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Slabby · Sep 23, 2011, 05:34 PM // 17:34

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Originally Posted by Elnino

Hey, I've built up a large collection of lockpicks over the years and I've decided to try my luck at chest running for some rare weapons. I've heard that r8's rarely ever drop in HM, is that true? I know that Pongmei Valley is great for pretty much everything but what about swords? Where is a good place to chest run rare swords with the possibility of r8's dropping? Thanks.

First of all let me start by saying I have been out of this game for over 2 years. As far as my knowledge goes r8 don't drop from chests, and especially not in HM. If you want rare swords Pongmei Valley is an excellent choice. I started running there myself this week and I must say the amount of rare skins is amazing. Gothic swords, Jade swords, Runic axe, Gothic (dual) axe, Echovald shield, Ornate shield, ...

kermeli · Sep 23, 2011, 06:36 PM // 18:36

rq8 drop from chests in NM, atleast in kaineng i once got channeling focus rq8 and gold like 3-4months ago, too bad it was crappy singlemod :P

Reformed · Sep 23, 2011, 07:26 PM // 19:26

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Originally Posted by Elnino

Hey, I've built up a large collection of lockpicks over the years and I've decided to try my luck at chest running for some rare weapons. I've heard that r8's rarely ever drop in HM, is that true? I know that Pongmei Valley is great for pretty much everything but what about swords? Where is a good place to chest run rare swords with the possibility of r8's dropping? Thanks.

I won't say it can never happen, but after thousands I've never personally observed an r8 from a chest in HM. On swords...Gothic, Jade, various others from the generic Canthan 'city' drop table. The city portion includes Paper Fans, Jugs and Canthan Dragon Staves so I'm sure Jittes are possible.

superraptors · Sep 24, 2011, 02:21 AM // 02:21

hm chests can still drop req8 but they are usually not maxed

jewfrokid · Sep 30, 2011, 01:34 AM // 01:34

Has anyone tried Tahnakai Temple running? Around the Guardians? So far best drop I've had was a crappy modded celestial shield.

dunky_g · Oct 05, 2011, 10:37 AM // 10:37

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Originally Posted by Slabby

First of all let me start by saying I have been out of this game for over 2 years. As far as my knowledge goes r8 don't drop from chests, and especially not in HM.

I was looking through my old threads today, and it was a surprise how many R8's I have had over the years from chest running. Although, granted, most of them were about 4/5 years ago. When Factions first came out, I chest ran about 2k chests at Mount Qinkai, with a guild member at time, so we probably ran about 4k chests between us, and I must have had the best part of 20/30 r8's drop, only having the 'decent' ones PC'ed on here. Twinned with that I also got some R8's while chest running in FoW, a r8 15/-10 Chaos Axe for example, as well as shadow blades/staffs. I only ran about 500 chests max in FoW, and I can distinctly remember at least 10 r8 drops.

Now, what I am wondering is if the drop rate has changed at all since then? Will running in NM still give me R8 drops. I am going to start running nm chests around Cantha and I am going to document the amount of keys used compared to R8 drops, if after 1000 keys, I have no R8's, I will probably stop and call it dud, compared to my previous drop rate anyway.

system.fan · Oct 05, 2011, 11:16 AM // 11:16

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Originally Posted by jewfrokid

Has anyone tried Tahnakai Temple running? Around the Guardians? So far best drop I've had was a crappy modded celestial shield.

yea ive done that few times while maxing my treasure hunter few years ago.
dropping a lot of celestial items (got sword, hammer, staff, scepter, axe), but also a lot of canthan staff like paper fans, bo staff, canthan shields etc...
still its a pretty slow run imo

dunky_g · Oct 05, 2011, 11:21 AM // 11:21

Well, after about 50 chests, I have had 3 r8's. All none max. 2 purple, one gold. This one being the best:

I am sure a max will drop soon, well I hope it will, this was in Pongmei NM if anyone is interested.

Elnino · Oct 07, 2011, 05:06 AM // 05:06

Wow, that's pretty close to max. Too bad staffs don't drop maxed q8's anymore.

AndrewSX · Oct 07, 2011, 06:34 AM // 06:34

Asking here to more experieced people in chestrunning....
I ended up buying one, but where is possible to look for a Oni Blade?

I guess near points of oni spawns (forest in ferndale, jade sea somewhere, maybe deep?) but didn't find any in general used chetrunning routes....

P.S: also, could be possible to write down a list/table of what mob-related chests drops?
Like:
-Afflicted chest -> Plag items;
-Warden chests in echo forest -> GotH;
and so on.
Cold be useful to keep track of all the possible drops, but i have too little experience to go further those 2

system.fan · Oct 07, 2011, 12:10 PM // 12:10

@Andrew....
Do the short run in Borea's Seabed (pretty sure it was posted here before)... the run where all the luxon assassin spawn because of the "Halkyon Job" quest...

U start with more kurzick faction than luxon and die as fast as possible.
You'll get rezzed on the other side of the map.
just on the right side below that rezz shrine is an oni spawn place... got a bunch of oni blades there while i actually wanted to run the assassins route.

Here's a map of that run again:

BLUE = usuall route
RED = rezz shrine
GREEN = oni spawn location (chest ca be seen before oni's spawn... so dont run there if u dont see a chest)

Could do the table u want aswell but for all possible drops it would be far tooooo much work. so if u could tell what drops or enemys ud want to know i might do a small table.

AndrewSX · Oct 07, 2011, 03:17 PM // 15:17

I always used that run for the dragon staff chests, didn't noticed nearby oni...looks quite easily accessible for a farm, i'll try it out.

About writing down a table...isn't that i need it, but after years of chestrunning and 40+ pages of thread i've found weird that nobody listed all drops/mob-realted chests yet(expecially for the over-farmed cantha), that's all.

Could be very useful for anyone willing to chestrun/farm something particular.

Kep · Oct 08, 2011, 09:02 AM // 09:02

Oni weapons drop from chests in Raisu Palace explorable nm or hm.

When I run it I use this route & usually get 4 chests a run, can get 5 though.

And btw. The only req8 max gold that still drop are shields/focus'. Don't even bother trying to find req8 max gold weapons (sword, bow etc) because they don't drop anywhere. And the chances of finding a req8 gold shield/focus is low, let alone finding one with godly stats. So yes, theoretically you can still get req8 gold max paper fan/bladed shield from 550g canthan chests. gl hf opening like 50k chests finding one though.

dunky_g · Oct 08, 2011, 10:31 AM // 10:31

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Originally Posted by Kep

gl hf opening like 50k chests finding one though.

Yeah, I got a max R8 divine symbol, I think, and it had like +5AL while casting as it's only mod. Gave up on that after that, back to running HM chests for me.

superraptors · Oct 09, 2011, 08:44 AM // 08:44

you are probably better off using nm farming build if you are after req8 max

Bright Star Shine · Oct 09, 2011, 09:20 AM // 09:20

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Originally Posted by Kep

Oni weapons drop from chests in Raisu Palace explorable nm or hm.

When I run it I use this route & usually get 4 chests a run, can get 5 though.

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/74/raisurun.jpg

And btw. The only req8 max gold that still drop are shields/focus'. Don't even bother trying to find req8 max gold weapons (sword, bow etc) because they don't drop anywhere. And the chances of finding a req8 gold shield/focus is low, let alone finding one with godly stats. So yes, theoretically you can still get req8 gold max paper fan/bladed shield from 550g canthan chests. gl hf opening like 50k chests finding one though.

q8 max swords also still drop, but I doubt they can drop from chests... Though I'm not sure...

Also @Andrew, though a lot of us here on the forums possess the information you would want to know, it's kind of a bitch to write it all down...

AndrewSX · Oct 09, 2011, 09:41 AM // 09:41

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Originally Posted by Bright Star Shine

Also @Andrew, though a lot of us here on the forums possess the information you would want to know, it's kind of a bitch to write it all down...

Yeah, i thought it, but i tried to ask anyway

Btw, just a fast question popped in my mind: WoC part 1 eliminate all Afflicted spawns in explorable areas (they're still aivable in missions). If mobs around it determine which kind of weapons a chest drops, this means that on chars that completed WoC in HM is impossible to do a chestrunning route for Plag items?

(Just in case i'd ever want to look for those i'll not waste time on my sin).

Bright Star Shine · Oct 09, 2011, 09:48 AM // 09:48

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Originally Posted by AndrewSX

Yeah, i thought it, but i tried to ask anyway

Btw, just a fast question popped in my mind: WoC part 1 eliminate all Afflicted spawns in explorable areas (they're still aivable in missions). If mobs around it determine which kind of weapons a chest drops, this means that on chars that completed WoC in HM is impossible to do a chestrunning route for Plag items?

(Just in case i'd ever want to look for those i'll not waste time on my sin).

Would be weird if Anet made the changes permanent.. After completing WiK completely, spawns went back to normal as well.. Though since this is a totally different story, I might be wrong.. And in fact that would give for a very nice Bo Staff run in the Undercity

But the reason I think it'll be changed back is because the Am Fah in the Undercity have WoC builds...

AndrewSX · Oct 09, 2011, 10:25 AM // 10:25

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Originally Posted by Bright Star Shine

Would be weird if Anet made the changes permanent.. After completing WiK completely, spawns went back to normal as well.. Though since this is a totally different story, I might be wrong.. And in fact that would give for a very nice Bo Staff run in the Undercity

But the reason I think it'll be changed back is because the Am Fah in the Undercity have WoC builds...

Weird or not, i asked cause i've seen this on wiki:

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As you work your way through Winds of Change, each of those areas will see further changes (e.g. after purging the Afflicted from the zone, you will see other types of foes when you return). At the present time, once you have started Winds of Change, there is no way to return the areas to the way they were during Factions.

So no more Afflicted in Epxlorable areas seems a perma-change....that's why i'm kinda worried for Plag chests (well, do runs on chars which never done WoC or in certain missions, but isn't exactely the same).

Atm the spawn table on wiki isn't complete... but after some research Afficted were replace by Jade/Am Fah in areas of Kaineng (Byway and Passage have been tested only so far on wiki) and Scavengers on Noob-island. Would be interesting if Woc completion in HM opens to moar chestrunning routes for Bo's (in place of Plag, but w/e).

Bright Star Shine · Oct 09, 2011, 10:37 AM // 10:37

You forgot to highlight a bit of that quote...

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At the present time, once you have started Winds of Change, there is no way to return the areas to the way they were during Factions.