Talk:Awakening/@comment-26049705-20151017033658/@comment-27040063-20151017045015

Orbs are sometimes given as area completion rewards when you clear the event map but it's usually just one that matches the event FAW's element. And there are orbs available in the Halloween cookie exchange this event but they want 3000 cookies for one which is kind of ridiculous.

Otherwise, WG and EH (when it's available) are the only way to get orbs. Orbs can sometimes drop from the chests of AWs you defeat in WG though so it is possible that you could get one even if you can't clear the WG but they'll be random elements. I recall when I was a newbie, I'd try to fight the AWs only and then return from the WG if I ran into a FAW.