Primal Farming Guide

by: Jonathan Lee

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Farming Primal Water

Shimmerscale Eels seem to be the best combination of low-level and decent % drops. They can be found in Terokkar Forest, at Slimyr Lake, north of Shattrath. These mobs drop fast, and have a decent drop rate. However, I found them to be always heavily farmed. Still, it's a decent area to spend some time at, and there is also a lot of good mining in the mountain area.

You can also go to the Elemental Plateau in Nagrand and kill Crashing Wave Spirits for these. Previous warnings about this area still apply, especially to Motes of Water, as Primal Water is a particularly huge seller on most servers. Still, the elementals respawn quickly, and drop high-level greens sometimes, so this is a very good place to farm.

Another favorite spot of mine are Lake Spirits, found in Nagrand, in the lake just south of the Throne of the Elements. The lake is huge, so even if others are farming, you can probably go about your business steadily and in relative peace. I usually get about 20 motes per hour or so. If you're not Undead or a Druid, and you have some Nagrand Cherry's left over from A Rare Bean, they let you breath underwater for 30 minutes per cherry. Otherwise, get a Deepdive Helmet, which lets you breath under water.

Muck Spirits around Halaa also drop motes of water, with the added benefit that you don't need to be under water all the time. Blackwind Lake in Skettis in Terokkar Forest has Skettis Surgers, and they can also drop them. This place is somewhat less-often farmed, in my experience. Watch out for the 72 elite! He is deceptively sneaky.

Most high-level fishing spots will also fetch you Motes of Water. Look for Pure Water and fish! That also means you can combine killing at the lakes with fishing. But be warned! Other people want to farm these, too, and there are only so many viable farming spots in the world. Any popular primal farming spot is a good place to get PK'ed.

Farming Primal Fire

Motes of Fire can also be farmed at the Elemental Plateau in Nagrand. See why that place is so popular and dangerous? Kill Raging Fire-Souls there, they drop them often.

You can also go to Forge Camp Terror in the Bladefist Mountains to kill Vile Fire-Souls. This place is nicely out of the way, and you'll have a better chance to farm in peace here. Also in the Bladefist Mountains (northeastern part) you can go to Skald and kill Searing Elementals.

The Hand of Gul'Dan in Shadowmoon valley is another good source of Motes of Fire. Kill Enraged Fire Spirits here.

Wherever you go, if you've got fire resist gear, use it. It will greatly decrease your time between mobs, which will increase your gold per hour! Just watch your back -- if you had an easy time getting to the spot, opposing players will be able to as well, and they'd probably love to kill you.

Primal Fire sells very well in the Auction House!

Farming Primal Mana

Netherstorm is just about the only place where you can farm for Motes of Mana. I recommend Wizard's Row in Kirin'Var village. Look for Mana Seekers and Mageslayers. You can drop these guys pretty quickly, and make great gold here.

Head south of Area 52 and you'll find Nether Rays and Mana Wraiths. You can also kill Mana Snappers along the edges of the islands, which are less frequently farmed.

Primal Mana is probably one of the most expensive Primals on the Auction House, so don't be afraid to sell high.

Farming Primal Life

The Bone Wastes in Terokkar are a great place to farm lower-level mobs. Look for Infested Root Walkers and Rotting Forest Ragers, which both have decent drop rates, and are only around level 64.

The Dead Mire in Zangamarsh is another good spot, with even lower level enemies. Remember how many Withered Bog Lords you killed here when you were questing? They'll go down even more easily if you're around 70, and they drop Motes of Life regularly.

Primal Life, like Primal Earth, is fairly easy to come by, and so doesn't fetch a huge price in the Auction House, unfortunately.

Primal Shadow

Motes of Shadow are the most easy to come by, out of all of them. Go to Hellfire Peninsula's Pools of Aggonar and kill Terrorfiends for them. They are only level 61 ish, and you'll go through them like butter. Chances are this was the first place you saw a Mote of anything drop, and you said to yourself AWhat the heck is this thing?@ There's also less of a chance of any higher-level PK'ers wandering around.

Also in Hellfire Peninsula is The Warp Fields, in the south. Kill the Uncontrolled Voidwalkers to quickly build up your Mote of Shadow supply. There seems to be an endless supply of these mobs, and I've never seen them farmed.

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