View source for Guide:Faroda's Guide to Wraithwater and Ectoplasm

Wraithwater has specific requirements you must do before you can proceed with the rest of the game, all tied to Ectoplasm.

Before you come to Wraithwater, you should have the following:
*The following Skills at Level 55:
# Foraging (to do Graveyard Foraging and get Bones and Widow’s Kisses)
# Woodcutting (to Cut Ectoplasm Trees)
# Carpentry (to Cut Ectoplasm Logs into Ectoplasm)
*The following Equipment
# A Hatchet that requires at least 50 Woodcutting (a Farganite Hatchet, or a Trellin Beaver; you can make a Farganite Hatchet or Spectral Hatchet on-site, but will need the ingredients without using Woodcutting and at least Crafting Level 55 for Spectral).  The only alternate location to craft Farganite Hatchets or Pickaxes is Vastalume, which requires three Basic Diving Gear (or Advanced or Expert Diving Gear).

Alternatively, you can do any combination of the following Utility or Gathering/Artisan skills at Level 55, with some limitations:
*Agility (to do Activity: Ghost Tag)
*Mining/Smithing (will require a Farganite Pickaxe, or to Craft a Spectral Pickaxe on-site)
*Fishing/Cooking (any Fishing Tool will do, there is no specific requirement between Rods, Spears, Nets, and Spears)
*Hunting/Tailoring (with any Hunting Bow and Arrows, but this will consume Arrows)

Your priorities when you arrive should be the following:
*Graveyard Foraging for Bones and Widow’s Kisses; you’ll need at least 23-100 Bones for one achievement, depending on what you craft and at minimum 2 Widow’s Kiss flowers; that is the absolute minimum (Bones can be acquired from Hunting in other locations as well)
*Acquiring at least 50 Ectoplasm to Repair the Bank
*Crafting both a Spectral Pickaxe (requires Crafting Level 55) and a Spectral Saw (requires Crafting Level 58)

While transforming base materials into Ectoplasm only requires Artisan skills to be at Level 55, crafting all the Spectral Gear and Repairing the Bank requires Carpentry, Crafting, and Tailoring to be at Level 58 (only one is used for a given task, this is to be able to do everything before you leave).

Once you have the Bank repaired, you can focus on getting up to 5000 Ectoplasm for the final Achievement, 3000 of which will be spent to buy the Charter of the Drowned, which is the only way to progress deeper into Wallisia and further on to Wrentmark.

Once you’ve crafted 20 Spectral items (not including Moonshine, a consumable), you will receive the Ghost Pack Trap, which has a 5% chance to find Ectoplasm when doing an activity in a Ghostly location (which is currently only Wraithwater itself and Casbrant’s Grave in Syrenthia).  Two of those 20 items should be a Spectral Pickaxe and a Spectral Saw, if possible, but it would benefit you to also Tailor the Spectral vestments: a Spectral Vest (chest), Spectral Breeches (legs), and Spectral Handwear (hands).  These will give a combined 45% chance to find Ectoplasm while using Artisan Skills in Spectral locations if at Eternal Quality, so refining Ectoplasm Fish, Ore, Logs, and Scraps will net you additional Ectoplasm.  However, this gear requires that you have a total Artisan Level of 323 combined across Carpentry, Cooking, Crafting, Smithing, and Tailoring; this is an average of Level 65 in each.  Leveling up your Artisan skills is the third best use of Ectoplasm behind Repairing the Bank and buying the Charter of the Drowned.

Once you are happy with what gear you have and the levels of your Gathering skills (recommended Agility and Fishing Level 60, and Mining Level 70), you can switch long-term to Graveyard Foraging; doing this five times is also tied to an Achievement, and the Haunted Teddy Bear collectible can be found which provides a permanent +1% Work Efficiency while doing Tailoring.  You will also be set up to complete all the follow-on activities in Wallisia and Wrentmark.

Finally, the Ghost Trap Pack, Wraithwater Flower Necklace, and either the Spectral Fishing Cagespear or the Spectral Sickle provide bonuses to activities at Casbrant’s Grave (the Cagespear for Sea Fishing (Spear) and the Sickle for Wreck Diving) and will also trigger the chance to find Ectoplasm, and Eternal qualities provide significant bonuses to Work Efficiency, Chest Finding, and other activities.  These can help find the Pirate items to complete the Pirates of the Algatean achievement, but do not assist in Find Collectibles for the Dinglehopper you can find at Wreck Diving (the only Foraging Tools that provide bonuses to Find Collectibles are the the Dull Machete, Sharp Machete, and Adventuring Sickle).