need a good supply of HQ bear peltsFollow

I'm interested in having my Gnome tinker/taylor* craft up a bunch of handmade backpacks, (I'd like to do enough to equip all my toons). Soooo... I was wondering where the best place is to hunt for the seemingly rare High Quality bear pelts he'll need.

The weight reduction feature and the extra 2 slots are both good reasons to invest the energy but the 65 to 100 PP each price tag at bazaar has put the entire project on hold and buying the pelts at the going rate of 35 to 50 plat each is also out of the question.

Any favorite haunts out there? Solid tips will be greatly appreciated.

*Yes, I wanted to name him *LeCarre* but it was disallowed.

Yup. But they're even harder to find... and more expensive to buy...

Thanks for the tip, though. WC and EC haven't been very good for me but I'll give North Karana a try. I've been wanting to go there anyway. Now I have an excuse!

BTW, if a ranger kills bear or wolf outside of Qeynos/Surefall Glades, is faction among the Qeynos/Surefall bear/wolves affected? I'd sure hate for them to stop being *amiable* on my home turf! Might keep me out of Jagged Pines, and that would be very bad.

What level character is going to do the farming? The reason I ask this is because the poachers in Jaggedpine drop pelts, gems, and plat. In my upper 40's I spent many moons there killing poachers and building a huge stash of wolf, cat, and bear pelts ranging in quality from low to high. Not one single ruined pelt drops. If you are a tailor I am sure you can get some type of use out of every pelt you aquire there.

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Sly

This is a shot in the dark because, while I've been thru it, I've never hunted here because of my facticon. What about the bear caves in Surefall? Its full of bears - I just don't know how they drop. Most of them are static spawns, so conceivably you could run the same route around the cave as the re-pop and hunt them over and over again. Anyone know if they drop HQ pelts?

My advice: Hunt for ruined pelts. Seems I always hit paydirt when I'm looking for something else...

Seriously though, I have gotten many HQ Rockhoppers in Shadeweavers (yup thats right). You just have to spend the time slaughtering every thing in sight including the shades and skeletal whatnots. Not only will you get LQ/MQ/HQ hides, you will get lots of swirling shadows for smithing or selling.

For HQ Bear, I have gotten them just about everywhere bears spawn. North Karanas, E/W Commons, Nektulos.

One thing I have noticed is they come in streaks. I might get none for an hour then, 2, 3 in a row. This also seems true for spider silk drops--maybe I am imagining it--but I think the loot dispenser gets stuck sometimes or creates duplicates.

Again it helps to KILL EVERYTHING in the area. The more mobs that are spawning the more chances for Bears and the more chances for HQ bear pelts.

I wasn't entirely kidding about the ruined pelt hunt. Was in Nektulos helping a lower level get a ruined pelt for newbie armor. Hey, no problem, whack, whack, whack....HQ, HQ, MQ! Needless to say I KEPT those....

I agree with people who said Nadaria as the best place for HQ bear pelt. I believe there is cave with bears and they drop quality pelts nearly every time. Also, one other area to check is Jaggedpine hunting pouchers. I know they drop quality pelts often. I am not 100% certain about HQ bear pelts specifically but I do remember getting one off these guys once. Another nice thing by killing poucher is you get good faction with "good" side town folks.

Taushar