Michaleo
Generating Commendations as a Creep
This is one way to farm commendations. It assumes you will be able to get to the various spots relatively easily. If the freeps are running wild, it will take a little longer.
There are two plans: the first generates 190 commendations in less than an hour, assuming the creeps control Lugazag and you aren’t harassed too much. It can be immediately repeated.
The second plan generates up to 190 + 170 + 500 + 30 = 890, but requires items that can be turned in and access to Tol Ascarnen on two different days. The items can be accumulated easily by any higher-rank creeps that you play and mailed to the temporary creep. (If you don’t plan to play any creeps, create a Reaver to accumulate the items, and a Stalker to be the temporary creep.) You will turn in a total of 10 quests in Tol Ascarnen. You can choose the quests based on the availability of items. Some quests produce a few more commendations. You also do the scouting and poisoning quests on the second day.
Create a new creep of any class you aren’t using. You’ll dispose of it and recreate it to make more commendations, so don’t spend anything on it. You don’t plan to do any fighting with the creep, so avoid freeps.
Do the intro quests, and then pick up the 9 quests shown below. Choose your path to the different locations. I start with Lugazag if it is controlled by creeps, since it is the only keep I need to enter. Otherwise, I head to Tol Ascarnen, Poisoning the Hoardale, Isendeep Mine, Grothum, Tirith Rhaw, and Grimwood Lumber Camp, and Dar-Gazag. I will divert to Lugazag if the creeps reclaim it, since it might flip back at any time. You might also get stuck at Grothum if the freeps have killed Bok and you need to wait for him to respawn. (Rarely, the freeps may do the same thing in Dar-Gazag.) The scouting quests just require you to get near the keep, so even if it is controlled by freeps, you should be able to run past it without difficulty.
Comms | Quest |
10 | Get to Grothum, Maggot. Requires Grothum NPCs to be alive. |
10 | Into the Grimwood. Scout Grimwood |
10 | Securing the Front. Scout Grimwood |
10 | To Tirith Rhaw. Scout Tirith Rhaw. |
10 | Status Report. Scout Tirith Rhaw and Isendeep Mine. |
10 | To Tol Ascarnen. Scout Tol Ascarnen. |
10 | Report to Dar-gazag. Requires Dar-gazag NPC to be alive. |
10 | Report to Lugazag. Requires creep control of Lugazag to access NPC. |
10 | Poisoning the Hoardale. Go to Hoardale falls and use item. |
100 | Gift from the War-Tyrant. Available when you have visited the keeps and Grothum. |
If you want to do the second plan, take the items with you. You can choose 10 quests from those available at Tol Ascarnen, but only if it is under creep control. Since they are item quests, there is no need to pick up the quest until you’re ready to turn in. There aren’t enough to do all in one day, but if you’re logged on across a reset, you can do them in one session (You may need to relog after reset for them to be available).
Comms | Quest | Items |
15 | Taste of Elf | 10 Elf Ears |
15 | Shatter Their Blades | 10 Shattered Blades |
15 | Striking Shafts | 10 Grimwood-kindling |
15 | An Iron Belly | 10 Isendeep Ore |
15 | Cooking Sauce | 10 Barrel of Oil |
15 | Tribute to the Tyrant | 10 Legs of Men |
20 | Grumbling and Rumbling | 10 Norbog Meat + 10 Norbog Gizzards |
20 | Armour for the Lessers. | 20 Pieces of Norbog Chitin |
500 | Tol Ascarnen Travel, Tier 1 |
Don’t do any extra quests, since the infamy will be discarded. Your main goal is the 500 commendations from the deed.
You can do this effectively every day, since when you finish the second day, you can delete the temporary creep, create a new one and do the first day for the new temporary creep.
Before deleting the temporary creep, be sure to mail any items and gold to your other creeps. I can’t resist picking up troll stone, wood, or ore when I’m running around.
If you don’t plan to play any creeps, create a Reaver to collect items and hold things when you delete and recreate your temporary creep. Reaver is a melee DPS class, so even with just the starting skills and low rank, it can farm items to be turned in by your temporary creep. Be sure to do this process on your Reaver, so you can get the commendations for it, too.
by Michaleo on 2015-10-15 09:04:04