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I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread detailing what we've noticed when gathering on DoL, especially since SE moved a lot of things around in the last patch. The idea is to be as precise as possible with regards of how and where to find specific components for crafting (or just selling I guess?). Eventually if we get enough info I can amend the OP and sort by Class, Area and then Grade.
I'll get the ball rolling with my findings from earlier tonight outside Gridania. Up near Tranquil Moss is ideal for Grade 3 mining nodes you can pick up Alumen, Zinc and Silver. For Zinc, aim exactly one notch above the default position, and 2 notches for silver. Alumen I believe is 1 or 2 notches below. As well, you can sometimes dig up grade 3 dark matter as an extra in lieu of shards, and the rare digs are either a raw garnet or raw peridot. Any time you see a greatly diminished remainder bar, it's one of the 2 stones and you should always strike with as little force as possible (so hit enter and then again very quickly so the circle doesn't grow very big) and you should get the stone every time.
The one problem I did find was that the mining points can sometimes require you run 180+ yalms when exhausted in order to reset for new ones, and even when aiming for silver you can still frequently get Zinc instead. However it's one of the nicer locations for farming Zinc, especially since you can snag silver as I said to help get through early~mid GSM. There's only 1 mob that aggros in whole area around the aetheryte camp that I encountered and you should never even get close to it when running between points as it wanders about the southern end of an intersection that you will regularly cross.
I'll get the ball rolling with my findings from earlier tonight outside Gridania. Up near Tranquil Moss is ideal for Grade 3 mining nodes you can pick up Alumen, Zinc and Silver. For Zinc, aim exactly one notch above the default position, and 2 notches for silver. Alumen I believe is 1 or 2 notches below. As well, you can sometimes dig up grade 3 dark matter as an extra in lieu of shards, and the rare digs are either a raw garnet or raw peridot. Any time you see a greatly diminished remainder bar, it's one of the 2 stones and you should always strike with as little force as possible (so hit enter and then again very quickly so the circle doesn't grow very big) and you should get the stone every time.
The one problem I did find was that the mining points can sometimes require you run 180+ yalms when exhausted in order to reset for new ones, and even when aiming for silver you can still frequently get Zinc instead. However it's one of the nicer locations for farming Zinc, especially since you can snag silver as I said to help get through early~mid GSM. There's only 1 mob that aggros in whole area around the aetheryte camp that I encountered and you should never even get close to it when running between points as it wanders about the southern end of an intersection that you will regularly cross.
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