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Farming Made Easy (for PRE)

The Audience for this guide includes players that are:

• New to Guild Wars.
• New to PRE.
• Looking for a quick reference.
• Veterans looking for an article to improve.

The audience for this guide does not include players that are:

• Veterans looking for a challenge.
• Already farming Charr in Northlands.

Introduction

Even though you can find better cash and prizes by going POSTal, there are three good reasons for newbies to farm in PRE:

1. All loot is yours (after POSTage, it will be a while before you go nekkid);
2. Less is more: holiday and dye drops are frequent, because there is so little to drop;
3. Practice: PRE is the safest place in Guild Wars to practice (no Death Penalty, dumber monsters, and few skills).

PRE Farming Overview

Area	Monsters	High Level Foes	Impact of Quests on High Level Foes	Efficiency and Risk Notes	Collect/Farm
Green Hills County	Aloe (0) Bandits (1-3) Bugs (2) Elementals (1, 3) Grawl (1-3)	(none)	Warrior's Challenge:  →adds Agnar (5) (re-doable)	L4-8 mid-risk: No efficient farming strategy. Pro: High ratio of L3:L1. Con: Only one medium density zone (skale/grawl plains near Lakeside border). Inconveient merchant.	Belts, Carapaces, E-stones, Necklaces, Seeds, Fins
Lakeside County	Aloe (0) Bandits (1, 2) Bugs (0, 1) Grawl (1, 3) Skale (0-2)	River Skale Brood (4) Rogue Bull (5) River Drake (5)	Mesmer's Burden:  →completion removes Rogue Bull Trouble in the Woods:  →adds Vatlaaw Doomtooth (B.6)  →(visit Town Crier to re-do) Charr at the Gate:  →adds Charr (4-5) x4 (re-doable)	L<5 low risk: high density worm farm. Easily reached L5s; conveient merchant. Best route: Bull, Charr @Gate, River Drake, (Bug Stashes), Brood.	Belts, Carapaces, Necklaces, Seeds, Fins
Regent Valley	Aloe (0) Bandits (1-3) Bugs (1-3) Grawl (1-3) Pets (2-3) Skale (1-2)	Melandru's Stalker (5) Oakheart (5)	(none that add L4+)	L4-8 mid-risk: several high density zones, Hunter's Ale; almost conveient merchant. Best high density: spiders on apple route, skale beneath bridge, spiders on hunter route. Oakheart too far. Inconveient merchant.	Belts, Carapaces, Hunters Ale, Legs/Webs, Necklaces, Seeds, Fins
The Catacombs	Bugs (1-2) Gargoyles (1, 3) Nightmare (3) Skeletons (1, 3)	Tomb Nightmare (3) Skullreaver (5) (Boss)	(none that add L4+)	L4-8 no-risk: high density of Gargoyles (L1) and Skeletons (L1, 3). Efficient run: keep right until bugs (15 min) (if Nightmare drops something primo, visit that area). Add 2 minutes to include spiders. No merchant.	Carapaces, Legs/Webs, Skeletal Limbs, Skulls
The Northlands	Grawl (2-3)	Oakheart (5) Charr (7-8) Charr (10) (Boss) x4	(none that add L4+)	L8 high risk Charr hunting. Best XP, item hunting. (See the bountiful guides.)	Charr Bags, Charr Carvings, Charr Hides, Purples!, Runes & Insignias
Wizard's Folly	Aloe (0, 3) Bandits (1-3) Bugs (2) Elementals (1, 3) Pets (2-3) Skale (1-2)	(none)	Domination Magic:  →adds River Skale Brood	L4-8 low risk: high density L3s just outside Foible's Fair. Inconveient merchant. Travel to village to farm spiders, Seeds. Most efficient run seems to be circumnavigation, starting from Foible's Fair.	Belts, Carapaces, E-stones, Icy Stones, Legs/Webs, Necklaces, Seeds, Fins

Notes

• Expect around 1-2 dye from an efficient run.
• To redo a quest: do not accept the quest reward; instead, abandon the quest when you get back to town.
• The most efficient farming location is probably The Catacombs, since you can quickly hit two high density spots, covering 3 species of monsters. For lower level characters, the Lakeside County Worm farm (near Ashford Abbey) is ideal.
• Arguably, it's even more efficient to serve as a Gate monkey. During peak hours, you might be able to earn 300-500 in 20 minutes. (The other runs can't compete unless you receive more than your share of Black Dye.)
• The most efficient XP farm (until Northlands) is Lakeside County, which allows you to knock off 6-7 high level foes in 20 minutes.
• Although it's tempting to farm an area with a resident Merchant, it's not necessarily more efficient. Even Lakeside County, with its vendor hanging out conveniently close to the Worm farm is not as fast as the Catacomb's gargoyle/skeleton run.

In This Guide

• Foes of Level 4 are considered high level in PRE.
• An efficient run allows you to kill enough to fill up your inventory once within 20-30 minutes.
• Going nekkid: your character is the only party member (pets allowed). (Commonly referred to going solo, although some people might also use that term to being the only human player in a team with Heroes and/or Henchmen.)