling the claws on top of that is just icing on the cake. --ilr 22:41, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

A Ritualist primary SoS spirit farmer is capable of killing at least one foe out of the groups of four before they get overwhelmed by AoE (mostly Energy Surge). If done skillfully, it's possible to completely kill off most of the groups by re-summoning the spirits at least once. Quite frankly, doing that isn't terribly hard and if you bring a self-heal instead of Shadowsong, you have a fair bit of room for messing up, as you can usually just run away to de-aggro. Also, I averaged 2 claws per run when I did it solo, not exactly what I'd call dreadful. --Curse You(talk|contribs) 02:56, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

I am soloing these baddies with SOS and Pain Inverter. You need to cast all your spirits and then Pain Inverter on a Roaring Ether as soon as you aggravate them. They cast Energy Burn and die immediately. Then I just run away, wait for Pain Inverter to reload and do again. Sometimes the spirits will kill one of the Djinns but i basically ignore those. I am a Ranger so I also equip Dodge (quick getaway) and frozen Soil...the Roaring Ethers will resurrect. I get 1-2 claws a session and was able to obtain 10 claws in about 1 1/2 hours.

Makes me really glad I saved these when I was farming hearts. They were annoying enough then, now even more so with the mesmer buffs.--SunJinyu 20:02, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

That's dumb... if you let them rez and kill them again, you get another chance at loot dropping (and yes I can get pics of it happening). Also, killing 1 and running away sounds very tedious and slow. --ilr 21:47, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Well, i think, he doesn't drop only one, but it happens. When I farmed these, at my first round I dropped eight(!) of them. On my second try I dropped only one, but the point is, that you should get an avarage 3 of them each run. Death Fox 13:50, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Lucky you. Took me 2 hours to get 4 of them. I have up after. Waar Kijk Je Naar 11:13, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

31st May

GL Finding him peeps -Smite

He was in Lornar's Pass. What do I win? Rose Of Kali 15:25, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

lol June 31st :D –alistic 15:29, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Or May 31st, even :p Twam Valandil 94.209.65.245 15:30, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Nooby Problem Solved :D -Smite

Just found him in Sparkfly Swamp. He wants 2 amphibian tongues.

Dialogue - "Oh, hello. I apologize if we don't seem our regular chipper selves. The carnivorous dinosaurs around these parts are giving Yakkington quite a fright. To keep them from taking my friend as their next meal, I need a little distraction for their chewing habit. Something tough and chewy and long-lasting so we can slip past them. If you could get some Amphibian Tongues for me, I think I could slip 2 to the next saurian predator and ensure our safety." :

Maybe someone can confirm the find and edit the wiki article up? I'm a little out of touch with wiki editing so I'm probably just going to mess things up. :p Liselle Morrow 16:03, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Confirmed. Disconnect 16:13, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Couldn't Nick have used the tongues of something a little less... sentient? This guy just gets worse and worse.

Also, where the heck is traveling to/from? I doubt he plans to visit any of the three dungeons in the area. 68.118.250.100 16:14, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Y'know, he could've asked for an ele tome -- I heard saurians don't like meteors. XD Oh well, I guess it's between exterminating two sentient species. At least Hylek survived 'til GW2, so it must be not that bad. :P Rose Of Kali 19:35, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Don't be too certain, he's still got plenty of time for Hylekicide before GW2 arrives.

4 Hylek tribes have been confirmed in GW2, so yes, I am certain. Rose Of Kali 20:44, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Easy farm this week. \o/ 85.19.140.9 17:57, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Easy is an understatement, got 14 on my way to him... MrPaladin † talk 21:20, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Now I understand why I'm Cursed by fate. Killed all froggies in Sparkly, plus a complete bogroot run and only got 5 T.T Lhoj 11:20, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Solo? I'm sorry my comment was misleading, I instead soloed my way to nick in normal mode... MrPaladin † talk 11:22, 1 June 2010 (UTC)