Curse

Stealth Assassin · May 12, 2007, 04:18 AM // 04:18

Serpent Axes are a very rare drop, like an Ele Sword, and also they drop pretty randomly, no specific area as Wiki states.

Let's try to to break it it down... Hard mode has opened many doors into the farming world. Colossal Scimitars, a rare skinned weapon used to hardly ever drop, now has a relatively high drop rate compared to it's droprate before HM. Additionally, the gold drop rate is higher. So, no doubt that you'd be using HM to even have a chance of getting one of these.

So what does this rare weapon drop from? Well according to Wiki, a variety of monsters drop this weapon:

Afflicted Warrior
Naga
Sickened Guard (Warrior)

I don't know about you, but what really stands out to me is the Sickened Guard. Remember those guys on n00b island while doing the missions? Well, if you haven't caught it yet.. some of them actually wield a Serpent Axe. This assures me that they could have a chance of dropping that weapon. The area that I have found alot of these guys is in the explorable part of Minister Cho's Estate. On Hard Mode, there might be a chance for these guards to drop their Serpent Axe. Not to mention, this is probably an easy area to solo. There's a hell lot of melee, so most of the solo builds will work.

Quoted from Wiki:

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Serpent Axes are a random drop. While they do not seem to drop in any specific area, they are one of the rarest items in the game. Serpent Axes usually drop at or near max damage.

Lower level Serpent axes (white and blue) drop often on the Shing Jea Island.

Once again, here's where HM comes into play, those whites and non max's could become a gold max dmg drop in HM.

The other enemies I'm not sure about, but I'm definently going to look into this area, as it could potentially have some nice stuff. If anyone has any info on Serpent Axes, especially any confirmation on enemies that actually dropped one, please post!

Julia-Louis Dreyfus · May 12, 2007, 04:20 AM // 04:20

i heard of people trying minister cho's estate on hard mode, i tried it myself with no luck. not sure if its the mission, or explorable though

ShadowsRequiem · May 12, 2007, 04:30 AM // 04:30

yes they do drop, same with max dmg gold crude axes which were never found with max dmg before.

lennymon · May 12, 2007, 04:53 AM // 04:53

Yeah, sickened guards in the mission drop them. I haven't gotten a good one yet, but max yes.

Geishe · May 12, 2007, 05:08 AM // 05:08

I got a Req. 9 Serpent Axe from minister cho's estate. So yes, its possible.

terrible mods though >.<

Šiljo · May 12, 2007, 06:51 AM // 06:51

gold?
Care to give a screenshot?

Geishe · May 12, 2007, 07:29 AM // 07:29

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10156156

I have it on the price check forum currently if you want to take a look.

Šiljo · May 12, 2007, 08:37 AM // 08:37

i meant a screenshot of a monster dropping it...

lacasner · May 12, 2007, 11:18 AM // 11:18

I've been soloing most of minister cho's estate and getting rubish so far, although I did get spiked clubs and white serpent axes

Diddy bow · May 12, 2007, 12:43 PM // 12:43

I got ONE gold serpent axe from a sickend dude, but it was rubbish

Geishe · May 12, 2007, 03:17 PM // 15:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Šiljo

i meant a screenshot of a monster dropping it...

Well I didnt take one, guess you just have to trust me, don't you?

Brute Swords, Daodao Swords, PLENTY of runes...

Minister Cho's Estate is a fairly good place to farm. Just farming the little temple area takes around 4 minutes.

I use VwK.

chessyang · May 12, 2007, 04:26 PM // 16:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Šiljo

i meant a screenshot of a monster dropping it...

ya it's normal mode. plz don't ask what i was doing

. Trying hard mode atm
sorry to lazy to crop it and make it fit so click here for original picture

ReVel4tion · May 12, 2007, 11:19 PM // 23:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geishe

Well I didnt take one, guess you just have to trust me, don't you?

Brute Swords, Daodao Swords, PLENTY of runes...

Minister Cho's Estate is a fairly good place to farm. Just farming the little temple area takes around 4 minutes.

I use VwK.

mission or explorable area?

lennymon · May 12, 2007, 11:39 PM // 23:39

not gold, but...

Geishe · May 13, 2007, 01:44 AM // 01:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReVel4tion

mission or explorable area?

explorable

1234

lennymon · May 13, 2007, 07:25 AM // 07:25

mines from mission

MetalMan · May 13, 2007, 09:04 AM // 09:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShadowsRequiem

yes they do drop, same with max dmg gold crude axes which were never found with max dmg before.

Are max damage gold crude axes rare then? I think i still have one...

But, back to the point, i've only ever had a couple serpent axe drops, only ever white and in minister cho's so it seems a good place to start.

SolusX · May 13, 2007, 12:32 PM // 12:32

Crude are not rare.

fb2000 · May 13, 2007, 01:03 PM // 13:03

Crude Canthan skin are..

you can get such drops in cantha now :
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...00/serpent.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...2000/crude.jpg

badasschris · May 13, 2007, 09:03 PM // 21:03

fb2000 may i ask where thoes dropped? ive tried for ages in minister cho's estate and best was a 6-25 white serpent.