Talk:Nicholas the Traveler

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Contents 1 12 October 2 Woah, Woah Timeout 3 10/12/09 Travel to Nich 4 19th October 5 For Halloween... 6 Main page... 7 10/26 Dialogue Transcription Error 8 Lost Treasure 9 02 November 10 which has caused some to redo the explorable area to see him for their gifts 11 Facing the music about facing the walls etc 12 Fore-Knowledge 13 Quests that change spawns in area 14 Found! 9th of Nov. 15 First Time 16 november 15 17 November 16 18 I do a contest in my alliance. 19 Confirmation? 20 30 November

[edit] 12 October

Break out the dragon-radar! and lets the games begin (I can't be arsed tbh) Jonny10 15:18, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Someone on Guru said Ice Flow collecting Mursaat Tokens. There's no confirmation yet. Can anyone check that out? Karate Jesus 15:44, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

There's confirmation that it's not. Based on John's recent hint, I don't think we'll find him in Prophecies. -- FreedomBound 15:54, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Yea, I was kinda surprised that it would be prophs again. Does Nic go to EotN? I can't remember. Karate Jesus 15:57, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

yes he does.--93.40.50.34 15:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

(Edit conflict) x2 Nicholas the Traveler/Research. - Reanimated X 16:00, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Pretty much confirmed that he is NOT at Ice Flow--Hawkins 16:02, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

I hesitate to call a hint "confirmation", usually relying on thoroughly checked screenshots for that. That being said, I ran through Ice Flows and didn't see him. NineSidedDie 16:05, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Well, I've spoken to and heard from several people who say Nick is not in ice flow and say they have run through it, and 1 who says he is there but has no screenie, so, I don't think he is there.--Hawkins 16:08, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

(Reset indent) There is no way he could have been in Ice Flow, but there was a small chance he was in Ice Floe. Seriously. - Reanimated X 16:09, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Just to clarify, I didn't mean the hint was the confirmation, just that on Guru there were several people providing testimony that he wasn't there. The second sentence was a separate point. -- FreedomBound 16:10, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Wasn't calling you out, was just saying it'd be a shame people didn't check due to 'confirmation'. Seems he isn't in Ice FLow at the moment, any other rumours? NineSidedDie 16:13, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Okey, awesome, but now let's concentrate on where he is. Anyone? --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.2.7.216 (talk).

 :/ Spelling errors aside, some guy just mentioned Crystal Overlook. Obviously, he's not there. Don't waste your time looking. Karate Jesus 16:12, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm waiting for "Nick in Domain of Pain collecting 5 Inscribed Shards per Gift - confirmed with screenshots", and the devs chuckling over everyone having complained about too easy Nick farms in the past month or so. NineSidedDie 16:15, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Monoliths are not exactly hard to farm, but 5 would be a lot :/ Anyway, maybe we should quit commenting until someone has actual news. We're probably just freaking the RC whores out. Karate Jesus 16:19, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

nick's in the crystal overlook next to the portal to the arid sea http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/8750/nick1.jpg: collecting 1 luminous stone per gift 24.255.173.120 16:24, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

crystal overlook @ teleports - luminious stones, confirmed by guildies InfestedHydralisk 16:25, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Oh, sweet God....he's in proph again. It's confirmed with SS's on Guru. Karate Jesus 16:25, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Crystal Overlook is Elona broski. NineSidedDie 16:28, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Yea, ignore that. I'm an idiot today. Karate Jesus 16:29, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Ugh more mandragors. Annoying farm this one. Flipper 17:36, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Yeah.. I </3 Mandragors.. I'll just buy em.. :S Magic Talk 17:41, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Woah, Woah Timeout

"i've seen him in the Crystal Overlook next to the portal to the arid sea, collecting 1 Luminous stone per gift Anyone seen or heard anything about Nick yet? He should have moved about 20 minutes ago"

How did Hawkens see him in Crystal last week collecting the same stuff as this week? Karate Jesus 16:29, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Because there's never been any bugs in GW before? Ever? -- FreedomBound 16:33, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Please check edit history. The first part of that was added this week by an "inexperienced" user. Rose Of Kali 16:34, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

The first part of that isn't mine, someone else put it there, I removed it, but he is in Crystal Overlook, seen screenshot on guru--Hawkins 16:38, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Confirmed,Crystal overlook.--Neil2250Evil mantis thing commands you to feed him cookies. 21:22, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 10/12/09 Travel to Nich

It may be worth noting for those who have both Prophecies and have been within the Crystal Overlook, running to him from Dunes of Dispair, into The Arid Sea, and jumping across the teleporter takes you straight to Nick. There's only a few foes to run thru as well. Magic Talk 03:46, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Yep or if your whole party has been to the crystal desert you can have one person run to that portal NF side and go back through the other way very fast and a derv or sin run build can do it no problems. -- Tenri 05:00, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Might be also worth noting to the fact that these items can be farmed easier on noobie island in Nightfall with the lower level counterparts droping the same item. - SabreWolf

Actually, I think the lower level enemies drop lustrous stones, not luminous stones. I don't think they start dropping luminous stones until lvl 22. Could be wrong though. Karate Jesus 17:04, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Yer the teleporter was news to me (never vanqed this deep in the desolation yet)... I loved seeing the "Big Female Warrior Statue" and I realised where I was in the world... 192.203.160.241 17:06, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

About starter island for the stones, i tried farming em there first cause it says on the Mandragor pages that they drop the stones but after getting 5 lustrous and no luminous, i decided that i wasn't going to get any there, any Mandragor on the mainland should work tho. -- Tenri 22:50, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

I think but I'm not for sure that Mandragor in and around Blacktide Den and possibly around the Keys drop them. Magic Talk 20:12, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Didn't try in blacktide but i was getting lustrous in the keys -- Tenri 21:23, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 19th October

Can someone please supply a screeny showing the location of nick the place alone is not much help — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jigweasel (talk) at 15:48, 19 October 2009 (UTC).

Poke is way ahead of you. Karate Jesus 15:50, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

 :D poke | talk 15:52, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks but do u know a good place to farm the items? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jigweasel (talk • contribs) at 15:55, 19 October 2009 (UTC).

Honestly, you could probably do it near where Nick is. I'm trying to find a good place now. Karate Jesus 15:57, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Water Djinns are relative rare, so look where they spawn. poke | talk 16:00, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

[1] Wohlert 15:59, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Look at the article, you are too late. poke | talk 16:00, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Well, there are three areas Djinn that drop that particular essence. Fahrahnur only has, what, 5 total? So wouldn't be a good farm, thus leaving Turai's Procession and Bahdok Caverns. It has been ages since I've been to Bahdok, but Turai has mostly Flame Djinn I believe. -- Konig/talk 16:02, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

There aren't many in Turai's (maybe 10). Maybe Bahdok. If not there, I'll try to farm the quest they're in. Karate Jesus 16:03, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Wow....um....they're are barely any of these anywhere. I think we're looking at farming the quest...and that's it. Which really limits who can farm these. Karate Jesus 16:14, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

So this week will be a bitch to farm, eh? Well, I guess leaving from Gate of Desolation would be best for those who don't have a NF character who hasn't even done Consulate Docks. -- Konig/talk 16:40, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Actually...I think people might try to piggyback with people who have the quest. Either way this is going to be a bad week. No matter where you farm them....it wont be easy. The hardcore guys may even re-create NF chars and grind to the quest. This is going to be soooo bad. Karate Jesus 16:43, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

What about the battledepths in EOTN... same drop there? MrPaladin † talk 16:43, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Those are Wisps, not Water Djinns. Water Djinns are INCREDIBLY rare apparently. Karate Jesus 16:45, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

hmmm now that I think about it your right... most of the ones I thought were water are saphire! MrPaladin † talk 16:46, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Yea, we're seriously talking about maybe a dozen in Bahdok, maybe 10 in Turai's, maybe a little over a dozen on the quest, and 5-6 in Fahurnar. Karate Jesus 16:48, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

and none of em near a Zone portal... cept for the Wind and water quest... MrPaladin † talk 16:51, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

gah, this Is useless... I need a good build for this.--Jigweasel 17:52, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

You can do the normal spirit spam and get it in Turai's or a lot of people on Guru are running AoB Dervs to Fahrunar and killing the 4 djinns there. Karate Jesus 17:54, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Actually, the droprate for them on the 4 djinns in Fahrunar appears to be pretty high. I just went and checked it. I got 3 essenses for killing the 4 djinns. Other people in the outpost are saying they stay about as high. Karate Jesus 18:09, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Peeps in my guild are only seeing 1 drop/run in Fahranur.   — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 19:07, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Ever tried Hidden City of Ahdashim exploarble area? Dunno 'bout other builds, but used to farm there as 600 monk with hero bonder. Got my share of essences there.

Actually, in the Northeastern corner of Turai's I ended up getting 6 in one run. There are enough of them up there and spirit farming works on them (although, you may need to bring EVAS for the Immolated Djinns). Karate Jesus 19:25, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

IRT Hidden City... unfortunatly those are them saphire Djinn I mistook for the water varient earlier... MrPaladin † talk 19:58, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

If you are working in the drunk title you can use drunken master with a spiritspammer build in Fahurnar, you get sometimes even 3 items, the run is a little more than 3 minutes and is a fun way to work on drunkard =D sorry if I'm posting the obvious --Batousai 00:29, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

If you're farming in Farhunar its easy, just annoying if you have bad luck. I used AoB derv with dash, run past all the skales and undead and kill the djinns, takes just a few minutes per run.--SunJinyu 04:25, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Drop rate is pretty good, anywhere you farm them. A guildie got a char to the quest (was nearly there, which is lucky), and in less than an hour, a 4-man group got enough for 5 people :D 86.125.251.241 06:14, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Meanwhile, in Turai's Procession ... There are 14 water djinn, I went through 10 times, got 4 essences. I'm thinking the MMO gods are just having a day with me.— The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.102.32.23 (talk) at 06:51, 20 October 2009 (UTC).

Where are the Djinn in Fahranur? I can't find them any where.. x.x Magic Talk 06:18, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

They are where the Apocrypha is at the end of the mission. Only three of them plus one boss though. poke | talk 06:23, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Poke. It's not a bad run though. It's taking me 3 minutes to complete and yields 2-3 essences per run. Best run so far was 5. :3 76.6.79.104 07:22, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

My family and I farm the gifts weekly. My sis had War Preparations (Wind and Water) and we farmed the Djinn repeatedly. We were able to get thirty in about an hour. Just thought I'd try to help out. Happy Farming! --Bestat Talk to me! 11:04, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

I was wondering if the djinn in this quest were dropping essences. Good to know - thanks! 74.40.135.18 18:02, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Any time! I'm here to help! --Bestat Talk to me! 18:09, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

These are very easy to farm even without the quest. In Fahranur you get 1 or 2 / run on average, and the run takes roughly 5 minutes. A speed boost works great here since you have to walk quite a long distance to get to those Djinns. Markus Clouser 07:41, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm thinking it's even easier to farm with this quest, though the other methods sound fairly easy also. No running, just walk out of Kodlonu, wait about 60 seconds as that seemed to still be valid to be sure everything is dropping items, knock out 11 water djinn, pick up your essences, resign, rinse, repeat. A friend and I teamed up after I got there to pick up 31 in a little over an hour also. We worked on our emotes to beat Lumo the next time the Tihark Orchard zmish repeats while we waited for the spawn drops to activate. Almost makes me wonder how much people are being overcharged for these -,^ 74.40.135.18 13:13, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Reguardless of the item selected the weekly nick items run for 10-15k for a "set" (this week a set being 5) so thats 2-3k each... this is done because the resell on the nick item is approx 4k... only time I've seen the price on the collector item tank was when it was super easy to farm with even a low level character... If you must buy the nick collector item, look at buying it around friday, by then the action is slowing down, everyone has a bunch they farmed and they just wanna lose their inventory before the item becomes worthless again... MrPaladin † talk 13:20, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

My experience when I've bought rather than farmed has been that I'm able to purchase a set for 5 gifts at around 2.5-4.0k for the entire set. There are always those trying to make a faster buck, but I've been able to purchase in bulk and from people selling smaller amounts for up to 9 accounts within 30-90 minutes. Over the past months I've bought bog skale fins (for the herring), jungle troll tusks, and forest minotaur horns at this price from random sellers rather than what I consider the exorbitant amount some people try to charge for them. 74.40.135.18 14:58, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] For Halloween...

Nick and Yakington need a costume.. and should collect ToTs. I vote Yakington as a ghost. :3 Magic Talk 01:34, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Bit late. :3 -- Konig/talk 01:41, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Yeah late but we can vote now and have them wear it next year dont we?--Wysth 08:06, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

I second the vote for Nick and Yakkington in costume. Not 100% sure about the idea of collecting ToT Bags... maybe have that as a 2nd "trophy" he would collect, or maybe Yakkington would? Adeira Tasharo 15:04, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

There would have been enough tots floating around this year to warrant collection :( Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ аІiсә ѕνәи Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 01:19, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Main page...

I updated Nick's page with the latest stuff, but on the main page it's showing Minister Cho's Estate (explorable area) rather than Minister Cho's Estate (with a link to Minister Cho's Estate (explorable area)). Is there anyway to change it, or is it not possible with the way the main page is including this information? >_> -- Chrono (talk) 16:12, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Currently not possible, with the current setting; but I'll think about a solution... poke | talk 16:28, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 10/26 Dialogue Transcription Error

There's an error in the transcribing of Nick's Dialogue for today. His dialogue says "... I'd like to relieve some of her burden..." in game. The page here says "...I'd like to relive some of her burden...". In case anyone is unclear, "relieve" means to help cure someone of something, whereas "relive" means to re-experience something, which would seem here rather masochistic of Nick. The page seems to be protected against edits, so could someone fix this? 69.249.223.63 16:42, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Fixed. -- Wyn talk 16:45, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Also should be "lose" instead of "how hard it is to loose someone you love." --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.174.28.185 (talk).

Thanks, fixed! -- FreedomBound 19:02, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

It would fit to the alternate Nick dialoge though too have relive standing there--Wysth 20:43, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Lost Treasure

I went out with a new char that still had Lost Treasure quest active and had a no show from Nicholas. Did the quest and rezoned and he was there — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 77.102.17.0 (talk) at 22:26, 26 October 2009 (UTC).

Confirmed. Nicholas doesn't spawn if you have Lost Treasure quest active. Shira 12:21, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 02 November

Anybody know where he is? 24.16.96.202 16:18, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Place hasn't changed yet... - J.P.Talk 16:21, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

He changed a full hour ago. Cracko 16:22, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

/facepalm. I just realised it too :S - J.P.Talk 16:25, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

He's found! ☆ Traveler: Mourning Veil Falls/ 5 Tempered Vial Glass per ☆ http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4925150&postcount=3474 --Find And Seek 17:41, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

And guess what? Tempered Glass has already sold out at Rare Mat venders :D Glad I bought mine fast. Karate Jesus 17:42, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Lawls. Buying was a waste of money. They craft cheaper from a [Materials] npc. 5 dust and 20 gold each. Magic Talk 17:44, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Ooh, good thing I saved my stacks of dust. 17:50, 2 November 2009 (UTC) --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.19.140.9 (talk).

I did that too. Got a stack of them. I just wanted to make sure and get them before dust was sold out too. Karate Jesus 17:55, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

since when did you need to buy dust? :P yay for an easy week :) 82.8.227.172 18:13, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Yeah really, who buys dust from the trader. Very easy week indeed. Start salvaging all those demonic remains...if you dont already ;-) Justice 18:18, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

I saved a stack of Demonic Remains incase he asks for them NEXT week ;) Magua 18:37, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

What hes collecting and his dialog fit so perfectly. Thats rare for him and in general the normal collectors. Justice 19:53, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Ye, almost like a poet wrote the dialog. Also, indeed very easy week this time, only needing half a stack of POGD... Timus - Talk 20:43, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Currently Durheim Archives is under Luxon control, so if one has more Kuzick faction than Luxon, just die outside and you'll be resurrected very close to Nick. Sardaukar 16:14, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it works. Markus Clouser 21:50, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] which has caused some to redo the explorable area to see him for their gifts

What? Can someone please rephrase this to make sense? I'm not sure what this is trying to say... Rose Of Kali 13:11, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

I could rephrase it to make sense if I knew what it meant in the first place...What I draw from it is that due to Nick facing terrain, people rezone to go back him for their gifts? *confuzzled* ~Celestia 13:38, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

It comes from the old bug note that had nick facing rock walls and Anet would then move him or do other such... the bug of him facing the wrong way never caused him not to give gifts... it did cause players to hunt for him again after zoning... MrPaladin † talk 13:46, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

What? Why? Huh? O_o Rose Of Kali 14:01, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Hehe what I mean is I donno why that portion of the note is there either... I'm all for removing it and just leaving the note that sometimes Nick is facing an odd direction... MrPaladin † talk 14:14, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

My point, partly. ^_^ Currently that note doesn't make any sense with whatever it is trying to say. Are people going back for seconds because he's facing the wrong way? Or does he not give gifts because of it? Or what? So far Anet only changed him once from that rock in Vabbi, which didn't affect his collection for that week. And the Asura area reset blunder had nothing to do with him facing anything. Anyway, I'm gonna remove that part until someone can rephrase it into something that actually makes sense and is accurate. Rose Of Kali 14:34, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Pretty sure what she meant was that new builds were offered to fix Nick's location and/or facing direction. -- FreedomBound 15:35, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Ariyen added it as a bug. I removed it because I disagreed with the fact that it is bug. >> User talk:Ariyen#bug So she removed the bug tag. de Kooning 15:40, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Facing the music about facing the walls etc

I think everyone agrees that Nick sometimes faces a wall or inanimate object of some sort. We haven't yet come to consensus on why this happens or how we should note this behavior in the article. Clearly, some of these about-faces were errors by ANet (since ANet changed his orientation in a subsequent build). Some peeps think that 1-2 of these situations was intended by ANet (e.g. when his monologue described the feature that he might have been looking at).

So, I propose that we simply note the fact that he doesn't always face the direction from which the party is likely to arrive; that is sufficient for the average player. On the talk page, we can continue speculating whether this is a bug, an anomaly, or intentional; we can expect a more definitive answer if/when Nicholas returns to a previous location/item-request.   — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 16:56, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

I totally agree with you. For example this week it is very likely he is facing the way of the river on purpose.--Wysth 17:08, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

This week he's talking about a waterfall, so it only makes sense for him to be facing one (which he is). There has only been one true error so far, where he was in the wrong spot to begin with, all others are people just being nit-picky. --Curse You(talk|contribs) 18:39, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. Also, I don't see a problem with it being a note on the main page. -- riyen ♥ 18:43, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

(Reset indent) Here's the more neutral text I would propose: "The Traveler does not always face the direction from which the party is likely to arrive." This removes the implied speculation(s) and covers all his appearances to date.   — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 19:03, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

What about a simple "Sometimes, Nicholas is facing a wall."? poke | talk 19:31, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

What about a simple " " (that's a blank space). It was a bug, they fixed it, let's move on. We don't generally document fixed bugs, and I really don't think we need to in this case, since he moves every week anyway. -- FreedomBound 20:07, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Then explain why he faced an obstacle landscape, aka the hill, last week? It happened not only to me, but I saw a few in alliance complain. Had to redo it a couple of times. I don't think it's a bug, but just something that happens. I'm for Tennessee Ernie Ford's version that would help. -- riyen ♥ 20:10, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

NPCs don't have to be facing you when you approach to talk to them... Are you saying that he wouldn't talk to you because he was facing the hill? -- FreedomBound 20:51, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Unresponsive,had to restart? 72.148.31.114 21:44, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

He's a traveler, he's out looking at the scenery and etc. personn5 21:46, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

And he is some kind of scientist, so let him explore the walls and their structures! ^^ poke | talk 06:15, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

checking at my local airport and tourist attractions I do see that travelers don't always face me when I enter the area... they are often doing their own thing for whatever reason they desire... they still talk to me if I tap them on the sholder and offer them dead bits of creatures I kill... but then they usually run for some odd reason... MrPaladin † talk 13:42, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Fore-Knowledge

Running around in game this week i notice someone saying that destroyer cores are next weeks items. I see alot of this sorta thing happening. People claiming fore-knowledge of the next weeks items. Where do they attain this knowledge and is it viable? 76.20.33.106 07:49, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, were they right in the past? poke | talk 08:06, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

You will probably ear them saying that X items is next week traveler's item. Trying to artificialy raise the value of that item. And then you will ear their mule account saying WTS X items for xxxxGold. For now none but Anet knows what's next week item. M3G 08:21, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

The only foreknowledge that I know being actual fact happened due to a glitch and someone saw nick in the crystal overlook one week prior to when he was ment to be there... asside from that its probably people running a scam to try to inflate the price of something otherwise rarly used and worthless... take a quick look at history and we see that nick rarly collects items that are mainstream... I doubt destroyer cores or sup charr carvings are going to be nick items. MrPaladin † talk 13:38, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Good point. Now that you mention it, I've thought about this before but never really put 2 and 2 together. But for some reason I found myself saving otherwise worthless items just in case... 70.189.106.136 02:45, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Quests that change spawns in area

Should we take this to a generic comment that "if you have active quests that change spawns in the area nick will not appear until you abandon or complete that quest and rezone"... every few weeks we find some quests that change the spawns and cause nick not to spawn only next week to remove the comment and find another... MrPaladin † talk 14:34, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Seems acurate and worthwhile. Rose Of Kali 14:59, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Definitly helpfull! M3G 15:45, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Added wording to try and help those who don't understand what an active quest is... reword it if its not clear enough... thanks MrPaladin † talk 15:46, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Found! 9th of Nov.

He is in the Maishang Hills (near Eredon Terrace) collecting Guardian Moss Browcio 16:18, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Searching... not showing up Neora 16:24, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

EDIT Confirmed maishang hills, east of eredon terrace can someone upload a picture? I don't know how. Collecting 1 Guardian Moss per gift Neora 16:26, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Taking screens now, has been confirmed. Aswed123123123 16:29, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Here are screenies - http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/aswedEMD/gw009.jpg and http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/aswedEMD/gw010.jpg Aswed123123123 16:34, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

If only we had saved our moss from all the tusk farming. MrPaladin † talk 16:34, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Also, it might be suggested to rename this topic to November 9th.... 9/11 has a much different meaning to americans... MrPaladin † talk 16:37, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Seriously? I mean, really? 9/11 is just the european way of saying 11/9. As an American I can assure you that not all of us have such a weak constutition that we can't even stomach *seeing* a 9 followed by two 1s.65.207.54.194

I agree w/ 65.207.54.194. It may be an important date but it's still just a date. Magic Talk 17:04, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

When in doubt always opt for clarity. Changed it. de Kooning 17:17, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Sorry to offend... it has a different meaning to "some" americans... I'm well aware of date formats working both in IT and being an Australian... Well now that that is fixed onto farming moss... will probably use the same farm as the tusks... I do rememebr getting mosses at a fair rate as I did that... MrPaladin † talk 18:01, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

So moss on 9/11? ... MABEY THE MOSS IS A BOMBER!! DONT COLLECT IT!!!(Joking :P...low drop rate though -.-)--Neil2250 20:37, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

• insert eyeroll here* yer low droprate is always countered by only needing 5... MrPaladin † talk 20:46, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Drop rate is terrible. WHat on earth is going on?

It's not a nice one, is it? :( Although I guess last week's item was (relatively) simple so can't complain too much. Kevio 21:08, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

It sucks as hell, been solo farming for over an hour and a half and only got 2 mosses...And if u see the prices the sellers ask you just want to get on farming again :P (because 5k is what you pay for a gift, not the collectible for a gift, in my point of view)... Timus - Talk 11:19, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

They gave us an item with a low drop-rate so we have something to do while we wait. Batchie 12:35, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

4 hours, and 0 drops. But I'll have to wait 25 hours till Steam downloads the data from my broken 2nd install disc of MW2 so... — Poki#3 (talk) 17:43, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Enjoy your game uh... damn, is it even a game anymore? -Auron 17:50, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Even worse, a console port. de Kooning 17:58, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Don't care about MP or moding at all, and I'm not paying twice the price for a console version that I can't play Spec-ops with my friends with, and that also has the same features at the PC version. (not going to continue discussing here since it's offtopic) — Poki#3 (talk) 18:00, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] First Time

This is actually the first time i give up farming and refuse to buy the items, nicholas wants. i have been solofarming for hours now and got only two drops. giving up now. first week i won't get gifts since nicholas appeared. things can only get better...i hope ;) ~ Dragon 19:10, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

I say, keep doing it. If you won't at least you can get two gifts this time. Markus Clouser 21:22, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

nah guardian moss has a lower chance to drop than ectos i'm betting. easier to just farm ecto and sell them then buy the gifts --adrin 23:52, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

I've had better luck this week in Hard mode (usually, trophies seem to drop more frequently in NM). Try just the 3 Guardians outside Boreas and don't bother with the Wallows unless the healers drop something valuable. Repeating that short run over 30 minutes a couple of times, I've always found at least 3 moss and as many as 7. Since I generally am unlucky with lockpicks, boss drops, and VQ drops, I suspect that other players will do better.   — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 01:13, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] november 15

fast easy way to get to him, leave town, dont pay luxons (if kurz) and die, u res 25 steps away from him with no enimys --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 98.19.17.183 (talk).

Lol nice, but it's only about 75 steps from the portal anyway. ^_^ Rose Of Kali 11:35, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] November 16

go go go! first one to find him gets a Jonny10 15:29, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

No searching from me, I g2g to work in an half an hour :( --Find And Seek 16:01, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

He's in Wajjun-Bazaar and searches for Plague Idols x3 Source Jonny10 16:33, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

last time i checkec the jade sea was nowhere near wajjun bazar its in the city area69.118.254.55 16:51, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, fixed. If you register an account, you can edit semi-protected pages like that. -- FreedomBound 16:54, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Awww, fudge, just sold like 20 of em cuz of the leet skill farming, frikkin nick :P Timus - Talk 17:04, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Could someone confirm whether it's 2 or 3 idols? The research/main page and the article say different things. -- pling 17:10, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about that. Fixed. (And thanks Arduin for fixing the plague idol page.) -- FreedomBound 17:16, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

NW corner where the monk boss would be.and it takes 3 idols per gift24.56.23.89 17:17, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Thats fast this week btw--Wysth 18:45, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

"OUMAIGAD HE'Z BEEN IN FACSHUNS 4 2 LOONG!!!11" ....Wait for it....wait for it.... Markus Clouser 19:18, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Everyone gets a cookie! Jonny10 19:34, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Okay [2] Markus Clouser 20:19, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

I didn't see anyone complaining when he was collecting rare materials :p Also, I like him in factions, because of the same tempered glass vial week, the ease of the item collection forced me to get from Eternal Grove to Morning Veils, which in essence nearly completed 25% of factions for me :D Yay for killing Shiro ! 203.217.17.192 22:04, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] I do a contest in my alliance.

I have people guess where Nicholas is going to show up the next week. I offer them a 10k Prize if they get the Place and a 50k Bonus if they get the item.

Prophecies: Old Ascalon, Kryta, Maguuma Jungle, Northern Shiverpeaks, Southern Shiverpeaks, Desert, Ring of Fire Factions: Factions Island, Factions City, Echovald Forest, Jade Sea Nightfall: Istan, Kourna, Desolation, Vabbi Eotn: Norn, Vanguard, Asura RULES: 1. If there is not a winner the money will be carried over to the next week. 2. Please Number the posts. 3. And please include your primary In Game Name. 4. Duplicate answers are accepted, but prize will be split between winners.

I am looking for any suggestions on how to improve on this contest.

This is actually the place for discussing the content of the article, despite what all the above comments might indicate. You'd be better served asking a forum, or asking your guild itself. –Jette 08:51, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

If you sign in and post a link to either your talk page or a special Nick contest page in your user space, I would be happy to offer my two cents. (As Jette suggests, you are more likely to get advice on this type of thing in a GW forum; check the official webpages for a site in a galaxy nearby.)   — Tennessee Ernie Ford (TEF) 10:44, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Can I do a submission even if it's not technically a "guess" ? >8) - [John Hargrove] talk 09:43, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Haha ... good one John. I have a much better idea though. You can tell me and then we can split the spoils afterwards. That way it wont be as obvious a cheat (and I will get a headstart in farming the stuff for my 5 accounts) - Fantastic job on the whole Nicholas business by the way. It has really breathed some fresh air into the game. Manassas 11:44, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

I have a great idea to improve the quest. Learn the actual names of "Factions City" and "Factions Island"... Thankyou! 65.40.197.16 18:22, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Confirmation?

Is there any confirmation on the new location?

They have his dialogue listed. I'd say that's a pretty good confirmation. –Jette 16:31, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

hopefully this will put some life into infusion runs again :D Jonny10 16:33, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 30 November

Confirmation on GwG: Linky. oldskool griffin farm! yay?! Jonny10 16:24, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Not exactly, since they're Frozen. — Poki#3 (talk) 16:26, 30 November 2009 (UTC)