Farm Field Accolades FASTER - 18 Tips & Tricks To Clear Ritual Sites Easier

[00:00] Hey folks, this is Kalamazi. It has

[00:02] never been this easy to gear up in World

[00:04] of Warcraft and the new content added in

[00:06] patch 1205 makes things even easier,

[00:09] especially for solo content focused

[00:11] players. You can straight up buy hero

[00:14] track gear using the new field accolade

[00:16] currency. Now, the 500 price tag might

[00:19] seem a bit steep, but there are some

[00:21] ways to farm this currency very quickly,

[00:23] especially from the new ritual sites.

[00:26] So, let's go over 18 tips and tricks to

[00:28] clear tier five ritual sites much

[00:30] easier, which will make farming field

[00:32] accolades a lot faster, so you can buy

[00:35] your shiny new hero track gear. Now,

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[00:42] Perhaps the most important tip I have

[00:45] for you right out of the gate is that if

[00:46] you're interested in farming field

[00:48] accolades for these new boxes of gear,

[00:50] you should avoid void strikes and

[00:53] assaults. They may be easy, but they are

[00:55] incredibly inefficient. If you want to

[00:58] actually get any hero gear anytime soon

[01:00] from this system, you should be looking

[01:02] at ritual sites instead. The main reason

[01:05] most players will want to farm ritual

[01:07] sites is for the field accolades

[01:09] currency and we need 500 for each piece

[01:11] of hero gear that you want to buy. With

[01:13] that being the main goal, let's talk

[01:15] about how you can increase your field

[01:17] accolade rewards first. Field accolades

[01:20] are tied to your spoils at the end of

[01:22] your run, which is also your overall

[01:24] score. You get 10% of your spoils or

[01:26] score in field accolades. So, to

[01:28] increase field accolades, you just need

[01:31] to increase your spoils. It's that easy.

[01:35] We can do this in two main ways. The

[01:37] higher the tier of ritual site you run,

[01:39] the more spoils you're going to get for

[01:41] each activity in that run. There are

[01:44] five tiers total, so your goal should be

[01:46] to clear tier five quickly and reliably.

[01:49] The other way to increase your spoils is

[01:51] to enable the challenges at the bottom

[01:53] of the ritual site screen. Each one adds

[01:56] a new obstacle for you to overcome and

[01:58] they also add a modifier to your end or

[02:01] score. Not every challenge is equal

[02:03] though. Some are significantly harder or

[02:05] more annoying to deal with and they each

[02:08] increase your spoils by a different

[02:09] amount. Grasping tendrils will

[02:12] periodically spawn green circles under

[02:14] your feet that will root you if you

[02:16] stand in them when the cast ends, so

[02:18] just step out of those whenever they

[02:19] spawn. Manifestations will spawn a

[02:22] caster who has a huge purple circle

[02:24] around him. If he finishes the cast,

[02:26] you'll take a bunch of damage if you're

[02:28] in the circle, so either interrupt or CC

[02:30] the caster or just run out of the

[02:32] circle. Whatever works best in the

[02:34] current situation. Magical alarm bells

[02:37] will spawn some extra ads when you kill

[02:38] enough monsters and you can see the

[02:40] counter for that at the top of your

[02:41] screen. So, just keep an eye on that

[02:43] number and get ready for some extra

[02:45] aggro as you progress through your run.

[02:48] Malevolent boons causes the dark

[02:50] obelisks to provide pretty hefty buffs

[02:52] to mini bosses and bosses, so you want

[02:54] to kill the obelisks to remove those

[02:56] buffs before engaging with any big

[02:58] monsters. Tainted corpses causes mobs to

[03:01] leave a puddle of gunk on the floor when

[03:03] they die, so just don't stand in those

[03:05] puddles and you'll be fine. Reinforced

[03:07] increases the number of trash mobs in

[03:09] the entire ritual site, which will make

[03:11] it harder to skip around things and

[03:13] you'll just end up fighting a lot more.

[03:15] Patrols will spawn big elite mobs that

[03:17] patrol around the area. Usually, they're

[03:20] fairly easy to dodge, so stay away from

[03:22] them whenever you can. And then embers

[03:24] causes a few buffs to appear for the

[03:26] bosses and mini bosses and you need to

[03:28] kill all of the monsters that are marked

[03:30] with a blue purple orb to disable those

[03:32] boons to make killing the bosses much

[03:34] easier. That's also tracked at the top

[03:36] of your screen.

[03:38] Now, you might expect the overall goal

[03:41] to be to run a tier five ritual site

[03:43] with all challenges enabled. That will

[03:45] give you the most spoils and field

[03:47] accolades after all, right? Well, yes

[03:49] and no. It will definitely give you the

[03:51] most spoils per run, but that's actually

[03:54] not a very good metric to go by. Your

[03:56] goal should be to earn as many field

[03:58] accolades per time spent running ritual

[04:00] sites rather than per ritual site run.

[04:04] The reason why this is so important is

[04:06] because specific challenges will make

[04:08] your ritual sites take significantly

[04:10] longer due to the way the ritual sites

[04:12] are set up. You don't really get

[04:14] anything for killing trash mobs and to

[04:16] earn your chest at the end, you only

[04:18] have to clear the required objectives,

[04:20] which mainly consists of killing a

[04:22] handful of mini bosses and bosses. That

[04:25] leads me into the next tip. You want to

[04:27] skip as much as you can. You want to aim

[04:29] to do as little as possible while still

[04:32] clearing the required objectives, so

[04:34] skip around trash mobs whenever you can

[04:36] and that will significantly speed up

[04:38] your ritual site runs. You only have to

[04:40] kill the marked mini bosses and the

[04:42] final boss to get your loot. Trash mobs

[04:45] are worth practically nothing in the

[04:47] grand scheme of things. So, look at your

[04:49] objectives on the right-hand side and

[04:51] try to complete only those with as

[04:53] little extra work as you can.

[04:56] Now, to make your runs as smooth and

[04:58] fast as possible, we also want to avoid

[05:00] taking any challenges that force you to

[05:02] engage with trash mobs. For example,

[05:05] embers forces you to kill trash mobs to

[05:07] disable the powerful buffs on bosses and

[05:09] mini bosses. All of that is just

[05:11] unnecessary extra time and the spoils

[05:14] increase doesn't justify how much extra

[05:17] time this adds to your run. Malevolent

[05:20] boons forces you to go out of your way

[05:22] to kill the dark obelisks before you

[05:24] engage with mini bosses and bosses,

[05:26] which can sometimes require clearing

[05:28] trash mobs in the way, which will also

[05:30] slow you down quite a bit. And then to a

[05:33] lesser extent, reinforced adds a lot

[05:35] more trash mobs in each ritual site,

[05:37] which just means more trash for you to

[05:39] avoid. You can run with this one if

[05:41] you're confident, but chances are it's

[05:44] still going to slow you down at least a

[05:45] little bit. So, I would run your ritual

[05:48] sites with every other challenge enabled

[05:50] except those three. You should be able

[05:52] to focus solely on mini bosses and

[05:54] bosses to clear through each run very

[05:56] quickly.

[05:58] The next tip is that you don't have to

[06:00] run these ritual sites on tier five if

[06:02] you can't clear through them reliably or

[06:05] it's just taking too long to be worth

[06:07] it. Every tier option will earn you

[06:09] field accolades faster than completing

[06:11] void strikes and all sources of field

[06:13] accolades earn you the same reward,

[06:16] boxes of champion or hero track gear. If

[06:18] you can't clear tier five, you can still

[06:21] get hero gear with tier four or tier

[06:23] three or even tiers one and two. It's

[06:25] just going to take a bit longer per

[06:27] piece of gear, but as you gear up, you

[06:29] should be able to move up the tiers to

[06:31] make things faster and easier. If you're

[06:34] curious, tier one drops around 20 field

[06:36] accolades, tier two can be around 50

[06:39] accolades, tier three is around 70, tier

[06:41] four gives you around 100, and tier five

[06:44] should net you just shy of 120 field

[06:47] accolades per run if you're running with

[06:49] the challenges I mentioned above. The

[06:51] further along you are in the renown

[06:52] track and the more treasures and rares

[06:54] you kill, the more field accolades you

[06:56] will get. And of course, if you really

[06:58] wanted to, you could enable the other

[07:00] challenges to really max this out, but

[07:02] those runs will probably take a bit

[07:04] longer, so your overall earnings per

[07:06] hour would be the same or lower. But

[07:08] ultimately, it's up to you. I will say

[07:12] that if your runs are taking longer than

[07:14] 15 minutes each, try dropping the tier

[07:17] to see if that helps. Try avoiding more

[07:19] trash mobs to speed things up further

[07:21] and revisit some of the other tips in

[07:23] this video. On my ramp paladin that I'm

[07:25] still gearing up, I can comfortably

[07:27] clear lower tiers in five to seven

[07:29] minutes while tier fives take about 10

[07:31] minutes each. Dropping down to tier four

[07:33] doesn't seem to sacrifice too many field

[07:35] accolades and it will be at least a bit

[07:37] easier to complete. At tier four and

[07:40] five, you should be able to earn

[07:41] yourself a piece of hero gear every hour

[07:44] of play time.

[07:46] Something else that can help speed

[07:48] things up is to make sure you're well

[07:50] stocked with consumables. Healing

[07:52] potions are a must-have in any kind of

[07:54] solo content, especially when you can't

[07:56] lean on Valera for an easy carry. So,

[07:59] always carry a stack of healing potions

[08:01] for those clutch moments. DPS potions

[08:04] can give you a huge chunk of burst to

[08:06] take down annoying bosses a bit faster.

[08:08] And then flasks are always useful and

[08:10] they're pretty good value if you sit

[08:12] down for an hour and smash out a few

[08:14] ritual sites in a row. And of course, if

[08:16] you don't have a lust spell for

[08:18] yourself, the lust drums can really help

[08:21] you take down those bosses quite a bit

[08:22] faster.

[08:24] It's always worth taking a peek in your

[08:26] talent tree as well and make sure you're

[08:28] taking extra crowd control, any

[08:30] defensive options you might have, and

[08:32] focus more on solo play. Not having

[08:35] Valera here makes this quite a bit

[08:37] harder when compared to delves,

[08:38] especially if you're playing a squishier

[08:41] class. So, make sure you're taking all

[08:43] of the tools you have to survive a bit

[08:44] better and longer.

[08:46] The one major mechanic that's going to

[08:48] help out with this are the green orbs

[08:50] that spawn while you're in combat. Each

[08:52] green orb you collect heals you for a

[08:54] bunch of health, even more as you work

[08:55] your way through the renown track. So,

[08:57] keep your eye on where these orbs spawn

[09:00] and if you start to dip a bit low, just

[09:01] go pick one up. I wouldn't run over them

[09:04] as and when they spawn, save them for

[09:06] when you actually need the healing. You

[09:08] can end up with quite a few orbs just

[09:10] hanging out ready for you to pick them

[09:12] up if you take a big hit, miss an

[09:14] interrupt, or just make a mistake.

[09:17] As you work your way through the renown

[09:19] track, you'll pick up bonuses that speed

[09:21] things up even further or give you more

[09:23] opportunities to earn spoils. You'll

[09:25] start to find smaller treasures

[09:27] throughout the run and these can be

[09:28] worth picking up as long as you don't

[09:30] have to fight too many monsters to get

[09:32] to them. Rare mobs start popping up at

[09:34] renown rank four and they're basically

[09:36] just extra mini bosses, so you want to

[09:38] kill those whenever you can. Two usually

[09:40] spawn per run, so make sure you kill

[09:42] both. The shrines of power will give you

[09:44] a fairly decent buff when you get to

[09:46] renown rank five, so you want to grab

[09:48] those as you're working your way through

[09:50] the runs and they'll speed things up.

[09:52] Rank seven unlocks large treasure

[09:54] chests, which give you way more spoils,

[09:56] so you do want to make sure you grab

[09:58] these every time you can. Two usually

[10:00] spawn in each run, so make sure you get

[10:02] both. And then at rank eight, rare

[10:04] elites spawn in the run, too. And

[10:06] they're just like killing another mini

[10:08] boss, so make sure you include those in

[10:10] your kill list. Most of these items will

[10:13] appear on your map when you unlock them,

[10:15] so keep an eye on your mini map as

[10:17] you're progressing through the run to

[10:18] see if a large treasure, a rare, or the

[10:21] rare elite, or one of the shrines is

[10:23] nearby. Collecting all of these things

[10:25] and killing the rares can increase your

[10:26] overall spoils quite significantly,

[10:29] which leads to more field accolades per

[10:31] run.

[10:33] If you're running tier five ritual

[10:35] sites, you should be getting over 1,000

[10:37] renown progress per run, so working

[10:39] through the renown track is actually

[10:41] very quick. And the progress is also

[10:43] account-wide, so if you want to gear up

[10:45] an alt later on, they're going to start

[10:47] with everything unlocked right from the

[10:49] get-go, which should make gearing up

[10:51] your alts much faster.

[10:53] Now, something else that makes ritual

[10:55] sites incredibly efficient just as an

[10:57] overall activity is that each tier five

[11:00] run is also going to reward you with 20

[11:03] hero crests. So, if it takes five runs

[11:06] to get a piece of hero gear from the

[11:08] vendor, those five runs will also give

[11:10] you enough crests to fully upgrade that

[11:13] piece of gear. So, you don't have to go

[11:15] out of your way to farm more crests from

[11:17] a different activity or worry about

[11:19] weekly quests and which ones you need to

[11:20] do. Ritual sites are actually all you

[11:23] need to both get the gear and fully

[11:26] upgrade it.

[11:28] Now, if you're interested in some ritual

[11:30] site specific tips in the Eversong Woods

[11:32] ritual site, I would recommend killing

[11:34] these casters as you work your way

[11:36] around the zone before the mini boss

[11:39] spawns. Chances are, if they're still up

[11:41] and you engage the mini boss, they'll

[11:43] get dragged into combat with you, and

[11:45] it'll just make everything a bit harder.

[11:46] So, I always try to kill them early on.

[11:49] For the mind flayer mini boss, if you

[11:50] have to choose between interrupting the

[11:52] curse cast or the shield cast, I would

[11:54] always go with the curse cast. It's

[11:56] called touch of apathy, and it reduces

[11:58] your attack and casting speed for a

[12:00] whole minute, which is going to make

[12:02] everything take so much longer. You can

[12:05] dispel the shield or just DPS through

[12:07] it, but that minute-long curse is a huge

[12:09] pain if you can't get rid of it

[12:11] yourself. For the Zul'Aman ritual site,

[12:13] when you're fighting the phoenix mini

[12:15] boss, make sure you soak these circles

[12:17] whenever you can. If you don't soak

[12:19] them, they're going to deal a bunch of

[12:20] damage to you, which can kill you very

[12:22] quickly. And then on the boss itself,

[12:25] always kill the ads as soon as they pop

[12:27] up, as the boss will gain a huge damage

[12:30] reduction shield while the ads are

[12:32] active, so always focus down the ads

[12:35] first. Are there any bosses, mini

[12:37] bosses, or just anything else that

[12:39] you've been specifically struggling with

[12:41] in the ritual site so far? Let me know

[12:43] in the comments below, and I'll see if I

[12:45] have any tips to help you out.

[12:48] And then to round out this video, the

[12:50] last tip I have is that tier 11

[12:52] bountiful delves are still worth running

[12:54] with your restored coffer keys. Ritual

[12:56] sites will give you a lot of coffer key

[12:58] shards, so you won't have to do pray

[13:00] hunts or other open world content to

[13:02] earn those shards, letting you go

[13:04] straight from ritual sites into your

[13:06] bountiful delves. Tier 11 bountiful

[13:08] delves give you another chance to get

[13:10] hero gear as long as you've got rank

[13:12] nine on the delve seasonal track, and

[13:14] you can earn a currency to buy hero gear

[13:17] after a few runs. So, it's just more

[13:19] chances for hero gear, which can help

[13:21] cut down your overall field accolade

[13:23] farming requirements. Unfortunately, you

[13:25] are limited to how many restored coffer

[13:27] keys you can get per week. The big

[13:29] rewards only come from the locked chests

[13:31] in bountiful delves, so delves won't

[13:33] necessarily let you gear up faster than

[13:36] ritual sites, but it's a nice way to

[13:37] change things up while still working

[13:39] towards hero track gear. But, that's all

[13:42] of our tips and tricks for clearing

[13:43] ritual sites easier and to farm your

[13:45] field accolades a bit faster. So, that's

[13:47] it for this video. What do you think of

[13:49] ritual sites from what you've played so

[13:51] far, and do you prefer the Eversong

[13:53] Woods or the Zul'Aman ritual site? Leave

[13:55] all your thoughts in the comment section

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