Best Ways to Farm Coins and Items in Forsaken

Introduction

Farming coins and rare items is the backbone of progression in Forsaken. Whether you're saving for legendary weapons, upgrading your gear, or crafting the ultimate build, knowing the fastest and most efficient farming methods will save you hours of grind. This guide breaks down every proven strategy—from beginner-friendly coin loops to endgame rare-drop routes—so you can maximize your gains per minute. We’ll cover best locations, class synergies, consumable usage, and step-by-step rotations that top players use to amass fortunes.

Understanding Resources in Forsaken

Before diving into methods, understand what you’re farming:

• **Coins**: The primary currency, used for buying equipment, potions, and some rare materials from vendors. Earned from mob kills, quests, and selling unwanted loot.
• **Materials**: Crafting components that drop from specific enemies or are gathered in the world. Essential for upgrading gear and forging unique items.
• **Rare Drops**: Low-percentage items from bosses or elite enemies. Often best-in-slot or used for powerful recipes. Includes weapons, armor pieces, and unique accessories.
• **Event Tokens**: Seasonal currencies that appear during limited-time events. Usually farmable through event-specific mobs or quests.

Each type requires slightly different farming approaches, but the core principles overlap.

General Farming Principles

1. Maximize Your Kill Speed

Dead enemies can’t drop loot fast enough if you kill them slowly. Prioritize damage output and area-of-effect abilities to clear groups quickly. Even if you sacrifice a bit of magic find, faster kills often yield more per hour.

2. Stack Multipliers

Look for gear, consumables, and buffs that increase coin gain, item rarity, or drop rates. Even small percentage boosts compound over thousands of kills. Common sources include:

• Double Coin Potions
• Lucky Elixirs (increase rare drop chance)
• Equipment with “Greed” or “Treasure Hunter” affixes
• Passive skills in certain class trees

3. Party Up When Efficient

Some farming spots are best tackled in a group where loot is shared or enemies die faster. However, if you're farming rare drops that aren’t shared, solo play might be better to avoid competition.

4. Optimize Your Inventory

Constantly returning to town cuts into your farming time. Bring a pet that auto-loots, expand your bag space, and know which items to keep and which to sell instantly.

5. Use Teleport Stones and Shortcuts

Knowing the fastest routes between farming zones and vendors speeds up the loop. Unlock all travel nodes and use mobility skills to traverse quickly.

Top Coin Farming Locations and Methods

Beginner Zone: Verdant Meadows (Levels 1–20)

At the start, focus on repeatable quests that give coin rewards. The “Defeat the Treant Horde” quest is especially lucrative—clear the large groups near the ancient tree, turn in the quest, and repeat. Each run yields around 500–800 coins and takes 3 minutes. Combine with selling loot drops for an extra 200–300 coins.

Mid-Game: Sunken Ruins (Levels 20–40)

The drowned pirates here drop high-value trinkets that vendor for 150–300 coins each. Their density is high, making AoE farming incredibly efficient. If you have a decent AoE build, pull 8–10 pirates at a time near the central shipwreck. Equip any +Coins gear; expect 8,000–12,000 coins per hour.

High-Level Coin Printer: Obsidian Expanse (Levels 40–60)

Once you’ve stretched your build, head to the Obsidian Expanse. The magma golems have a guaranteed coin drop of 200–400, and they spawn in clusters. The route from the Lava Vents to the Caldera’s Edge has 12 golem spawns on a 45-second respawn timer. Perfect for a 1-minute loop. With a Double Coin Potion active, you can push 25,000+ coins/hour.

Endgame Gold Mine: The Forgotten Treasury (Levels 60+)

This instanced dungeon is the pinnacle of coin farming. Mobs inside drop 500–1,200 coins each, plus rare gems that sell for thousands. Clear times depend on gear, but a well-optimized solo build can finish a run in 6–8 minutes, netting 20,000–30,000 coins. Repeat runs are key; the instance has no lockout, so you can chain them endlessly. Watch out for the final boss—its coin explosion upon death can be doubled with the Potion of Hoarding.

Farming Rare Drops: Bosses and World Events

Elite World Bosses

World bosses spawn on fixed timers and drop unique loot tables. The most sought-after are:

• **Vorath the Devourer** (spawns in the Blighted Marsh every 2 hours): Drops the rare “Maw of Vorath” sword (5% chance). Summonable with a sacrifice token to skip the wait.
• **Lunar Guardian** (night cycle, Celestial Peak): Chance to drop Lunar Essence for crafting legendary gear.
• **Scrap Titan** (factory district): Drops rare tech components used in high-tier upgrades.

Pro tip: Use a Lucky Elixir before engaging. Team up to kill faster but be aware that loot is instanced per player, so group farming is beneficial.

Event Farming

Seasonal events introduce special mobs and currencies. The Halloween event’s “Candy Corn Crazed” mobs drop Pumpkin Tokens at a 30% rate, which can be traded for unique cosmetics or high-value sellable items. Always prioritize event farming when active—the coin-to-time ratio often surpasses regular methods.

Dungeon Chests and Secrets

Many dungeons contain hidden chests that respawn on instance reset. The Sunken Ruins dungeon has three chests that drop 1,500–3,000 coins and a chance at rare rings. Learn the locations and incorporate them into your routing.

Class Specialization for Farming

Not all classes are equal at farming. Here are the top picks:

• **Arcane Mage**: Unmatched AoE damage with Blizzard and Arcane Torrent. Can clear entire screens, making it ideal for dense mob areas like Sunken Ruins.
• **Rogue (Thief spec)**: Has a passive “Pilfer” that increases coin drop rate by 20%. High single-target for boss meling, and stealth to bypass trash when targeting specific rare spawns.
• **Warrior (Berserker)**: Spin-to-win Whirlwind build clears groups fast and has high survivability for prolonged farming.
• **Druid (Windweaver)**: Massive AoE over time and mobility. Can gather large packs and kite them into death zones.

If you haven’t picked a class yet, consider your farming goals. For raw coin farming, Rogue is top-tier with its coin passive. For general farming, Mage and Druid are phenomenal. Check our [Classes Guide](/guides/classes-guide) for detailed builds.

Essential Consumables and Buffs

Farming without buffs is like leaving money on the table. Always keep a stock of:

• **Coin Potion (Standard)**: +50% coin gain for 30 minutes. Cheap and effective.
• **Double Coin Potion**: +100% coin gain for 15 minutes. Use during your most efficient loops.
• **Lucky Elixir**: +30% rare drop chance for 20 minutes. Save for boss farming or elite mob chains.
• **Speed Scrolls**: Movement speed boost; reduces travel time between packs.
• **Inventory Expansion Bags**: Purchase from the General Store to extend farming sessions.

These can be crafted or bought from auction houses. Always check if the potion cost outweighs the potential extra gain; usually, they pay for themselves within minutes.

Step-by-Step Farming Route: Obsidian Expanse Coin Loop

This route yields the highest coins per hour with moderate gear requirement.

1. **Start at the Lava Vents waypoint**. Ensure you have a Double Coin Potion active and at least 30 inventory slots free. 2. **Kill the 3 magma golems** right outside the vent. Each drops 250–350 coins base. Loot and immediately move. 3. **Head east** along the lava flow, pulling 4 more golems. Use an AoE ability to burst them down. Loot quickly. 4. **Descend into the Caldera’s Edge**. There’s a cluster of 5 golems and a chance for an elite spawn (Magma Lord) that drops 800+ coins and rare fire crystals. 5. **Clear the elite if up**, then loop back via the northern path where 4 additional golems respawn by the time you return. 6. **Sell all grey and white items** to the wandering merchant who appears near the Lava Vents every 15 minutes. Purple items may be worth auctioning. 7. **Repeat**. One full circuit takes about 1 minute 20 seconds. With potion, expect 1,800–2,200 coins per circuit. This translates to 80,000+ coins per hour once optimized.

Pro tip: If you have a pet with auto-loot, train it to pick up only coins and rare items to avoid inventory bloat.

Farming Rare Crafting Materials

Some materials are bottlenecks for high-end gear. The most valuable are:

• **Shadow Essence**: Drops from any mob in the Shadowfell, but highest density in the Shrouded Caverns. Use a party to clear the caverns; each run nets 5–10 essences.
• **Dragon Scales**: Only from dragon-type enemies in the Volcanic Peaks. The mini-dragon named Scoria has a 50% drop and is on a 10-minute respawn. Camp it.
• **Void Crystals**: Rare drop from void elementals in the Starlight Sanctuary. Equip item rarity gear and grind the outer ring.

Combine material farming with coin farming when possible. For example, the Obsidian Expanse golems drop Magma Core (used in fire weapon upgrades) in addition to coins.

Advanced Techniques: Min-Maxing Your Farming

1. Server Hop for Bosses

If you have multiple friends or alt accounts, you can kill a world boss, then quickly switch to a different server where the boss is still alive. This multiplies your rare drop chances per reset cycle.

2. Market Speculation

Instead of farming coins directly, farm materials that are in high demand and sell them on the player market. Use our [Economy Guide](/guides/economy-guide) to track price trends. Often, one hour of material farming can yield the equivalent of two hours of coin grinding.

3. Multi-Client Loot Splitting

Advanced players run two instances of the game (if allowed by ToS) with one character dedicated to buffs and kill credit, while the other purely loots. This effectively doubles loot yield per kill cycle.

4. Event Calendar Monitoring

Plan your farming sessions around double-coin weekends and special events announced on the official channels. Stacking event buffs with your own consumables can lead to exponential gains.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

• **Selling too early**: Some seemingly junk items are needed for hidden quests or later turn-ins. Check the wiki before vendoring.
• **Ignoring mount speed**: A faster mount cuts travel time dramatically. Invest in a premium mount if you farm heavily.
• **Not using the bank**: Deposit crafting materials often; losing a full inventory on death can set you back hours.
• **Overlooking party loot settings**: If you're farming with others, ensure the loot mode is set to free-for-all if you trust everyone, or use round-robin to avoid disputes.

Endgame Farming: Ultimate Coin Per Hour

Once you reach max level and have top gear, the ultimate farming loop is chaining “Riftwalk” events in the Astral Plains. These dynamic spawns occur every 30 minutes and reward boxes containing 5,000–10,000 coins each, plus a shot at unique cosmetics. Join a dedicated Riftwalk farming group; coordinated groups can clear 4–5 rifts per hour, translating to 30,000–50,000 coins per hour purely from box rewards, plus incidental drops.

Additionally, the “Infinite Arena” mode has waves of enemies that drop coins and can be pushed indefinitely. For classes with extreme AoE sustain, it’s possible to earn 60,000+ coins per hour by afk-farming low waves (requires a macro). However, check game rules regarding automation.

Seasonal and Limited-Time Farming

Every major update introduces new limited currencies. During the recent “Forsaken Autumn” event, farming the Maple Grove with the event-specific potion yielded 200% coin value in event tokens. Always assess if the time-limited items are worth more than your standard farm. Sometimes selling event currency to other players can be the fastest coin gain.

Conclusion

Farming in Forsaken is an art of efficiency. Start with the Verdant Meadows quests to build capital, graduate to the Sunken Ruins, and eventually dominate the Obsidian Expanse or Forgotten Treasury. Tailor your class and build to your preferred farming style, never skip buffs, and watch the event calendar. For more specialized farming, explore our [Boss Strategies](/guides/boss-strategies) to learn how to optimize rare drop hunts, or dive into the [Weapons Tier List](/guides/weapons-tier-list) to ensure you’re using the best farming weapons. With these methods, you’ll have more coins and items than you’ll know what to do with. Now get out there and farm!