Ascalon chests? - Guild Wars Forums

xb0vv · Nov 16, 2005, 05:06 PM // 17:06

I see people who have completed the game runnign to chest in ascalon, and i see other people saying u get perfect upgrades there.
Im confused:

1. isnt ascalon the low lvl area of the game and why would u get perfect upgrades?

2.Where are these chests? are they hard to get to? is it worth it? chances of gettign a perfect upgrade? maybe a map?

3.Why rae people always goign char hunting at lvl 20, arent they like lvl 1? im confused - help help

Farin · Nov 16, 2005, 05:21 PM // 17:21

1- I don't think you can get perfect upgrades, but some close to perfect.

2- Chests appear randomly through the game. They're very random, have no special location. You never know what they'll drop. It's all up to luck.

3- Charr Carvings maybe, I don't really know.

DeanBB · Nov 16, 2005, 05:23 PM // 17:23

1. It is and I've never seen a perfect from the Ascalon chests.
2. Random.
3. I do if:
- I've changed my 2nd and now have a quest, like to find the dead soldiers badges.
- I need to collect some materials.
- Or just for the charr-stomping fun of it. Do the Ft Ranik mission and instead of using the catapult go down into the charr camp and wipe 'em out. Or try to beat all the charr in the GNW mission before time runs out.
- Er...because you can?

darkMishkin · Nov 16, 2005, 05:24 PM // 17:24

1. I would guess that you are less likely to get perfect upgrades in Ascalon, but because the keys are so much cheaper, you can test your luck more often.

2. Chests are randomly placed these days, just run around holding down 'Alt' and you should find some.

3. People hunt char for their hides, the meat is useless, but the hides make good fur slippers.

fiery · Nov 16, 2005, 05:24 PM // 17:24

1)Ascaonlian chests... doubt they r good.. not max... MAYBE im not sure... the chests in the last day dawns quest? kinda in school so not sure. if u wanan go chest farming.. best place is outside of port sledge.. grab henchies.. kill grawl.. and about 5 chest per run.

2)as for chests its random.. BUT ITS A DEFINITE.. to find abouut 3-5 outside of port sledge.

3) as for the charr.. quest from forge.. Last Day Dawns.. outside of Frontier Gate r lvl 24 charr. its like killing stuff and getting drops like from or near forge area etc.

hope it helped.

i own last rites · Nov 18, 2005, 08:12 PM // 20:12

i think hes talkin bout the ppl by storage box.

Shimus DarkRaven · Nov 19, 2005, 12:23 AM // 00:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by xb0vv

I see people who have completed the game runnign to chest in ascalon, and i see other people saying u get perfect upgrades there.
Im confused:

1. isnt ascalon the low lvl area of the game and why would u get perfect upgrades?

2.Where are these chests? are they hard to get to? is it worth it? chances of gettign a perfect upgrade? maybe a map?

3.Why rae people always goign char hunting at lvl 20, arent they like lvl 1? im confused - help help

1.Yes, it is. And no, probably not, on the off chance you do, congrats.
2. The chests appear anyplace east of the shiverpeaks <speaking in ascalonian territory, not the desert!>
3.Charr hides. Plain and simple. There's this nice "money making" scenario, if you 'farm' charr hides, there's an ascalon collector who takes 4 and gives you a Fur square. you do the math. 4x5=20gold to vendors or 4+handed in to collector = 150+gold with a rare crafting matieral. Then they mass hand-in and drop the market on fur squares.

Hope this helped.

--The Shim

Rico Carridan · Nov 19, 2005, 12:35 AM // 00:35

I've gotten a +30 hale staff head from a Krytan (or maybe northern shiverpeak, I can't remember) chest, so I would assume that it is, at least in theory, possible to get an extremely valuable rare item from the Ascalon chests. However, from my observations of those chests, you're probably going to get fifty 7-12 +5% fast casting purple necro staffs before you ever see something that is any good from an ascalon chest. If you find a key, you might as well use it, but I wouldn't waste my money on them.

Rico

Atreoo · Nov 19, 2005, 12:48 AM // 00:48

Ive been through hundreds of keys for all chests including fow and uw and have NEVER found anything with a max upgrade!! Not to say i havent found good items just nothing uber!!

Shimus DarkRaven · Nov 19, 2005, 12:49 AM // 00:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atreoo

Ive been through hundreds of keys for all chests including fow and uw and have NEVER found anything with a max upgrade!! Not to say i havent found good items just nothing uber!!

You, My friend, have bad luck. I've gotten plenty of max grips/pommels from UW/FoW chests, and I've picked up some nice "overall" weapons from the shiverpeaks. It's all on random-generator probability.

--The Shim

Master Oria · Nov 19, 2005, 12:54 AM // 00:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkMishkin

3. People hunt char for their hides, the meat is useless, but the hides make good fur slippers.

i wonder why, get a lot more furs from the centaurs in the desert.
like 40 to 50 furs an hour. farming Charrs for furs seems to be a slow
profitable way.

Nov 16, 2005, 05:06 PM // 17:06	#1
xb0vv Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Aug 2005	Ascalon chests? I see people who have completed the game runnign to chest in ascalon, and i see other people saying u get perfect upgrades there. Im confused: 1. isnt ascalon the low lvl area of the game and why would u get perfect upgrades? 2.Where are these chests? are they hard to get to? is it worth it? chances of gettign a perfect upgrade? maybe a map? 3.Why rae people always goign char hunting at lvl 20, arent they like lvl 1? im confused - help help

Nov 16, 2005, 05:21 PM // 17:21	#2
Farin Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: Delta Formation [DF] Profession: W/	1- I don't think you can get perfect upgrades, but some close to perfect. 2- Chests appear randomly through the game. They're very random, have no special location. You never know what they'll drop. It's all up to luck. 3- Charr Carvings maybe, I don't really know.

Nov 16, 2005, 05:23 PM // 17:23	#3
DeanBB Forge Runner Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Arizona Guild: Wizardry Players Guild, http://4guildwars.7.forumer.com	1. It is and I've never seen a perfect from the Ascalon chests. 2. Random. 3. I do if: - I've changed my 2nd and now have a quest, like to find the dead soldiers badges. - I need to collect some materials. - Or just for the charr-stomping fun of it. Do the Ft Ranik mission and instead of using the catapult go down into the charr camp and wipe 'em out. Or try to beat all the charr in the GNW mission before time runs out. - Er...because you can?

Nov 16, 2005, 05:24 PM // 17:24	#4
darkMishkin Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: UK Guild: Servants of Fortuna [SoF] Profession: Mo/	1. I would guess that you are less likely to get perfect upgrades in Ascalon, but because the keys are so much cheaper, you can test your luck more often. 2. Chests are randomly placed these days, just run around holding down 'Alt' and you should find some. 3. People hunt char for their hides, the meat is useless, but the hides make good fur slippers.

Nov 16, 2005, 05:24 PM // 17:24	#5
fiery Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: maryland Guild: InYurFace Gaming [IYF] Profession: R/	1)Ascaonlian chests... doubt they r good.. not max... MAYBE im not sure... the chests in the last day dawns quest? kinda in school so not sure. if u wanan go chest farming.. best place is outside of port sledge.. grab henchies.. kill grawl.. and about 5 chest per run. 2)as for chests its random.. BUT ITS A DEFINITE.. to find abouut 3-5 outside of port sledge. 3) as for the charr.. quest from forge.. Last Day Dawns.. outside of Frontier Gate r lvl 24 charr. its like killing stuff and getting drops like from or near forge area etc. hope it helped.

Nov 18, 2005, 08:12 PM // 20:12	#6
i own last rites Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Oct 2005 Guild: Space Warriors Profession: N/Me	i think hes talkin bout the ppl by storage box.

Nov 19, 2005, 12:35 AM // 00:35	#8
Rico Carridan Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: Eternal Comrades Profession: E/Mo	I've gotten a +30 hale staff head from a Krytan (or maybe northern shiverpeak, I can't remember) chest, so I would assume that it is, at least in theory, possible to get an extremely valuable rare item from the Ascalon chests. However, from my observations of those chests, you're probably going to get fifty 7-12 +5% fast casting purple necro staffs before you ever see something that is any good from an ascalon chest. If you find a key, you might as well use it, but I wouldn't waste my money on them. Rico

Nov 19, 2005, 12:48 AM // 00:48	#9
Atreoo Academy Page Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Guild: Baptized By Fire Profession: R/E	Ive been through hundreds of keys for all chests including fow and uw and have NEVER found anything with a max upgrade!! Not to say i havent found good items just nothing uber!!