Build : Rt/any Signet of Spirits Farmer

6 + 1

11 + 1

Spawning Power

Creatures you create have 48% more Health, and weapon spells you cast last 48% longer.

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Optionals[]

Additional Spirits – drop spawning power to 8+1, increase communing to 10+1

Spirit durability

Spiritleech Aura – drop spawning power to 8+1 and increase restoration magic to 5+1.
Spirit Boon Strike – particularly useful if you want to avoid dissolving a spirit wall with Summon Spirits.

Utility

Spirit Siphon – reliable energy management
Dash
Drunken Master
Pain Inverter - to swiftly farm any boss that has area damage.

Survival

Mend Body and Soul – especially useful against conditions. Drop spawning power to 8+1 and increase restoration magic to 5+1.
Spirit Light – raw healing. Drop spawning power to 8+1 and increase restoration magic to 5+1.
Shadow Sanctuary - high health regen with an armor boost (useful if targeted by foes) without the need to invest any attribute points. Weapon of Enchanting recommended.

Template Codes[]

Variant: W/Rt Signet of Spirits Farmer

Warrior / Ritualist

12

12

Spirit Siphon

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Variant: R/Rt Signet of Spirits Farmer

Ranger / Ritualist

12

10

10 + 1 + 3

Expertise

The energy cost of attack skills, rituals, touch skills and all Ranger skills is reduced by 56%.

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Due to expertise you can run more expensive communing spirits without an energy management skill, including Dissonance.

Variant: Mo/Rt Signet of Spirits Farmer

Monk / Ritualist

12

12

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Variant: N/Rt Signet of Spirits Farmer

Necromancer / Ritualist

12

12

3 + 1

Soul Reaping

Gain 4 Energy whenever a non-Spirit creature near you dies, up to 3 times every 15 seconds.

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Blood Bond can be used as alternative to spiritleech aura to heal the spirits upon attack without decreasing their damage output.

Variant: Me/Rt Signet of Spirits Farmer

Mesmer / Ritualist

12

12

3

Fast Casting

You activate Spells and Signets 13% faster. (No effect for non-Mesmer skills with a cast time less than 2 seconds.)
In PvE, the recharge time of your Mesmer Spells is reduced by 9%.

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Variant: E/Rt Signet of Spirits Farmer

Elementalist / Ritualist

12

12

3 + 1

Energy Storage

Your maximum Energy is raised by 12.

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Variant: A/Rt Signet of Spirits Farmer

Assassin / Ritualist

12

12

3

Critical Strikes

You have an additional 3% chance to critical hit. Whenever you critical hit, you get 1 Energy.

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Variant: P/Rt Signet of Spirits Farmer

Paragon / Ritualist

12

12

Spirit Siphon

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Variant: D/Rt Signet of Spirits Farmer

Dervish / Ritualist

12

12

3

Mysticism

The energy cost of Dervish enchantments is reduced by 12%.
In PvE, gain +3 armor rating while enchanted.

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Equipment[]

+20 energy staff (Example: Staff of the Forgotten), but preferably one with +1/20% to Channeling.
Shield set.

Flatbow/Longbow for pulling.
If soloing Lab, it is safe to run 3 x Sup - Channeling (12 + 1 + 3pts), Communing (12 + 3pts) + Spawning (3 + 3pts), and full Radiant set, to speed up run and avoid energy issues, just be mindful when aggroing multiple Skeles as you will only have around 250hp.

Usage[]

Spread your spirits out in a line or an arc.
- Set Bloodsong and Vampirism near the front to take the brunt of damage.
- Set the three spirits from Signet of Spirits behind Bloodsong and Vampirism.
- Bring Shadowsong and set behind the other spirits if there are a lot of or high physical damage dealers.
Use Armor of Unfeeling before pulling mobs.
Depending on the mob, wait for the mob to ball up naturally, and aggro using Painful Bond.
Reproduce spirits as they die, try to keep a wall between yourself and enemies.
Try renewing Armor of Unfeeling after you reproduce your spirits.
Use Summon Spirits to move your spirits around and/or to regenerate some of their health.

Farmable Areas[]

General Notes[]

This build is extremely popular because of its ability to dispatch relatively weak foes easily. This means the majority of Normal Mode mobs can be killed by a single Signet of Spirits player on its own, making this the preferred build for gathering most of Nicholas the Traveler's wanted items.

As a matter of fact, know that this build is able to clear pretty much every low and mid-level mission/explorable area in the game in Normal Mode.

Solo missions like the Norn Fighting Tournament or Tihark Orchard can also easily be cleared with this. See Signet of Spirits Solo Content for more information.

Normal Mode[]

Fissure of Woe. Main area for Obsidian Shard farming is the Forest of the Wailing Lord, for more detailed information see the variantbar just below.

Variant: Rt/Any Signet of Spirits Forest Farmer

Ritualist / Any

8 + 1

7 + 1

8 + 1

12 + 1 + 3

Creatures you create have 36% more Health, and weapon spells you cast last 36% longer.

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Equipment

Full Shaman Insignias.
Channeling Staff.
Defensive Set (for running), Longbow (for pulling).

Usage

Bring a Paragon Speed Boost Hero and a Spell Breaker Monk hero. Please note that your Monk hero must have his skills disabled and a weapon of Enchanting equipped. Here is the build for this Monk hero :

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As soon as you spawn, walk back to the wall behind you. Head south, keep hugging the wall to your right past the first enemy group then move east towards the Great Battlefield. Before the last Shadow Army group, have your Monk hero cast Spell Breaker on you, then go through to the Great Battlefield. Head west to the Forest.

Once you've entered the Forest, proceed by killing the enemy groups one by one, even Rock Borer Worms.
- Against Spirit Shepherd groups, equip your longbow, pre-cast your spirits, attack them far away at longbow range, do not move then use Summon Spirits. Keep autoattacking at longbow range until they die.

Proceed to kill every enemy in the Forest. Keep the Undead for last as they can kill you easily if not careful. Watch out for Skeletal Impaler traps.

Underworld. The Labyrinth is easily farmable, with foes here having an high chance of ecto drops. The Forgotten Vale can also be cleared easily, allowing easy access to the Black Widow. Chaos Planes are harder but doable, with a very high amount of potential ecto drops. Farming the Ice Wastes is extremely tedious and generally not worth it.

Feather farming in Jaya Bluffs, against Sensali Tengu. Start from Seitung Harbor, head north, very easy and straightforward.

Feather farming in North Kryta Province, against Caromi Tengu. Start from D'Alessio Seaboard then go directly north on the big plain, salvage all Feathered Caromi Scalp into Feathers.

Feather farming in the Nahpui Quarter mission. Use a longbow to pull enemies into your spirit wall and do not kill bosses.

Hard Mode[]

Hulking Stone Elementals in Old Ascalon. Start from Sardelac Sanitarium, head into the canyon in front of you, killing all Elementals you encounter. Keep moving then head northwest to find the last Elementals.

Desert Griffons in Skyward Reach. Start from Augury Rock, proceed slowly, kill Hydras on the way.

Fog Nightmares in the Black Curtain for massive amounts of Glittering Dust. Bring a Paragon Speed Boost Hero with you, head south from the Temple of the Ages, run through the first Damned Cleric and pop-ups near the wooden gate. Hug the left-most wall and head towards the south-eastern quadrant of the map, be mindful of Undead patrols when crossing the main path.
- Salvage Shadowy Remnants, be careful of Spined Aloes pops near the Shadow of Death. Shadow Sanctuary is a good choice here against degeneration and Grenth's Balance.

The Minister Cho's Estate mission can be easily completed in Hard Mode for OS items. Unfortunately you'll have to babysit Togo and Yijo the whole time.

Undead in Fahranur, the First City for Bones and Dead Swords. Start from Jokanur Diggings, kill the few Skale groups on the way to Fahranur, do not aggro more than one group a time, use your longbow to pull.

Jade Brotherhood outside the Marketplace. Keep walking near the sea, pull with a longbow. Be careful of Mages with Dragon's Stomp, groups with Ritualists can't be killed. The run ends near Kegai.

Mantids/Kappas in Sunqua Vale and in Kinya Province. Start from Ran Musu Gardens.

Ettins in Nebo Terrace, including the boss Glutt Wallop for Runes. With a Paragon Speed Boost Hero, start from either Beetletun or Bergen Hot Springs then head towards Nebo Village. Clear all the Ettins in the village then rezone using the North Kryta Province portal. Bring lockpicks as there is often a chest in the village.

Reed Stalkers just outside of the Temple of the Ages. Extremely fast and easy, with lots of Plant Fibers drops.

Am Fah from the Refuse to Drink quest. Those foes are one of the few level 20 foes in Hard Mode in the entire game, therefore having a high chance of dropping q8 (oldschool) items. They also drop a large amount of Runes. For more detailed information see the variantbar just below.

Variant: Rt/Any Signet of Spirits Am Fah q8 Farmer

Ritualist / Any

12 + 1 + 3

11 + 1

Spawning Power

6 + 1

Creatures you create have 48% more Health, and weapon spells you cast last 48% longer.