Tome type tied to location or creature type? - Guild Wars Forums

jkyarr · May 08, 2007, 08:40 PM // 20:40

I have been hydra farming outside of Augury Rock in Hard Mode and in my experience the only tomes that drop in Skyward Reach are Elementalist Tomes. I have collected 8 (always from Hydras) and no other kind of tome has dropped. Does anyone else notice a trend in tome drops by location? Keep in mind that some zones may drop tomes from multiple professions (this could be explained by there being multiple types of creatures, if tome prove to be tied to creature type, or it could just be the "zone definition"... as in "these 3 tome times drop in this zone and this 1 type in another zone, etc).
Or there is another possibility... The type of tome is tied to the type of creature you kill. Maybe Hydras only drop elementalist tomes.
Whatever the coincidence is (by creature type or by location)I would like to know so that we as a community can document where tome drops for each profession occur. Then I can go farm my own Monk tomes instead of having lots of elementalist tomes!

StormLord · May 08, 2007, 09:11 PM // 21:11

Tome type always matches the profession of the creature that dropped it.

jkyarr · May 08, 2007, 09:21 PM // 21:21

Thanks!

Some further info
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Non-Elite_Tome

And for those of you who are trying to think of a map location where you could farm your profession's tomes in hard mode, check out the Category: (profession) pages like this one
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Category:Monks
and then use what you know about different areas to target beastiary that is likely to drop your tome! (Southern Snake Dance here I come!)

May 08, 2007, 08:40 PM // 20:40	#1
jkyarr Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Earth, mostly Guild: Hotties Of Ascolonian Rule Profession: Mo/Me	Tome type tied to location or creature type? I have been hydra farming outside of Augury Rock in Hard Mode and in my experience the only tomes that drop in Skyward Reach are Elementalist Tomes. I have collected 8 (always from Hydras) and no other kind of tome has dropped. Does anyone else notice a trend in tome drops by location? Keep in mind that some zones may drop tomes from multiple professions (this could be explained by there being multiple types of creatures, if tome prove to be tied to creature type, or it could just be the "zone definition"... as in "these 3 tome times drop in this zone and this 1 type in another zone, etc). Or there is another possibility... The type of tome is tied to the type of creature you kill. Maybe Hydras only drop elementalist tomes. Whatever the coincidence is (by creature type or by location)I would like to know so that we as a community can document where tome drops for each profession occur. Then I can go farm my own Monk tomes instead of having lots of elementalist tomes!

May 08, 2007, 09:21 PM // 21:21	#3
jkyarr Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Earth, mostly Guild: Hotties Of Ascolonian Rule Profession: Mo/Me	Thanks! Some further info http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Non-Elite_Tome And for those of you who are trying to think of a map location where you could farm your profession's tomes in hard mode, check out the Category: (profession) pages like this one http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Category:Monks and then use what you know about different areas to target beastiary that is likely to drop your tome! (Southern Snake Dance here I come!) Last edited by jkyarr; May 08, 2007 at 09:23 PM // 21:23..

May 08, 2007, 09:11 PM // 21:11	#2
StormLord Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Apr 2006 Guild: League Of Friends [LOF]	Tome type always matches the profession of the creature that dropped it.