Guild Wars Ranger's Hog: ------------- Submitted by: Haspa In the farming city in before the future you can get a prize hog if you are a ranger. This hog cannot die. The enemies won't attack it. He deals a little damage, but it does the job after a while. Easy money: ----------- You can "farm" gold by choosing a species of enemy to hunt to collect their gold drop. In the Ascalon area, the biggest gold drop is 20 gold. Try going to Kryta and hunting the Ettins in the west end for better drops (20 to 80 gold). The best areas are in the Maguma Jungle and Crystal Desert (80 to 130 gold). These areas are very difficult for most people, and they choose to "run" to the next town/outpost/city instead of fighting. Instead of loosing money from it (most runners ask 500 to 4,000 gold in payment), fight your way there. You will make money and level up quickly. Gift For Althea quest: More money: ---------------------------------- After you have collected either the Beautiful Feather (in middle of Lakeside Village), Beautiful Pearl (in a beautiful shell near Miller Upton's home), or Beautiful Pendant (in a chest slightly northeast of the bandit camp) and take it to him, he will decline the gift saying it is not good enough. Instead of getting the other two items to show him, you can simply talk to him about the beautiful item again. This time he will take the gift. Easy faction points: -------------------- Immediately after logging into the game with a PvP character, start the "The Team Trials" quest. Complete all the missions until you get to the last one, "The Killcount". Intentionally lose this mission and you will be taken back to the beginning. Repeat this until you think you have the desired amount of faction points then complete the last match to make it to the PvP grouping lobby location. Talk to the Priest next to the storage people to spend your points on items and skills. Note: Killing as many people as you can in the missions will gain more faction points. Drop rates: ----------- The drop rate is determined by the number of Henchmen you have with you if you are the only player. Each Henchmen reduces the drop rate by one-half the normal drop rate. Therefore, with a group of seven Henchmen and you, the chances of getting a drop is very slim. Also, when you are with Henchmen the amount of gold dropped from the enemies is split up between all of the Henchmen and you. Gift For Althea quest: Easier completion: ----------------------------------------- After you get either the Beautiful Feather, Pearl, or Pendant, instead of taking it to him, take it to Althea and you will get the reward. She will say something about talking with him, and if you already did the "Mesmer's Burden" quest and have the Devourer Egg for Old Mack, she will walk away. Charr Hides: ------------ An easy way to get lots of Charr Hides (a valuable item that gives fur squares), and sometimes Rune, is to continually play the Ruins of Surmia mission in Ascalon. It is recommended that you are level 10 or higher or be with a party with level 10 or higher players. Make sure to have Resurrection Signet equipped, as it may be needed. Also, get both the bags and the belt pouch to hold all the items that are dropped. This is also useful for leveling up easily. Using Resurrection Signet multiple times: ----------------------------------------- Resurrection Signet becomes unusable after you resurrected someone, but when you defeat a Boss it becomes usable again. Making Gold Dye: ---------------- First, mix Orange and Silver to make Sweet 1. Then mix Sweet 1 and Yellow to make Sweet 2. Finally, mix Sweet 2 and Silver to make Gold Dye (O+S+Y+S). Making Pink Dye: ---------------- Mix Purple and Red (and Silver for a darker pink). This looks very nice on warriors. Bonus items: ------------ Note: The Game Of The Year edition is required. When in a town or outpost type /bonus. You should get some of the best items in the game. Although you can do this more than once, there is no point as the items are customized just for you and are worth nothing to merchants.