The "Not so Bad" Resource guide by Banks!

At 170+ hours as of writing this guide, it is time for the next step in becoming a master at your game with the spots on where I believe is the best spots for gathering resources!

An introduction to myself

Greetings Wizards and Witches! My name is Banks, I am also known as Tank in different servers.
As of writing this guide, I have over 170 hours into this game, that is more than anyone I have seen so far (I don't leave the client open, my PC is too potato for that). I consider myself quite knowledgable in the field of leveling and finding nice tricks within the game. In every game I play, whether it be survival, MMORPG or any Dark Souls games (I like making different builds), I always like making new characters and trying different things and what I believe to be the best leveling of any game. I don't/can't make youtube videos to show my knowledge, simply because my internet has the most balls upload speed on the planet, but I love to share information on what I know and have found out on any title. This time my knowledge will be bestowed upon you guys, seeking more information on how to level quickly in Citadel: Forged with Fire.

Here I leave you Tips and Tricks that I think you will find useful!

I hope you enjoy the guide! It will be rough around the edges, but I promise I will refine it once I am on another episode of energy drinks and another situation where I cannot sleep and had to do something!

Mana and Health Plants

A Summary of the following guide for readers that don't like babbling and detail

Ghost Orchids and Crowberries and found in places where the tree leaves are pure green. Buffalo Leaves and Buskas Leaves are found where the trees leaves are brownish tints to it, and more noticable at the the top of the trees (The ground is also a brownish colour). Kalbitur Herb and Kylma Flowers are in the snow biome. Look for trees where the ground is not completely covered in snow, and turn down the foilage density in your settings to 0. Kalbitur Herbs are quite hard to see and this will help a lot!

Mushrooms (Mmm... Vitality!)

While it can be found all over the map by picking it up and extracting it, it might be a bit of a doozy if players have already harvested it! Keep ahead of the game and get as much as you can and keep a nice stock! Not to mention they give a solid amount of xp per tick (Credit to Jaydogs guides for teaching me that, thank you).

Ghost Orchids & Crowberries!

Ahh, the start of the game, the beginning of your adventure into the realm of Ignus. You take your first steps outside the safety bubble of Raincourt (more on that soon) and see a boar. "This will be my first kill and I shall gather its hide!" You run up to the boar and punch him in the face and feel like a champion... But wait, you just made the boar even more angry and he just took a chunk out of your kneecap, knocking you to the ground, and has pierced you in the gut with his tusks. "Well that sucks".

So, now that I have my little funny story out the way, time to get into the good stuff! If you have read my "Not so Bad" Tips & Tricks guide already, you may know that I stated the west (Raincourt) has the best locations for the gathering of Ghost Orchids and Crowberries. First off I recommend that you turn Foilage Density down to 0 in your settings as this will make it much easier to see everything that you can collect on the floor. Anyway, number 1 tip for collection is to go beside the trees. Rarely you will find them out in the open. If they are, they are usually on a different kind of terrain, perhaps beside some rocks. A good tip to note is that Ghost Orchids and Crowberries always appear underneath pure Green Trees (This will make more sense as the guide goes on).

Buffalo Felt Leaves & Buskas

You are now at the stage of using Felts and Buskas! Well done champ! So, where do you get said plants? I would recommend heading to the east and start at Grimstone Spire Fast Travel point. From the tower, head north and down the cliff face where you will find an enclosed area with one half filled with Ghost Orchids and Crowberries, and the other half in Buffalo Felt Leaves and Buskas! From where it starts, head north up a small slope that takes you to the main road. Anything across that road (mostly) will all consist of that plants. The world is yours now, get harvesting! A tip for finding them easily is looking for trees that are green, but have a noticable brownish tint too it, with it being more noticable on the tip of the tree.

Kylma Flower & Kalbiter Herbs

Ahh, look who made it to the top of the potion chain young whipper snapper! You are coming along nicely! But where do you find these elusive plants? Ok... I'll give you a second to figure it out. It's not like the answer is right infront of you... No? I knew you wouldn't get it. It is in the snow biome of Ignus! Now during my time playing the game. I have found a lot of people struggling to find Kalbiter herbs in paticular, and I do not blame them! They are hard to see! Even with their little orange tops! (Did you know the only word that rhymes with orange is sporange? Don't believe me? Google it.) Well, first off, turn down your Foilage Density to 0 in settings if you have not already. Wait what? You want the game to look pretty? Well I don't care, this is my guide, and if I say turn it down, I mean turn it down! *Ehem* Anyway. Once it is down, the best way to find it is look for patches in the ground that are not completely covered in snow and have a little bit of brown poking its nose through. That is your best bet! A nice tip is to look for trees that are white -- umm yeah, you get the gist.

The Riches of Ignus! Give me some Ore!

This section will be relatevly small, as I believe there is only really one place valid of such gathering! (I do know of a couple more of which I will add, but I am too tired to remember it at this present moment in time)

Blackwater Caves

Ahh, the long stretch of Blackwater Cave. With 4 entrances (A secret 5th that is not marked on the map) This cave is by far the largest out of all the caves and is right beside Eastreach Spawn point, making it ideal for new players to harvest all the Precious Stone, Gold ore and Iron ore that they need! Just to make this section a little longer, here are a few Blackwater Tips!

Easy leveling - Build yourself around 10 wooden platforms within the cave, and start gathering Stone and Rune Crystals within the cave as they are in abundance on the floor. This is nice passive xp. Learn how to make a forge at level 5, and start spamming the forge on your wooden platforms. Once they are full, delete and rinse/repeat. Leveling without combat has never been so easy! Build a few extra foundations for some temporary forges to smelt all your gold and iron!

Dark Essence and Bone Farming - In the middle of the Blackwater Cave, there is an undead camp which is a really nice farm inbetween forge crafting! Gather a nice stock of these items so when you are level 15, you can craft some wild armor right off the bat, and make some Blackend iron early game to keep up a healthy stock early on! Make sure to visit the camp at 6am and 6pm game time for the enemies respawning! Undead give nice exp! Too bad they are just as bad looking as me!

Monster Resources

This section of the guide will need a lot of work and probably some screenshots to better show where to get these resources easily. I will work on this in the future.

Dragon Resources

Located at various camps and caves and occasionally flying through the skys of Ignus, they honestly aren't hard to come by (like most creatures). The best places for these dragons are Cahir Cave and The Caves of Athol Bor, although I would recommend Cahir Cave as there are 4 flame dragons within the cave along with a bunch of low level undead that will provide a solid amount of Dark essence, along with with Death Reavers (We know they are Dementors). Athol Bor is more suited for the high end player.

Leather and Hide

Orcs, Boars, Horses and Hares. The animals are found absolutely everywhere on the map and are not less common in one place to the other. Same with Orcs really, though if you want a solid location, they are mostly located at varies camps around the map of Ignus. Hide will be turned into leather. I recommend collecting a huge stock of it all as you will need tons end game. (Oh, you want a library Banks? A GRAND LIBRARY? That will be 1266 Leather please) Yeah... that happened today.

Eagle Feathers (the one everyone wants to know)

Ahh... they seem to be impossible to find in the sky sometimes. That is why I will tell you two SOLID locations to find Eagles. First off, Yako Bokins cave. Location East of Raveneye Lake, which is on the west of the map. There you will find 2 Eagles, which is ideal for low level players (20ish or coming up for 20) so they can create there first Gothrax Ramshead staff (Whatever its called, needs a feather anyways). Next location is the Caves of Plavno. located at the very north of the map, roughly in the middle, there you will find 6 Eagles ripe for the picking! You will also come across the next monster on our list...

Ugly-Eyed Sprites

You can actually easily find them all over the map, apart from snow (they are less common there it seems). They are at various low level camps, and also in a huge abundance at the Caves of Plavno. All ready to be killed, to end their suffering. (Their eyes must hurt).

I will add more stuff soon!

Lumberjack

So, you are struggling to find wood eh?

That is too bad. I have no idea where they are.

[CyberBatty7]

What about salt?

[Eucoir]

@legitim8 I actually I have no idea. I stopped playing the game a long time ago. They sound like new items to me. Not even sure if my guides are valid anymore.

[legitim8]

How about sickly hearts and the abominations?

[Two slices of Toast]

busy downloading, much excite!

[Eucoir]

No Problem Big Daddy

[Riga Morty]

Thanks Banks

[Eucoir]

Thank you Boogie Man! Nice to see another player with as much hours as I do haha

[Doc Holiday]

With over 171 hrs myself..very nice guide. Thanks for posting.

[Eucoir]

Thank you Tisbee!

[luci]

nice guide thank you