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Primal Farming
Farming
Primal Earth
Anything that looks like a big, floaty-swirling pile of rocks is a
likely candidate for Motes of Earth. Far and away, I prefer Nagrand
for the large amount of likely mobs to kill, and their relatively
low level (mid 60s) There are plenty of Shattered Rumblers south of
Osh'gun, near the edge of the world. You can also find various
earth-based creatures wandering Nagrand proper (Tortured Earth
Spirits and Enraged Crushers), so be sure to kill them when you see
them! You can make runs along the mountain's edge between the Throne
of the Elements and Laughing Skull Keep to find Enraged Crushers.
As a bonus, Nagrand contains a lot of mining nodes, especially if
you're running the mountains I mentioned above. You can often get 3
or 4 motes from node, so if you're a miner, this place is perfect.
In Shadowmoon Valley, you can go to the center of the zone to the
Hand of Gul'Dan and kill Enraged Earth Spirits. They won't drop as
easily as the mobs in Nagrand, but when they drop additional loot,
it will be better!
Primal Earths fetch the lowest price in the Auction House, probably
owing that there aren't a huge amount of good, popular items that
especially need them. They're also the easiest to get, thanks to
them being found during mining. HOWEVER, if you are an alchemist, or
know one, they can Transmute your Primal Earths into Primal Water!
Farming Primal Air
All those high-level tornado-looking mobs drop Motes of Air. Again,
Nagrand is a great place to farm these, because of the Throne of the
Elements. If you have a flying mount, head to the northeastern
corner to get there. You'll find plenty of Storming Wind-Rippers
here. Be advised though, this place is constantly and heavily farmed
by both factions.
Again, you can find more in Shadowmoon Valley, in the southeastern
area. There is another group of them north of the Altar of Shatar.
Stay tuned for another update in the near future!
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.
Farming 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, "What 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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