Thread: Best way to find these now

Whats the best way to find pale, yellow, and golden flax fiber? The lorebook gives a list of monsters, but I couldnt find a chart saying what drops what the best.

the best way to find those is with the forestry profesion or buying them from the auction hall, other than that i dont think there are other ways to get them

The best way I have found so far is to use my forester and mine trees. Also there are a couple bounty men around that give them for rewards.I can't name them off the top of my head sorry.

You can barter for these items at the crafting NPC at the skirmish camp.

Relying on monster drops for flax fibers is a sure way to not get too many. Yew branches for pale, lebethron for yellow, black ash for gold. Yew branches are prevalent in eastern Lonelands, eastern North Downs, and Evendim. Lebethron is in Trollshaws and Angmar, and parts of Evendim. Black ash in Misties and Eregion. Humanoid monsters in those areas drop the respective flaxes, but very rarely.

And if they're not too expensive, the AH may have some for you. Also another alternative is the skirmish crafting vendor, for marks (not sure what the rates are now).

well poop. i have a boat load of the prior optional items. i quit for a few years. ok thanks ya!

Actually, the best way to get flax now is, IMO, by skirmishing. They actually lowered the optional crit ingredient barter costs in U5. See the first link in my sig for the Google docs that detail how many flax (at cap) you can get per skirmish. Of course, the direct barter numbers will be lower if you don't have a capped toon.


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Originally Posted by Mikeqwerty

You can barter for these items at the crafting NPC at the skirmish camp.

This is probably the best way.
At least it's 100% guarantee of getting the items you need.
I think the lower tier items aren't even that expensive.

I've done a few skims but haven't looked into them all that much. I'll check it out.

Originally Posted by Carpediem123

well poop. i have a boat load of the prior optional items. i quit for a few years. ok thanks ya!

If you mean the old crit items, you can exchange them for the new types. I think there is an exchange NPC at the crafting hall in Bree, pretty sure there is also one in the Michel Delving crafting area.