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Huiboo · Nov 19, 2008, 11:24 AM // 11:24

Hi

Im new to chest running and was wondering where is the best place to do chest runs when i want to get some money out of it?

Im doing it for the TH title but still its ok for me if it takes a little longer as long as i get some money out of it instead of doing it rly fast but blowing my money with it.

Im pretty sure this question has been asked before, but i cant find an exact answer to it here and maybe something has changed with the latest updates.

Thanks.

lishi · Nov 19, 2008, 01:30 PM // 13:30

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Originally Posted by Huiboo

Hi

Im new to chest running and was wondering where is the best place to do chest runs when i want to get some money out of it?

Im doing it for the TH title but still its ok for me if it takes a little longer as long as i get some money out of it instead of doing it rly fast but blowing my money with it.

Im pretty sure this question has been asked before, but i cant find an exact answer to it here and maybe something has changed with the latest updates.

Thanks.

you dont gain money simple as that.

I have opened about 4300 chest, and i got some cool gold i sold for 100k + ectos, but is unlikely i repaid the key/lockpicks cost.

Huiboo · Nov 19, 2008, 02:45 PM // 14:45

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Originally Posted by lishi

you dont gain money simple as that.

I have opened about 4300 chest, and i got some cool gold i sold for 100k + ectos, but is unlikely i repaid the key/lockpicks cost.

Simple as what?
I wasnt saying how im planning to gain money, but i was asking how to do it.
Im pretty sure that there is a way to make a small profit with chest opening.
The fact that u obiously did it wrong doesnt mean that it cant be done, just that it can't be done by opening just any chest - thats why i was asking which chest i should open.

Shadowmere · Nov 20, 2008, 07:12 PM // 19:12

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Originally Posted by Huiboo

Simple as what?
I wasnt saying how im planning to gain money, but i was asking how to do it.
Im pretty sure that there is a way to make a small profit with chest opening.
The fact that u obiously did it wrong doesnt mean that it cant be done, just that it can't be done by opening just any chest - thats why i was asking which chest i should open.

A novel way of cutting the costs of chest running is to cash in your quartermaster items (imperial commendations, trade contracts, luxon totems, etc.) for keys. You won't get as many keys but it's that many keys you wont have to buy.

Huiboo · Nov 20, 2008, 08:18 PM // 20:18

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Originally Posted by Shadowmere

A novel way of cutting the costs of chest running is to cash in your quartermaster items (imperial commendations, trade contracts, luxon totems, etc.) for keys. You won't get as many keys but it's that many keys you wont have to buy.

Thanks.
But still not what i was looking for.
What i want to know is what chests have (in ur experience) to drop items, that are worth something.

From the chest in some areas there can only drop crap for the merchant since the skins are ugly/common.
But for example i heard of an area, where the chest have a relativley good chanche of dropping inscripable Ethernal items (of course no blades

).
... Thats the kind of stuff im looking for

MoreArrows · Nov 20, 2008, 08:28 PM // 20:28

The best place is probably outside gate of secrets, u get storm bows, ghostly staffs, eternal shields and probably eternal bows too.

All inscribable - but you would probably still lose money :/

Huiboo · Nov 20, 2008, 09:24 PM // 21:24

Sounds rly good, TY!

tha_jimbow · Nov 24, 2008, 03:03 PM // 15:03

I want to start chest running but I got a small problem, I got no idea how to get the money for lockpicks, off course I can farm and stuff but I was wondering how you guys get the money for them?

masta_yoda · Nov 26, 2008, 01:32 PM // 13:32

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Originally Posted by lishi

not very high, opened about 200 chest and i cannot say i got more then 5~

opened around 500-600 chests from 360+ picks in gyala got about 25-30 elite tomes so far, lost count

im sure someone posted this before, but ill post my own/similar route in gyala

use shadow of haste when the chests arent within the chest running route path at the designated spots [marked with blue dot] to save time and save yourself from dieing

follow yellow path

oh and yeh when yo get to razorfin [even if u get that far] there can behind a group behind him along with a chest, just wait for his group to patrol away then charge thru and open

green dots = possible chest spawns

approaching oni should have sf up

try avoid outcast while they are engaged with jade sea monsters/luxons as there rits can cast binding chains snare which lasts 30 seconds, which gets annoying

creeping carps are dangerous stay away from them

pretty straight forward enjoy

Coney · Dec 15, 2008, 03:50 AM // 03:50

Hmm, spend a few hours getting my sin into GoS (14 of 20 masters =). with the new perma nerf, it's very slow farming chests there, and 15% of the time deadly in HM. The drops weren't that good, for me at least over ~80 chests... I did get 1 "ethereal" purple earth staff (11 req 17%), and vendored it. It looked pretty kewl, FWIW... No other storm or eternals/etc (1 elite ranger tome)...

Borreal rox - so fast, I love it. Problem is, when you miss a chest 1 run, the next 1-2 runs seem EXACTLY AS BAD. I wonder if the fcn(rnd()) is [not] threaded (like in WoW), and repeat values are re-used a lot - due to server-side load/lag (big problem in MMORPG's that none have addressed yet - sure there's no spin-lock...)...

It's really this simple:
[build=OwBR8Z6ucCqBCAAAAAAAAAA]

Actual build I use for running it:
[build=OwJSg5PT6M4ONQ3lTQ/apZIQ]

oh_oh_joe · Dec 28, 2008, 03:30 AM // 03:30

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Originally Posted by onerabbit

Hard Mode Chest Running:
Skills:
[skill]Enraging Charge[/skill][skill]Dark Escape[/skill][skill]Dash[/skill][skill]Endure Pain[/skill][skill]Signet of Stamina[/skill][skill]Death's Charge[/skill][skill]Feigned Neutrality[/skill][skill]Shadow Form[/skill]
Atts: Str 12+1,Shadow Arts 12, Rest in Tacs, if you want Heal sig instead of of Feigned.

Gyala Hatchery (Explorable)
Difficulty:Average.
Drops:Naga Bows, Jade swords, Outcast Shields.
Map:

Silent Surf
Difficulty:Average.
Drops: plagueborn weps, Jade swords and outcast shields.
Map:

Riasu Palace (Explorable)
Diffuclty: Masters
Drops: Golden Phoenix Blades, Platinum Weps.
Map: did one, zoned back and lost it, cba to make one again, might put 1 up later.

Il add some Kurzick Areas when im done.
then move onto NF.. ive alrdy tried RoT and its easy, just try and dodge mobs, if u cant dodge them, use shadow form and run

Is this build still viable for HM Riasu Palce chest runs? Tried the other day on my sin and just got loads of purple or owned by that skill that steals 20 life.

warrior running · Jan 07, 2009, 07:01 AM // 07:01

FoW is a good place for cr nm and hm....u can hm on a pearma sin and nm run it very easy on a ranger or warrior or monk wit running skills

capodaster · Jan 21, 2009, 12:54 PM // 12:54

only decent drop in Fow worth trying to sell is chaos axes...and they are a: uninscribable b: not worth more than 50k for a q9 c: quite rare.
not to mention the 1k entrance fee.
so yeah, FoW is NOT a good for cr and never was (except when chaos axes still were going for alot).

T1Cybernetic · Jan 21, 2009, 12:58 PM // 12:58

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Originally Posted by capodaster

only decent drop in Fow worth trying to sell is chaos axes...and they are a: uninscribable b: not worth more than 50k for a q9 c: quite rare.
not to mention the 1k entrance fee.
so yeah, FoW is NOT a good for cr and never was (except when chaos axes still were going for alot).

Yeah FoW is not the greatest place for chests really but it is at the very least +1 more place to farm chests for titles

and +1 place on the map/s for a change of scenery and a lucky drop from a chest is a lucky drop from a chest

i suppose...

tonk · Jan 21, 2009, 07:37 PM // 19:37

I have been running through Shadows Passage in HM with my sin, leaving from Dragons Throat. There is a chest everytime avg run time about 1 minute. i usually get 1-5 elite tomes per run. A run would be filling up my first 3 inventory bags so about 30-35 chests. seem to get most of my money back if not a little extra on some of the lucky runs. go through lock picks pretty quick, but like i said gettin more in return.

Murthag The Great · Jan 26, 2009, 08:23 PM // 20:23

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Originally Posted by tonk

I have been running through Shadows Passage in HM with my sin, leaving from Dragons Throat. There is a chest everytime avg run time about 1 minute. i usually get 1-5 elite tomes per run. A run would be filling up my first 3 inventory bags so about 30-35 chests. seem to get most of my money back if not a little extra on some of the lucky runs.

Could you plz if poss post a map of the run?

Johny bravo · Feb 06, 2009, 07:47 PM // 19:47

I found silent surf to be quite profitable. I've gotten Oni blades, jade swords, outcast stuff, and plagueborn stuff. Takes about 6 minutes, you get 4-5 chests and you don't have to perma sin it. I do it with my necro using SF, Deadly paradox, dash mindbender. Although now that it is account based when I finish my drunkard title I will start using a better running character.

Anubis Servants · Feb 15, 2009, 02:25 AM // 02:25

What kind of insignias and runes do I need to do silent surf on a warrior?

Stimm · Feb 23, 2009, 03:12 PM // 15:12

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Originally Posted by Murthag The Great

Could you plz if poss post a map of the run?

A map really isnt needed. You leave from Dragons Throat challenge mission using Shadow's Passage exit. There is only 1 path you can take and end to end its about 1 minute and in my experience the chest is at the far end of the path. The path ends at Bukdek Byway and if you zone right back into Shadow's Passage the chest will be right near Dragon's Throat ( which is actually a good thing because there is a boss there )

dr love · Feb 23, 2009, 10:31 PM // 22:31

i just do boreal station and cathedral of flames... normal mode. its cheap and fast (make that the fastest)