January 29, 2012

Bunny Farming

Introduction:


As you can see in Dragon Nest SEA now , a lot lowbie or newbie I would say , always requesting for a high level to train with them. From another perspective, this is an awesome method which provides an opportunity to both lowbie and high level player to earn some extra money.

Not only does this benefits the lowbie but you as the master can also reap some awesome rewards. And by awesome, I meant the chance of epic heraldies either through a gold bunny or through exchanging dimensional fragments, or lots of gold by selling these dimensional fragments out. Don't forget the Gifts, coz' making love to your NPCs yields good rewards!

First, the Master-Apprentice method is not a bug. It's a feature implemented by Eyedentity to help new, beginning Dragon Nest players to build a good foundation in the game. How do you do it you say? Assuming you are level32, just run through an abyss dungeon with a level 9-23 player and that's it, simple. Once the bunny appears, just click it (you should have a dimensional key) and viola!, there are 1-2 gifts, 15pcs dimensional fragments, low grade codes, and you'll still regain your dimensional key back! (sometimes you even gain an additional key)

If you would ask what the party should consist of, the answer is any. Basically the rule is just the party should have at least 1 apprentice (a gap of at least 9 levels within the highest and lowest level players in the party, with the lowbie commonly around 9-23) and the rest doesn't matter anymore. You can go by 3 masters - 1 apprentice or just plain 1 master and 1 apprentice. For me, I do it with my buddy and we do it by just the two of us. There's no problem with it, the clearing time is still almost the same.

So how do you cash in? Basically there are two ways:

Sell it to a NPC:


Well, a stack of dimensional fragment (500pcs) sells for 50g. With a unique Golden Goose VIP however, it sells for 57.5g/stack. If you manage to rack up 20 stacks that's an extra 150 gold. So basically you need to rev up for a golden goose VIP membership before cashing it all out if you chose it this way. Again don't worry, the bunnies here drop gifts. And by the time these gifts are enough for exchanging with a unique VIP membership, you should have collected enough stacks to make it to 1k gold. It takes time, not to mention inventory slots, but anyway, all farming technique does. You should get used to it.

Exchange Fragments to Epic Skill Heraldries:


Yep, and an epic heraldy pouch should be around 1.2k frags (to include lvl 32 skills) with the price varying for lower level plates. The skill plates are random, so here it all comes down to your luck. And well, since 1.2k frags sells for 120g, exchanging them if it means obtaining a 300g or more skill plate is a good bargain. If lady luck seldom smiles to you however and only gives you a 100-150 g or lower skill plate. It's not that bad. But sometimes, it's just freaking hard to sell these not-wanted plates. And this is what would tire you out.
Well, as I've said, this method depends on your luck. You could profit big, but sometimes, since the required number of frags is significantly large (1.2k pcs), just plain golding it out is an option. This happens especially if you're not a hardcore bunny farmer, or you just spend more time looking for parties rather than the run itself. But if you're dedicated to this method, like you can farm up to 20 stacks (It's possible - I do it.) exchanging them is always better.

So my main point is, if you're a hardcore bunny farmer (probably with someone you know playing as the lowbie), exchange it for skill plates. Otherwise, just gold it out. It's hard to rack the frags up to 1.2k pieces if you don't always have a lowbie along with you and you spend a significant amount of time looking for parties. If this is the case just farm jewels and codes or so, you might get a higher gold/hr rate there.

Note: Exchanging dimensional fragments to heraldy scholars comes in different denominations for different levels of skills (1.2 k frags include the level 32 skills). If you want gamble these fragments to obtain highly-priced low level skills like side kick, impact punch, twin shot etc... you may do so if you wish. In fact you can even profit more by doing so because 1 low level skill pouch is 800 frags so you can gamble for more. Chances are however you may receive not-wanted skill plates and simply waste your frags.

Gold Bunny
Though the dimensional fragments are the main focus of this method, other loots do count. Dimensional keys are used in chaos opening dungeons, where you can farm ingredients for epic skill accessories. Gold bunnies, which you would probably meet about 3-5% of the time if you're not that lucky, drops epic skill plates (commonly 1st job for Sigh Canyon and higher chances of 2nd job plates for DTMI). Though most of these 1st job epic plates sells only around decent prices (50-100g), a couple like the premium twin shot sells for around 500g+. 2nd job epic skill plates also sell decently for most skills. The dropped rare-grade codes sell for a few gold, but when taken in the long run, do amount to something. Low grade epic codes sell pretty decent, especially the diamond ones. The only problem with them is sealing. Incomplete binding seals also drop, but they're better off when used to seal intermediate codes - the product of your DoK, Dried Marissa Spring, DoA farming runs.

Now enough with the loots, one big question about this technique is what dungeon to run. Well, for a level 9-16 party the shortest possible and probably the easiest one is Sigh Canyon abyss. The first stage here requires you to destroy the large black crystals and not wipe out all enemies. Doing so won't even exceed one minute. The second stage however, requires all enemies killed. Overall each run averages from 2-3 minutes, so doing the math by taking the second derivative of time with respect to the integral of bla bla bla results to the conclusion that a one hour worth is about 25 runs more or less (probably less) including the loading time. Once again the math sums up to about 375 dimensional frags/hr. (Around 3 and a half hours for a skill plate) So basically you'll be farming at a rate of 37.5g/hr (No Golden Goose VIP membership). Its pretty decent, because that simple calculation excludes the profit from rough jewels, low grade codes, coin loots, dimensional keys, epic plate rewards (yes, gold chests DROP epic skill plates.) and gold bunnies if ever. Also, that calculation is only for selling the frags to NPCs. Since the profit from exchanging them to skill plates depends on what plate you obtain, you basically can't estimate the gold/hr rate there.

Videos:


Video above show how a party run Bunny Farming in Sigh Canyon.

If your partner is within the level 16-23 however, Dark Tower Magic Institute (DTMI) is the perfect dungeon to run. Completing DTMI is easier, faster, and yields more frags/hr (around 400+). That's why it's the choice of most people.


Aside from the gifts, dimensional frags and keys, DTMI also has decent priced loots like music boxes (3-4 g/ea). Here you can yield an average of 6-8g/run when lucky.

Take note that bunny farming is applicable to levels 9-23. Partying with level 24 and above won't return your used dimensional keys. If you're leveling a level 24+ partner, better do hunts and not farm. (No clicks on silver bunnies)


If your partner is kinda high level , try Dried Marissa Spring instead. It's another good place to farm.

And so that spells the end of this guide. Remember that gold farming in Dragon Nest takes time, and so with that good luck on your gold farming efforts!

Notes: This method only suitable for 32 LV cap or you're starting another new character. For current 40 LV cap , there are more methods to farm quickly and efficiently.

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