Coal farming?

[arthasbg]

Is there a way to get a lot of coal fast? Mining is rather ...slow.

[capivara]

Killing those black fluffy things in the mines, ice levels.

[Zorlock Darksoul]

Originally posted by luca:

Killing those black fluffy things in the mines, ice levels.

Dust Sprites, I believe. Those are good, yes. Still requires going to the mines, of course. The only real non-mine way to get coal is using the charcoal kiln. Or, you could always buy it from Clint if you have excess funds.

[-Na Shagul-]

Dust sprites for sure but with decent income I just buy in bulk from Clint

[Scapegoat]

Hmm....
I'll usually farm coal by slaying the dust sprites. Slay 500 of them, and you can get the ring from the adventure's guild that greatly increases drop rate from anything you slay in the mines. After that, dust sprites will drop one or sometimes two pieces of coal.
If you're lucky, you can find an area of the mines that is "overrun" and revisit it over and over again. You can get a lot of dust sprites doing this.
The downside to this strategy is that finding 500 dust sprites does take time, and by then you'll have a decent amount of coal, though you may still need more.

At mining level 10, you can choose the perk that allows a decent chance to find coal from stone nodes. I tend to get a lot of coal that way, too. But again, getting to mining level 10 does take some time.

[arthasbg]

Originally posted by Scapegoat:

Hmm....
I'll usually farm coal by slaying the dust sprites. Slay 500 of them, and you can get the ring from the adventure's guild that greatly increases drop rate from anything you slay in the mines. After that, dust sprites will drop one or sometimes two pieces of coal.
If you're lucky, you can find an area of the mines that is "overrun" and revisit it over and over again. You can get a lot of dust sprites doing this.
The downside to this strategy is that finding 500 dust sprites does take time, and by then you'll have a decent amount of coal, though you may still need more.

At mining level 10, you can choose the perk that allows a decent chance to find coal from stone nodes. I tend to get a lot of coal that way, too. But again, getting to mining level 10 does take some time.

What level do the dust sprites appear the most

[abbi]

i usually go back and forth between 55 and 65 using the elevator - do down, kill sprites, go back up, go down,.... if there aren't any leave the mine entrance then go back in and the floor will reset. tedious but the fastest way have found

[Clovis Sangrail]

I just buy it from Clint. In fact, once I have deforested the farm and cleared up all the stone, I buy all my raw materials from Clint and Robin.

Note: You can make coal with a charcoal kiln, but if you are buying raw materials, it is cheaper to buy the coal than it is to buy the wood and make coal.

[fudgycocoabo]

I don't know about others but I find if you go the crab pot route in fishing and get a bunch of trash then recycling is a good way to get coal over time. Though if you need it right now then Clint is your best bet.

[Scapegoat]

Originally posted by arthasbg:

Originally posted by Scapegoat:

Hmm....
I'll usually farm coal by slaying the dust sprites. Slay 500 of them, and you can get the ring from the adventure's guild that greatly increases drop rate from anything you slay in the mines. After that, dust sprites will drop one or sometimes two pieces of coal.
If you're lucky, you can find an area of the mines that is "overrun" and revisit it over and over again. You can get a lot of dust sprites doing this.
The downside to this strategy is that finding 500 dust sprites does take time, and by then you'll have a decent amount of coal, though you may still need more.

At mining level 10, you can choose the perk that allows a decent chance to find coal from stone nodes. I tend to get a lot of coal that way, too. But again, getting to mining level 10 does take some time.

What level do the dust sprites appear the most

You can find the dust sprites between levels 40 and 79. I'm not sure that there's any level in particular that they spawn more or less in. I believe it's just a matter of the RNG doing its thing. Usually, I'll ride the elevator to levels 45, 55, 65, and 75 and slay whatever sprites I can find. I'll return to the surface, wait for the clock to tick (so that the levels reset) and do it all over again.

[koffee]

a grait way is the charcoal kiln it gives u coal every 10 wood