(FIXED) Working Dupe For Valuable Delve Item (Patreon)

(Important: this is an update of a previous post on the same subject. The original post stated that I could not reproduce the exploit- this is now a WORKING dupe. I have removed the original post and replaced it with this one to avoid confusion. )

The following is on bug report:

If you enter combat while bran is about to finish the node/fish/herb he will be able to collect it multiple times(unless they patched that) wait until he’s 80% done and easiest way is attack a floating spore or stand in the purple aoe. This is exploitative. Please fix this so that Brann cannot gather from the same spot more than one time. Thank you.

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/profaned-tinderbox-exploit-with-brann-inside-delves/1965117

Initially I was able to reproduce the dupe. Subsequently patreons provided the following invaluable information:

Hud

I was able to replicate this in Nightfall Sanctum. If you allow brann to gather a node halfway and then playing a class with taunt, taunt the critters (frog, snake glowfly etc) . He finishes gathering the mode and after 8 seconds the critter loses aggro and brann runs back to node then repeat.

Combine this with an auto clicker every 8 or so seconds the you can make this farm very automatic. Very risky on getting account ban tho. Looks like a lot of people have caught on tho as Tinderbox prices have plummeted. Safe thing and completely legal would be if you're risky buy tinderbox while they are low and hope blizz hotfixes this farm soon.

Matt

If you choose the curio that gives you buffs when he gathers, if you interrupt the gather, in the same way, he drops the boons. Additionally, you can leave the buffs there, don't click them, change the boone curio to another curio, and still go collect the buffs.

(Archvaldor note: Hud's point about the plumetting value of the item is important. This will either be fixed soon or the tinderbox price will crash. )