I Hit 100... Now What? - Grim Dawn Farming Guide

[@basedanon420]

Thank you so much for these guides! As a Diablo convert there were a few things I had to get used to but I’m loving this game and appreciate the detail of your guides.

[@colepenguin]

Hey just wanted to say as a new player, your [1.2] Beginner’s Fire Pet Cabalist is one of the best guides I've seen. Super fun and good levelling guide. Cheers!

[@Paikis]

Glad I could help! Eventually I'll do a play through of that character. Probably.

[@naveenkv7175]

Inventory filled up with legendries just by doing 5 runs of all locations you mentioned. I never thought to farm totems before as I never paid attention to how often they dropped legendries. Thank you very much for this method - it is quite bountiful in loot.

[@Paikis]

Awesome. It's the best way I've found to get loot until you can do Shattered Realm 50+ and by then you probably don't need much loot for this character.

[@gutbomb9072]

Very helpful thanks. ..Back to Grim Dawn after a POE (mis)adventure...So great to jump back into GD. Like a comfortable pair of shoes.

[@sp0x970]

I became a Grim Dawn Jedi by following Paikis's streams!! You can toooo!!!!

[@defman21]

I didn't know about the Gloomwald route, so thanks for that! Here's my route for farming totems: 1. Gloomwald (yours) 2. Hidden laboratory - farm aether crystals and shards, one totem (sometimes does not spawn at all), nemesis, final boss of Act 1. 3. Burrwitch village - go right to East March, 1 guarantied celestial totem there. 4. While running to East March, take a look at the map, there could be a totem near Burrwitch Village or Burrwitch Outskirts. If it's there, go for it. 5. Arkovian Foothills - go right, farm some aether crystals and shards, farm the totem. TP back to the rift and go left, a totem could spawn there. 6. Cronley's hideout - a totem could spawn near the rift, if so - farm it and TP outta here. If not, continue through the hideout, there are a bunch of elites and one super elite bandit. If I don't see a totem on the map as I continue through the hideout, I TP to the next farming spot, if I do - farm the totem and Cronley. 7. Twin Falls - one totem there. Also, I go over the bridge near the rift a bit to see if there's a Celestial totem in Tyrant's hold, if not - I go to the left of Twin Falls rift to the Wasp Nest dungeon, there's a super elite in there. Farm it, go outside and take a look at the map, there could be a Celestial totem in Arkovian Coliseum, you can see it if you go just a little to the top. 8. Rotting croplands - go left, there's a chance for super aether totem. 9. Blood grove - go left, 2 possible totems in the area. One totem could spawn to the bottom of the rift, but it's always PITA to go for it because of boulders taking up the path, so I ignore it. 10. Gates of Necropolis - 1 totem. 11. Tomb of the Watchers - 1 totem.

[@Paikis]

Most of those are in the video, but none of them are as good as Gloomwald.

[@HateMachinist]

Ty for mentioning the ancient totem in croplands. I was farming pulsing aether-shards for my spellbreaker the other day when i suddenly realized my inventory was full of purples. Even if you don't need the pulsing shards, that is a surprisingly fast totem run which gets you 2-3 legendaries on average. Also two possible spawns for nemesis near amalgamation.

[@grez2699]

Very informative thanks!

[@TheAniki94]

Best farming guide 🤟 Thanks boss, really appreciated 🙏

[@Paikis]

No worries mate! Good luck with the farming!

[@TheAniki94]

@@Paikis thanks 😊

[@ChrisElison]

Fantastic video, lots of tips! 👍

[@spacedoggo8818]

This was very useful, thank you

[@L0wki]

Grim Dawn is my favorite ARPG of all Time. Before Grim Dawn i love to play Titan Quest but Grim Dawn is like a Titan Quest 2.0. All ist better than before. So much Fun even after the 1000 Playthrough. Can´t wait for the new Addon and the shapeshifting Skills :D

[@Capa330]

That's very interesting, thanks for sharing. I discover grim dawn only lately, I'm at my second char and don't like crucible/shattered realms either. These are golden infos, bless on you.

[@Paikis]

Glad I could help!

[@nomercy8989]

I'm really struggling with stash management lol. Very helpful.

[@Maclain55]

Check out Grim Dawn Item Assistant. It runs outside the game and makes your shared stash infinite.

[@Paikis]

A lot of people do. Unless you're using an external tool, you basically have to use mules or be OK with leaving loot on the ground. I leave loot on the ground personally.

[@jonnyc3600]

Nice! Thanks!

[@BrandonUfert]

Eldritch essence farm? Did I miss it in the video?

[@Paikis]

It's not there from memory. Any of the Eldritch bosses from Forgotten Gods drop them.

[@colepenguin]

Great guide, just got to gloomwald in ultimate on a fire pet cabalist (around level 76 right now.). As a new player is there any reason to pick up all the green rare items to vendor them for iron bits? Currently have about 4 million, and not sure if there's a iron bit sink in this game (like gambling in diablo 2). Thanks for your guides!

[@Paikis]

The big bits sinks are crafting and transmuting. Unless you're planning on making a conduit build though, you're unlikely to have massive crafting bills with a pet class as they generally want purple items, not crafted greens. Transmuting could get expensive if you're using it as a method of getting your set or if you're flipping those set pieces once you have them in order to get better rolls. Usually I turn off white items before leaving town, then I pick up and sell everything in Act 1 normal, then turn off yellow items. Once I'm level 100, I will usually turn off rares, but leave MIs, double rares, epic and legendary items on.

[@jcc4543]

There are green items like off hand book you can get from malmouth I'm also cabalist atm I got ghols set just don't sell if you see pet damage example Bonus to all pet 90% damage to all. Like that

[@jaytronzero]

Is a good way for somebody to assemble their first set (other than farming random drops) trying to dismantle and transmute everything they can, hoping to hit the set they're looking for? Or are Celestial Lotus' too hard to farm to make that a good upgrade path?

[@Paikis]

I wrought do both. Celestial Totems are quite hard, but if you can farm Korvaak, that could be a good way to get them. Honestly though, random drops from regular totems and the occasional Nemesis Trove is probably fastest.

[@jaytronzero]

@@Paikis Thank you for the reply and all the great guides! Back to Gloomwald it is :D

[@xeridox]

I have never EVER seen a totem spawn. Do you need the expansion after ashes to get them to spawn?

[@Paikis]

You will need the expansions yes. I think in the base game you probably just do boss runs.

[@LilChar69]

12:51 i repeat this run for 3 days straight probably spent 18 hours but cant find a single one the avenger's blueprint for my savagery build. Am i doing wrong or im not lucky enough ? i got several new blueprint total 10 pcs and i already on level 100 while doing this run

[@Paikis]

It's partly being unlucky and partly that "legendary" blueprints are quite rare. Best place to get them is Nemesis chests and SR50+. You'll probably get the full Avenger's set before you get the blueprint to craft them.

[@kilivanjg2813]

Does The Messenger still drop Celestial Lotus' ? Grimtools doesnt show him as dropping them.

[@Paikis]

As far as I know he still does. I haven't checked though.

[@kilivanjg2813]

@@Paikis Thank you! Could i pick your brain on the best location to farm Kaisan, after the Nemesis update? I cant remember any Eldritch Dangerous Domains

[@Paikis]

I've been farming him in the Tomb of the Eldritch Sun, but anywhere with a lot of eldritch mobs will work.

[@Braddaddyx]

Thanks for this good guide, I also do not enjoy Shattered Realm, it is boring. Farming like you recommend it is much more recreational.

[@Paikis]

Glad you enjoyed it. Good luck with the farming!

[@theflinch]

Is this build good for SR and Crucible too?

[@Paikis]

I haven't played it in Crucible, but it should work. It clears SR80 but you will have to resummon skeletons. I haven't tried to take it past 80.

[@theflinch]

@@Paikis Now you made me roll a Cabalist :D. will see how its going.

[@ellivafgnik9812]

I don't see anywhere in Grimtools when I look up items in the item datebase where to farm for them. I want to farm for Korba set for my Trickster but I cannot seem where it comes from, it only says "ashes of malmouth" in Grimtools. Can anyone explain?

[@Paikis]

If an item doesn't tell you what drops it then it's a random drop and you just have to kill things until it drops. When it says Ashes of Malmouth, it's just telling you which expansion it was added in. Korba's set is one of those drop-anywhere sets.