This is How To Farm the New Collectables System Efficiently

[RTFM]

I must thank the OP for this great post. It is very helpful! Great job!

[boredman]

Looking for archaic logbooks but don't have grim and barett pack, being doing good intentions and precious cargo instead, but for some reason archaic logbooks seems to drop very little from adventure packs, even more rare than ornate charms and pouch of bone frags.

Is there more lore Bookshelves in other lvl 26+ quests and which ones, thanks

Edit: I found The Mask of deception to be an excelent option to grim an barett for t6 lore (cabinet in the tavern near shrine) and also has one arcane collectable as well (library), both can be found in 2 min or less in epic casual.

[Franghasea]

For a relatively easy Tier 5 Arcane, farm Rusted Blades on normal. Upon entry run through the upstairs right door, follow the path and then when you start down the ramp, there is a cabinet underneath. Then head north to the dinning hall and there is a second cabinet there immediately to the right of the entry door. No fighting, just running.

Franghasea

[Taenion]

Here's a list of quests I've been farming for collectibles:

Tier 1 (Lvl 1-5)
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#### • Page Torn from a Research Notebook (Lore) - Haverdasher
#### • Khyber Prayer Pamphlet (Lore) - Haverdasher
#### • Tome: Prophecies of Khyber (Lore) - Haverdasher

Tier 2 (Lvl 6-10)
-----------------
#### • Caravan Logbook (Lore) - Partycrashers
#### • Pheonix Tavern Purchase Order (Lore) - Partycrashers*
#### • Research Diary (Lore) - Partycrashers
#### • 'Wavecrasher' Cargo Manifest (Lore) - Partycrashers
#### • Tome: Myths of Old Xen'drik (Lore) - Partycrashers
#### • Tome: Stormreach Imports and Exports, 857YK (Lore) - Partycrashers

#### • Skull Fragment (Arcane) - Partycrashers
#### • Glittering Dust (Arcane) - Partycrashers
#### • Powdered Blood (Arcane) - Partycrashers
#### • Sparkling Dust (Arcane) - Partycrashers
#### • Intact Fingerbone (Arcane) - Partycrashers
#### • Luminescent Dust (Arcane) - Partycrashers

#### • Withered Cryptmoss (Natural) - A Small Problem
#### • Cryptmoss Worm Larva (Natural) - A Small Problem
#### • Cryptmoss (Natural) - A Small Problem
#### • Cryptmoss Worm (Natural) - A Small Problem
#### • Lush Cryptmoss (Natural) - A Small Problem
#### • Cryptmoss Queen (Natural) - A Small Problem
#### • Shamanic Totem (Natural) - A Small Problem
#### • Necromantic Gem (Natural) - A Small Problem

I have no idea how efficient these are, with the exception of A Small Problem, which may be the single best quest for Tier II and Tier V Natural.

[koluka]

Thought the beginning of EE Tor would be a good place for T6 cultural (mob bags). They did drop a few but all T3. Not sure if this is a bug and if it is if it will ever be fixed.

I thought I remembered reading somewhere that the bags are going to stay random.

[koluka]

Many thanks to Dancing Hawktopus for the post and the effort this would have taken. Muchly appreciated.


edit/update: terminal delerium normal for brass censors. lots of them.
casual for mortar and pestle

other collectables in zone but i think those of most interest.

"The Last Stand" in red fens has three natural nodes that can be harvested in a minute or 2 and then reset. Not really my thing, I just did a couple of times to see that it could be done.

[QuantumFX]

I thought I remembered reading somewhere that the bags are going to stay random.

It depends on what they mean by “random”. Go do any of the Epic Gianthold quests you’ll see that all the mobs are only dropping tier 3 collectible bags across all difficulties. If “random” means that it’s based on mob type, the Giants/Trolls/Ogres should be pulling from Tier 3 and the Hobgoblins/Orcs should be pulling from Tier 2. (If you check out Fran’s video from earlier in the thread, you’ll see that Tangleroot Hobgoblins are dropping bags in the Tier 2 range.)

[Atheok]

Grim and Barret also has a Crude Altar giving Arcane. After taking the right turn for the bookshelf, turn around and go downstairs to the Orthon. Easy to get, 1 more spawn to kill or not if u have dd.

Tomb of the Unhallowed - Necro 3 (11) - 2 Bookshelves: 1st one Lore, 2nd one Arcane, straight forward, less than 1 min farm
C - T2 Lore, T2 Arcane
N - T3 Lore, T3 Arcane

Tomb of the Forbidden - Necro 3 (11) - Crude Altar - Arcane & Adventurer's Pack - Any, staright forward, less than 1 min farm
C - T2 Arcane, T2 Any
N - T3 Arcane, T3 Any

[Cantor]

Sharing some data. This is from casual T6 vol runs doing right side only. 2 grabbags and 1 altar. I decided this is much more efficient than doing both sides. <1 minute per run since ddoor not always up.

type:common,uncommon,rare
arcane: 61,11,3
lore: 20,6,2
cultural: 41,10,3
natural: 11,0,0

Anecdotally (200+ runs, first farm not reported here sorry) bags seem to have high chance of cultural and low chance of natural, I did get some uncommon/rare naturals on earlier runs but still more cultural. Which is fine since breaking the ranks is great natural farm, and mob bags are borked.

[SuperNiCd]

—Eyes of Stone (11) ~3 min, jump skill is handy
Talk to Tollis, enter palace, Talk with Ona, proceed west to basement/library and clear square hall counter-clockwise, recall & reset
Bookshelf (Lore), Mold (Natural), Bookshelf (Lore), Cabinet (Arcane), Bookshelf (Lore),
HC=T3 Lore x3, T3 Arcane,T3 Natural

[CaptainPurge]

Mask of Deception (16, 30)
Rubble and Scroll Rack inside compound
There is also a cabinet in the bar but requires opening a door while getting plinked by archers

Lore, Any
HC T3
HN T4
EC T6

[BoBoDaClown]

Any good ideas for tier 6 cultural?

[EllisDee37]

Any good ideas for tier 6 cultural?

I'm curious as well. It seems to be hard to find any cultural farm greater than Tier 3 since virtually all the mobs show up somewhere in heroic levels.

In the pursuit of tier 5 cultural I tried:
- Blown to Bits, until I remembered halfway through the manufactury that the warforged drop special warforged ingredient parts, not treasure bags.
- Weapons Shipment Elite: 262 mobs killed, 0 treasure bags. So I'm going to cross all of Amrath off the list.

[TacoStand]

+1 OP

awesome thread

[Tscheuss]

Any good ideas for tier 6 cultural?

Rubble and Packs?

[Krelar]

Mask of Deception (16, 30)
Rubble and Scroll Rack inside compound
There is also a cabinet in the bar but requires opening a door while getting plinked by archers

If you put on one of the masks from the first two guys you fight you don't have to fight anyone in the compound. (Remember to turn off any auras)

There is also a fungus in the supply room and an adventure's pack at the bottom by the dragon mask (To get this last one you either need search for the secret door, social skills to talk the arms master into letting you in, or fight your way through.)

[VorpalKnight]

For tier 3/5 Cultural go to Normal/Epic Wheloon Prison and loot the Adventurers Packs all over the place. Adventurers Pack have a chance to drop other collectibles than cultural, but within 30 minutes I had the 5 Stone Fetishes I needed as well as lots of smoldering embers so its not too bad.

[Cantor]

Any good ideas for tier 6 cultural?

Vol right side. See my post above with stats. Sadly unless they fix monster bags cultural will continue to only be in advbag and rubble for high levels.

[mcalm3000]

This thread is really great in showing how players can help each other and compile useful information. Its also a sad statement that the response to vastly more expensive crafting systems is to create a new metagame around zerging quests to find collectables.

I applaud your efforts and sentiment but deep down the real solution is crafting costs that are more in line with reality. I will choose the buy option when it appears but I cant help thinking that the new crafting is fairly obnoxious. Am I wrong?

[Tscheuss]

This thread is really great in showing how players can help each other and compile useful information. Its also a sad statement that the response to vastly more expensive crafting systems is to create a new metagame around zerging quests to find collectables.

I applaud your efforts and sentiment but deep down the real solution is crafting costs that are more in line with reality. I will choose the buy option when it appears but I cant help thinking that the new crafting is fairly obnoxious. Am I wrong?

I cannot disagree with you about the new system.

But I really cannot disagree about the nice, helpful players, either, and I think that is more important.