by Stow on Nov 10, 2009
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Welcome to the Red Lava Cliffs,
or the Salitnus
Rise. Either one works about the same for this tier, because
all you'll likely be tapping is Adamantium.
Follow the outermost ridges on the rise as you approach the Ice Claw
Village and you'll find plenty of Adamantium
for the taking. Jump off the cliff and check the area below
for more
spawns and as you make your way up mining more, you'll find the nodes
have respawned.
If you prefer the more dangerous volcano route, do long paths along the
road to Alsig
Village. Platinum and Adamantite
spawns all alongside it, and you can go along the southern of the two
roads going east for more opportunities. If you reached a
bridge with
the Tree NPC,
stop! You've gone too far! I've already scouted the
area beyond it
and there's nothing there :( If all else fails in this tier
you can
return to the Sprigg
Habitat and harvest up another stack of Kirka
and Chikra
that you did for the last part before.
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...Now
you have to go to the Red Lava Cliffs and run the exact same pattern if
you did it already, and target Platinum.
If you are level 30-33, I would find an ideal spot, between two or
three good nodes, and just get in a grinding rhythm, extracting
whenever the nodes are up. It can grate on you but you can
level both
extraction and your character at the same time at a respectable
rate.
Take all of the adamantite
and platinum you can get, and be on the lookout for rarer crystal nodes
as you trek to the east. While they aren't the best to skill
up, at
this point you know how much those silly handicrafters
and alchemists will pay for these fancy stones. Unless you
are one
yourself, that is. In that case my apologies and I wish you
luck on
being self-sufficient on your endeavors... but take adamantium
to 240 before you start passing it over at least, and go for platinum
from there. Most people care less about platinum
so you're more likely
to find those nodes untouched than the smithing
ores.
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If you're a tailor, you'll love me. Xilix
is all over the damn place in the Alsig
Crossroad. Look next to trees, in fields, behind
you, you'll see it
every few enemies. Hell, you'll even see it around town if
you're one
of those crazy bastards leveling up the skill before you can even
handle the enemies in the area. Just look right outside the
south gate
and to the west after that, outside the southwest gate. Two
easy
spawns and you shouldn't have to touch a single enemy to get them, and
a 250 log or two along the way.
This can take you to 300 if you can stomach it. Of course, if
you're
feeling brave, I have something else in mind.
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You will likely hate me for this, but the fastest way to do it with no
competition is to go to North Brusthonin.
Yes, a level 45+ area. I am not sending you to die for no
reason. At
this point in the game you know how to judge aggro ranges and thread
the needle when running in-between two aggressive enemies.
You will
make use of these skills and go to where no one really is at this
point, at least to gather. Zeller
and Pressa
are in abundance in the area immediately west and north of the NPC
guards of the border between the 20 and 45 zones. You should
be able to access a Pressa
node from within sight alone while standing at the guards, just
northeast of them. If you're too much of a sissy to go out
further,
just harvest this to 300. If you want to get your feet wet
and start
scouting out the real nodes in the area and start spotting good stuff
like Mithril
and Subella,
head west into Nabor
Lake and follow the southern coast to start locating plenty of good
node patterns. You just might see me touch on this in our
next section
as our first run!