# Recommendations to improve my efficiency?
**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/recommendations-to-improve-my-efficiency/5375
**Category:** Gameplay Chat (PlayStation 4/Xbox One)
**Created:** [April 7, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/recommendations-to-improve-my-efficiency/5375 "2016-04-07T15:08:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Dustin1280](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dustin1280)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/recommendations-to-improve-my-efficiency/5375/1 "2016-04-07T15:08:24Z")
I have been playing gems for awhile (on PS4), I’m around level 160ish and have a massive selection of cards (with around 20 true legendaries).
When I need gold I use my Webspinner team and do PVP in dragon armor:
Webspinner
Goblin Shaman (will replace with venoxia if i ever get her)
Goblin
Boar Rider
This team is pretty damn quick to get through PVP battles and has a 90% success rate.
When I need souls or specific trait stones i passively farm challenges using this team in celestial armor:
Herdmaster
Valkyrie
Alchemist
Druid (who i recently got to legendary status)
By passively I mean I ensure I get at least one cast with valk, and cast as much as it comes up, but ultimately just try to finish the battle asap. This means (on hard difficulty) I usually average 40-50 souls per battle and can complete them fairly quickly.
Personally I think time spent farming those extra difficulties does NOT beat out time spent just winning on hard as quickly as possible (mostly because I am collecting specific trait stones as well)
That said, does anyone have any recommendations to improve my efficiency when farming by? I am open to deck modifications and even brand new teams if it ends up being more efficient.
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### Author:  [@Tacet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tacet)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/recommendations-to-improve-my-efficiency/5375/2 "2016-04-07T15:17:18Z")
If you get Druid fully traited, 3x Druid + Valkyrie goes pretty quick for soul farm. If Arena got the soul boost like PC/Mobile did, that too would be a good method for soul farm.
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### Author:  [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/recommendations-to-improve-my-efficiency/5375/3 "2016-04-07T15:18:31Z")
For farming challenges for levels and traitstones (and not souls), Dust Devil\*\*\* x4 is amazingly efficient. You can ignore the entire board and simply cast their spell one at a time.
For farming challenges for souls, try:
Serpent\*\*\*
Valkyrie\*\*\*
Valkyrie\*\*\*
Druid\*\*\*
Edit: just saw it’s console. Sorry, no Dust Devils for you ☹
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### Author:  [@Mr.Strange](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mr.Strange)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/recommendations-to-improve-my-efficiency/5375/4 "2016-04-07T15:31:11Z")
You’re pretty on-point in terms of team composition. The only improvement I could suggest would be to put Tyri into your soul farming team. She doesn’t help the team much, but her spell can give you treasure maps - which means you’re earning even MORE resources per game.
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### Author:  [@Dustin1280](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dustin1280)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/recommendations-to-improve-my-efficiency/5375/5 "2016-04-07T18:44:04Z")
Thanks for the tips everyone, I will test out that serpent/valk/valk/druid combo.
I have over 70 treasure maps, so currently not in need of them.