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Guide to solo farming the Canthan Courier Crisis in Hard Mode in Guild Wars
This guide details how to solo farm the Cantha Courier Crisis mission in Hard Mode in Guild Wars, including the requirements, build, tips and tricks, and expected loot. It's a profitable way to make money without the need for meta builds or equipment.
1. 💰 Introduction to Solo Farming the Cantha Courier Crisis
- ✅ The Cantha Courier Crisis is a very profitable mini-mission, similar to the boxing event in Gunner's Hold, but with better rewards.
- ✅ You can obtain golden, purple, and blue armor pieces, as well as a large number of runes.
- ✅ It is possible to obtain rare items such as two Superior Vigors in a row and old skins such as bladed shields.
- ✅ To start, you must complete the first mission of the Winds of Change DLC, Cleansing Buck Deck, in normal mode.
- ✅ Then, talk to Lei Jang in Ken Center and Courier Falcon in the market, who will give you bronze knuckles to equip.
00:08 - 01:25
1. 💰 Introduction to Solo Farming the Cantha Courier Crisis
- ✅ The Cantha Courier Crisis is a very profitable mini-mission, similar to the boxing event in Gunner's Hold, but with better rewards.
- ✅ You can obtain golden, purple, and blue armor pieces, as well as a large number of runes.
- ✅ It is possible to obtain rare items such as two Superior Vigors in a row and old skins such as bladed shields.
- ✅ To start, you must complete the first mission of the Winds of Change DLC, Cleansing Buck Deck, in normal mode.
- ✅ Then, talk to Lei Jang in Ken Center and Courier Falcon in the market, who will give you bronze knuckles to equip.
01:26 - 02:21
2. ⚔️ Recommended Attributes, Weapons, and Equipment
- ✅ It is recommended to use modified thunder knuckles to inflict more damage, although bronze knuckles are enough to start.
- ✅ No special skills, equipment, or runes are needed.
- ✅ You can add an extra armor mode and furious or vampiric modes to the daggers, but they are optional.
- ✅ It is recommended to use a slice of pumpkin pie to increase attack speed.
- ✅ No additional movement speed is needed, as you have a permanent 50% increase during the mission.
02:22 - 03:16
3. 🥊 Essential Skills for Farming
- ✅ Block: Use this skill frequently to mitigate incoming damage.
- ✅ Brawling Jab: Use when you don't have enough adrenaline.
- ✅ Interrupt: Skill to interrupt enemies.
- ✅ Brawling Hook: To inflict extra damage.
- ✅ Rolling Uppercut: Inflicts a lot of extra damage.
- ✅ Focus Fire Fist: Inflicts even more damage, in addition to knocking down and burning the enemy for five seconds. It is the best DPS skill in the build.
- ✅ Brawling Combo Punch: Has a very long cooldown time (45 seconds).
- ✅ Stand Up: Allows you to get up if your health reaches zero, without losing progress on the survival title.
03:17 - 04:22
4. 💡 Tips and Tricks to Maximize Farming
- ✅ Use the block skill frequently.
- ✅ Build adrenaline with Brawling Jab and use Fire Fist and Brawling Uppercut as much as possible.
- ✅ Reserve the combo punch for difficult situations due to its long cooldown time.
- ✅ Don't let Fen take all the damage, as if he dies, it will take 30 seconds to reappear.
- ✅ Try to inflict more damage than Falcon to get more rewards.
- ✅ Attack the same target as the NPC.
04:23 - 06:25
5. 🗺️ Step-by-Step Mission Guide
- ✅ Start in the market, go to the Kynang docks, talk to Fen, equip the knuckles, and start the mission.
- ✅ Talk to him again to get an extra skill in hard mode.
- ✅ Normal mode may be good for Q8s, but the rewards are significantly lower, so hard mode is recommended.
- ✅ Use a slice of pumpkin pie at the beginning.
- ✅ The enemies are warriors, assassins, and rangers from the Ampha and the Jade Brotherhood.
- ✅ Eliminate the closest enemy and try to attack Falcon's target.
06:26 - 08:15
6. ⚔️ Strategy for the First Difficult Part
- ✅ After the two rangers, try to get ahead of Falcon and save the combo punch or high damage skills.
- ✅ Eliminate the scrapper and let Fen attack the target he chooses.
- ✅ In this area, Fen will die frequently.
- ✅ Groups of three can be defeated solo, but groups of four are very difficult.
- ✅ If you die, use the stand up skill and continue.
- ✅ You can easily run away thanks to the 50% speed increase.
08:16 - 10:13
7. 🐾 Second Boss and Preparation for the Next Difficult Part
- ✅ The second boss and his pet should not be a problem.
- ✅ Bring the groups of enemies from the front and back to Falcon.
- ✅ Save the best skills for the groups after the two alphas.
10:14 - 11:27
8. 💀 Strategy for the Most Difficult Part of the Mission
- ✅ After the third boss, groups of enemies will come from almost all directions.
- ✅ It is crucial to attack the same target as Falcon.
- ✅ Falcon is likely to die and you will have to face the remaining groups alone.
- ✅ Wait to use the combo punch and use it only when you are outnumbered.
- ✅ Camp behind the wall to prevent the ranger from attacking.
11:28 - 13:12
9. 🛡️ Final Bosses and Tips to Save Time
- ✅ The fourth boss is easy to eliminate.
- ✅ You can bring the two jade warriors from the left closer to save time.
- ✅ The last part consists of fighting the last two bosses, for which the usual tactics apply.
- ✅ Collect the rewards quickly and, after defeating the second boss, travel back to the market to not complete the mission and save time.
- ✅ For another game, enter the Kynang docks again.
13:13 - 14:39
10. 💰 Loot Data and Farm Ranking
- ✅ After 41 games, Superior Vigor was obtained seven times.
- ✅ Many Prodigy Shaman's Insignia, Bladed Shield, and other old shields were obtained.
- ✅ The best loot was a Wooden Buckler Q11 with two perfect mods.
- ✅ When recovering the Jade Bracelets, you get piles of Glittering Dust, and when recovering the Plague Idols, you get Iron Ingots.
- ✅ Most of the money comes from the runes.
- ✅ This farm is in 13th place on the list of the top 25, with close to 80 plat per hour, and is surprisingly fun.
- ✅ It takes between 17 and 19 minutes to complete a game if you don't die and use pumpkin pie.