Leenzee Games’ first title, Wuchang Fallen Feathers, can be quite a hard Souls game, and that is why we decided to write an easy guide on how to farm Red Mercury fast in the early game (XP Equilevant in Wuchang for leveling up abilities).
This guide will focus on the earliest place for farming Red Mercury, as there are multiple throughout the game that can yield even better per-minute mercury rewards, but obviously, some people might be stuck at early bosses and cannot access those places yet.
Lightzen Temple Farming Strategy
In the very first zone, multiple farming locations have been shared by the Wuchang community, with most taking place at Shu Sanctum – those are a bit more heavy on mechanics, and the routes aren’t exactly as straightforward, but on the flat Red Mercury level, they are probably better. Anyways, what you need to do is to go to Lightzen Temple, which is the 3rd resting location in the game after Reverent Temple and Buddha Cliffs.
- Base prequisite for this method requires you to be at least Level 9, which allows you to unlock “Rapid Temperance” from Imperitus Repository, but because the bonfire filled with the enemies have oil barrels next to them that means that if you use the defualt temperance upgrade on your weapon which is fire will cause the whole camp to explode and you will die with them, due to this we need the [Bone Needle – Lightning] upgrade as well.
- As for a weapon, we kinda need a Lashing Whip, because it has the Whip dance ability that does AoE damage that can be used to kill enemies together faster. Other weapons that have a high radius and can damage multiple enemies at once are also good options.
- If you have benedictions at this point, just throw ones that give sustain or increase damage.
- For Jade Pendants, there are a couple of things you can do, like Pixiue Pendant, which will reduce the red mercury you drop when you die, and in case your runs aren’t clean well, that can be one option. Once you get the hang of it, just take the Gourd Pendant, Twin Infant Pendant, and Dracolich Pendant.
Red Mercury Math & Equipment
To find all the necessary items listed above, I recommend using the interactive Wuchang map created by the community. As seen in the video above, there are ways to make this route last longer if you want to kill the enemy guarding the southern entrance, which will give 100 Red Mercury, and then, alternatively, you can clean the other corridors in the Lightzen Temple for extra Mercury rewards.
- The average clear time for this fast version should be around 37 seconds to 55 seconds how clean and strong you are currently in the game. One clear of the route yields 540 Mercury, and let’s say our average clear time is 45 seconds, which means you can do 80 runs per hour, and that would total into 40,800 Red Mercury per hour.
Now we also understand that there can be Red Mercury sprout drops like Budding Red Mercury, so based on my testing so far, you can get like 3 different variants the one that gives 100, 200, and a rare one that gives 400 Red Mercury. So in theory, we might be talking about something more like 45,000 Red mercury per hour if we get a good run with the item drops.
Rinse and Repeat for Fast & Easy Red Mercury
The strategy isn’t nuclear science, all you have to do is go all in the trio from the back, and they won’t likely get to attack before two of them are already down. The Monk will aggro from the ruined shed, and then you can take the two weird-looking goblins who are camping on the roof waiting to drop on you. Temperance buff always resets every time you enter the dream and reset the map, so you don’t have to worry about that. Alternatively, you can send fire knives at the barrels and they will explode, but this obviously just costs extra red mercury, and I would argue the clear time wouldn’t be drastically faster due to that.
That’s pretty much it. We will be dropping a full review on the game later once we have actually completed it, and of course, this farm spot can be used in NewGame+ too. Once you get Chapter II, there is one very good farming location as well.
