Grim Dawn

Grim Dawn

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Totem farming
By Umpabumpa
My farming route for farming totems. Follow the blue line to see all. Since you cant see all from the rift.
Includes Aether and ugdenbloom (small farming).

I dont say this is the best. But it works for me!
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Whigtmire

3 totems close to whigtmire wp. You need to move down alittle to see the furthers down on map.
Foggy Bank
3 Totems here.
Burrwitch Outskirts
2 totems, move along the blue line to see them on map
Burrwitch Village
Only 1 totem. Move up alittle to see it.
HIdden Laboratory
1 Totem, you will need to walk abot to see it spawn. But there is Aether crystals here.
Gloomwald Crossing Rift
2 totems. walk down abit to see the lowest one.
Ugdenbog
2 Totem spawns. Here i follow the blue marked line for Ugdenbogblom farming route.
Crown Hill
3 totems. You can see all from WP.
Korvan City Rift
4 totem spawn locations. Move along the blue line to see all.
Sunbane Oasis Rift
3 Totem spawns. Move along blue line to see the 2 to left.
Cairn Docks
2 Totems.
Arkovian Foothills
3 totems.
Broken Hills
3 totem.
Old Arkovia
1 Totem spawn. You need 1 dynamite to get to it. 1 time.
Cronley's Hideout
1 totem.
Twin Falls
3 totem. Move along blue line to see the furthest right.
Rotting Crop Lands
1 totem spawn. There is more to left. If you want.
The Blood Grove
5 spawns. To ways to move to see all.
Asterkan Valley
3 Totem spawns.
Gates of Necropolis
2 totem spawns.
Necropolis Interior Rift
5 totem spaw.
Outro

So is this route any good? Well its not the best in terms of legends/minute. But nice to farm new legendaries and rep. You will get rep from most of the factions. And negative rep.
You can stumble on some nemesis bosse and other bosses.

Loot will depend on extra bosses and stuff.
Screenshot is from the run i made this guide. The green legs are MI from Kubrachabra (or how you spell it).
14 Comments
Agrios Apr 26, 2024 @ 5:02am 
As a new player that came somewhat late to this game, I have to say that this guide is amazing. Well organized and to the point.
WallaceTheSane Apr 8, 2024 @ 11:48pm 
Still one of the best guides for this game as far as farming goes. This can feel tedious at times, but at least it's a break from the story, leveling, shattered realm, or specific farms.
Jimmy FireCracker May 20, 2023 @ 9:19am 
I like many others can't seem to find the totems, I got to the spots marked on the maps and literally stand right on the point where the totem is supposed to be but get nothing, is there a specific level I need to be in order to find the savage totems or is it a story related thing?
Garwain Oct 18, 2021 @ 3:50pm 
@TwoZigZags Just in case you didn't know already, Vinelton in ancient grove sells a lot of blueprints up to lvl 75 I think, so if you are missing some of that lower or mid level range, he might be worth a visit
phonely Feb 2, 2021 @ 3:59pm 
Thank you!
jamesc70 Oct 21, 2020 @ 4:56pm 
My route is - go to WP, open map, if you don't see a totem or it is too far, go to next WP. Saves a ton of time rather than running around checking every location. I've written down where they mostly spawn, and do this - Arkovian Foothils, Cronley, Twin Falls, Blood Grove, Asterkan Valley, Gates of Necropolis, Necropolis Interior. Takes all of 5-10 minutes a run finding 3-6 totems.
VomitLord Jun 29, 2020 @ 9:37pm 
:steamhappy:
SayyadinaAtreides Jun 11, 2020 @ 6:32pm 
This looks like great work, thanks! I think a couple of totems may be missing spawn points; on the GrimTools map, they're linked in spawn groups (i.e., if it spawns at one of the 3 points it won't spawn at the other 2 points in the same group), and some of those groups have a spawn point in a nearby cave or slightly further away from the others. (For instance, the Wightmire spawn group has a fourth potential location by Isaac's Stash, and there's a totem that will spawn in either the Infested Cellar or the Musty Cellar by the Burrwitch Village rift.)

Some of the spawn points are far enough away they may not be worth checking in terms of efficiency, but if some of the places listed above aren't spawning them, there might be another location in the spawn group. You can check all of these on the GrimTools map by clicking on the icon for a potential totem spawn and it'll shown the other spawn points in the group.
Entocrat May 16, 2020 @ 1:18pm 
Thanks for this, great guide. Don't know why others are having problems, all I can suggest is explore the map first as you won't see totem spawns from max distance if you haven't revealed the area they spawn in first, and some won't reveal until you get close enough (as noted in this awesome guide). I don't see how this isn't a great farm method as it's rare I don't get a legendary at least every other shrine, I'm mostly doing this for recipes right now as I'm missing so many.
Kilroy Apr 20, 2020 @ 1:45am 
I my experience, totem loot is really lackluster. They are a nice addition as extra "chests" if you spot any on your normal farming routes, but farming them on purpose seem not worth to me. Rougelikes and SR seem like better options.

Still, great guide.
(also, getting Krieg gauntlets from totem run, you lucky bastard. =D)