One group Air Arachnid Silk farming?

[Sayleth]

Is this possible? Seems like I have read that it is, but it looks to be a tall order. Or maybe the silks drop from some other stuff as well?

Any advice, suggestions, etc. is welcomed.

Thanks
Sayleth

[Ianthe]

Really doubt it'd be feasible. If you have one very well oiled group and clear the outside edge of the first isle (and a chanter on their toes) you might be able to get up to the first 4 way split (as long as the annoying disease cloud named isn't up). Then it'd be a matter of hoping that spider roamers would pop...

Being as how the 4th isle is where all the spider lie in wait (evil sigi! EVIL!) all you could really hope for are random wanderers. You'd need to tank to split non mezzable adds.. So: warrior, sk, cleric, druid, enchanter, shaman is your best bet for a single group.

Wish you luck, but honestly your best bet is to bribe your guild leaders into letting you have the drops

[Catranizi]

I wouldn't recommend 1 group.

There are 2 spots that could make sense to kill them. First ways, and second 4 ways (by camping in a side tunnel at either camp).

First 4 ways could be possible with a group. The main problem are roamers. Get a mob in camp, start killing it and get a spider/mephit add and you're probably toast.

Second 4 ways would need 2 groups. First, to get there faster (lots of trash to clear on the way up). Second, the spider island isn't easy to split (trust me!) and you might end up with 2 pristine recluse. Fun fun fun.

[Rendael Brigh]

So: warrior, sk, cleric, druid, enchanter, shaman is your best bet for a single group.

Wish you luck, but honestly your best bet is to bribe your guild leaders into letting you have the drops


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Ianthe - 65 Dread Lord

Spoken like a true SK, with no mention of paladins

[Catranizi]

Really, just go do Sigismund event all over again, it's loads of fun... :|

[Ianthe]

While Paladins CAN FD split, SK's keep their buffs

[Taraddar]

It might be possible but it sure wouldn't be easy.

The first island is annoying at the very least because of the green trash that spawns off all the stuff on the first island. There is also the potential to spawn a named off them instead. I don't know of any way of telling if the named is up or what controls his spawn. He hits fairly hard and procs shadowstep on the tank so would be very difficult for a single group to do.

Assuming you get past the first bit the large concentration of spiders is up on the 4th island. Unfortunately I don't think it's really possible for a single group to get all the way up there. If you could it would take a long time of clearing. There are a few wandering spiders before then which is what you'd probably have to rely on.

The biggest problem as already said would be wanderers. A spider add can kill someone really quick and they are easy to miss given their looks and the nature of the zone. They hit pretty hard and proc an annoying stun.

Impossible? probably not. Definitely hard as heck and risky.

[Delores Mulva]

If you were patient, you could always wait at zone-in for wanderers to come. They all path to the wall, so you should be able to pull them to the book without getting armour adds. If you only need a few silks, like for a robe combine or a bowstring, that would be workable.

Delores Mulva
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Quellious

[Catranizi]

To boot, the 4th island isn't exactly easy to split, mobs have fairly large social aggro, they usually path back at the same time too...

And one failed FD will kill any monk / SK unless they are really lucky.

[Sayleth]

Thanks for the info guys. Doesnt sound like its really viable for most groups.

Sayleth

[Grimlach]

Patience

You will get more than enough silk when your guild does dust ring; just be patient. It really isnt possible just killing roamers as you will spend way too much effort to even get a single spider spawn; not to mention all the roamers quad 1k hasted.