-Fabius Nemesis Farming Guide-
Getting into the flow of things in Grim Dawn can be, as many of us know, at times, hard. The game has for me since I started playing been shrouded in mystery, from the game lore to the more gameplay oriented mechanics. This and the fact that much information outside of the game guides is hard to come by. Such as detailed late game farming guides, this of course only adding to the overall mystery of the game. However, I feel that I might want to relieve some of the less adept players of the struggle of figuring out the best late game farming strategies, if this is something they themselves do not want to figure out on their own.
Getting started I want to clarify that this is the farming method that I myself has found to be the most efficient but at solo play and especially multiplayer. It does, however, require a bit of work before you can get started on the farming, but I will go into further detail surrounding that shortly. Either way, haha, enough beating around the bush.
This is as you might have figured out from the title a guide on farming the Cronley’s Gang Nemesis Fabius.
Starting with the routing that I have found the most efficient.
Detailed Routing Guide.
Starting in Devil’s Crossing work your way over the bridge, go into the Arkovian Foothills and head into the area where Edmund “Shanks” Doyle can be found. From here you can either warp to the Arkovian Foothills rift or walk, I do suggest warping. When at the rift head northwest and enter the area directly north of the rift. If Fabius is not found here then warp to the old Arkovia rift and head directly to the Hanneffy Mine. When in the mine head south into the area where Halion “The Rat” can be found. Keep going north over the ramp and exit the mine at the north exit into the Four Hills area. Here you head firstly to the area where Boris, Master of the Pit can be found. Afterward, head back up from where you came and go towards Cronley’s Hideout following the illustrations, given below. From here you just head semi straight for the boss room hugging the south wall but not going down into the pit. For further information look up the illustrations down below.
Fabius, will spawn at one of the locations marked in the pictures in the spoiler down below. He will respawn at a new location every time the session is restarted, ie. quitting to the main menu. Dying, warping and so on does not change the location of the nemesis. Do be warned, Fabius is known for being a hard fight, especially early in the late game, for this reason, I suggest either joining forces with someone else, in their session or hosting your own for much-needed help online.
Route Illustrations
Thanks to ReDeus for the location screenshots.
Check out his Nemesis spawn location guide at http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26148
-Additional Information
As most of you may know you are required to have the reputation tier of “nemesis” with the faction Cronley’s Gang.
Resistances
[spoiler]Fabius’s full resists at max level (not including Ultimate modifiers):
Fire: 50%
Cold: 110%
Vitality: 60%
Phys/Pierce: 20%
Freeze: 85%
Knockdown: 1000% (bug?)
Energy Burn: 500%
Health Reduction: 92%
Reflection: 50%
Petrify: 75%
Sleep: 75%
Life Leech: 75%
Energy Leech: 75%
Stun: 85%
Taunt: 80%
Slow: 75%
Entrapment: 80%
8% Chance to Dodge Melee Attacks
18% Chance to Deflect Projectile Attacks
Source: Rank 4 resists_heroboss.dbr, Rank 60 fabius_passiveproperties.dbr
Edit: Note that Fabius can acquire additional resists from his weapons and/or his shoulders.
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Farming Results
The following items have been acquired mainly by farming Fabius and are all, as you can see, Legendaries, in other words, I find this farming method satisfactory and hope that you feel the same. http://imgur.com/a/PKUmk
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