Good Morning Friends! I hope you had a most excellent weekend. I had so many of these farm posts sitting there banked that I almost broke my cardinal rule of no posting on Saturday to churn through them a bit quicker. This morning I am going to talk about an interesting farm down in Reekwater involving an ancient spear wielder called The Surgeon. This game is pretty popular because it is one of the sources of the legendary Ancient Mandible trophy material. As a result, there is likely to be a regular cycle of familiar faces who are out there regularly farming this. For me, it has significance because it drops a really nice piece of jewelry for Strength-based characters. It also drops a handful of other significant items, making it well worth most players’ time.
This camp is located Northwest of the town of Reekwater, and you might notice the path I am suggesting looks a little wonky. The camp is located on the top of a mountain and the natural route winds its way through a few dozen packs of ancients before finally ending up on the artificial plateau where The Surgeon is located. However, if you are good at climbing mechanics in this game, you can instead make your way up the rock face latching onto rocks as you jump up and climb your way to the top without encountering anything. On the plateau itself, you will encounter an archer-type skeleton, a summoner-type skeleton, and then The Surgeon boss. This sequence has really irregular spawn patterns because while it follows the 5-minute spawn rate usually, it does occasionally do this thing where things instantly respawn. If you get in trouble you can hop through the circular window shown in the first screenshot and there is a ledge back there that you can drop down to and reset aggro. This ledge also serves as a safe spot to go AFK, but I would suggest dropping to a prone stance to keep from potentially being seen.
So why do we care about this camp in particular? As I said above this is the only Strength Based Earring that I was able to find that dropped at 590 and was easy to farm solo. It is also a good source of a pure Dexterity-based Greatsword and a pretty reasonable Constitution-based tanking shield. I would have rather than shield have been a Tower-type but beggars can’t be choosers. If I had one regret about this camp it is that the Spear that is named after this particular boss… only drops at item level 500 instead of 590. If you need Obsidian Gypsum it is also a pretty good source for you to get your daily drops while you are farming other items.
- The Surgeon
- Soulstrike – DEX Steadfast Putrification Greatsword
- Rudiger’s Sail Hook – STR Earring
- Bonerot – INT/FOC Diminishing Orb Void Gauntlet
- Oath of the Pacifist – CON Strike Shield Ward Round Shield
- Ancient Mandible – Legendary Ancient Trophy Material
The bonus of this camp is that if you happen to get the Ancient Mandible to drop while you are farming other things, then you probably just made an instant windfall of coins. Truth be told you could probably flip it instantly to one of the players who are also standing there trying to farm it, albeit at probably a diminished return. I came out here mostly for the earring because I was trying to get a full set of 590 jewelry, but the shield is pretty solid as well and hard to replace. I have a handful more of these guides that I will be posting over the coming days and have collected them into a Loot Farms category on my blog. As always if you know any great spots that I have not visited that drop level 590 gear, please drop me a line below.