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Ruins of Kra’nak Farming
Oh hello Internet. I didn’t see you there. Please, have a seat and let’s talk about garrisons.
Wait! Come back! There’s gear in it for you! Yeah, that’s right. Phat loots.
A bit of backstory then. My monk, the latest casualty in the Quest To Find Stuff To Do, dinged 100. As luck would have it, I had saved enough garrison resources and gold that I was able to pump my garrison to Level Three. Naturally, getting that involved a lot of flying around and scooping up caches, killing rare mobs, and so on. Doing that left me somewhat resource starved, prohibiting me from building other, uh, buildings. So the plan would be to get back in the air, fly around looking for treasures, and hope for the best.
There’s that, and then there’s Option B.
Option B involved Tanaan Jungle, a stable, and a realm-hopping addon.
At 94, Rokkfu (the monk in question) boosted the garrison to Level Two. Since the building doesn’t have much leveling use, or any serious use until it’s at Level Three, Rokkfu ditched the Barracks and got a Stable instead. This let him travel around Draenor, picking up treasures and such without having to dismount. Living that Druid Life, you might say.
Now here’s where we get into l33t strats. At 100, Rokkfu got himself to Tanaan Jungle and established his base. From there, he hopped on his flying frisbee and flew to the Ruins of Kra’nak. There are a number of treasures there in the form of purple glowing crystals. Some are on the ground, some on the sides of pillars. These can be snatched up quickly without having to sweat mobs due to the Stables non-needing-to-dismount-to-loot ability. Generally these crystals give garrison resources, but they can also reward baleful gear.
Once the ruins have been picked clean, hop over to a new realm and fly through it again. Rinse and repeat until bags are full, resources are capped, or boredom makes you want to peel your fingernails off.
TL; DR – Watch SteveInSocks’S video where he explains pretty much what I just said. Oh, and he also has Tomtom waypoints that show the spawn points.
Epic Music Mix of Epic Action Hybrid
Whether I’m queued for a raid, a dungeon, or just mindlessly farming to pay for my crack World of Warcraft habit, the last thing I want is for my brain to start putting two and two together and realizing that what the hell am I doing with my life.
Therefore, music!
This video is a great compilation in that the beat is fast and strong, the visuals are just damn impressive (but should be irrelevant because I’m playing a game and this should be in the background), and it is just intense enough for my higher brain functions to be able to switch between thumping beats and complex combat sequences (in-game of course).
Do you have a soundtrack that you listen to when you’re grinding apexis crystals, farming rep, or whatever it is that you do in whatever game you’re playing? Leave your jam (or a link to said jam) in the comments below. Who knows, maybe that comment may change someone’s life. Or heck, get you entered in a draw for something. Stranger things have happened.
Rokk Talk 