slaingod

So I’ve found my favorite place to farm for the main leatherworking materials, borean leather and arctic fur, in the lastest upgrade to World of Warcraft. Unfortunately, it seems like the best places are those where not having done some of the quests that cause phasing. In particular, I had heard that Valley of Echoes in Ice Crown had some fast respawn monsters if you hadn’t done the main quest lines there. But alas, I had already completed those, so I read that the Sons of Hodir cave in Storm Peaks had a lot Jormunger snakes and Bears. However I found the respawn rate to be lacking on these…but that may only be because I haven’t completed the quest lines for the Brunnhildar female Viking village.

What I did discover is my new favorite Borean Leather farming spot. So to reiterate, I haven’t done any of the quests in Storm Peaks, so I am in the ‘Phase 1’ where the Brunnhildar Warbears and Warmaiden riders are sent to battle the elite giants and wolves in the valley. The Brunnhildar Warbears spawn as fast as you kill them, as it seems there is a minimum number of monsters that need to be alive to keep the battle in the valley properly sustained. You can just kill the Warbears, as the Warmaidens die when they are dismounted by the bear dying.

You can manage the rate at which they come to a certain extent by choosing where you kill them: back up if they come to fast so it takes longer between kills for them to respawn and run out to where you are. You want to be positioned sort of near the cave entrance, but a little closer to the village. If things pile up too quickly, just move to the cliff wall near the cave so that a few of them pass to join the battle with the giants, rather than attacking you.

Best thing is, IMO, the Warbears don’t drop loot, they are just skinnable, so your bags don’t constantly get filled with garbage items you have to vendor or discard. Just like the boars at Oronok’s Farm in Shadow Moon Valley for Knothide Leather. And because you are in a different phase than most everyone else who has done the quest line, you are basically able to farm unmolested by other toons on PVP servers.