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[[Faction farm]]ing is a form of farming in which players repeatedly complete certain tasks to gather [[faction]].

==Rewards of faction farming==
The three different kinds of faction generate different rewards:

{| {{STDT}} align="center"
|- style="background:#CA8;"
! Type of Faction !! Rewards
|- align="center" valign="top" style="background: #DCA;"
|[[Balthazar Faction]]
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{|
|{{bullet}}[[Zaishen Key]]s.
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|{{bullet}}Unlocking [[Upgrade component|weapon upgrades]], [[rune]]s, and [[skill]]s for [[PvP]] use.
|-
|{{bullet}}[[Tournament Token]]s.
|}
|- align="center" valign="top" style="background: bgcolor=lightblue
|[[Kurzick Faction]]
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{|
|{{bullet}}Raise [[Alliance|alliance]] faction.
|-
|{{bullet}}Obtain Kurzick [[Allegiance skill|allegiance skills]].
|-
|{{bullet}}[[Amber Chunk]]s.
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|{{bullet}}[[Passage Scroll to Urgoz's Warren]].
|-
|All of these choices add points to your Kurzick [[allegiance rank]].
|}
|- align="center" valign="top" style="background: bgcolor=lightpink
|[[Luxon Faction]]
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{|
|{{bullet}}Raise alliance faction.
|-
|{{bullet}}Obtain Luxon [[Allegiance skill|allegiance skills]].
|-
|{{bullet}}[[Jadeite Shard]]s.
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|{{bullet}}[[Passage Scroll to the Deep]].
|-
|All of these choices add points to your Luxon allegiance rank.
|}
|}

== Farming faction within the Kurzick and Luxon territories ==
For Luxon and Kurzick faction, there are several areas that players can go to farm faction. These are:
*[[Alliance battle]]s
*[[Competitive Mission]]s: [[Fort Aspenwood]] and [[The Jade Quarry]].
*[[Challenge Mission]]s:
**[[Altrumm Ruins]] and [[Amatz Basin]] for the Kurzicks.
**[[Zos Shivros Channel]] and [[The Aurios Mines]] for the Luxons.
*Killing Level 20+ foes in [[Echovald Forest]] and [[the Jade Sea]] while under the [[Blessing of the Kurzicks]]/[[Blessing of the Luxons|Luxons]]
**[[Vanquishing]] areas in the [[Echovald Forest]] and [[the Jade Sea]].
*Doing repeatable faction quests. Their equivalent are
{| {{STDT}} align="center"
|- style="background:#CA8;"
! Kurzick !! Luxon
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| [[Duel of the Houses]] || [[The Jade Arena]]
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| [[In the Army Now (Kurzick)]] || [[In the Army (Luxon)]]
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| [[Kurzick Supply Lines]] || [[Luxon Supply Lines]]
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| [[Scouting Ferndale]] || [[Scouting Maishang Hills]]
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| [[Securing Echovald Forest]] || [[Scout the Coast]]
|}

==Fast faction farming==

{| class="collapsible" style="border: 1px solid silver; width: 100%; font-size: 90%; margin: 5px auto;"
! colspan="2" style="background: #CA8; font-size: 120%;" | Current Methods of Fast Faction Farming
|- class="collapsible" style="background: #333999; color: #FFFFFF"
! colspan="2" class="hiddenlinks" | Kurzick Faction Methods
|-
! style="background: #DCA; width: 10%" | [[Morostav Trail]] [[speed clear]] (MTSC)
| Utilizes a party that splits to quickly vanquish Morostav Trail for Kurzick faction. The run will give ~22,500 Kurzick faction and takes around 5-12m to complete, depending on the experience and setup of the [[party]].
''Using this method alone will require ~223 runs to complete the Kurzick Title, and is easily obtainable in a single [[Weekly bonuses|Double Week]].
* [https://gwpvx.fandom.com/wiki/Archive:Team_-_MTSC_Kurzick_FFF Kurzick MTSC FFF Guide on PvX] (Outdated Tactics)
* [https://wiki.fbgmguild.com/wiki/MTSC_Tripway Kurzick MTSC Tripway Guide on FBGM]
|
|- class="collapsible" style="background: #CC3300; color: #FFFFFF"
! colspan="2" class="hiddenlinks" | Luxon Faction Methods
|-
! style="background: #DCA; width: 130px;" | [[Mount Qinkai]] speed clear (MQSC)
| Utilizes [[Vow of Strength|Vow Of Strength]] Dervishes to quickly vanquishing Mount Qinkai, starting from [[Aspenwood Gate]]. With an average party, faction rewards can come anywhere from 10,000-11,000 a run and runs take 2-7 minutes depending on number of players and experience, and can be done with as little as 2 players.
The quest [[A Favor Returned|A Favor Returned]] can be used to greatly reduce the number of enemies in the instance for faster runs, although it is not required.

''Using this method alone will require ~480 runs to complete, and is easily obtained in a single [[Weekly bonuses|Double Week]]
* [https://gwpvx.fandom.com/wiki/Build:Team_-_MQSC_Luxon_FFF_Dervway Luxon MQSC FFF Guide on PvX].
|- class="collapsible" style="background: #DCA;"
! colspan="2" class="hiddenlinks" | Balthazar Faction Methods
|-
! style="background: #DCA; width: 10%" | [[Zaishen Elite (mission)|Zaishen Elite]] speed clear
| Based on 2-3 Ranger [[Trapper]]s and 1-2 Ritualist and/or Elementalist [[finisher]]s. Traps are laid down by the gates while the timer is running down, and then the [[turtling]] party waits until the foes run into the traps. The finisher kills off any remaining foes with trappers laying more traps around the dying npcs. A "full run" is usually 16 rounds (or 20-30 minutes) to gain the maximum of 6,000 Balthazar faction.
''Using this method alone allows Non-PvPer's to achive [[Zaishen rank]] 3 within 167 days for the purpose of [[Hall of Monuments Reward Calculator]].''
*[https://gwpvx.fandom.com/wiki/Build:Team_-_Balthazar_FFF_Zaishen_Trappers Zaishen Elite FFF Guide on PvX]
|}

{| class="collapsible" style="border: 1px solid silver; width: 100%; font-size: 90%; margin: 5px auto;"
! colspan="2" style="background: #CA8; font-size: 120%;" | Historical Methods of Fast Faction Farming
|- class="expandable" style="background: #333999; color: #FFFFFF"
! colspan="2" class="hiddenlinks" | Kurzick Faction Methods
|-
! style="background: #DCA; width: 10%" | [[Amatz Basin]]
| '''The [[Game updates/20081211|December 11, 2008]] update made this run impractical.'''

Parties are usually 4 [[Perma_Shadow_Form|perma]]-sins, 3 warriors, and 1 monk. The perma-sins will tank the enemies to keep [[aggro]] off the refugees and the others will use speed boosting shouts such as [["Charge!"]] to speed their evacuation.

|-
! style="background: #DCA; width: 10%" | [[Drazach Thicket]] [[speed clear]] (DTSC)
| '''This run fell out of favor due to better rewards per hour from MTSC.'''

It uses four teams, each with one 600HP tank and one smiter to quickly vanquish Drazach Thicket for Kurzick faction, starting from [[The Eternal Grove (outpost)|The Eternal Grove]]. The run will give, on average, 17,000 Kurzick faction and takes around 13 to 20 minutes with an experienced [[party]].

* [https://gwpvx.fandom.com/wiki/Archive:Team_-_DTSC_Kurzick_FFF Kurzick DTSC FFF Guide on PvX] (archive)
* [https://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10372156&highlight=dtsc GWGuru Guide]
* [[Player-made Modifications/GUI Index#DTSC_4_Way_Map_Mod|TexMod map layer to help learn the routes]]
|-
! style="background: #DCA; width: 130px;" | [[Securing Echovald Forest]]
| '''This quest was affected by the [[Game updates/20081113|November 13, 2008]] game update and this method is no longer possible.'''

This was the easiest and most popular FFF method in the past. It involved running to four points in [[Melandru's Hope]] which could be accomplished simultaneously by four runners or by flagging heroes and henchmen to the points. The update changed the quest, requiring you to defeat the enemy spawns at those points, so a quick run is no longer possible.

|- class="expandable" style="background: #CC3300; color: #FFFFFF;"
! colspan="2" class="hiddenlinks" | Luxon Faction Methods
|-
! style="background: #DCA; width: 130px;" | [[The Jade Arena]]
| '''This run fell out of favor due to better rewards per hour from MQSC.'''

This run starts from [[Breaker Hollow]] or [[Jade Flats]]. It involves repeatedly completing the [[Jade Arena]] quest by killing the foes that spawn in the arena.

*[https://gwpvx.fandom.com/wiki/Archive:Team_-_Luxon_Jade_Arena_HFFF Luxon Jade Arena HFFF Guide on PvX]
|-
! style="background: #DCA; width: 130px;" | [[Maishang Hills]] [[speed clear]] (MHSC)
| '''The [[Feedback:Game updates/20100311|March 11, 2010]] update made this run impractical.'''

It was also based on 600/smite groups in combination with a runner in order to farm Luxon faction at Maishang Hills in Hard Mode, starting from [[Eredon Terrace]]. With an average party, faction rewards could come anywhere from 14,000-17,000 a run and runs took 9-14 minutes.

|-
! style="background: #DCA; width: 130px;" | [[Scout the Coast]]
| '''This quest was affected by the [[Game updates/20081113|November 13, 2008]] game update and this method is no longer possible.'''

This was the Luxon counterpart to Securing Echovald and was accomplished in the same manner, running to four points in [[Mount Quinkai]] which could be accomplished simultaneously by four runners or by flagging heroes and henchmen to the points. The update changed the quest, requiring you to defeat the enemy spawns at those points, so a quick run is no longer possible.
|}

==See also==

* [[Speed Clear]]

==Notes==

*Double [[Jade Quarry]] and [[Fort Aspenwood]] weeks will allow you to get double [[Imperial Faction]] from win and losses (in addition to double [[Balthazar Faction]] and Imperial Faction fom kills), which can then be converted at any moment to Luxon, Kurzick (1 imperial => 1 luxon/kurzick) or Balthazar (3 imperial => 1 balthazar) faction.
*Double Faction Support weeks will allow for double points toward the two titles from all sources (except [[storybook]]s).

[[Category:Farming guides]]

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