Flaming Forest is quite ok if you're doing armors (which I did). You have fiber, sap and oil just a short walk from the Oflovak TPs, and wood + resin near Watchers; not the best spot, but usually there's a hawker (either at Watchers or in the OP) so you can at least put your stuff into temp. storage and keep digging.
For jewel crafting, I'd say go down into SC with a packer of picks and jools craft tools and you only come out when you've worn them all out. Obviously not comparable to Lost Valley in any shape or form, but hey, you brought this up in the first place.
For jewel crafting, I'd say go down into SC with a packer of picks and jools craft tools and you only come out when you've worn them all out. Obviously not comparable to Lost Valley in any shape or form, but hey, you brought this up in the first place.
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