Talk:Nicholas the Traveler/Archive 9

has nick moved already?

why does the wiki read his location as unknown? Just curious. Rogueonion 18:21, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

I'd be willing to bet it has something to do with the change of the year. ®emi¢k§ 18:29, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

I've kludged the research article to fix the display on the Main. I expect that someone with a better understanding of how the templates/DPLs are setup can figure out why it borked on the 1st.  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 18:36, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Aye I only asked because I was unsure exactly of what to do with his page so I did not want to mess it up. thanks to whomever fixed it. Rogueonion 18:41, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Nudged Poke about a proper fix. - Tanetris 18:47, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks.  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 19:20, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

January 03

Let the first hunt of 2011 begin  :)Spark-TBa 16:51, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Let's hope it's good this time. The last few have been big wastes of time. Ifm2181 16:53, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

GuildWiki says 2 Tangled Seeds in Dry Top Cynique 04:20, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

I added a map. --Oh Noes, Ritualist Extraordinaire 06:23, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

January 10 2011

Happy hunting. Yume 15:00, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Someone on GWGuru says Dragon's Gullet, 3 gruesome ribcages. 193.215.199.34 15:26, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed, he's in the southeastern corner of Dragon's Gullet on a little tongue of land sticking into a tar lake (roughly ESE of the entrance) and indeed, he wants 3 Gruesome Ribcages per gift. Yume 15:51, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed more. He's at the very bottom of the map to the SE. 24.46.99.66 16:29, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Superconfirm! :D 3 gruesome ribcages per gift, follow Yume's directions and you'll find him70.171.27.95 16:59, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed! http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/779/gw339.jpg Dorid "Rigor mortis, habeas corpus." 17:03, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed, too. For farming, stick to the south east parts of dragon's gullet. Bring a speed boost and something to remove corpses. Tub 17:43, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Hooray, more items that don't drop much! Ifm2181 00:10, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Don't drop much? I got 17 dropped in around 20 minutes, this is one of the easiest weeks i've done. Lyra Valo 01:01, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I had 30 for my two accounts in a short time. Of course, in case you don't solo, it's obviously going to be harder. 193.215.199.34 12:54, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

reference?

I think it is fairly obvious that the first sentence of this week's dialogue references User:Aliceandsven/Alternate Nicholas. -- Konig/talk 19:01, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

"...if you took my requests for items out of context, one might construe that I am a rather twisted fellow." — Nicholas the Traveler

Do not, absolutely do not tell User:Aliceandsven this theory. He (she? they?) will finally have the last piece of evidence he (she? they?) needs to prove that ANet is out to get him (her? them?).  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 19:09, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Haha thats brilliant :) --Nick123 19:11, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

You do realize that is even more reason to tell A&S. :P -- Konig/talk 19:12, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

This is too good, srs. --Neil • 19:14, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

I thought of this the instant I saw the dialog. Well played, ANet. 96.33.173.168 19:59, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Weren't all of his locations and dialogues done before Nicholas even appeared the first time, ruling out any relation to a piece of fanfic that appeared later? ..but then again, where's the fun in that? Tub 20:30, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

yeah i also thought of that. pretty sure they wrote all of his weekly dialogues in advance. John Hargrove could also tell us that there are 137 items in total that he is searching for and that they're going to loop, so it's rather unprobable. —ZerphaThe Improver 20:39, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

We know (from the Krait Skin week) that some dialogue wasn't yet in the system. We know that not all translations were available early on. We also have seen any number of updates. There's absolutely no reason that they couldn't have updated a single look-up table to change the dialogue for this week. As for the 137-week loop, we'll find out at the end of the year. (If it's a multi-cycle loop, we'll be playing GW3 before we discover the pattern.)  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 20:47, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Only his items and locations were programmed for 2 years. His dialogue may or may not have been. -- Konig/talk 23:50, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Reference is tenuous at best. I just don't see it.Lyra Valo 00:01, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

(Reset indent) not that tenuous actually. If his lines were not written in advance, it actually could be possible. He might as well just talk about building fishtraps with the Gruesome Ribcages. Yet their name are a good item where you could ask yourself "why would someone want to collect that?", so possibly they planned doing an alternate Nicholas reference already for some time and just waited for a good, dubious item. —ZerphaThe Improver 10:06, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

@Zerpha - There are 137 explorable areas in all of Tyria, so it couldn't have taken John weeks of planning to give us that piece of trivia. --Manassas 10:19, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Actually, there are more than that, but the others are not useful for NtT: Pre-Searing, a bunch of substitutes only accessible while doing specific battle quests (e.g. Kamadan during Bad Tide Rising), post-end-game areas, the two non-Prophecies tutorial zones (especially Nightfall's, which you absolutely cannot get back to), the Hall of Monuments (check it, it's an Explorable), and so on. Cynique 10:58, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Still the same thing. There are 137 vanquishable explorable areas in Tyria which are the ones being used for Nick, not one more, not one less. --Manassas 12:21, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

I wasn't disputing that. I was disputing the flat, unqualified statement that there are 137 explorable areas, full stop. In effect, we both qualified the statement, so I'll stop there, lest we violently agree. Cynique 13:12, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Well i wasn't talking about the area, i was talking about the item. If someone asks for an abomination's Gruesome Ribcage it makes this person more whimsical than if he just asks for some seeds, wine, hides, coins or the like. —ZerphaThe Improver 15:30, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

I also doubt he'll ever visit the Realm of Torment. I would think he only visits vanquishable areas, but there are only 121 of those. – NuclearDuckie 07:14, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

I don't think the number of vanquishable or explorable zones matter much; he'll probably re-visit zones, as long as there are trophies and whatnot available for request (i.e: Trophies he has not requested before); and that number is greater than 121 or 137. -- Large 16:26, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

It was John Hargrove who told us that Nick will travel to 137 locations. source. As it turns out, there are 137 vanquishable locations. However, the original question on this page was whether Nick's gruesome ribcage dialogue had anything to do with User:Aliceandsven/Alternate Nicholas. "...if you took my requests for items out of context, one might construe that I am a rather twisted fellow." — Nicholas the Traveler

There were two arguments against:

1. Reference is tenuous at best — any reference is in the eye of the beholder.
2. pretty sure they wrote all of his weekly dialogues in advance — there is plenty of evidence that (some) dialogues have been changed since Nick arrived.

 — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 18:16, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

He has visited locations that cannot be vanquished: The Undercity collecting Ancient Kappa Shells in December 2009. --Silver Edge 03:47, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

January 17 2011

No new section, so here you guys go. 17:09, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Above comment by me. Fnord. Yume 17:09, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

On guru, being said he is in Dalada Uplands wanting 3 Superb Charr Carvings per gift, no pics yet Darcy 17:20, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

He's in the south west corner, standing near the lake. C0Zm1c 17:29, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

I found him in Dalada Uplands Over by the scale by the water on the south east corner

pic here Necromas 17:47, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Quite convenient that we had that Reputation weekend. Vanquishing those Charr areas really paid off. 66.170.212.17 18:03, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Here is the dialog for this week: "I'm glad to find an ally out here! This isn't my favorite locale, but I ventured here to help a friend. Durmand is amassing quite an extensive collection of art from other cultures, and he's always interested in more. He mentioned wanting Superb Charr Carvings, and, while I'm no fan of the Charr, I can't say no to a friend in need. I promised I'd bring him 3 from my travels. If you come across any, I would be happy to trade for them." Link to image of it: http://img34.imageshack.us/i/traveler01172011.png/

Wedding dialogue move

I do not get this move. The sub-page has, and imo should remain, as the dialogue for the weekly changes. He will always say the wedding dialogue, no matter when you show up there, so it isn't going to be an incredibly long list (like the other dialogue is) - which is why the sub-page was made. Not only that, but now the wedding dialogue, which is as I said always accessible cannot be viewed on Nick's main page. That should not be the case. People should not be forced to go to navigate through page after page to get currently accessible in the game content. I've always viewed the /dialogue sub-page as an archive, like Category:Nicholas the Traveler maps is for the maps. -- Konig/talk 19:06, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Moved it back. G R E E N E R 19:26, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

My reasoning is that this article is the third-most viewed page on this wiki, and most of the viewers sure don't come to view the wedding dialogue. The position it's at may be confusing if you only care for the weekly hunt and don't look too carefully. I understand the reasoning about the "current content" / "archive" split, but I'd still like to see a way to move it out of the way of the "weekly hunt"-content. Any other ideas? Tub 19:50, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

I fail to see how it can be confusing. The weekly article is on top, and the two are split by two very bold lines:

Previous and the Wedding dialogue can be seen on the dialogue page

Olafstead (during the Wedding)

And if one read the final line - which is where the item amount always is at, you get "Just kidding! I got a few from one of the Vanguard scouts a little while ago!" furthering telling the difference between the two. If people mistake the two dialogues when they come here weekly, they must not be very bright. -- Konig/talk 19:59, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

If someone is reading the whole article and still goes hunting for Berserker Horns, there isn't much we can do about that. But most people aren't reading the article (certainly not everytime they visit), instead they're just skimming it for the piece of information they're looking for. And if the eye happens to find that cute Berserker Horns link in some dialogue-like formatted paragraph first, user goes *clicky*, user goes hunting, user gets disappointed.

I'm not saying it's common or that anyone is to blame for it but that guy with the stack of berserker horns, but we're spending a lot of time improving the articles, making them easier to understand (even for the not-so-bright people) and helping players avoid pitfalls. Why shouldn't we do the same here? Tub 03:08, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Because people who skim here skim here weekly and should be able to see the two big bold lines separating the two dialogues. I don't see why we should limit an article just for the sake of making things "easier" (a subjective occurrence might I add!). I don't see how we're spending time to make them "easier to understand and helping players avoid pitfalls" - at least, the times I improve them, I'm focused more on maximizing the information in the article in an organized format - and this is organized. And maximizing the information on the article. -- Konig/talk 03:52, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

I agree with Konig, that the risk of misunderstanding is very slim. However, a salomonic approach to this could be to remove the wikilink from Berserker Horns as it is a joke anyway and that he could as well have asked for non existing stuff. This way we retain the dialogue as we should and still avoid "mis-clicks" --Manassas 09:43, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

I doubt people skimming the article for the item of the week will make it as far as the dialogue. The top of the page has all the info they want. I say leave it as it is.-- Pyron Sy 13:12, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

While it hasn't confused me, I always see the Berserker Horns request first before I see the one he's actually asking for, probably because "Superb Charr Carvings" is not a blue link in his dialogue, but "Berserker Horns" is. Maybe changing the way they're labeled would work? Or changing the formatting some? Something like "This Week's Dialogue" for whatever he's asking for this week, and just plain "Dialogue" or "Other Dialogue" for the wedding dialogue? Or, adding a couple extra blank lines between what he's asking for this week and the wedding dialogue? Or adding a dividing line between them? Or putting an additional box at the top summarizing what he's asking for and where he is? Or something along those lines?--Res 00:46, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

There already is a summary at the top of the page, listing his location, what he wants, and how many.-- Pyron Sy 00:59, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

It really does belong in the notes section. Past dialogs go in the archive. After we do the wedding his dialog within is no longer seen. Aro 01:11, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

What belongs in the notes section? And it's not past dialogue. It's not seen to us but it's always viewable to someone whereas the weekly dialogue is not. -- Konig/talk 11:08, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Really worth the time?

I'm just wondering if taking the time to farm the items Nicholas wants is really worth it. I have never gotten anything that is worth anything to me and all I really want from him is a Moss Spider Egg. I want to complete my menagerie and all I am missing is this one, the Black Widow Spider and the Rainbow Phoenix. I don't think there are any rewards for completing the menagerie, it is just a personal goal, although I accept that I will never have the Rainbow Phoenix and possibly this one. The Black Widow will be hard, but not completely out of reach.

Tameable wild Moss Spiders were before I started GW. I wish they would have, at least, left them as an exclusively Pre-searing tameable pet. You can't get Tigers and Phoenix's without the Factions campaign, or Lions and Hyenas without the Nightfall campaign, so why the change for the moss spiders? Having the moss spiders as excusively pre-searing would only mean that you'd have to create a perfectly deletable pre-searing character to tame and carry the spider over to post-searing. The same thing hordes of people do for the pre-searing Nicholas and the hunters ale quest.

Yea, my target audience is SO the developers! ;o) Kass Munroe 21:28, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

(1) sell your gifts for 5k each. 80% or more of the farms take 60 minutes or less (or you can farm trades for the requested item). If you sell all 5 gifts, that's 20k for an hour of your time (at worst, 5k for 15 min of time, if you spend a lot in trade). You can use some of that money to buy an egg (they go for 15-50k, depending).

(2) The expected value of the contents of opened GotT is something around 3k, if you were to sell everything at current market rates.

(3) If your target audience is the developers, why not offer a suggestion that they are more likely to read? (You might also consider that their goal might have been to offer additional sources for consumable titles and summoning stones; the low-frequency items might just be a modestly cool bonus.)  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 21:47, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

(1) Money isn't an issue, really. Well, kinda-sorta. But, how many Moss Spider Eggs could there possibly be out there to buy and how many of those are real, not devourer? Lot's of scammers out there.

(2) See number 1.

(3) Might try that.

Kass Munroe 01:47, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Zoins... or faction. 24.197.253.243 02:14, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Slight correction, Kass- Moss Spiders were NEVER tamable in Pre-Searing. Nicholas was the first (and only, besides paying Helena for the unlock) way of obtaining one.

As for Nick being "worth the time"... the only worth involved is monetary, and if (as you replied to Tennessee) money is not an issue, then you can just buy an egg from a player and happily ignore Nick. Or again, pay the Menagerie NPC. 96.33.173.168 02:22, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

"You can't get Tigers and Phoenix's without the Factions campaign, or Lions and Hyenas without the Nightfall campaign" Just as you cannot get Melandru's stalkers, lynx's, (normal) moa, or black bears. The only pet which isn't game specific - outside Helena that is - is warthog. So that argument is flawed. And having a pre-Searing-only-gained pet would be bad. Why? Because many people don't have enough character slots for a new pre-Searing character, myself being one (though I'm irrelevant as I happened to have gotten 2 Moss eggs thus far). -- Konig/talk 02:43, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

I read it somewhere, although I cannot find it now. The idea that Moss Spiders were once tameable in the wild didn't just pop into my head out of the blue. It said they were once tameable, but it was changed in an update. But if you say so... I'm not looking for argument. Kass Munroe 03:35, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

If you really want an egg, try Kamadan. I sold two eggs myself in the last three months. As for the scamming, just read carefully what you are being offered. If you are careful, you can't get scammed unless the other party uses a hack or something. As for being worth, I used to do Nick whenever I could to max my consumable titles. I finally maxed all three and suddenly don't have that much will to go farm for the items anymore. I find myself only going when I have nearly enough items already on my mules. So, as to being "worth it", I guess that depends for every individual player. If you are just there for the egg, I suggest buying one. Finding them is a lot easier than you think. I also wanted a full menagerie and settled for the fact that Moss Spider was probably the only pet I would never get as money has always been an issue for me. Then a friend got me one and recently I got gifted an egg twice.--Fogeltje 13:03, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

"It said [Moss Spiders] were once tameable, but it was changed in an update."

"Commonly found in parts of Green Hills Country and Regent Valley. These are non "charmable" creatures. " —2007 edit of Moss Spider Article

"These Moss Spiders cannot be tamed as Pets ..." —Guild Wiki article, 2005 edit

If any moss spiders were tamable, it was only briefly...and only in early 2005. I have seen rumors about the tamability of the moss spider, but I think they were based on an incorrect edit of the Guild Wiki article over 5 years ago.  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 20:12, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

I may be wrong as I missed the beta myself but I believe it was during the beta that they were tameable (can't remember where I read this so can't quote), I started soon after launch and have never been able to tame them. Draco 20:48, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

January 24 2011

Let the hunt begin!

he's in the pockmark flats near the collector he wants 1 stormy eye per gift - Lallu Meuse 13:01, 24 January 2011

Does nobody sign their post anymore? go figure. 108.75.73.62 18:04, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed - Daenerys Targyen 13:14, 24 January 2011

I'm surprised he only wants one per gift. They have a pretty high drop rate! C0Zm1c 18:18, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I was surprised too. Will be a quick farm this week. 85.19.140.9 18:30, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed Disconnect 18:17, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed RhoninSoren 18:25, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

im stood exactly where the map says he is and he isnt there,i have no quests active  :( Spark-TBa 18:39, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

There seems to be a chance that he doesn't appear. Just like the collector Nicanor Gannel. 93.212.56.180 18:44, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

ok, on thrid attempt he was thereSpark-TBa 18:45, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

(Reset indent) Yep, I ran past the spot 4 times, and the they spawned 3 times. 66.170.212.17 19:00, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Funny how Nick spawns right on top of a nest of Devourers (or at least he did when I visited). Wasn't he telling us a few months ago that he loathes those things? 96.33.173.168 19:26, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Heh, and they drop Fetid Carapaces which may be useful in a couple years when Nick returns to Eastern Frontier. 66.170.212.17 19:49, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Maybe he's grabbing some eggs for some good ol' devourer omelets. Lowering their population. Or maybe he was just eggstomping. -- Konig/talk 21:38, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Considering what he's doing with the eyes, it might not be his own idea... -Yossitaru 23:01, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Been to the location indicated on the Map Twice so far, no Nick.--92.9.174.26 23:10, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

I think he is tripping.

Bugged? He's been in pockmark before (scorched lodestones) and he doesn't always spawn.173.120.222.154 02:45, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

He collected Scorched Lodes from Old Ascalon, not Pockmark. However, there was a decent SL farm in Pockmark.  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 02:53, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

(Reset indent) When did the update occur that removed all the riders? There used to be several groups of them around the Flats and now they have all gone and there are just a few on your way to Fort Ranik - the drop rate is pretty easy still but I don't understand why they removed all the riders. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.23.8.5 (talk • contribs) at 03:58, 25 January 2011 (UTC).

WTF is with his dialogue? They're really trying to make him more like that "twisted" version. – NuclearDuckie 12:19, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Looks like the job of A&S is done :D i guess he'll be doing an "up up and away" XD Sneaker 13:35, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

One time out of 5 runs I went towards him there were only 2 Storm Riders and no other monsters and he was there so I could turn 4 in. Then I had to go back to try to get my last one, took me 3 more runs but I got 20+ eyes. The drop rate was really high, one run every one was dropping them. My Alliance was pretty happy. I think because it was so overwhelmed that the drop rate and appearance of Nicholas the Traveler and Storm Riders got messed up. But if they aren't there, zone and try again. Devi Talk 14:50, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Abnormal appearance in Pockmark Flats (week of 24 Jan 2011)

In Talk:Pockmark Flats#Different Spawns Observed, two players have noted that there are three different types of spawns in the circular valley in the north (the one surrounding the crystal); there can be Storm Riders, Elementals, or Gargoyles. It's possible that Nick appears only with one or two of these groups (instead of all the time). If you exit from Serenity Temple, you should be able to tell if you're going to get Storm Riders or not and rezone accordingly.  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 01:49, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Nick has spawned for me no matter which of the 3 spawns I got. It looks to me that it (as usual) is a matter of which quest the player has active which determines if he spawns or not (He seems to not spawn with Hungry Devourers active--Manassas 11:54, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Nick was there my first time out there as well--MystiLefemEle 12:04, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Just ran through Pockmark twice looking for him, but he failed to spawn either time----Druss 12:32, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Third run through and Nick spawned. Interesting that the normal collector (Nicanor Gannel) didn't spawn on the first 2 runs either. Also, I didn't change any quests for any of the 3 runs I made.----Druss 12:38, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Same here, sometimes the collector, Yakkington and Nick do not spawn. Jaxom 01:39, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Ditto - ran through with a friend and neither Nick nor the collector were there. Spawn was Storm Riders, I think. I just ran through again separately and now I can see Nick as well as the collector. This time, I got whiptails spawning. He also shows up for my friend, so obviously he does not have an active quest that blocks Nick from spawning either. *Edit* I went back a few times to confirm. When a *lot* of Storm Riders spawn near Nick, Nick and the collector do not appear. 70.116.15.27 06:02, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the research notes. It's probably worth adding to the other Nic's page (Gannel's).  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 08:10, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

January 31 2011

Good Hunting! Cynique 15:44, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Gwguru reports him to be in the Salt Flats in the proph desert. He wants 2 Jade Mandibles per gift. Confirmed it myself. Disconnect 16:53, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

A map or a general location might be nice. ThrainFile:User Thrain Sig.pngcontribs 17:29, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Just went exploring through the Salt Flats explorable. Found Nick up in the north-eastern corner of the map. http://d.pr/BcNq HerrWulf

Is there a better place to get Mandibles than Salt Flats? Not many of them around there, and will take a few runs. Is there a better place in the desert? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.49.200.143 (talk • contribs) at 16:46, 31 January 2011 (UTC).

"For more information on how to gather the items he wants, see the guides at PvXwiki and/or GuildWiki." — Nicholas the Traveler#Notes  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 01:31, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

I farmed mine in and around the area in the north where Nick is. There are many pop-ups between the portal to Diviner's Ascent and that little closed off area where Nick is located. I found the drop rate is so-so, not too many mandibles in each run. 193.215.199.34 08:36, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

(Reset indent) This might be a good time to fix the Scarab article, if anyone sees a Jade Mandible (or any other trophy) drop from a Marrow Scarab, please make a screenshot. Tub 02:01, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

If you can find someone with the quest The Monk's Path still active, then that will spawn several waves of scarabs that could be farmed. --BramStoker (talk, contribs) 07:55, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Or try farming them at Kepkhet Marrowfeast, plenty of scarabs around that location. Damysticreaper 15:01, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Note that the Scarabs added in the March 2, 2006 update to Prophet's Path DO NOT drop any trophy at all. That includes Marrows, Nest Builders and Kepkhet herself. All you may get by farming those are crystal desert drops and her unique staff. MithTalk 12:54, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Is there a reason (besides mischievous photoshopping in the above example screen) that, upon going there myself, I wouldn't see Nick in the Jade Flats?--Ph03n1x 01:49, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Oops. Also, I meant Salt Flats. Been vanquing in Cantha too much, I suppose.--Ph03n1x 01:56, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Oh wow...also, it's not January 31 anymore...Geez, I feel silly.--Ph03n1x 02:08, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

February 7 2011

The hunt is on! Cynique 15:05, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Canthan New Year will be running for another 5 hours. I doubt he'll be found before then. Tub 15:13, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Deleted fake bug message... hope that's ok for you, if not just undo and delete this line anyway --89.0.13.76 15:31, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

This can help you find it, im checking cantha areas right now. http://www.guildwiki.org/Nicholas_the_Traveler/Past_Collections#Locations_summary_and_checklist 89.154.49.179 15:35, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Why u do that? That is a very real bug218.250.9.27 16:03, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

U r deleting entries without any kind of explanation. AT LEAST, point ppl to where it is explained or r u suppressing other ppl's say?218.250.9.27 16:03, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

I answered ur bug message, but it was deleted. It was not a bug. You can't get the nicholas the traveler previous week gifts after 15:00 GMT monday, the location had already changed. 89.154.49.179 15:45, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

You answered the message and then delete it? What r u doing? And. No. That behavior is a bug. Nicholas should response. The dead line should be the time player enter the map.218.250.9.27 16:03, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

I didnt delete your page. Read signs pls and sign your comments too. Here it is the answer to ur bug "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's, but not as a collector." Source: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Nicholas_the_Traveler 89.154.49.179 15:56, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Consistency is really important. If nick is not going to response, make him disappear after the scheduled move time. Since, from a player's point of view, nick is standing right in front. Then nick should response. If nick standing right in front, but not response, then this behavior itself is a BUG.218.250.9.27 16:02, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

I wouldn't call that a bug. He doesn't respond if it's past the time he's supposed to move. He doesn't just vanish from the instance because really, he doesn't need to (and who knows, they might not even be able to make him do that). Next time you load that instance, he won't be there, anyway.--Res 16:07, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

The point is, the player still see nick. Do u get that? A consistent behavior is that either the player does not see nick at all. If a player see nick, nick should response.218.250.9.27 16:09, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

If you're unwilling to dismiss minor idiosyncrasies like this one as engine limitations, think of it this way: Nick has found what he needs, he's hit his deadline and is packing up, and he's too busy to talk to you right now. --Irgendwer 16:13, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Technical limitation right? So it IS a bug. Fine. But I am still very angry and unhappy about it.218.250.9.27 16:18, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

perhaps the least anet could make nick response "I am busy", or "screw u guys, I m going home" message. That would certainly cause less confusion then nick not responding, standing there doing nothing. 218.250.9.27 17:33, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Technical limitations is not a bug. A bug is what happens when things are not working as intended. A limitation merely limits that. And I'd think the limitation would prevent any kind of dialogue. -- Konig/talk 17:53, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

This behaviour is clearly documented on this page, as well as the fact that Nick moves at 15:00 UTC on Mondays. It's the way Anet did it. Can't we choose to live with that? I'd rather Anet spent time fixing 'real' bugs and/or working on the new content than changing this behaviour.Zohane Trueaim 18:01, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

less QQ more pew pew, come on guys, i cant be the only person looking for him  :)Spark-TBa 18:33, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Well, I am looking, I covered the 3 remaining places on Istan, and he doesn't seem to be there. 85.19.140.9 18:40, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Can anyone confirm my edit? He is supposed to be directly below Remains of Sahlahja, according to some people from my alliance; can't check right now. poke | talk 19:03, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

on way to checkSpark-TBa 19:06, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

He's there. Collecting three mummy wrappings.

Confirmed. http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/nicholas-traveler-location-discussion-updated-t10369450p238.html 89.154.49.179 19:15, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

hmmm, i cant find him, that doesnt surprise me though, last time he was in desolation he wouldnt show up if i was in a partySpark-TBa 19:19, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

ok found him, i went in the wrong direction, saying south of remains is a bit out, its technically south west, lol  :)Spark-TBa 19:24, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Ouch ... that's a painful one, and he want's 3 of them!!!. I'm tempted to skip Nick this week for a change. --Manassas 08:55, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Bug Bug Bug

I found this annoying bug that Nicholas the Traveler does not response while standing right in front of me.

Fix this annoying bug please.

Imagine a player spend time/money on the items, make it last minute in time. But Nicholas just freaking not response.

You have no idea how it feels. 218.250.9.27 16:44, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

If you read the page, you would see the note that tells you that Nick won't respond if you talk to him just after he was supposed to move. Try getting to him before the very last second next time, perhaps? Edit: Whoops, wrote that before seeing that it was already all cleared up above. 128.113.201.222 16:09, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

(Reset indent) I agree with you that the developers should have set up Nick so that he (a) disappears or (b) changes his dialogue... if you remain in his instance at the witching hour. But I also think his current behavior is neither anomalous nor buggy.

Technically, a bug is when the software behaves in a manner inconsistent or at odds with the manufacturer's intent. In this case, all indications are that the game is working as intended — in particular, we know the game has code that allows an NPC to walk away and disappear and (for whatever reasons), the developers chose not to trigger that at 9 am Pacific Time.

You could argue that the behavior is anomalous, except that there are lots of other NPCs that stop talking to you after their part in a quest has been completed. And there are others that continue to speak, but use dialogue that no longer applies. I agree that's shortsighted, but that doesn't make it a bug.  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 17:44, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

If this bothers OP a great deal, then I suggest he post a bug report directly to Anet. Filling these pages with complaints isn't going to make it go away IMO. 193.215.199.34 12:11, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

This week's dialogue

This week's dialogue is: So this is the Desolation, land of the dead and home to no man. It does have its perks, though! For instance, I haven't heard a single sniffle out of the Professor over there since we arrived. I think it's because of the way sulfuric fumes combine with the naturally dry desert air. He's had a lingering cold, and on top of that he got nipped on the leg when we had to run from a pack of hyenas. Speaking of which, would you happen to have 3 Mummy Wrappings that I can use to mend his leg? I'd change it myself, but the page is "protected", so somebody for whom it's not protected will have to change it for me. 65.92.35.18 23:47, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Apparently Mr. Yak has an invisible fifth leg in need of mending. 24.118.99.65 03:49, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Now I'm starting to believe Alice&Sven speculations of nick (alternate nicholas)... he should be really powerful to walk on the sulphur without dying...--Domador 16:31, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

What makes you suppose he walked rather than wormed across the sulfur?  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 16:43, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

According to Palawa, the player characters (and heroes and henchmen) are the first to tame Aijundu, other than himself. I suppose other people could have done it without his knowing, though. Either way, it implies Nick's more powerful than he lets on.

Using a wrapping ripped from a zombie as a bandage probably isn't a good idea, though- who knows what diseases are in that thing. 96.33.173.168 17:32, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

That's what I was thinking about, Nick doesn't look the kind of person that goes around fighting giant wurms...--Domador 18:50, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Alternatively, there's the portal to the Crystal Desert. --ஸ Kyoshi 18:53, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Still have to go across some sulphur to get where he got.--Domador 20:07, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

He shadow stepped. --'Mai Yi' talk 20:14, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

he rode yakkington (yakkington has hooves thus is not affected by the heat.) yakkington was also able to walk with an injured leg. --The Holy Dragons 20:33, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

You don't die from the heat, you die from the Sulfurous Haze. So yakkington would die. Instead, he could have been shot over the sulfur by a seige turtle. --'Mai Yi' talk 20:41, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

lolz always thought it was too hot to walk on(stupid me) :P well.. maybe yaks are resistant to the haze? --The Holy Dragons 20:45, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Yaks are mortal too. "No mortal can survive the Sulfurous Haze." Sorry. --'Mai Yi' talk 20:49, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

I think the most likely possibility is that he's a pro runner...and knows how to safely cross the sulfur.  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 20:50, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

I thought that at first too, but upon looking at his location saw that he had to have directly crossed the sulfur. --'Mai Yi' talk 20:53, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

I am pretty sure yakkington is secretly a junundu in disguise, so it's absolutely no problem to pass that way XD Sneaker 21:25, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Arn't we straying off the topic a bit here? Damysticreaper 11:47, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

A wizard did it. MithTalk 00:43, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

February 14 2011

Nic is in the Saoshang Trail this week, collecting 5 Mantid Pincers per gift. Got it offa gwguru, confirmed it already. Exit Seitung Harbor and he's right there. Disconnect 15:49, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed; dialog is "Artists are an eccentric bunch. I have a friend who will only write with special quills made from Mantid Pincers. Trouble is, he's a playwright and writing all the time. Say, if you happen to have 5 of those Mantid Pincers, I could keep him stocked in writing supplies through his next couple of productions."

Sorry, that was me above... forgot to login and forgot to sign :S -- Splodge of Cat 16:26, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Easiest one yet lol --Jimmer123 19:03, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Gotta admit, was expecting a little bit of a challenge this week. Farming with Junundus is easy (didn't do though, I can't stand the Desolation after maxing SS D-:) but then moving to this? I just ran around with my Assassin using Locust's Fury and double-hitting them all. Make rock-hard Nick next week please! Donutdude 02:05, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

GuildWiki in the Notes Section

Why have this link here if it isnt updated every week? I deleted it last week, but it was immediatly put back up. If no one can give a good reason as to why it should be here Im going to delete it again. the_decline 01:11, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

It has been updated nearly every week since Nick appeared. In fact, a few months ago, it sometimes was updated before GWW's Nick page was. This week hardly requires farming notes. Please don't delete it unless (a) there's a general consensus that we shouldn't link and/or (b) it goes a month without being updated (and we can declare it a dead link). Thanks.  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 02:02, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Thoughts?

What do you guys think of adding the YouTube guide to the list of resources for farming Nick's items in the Notes section? It seems like a good resource as long as it's available, and the builds used and areas farmed could help users get more ideas of what to use and where. Just thought I'd bring it up since it was featured in the news recently. Sardaukar 02:21, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Sure, why not include it? It's featured as you say. And it seems to be available weekly. On the other hand, it's one person's opinion (not vetted by the community) and a video guide is serious overkill for 90% of farming. However, the worst thing that happens is that no one follows the link (or it turns out not to be very helpful for those who do); in that unlikely situation, it's easy enough to remove it.  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 04:55, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

(just notices this is here) I don't mind if the link gets put on the page, but as the guy above said, the locations I farm in are my personal opinion. I certainly take care in to picking areas, but I will admit that I'm not always 100% spot on. I wouldn't mind having somewhere for community opinions to be submitted, but the difficult part being that I release the videos every Monday night, only a few hours after Nick's new location/item is discovered. This doesn't leave much time for the community to give input on locations to farm. --Rølin

21st Feb

let the hunt begin  :)Spark-TBa 16:25, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

He's in the underworld searching for 5 ecto. jk --'Mai Yi' talk 16:27, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

lol, if they did that i dont think any one would get that week :PSpark-TBa 16:29, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

He's in Wilderness of Bahdza collecting 8 Rubies jk again --'Mai Yi' talk 16:47, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Rofl Mai Ya, I would rage if that were true D: 71.127.3.198 17:01, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

He's in Lion's Gate collecting 200 platinum.getting old yet?--'Mai Yi' talk 17:06, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

He's in the Hall of Heroes collecting your soul 65.92.35.131 17:26, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

my soul.... what about the other 4 gifts? :P Spark-TBa 17:29, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

If only you were a necromancer, you reap other people's souls and give them to Nick... Oh well. I guess you'll have to sell your friends' souls instead65.92.35.131 17:32, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

He is going out of Font Ranik. Collecting Margole

He is in the HA outpost (europe-spanish-1) collecting mini ghostly heroes. confirmed by gw guru. sc coming soon

if he was outside fort ranik that means hes returned to a previous explorable which throws out the list of locations made, hmm, can anyone confirmSpark-TBa 17:45, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

He is not immediately outside Fort Ranik. --'Mai Yi' talk 17:46, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Just took a tour of Regent Valley and no sign of him. Scar The Silent 18:05, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

ive checked flame temple corridor, ascalon foothills, tascas demise, icedom and grenths footprint so far :PSpark-TBa 18:06, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

I've umm.... checked Lion's Gate. --'Mai Yi' talk 18:20, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

lions gate..., one of the few places he wont go :PSpark-TBa 18:21, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Oh I've got it. He's in Linnok Courtyard. --'Mai Yi' talk 18:22, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Maybe he traveled to Guild Wars 2 xDD

An alliance member has said he is in Talmark Wilderness and wants 5 Abnormal Seeds per gift. I trust them but will try to confirm PalkiaX50 18:44, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

He is human too, eh!!!! He can also get a cold sometimes. A little bit of respect....

I've run through Talmark completely with no sign of him... Unless I'm getting a bug similar to the one in Pockmark, I highly doubt he's there :/70.171.27.95 19:01, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

I just ran through Talmark Wilderness as well, pretty sure I covered every path, and also seeing no Nicholas. Scar The Silent 19:02, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Here is a list of the currently un-Nick'd zones: ASCALON - Ascalon Foothills, Diessa Lowlands, Flame Temple Corridor

KRYTA - Scoundrel's Rise, Talmark Wilderness, Tears of the Fallen

MAGUUMA - Ettin's Back, Mamnoon Lagoon, Sage Lands, Silverwood

DESERT - Vulture Drifts

SHIVERPEAKS - Grenth's Footprint, Icedome, Sorrow's Furnace, Spearhead Peak, Talus Chute, Tasca's Demise

CHARR - Grothmar Wardowns

DEPTHS - Battledepths

NORN - Bjora Marches, Hall of Monuments, Jaga Moraine, Norrhart Domains

ASURA - Arbor Bay

SHING JEA - Jaya Bluffs, Linnok Courtyard, Sunqua Vale

KAINENG - Bejunkan Pier, Kaineng Docks, Nahpui Quarter, Raisu Pavilion, Shenzun Tunnels, Sunjiang District

ECHOVALD - Drazach Thicket, The Eternal Grove

JADE SEA - Archipelagos, Boreas Seabed

ISTAN - Churrhir Fields, Cliffs of Dohjok, Consulate, Fahranur, The First City, Island of Shehkah, Plains of Jarin, Sun Docks

KOURNA - Bahdok Caverns, Command Post, Dejarin Estate, Gandara, the Moon Fortress, Marga Coast, Sunward Marches

VABBI - Bokka Amphitheatre, The Hidden City of Ahdashim, Vehjin Mines, Wilderness of Bahdza, Yatendi Canyons

WASTES - The Shattered Ravines Guildwarsrunner 19:03, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

one of my guys says hes there asking for 2 seeds on the beach bit closest to ToA, i cant see him however, maybe another spaning glitch like the ascalon one?Spark-TBa 19:05, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Bear in mind that Kryta zones have been split into normal and WiK versions. Check quest progressions! Yume 19:06, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

I've done Cliffs of Dohjok - No sign of him there. Raminator Chick

Tears of the Fallen is Nick-less. Guildwarsrunner 19:11, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

All of my characters have finished WiK. I didn't see him in Talmark. I checked Drazach, too, and didn't see him there, either.--Res 19:13, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

and i thought it was supposed to get easier as he runs out of places :PSpark-TBa 19:13, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Nicholas is in Talmark Wilderness looking for 2 abnormal seeds for gift. Source: http://www.wartower.de/forum/showthread.php?t=721033&page=7 89.154.48.162 19:14, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

That doesn't look like Talmark Wilderness.... Nevermind, I was too stupid to scroll down. calor (talk) 19:16, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

There is that one spot of beach where the passage to Divinity Coast explorable is. Guildwarsrunner 19:18, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

"Active quests can alter spawns in the area." - If you have war in kryta quests active it may alter Nicholas the traveler spawn. 89.154.48.162 19:19, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Checked with and without WiK quest - no joy in either case (and yes, that is Secret River beach) Yume 19:20, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

(reset indent) confim Talmark Can't have STARTED WiK yet -- Tenri 19:21, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

From the google translate of that thread post:

Whereabouts of the passengers between the 02/21/2011 to 02/28/2011: Talmark wilderness

Searched Item: Abnormal seeds (2-10)

Abnormal seeds are trophies, which are occasionally allowed to fall from plant-like creatures in Kryta

Farm possibilities:

Option 1

Note:

Nicholas will not be found during the war in Kyrta-Contents thesam101 (talk) 19:21, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

thats not secret river passage, the rock face is right but the opposite coastline is wrong, i matched up the pics with my screenSpark-TBa 19:22, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

I've finished WiK, no Prophecies quests at all in my quest log, he isn't showing up.–alistic 19:25, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, but obviously you already DID wik, didn`t you? Seems like he only appears if you didn`t.--94.216.216.253 19:28, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

(Reset indent) interesting, I'll go check on a character that hasn't done it.–alistic 19:29, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Ok heres my pick feel free to edit map and whatnot [1] this character i know hasn't finished proph or EotN so has not started WiK at all -- Tenri 19:30, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, my character which hasn't started WiK at all doesn't have him appear either.–alistic 19:34, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Has it finished Proph or EotN cause i think you cant have done either-- Tenri 19:35, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

well that sucks, all my chars have at least completed eotn, no nick for me this weekSpark-TBa 19:36, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

I don't see how completing EotN would affect this at all, but if it is the case, no nick for me this week either :( also: finished WiK & EotN, no WiK at all, finished EotN–alistic 19:39, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Finished EotN makes that character eligible for WiK and thus nick will stop spawning -- Tenri 19:40, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

should it be put on main nick page for location that no WiK is a pre requisite, seems like thats the most common denominator as to why hes not there for some of us.Spark-TBa 19:42, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Gwen, Proph and WiK finished, and nothing.Joeyw 19:44, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

THis IP Confirms! Tested as you all have, got the same results on both characters. Only a Non-WiK Ready Character can see Nick at present. --173.189.217.226 19:45, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed to be in talmark. wants 2 seeds/gift Still, the ****er wouldn't appear for me (I HAVE done EOTN and WiK on my char) so i had to tag along w/ some1. >__> PalkiaX50 19:45, 21 February 2011 (UTC) fucking edit conflicts -.-

(Edit conflict) Spark, no WiK isn't the problem, its whether you have EotN finished I think, because as you can see in my screenshots whether you've finished WiK or not doesn't make a difference.–alistic 19:48, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Yup, just checked on a character that hasn't finished EotN, he's there.–alistic 19:51, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Confirm 2 Abnormal Seeds per gift near Ember Whisperwind and only in pre-War in Kryta environment. Luckily, I have such character --Slavic 19:51, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

(Resetting Indent) This IP has also just tested - if you PARTY with someone who can see him, you'll be in their version of the map when you enter it, and can access him as well. Just thought it was worth noting. --173.189.217.226 19:53, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

you said in my conflict to check your screenshots, you said no WiK finnished eotn, the moment you finnish eotn it also starts WiK so your finnished eotn also has WiKSpark-TBa 20:11, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed if you Party up with someone that can see Nick you will also even if you have WiK active or done. Raminator Chick

I sense a business opportunity for people this week - running to Nick for a fee... Seriously, I can also confirm this - ran several guildies to Nick on a pre-WiK toon - worked very nicely Zohane Trueaim 20:24, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

No, finishing eotn =/= you have started WiK, it means that you have "activated" the changes to the environment in Kryta. You yourself haven't started the Wik, but the game is preparing itself incase you do. Saying that "No WiK" is a prerequisite would be incorrect as nobody would know what that means from your perspective. Got the WiK quest? Listened to some WiK dialogues? Who knows? The point I was getting on was that the prereq. should have been prior to the completion of prophecies and/or eotn as is stated currently in the article.–alistic 23:26, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

why isnt this on the main page yet?AurenXneruA 00:42, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Because Nicholas the Traveler/Research wasn't updated until recently. --Silver Edge 06:00, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

What the heck where they thinking again at ANet to make him spawn only for characters who haven't started WiK yet? 91.86.134.110 20:13, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Feb 22, 2011 - My character has not finished Prophecies or Eye of the North, so my WiK is not active, and I've been using this character to run others to Nicholas (quite successfully $$) since yesterday. As of Today, Tuesday 12:00pm PST, he is no longer showing up for me, even if I go solo... any ideas here?

(Resetting Indent) Got something ! It appears that Nick spawns on a different spot for people who cannot see him on that beach : I tried with an alt (Canthan) which hasn't finished any campain and DID NOT find Nick. BUT, going further in the Talmark Wilderness, I found Nick on another spot (far N-W) ! Here are 2 screenshots (1 of the map, another from Nick in environnement) [2] [3] . Sorry for such a dirty work, I even forgot to turn the game in English before shooting.82.228.20.76 20:44, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed, Anet moved Nicholas in the update earlier today, I've been able to find him there both on characters that have not started WiK and those that have started WiK. He is now in the NW corner of Talmark Wilderness. The map has been updated, if someone could update the page, that would be appreciated. ---Teska Jadestar 20:49, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Verified ^^^^^^^^^^ ANY character now can find Nicholas in NW corner of Talmark Wilderness

Watch out for that tree! Oh

Did they seriously put in a George of the Jungle reference? ._. -- Konig/talk 20:09, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Did they put it in: yes. Was it 'seriously': no.  :) Guildwarsrunner 20:26, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

nick editing page

now we have a summary of places where nick hasn't been (cfr 21 feb) , couldn't we make something doodle-like on wiki for checking off where he isn't seen?Bravehp 20:35, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Perhaps on a subpage or part of one. Not on the main Nick page though. Nicholas the Traveler/Research seems like a good place - a new section at the bottom with a table showing the places not been to yet. Or better yet, a list of all places with 2 places per row separated by a or mark to show which places he has and hasn't been to yet, and how many times (this is for when he starts repeating locations, mainly). -- Konig/talk 20:49, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

it would be good if we could have our own version of this, i have this saved as a fave just to see where to look each week.sorry im not sure how to make a link if it doesnt work. http://www.guildwiki.org/Nicholas_the_Traveler/Past_Collections#Locations_summary_and_checklist Spark-TBa 20:54, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

97 weeks since Nicho's 1st emergence. "There are 137 possible "haunts" for Nicholas" Joeyw 20:55, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

How's this? Nicholas the Traveler/Remaining Locations 96.33.173.168 22:46, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

some time ago i created a simple webpage for nicholas appearances: http://gw.nabiki.de/nicholas.php?lang=en and prediction on items: http://gw.nabiki.de/items.php?lang=en hope this helps as a quick and dirty solution. nabiki 23:27, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

I was thinking of something similar to this, but something else to consider. Nick actually COULD go to the same location more than once, but just take a different item that week. 69.183.22.23 15:20, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Circle

Has nick cycled through all his items yet?--BriarThe Spider 04:35, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Not for at least 39 more weeks (Novemberish). - Tanetris 05:13, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Should be "locations" not items - who knows, he may have multiple items for a single location, and very well may have new dialogues when we collects the same items again. -- Konig/talk 19:09, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Note the "at least" - Tanetris 19:22, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

I was responding to Briar, not you Tanny. -- Konig/talk 19:42, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Feb 28, 2011

He's in Silverwood, but there's a bug. He's BEHIND the gate to quarrel falls. I'll rerun it and try to get to him. PJ 16:26, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed. He's there, but behind the portal Scar The Silent 16:30, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Screenshot:http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/292/gw032r.jpg --Poobah 16:31, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Is he therefore not in Quarrel Falls? Karalin Taucher 16:36, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

i can see a respawn :P lol, someone needs to rethink some of these location :PSpark-TBa 16:37, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

He does not spawn within Quarrel Falls. He is simply there in the Silverwood instance. I can't shadowstep to him (you zone before getting close enough to cast on him). I can't Heart of Shadow off a hench to get past the gate. I don't see any wall thin enough to get to him from the side. It's just bugged! PJ 16:44, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Ill attempt it. brb.--Neil • 16:45, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Having "The Price of Steel" active does not affect the spawn. I had it when I first found him. I finished it up, and he's still in the same spot. PJ 16:48, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

I would like my crown please. --Neil • 16:59, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

So how did you do it? Or did they move him? Cynique 17:01, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

They have not moved him, I am just a master of portal jumping ;) --Neil • 17:02, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Neil used mah portal jump awesomeness and didn't give me credit :*( --The Holy Dragons 17:12, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

I used 2 pets technique with Strike as One and eventually Ebon Escape for portal jumping, Nicholas collects 2 Maguuma Manes per gift. However, this jumping is a bit tricky and I hope that developers will fix him in next update. --Slavic 17:14, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

that's not how we did it ;) --The Holy Dragons & Neil • 17:15, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Neil, how do you edit the Guild Wars skin and label? ´-- Matias Ritual

Could you elaborate a little more on the trick with pets ? 82.224.68.40 17:30, 28 February 2011 (UTC) nobody

Texmod, @Au's clearline ui. --Neil • 17:36, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

About trick: you can find a pets technique here (there in the table below Silverwood -> Quarrel Falls marked as not possible, so simple jump probably doesn't work, because of this I used 2 pets; however there could be more easy ways). --Slavic 18:30, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Thx, I'll look into that, I was wondering if that could be used to go past the closed Bone Palace doors (running somebody that dont have wurm). Can get into Ruins of Morah but Bone Palace doors are still resisting me. 82.224.68.40 19:36, 28 February 2011 (UTC) nobody

@82.224.68.40, my method of entering the Bone Palace works: Desolation_Run#Remains_to_Bone_Palace, my derv has Ancient Armor with no access to a wurmy. Aro 21:28, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

(Reset indent) Wow, I hadn't known about the 2 animal trick before. With patience you can get them right next to Nick. Quite amusing that someone found that out, really. 66.170.212.17 19:39, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

got my gifts with pet trick, but since the update anyone know where he is :PSpark-TBa 19:48, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

They moved him. LunchboxOctober 19:52, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Here's a map to where he is, anyone with actual wiki knowledge can put the map where it goes :P http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9153/gw013py.jpg 70.171.27.95 19:59, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

I can confirm, that's right where he is. http://img703.imageshack.us/i/gw005f.jpg/ Bladecutter 20:05, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Nicholas during WIK

Does he have a White Mantle approved official travel pass? Ramei Arashi 19:26, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Didn't you know? Nicholas is actually one of the unknown leaders of the Unseen. He's in charge of provisions and stuff. He doesn't need a travel pass --RhoninSoren 09:59, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Nicholas can travel the desolation i do not think he needs a travel pass to get somewhere (poor white mantle that tried to stop him)naloj 10:06, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Ramei, would you try to stop this man while he was riding his siege weapon/dolyak, which is armed with every pointy object he's collected over the past year? 128.113.201.222 13:35, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

I heard Nick can solo DoA, so I hardly think the Mantle pose any type of threat to him... besides, Yakkington has Frenzy + Mending. ®emi¢k§ 18:01, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

March 7th

Any ideas on location this week? His choices are narrowing down. 85.19.140.9 16:40, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

• This IP is off to explore Sunqua Vale and Jaya Bluffs. I also removed Silverwood from the list and updated the date to last monday. http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Nicholas_the_Traveler/Remaining_Locations --16:58, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

I went and had a look in Grothmar Wardowns, but couldn't find him there. 85.19.140.9 17:00, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

This IP checking back in, He is NOT in Jaya Bluffs. Will check Sunqua if I can squeeze it in during thislunch break. --198.86.116.254 17:37, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Apparently he is in Talus Chute and collection 5 troll tusk per gift--LiMKill 17:51, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Confirm he is in Talus Chute around the middle of the map and he need 5 troll tusk each:::

Well-done, checkers... Now, how to go to him... XD; This IP had finished Sunqua, but had no time to post :P --- Anyway, Well done. Aged Hunter's Ale all around! --198.86.116.254 18:12, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, confirmed as well, top-middle of the map. If you see lots of Grawl, you're in the right area. Took a while to see the green on the compass because there are so many red dots. Scar The Silent 18:18, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

The Nameless IP wonders if we can has a mapburger and a quote from The Man himself?--198.86.116.254 18:21, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Here you go, courtesy of my gf. Not sure if I uploaded right Scar The Silent 18:25, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

http://i55.tinypic.com/2rfrimp.png Route from Droknar's Forge --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.181.198.143 (talk).

You had exactly the same thought as me, 85 - if he ain't in the troll cave, he's up with the barbed 'n mighties ^__^ --snograt 18:33, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm with you Yakkington, I hate Trolls.--'Mai Yi' {TC} 19:55, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

So now he has us being henchmen for Troll genocide. Oh hai, the Hague war crimes tribunal wants to have a word with us. o.O 85.19.140.9 19:58, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

The entire internet could benefit from more Trollicide --ilr 00:45, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

(Resetting Indent) Grab your 55 gear, it's time to go back to one of the oldest farming spots in the game! ~ Gold Dean - 21:29, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Tripple chop and cyclone wammo. Oh god the nostalgia. I don't even care that something like the manly raptor setup is faster. 70.235.81.184 02:26, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Way too many tusks needed. The drop rates aren't that good, nor are they very convenient to get to in sufficient numbers. Three per gift would have been at the higher end of worthwhile. Just my opinion. 208.65.82.183 16:10, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Are you joking?. Trolls can be easily solo farmed in nm by just taking some defense vs melee. At the troll cave you can get about 3-5 tusks per solo run in NM.Damysticreaper 19:33, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

I've been getting 0-2 tusks a run. Manifold 20:02, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Same here. I cleared every troll in Talus and got a whopping 2 tusks, and no I wasn't using a whole party of H/H. 208.65.82.183 21:14, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Maybe they just up'd the drop rate. Solo farming with the usual spirit build, I got 3 on my first run yesterday, then 8-10 on a further 4 runs each today. Just did the trolls upto and in the troll cave (and any avicara that got in the way). Easy quick run, it seemed to me now. Kirbett 15:31, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

I got all 25 in around 4-5 runs ... i just used an ele build with stoneflesh, stone striker and mantra of earth, ran in the cave used the random dmg skills and watched for rupts ... bossess dropped 2 or even 3 sometimes. Sneaker 16:22, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Cant you just farm wiki trolls? 82.95.65.117 07:31, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

-casts meteor shower on IP- --The Holy Dragons 07:56, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

March 14th

It is said Archipelagos, 3 Black Pearls per gift. 85.19.140.9 16:17, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

A confirmation post/screenshot was posted on guru  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 16:27, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

One maybe interesting note: it's possible to talk to Nicholas standing on the jade surface of the sea under the wooden platform and get the gift here too. It's because of feature (or anomaly) of current game platform when the difference in high between characters doesn't prevent the interaction or combat. --Slavic 19:40, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

I use that trick to talk to Katherine (for the Incubator Kit), since I can never remember where the stairs are on the structure.  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 19:58, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

The 3 Black Pearls supposedly give Honeycombs for the 'Picnic' - nope! only given 10 Jars of Honey!

__ 82.42.61.90 19:31, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

March 21st

Route to Wilbur (who is near to Nick, per talk)

Ascalon Foothills, Nick-free. Guildwarsrunner 16:00, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Nicholas the Traveler is in Drazach Thicket, collecting 1 Dragon Root per gift.

Rainy Day~ 16:16

Confirmed he stands next to Wilbur [merchant]

Sorath

Confirmed, Next to Wilbur, Collecting 1 Dragon Root. Tucksterz 17:46, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed --Combatter 18:26, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Superfluous but still: Confirmed. Easiest to reach from Bauer Academy. Disconnect 18:35, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Updated, but someone place image, also confirmed --Mr HaXx 18:49, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Guildie will upload image --Mr HaXx 18:52, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

(until the map is HaXx'd)  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 19:05, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

March 28

Who let the Nicholas out, who who, who who ... Yume 14:48, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Plains of Jarin on the north side of the Great Hall collecting Pahnai Salads. --Valshia 15:29, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed, collecting 1 per gift. -Bramblefeet 15:44, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Quickest way I found was to leave Kamadan and head south towards the water, then double back up towards the astralarium. 2 runs got me 15 petals :) ®emi¢k§ 14:06, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

April 4

He's in Ascalon Foothills asking for 3 leathery claws per gift. He's a little south of the center of the region.--Res 15:25, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed, a bit south-middle of the map. --Umoo 15:32, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed. In the center of what looks like a crater.. surrounded by Hydras that drop the claws. Bring Blindness removal. Osman Digna 16:22, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed too, 3 Leathery Claws per gift, see pic for location ->Pic Tribbles 17:30, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Which means that Charr Carvings will be collected sooner or later. Mark my words. Kanda 18:37, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Well, he has 2 more Ascalon locations to get to them, and one of those is basically ONLY Charr on the map. No idea when he will get there, but I think Flame Temple is guaranteed for the carvings. Guildwarsrunner 21:22, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

"Bring Blindness removal" - why? just farm in the gullet... no pesky rockEles. --ilr 21:27, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Great, hydras again, he's really got a thing for those claws. Also, I have the distinct feeling of having already farmed hydras in the Gullet. I wonder why... » Keneth O'Connor, 05:56, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Last thing Nicholas asked in there were Gruesome Ribcages. Last time he asked for hydra claws... I think it was the Crystal desert one's. MithTalk 15:46, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Since he's just trading the claws for a bag at the female collector in the same zone, I wish we could just bring him 5 bags instead of 15 claws. 66.170.212.17 01:31, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

It's not far-fetched to assume that he's more interested in trading and social interaction than the actual bags. Tub 10:04, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Even though he says he's very interested in the bags? :) Of course then we realize that he's probably using these claws for some nefarious scheme. 128.113.201.222 01:34, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

April 11th

The hunt is on once more! Yume 15:46, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

It is said Jaga Moraine, in Egil's Perch asking for 3 Berserker Horns. 85.19.140.9 16:23, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed. Close to the res shrine on the east side of Egil's Perch. Disconnect 16:31, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed. Egil's Perch, at the highest stairs opposite Eystin. Yume 16:34, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Strangely this week's items are the same that he jokes about at the wedding. -- Kirbman 18:25, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Strangely? Or presciently? Or (more likely) unimaginatively. (To be fair, it probably was difficult to come up with 137 speeches about trophies and rare materials, so when the wedding came up...it was time to reduce/reuse/recycle.)  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 18:29, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Using Dolayk Horns is just cruel, but killing Minotaurs, Wendingos, etc for their horns is NOT cruel? And what about the Dolayks we kill in the Southern Shiverpeaks that the Stone Summit are riding? Nick really is strange sometimes. *Malganis Frostmourn* 12.106.72.10 19:48, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Well, at least the creatures we're killing this time aren't sapient. As for Nick's perspective, think of it as the difference between skinning fifteen adorable puppies and fifteen ferocious wolves. (Not that that ever stopped Cruella DeVille...) 96.33.173.168 19:58, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Am I the only one who wonders why it seems that people seem to post the map that makes the least sense as far as a path to Nic goes? Last I checked, Bjora Marches was an explorable area, not a town or outpost. 69.177.224.63 00:37, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

I could see it if the map from the explorable side like that was an encounter-free route (which it can be in Bjora Marches), but you still have the Vaettir and Mandragors in the way, and I'd personally rather deal with berserkers and their bunch than vaettir with a regular party. 66.228.16.64 02:06, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

3 horns? Dolyaks have 4 horns. Whats Nick gonna do? Slice one horn down the middle? -Wrei110.175.241.56 04:41, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Since I don't have access to Guild Wars, I just put up the route of whoever found it -- and they are usually exploring it's not usually the best way to get there <_<. I was planning on running there after, just never got around to it. -- Chrono (talk) 17:40, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Hasn't anyone noticed that this weeks request makes no sense? It says Professor Yakkington feels all downy because there is no Dolyak Totem. but if you check out the guildwars 2 website, you will find a dolyak totem (also known as ox), and that it was killed/went missing since Jormag awakened. This would mean that there IS in fact, a Dolyak totem -Bragoran the Wicked

Or maybe the norn decided to take one after the efforts of nicholas to convince them to have a totem for the dolyak wich became the Ox Totem. Damysticreaper 10:40, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Now that is actually a completely reasonable answer. Sneaker 12:52, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

I find that hard to believe, since they would have called him " Nicholas the preacher" if he was magically able to make other races suddenly believe in a new Deity. The Ox totem was known as being amongst the Spirits of the Wild Before this weeks Event, and if you read the quote in the top of that page, you can see that Egil Fireteller knew about an Ox totem too. I may be picky if it comes to this, but having your lore right should be top priority in an MMORPG if you ask me. -Bragoran 15:49, 12 April 2011

A yak is an type of ox, and one can reasonably assume a dolyak is also a type of ox. So it still fits within the lore if there is an "ox" totem (for the group), but no "dolyak" totem (for the individual type). 66.170.212.17 19:10, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

(fuss, fuss) Well, perhaps Nicholas the Messiah if he could divinely make other races blabla. Cynique 15:06, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

April 18 2011

Good Hunting! Cynique 15:04, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Reminder: Nicholas the Traveler/Remaining Locations  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 15:10, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Edited the done/remaining numbers on that page and then realized you reverted last time I did that. Some problem with that? Robdalf 16:01, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Found him... It's gonna be a fun week :S. He's in Grenth's Footprint collecting 2 Enslavement Stones. He's roughly north east of the Spearhead Peak portal. Screenshots as soon as I figure out how to upload them... - Hikkiraven

Thanks Hikki. 213.245.58.66 16:20, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed Magua 16:23, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Unnecessary, but confirmed. Fastest way to reach him would be from the Granite Citadel and entering Grenth's Footprint from Spearhead Peak. Me being technical here, but he's North-West (not N-E) of the portal. Tribbles 16:25, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Ah, half asleep. Thanks for the correction. Here's a screenshot with dialogue. - Hikkiraven

Hmm, the page has the current location but last weeks date still. --Ajna 17:13, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Trophy Predictions

Its getting down to the wire on places for him to hide. Between that list, the monsters on those maps, and the drops used so far, I think we can put together an educated guess to what we should be farming in the future, in a preemtive genocide on the unsuspecting monsters.

Flame Temple Corridor - I am fairly certain will be Charr Carvings. Short of a curveball, he does monsters in the map he is in, and that map is 95-100% Charr. May be a small scattering of other things I missed last time there. The horrible curveball would be Molten Claws, since you can get titans in this map as I recall, and there are no Ring of Fire maps available.

Diessa Lowlands - I believe the Singed Gargoyle Skulls will be the item. It hasn't been done, Stormy Eyes are out, as are the lodestones from the golems, and the carapaces from the devourers.

Guildwarsrunner 04:26, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

See User:Kanda/Nicholas.  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 04:45, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

I just hope when he runs out of places, that John and the developers randomize his spawns and requested items so hes NOT a repetitive cycle like the Zaishen stuff. *Malganis Frostmourn* 69.3.77.82 06:28, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

You would like to keep 137 stacks of trophies? Instead of just 4-8 weeks at-a-time? Or do you mean generate another 137 pairs of items + dialogues?  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 07:25, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

I think Mal is saying this and I'd agree. To randomize the weeks up and it not all be the same - no constant repeats. Meaning like say one week he collects hides. Next week tusks. Third week leather. If we know what he'd want each week. It'd get boring. Where as one week be hides. Next week leather. Third week tusks, etc. And each location be mixed up as well. I'd like to still see the fun in "hunting him", instead of oh he's "here" this week. Okay I have this stack of the items to sell or more gifts to sell, etc. I think it'd be more fun to keep the enthusiasm that the nick hunters have so far in finding him, etc. Kaisha 07:59, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Yup, I'd go with that. No predictability. For 137 weeks, a sequence of locations+trophies, but not the same sequence as this time around (and maybe not even the same combinations), to keep us guessing. Cynique 08:27, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Also keep in mind that there are more trophies to obtain than there are explorables, so nick can be in a same location but asking for a different type of trophy. (For the Shattered Ravines my gues would be sandblasted lodestones). Damysticreaper 10:46, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Speaking of curveballs, the Enslavement Stones threw me. They aren't actually in the area where he's residing for the week. In addition to the Dredge Manifestos, are there other dungeon or dungeon-like area (what exactly is Sorrow's Furnace, anyway?) drops that you can't get in explorable areas? Perhaps a list of those would be helpful as well. PJ 19:29, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Actually, yes, they are.The stone summit in the footprint drop them just like in the furnace. Guildwarsrunner 19:49, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Obtainable as a second more rare trophy from the stone summit in Grenth's Footprint and in Sorrow's Furnace but nowhere else. Your best bet on them is to raid Sorrow's, those dwarves are a pretty easy enemy since most of their damage come from attacks wich can be blocked, spells they use can be easily countered as well. (and i for one am sure glad i saved some of them when i did Sorrow's). Damysticreaper 19:55, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

April 25 2011

He's in Sunjiang District --Ajna 15:54, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Guru shows 3 putrid cysts, Sunjiang  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 16:02, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

User:Kanda/Nicholas#General_Probabilities - we have a winner! Robdalf 16:17, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

It might be worth mentioning that he's in the part of Sunijang that is restricted by the closed gate, preventing characters who have not completed the Sunijang mission from visiting Nick (without necrotic or some such spell).

May 2nd

Rumor has it Marga coast, 3 Insect Carapaces per gift. 85.19.140.9 16:22, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed location in Marga Coast and 3 Insect Carapaces per gift. He is located north of Lunto and about halfway between Chor and the Fort.

I am working on getting the image of the location now. Found him, added him to all 3 sites. (guru, guildwiki, and here). Kaisha 16:36, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Cool story bro --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 178.191.160.8 (talk • contribs) at 17:49, 2 May 2011 (UTC).

As a consequence, Heket Tongues and Sentient Lodestones will most likely be collected in Sunward Marches and Dejarin Estate. Kanda 17:55, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Date still needs to be changed to 2nd May 2011 in the article 76.164.71.104 18:04, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Nick doesn't seem to be appearing with Building The Base: Interrogation active--87.208.165.35 18:17, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Will most likely be fixed in a following update. Damysticreaper 18:37, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

ANet usually doesn't bother adjusting for quest-based issues unless that presents a problem to a large fraction of players. Since WiK can be difficult to turn on/off, ANet moves Nick to fix that. However, when Nick was in Pockmark, they didn't bother (even though his appearance was connected with that of another NPC) as it created only a minor issue.

So, I predict that they won't release an update to move Nick (although, if there's another update for some other reason, they might take advantage of that).  — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 18:49, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Just checked and was able to find Nick with "Building The Base: Interrogation" active. So may be some other problem or quest? Robdalf 23:29, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

I had the quest active and Nick didn't appear; I completed the quest (but didn't turn it in to Lonai), and when I re-entered the zone Nick appeared. It really does seem like that quest affects the spawn. --Morgana1 07:00, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

It might be a randomized bug with that quest and Nick. Kaisha 07:36, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

May 9th

Just foun him. Mamnoon Lagoon. He wants 1 Behemoth Jaw per gift. [[4]]Keitaro Dragonheart

Confirmed. On southwest end of Mamnoon Lagoon. 174.20.54.7 17:04, 9 May 2011 (UTC) Lhana

Found that a decent place to farm jaws is in Dry Top zoning in and out via Tangle Root. 85.19.140.9 23:21, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Nice find, I managed to get there without any other party members and the drop rate was pretty good considering you only need 1 per gift. Pjwned 13:14, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

and to think I used to hate getting jaws when i was totem axe farming--75.100.187.217 21:00, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

May 16th

Icedome, 2 Icy lodestones per gift, in the frozen lake/pond part, from another site[5] Noggieca 17:22, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

confirmded :p naloj 17:34, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Hmm. If you farm these in pre and then transfer them into post, it will work right? It's the same wiki page. Obelisk The Knight 14:16, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Yes, these are the same trophy item. — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 14:50, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

May 23th

Found him in Vehjin Mines collecting 2 Cobalt Talon's Milla Vodello 15:37, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed on the location and on the item. Head out from Jennur's, find a big open space with a big rock nearby. He's across the second res shrine.Disconnect 15:43, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Had to be cobalt talons. And not the minotaur horns I had from pillaged goods week. Oh well. :/ 85.19.140.9 15:45, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

I can't find him yet. >.< Kaisha 15:46, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Screenshot at your service, happy modding. Disconnect 15:52, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

May 30th

Found in Dejarin Estate collecting 2 heket tongues per gift Map linky Tribbles 15:40, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I was thinking he'd be in Factions, but ya proved he's in nf again. ^.^ Kaisha 15:43, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Confirmed. Happy hunting Disconnect 15:48, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

I've been waiting for this week for quite a while. No idea why but I wanted to get rid of those tongues I gathered in all those VQs. Markus Clouser 19:48, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Sometimes I'm surprised Anet has Nick asking for just a few of an item that seems to drop frequently. In less than 5 minutes I had 10, it was actually kind of an uninteresting farm. The froggies dropped like flies too. 193.215.199.34 10:54, 31 May 2011 (UTC)