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Ken34 · Nov 29, 2007, 02:41 PM // 14:41

are these farmeable besides in the UW or FOW? how do you guys go about getting your rubies when you need them? do you suck it up and pay all that cash or do you have ways of getting rubies cheaper/more efficiently?

malko050987 · Nov 29, 2007, 02:46 PM // 14:46

Usually, you can find people selling some. Not that often, but it happens.

You can get them as drops from the Hulking Elementals in Old Ascalon, but I've only gotten one in 100+ runs, so it's not reliable.

Farming for cash and buying them seems to be the best option.

onerabbit · Nov 29, 2007, 02:47 PM // 14:47

salvage ruby weapons.

malko050987 · Nov 29, 2007, 02:52 PM // 14:52

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Originally Posted by onerabbit

salvage ruby weapons.

You need to be insanely lucky for that to work consistently, right? Like r3/4 in Wisdom and Treasure.

I've salvaged quite a lot of ruby Mauls, and never got a Ruby.

pkodyssey · Nov 29, 2007, 03:09 PM // 15:09

Put a "Highly Salvagable" inscription on a set of Ruby daggers and your chance increase drastically. I get 1 in 5 usually.

Antheus · Nov 29, 2007, 03:39 PM // 15:39

Given the drop rate, buying them is the most efficient way.

Skinny Corpse · Nov 29, 2007, 04:19 PM // 16:19

I've been farming the Beetles in HM in Mirror of Lyss for the geode drops, wich
with some luck can be salvaged into gems.. but they can be a bit frustrating as
they're insane with their interrupts.

Zodiak · Nov 29, 2007, 06:30 PM // 18:30

If you do insist on trying to farm these, here are the locations to do so:

Prophecies: Stone Elementals outside Sardelac Sanitarium
Nightfall: Farming Djinn in the Hidden City of Ahdashim
Nightfall: Farming Rain Beetles outside of Dzagonur Bastion
Nightfall: Farming Rain Beetles outside the Mirror of Lyss
Nightfall: Farming Rain Beetles in the Holdings of Chokhin (Added)

Those are your best bets and not that much of a long shot. The first two being the better options. Trying to farm Rain Beetles for Geodes can be less successful.

Memphis Rain · Nov 30, 2007, 04:24 PM // 16:24

Add Holdings of Chokhin to the list of places, start from Mihanu Township and make your way to Tenezel the Quick and then around the back way, altogether there are about 20-30 Rock/Rain Beetles to kill for Geodes, and this run can be done with the Spirit Bond/Smite monk set up.

shrouded^god · Nov 30, 2007, 07:27 PM // 19:27

The stone eles are how I do mine, I usually pull 800-1k+granite+charcoal every run and maybe every 75 runs or so Ill get a ruby. I usually just buy them though -.- or buy trade contracts...

Sister Rosette · Nov 30, 2007, 07:30 PM // 19:30

It's a ridiculously low chance, but you can also salvage them out of Ruby Djinn Essences. But the chances are 1/30, at best.

ShadowsRequiem · Nov 30, 2007, 08:34 PM // 20:34

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Originally Posted by malko050987

You need to be insanely lucky for that to work consistently, right? Like r3/4 in Wisdom and Treasure.

I've salvaged quite a lot of ruby Mauls, and never got a Ruby.

No

Go into a place with lots of monsters that drop ruby/jeweled daggers like the hidden city.

Even white daggers will salvage into gems. This is how I got all my rubies for vabbian armor on my mesmer.

Jeweled daggers seem to be a lot better then ruby weapons way better. I've been 3/4 on some jeweled daggers where maybe 1/5 on ruby daggers.

Imo buy jeweled not ruby daggers

White Lies · Dec 01, 2007, 09:22 PM // 21:22

ok rubies r no longer a prob 4 me thanks 2 this thread

but now wat about saphires?

shrouded^god · Dec 01, 2007, 09:44 PM // 21:44

I usually just buy the sapphires...

Abedeus · Dec 01, 2007, 11:34 PM // 23:34

Sapphires drop pretty often from Old Ascalon's elementals.

But you can buy them... And by the way, buy also something like a dictionary. Wat is not a correct for of ,,what'', dots and big letters do exist, R is not a word.

Ken34 · Dec 02, 2007, 12:16 AM // 00:16

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Originally Posted by ShadowsRequiem

No

Go into a place with lots of monsters that drop ruby/jeweled daggers like the hidden city.

Even white daggers will salvage into gems. This is how I got all my rubies for vabbian armor on my mesmer.

Jeweled daggers seem to be a lot better then ruby weapons way better. I've been 3/4 on some jeweled daggers where maybe 1/5 on ruby daggers.

Imo buy jeweled not ruby daggers

you salvage the ruby daggers with expert salvage kits right? how often would you say they turn into rubies? cause i am getting no luck currently.

Marverick · Dec 02, 2007, 12:59 AM // 00:59

Go to Hidden City of Ahdashim HM and kill the Djinns in the courtyard, keep all the Jeweled/Ruby Daggers/Mauls and Iridescent/Diamond Aegises you get, put Measure for Measures on them and salvage. I'm at 7/9 with those right now just salvaging those that I come by, seems to be most reliable way to "farm them" specifically. And if you don't get the ruby you still get a load of dust which for some reason is actually worth something now.

Find_&_Seek · Dec 03, 2007, 08:48 PM // 20:48

Sandstorm Crags are pretty good for farming as a duo in the Junundu wurms me and my friend were taking it in turns tanking/rezing and doing damage (though we werent farming gems but the collectables xD) I was lucky enough to get a ruby and sapphire dropped, but then again sapphires also drop off wardens in the kurzick areas ^^ (hence why all the bots were there and sapphires dropped in price)

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The Far Shooter · Dec 03, 2007, 09:26 PM // 21:26

Rubies DO drop in UW as I have got 2 rubies in one run from Smite Crawlers. This was after like 50 runs and I have never got one since and never had got one before that.

Abedeus · Dec 03, 2007, 09:53 PM // 21:53

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Originally Posted by Find_&_Seek

Sandstorm Crags are pretty good for farming as a duo in the Junundu wurms me and my friend were taking it in turns tanking/rezing and doing damage (though we werent farming gems but the collectables xD) I was lucky enough to get a ruby and sapphire dropped, but then again sapphires also drop off wardens in the kurzick areas ^^ (hence why all the bots were there and sapphires dropped in price)

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Actually, every mob in the game has a chance of dropping a Sapphire/Ruby/Diamond. Bots are farming Wardens for items/materials (a lot of Fur). Sapphires are cheaper because in one of the end-dungeon chests there was a 100% chance for Diamond and everyone farmed it (Frostmaw? Heart of the Shiverpeaks?), but it got changed to random, like all chests.