Ultimate Guide to Farming Zekvir in the War Within
If you’re looking to maximize your rewards in the War Within, then farming Zekvir is your best bet! This guide will help you understand how to efficiently take down Zekvir, the rewards you can earn, and strategies for optimizing your farming time.
Overview of Zekvir
Zekvir can be killed as many times as you want each day, and the encounter resets as soon as you leave. With recent nerfs, Zekvir is much easier to defeat on normal mode, making him a prime target for players looking to farm resources quickly.
Recommended Item Level
Blizzard's Suggested Item Level: 600 ilvl to enter Zekvir's Lair.
Personal Experience: Players have successfully killed Zekvir at lower item levels, such as:
575 ilvl Hunter
590 ilvl Mage
Rewards for Killing Zekvir
Each time you defeat Zekvir, you can earn the following rewards:
25 Valorstones
45 Resonance Crystals
Chance for 2 Runed Crests
Around 100 Gold
Farming Strategies
Fastest Valorstone Farm
With a character geared at 610 ilvl, you can farm approximately 1000 Valorstones per hour. The strategy involves:
Entering Zekvir's Lair.
Defeating Zekvir (takes about 1 minute).
Exiting and re-entering to reset the encounter.
Fastest Delve Vault Completion
Killing Zekvir counts towards your Delve Vault progress as Tier 8 (the highest reward tier). You can efficiently complete your Delve Vault by following this method:
Kill Zekvir 8 times: Takes around 15 minutes total.
Complete 8 Delves: This will fill all 3 Delve Weekly Vault progressions.
Weekly Event Quests
During the weekly event, quests are available that promise lucrative rewards:
Complete five Delves in Calgar: Grants a "Cache of Delver's Pulse" containing a 597 item level piece of Champion's gear.
Complete three Delves: Earn a Pinnacle Cache with valuable restored keys.
By killing Zekvir, you also contribute to the completion of these quests. It takes only 10 minutes to kill him 5 times, making it a quick source of valuable rewards.
