Things to do while AFK - Am I missing any?

Archaegeo

So I know that "loop" travelling - setting up a circular route that your repeat on horse or foot is not in NA, but other than that, am I missing any of the things worth doing while AFK?  Below Ive listed them (and Longterm or Shortterm)


(love the "screensaver" effect when afk in one spot too)

1) Fishing - press space by water (or on a boat) and you will fish till inventory full or pole breaks.  Its a very slow process, but you can come back to some nice skillup and some nice silver from the fish. - LONG TERM (overnight/hours)
2) Sleep in bed - regains energy faster, duration depends on your energy cap and how low you start - MEDIUM TERM
3) Walk a trade route - builds strength and gets a little silver - SHORT to MEDIUM term - depends on distance
4) Wagon a trade route - autopathing to destination - SHORT term (bio/coffee/beer/smoke break)

Any others I am missing?

tomyzr

just running in a circle builds your breath I think

Svarcanum

A 30 durability fishing rod breaks after about 2h. So no all nighter there. Maybe you can craft better ones though.

Archaegeo

tomyzr said:

just running in a circle builds your breath I think

Yeah, but in NA they took out ability to set up a circular route.  You can run all the way across the map, but then you have to reset to go back.

DrWookie

I've left over more than 2 hours and a 30 durability fishing rod doesn't break. It usually lasts me long enough to fill my inventory when I go to bed AFK fishing (and that is with the option to throw away junk fish selected).

Just AFK running doesn't level up your breath/stamina, unless you have a way to automatically spring every few seconds. It's sprinting that actually levels it, not just running. Running with a trade pack though does level your strength.

Archaegeo

Hmm, didn't know that about sprinting being needed, saw my stamina go up on occasion but thought it just took really long distances, I didn't sprint a lot but will in future.

spikers14

I was playing with that...Seeing if sprinting would up my stamina faster. It was hard to tell, but at least I got to where I was going faster. 

Man...I have so much to learn about trade routes still..

Archaegeo

Ive heard trade routes not worth it really anymore since they no longer play a part in pvp, the rewards got nerfed, prob better spending the time fishing, but I didn't test it fully.

I do know I caught a 150k and 250k fish though with low skill

Svarcanum

My fishing rod never lasted more than 2h...weird. Tried only twice though, so take it for what it's worth.

Archaegeo

Was that 2 hr active casting?  Cause autocasting takes a LOT longer between casts, like +3 min per cast.

Octagon7711

Very informative thread, thanks.

Svarcanum

Yes, autocasting. I lose 1 durability per caught fish. So at about 1 fish per 4 minutes at 30 durability max, those rods last me 2h each. 

Archaegeo

That's an active use rate, it's much longer per fish for AFK fishing

Archaegeo

Yeah, will have to do more fishing testing.