So what is the best way to farm Wraiths?

[Honor Guard]

currently I am trying to get a wraith trophy (Need one for a modded helmet) and I've just setup a base in the swamp & when there to kill them at night (I am iron age for reference and haven't killed bonemass yet)

[umop-apisdn]

This reddit post suggests that since they spawn in the trees and then float down, but often get stuck on stuff... you might try wandering around the swamp while looking up.

This 72 second video suggests that wooden structures in the swamp act as wraith spawns:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=870EwBrRMh0

[pipo.p]

Find a small patch of swamp, large enough to allow nightly spawning.
Build a hunting outpost just outside.
Wait for a wraith to spawn at night (chance for this is given in the wiki). You'll see his distinctive purple form in the sky or in the trees.
Fire arrow(s) to attract him at the place of killing.
Prepare for the fight.

[OctoberSky]

RNG. I had at least 50 chains from wraiths from night hunting until I got my first trophy. Then the next wraith after that first one also gave a trophy. RNG. Gotta love it.

[knighttemplar1960]

Take your base out of the swamp and build it on the edge of an adjacent biome. Work benches and base structures prevent spawns. Go to that base and wander around the swamp after sunset. Note the places you find wraiths and put pins on your map. That spot is probably a wraith spawn point and next time the sun sets you can go directly there instead of wandering around.

[Honor Guard]

Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

Take your base out of the swamp and build it on the edge of an adjacent biome. Work benches and base structures prevent spawns. Go to that base and wander around the swamp after sunset. Note the places you find wraiths and put pins on your map. That spot is probably a wraith spawn point and next time the sun sets you can go directly there instead of wandering around.

current setup is on the very edge of a decently large swamp

[Salty]

just stroll around the swamp at night. they are easy to spot up in the trees. I have never "farmed" them but I have stacks of chains.

[Rhapsody]

You can also find chains in the chests by stone circles with skeleton and draugr spawners, so always check those, as well as inside crypt chests.

Other than that, you probably want to combine your chain-gathering routine with other hunting tasks. The wraiths are fairly visible creatures even from outside of the swamp biome, except if the neighboring biome has foggy night, so it should be appealing to gather something like lox meat or black metal on the side while traveling around the edges of swamps.

[Honor Guard]

Originally posted by Rhapsody:

You can also find chains in the chests by stone circles with skeleton and draugr spawners, so always check those, as well as inside crypt chests.

Other than that, you probably want to combine your chain-gathering routine with other hunting tasks. The wraiths are fairly visible creatures even from outside of the swamp biome, except if the neighboring biome has foggy night, so it should be appealing to gather something like lox meat or black metal on the side while traveling around the edges of swamps.

So I shall state this, I do not need chains (I have around 40)

also I haven't defeated bone mass yet in this save & I may feel a touch less than confident vs 50% more damage fulings

[rexpiscator]

...I found by RNG advancing a spawnpoint, usually works. Pop the NPC encounter wheel, go kill the result, move out of range, re-enter spawn zone...rinse repeat. I've only gotten 3/4 trophies in over 1200 hrs, so it's a very small percentage for that drop!

I can usually get perhaps 2 Wraith spawns a night cycle and there is another nearby that fills in. I listen for their distinctive audio track, 'hisssss/growl'. And yes, look up!

[hazelrah]

cut trees in the swamp at night and they'll come to you.