Curse

Ic Zero · Oct 02, 2006, 11:02 PM // 23:02

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Originally Posted by Addone_Abaddon

Catacombs in pre-searing, I get loads every time I go in there

yea, dyes seems to drop more in pre-searing for some reason

DeanBB · Oct 02, 2006, 11:20 PM // 23:20

You get a big mob of Charr if you do Nolani and just go straight to the gate, open 'er up and let in the horde. As far as dyes go, they are random, they'll drop anywhere, you just need to be solo and kill a lot of critters.

You may be better off just farming the gold and buying it though, which I believe was a point already made.

Amity and Truth · Oct 02, 2006, 11:21 PM // 23:21

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Originally Posted by Special_K

try running straight to the undead behind the house without killing the undead behind the peasants and see if you see a difference in the number of undead there.

Actually, yes. Been there, done that. The amount of undead does increase quite a bit. I'd say about 2x as much.

manager · Oct 02, 2006, 11:49 PM // 23:49

Btw, i usually get at least 1 or 2 dyes per run while doing Vermin farming. SOMETIMES(very rare), Shreader drops a Black. I got 2 from him already.

Young Hero · Oct 03, 2006, 12:46 PM // 12:46

Grawls between Frontier Gate and Ruins Of Surmia

Discovered during last years Winter's Day event.While farming necklaces I had at least 15 Blacks drop.

Evilsod · Oct 03, 2006, 02:06 PM // 14:06

Easy enough to just farm Kirins outside Maatu. 4 groups of kirins, the odd undergrowth, a few minutes a run, 800-1k of drops, the odd high priced item, the odd gold, etc. Guildy has had 1 Ruby 1 Sapphire 2 Black Dyes and plenty of golds from there. Not exactly high risk either.

pegasux · Oct 03, 2006, 02:09 PM // 14:09

i get tons of dyes from harvest temple...and the rare gold drops now =(. got 2 black dyes on my first day there. the farm there as many of you know has been nerfed...golds don't drop every run as it used too. but you still make 800-1800 per run...2min runs.

boxterduke · Oct 03, 2006, 03:56 PM // 15:56

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Originally Posted by Haggard

A friend of mine solos undead in Kryta - as well as making about 120k a day, she also gets about 0-2 black dyes a day. I think she had 5 or so last week.

Gates of Kryta does drop a lot of dye but its all random and if she is getting 2 black a day then more power to her.

But......
120k a day farming Gates of Kryta, wow
Unless she does it 23.5 hours a day out of the 24 hours I do not see it happening.

pegasux · Oct 03, 2006, 04:34 PM // 16:34

yeah 120k seems way way to high...if that were the case then bots would be everywhere there. unless she farms 12 hrs a day and gets say 10k an her...but 10k seems very high for that area.

Haggard · Oct 04, 2006, 06:58 AM // 06:58

Well, she is insane and I don't think she actually requires real sleep. I'll ask her again tonight.

jrk247 · Oct 04, 2006, 07:26 AM // 07:26

^ I think your friend is exaggerating or she doesn't just farm Gates of Kryta, because if it is ~1k a run and 1-2 black dyes in a day that doesn't add up to 120k, unless she only gets like 2 hours of sleep in a day.

Black Dye is a random drop, but I have noticed that it seems to drop more in low level areas of the game. I have only had like 2 or 3 drop for me so far in GW. One was in pre and the others were in Fort Ranik and some other Ascalon mission. I think you would be better off just farming trolls or vermin to make 2-3k a run and just buy the dye when you make enough money.

Seventh · Oct 04, 2006, 08:34 AM // 08:34

If a run takes 5 minutes then she could plausibly do it in 10 hours, not counting the dyes. You also have to take the farm code into consideration, so I would say 11-12 hours without counting the dyes.

I also for some reason seem to get my fair share of black dyes in front of post-searing Ascalon, and outside of Serenity Temple.

NEOgeo · Oct 04, 2006, 10:40 AM // 10:40

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Originally Posted by Haggard

A friend of mine solos undead in Kryta - as well as making about 120k a day, she also gets about 0-2 black dyes a day. I think she had 5 or so last week.

this is not possible :]

the best place in gw for dyes is presear , in my experience the drop rates of all dyes are about twice as much in pre as they are in post.

Xxalon Tacotu · Oct 04, 2006, 11:08 AM // 11:08

Did the run twice last night (died horribly the other twice that I tried it - Not enough minions for MM to survive).

Anyway. Considering that I have only had 2 Black Dyes drop for me in the last year of playing, I got one on my second run.

So maybe there is something in all this.

Takes me 20 to 25 minutes to complete the circular run, and I make around 1.5k, plus a load of materials (avarage 150 bones per run, plus others).

On top of this, there was the dye (9.5k)

So I got about 13k, plus around 2k of materials. Not too bad for an hour's work.

Makes a nice change from either hydras or Ettins, anyway. This is much more difficult/interesting for a MM.

Slainster · Oct 04, 2006, 12:44 PM // 12:44

Sounds fun enough to try for the hell of it if nothing else

Dr Ripley · Oct 04, 2006, 09:37 PM // 21:37

Same. My tank needs something new to smash around, and this sounds just right...

onerabbit · Oct 04, 2006, 10:10 PM // 22:10

Tis good fun, but the Degen always kills me, so there about 50items on the floor and im dead...a friend of mine uses healing hands, but i dont have. but its good fun

Bloodied Blade · Oct 05, 2006, 11:00 AM // 11:00

Got a black dye of off a mino in elona last night...first time.

UAF_Omega · Oct 05, 2006, 01:58 PM // 13:58

Iv gotten 6 Black dye drops so far,
2 in pre, (Grawl Invader and 1 from Ice Elementals)
1 outside Post Ascalon, (a Hulking Elemental) and
3 outside Droks Troll Farming. ( 1 was from the W boss and 2 were from normal trolls.)

Lutricia Avendale · Oct 05, 2006, 03:30 PM // 15:30

Okay!
Since everybody THINKS that blacks drop more in pre, I have only one thing to say - You don't have to think! It's true. And there is a perfectly normal explanation! and here it is:

In pre-searing it's a LOW-lvl. area. That means that only "LOW-lvl." drops can drop. (You get me?) Dye is "low" so they can drop.
Other stuff like rare materials and rare items (Black dye is NOT "rare") CAN'T drop in pre.
So now we got fewer items that can drop. (Get the point?) That increases the drop rate (TYPO!)

Hope this will stop all of you from thinking "Maybe"