Best way to get candy shards - Guild Wars Forums

LifeInfusion · Dec 25, 2005, 01:32 PM // 13:32

Is it better to play snowball fights as I have been doing and opening the boxes, or killing a lot of stuff outside of the snowball arena?

Lord Scoopula · Dec 25, 2005, 01:33 PM // 13:33

If you can farm easily, that would be the less stressful way to get them. Snowball fights get stressful after awhile of losing.

KANE OG · Dec 25, 2005, 06:28 PM // 18:28

Farm Grawls! You can get necklaces too.....

Symeon · Dec 25, 2005, 06:35 PM // 18:35

Grawl farming outside Surmia, or gargoyle farming outside Nolani, can get you a fair amount of shards but also lots of collectibles (necklaces/skulls) which can account for a lot of winter gifts a lot faster and easier than getting them from snowball fights.

MMSDome · Dec 25, 2005, 06:37 PM // 18:37

snowball fights are slow, i recommend farm charr at the Great northern wall

Former Ruling · Dec 25, 2005, 06:39 PM // 18:39

Charr at Nolani are alot easier. Just flip lever and BOOM - like 20 charr run at you.

Kill...Restart mission..Kill..Restart Mission..Kill

Shusky · Dec 25, 2005, 07:07 PM // 19:07

They drop few shards, though. I farmed them for carvings. Which don't give you the awesome Grenth's snowman summoners

96TSi · Dec 25, 2005, 07:25 PM // 19:25

im having the best luck south of piken square down in the water. in 5 minutes i think i got like 7 of them. after i kill them all down there i tele back totown and run back and find like 2-3 more. do that for a while and i got enough to get all the weapons then sell the shards for like 400gold

Symeon · Dec 25, 2005, 08:00 PM // 20:00

I didn't know people were actually managing to sell many shards after the initial rush. I bought a few shards, farmed the rest...but now people have all lowered their prices (dam, I could have saved money), but by the constant spamming it seems to show that people aren't managing to sell.

Keyote · Dec 25, 2005, 08:03 PM // 20:03

I've tried Char, Grawl and snowball fights.

Char didn't drop any at all.
Grawl drop quite a few.
Snowball fights can give you some, but it's not worth the effort for shards.

Grawl outside Surmia is the best way I've found, but sometimes you can hunt them for ages and not find any,

LifeInfusion · Dec 25, 2005, 09:37 PM // 21:37

Finally got hammer, bow, axe, sword, wand, staff.

Thanks guys

AxeMe · Dec 25, 2005, 09:39 PM // 21:39

I've done my usual Griffon runs outside Augry and had lots of shards too ... my guess is that anywhere you can aggro big mobs solo will produce a lot of shards.

Carinae · Dec 25, 2005, 09:44 PM // 21:44

Tengu drop them like crazy. I farm the big field of Tengu south of Ascalon Settlement. There's 60-80 Tengu there.

Could also try TSL at Riverside.

eom · Dec 26, 2005, 01:50 AM // 01:50

I went to this spot just outside sardelac sanitarium that has a narrow little passageway, and a big pack of grawl.
when you first encounter them, they're fighting w/some of the native stone elementals.
chewed them up, but no shard drops.

did it a couple more times --- still no shards.
went back again and they didn't spawn.
tried a couple more times --- no more grawl.

headed over to piken and ran through a couple screens of charr --- over to althea's ashes, I believe.
lots carvings, but still no shards.

gave up and bought them.

edit:
add in a dozen winter gifts.

Baratheon79 · Dec 26, 2005, 03:37 PM // 15:37

As someone else already mentioned, you could just kill the gargoyles outside Nolani Academy. A friend and I both were able to do it solo (both of us level 20, though, and she had her level 20 pet with her, I believe).

On my runs I got at least one shard every trip, along with the usual coin and junk drops. Only took me about twenty minutes to get enough shards to get my candy cane sword.

Dec 25, 2005, 01:32 PM // 13:32	#1
LifeInfusion Grotto Attendant Join Date: May 2005 Location: in the midline Profession: E/Mo	Best way to get candy shards Is it better to play snowball fights as I have been doing and opening the boxes, or killing a lot of stuff outside of the snowball arena?

Dec 26, 2005, 01:50 AM // 01:50	#14
eom Krytan Explorer Join Date: Nov 2005 Profession: W/N	I went to this spot just outside sardelac sanitarium that has a narrow little passageway, and a big pack of grawl. when you first encounter them, they're fighting w/some of the native stone elementals. chewed them up, but no shard drops. did it a couple more times --- still no shards. went back again and they didn't spawn. tried a couple more times --- no more grawl. headed over to piken and ran through a couple screens of charr --- over to althea's ashes, I believe. lots carvings, but still no shards. gave up and bought them. edit: add in a dozen winter gifts. Last edited by eom; Dec 26, 2005 at 01:53 AM // 01:53..

Dec 26, 2005, 03:37 PM // 15:37	#15
Baratheon79 Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Aug 2005 Profession: W/	As someone else already mentioned, you could just kill the gargoyles outside Nolani Academy. A friend and I both were able to do it solo (both of us level 20, though, and she had her level 20 pet with her, I believe). On my runs I got at least one shard every trip, along with the usual coin and junk drops. Only took me about twenty minutes to get enough shards to get my candy cane sword. Last edited by Baratheon79; Dec 27, 2005 at 04:13 AM // 04:13..

Dec 25, 2005, 01:33 PM // 13:33	#2
Lord Scoopula Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Fargo, North Dakota Profession: W/Mo	If you can farm easily, that would be the less stressful way to get them. Snowball fights get stressful after awhile of losing.

Dec 25, 2005, 06:28 PM // 18:28	#3
KANE OG Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Guild: Ogmios Graybeards Profession: W/	Farm Grawls! You can get necklaces too.....

Dec 25, 2005, 06:35 PM // 18:35	#4
Symeon Forge Runner Join Date: Jul 2005	Grawl farming outside Surmia, or gargoyle farming outside Nolani, can get you a fair amount of shards but also lots of collectibles (necklaces/skulls) which can account for a lot of winter gifts a lot faster and easier than getting them from snowball fights.

Dec 25, 2005, 06:37 PM // 18:37	#5
MMSDome Raged Out Join Date: Sep 2005	snowball fights are slow, i recommend farm charr at the Great northern wall

Dec 25, 2005, 06:39 PM // 18:39	#6
Former Ruling Grotto Attendant Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cedartown, Georgia Profession: R/	Charr at Nolani are alot easier. Just flip lever and BOOM - like 20 charr run at you. Kill...Restart mission..Kill..Restart Mission..Kill

Dec 25, 2005, 07:07 PM // 19:07	#7
Shusky Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: Flying Purple Hippos	They drop few shards, though. I farmed them for carvings. Which don't give you the awesome Grenth's snowman summoners

Dec 25, 2005, 07:25 PM // 19:25	#8
96TSi Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Fort Worth Guild: Clowns of Wrath[CoW] Profession: W/R	im having the best luck south of piken square down in the water. in 5 minutes i think i got like 7 of them. after i kill them all down there i tele back totown and run back and find like 2-3 more. do that for a while and i got enough to get all the weapons then sell the shards for like 400gold

Dec 25, 2005, 08:00 PM // 20:00	#9
Symeon Forge Runner Join Date: Jul 2005	I didn't know people were actually managing to sell many shards after the initial rush. I bought a few shards, farmed the rest...but now people have all lowered their prices (dam, I could have saved money), but by the constant spamming it seems to show that people aren't managing to sell.

Dec 25, 2005, 08:03 PM // 20:03	#10
Keyote Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Nov 2005	I've tried Char, Grawl and snowball fights. Char didn't drop any at all. Grawl drop quite a few. Snowball fights can give you some, but it's not worth the effort for shards. Grawl outside Surmia is the best way I've found, but sometimes you can hunt them for ages and not find any,

Dec 25, 2005, 09:37 PM // 21:37	#11
LifeInfusion Grotto Attendant Join Date: May 2005 Location: in the midline Profession: E/Mo	Finally got hammer, bow, axe, sword, wand, staff. Thanks guys

Dec 25, 2005, 09:39 PM // 21:39	#12
AxeMe Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Atlanta Guild: HEX Profession: W/	I've done my usual Griffon runs outside Augry and had lots of shards too ... my guess is that anywhere you can aggro big mobs solo will produce a lot of shards.

Dec 25, 2005, 09:44 PM // 21:44	#13
Carinae Forge Runner Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Inside Guild: Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]	Tengu drop them like crazy. I farm the big field of Tengu south of Ascalon Settlement. There's 60-80 Tengu there. Could also try TSL at Riverside.