More GOLD, Same Effort with Gathering GLYPHS

[@phandrel]

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[@AnurSyqiecco]

Wierd compliment incoming: out of all gw2 streamers/ KZbinrs I watch (Mukluk, Teapod, Silhouette Gaming, Masel, ConnorConCarne, LordHizen, Vallun...) you have by far the most pleasent voice! Please keep you nice work up!

[@phandrel]

Thank you 😯 hearing my own voice still sounds weird to me, but I very much appreciate the compliment

[@gatorg1]

Thanks for pointing out Glyph of the Crucible. I have been telling people about it for years. When people mention to me that they would like to get VM glyphs but can not afford them, I often tell them to get crucible, and if they are doing enough gathering to make the VM glyphs worthwhile, the Crucible will help them quickly generate the gold for VMs.

[@phandrel]

Agreed! I think it's currently *the* most underrated in the game. Although, I do hope we get some more with future expansions.

[@drakebane9527]

Could you consider making a video on quickness builds for farming for different professions? Love the video as always 😊

[@phandrel]

Thanks! I'll try and make a comprehensive gathering build guide soon :) I'll do all 9 professions in a single video.

[@drakebane9527]

@@phandrel you're absolutely amazing man 🙏

[@mohamedelsennary6401]

@@phandrel I'm def waiting for that video

[@jaredfink5146]

Glyph of the Crucible went from 6g to 15g in 4 hours since this posted.

[@phandrel]

I felt like the disclaimer might be warranted when recording.

[@aricoseco]

Glyph of overload is definitely the most underrated glyph of all. Just use it in your home garden with pepper or mint seed for ascended food. 24 to 36 leafs daily.

[@phandrel]

Oh, I might need to do that. I've been using bounty, which averages 24 per day. This might just be the next level up then :o thanks for sharing!

[@aricoseco]

​@@phandrel 24 with bounty is way better than I taught and remember tbh. Glyph of overload guarantee you 24 and the average I have over a year now is 28. Never had 36 but I do have 30+ every 3-4 days. Around 850 leafs monthly. My benchmark is 1 year old but with the crafting, I calculated back then it was 250g pure profit monthly for the home garden IF I buy ALL the seeds. My routine is : Hidden garden until 24 charges -> home -> activate the glyph -> gather 8 nodes in the garden -> gather everything else which lead you to have 12 charges again with a full home and activate the glyph for the last 4 nodes. But now that you told me bounty is 24 average, might worth running numbers again and see if it less time consuming.

[@phandrel]

@@aricoseco thanks for elaborating! The range with bounty seems to be 21-27 for me, but there's few outliers. It's usually 24, give or take a(n un)lucky day.

[@elocfreidon]

I've been using the glyph of Crucible since it came out. Every end game map is a hardwood and platinum map.

[@mrxatissimo3937]

Great videos and very informative. I've been using the Alchemy one which is great for buying Tokens at a discount. It turns into 50 ore instead of 250.

[@phandrel]

Thanks! Alchemy is indeed one of the better ones out there. I still regret not buying more before EoD released. The price back then was way too low.

[@Somebody374-bv8cd]

Glyph of industry's primary use, imo, is for wvw players so they can hit the nodes there after capturing an objective asap before the commander yolos off. That was the only reason I got those (a very long time ago) when I still gave a shit about that gamemode. Overload can be used on blooming passiflora for guaranteed extra passion flowers but....from my experience, bounty might be rng, but I usually end up with at least the same amount or more without needing the hassle to recharge the glyph.

[@phandrel]

Yeah, I'm not the biggest fan of overload, either. I understand why they can't reduce the strikes it takes to charge, but it does add to its clunkiness. As for Industry, I hadn't considered that yet. But maybe I should start using that one in WvW more, as I do tend to lose sight of the commander every now and then xD

[@Somebody374-bv8cd]

@@phandrel Yea honestly I got irritated having to chase after the comm after gathering, to the point that I got industry for WvW. It helps a LOT in that regard.

[@TeamD3ath2]

same reason for reaping. all those leather nodes stacked together for insta harvest

[@Archi-The-Baguette]

i've been using the crucible glyph in addition to the alchemy glyph for some time now, by farming 150 ancient wood and orichalcum with alchemy, then get 150 platinum and hard wood with crucible, i could get a LOT of gold every day. If i had the motivation i would then do a regular iron and platinum route for even more profit or material to use in crafting. Then, if i REALLY had time, because it took a while and i am bored of it now, i would charge a glyph of Overload and collect flax seeds. A regular run without it would give me around 75 seeds, but with the glyph of overload, in 2 recharges, i could get around 150 seeds (every day), which can turn into TONS of gold. The big downside is that it takes a long time to charge and becomes boring really fast, this is why i stopped doing it.

[@phandrel]

It is incredibly rewarding, but as you mentioned, you gotta want to do it as well. Can drain the fun out of the game if all you do is gather.

[@Somebody374-bv8cd]

Yea gathering is chill and decently profitable, but like everything else, it becomes a chore if you repeatedly do it. I actually got burnt out once long ago doing it daily on multiple characters.

[@themutedflag]

Crucible is massively underrated. So is Reaping though. Even in your video. The time saving of reaping is huge in the various sickle farms. Great video though! ***Word of warning: do not use crucible or alchemy on leather or cloth nodes. There is no coding for that. You will not get leather or cloth.

[@phandrel]

Thanks! I have to say I agree that I might've gone a bit too lightly over Reaping, I got some great feedback on how other people have been making the most out of it, and I might buy myself one now.

[@KincheT]

My combo is volatile glyphs on pick and axe and reaping glyph on sickle. It makes farming flax on my alts a breeze, 5 seconds and I'm done.

[@phandrel]

I've been meaning to get a glyph of reaping just for flax, right now I limit myself to one character, and whenever I see anyone with that one going at it... man that looks so efficient.

[@H.S.D.81]

i do use unbound on main and farm my home and gh + every node i run by that i want to farm with it because the warped packs can give clovers and i am low on those constantly ... and that is cheaper then using the MC recipe in mystic toilet which i do use too... Switched to reaping on my secret garden farm char because i have a full one and got tired of the time it took me to go through all the nodes there... got volatile on parked char at a elder wood spot in orr and a few flax spot chars... I might switch to crucible to boost hard wood though... thx for that reminder 😊

[@phandrel]

The magic-warped bundles are kind of a favorite of mine, as they've awarded me quite a bit of clovers over the years as well. Your setup seems to be very considerate on how to get the most out of your glyphs.

[@legendaryvicius]

I have a question: is buying those shipments from ember bay worth it if i don't intend to sell the mats? Because i'm crafting my second set of obsidian armor and need a good source of those.

[@phandrel]

Not all of them will contribute, but I would say they are. You have a chance of getting mystic clovers, which tend to add up over time. I would recommend keeping your winterberries, though. You can make Steaks with Winterberry Sauce for quite a hefty profit.

[@K-Von]

We need frostbitten glyphs! I have a question, why do platinum and (mostly) hardwood sell at a significant steady price? It's been like that since last 3 years.

[@phandrel]

I think (I'm speculating) it's a combination of multiple factors. The supply of platinum is less than 10% of the mithril supply, yet they're still needed for recipes such as xunlai and deldrimor ingots. There's provably also less players actively playing those maps. Most meta trains will see you gather some mithril and elder Wood on the side, but not that much platinum. I would also guess less players organically reach maps like Mt maelstrom, timberline, and bloodtide Coast. If you level a character by completing zones, you'll be 80 before you get to those. At that point, I assume a lot of people shift to expansion zones. Again, I'm speculating. There might be other factors I'm not thinking of right now.

[@Somebody374-bv8cd]

@@phandrel You are correct. It's the same reason all T4 mats are more expensive than the rest, not just limited to ore/wood (linen, rugged leather, T4 yellow mats etc) Not to mention rich iron can proc 2 per node unlike plat and there's nothing like the circle of trees in malchor/straits for most other logs. Fun fact though, soft wood was extremely expensive at one point during HoT because you needed 4 per plank.

[@mohamedelsennary6401]

You won a new sup :D, Great video. Made me wanna make a special character specially for gathering nodes So Which spec do you recommend ?

[@phandrel]

Thank you, I appreciate that! I would recommend scrapper, with either this build: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oajbZJedjdFjfpIsi=5yMBMIZ7mGm4ysxU , which is relatively easy to play. Or this one gw2skills.net/editor/?PewAw6RlNwsYhsL2Jm6W3tSA-DSJYgRX/ZUhqIdpiHfAAQFA-e , which is featured in the video, but requires more effort. I plan on making a gathering build video for all classes, though.

[@malpma1150]

What’s your gathering tool for herbs, plants? The animation is fast.

[@phandrel]

On the Engineer and Warrior, you saw the Fused Molten Sickle. The Thief was wielding a Consortium Harvesting Sickle, both have the exact same speed and are, in fact, the fastest in the game :)

[@dallassukerkin6878]

Okay mate ... I need you to answer me a riddle :D How is it that you produce such excellent content and clearly impact the games economy and yet your Subscriber count is criminally low? You put this up two days ago and noted the usefulness of the Glyph of the Crucible for about 5 to 7 gold - how much is that glyph today? 26 Gold! EDIT: Ahh, I see someone else already posted about this :lol:

[@phandrel]

The impact on price thing is still astounding to me. I'm getting a larger and larger reach, but nowhere enough to feel impactful to the economy. The subscribers are flowing in steadily, so that'll get up there one day. I can probably promote clicking the button more, as 80% of my views are generally non-subscribed people though 😅

[@artsveiman7776]

How much gold can a player earn from gathering mats on a per hour basis?

[@phandrel]

It kind of depends on whether you want infinitely farmable things (e.g. plat, iron, etc) or daily. But overall, the top farms seem to be somewhere near 25-28gph, based on Peu's benchmarks. I'd need to do numbers for myself, but they seem about right.

[@Paelmoon]

I use the reaping ones in my home instance.

[@phandrel]

I think those nodes are probably the ones that benefit the most from the Glyph, although I've seen some wild things in Mount Maelstrom, Orr, etc.

[@SciFiMangaGamesAnime]

If only they would work for my alts too.. Man, I am still salty for the way they 'fixed' the issue with them.

[@asatsuki9250]

the only gw2 youtuber sharing actual hidden gems on the regular!

[@phandrel]

You're too kind :)

[@SciFiMangaGamesAnime]

Come to think about it, they haven't introduced any new glyphs since...forever.

[@phandrel]

Yeah, I hoped we'd see something for EoD or SotO. Here's to hoping for the next expansion :P

[@Somebody374-bv8cd]

@@phandrel I'm more disappointed they hadn't added any new home instance nodes in forever. EoD has 2 prime candidates already (amber/jade) and none was added.

[@elocfreidon]

​@@Somebody374-bv8cdit's the same reason why they didn't add a nauseous pod they want players to keep going back to those maps.

[@Somebody374-bv8cd]

@@elocfreidon Fair but jade is practically worthless currently because it sells for marginally more than the vendor cost (it vendors for a lot) after tax. Could have added imperial favour as a node since its unlikely you'll get so much of it that you won't need to go back to EoD maps. Soybeans would be fine or a home instance fishing node as well - have the node be krytian fish for DR, ascalom for BC, maguma for grove/rata, shiverpeaks for hoel.

[@elocfreidon]

@@Somebody374-bv8cd It took a while to go down and it is only marginally more than the vendor cost because the TP won't let you sell lower than a point based on vendor cost. There is so much from PoF and EoD that could have been nodes in the home like the shadow and dwarf caches, and the soybeans. Arenanet is just abandoning the home upgrades aside from gem store unlocks.

[@TheCoreus]

I was actually thinking of buying the downgrade glyph. Thanks for doing the math for me.😊

[@phandrel]

Awesome! Someone mentioned the price went up after my video. I hope you managed to catch a couple before that.

[@Sarcaustik]

What build is this?

[@phandrel]

This is the Engineer build: en.gw2skills.net/editor/?PewAw6RlNwsYhsL2Jm6W3tSA-DSJYgRX/ZUhqIdpiHfAAQFA-e I might cover it in a future video, as I get questions about it pretty often.

[@Sarcaustik]

@@phandrel Ever since the swd/p mechanist got nerfed, I no longer play engineer class specifically. Will this build feasible for the group content or there's a better build?

[@Maebbie]

oh man... now you start censoring the answer in the thumbnail, what is this. I am out of here.

[@phandrel]

KZbin's "helpful" recommendations, take it up with them :P

[@Maebbie]

@@phandrel nah i just put your channel on "dont recommend" next time, no offense of course, i am sure you will find more viewers than you lose with your strategy.