REPOST: How to do Ornate Chain and make a profit!

[KennyCelican]

Well, if you're gonna be farming in SK or Paw, you can bind to a forge, then Port back to NK and run at SoW speeds back to SK / Paw, can you not?

I mean, it does eat up aminute or two, but I still recall playing EQ on dialup, where a bad zone-fairly-hostage incident could tie up that much time.

Not optimal as Port directly to forge / Gate directly to hunt, but not too shabby.

By the way, you could Port up to nexus and run over to ShadowHaven. There is a forge not too far at all from the Nexus / ShadowHaven Port Platform.

[Naeen]

Just port into PoK. Plenty of forges there.

[Windru Peacekeaper]

ports

druids can port to Misty and run into Rivervale, Tox and run into Erudin, Steamfont into Akanon, Twilight Sea into Katta, Dawnshroud into Sanctus Seru, Nexus into Shadowhaven, and Butcherblock into Kaladim.

None of those are especially close to a zone, except for Misty - Rivervale.

I have not seen a forge in Surefall, just a merchant selling molds...

Windru Peacekeaper

[Ame]

being a cleric and farmimng acrylia and velium is a nightmare to say the least - thank heavens for faithstones/spiritstones - now i can bind in grimling forest - use faithstone to get back to paineel (my beloved home which until a few patches ago was bugged cause i couldnt get out of the cleric area ) bank or work the materials (banking preferably because paineel isnt the best equiped tradezone in all of Norrath) and then gate back to grimling forrest.

once i finished my farming all i need do is port to paineel and either use the book to PoK or the spires ... so convinient now

[Radasar]

Fine steel.. another location

I have to say that if you want to go the fine steel to hq ore route and not trash your good fac, you can go to mistmoore castle, you get neg agents of mistmoore and mayone mistmoore fac, but gain ring of scale, and antonican bard fac, money and loot is ok in mmc, but its fairly dangerous alone, but there are rarely people there
unfortunately I learned about the fine steel to ore conversion to late to use.. I was selling the FS weapons for plat to buy HQ ore.. talk about irony
(pun intended)

[Nhin Impious]

Fine Steel Weapon source

The Tae Ew lizard folk in Feerott drop FS weapons on occasion... and most of them drop a plat or two apiece. They're blue to me at 27, and most of them are fairly easy to single out and solo (especially with Calm, Root, etc.) for a Cleric.

You can go directly from the spot to the PoK book in same zone and straight up to PoK and the forges there. I've been hunting there since 24 (and actually hoping this post gets someone else on Vallon Zek to mosey over... could use a huntin' partner)

Nhin

[sir0die]

i was bound in nexus, i'd take PoK book into ferrot, run due west to Rathe zone line, hunt in rathe till full of weapons (i'd even /ooc wtb FS weapons), when full i'd gate out, back to nexus, then i'd zone into SH and smith my HQ rings in SH. Then i'd go back to POK and buy the gold and patterns and smith the rest in POK, then use book back to ferrot and start all over again.

some times, i'd just convert the weapons to rings, then head staight back to ferrot (VIA PoK book). especially when Rathe had few people in it.

however if you aren't concerned about faction, you could hunt guards in HHK.

advatages
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sword give small block + small piece
2 zones away from Rivervale

disadvantages
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faction issues
HGs in rathe give ya more plat
Rivervale don't sell the nessesary chainmail patterns



when i'd buy FS from folks in rathe, i'd fill my packs about 3/4, earning a crap of plat from MY kills. Then i'd buy however many i needed to fill my packs full. Usually paid 10p per weapon. after all, i got alot more plat now, than before i entered the zone. I'd also offer atm services to those i bought from, afterall, i knew i was gonna gate out, so what the hell, why not, they apreciated it.

[Rendael Brigh]

The next time you are in that place that has the orcs, gnolls, shops, and that fort you can zone into, take a look at the real names of those zones :P

Concerning faction:

Qeynos corrupt guards are all wimps except for Lt Dagarok. He is a semi-common spawn that wanders from his station in the corner near the pool by the monk guild, to near the Priest of Discord. He shares the route with a lesser guard that spawns in the same spot.
He is a sk with a halberd that is basically a gate guard type, BUT no matter your level, he hits like a Protector of Zek (300s).
He has high MR, so as stunning him is futile.
I personally want revenge help from guildmates as he killed me once fast and unexpectedly a while back in late 40s or early 50s.
I was turning in some gnoll pup scalps to the monk trainer Phin while he was standing at the PoD.
I was in trade window when I get HT in 700s I think, then slashed for 300s several times.
I was dead before I could turn around.

All the other Qeynos corrupt guards are green to level 20.

Freeport is no problem. Just use the tunnel to NFP.

For you paladins that still want to do your epic, and you have never done Soulfire which is required, you will need your faction with that banker in that aforementioned "fort".
If you ever want to redo Soulfire to have your own personal 5 charge instant cast CH item, you will need to rework faction, or keep it.

[Kaaba]

The best zone for getting fine steel weapons is Oggok, hands down. I go there with my 63 ranger and I kill all the guards (they are around 33-37 and don't take that long for me to kill maybe 30 seconds, they have like 2k hps maybe), and they are respawning before I finish all the roaming and stationary guards (I do a cycle of around 16 guards or so). I can sneak and buy water at the first vendor in the zone so I can break down the FS, then there is forge inside the zone by the vendor who sells large fine plate molds (this vendor is indifferent to all by the way so anyone can sell and buy from him), I break down the weapons and convert them to rings there. I also make 10 pp or so per guard in gems, coin loot and shields that I sell. I did this the other night for 3 or so hours and left with 60 HQ rings and about 500 pp more than I came there with.

[tomojo]

Originally posted by Kaaba
The best zone for getting fine steel weapons is Oggok, hands down. I go there with my 63 ranger and I kill all the guards (they are around 33-37 and don't take that long for me to kill maybe 30 seconds, they have like 2k hps maybe), and they are respawning before I finish all the roaming and stationary guards (I do a cycle of around 16 guards or so). I can sneak and buy water at the first vendor in the zone so I can break down the FS, then there is forge inside the zone by the vendor who sells large fine plate molds (this vendor is indifferent to all by the way so anyone can sell and buy from him), I break down the weapons and convert them to rings there. I also make 10 pp or so per guard in gems, coin loot and shields that I sell. I did this the other night for 3 or so hours and left with 60 HQ rings and about 500 pp more than I came there with.

It doesn't take a level 63 player to do much the same in SolA.
My level 50 chanter uses his pet to fight and a level 1 DOT to pull. Keeping Berzerker Strength on self and pet, it is easy to make the rounds of the northern mines. Good amounts of FS weaps, as well as small and some large HQ ore. Bonuses include Kindle, Singe, Koblod Predator, etc. Loot everything, and when getting weighed down, head to the vendor with the Tinkerers bag and Travelers boots. Sell everything but the FS and Gems first, then buy the HQ ore he has (don't buy FS weaps from him - too expensive), then buy any gems he has to reduce cash weight since gems will re-sell with little loss. After less than 2 hours and with over 6 bags full of HQ ore and FS weaps and over a bag of gems, I had over 1Kpp cash after sale of gems and enough ore/weaps to make almost 3 stacks of HQ rings.

I could barely move even with the buffs, one Tinkerers bag and a Ralick Pack, but my pet did the fighting, so I didn't have to move much anyway and the dumb little buggers didn't even agro when my pet was chasing a runnaway right past 'em.

I was bound by the banker in PoK so that I could bank enough to be able to move while smithing. And the run from Nektulos thru Lavastorm isn't that bad.

PS. I never fought any gnomes or clockworks.

[Kaaba]

Also guards in Oggok drop fine steel, and theres a forge there as well. I farmed ore there when I was skilling up and it only took a couple nights, every guard from the zone in to the forge drops 1 or 2 fine steel weapons, a shield that sells for a plat or so, up to 6 pp in coin and various gems and ivory.