Guide:Nicholas the Traveler Farming/Luminous Stone


 * Collecting 1 Luminous Stone per gift


 * Located in Crystal Overlook at the teleporter to The Arid Sea (The Desolation)
 * Farm Mandragor (Kourna and Desolation, not Istan)
 * Easiest methods:
 * Enter Alkali Pan from Bone Palace by yourself. Grab a Junundu and kill the small group of Mandragor in front of you. Now head off towards Vah the Crafty avoiding enemy groups along the way. Just east of Vah's group is another group of pop-up Mandragor. Kill them. Then go after Vah the Crafty. Even if his group kills you, you should manage to grab at least one stone from each run.
 * Fastest method:
 * Enter Arkjok Ward from Yohlon Haven with a spirit spam build. Run either straight up the middle or to the left and keep running to break aggro with the groups in the way. Then cast all spirits and aggro one group of Mandragor and hex with Painful Bond.  Kite around and use Summon Spirits to move your spirits away from direct attacks or to yourself for aggro on next group.  Average drop of Luminous Stone seems to be about 3 per run.
 * See also: Guide:Nicholas the Traveler Farming/Mandragor Root Cake (which also has methods to farm Mandragor in Kourna)