Node farm - Guild Wars 2 Wiki (GW2W) (2024)

A node farm is a cluster of harvesting nodes of the same type. There is exactly one node farm in 22 of the 25 original zones, excluding Wayfarer Foothills, Malchor's Leap and Cursed Shore. The nodes in a farm respawn every 23 hours, similar to rich metal veins, rather than the 1 hour of normal gathering nodes.

All nodes in a node farms are grouped together and share a daily cap of non-bonus gatherings per character, and when the cap is reached any remaining nodes disappear until the entire group of nodes reset. For most node farms the cap is equal to the number of nodes in it, meaning once each node has been gathered once, the whole farm will be depleted whether they have bonus gatherings left or not. Because of this, to maximize the number of gatherings, each node that remains after being gathered once should be gathered again until it stops having bonus gatherings.

Unlimited harvesting sickles will gather all bonus gatherings in a single swing, which greatly helps preventing missing bonus gatherings, but they still won't get any bonus gatherings from the last node gathered in a node farm since gathering that node always depletes the farm.

List of node farms[edit]

Most node farms consist of 8 nodes. Node farms with a different amount show the number in parentheses.

Node (amt.)	Region	Map	Location lvl	Area	Notes & directions
Lettuce	Maguuma Jungle	Caledon Forest	01–15	The Rowanwoods	Northwest of Kraitbane Haven Waypoint — , patrolled by jungle raptors.
Lettuce	Kryta	Queensdale	01–17	Beetletun Farms	South of the Shire of Beetletun, in the topmost farm area. Unavailable if centaurs control the area. North of Tunwatch Redoubt Waypoint — .
Potato	Maguuma Jungle	Metrica Province	01–15	Akk Wilds	Floating island farm, between Akk Wilds Waypoint — and Hrouda's renown heart
Potato	Ascalon	Plains of Ashford	01–15	Loreclaw Expanse	South of Loreclaw Waypoint — .
Potato (6)	Crystal Desert	Crystal Oasis	80	Omiramba Sand Sea	Above Retreat of the Resolute — . Requires a high-jumping mount.
Strawberry Patch	Kryta	Kessex Hills	15–25	Wizard's Fief	Near Isgarren's View. Easy to fall; time-consuming to get back up. SE of Cereboth Waypoint —
Strawberry Patch	Shiverpeak Mountains	Snowden Drifts	15–25	Griffonfall	South of Svannijem Hold. Guarded by some Owl Griffons. SW of Reaver's Waypoint —
Strawberry Patch (8)	Ascalon	Diessa Plateau	15–25	Town of Nolan	Near the vista, at the end of a series of jumps. West then slightly South of Nolan Waypoint —
Strawberry Patch (6)	Crystal Desert	Desert Highlands	80	Brightwater Inlet	North of the heart, along the river. North-northwest of Brightwater Waypoint —
Spinach	Maguuma Jungle	Brisban Wildlands	15–25	Karston Chambers	Far southeast corner of the map, guarded by trolls including a veteran. South of Watchful Source Waypoint —
Spinach	Kryta	Gendarran Fields	25–35	Provernic Crypt	On hilltop above the crypt proper; guarded by a veteran ettin. West of Provern Shore Waypoint —
Grapes	Shiverpeak Mountains	Lornar's Pass	25–40	False Lake	North of Demon's Maw Waypoint — , on the hill northwest of Greybeard's Landing POI, guarded by a Pirate Vintner.
Grapes	Ascalon	Fields of Ruin	30–40	Wildlin Narrows	Southwest corner of Wildlin Narrows. SE to Ogre Road Waypoint —
Cabbage	Kryta	Harathi Hinterlands	35–45	Wynchona Woods	Go into the swamp/lake between Demetra Waypoint — and Wynchona Rally Point Waypoint — and defeat the bandits & Veteran guarding the cabbage cave.
Cabbage	Ascalon	Blazeridge Steppes	40–50	Heretic Plain	North of Lunk Kraal Waypoint — in the ogre village.
Cabbage	Shiverpeak Mountains	Dredgehaunt Cliffs	40–50	The Wide Expanse	West of Wide Expanse Waypoint — , Veteran Jotun guarding farm.
Sugar Pumpkin	Kryta	Bloodtide Coast	45–55	Risewild Hills	South of Remanda Waypoint — zig-zag your way deep inside the troll village.
Sugar Pumpkin	Ascalon	Iron Marches	50–60	Victium Moors	Due west of the Invictus Castrum POI, and guarded by a few Whiptail Devourers. North of Bulwark Waypoint — .
Cauliflower	Shiverpeak Mountains	Timberline Falls	50–60	Gentle River	Southwest of Thistlereed Grove; Thistlereed Waypoint — . Guarded by a Veteran Jotun.
Cauliflower	Maguuma Jungle	Sparkfly Fen	55–65	Orvanic Shore	Go through the Hero point cave to get to them. Guarded by a Veteran Hylek Amini Cave entrance north of Nicantl Grounds — .
Cauliflower	Crystal Desert	Elon Riverlands	80	Elon Flow	Directly southeast of Lonely Vigil — on the island with harpies all around.
Butternut Squash	Ascalon	Fireheart Rise	60–70	Apostate Wastes	Near the southern lvl 63 Wupwup tribe Heart (of the two to the southwest of the map). East of God's Skull — .
Butternut Squash	Shiverpeak Mountains	Frostgorge Sound	70–80	Arundon Vale	Just north of the Dragon Tribe Grawl Heart. NE of Arundon Waypoint —
Artichoke	Maguuma Jungle	Mount Maelstrom	60–70	Treacherous Depths	On island directly south of Oxbow Isle Waypoint — . Guarded by a Veteran Troll.
Artichoke	Ruins of Orr	Straits of Devastation	70–75	Bramble Pass	Northeast of Plinth Timberland Waypoint — . Unguarded.
Artichoke	Crystal Desert	Domain of Vabbi	80	The Necropolis	South of The Crypts — on the nearby hills. Guarded by Scarab. The most direct route can be seen here using either a Springer, Griffon or Skyscale.
Artichoke (4) Desert Vegetables (4) Cabbage (4) Cluster of Desert Herbs (4)	Crystal Desert	Sandswept Isles	80	The Ruined Paths	Around Malor's Ranch — .
Cabbage (2) Cactus (4) Carrots (4) Lettuce (3) Primordial Orchid (3)	Maguuma Wastes	Dry Top	80	Uplands Oasis	Northwestern corner of the map. Vine Bridge Waypoint — The harvesting nodes are not grouped as a farm, and they will will reappear after a while. Primordial Orchids are added by A Henge Away from Home.
Flax (8)	Heart of Maguuma	Verdant Brink	80	Jaka Itzel	Just northeast of Jaka Itzel Waypoint — drop all the way to the bottom of the chasm.
Flax (8)	Heart of Maguuma	Bloodstone Fen	80	Temple of Sacrifice	There's an island above Ground Zero Waypoint — with five flax. Another three can be found by the nearby diving goggles.
Flax (8)	Heart of Maguuma	Tangled Depths	80	Ogre Camp	Just northwest of Ogre Camp waypoint on the canopy level of the map. Start from Order of Whispers Camp Waypoint — and use the updrafts to reach Arboreal Overlook — with a short run to the flax fields.
Flax (10)	Ring of Fire	Draconis Mons	80	Savage Rise	Beneath the Druid's Grotto POI in a cave of grubs. Jump down and glide from the edge West of Heathen's Hold Waypoint —
Flax Desert Vegetables Cluster of Desert Herbs Lentils Late-Blooming Elon Lily	Crystal Desert	Elon Riverlands	80	Whispering Grottos	Inside the Whisperring Grottos, southeast of the Decimation Bend — on map. The amount of each node is random, however, there will always be 8 nodes + Late-Blooming Elon Lily.
Seaweed	Ring of Fire	Ember Bay	80	Sulfurous Deep	Underwater almost directly south of Promontory Waypoint —
Clam (10)	Crystal Desert	Crystal Oasis	80	Bay of Elon	Underwater, in the northwestern corner of the map.
Clam (10)	Crystal Desert	Crystal Oasis	80	Bay of Elon	Underwater, in the southwestern corner of the map.
Clam (7)	Crystal Desert	Desert Highlands	80	Transcendent Bay	Underwater, in the southwestern corner of the map.
Carrots (6)	Crystal Desert	The Desolation	80	The Bonestrand	East of Bonestrand Waypoint — , over the water and in a nook to the north (Before Silent Vale).
Winterberry Bush	Shiverpeak Mountains	Bitterfrost Frontier	80	-	Note: A patch consists only of two nodes, only noticeable with Glyph of Bounty.
Seaweed (8)	Deldrimor Front	Thunderhead Peaks	80	Ice Floe	Head northeast of the "e" in Ice Floe's name on the map towards the two icebergs in a line. Dive down to the lake's floor and head north to the first of the 2 patches of 4 seaweed clusters.
Clam (8)	Deldrimor Front	Thunderhead Peaks	80	Ice Floe	Head east of the Shattered Bay — , along the bottom of the lake.
Snow Truffle (5)	Shiverpeak Mountains	Bjora Marches	80	Aberrant Forest	Inside the Boneskinner Den — .
Winter Root Vegetables (6)	Shiverpeak Mountains	Drizzlewood Coast	80	Breakroot Basin	North of the Umbral Grotto / Petraj Overlook border. Some of these nodes can be harvested multiple times.
Blackberries (4) Winter Root Vegetables (4)	Shiverpeak Mountains	Drizzlewood Coast	80	Petraj Overlook	Northeast of Greattree Hamlet — .
Portobello Mushrooms (4) Potato (4) Scallions (4) Verdant Herbs (4)	Shiverpeak Mountains	Drizzlewood Coast	80	Leadfoot Village	Above and below Olafson Farmstead — .
Potato (4)	Shiverpeak Mountains	Drizzlewood Coast	80	Fort Defiance	Just south of the "an" in "Fort Defiance" on the main map.
Clam (6) Coral (3)	Shiverpeak Mountains	Drizzlewood Coast	80	Port Cascadia	Scattered across the "Port Cascadia" marking on the main map.
Seaweed (4)	Shiverpeak Mountains	Drizzlewood Coast	80	Port Cascadia	Southeast corner of the area.
Seaweed (4)	Shiverpeak Mountains	Drizzlewood Coast	80	Port Cascadia	Southeast corner of the area.
Cluster of Desert Herbs Flax	Crystal Desert	Domain of Kourna	80	Arkjok Farmlands	Scattered around Palawa's Benevolence — . Start at Allied Encampment Waypoint — and head northwest.
Cabbage (2) Carrots (2) Flax (3) Herb Seedlings (2) Potato (3) Sugar Pumpkin (3) Soybeans (2) Zucchini (3)	Cantha	Seitung Province	80	Seitung Harbor	South of the prison. Previously, there were 4 Flax. [verification requested] Respawning regularly and not part of the farm, there are two guaranteed Soybeans on the hillside and sometimes a Cherry Blossom Sapling near the building or on the hillside.
Cabbage (4)	Cantha	The Echovald Wilds	80	Qinkaishi Basin	Northwest corner of the area at the lowest level.
Spinach (4)	Cantha	The Echovald Wilds	80	Qinkaishi Basin	Northwest corner of the area at the lowest level.
Taproots (4)	Cantha	The Echovald Wilds	80	Qinkaishi Basin	Northwest corner of the area at the lowest level.
Sugar Pumpkin (3)	Horn of Maguuma	Skywatch Archipelago	80	Rata Novus Promenade	Northeast of Akeem's Sacrifice.
Asparagus Cabbage (2) Sugar Pumpkin (2) Raspberry Lettuce (2) Cayenne Pepper Potato (2) Sugar Pumpkin (2) Strawberry Patch (2) Zucchini (3) Hatched Chili Pepper Bush	Ascalon	Grothmar Valley	80	Rusty Meadows	Around Vista.

Synthesizer groups[edit]

Permanent, easily accessible groups of between 2 and 5 synthesizers. Gathering resources is necessary for crafting and materials gathered may be sold at the Trading Post.

• Guild halls in the Guild Workshop after appropriate upgrades.
• Eternal Battlegrounds in World versus World, by making a circuit of Keeps, Towers and Resource camps owned by your world.

Sapling clusters[edit]

There are clusters of permanent Cypress Sapling nodes at two Statues of Melandru in Orr. These are not true node farms because they respawn after an hour and they are logging nodes, not harvesting nodes; however, they are similar in that they are the only locations in the game with a guaranteed spawn of a large number of logging nodes.

• Straits of Devastation
  • Waywarde Way - 4 nodes, west from Waywarde Waypoint —
• Malchor's Leap
  • Theater of Delight - 5 nodes, southwest of Pagga's Waypoint —

A third alternative for more logging is Siren's Landing. There are a few elder trees in the area (roughly 8) not tightly clustered but an easy jog to collect. Just south of Risen Lowlands along the path, from the R in risen east to the end of the path near the water.

Ore clusters[edit]

There are two ore clusters in Thunderhead Peaks. Each cluster respawns when changing maps or over time, but has a 32 ore limit per character, per day. (Additional gathering strikes do not count toward this limit.)

• The Weeping Crest - 8 iron ore nodes guarded by cliff bats, on the cliffs southwest of Deldrimor Garrison (across the ravine).
• The Howling Cliffs - 7 platinum ore nodes guarded by earth elementals, on the cliffs southwest of The Weeping Sisters.
• From Revolution's Heart Waypoint — , a skyscale can follow volatile magic trails all the way to the platinum cluster, and then from the platinum cluster to the iron cluster (activating the rift in Sorrow's Cave), gathering volatile magic and experience along the way.

Hidden Garden[edit]

Hidden Garden is a node farm available to people who completed Kudzu III: Leaf of Kudzu collection. 3 Primordial Orchids can also be added by those completing A Henge Away from Home.

Notes[edit]

• Originally there was a potato node farm in Wayfarer Foothills at Haivoissen Kenning, but this was later removed.
• Although not tightly clustered there are 10 Lotus plants along the shore south of Castaway Circus Waypoint in SW Ember Bay.
• In Bloodstone Fen, there is a Flax farm (8 nodes) located on three of the floating islands above Bloodstone Maw.
  • 1 on the island with the Diving Goggles.
  • 2 on the island due north of the diving goggles island.
  • 5 on the large southern island, 3 on the top level and 2 on the mid level beside the Bouncing Mushroom.
• In Lion's Arch, just before Rolan's Chest at the end of the Troll's Revenge Jumping Puzzle, there are 8 gathering nodes (2 Root Vegetables, 2 Carrots, 2 Taproots, 1 Young Herbs & 1 Herb Sprouts).
• It is possible to lose access to some nodes in a farm (for that day). If one follows this sequence:
  • Gather while running (R).
  • Gather at one node, but it still has more gathers available.
  • Run past the now partially-used node (usually due to auto-run).
  • Return to the previously gathered node.
  • The node in question may no longer be active.

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