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ShadowBane l337 · Dec 04, 2011, 06:38 AM // 06:38

What are the best areas and chests to run for plagueborn items,celestial items and kurzick items? I checked around for a list of areas to chest run and couldn't find anything like that anywhere.

AndrewSX · Dec 04, 2011, 11:11 AM // 11:11

I'll try to reply from my limited experience in chestrunning...

-Celestial items: Vermin chests in Xanquang Skyway

-Plagueborn: everywhere they spawns, included missions. Best spots should be Bukdek Byway, right outside Unwaking waters (Kurz) in morostav etc. Remember that you may not have spawns of afflicted (and plag chest i fear) if completed WOC pt. 1 in HM.

-Kurz items: anywhere in echo forest(Morostav trail/ferndale/melandru's hope - just naming some), plus the west part of Pongmei.

P.S:all those info are somewhere in this thread, just matter of digging through 45 pages

Shanks R Us · Dec 07, 2011, 07:51 AM // 07:51

I'm still getting pretty mixed messages on the r8 factor.

It seems nobody has any proof of one dropping in HM, but do they even drop max in NM?

Kiki Go Boom · Dec 07, 2011, 08:38 AM // 08:38

Afaik, Q8 max golds can only drop in NM. From canthan chests only I think.

ShadowBane l337 · Dec 07, 2011, 12:50 PM // 12:50

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Originally Posted by Kiki Go Boom

Afaik, Q8 max golds can only drop in NM. From canthan chests only I think.

Someone should really test this. Does that apply to the q8 shields,focus,and sword or all q8s? What is the best play to chest run canthan chests?

Swingline · Dec 07, 2011, 01:13 PM // 13:13

Req 8 shields only drop from level <23 foes and chests I believe. That means the chest should be surrounded by level <23 mobs. Any higher levels and only q9s drop.

system.fan · Dec 07, 2011, 01:53 PM // 13:53

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Originally Posted by ShadowBane l337

Someone should really test this. Does that apply to the q8 shields,focus,and sword or all q8s? What is the best play to chest run canthan chests?

i opened ~2000 canthan chests in pongmei valley NM + xaquang skayway NM so far to get luck title maxed...
had many many req8 stuff but all at least 1off max so far.
will post if i get any req8 max item from any chest.

The Mountain · Dec 07, 2011, 02:47 PM // 14:47

I've gotten some purple max r8 offhands from chests in the KC metropolitan area.

The one r8 gold shield I got from a chest was actually in Elona, the Kourna region.

AndrewSX · Dec 07, 2011, 03:44 PM // 15:44

Best way to get a q8 is plain farming on proper mobs probably.

fallenangel · Dec 07, 2011, 05:02 PM // 17:02

I ran ~4000 NM chests in Pongmei Valley to max my Lucky title. Out of those chests, I got a handful of max req 8s.

Most were purple offhands I just merched as they were absolute garbage stats-wise.

One was a gold Brute Sword. I searched through my screenshot folder and found a screen of the Brute Sword I just picked up, in inventory, unidentified. This one was dated Sept. 14, 2011.

Another notable one was a purple Echovald Shield. I can't find a screenshot of the Echo assigned to me (I usually pick up the drops too quickly without looking at the stats though), but I have one of the IDed stats. The shield was trash, but I just couldn't bring myself to merch it, being a req 8 Echovald, after all.

(The shield dropped in late Oct. this year, and was sold early Nov. to a collector of ... oddities.

)

Showtime · Dec 07, 2011, 05:09 PM // 17:09

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Originally Posted by AndrewSX

Best way to get a q8 is plain farming on proper mobs probably.

I've recently gotten r8 sword and shield white from hm mobs in cantha. Does that mean that they can drop the same in gold. Cuz I haven't gotten a decent gold r8 drop in ages and haven't seen one in chests for a long time either. But only 6k chests here.

Kiki Go Boom · Dec 07, 2011, 08:48 PM // 20:48

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Originally Posted by Showtime

I've recently gotten r8 sword and shield white from hm mobs in cantha. Does that mean that they can drop the same in gold. Cuz I haven't gotten a decent gold r8 drop in ages and haven't seen one in chests for a long time either. But only 6k chests here.

A gold one would probably drop from a lower level mob. That means NM. I've never ever seen a Q8 gold drop in HM.

system.fan · Dec 07, 2011, 09:21 PM // 21:21

@fallenangel:
thats awsome! cause brute is a tyrian skin.... and tyrian req8+5 is just sooooo nice.
and that also means that there could still be the chance to get req8+5 fellblade... since fellblades drop from chests near am fah aswell =)
time to do some more runs in pongmei nm

Shanks R Us · Dec 08, 2011, 12:48 AM // 00:48

I guess I'll switch to NM for the pleagueborn chest. I want a nice shield.

myths of fury · Dec 09, 2011, 06:12 PM // 18:12

Question as wiki isn't specific on drops... going from the most interested in to the least, can I get some extra info on which mobs (or which mob's chests) drop these shields?

Diamond Aegis
Amber Aegis
Echovald Aegis
Gothic Defender
Ornate Shield
Iridescent Aegis

I'd like to find a new route to chestrun at (kurzick one), so any help with that can be considered very good info too (take into account which drops I'm looking for ^^)!

superraptors · Dec 09, 2011, 09:16 PM // 21:16

dam fallen angel thats awesome... might have to start playing again

RolePlaynGamer · Dec 10, 2011, 09:42 AM // 09:42

Which builds are you guys using for chestrunning in the factions campaign? I'm running a monk as my primary, but have a ranger and a sin at my disposal as well. Sin hasn't been in EotN yet, so he has no ranks in the PvE titles.