After reaching higher levels, improving your character requires far more than equipment drops. Crafting, gem upgrades, enchantment transfers, events, Parallel Worlds and high-difficulty content consume large quantities of currencies and materials.
Important resources include:
Gold
Andermant
Glyphs of Power
Materi Fragments
Fragments of Infernal Passage
Realm Fragments
gems
Shiny Dust
runes and Rune Dust
crafting ingredients
event currencies
Amphora Keys and other keys
essences
character-specific progression materials
The best farming method depends heavily on what you actually need.
A map that is excellent for Andermant may not be the most efficient place for Gold. A boss route that provides valuable equipment may be worse for Realm Fragments than a dense monster map.
The first step toward efficient farming is therefore simple:
farm with a specific resource goal instead of farming randomly.
Players often assume that higher difficulty automatically means better farming.
That is not always true.
Suppose you can complete a Merciless map quickly but need several times longer to clear Bloodshed.
Even if Bloodshed provides access to stronger drops, the easier difficulty may produce more resources during the same amount of play because you kill more enemies and complete more runs.
Your farming efficiency depends on:
enemies killed
bosses defeated
chests opened
loot collected
resources consumed
time spent moving
time spent dying or reviving
A farming difficulty should therefore be challenging enough to provide useful rewards but comfortable enough that you can repeat it efficiently.
When the target resource can drop from ordinary or elite monsters, enemy density becomes important.
A map containing many enemies in a compact area lets you generate more loot opportunities without wasting time traveling between packs.
This is particularly useful when farming:
Gold
Andermant
Realm Fragments
Wisdom
gems
equipment
crafting materials
The game's official starter documentation confirms that monsters and containers can provide currencies such as Gold and Andermant alongside equipment, essences and other loot.
Other resources are more heavily associated with bosses, Parallel Worlds or specific content.
In these cases, repeatedly clearing ordinary enemies may be less productive than reaching the boss quickly.
Always understand the source of the resource before choosing the route.
Gold remains one of the most important currencies because it is consumed by crafting and many other systems.
It is also easy to underestimate.
A new character may accumulate Gold naturally, but serious crafting can consume large quantities.
The most basic Gold farm is also one of the most reliable:
kill enemies quickly.
Coins are normal monster loot, so high kill speed creates more opportunities for Gold drops. Official game documentation lists coins among the standard loot obtained from enemies and containers.
This makes compact maps particularly attractive.
Do not spend significantly longer fighting enemies simply because a harder difficulty might produce larger individual drops.
Your goal is Gold earned across the complete farming session.
Direct coin drops are only part of Gold farming.
Equipment also has vendor value.
Official forum guidance confirms that unwanted equipment can be sold for Gold or melted for Glyphs of Power.
This creates an important decision after every farming run:
sell or melt?
If Gold is your current bottleneck, sell more unwanted equipment.
If Glyphs are the bottleneck, melt more.
You do not need to use the same rule forever.
Adjust according to your current progression needs.
A productive Gold route should generate plenty of equipment as well as direct coin drops.
If you fill your inventory quickly with unwanted items, those drops can be converted into additional Gold at a merchant.
This means an item that is useless for your build can still contribute to progression.
Modern Drakensang Online includes bonuses designed specifically for resource farming.
The Holy Star Shard Rune, introduced with Shadow of the Immortals, provides:
+50% Coins drop stack size
+10% Ancient Wisdom drop stack size
+20% Materi Fragments drop stack size
The same update introduced the Colorful Firefly pet with +100% coins dropped by monsters.
These bonuses reinforce an important farming principle:
if you own resource-specific equipment, runes, jewels or pets, use them when the resource they improve is your primary target.
Do not sacrifice so much combat power that your clear speed collapses, however.
A 50% farming bonus is not useful if the character takes twice as long to clear the map.
For most players, Gold farming is not about one secret dungeon.
The efficient approach is:
choose content you can clear rapidly
prioritize maps with good enemy density
collect equipment
sell unwanted drops
use coin bonuses when available
avoid unnecessary crafting during the farming process
For stronger characters, higher difficulties can improve the quality and value of drops, but clear speed should remain the deciding factor.
Andermant is much more valuable than ordinary Gold and should be managed carefully.
It can be obtained through gameplay as well as purchased, and it is used across many systems.
Official documentation identifies Andermant as a major game currency and confirms that it can appear as regular loot.
Andermant can drop while killing enemies.
This means fast, dense farming routes naturally accumulate some Andermant alongside other resources.
For developing characters, this is often the most practical approach because you simultaneously obtain:
equipment
Gold
gems
Wisdom
crafting materials
essences
Andermant
You may not receive enormous amounts from each individual drop, but farming several resources at once makes the run worthwhile.
Containers can also provide useful loot.
Older official game documentation specifically notes that free dungeon chests can contain rewards including Andermant.
Opening convenient chests along your normal route therefore makes sense.
Do not add large detours for a weak chest unless it is specifically part of the farming strategy.
For sufficiently strong endgame characters, Bloodshed chest farming is one of the most commonly discussed repeatable Andermant strategies.
Bloodshed maps can contain valuable red or Blood Chests.
Community farming discussions have long identified these chests as a major source of Andermant, gems, equipment and other materials.
More recent 2025 community discussion still describes Bloodshed red-chest farming as a major Andermant method, especially when combined with Andermant drop bonuses.
A successful Blood Chest run can potentially provide several useful reward categories at once:
Andermant
gems
equipment
essences
lockpicks
consumables
other valuable drops
That makes the method more efficient than farming only for one small currency drop.
This method should not be treated as beginner advice.
Bloodshed requires a capable character and sufficient resources to enter and clear efficiently.
If you struggle to survive or need excessive time per run, farming a lower difficulty is more productive until your build improves.
Community reports sometimes quote extremely high Andermant totals from optimized group farming.
Those numbers depend on:
character strength
route
group size
farming bonuses
chest count
luck
available entrance resources
Treat them as examples of what optimized farming can achieve, not guaranteed income.
Current endgame systems can also provide Andermant without relying purely on random monster drops.
The 2026 version of Fractured Planes includes Andermant among its first-clear rewards.
Current Fractured Planes rewards also generate Chronos Coins, and the updated Chronos Coin shop includes an exchange of 250 Chronos Coins for 5,000 Andermant.
That makes Fractured Planes relevant to Andermant progression for capable Level 100 characters.
It is not simply an equipment activity.
Events frequently provide additional opportunities to obtain Andermant.
Current 2026 content continues this pattern.
For example, Dark Dwarf Heist reward chests include a chance to provide 8,000 Andermant.
Event reward structures change, however.
Do not assume every version of an event contains the same Andermant rewards.
Check the current event information before deciding whether it is worth farming.
This is particularly important.
A shop chest that has a chance to contain Andermant is not automatically an Andermant farm.
If entry requires spending Andermant, calculate the cost separately from the possible reward.
Randomized shop purchases are fundamentally different from repeatable monster farming.
For resource progression, prioritize gameplay sources where you are generating Andermant rather than continually spending it hoping for a larger return.
The practical approach depends on progression.
Focus on:
fast monster farming
convenient free chests
quests and content rewards
events with worthwhile guaranteed rewards
Add:
Bloodshed chest farming
efficient high-difficulty farming
Fractured Planes rewards
resource-specific bonuses
worthwhile event content
The strongest method is the one your character can repeatedly complete without wasting large amounts of entrance resources, essences or revives.
Glyphs of Power are closely tied to equipment progression.
Unlike Gold and Andermant, you normally generate Glyphs by converting equipment rather than simply waiting for currency piles to drop.
The official equipment crafting guide confirms that Glyphs of Power are obtained by melting eligible equipment at a Blacksmith.
This makes every farming route that generates equipment a potential Glyph farm.
The process is straightforward:
farm enemies → collect equipment → inspect useful items → melt unwanted pieces.
Before melting Legendary or other potentially valuable items, inspect:
base values
gold values
platinum values
enchantments
whether the item is useful for crafting
A poor item can still contain an excellent enchantment worth keeping.
Selling everything leaves you with plenty of Gold but few Glyphs.
Melting everything can create the opposite problem.
A better strategy is to adjust continuously.
If you are preparing for expensive crafting, sell more.
If you are building a Glyph reserve, melt more.
Materi Fragments are primarily associated with Parallel Worlds.
They remain one of the most important currencies for players progressing through that content.
Official Parallel World documentation describes Materi Fragments as the currency of Parallel Worlds and lists monsters and bosses among their main sources.
This means Parallel World farming can simultaneously provide:
Materi Fragments
equipment
boss drops
Gold
Andermant
gems
other endgame resources
Materi Portals are also listed as a source of Materi Fragments.
If your goal is specifically Materi, content built around this currency becomes more efficient than general open-world farming.
The current Holy Star Shard Rune increases Materi Fragment drop stack size by 20%.
That makes it particularly valuable when performing long Parallel World farming sessions.
Again, preserve enough combat strength to maintain fast clears.
Fragments of Infernal Passage become increasingly important as you move into higher difficulties.
They are an entrance resource, which means inefficient use can eventually prevent you from continuing the content you actually want to farm.
Do not spend passages simply because you can enter the highest difficulty.
Ask whether the run produces enough value to justify the entrance cost.
If Bloodshed takes too long or provides poor results for your current character, conserve your passages and strengthen your build elsewhere.
Traditional Parallel World progression uses lower-difficulty content and bosses to build the Infernal Passage supply required for higher difficulties. Official patch documentation describes bosses and elite monsters as important sources of Fragments of Infernal Passage.
The system remains highly relevant in 2026.
The current PvE Season introduced the Jewel of the Eternal Wrath, whose Unique version provides +250% higher drop stack size for Fragments of Infernal Passage.
That is a major farming bonus for players who have access to it.
High-difficulty farming should create progression.
If you spend more entrance materials than you can reasonably replenish, drop the difficulty or change the target content.
Sustainable farming is more important than entering Bloodshed at every opportunity.
Realm Fragments are used by various event and access systems.
Their importance can rise significantly depending on the content you want to enter.
Official event documentation identifies worthy monsters throughout Dracania as a source of Realm Fragments.
This makes Realm Fragment farming another kill-density activity.
The core strategy is:
use a map with many appropriate monsters
kill them quickly
minimize travel time
repeat efficiently
Realm Fragment farming is primarily about generating many eligible kills.
If enemies survive for too long, the increased difficulty may actually reduce your total fragment income.
Choose a map where elite and ordinary monsters die quickly.
Do not spend Realm Fragments casually if you know you want to participate in fragment-based content later.
They are a classic example of a resource that feels unimportant until a large quantity is suddenly needed.
Gems are another long-term account progression system.
Even weak gems can eventually contribute to your character because unwanted gems can be converted into Shiny Dust.
Gems can appear during normal farming, particularly as your overall loot volume increases.
Boss farming and events can also provide gem bags or higher-quality gem rewards.
The exact best source changes according to available content, so general farming efficiency still matters.
Workbench crafting allows unwanted gems to be ground into Shiny Dust.
This means a gem you do not need is not necessarily worthless.
Shiny Dust is required for gem and jewel progression.
Its importance remains very clear in current 2026 systems: crafting the Unique Jewel of the Eternal Wrath, for example, requires 36,075 Shiny Dust.
Before converting gems, consider the final build you are developing.
A gem that looks unnecessary today may become valuable after changing:
equipment
weapon style
class build
defensive setup
Convert true surplus rather than blindly grinding every drop.
Runes are less common than ordinary equipment and represent long-term character progression.
They should generally be treated as valuable drops.
Community guidance points to stronger monsters and bosses as more relevant rune sources than ordinary mobs.
That means a farming route built entirely around weak trash enemies may produce plenty of Gold but fewer valuable rune opportunities.
Do not convert runes merely because they are low rarity.
If the rune provides a useful stat, it may eventually be upgraded.
Only convert duplicates or rune types you are confident you do not need.
Wisdom is not traditional currency, but it is one of the most important account-strength resources.
It directly contributes to character progression outside ordinary equipment.
This makes Wisdom one of the resources you accumulate naturally while pursuing other goals.
The Holy Star Shard Rune currently increases Ancient Wisdom drop stack size by 10%, while also improving Coins and Materi Fragments.
That makes the rune particularly useful for broad progression farming.
A route that gives slightly less Gold but also produces:
Wisdom
Andermant
gems
equipment
Realm Fragments
may be more valuable to your overall account than a route producing Gold alone.
This is especially important for developing characters.
Consumables and equipment recipes can require large quantities of crafting materials.
These resources should not be treated as junk simply because they do not immediately increase your damage.
Before deleting crafting materials, check whether they belong to:
consumable recipes
equipment crafting
event recipes
jewel recipes
boss-related recipes
Current updates continue to introduce recipes requiring specialized ingredients, so inventory management becomes increasingly important at endgame.
Once you know the exact ingredient you need, stop general farming.
Use the content that actually drops that ingredient.
This sounds obvious, but many players waste time repeatedly clearing their favorite map without checking whether the desired material can even drop there.
Events can be some of the most resource-dense content in Drakensang Online.
However, each event needs to be evaluated independently.
Current events can provide combinations of:
Andermant
Amphora Keys
Infernal Passages
gems
jewels
equipment
essences
crafting materials
event currencies
For example, the current Dark Dwarf Heist reward structure includes Amphora Keys, gem bags, jewel chests and other resources alongside its new equipment progression.
Summer Solstice 2026 similarly includes Infernal Passage Fragments, Amphora Keys and specialized crafting materials among its reward sources.
The value of an event therefore depends on what your account currently needs.
Events are frequently reworked.
Drop rates, progress rewards, recipes and currencies can change between versions.
Always evaluate the current version rather than relying entirely on an old farming video or guide.
Amphora Keys can open event or special containers that may provide valuable rewards.
They are worth preserving rather than automatically spending.
Recent beginner advice on the official forum specifically recommends saving lockpicks for higher-difficulty opportunities.
The same general principle applies to other limited keys.
Use them where the reward pool actually justifies the cost.
Modern event reward bars sometimes provide substantial quantities.
Dark Dwarf Heist 2026, for example, includes 400 Amphora Keys in its Level 100 progress rewards.
This makes events an important way to replenish resources that can later improve other farming runs.
One of the biggest improvements you can make is to stop thinking in terms of isolated currencies.
The best farming run often provides several useful resources at once.
A good general farming route might generate:
Gold from monsters
Gold from sold gear
Glyphs from melted gear
Andermant
Wisdom
gems
Shiny Dust potential
Realm Fragments
equipment upgrades
A good Parallel World run might generate:
Materi Fragments
Infernal Passage-related progression
high-level equipment
boss drops
Gold
Andermant
gems
enchantment candidates
This is why total account progression matters more than one currency-per-hour calculation.
Groups can significantly change farming efficiency.
A group can allow you to clear content that would be inefficient or impossible alone.
This can improve access to:
Bloodshed
Parallel World bosses
stronger chests
higher-level equipment
event bosses
If the group constantly waits for slow members, clears in different directions inefficiently or argues over the route, solo farming may be faster.
The ideal farming group moves with the same objective.
If you can destroy Merciless solo but need a group simply to survive Bloodshed slowly, compare the actual returns.
Harder is not always better.
Long-term players can benefit from having a setup optimized for resources.
Modern Drakensang Online contains bonuses affecting:
Coins
Andermant
Wisdom
Materi Fragments
Infernal Passage Fragments
event currencies
The Holy Star Shard Rune is a particularly clear example because one item improves three farming resources simultaneously.
There is a tradeoff.
Suppose changing your pet or runes increases resource drops by 20% but lowers your damage enough that maps take 40% longer.
That is a bad farming setup.
The ideal resource build keeps enough damage, critical stats, attack speed and survivability to maintain rapid clears.
Inventory management is part of farming efficiency.
Every unnecessary town trip reduces the amount of time spent killing enemies.
Do not begin a farming session with almost-full bags.
Leave enough room for:
equipment
gems
consumables
ingredients
event items
Constantly examining every weak item interrupts farming.
Have a simple rule for common drops.
Then inspect potentially valuable Legendary and Unique items more carefully.
Inventory expansion can provide permanent convenience, and recent beginner advice still recommends reserving Andermant for useful long-term needs such as inventory or storage rather than wasting it impulsively.
Efficient farming is often more about eliminating wasted effort than discovering a secret location.
If enemies take too long to kill, move down.
Know whether you need Gold, Glyphs, Andermant, Materi or something else.
You will eventually need Glyphs.
You will eventually need Gold.
A bad equipment piece can contain an excellent crafting line.
Avoid unnecessary revives, random purchases and inefficient shortcuts.
Save limited keys for worthwhile content.
Some events provide excellent resources even when you do not care about their cosmetic rewards.
Drakensang Online continues to change event rewards, items and farming bonuses.
Verify that the method still applies to the current game.
A run producing Gold, Glyphs, Wisdom, gems and Andermant can be better overall than a route producing slightly more Gold but nothing else.
New players should focus on general progression farming.
Do not obsess over maximizing one currency.
Prioritize:
story progression
reaching higher character levels
efficient monster clearing
Gold
Andermant
Wisdom
gems
equipment
Glyphs
Recent 2026 beginner advice from experienced players on the official forum similarly recommends progressing toward Level 100, avoiding unnecessary Andermant spending, selling or melting unwanted gear and preserving valuable keys.
Your farming options expand dramatically once your character becomes stronger.
At Level 100, farming becomes much more specialized.
You can begin focusing on:
Parallel Worlds
Bloodshed chests
high-level equipment
Materi Fragments
Fragments of Infernal Passage
endgame crafting
Shiny Dust
runes and jewels
current event equipment
Fractured Planes
Do not try to farm everything simultaneously.
Identify the resource currently blocking your next upgrade and target it.
Kill enemies quickly on a difficulty you can clear efficiently and sell unwanted equipment. Coin-drop bonuses such as the Holy Star Shard Rune can further improve Gold farming.
Developing players can accumulate Andermant through normal monster and chest farming. Strong endgame characters can add Bloodshed chest farming and systems such as Fractured Planes to their options.
Yes. Official game documentation lists Andermant among normal loot that can be obtained from enemies.
They are a popular endgame farming method and community reports continue to identify them as a major Andermant source. Results depend heavily on your character, route, group and luck, so specific Andermant-per-hour claims should not be treated as guaranteed.
Collect unwanted equipment and melt eligible items at a Blacksmith.
Do both depending on your current needs.
Sell more when Gold is your bottleneck and melt more when you need Glyphs.
Materi Fragments are primarily associated with Parallel Worlds and can drop from monsters and bosses there. Materi Portals are another documented source.
Yes. The Holy Star Shard Rune provides +20% Materi Fragment drop stack size.
They are tied to high-difficulty progression and can be obtained through PvE content, including elites and bosses. The current Unique Jewel of the Eternal Wrath provides +250% Fragment of Infernal Passage drop stack size.
Realm Fragments are associated with worthy monsters throughout Dracania, making fast, dense monster farming a practical approach.
Unwanted gems can be converted into Shiny Dust through Workbench crafting.
No.
Bloodshed can provide valuable rewards, but a lower difficulty may be better if you clear it much faster or use significantly fewer resources.
No. Bloodshed farming is primarily an endgame activity.
Build your character first and move upward when the content becomes efficient.
They can be excellent. Current events continue to provide resources such as Andermant, Amphora Keys, Infernal Passage Fragments, gems, jewels and crafting materials. The exact reward structure changes between events.
The best Drakensang Online farming strategy is not simply running the hardest map available.
Efficient farming is about converting your character's power into the largest amount of useful progression.
For Gold, prioritize fast kills, equipment volume and selling unwanted items.
For Andermant, combine normal farming with chests and endgame systems, with Bloodshed chest routes becoming increasingly attractive once your character can handle them efficiently.
For Glyphs of Power, turn unwanted equipment into progression through melting.
For Materi Fragments, focus on Parallel Worlds.
For Realm Fragments, prioritize fast kills against eligible monsters.
For Shiny Dust, collect gems and convert true surplus through crafting.
For Infernal Passage Fragments, preserve them carefully and farm them with the same efficiency mindset you use for every other limited resource.
Most importantly, measure farming by the complete result.
A run that strengthens your Gold, Glyphs, Wisdom, gems, Andermant and equipment at the same time is often far more valuable than a supposedly perfect farm for a single currency.
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