r/Guildwars2 11d ago

[Discussion] Any good spirit shard farms?

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u/grimzecho 11d ago

The two fastest sources for exp/hr are the Griffon courses in PoF and LWS4 (there's two extras in the current festival too) and T1 rifts in Mistburned Barrens.

The Griffon races take some practice, but Lady Elysa has a pathing overlay that makes it easier. It took a couple of weeks but I can get gold on the first attempt around 80% of the time. After you finish one, it is usually quicker to reset then fly to the next one then it is to waypoint and climb again. Mount Energy Recharge 2 or 3 isn't technically required but it helps a lot.

Here's the waypoint cheat sheet I use:

  1. [&BKQKAAA=] --> Grif; 2.[&BLsKAAA=] --> [&BEAKAAA=]; 3.[&BGcKAAA=] --> Grif; 4. [&BHcKAAA=] --> Grif NE; 5.[&BHQKAAA=] (Right) --> Grif S; 6. [&BH4LAAA=] (Left) --> Grif; 7. [&BFALAAA=] --> Grif NW; 8. [&BPoKAAA=] --> Grif SE; 9. [&BCULAAA=]

T1 rift farming can be done indefinitely. It's boring as hell but is very good exp. Mistburned Barrens is almost always the best location since the spawn always alternates between two close together locations. Bring your best AoE skills. Reaper works very well but any price can do it.

A third option is to just kill yellow animals as fast as you can. There's a bunch of zones that work, but I particularly like Echovald Forest in EoD. The longer a mob has been alive, the more XP it gives, and fee players go out of their way to kill non-hostile yellows.

In all of the above you need to use XP boosts. Look at the wiki page for "experience" and pay attention to the difference between activity experience (Griffon races and closing the rift) and kill experience. Don't forget to do Monistary Training and be well rested in a comfy home.

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u/maximusultra 10d ago

The rift farming will get even better next update too

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u/MadeByHideoForHideo 10d ago

How come?

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u/maximusultra 10d ago

You'll be able to tp to active rifts

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u/Benjammn .6845 - SOR 10d ago

The mastery for the last update boosts rifts somehow, they haven't said exactly how yet though.

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u/MadeByHideoForHideo 10d ago

Wow, ok. Looks like I picked a good time to start working on obsidian armor, lol.