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Go to Riverside Province, but don’t enter the mission. Instead run north through the portal into Twin Serpent Lakes. Just beyond the portal is a huge pack of Mesmers and Necromancers. You’ll notice that as they wander around, they occasionally all run back to the same point and bunch up. When that happens use a speed boost to run past. If you don’t have a speed buff just die, there’s a res shrine just past the pack where you’ll respawn.

You’re looking to farm the packs of Caromi Tengu Elites that are running around the area. These are pure melee packs that drop a ton of gold armors. They don’t use any special skills so use your favorite melee farming build to wipe out the packs quickly. There are three total packs, so head south around the lake to get all 3. Zone out and repeat, and you’ll have a nice collection of superiors in no time.

Two quests, The Ascalon Settlement outside Lion’s Arch and Into the Unknown in Augury Rock, give you four ‘henchmen’ that help you while you complete it. The trick is, these henchmen fight normally but do not get a share of XP or drops. In Skyward Reach you’ll have to lure more hydras to your henchmen to get their help, but in North Kryta Province the henchmen will follow you everywhere. You can clear out that entire zone with their help, and as long as you don’t complete the quest you can repeat it indefinitely. This is a great way to level up before you can solo farm or complete late game content.

A great way to make money with a team is 5-man farming of Sorrow’s Furnace quests. A popular team is a warrior, a curses necro, a minion master, a healer, and a bonder. Here are some common setups to jump right into a 5 man with.

Warrior Tank
Warrior/*
Cyclone Axe, Bonetti’s Defense, Gladiator’s Defense, Shield Stance, Watch Yourself!, Dolyak Signet, Endure Pain, Resurrection Signet
14 Tactics, 12 Axe, 11 Strength

Spiteful Necro
Necromancer/Mesmer
Spiteful Spirit, Insidious Parasite, Awaken the Blood, Arcane Echo, Sympathetic Visage, Blood Ritual, Desecrate Enchantments, Resurrection Signet
16 Curses, 10 Blood, 10 Soul Reaping, 3 Illusion

Minion Master
Necromacer/Monk
Animate Bone Fiend, Animate Bone Horror, Blood of the Master, Verata’s Sacrifice, Offering of Blood, Healing Seed, Heal Area, Rebirth
16 Death Magic, 10 Soul Reaping, 7 Blood Magic, 7 Healing

Healing Monk
Monk/*
Word of Healing, Dwayna’s Kiss, Orison of Healing, Healing Touch, Healing Breeze, Healing Seed, Heal Party, Holy Veil
16 Healing, 13 Protection

Bonder
Monk/Mesmer
Life Barrier, Life Bond, Balthazar’s Spirit, Blessed Signet, Mantra of Inscriptions, Signet of Devotion, Aegis, Rebirth
14 Protection, 13 Divine Favor, 8 Inspiration

This isn’t one of the more profitable runs, but it’s really fast and easy. Enter Ice Floe from Marhan’s Grotto. Run straight ahead towards the resurrection shrine, and you should see a barrel right over the hill. It might be surrounded by Ice Imps, but they won’t kill you before you can open and loot the barrel. It contains 1-3 max damage weapons that should sell for a couple hundred gold. Not bad for around 30 seconds of work.