A fruitful farm route.

[Sonoma]

While crafting another Supertrinket, I found myself 2 Bruised Spoor Pods short for a Ranged Alacrity. So I sent an Arcane Archer out to farm the Ruins of Gianthold. The route was: Teleport to Stormfist point, do the Giant rare nearby (2 packs) then go on to the Gnoll rare (1 pack), slaying on the way. Recall, reset, etc.

I did not count the number of trips, but being stubborn, I did not stop until I had the pods. My take:

1 Amulet of the Archbishop
1 Blade of the Dark Six
1 House Sealed Letter
1 Mark of the Keeper
1 Necromatic Gem
1 Runic Parchment
1 Sour Darkcap
2 Planar Spoors
2 Silver Flame Hymnals
2 Scolarly Notes
2 Signet of the Devourer
2 Charred Sourwoods
3 Lodestones
3 Amulets of the Lost Empire
3 Ceramic Bowls
4 Singed Sourwoods
5 Planar Crystals
6 Romantic Sonnets
7 Funerary Tokens

and finally;
2 Bruised Spoor Pods

Also, 9 assorted Ancient Relics, 34 Cannoth Essences, 8 dissolvable items, and a Collapsed Portable Hole.

The Arcane Archer (lvl 11) was a poor choice for this, but I'm trying to level him to 12 for hand-me-down gear.

[Sonoma]

I ran the farm again, with a faster, more deadly alt.

The first surprise was getting a ransack warning on a rare chest. After that, it would not drop ancient relics.

The second surprise was pulling a glove of ogre power +4 from a chest. This was old-old equipment, as was rejected totally from the crafting station.

Not a surprise: out of 68 items in 22 types, not a single Bruised Spoor Pod.

I humbly request that you fix the mix, Turbine.



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[EllisDee37]

No, definitely do not increase nature drops in adventure packs and rubble. Keep them super low as they are, and keep culture super high as they are. Nature are trivially easy to farm, while culture is literally impossible beyond tier 3. (There are ZERO culture drops above tier 3 in the entire game. The only option is adventure packs and rubble.)

If you need bruised spore pods, farm The Last Stand.

[Sonoma]

Thanks for the tip. Just have to open elite to get tier 3, then 3 fungus patches around the town.