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meat shield · May 02, 2007, 07:25 PM // 19:25

hi folks

this is the ultimate guide to solo chestrunning in nightfallen jahei hard mode!

ok, lets start

contents:
1. map
2. builds
3. gold/purple rate
4. amount of chests
5. video
6. credits

1. map

for maps:
red dot: chest location
blue line: path you walk
yellow stips: "hard" parts

the map here indicates "popular" spawning spots.

the map is pretty easy to understand, its a pretty easy run if you know what to do

2. builds
the build always has a few core skills, for this chestrun, you NEED the folowing:

-shadow form
-dash
-shadow of hasthe
-deadly paradox(speeds up the run)
-any form of healing(i use shadow refudge, you wont need healing that much)
-any 2nd speed boost(i use storm djins hasthe)
-anyting(i use deaths charge)
-anyting(i use shadow of hasthe)

in the 2nd speed boost slot, put anyting in so you can keep your speed boost on all the time

gold/purple rate

i gave the maps a number, and noticed how many times the chest spawned, and more data. you can see the numbers on this map below

(Each X = 1 time)

01 xxxx
02 xxxxx
03 xxxxxxxxxx
04 xxx
05 xxxxx
06 xxxx (while running whit guildies, i noticed this is an extra chest that does almost always spawn when the quest: only come out at night is active
07 xxxxxx
08 xxxxxxxxxxx
09 xxxxxxx
10 xxxxxxx
11 xxxxxxxxx
12 xx
13 xx
14 xxxxxxxxxxxxx
15 xxxxxxxx

gold:87
purple:26
tome: 7
elite tome: 6

this means roughly 75% of drops are gold, 15% is purple, and 10% is a tome

amount of chests per run. (Each X = 1 time)
0
1
2 xx
3 xxxxxxxx
4 xxxxxxxxx
5 xxxx
6

this means most of the runs you will meet 3-4 chests

5. video

coming soon

credits
my elementalist for running me 100+ chests =]
and myself...

Puran Lighthart · May 02, 2007, 08:49 PM // 20:49

Good guide, and as far as i'm concerned this is one of the best places to chest run for loot/ease. For all those warriors out there i use a really basic W/A build when i do this....

sprint
enraged charge
shadow form
shadow of haste
feigned neutrality
healing signet
endure pain
signet of stamina

same method as above, and works just as well.

Snype · May 02, 2007, 10:15 PM // 22:15

nice guide; short and sweet.

Nice job on the stats too, that really is a big thing to think about when chest running

Trader of Secrets · May 03, 2007, 01:53 AM // 01:53

rare drops? ele swords?

red13xx · May 03, 2007, 03:02 AM // 03:02

You can run this area with any secondary sin. Actually mostly any area can be r chest ran with a secondary sin. So that is also a very good benefit for having a sin.

WildmouseX · May 03, 2007, 03:29 AM // 03:29

this is also the same path that our guild takes to LB point farm, hitting all the bosses, and groups you get bounties for is around 1.64k lb points (was 3.3k durring double point weekend) for about 28 min runs.

Vilaptca · May 03, 2007, 04:46 AM // 04:46

How many lockpicks would you bring with you? 15? Or do some of these chests not always spawn?

ReVel4tion · May 03, 2007, 04:49 AM // 04:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vilaptca

How many lockpicks would you bring with you? 15? Or do some of these chests not always spawn?

The max number of chests that spawn in every instance is 5

meat shield · May 03, 2007, 11:19 AM // 11:19

i actualy was plannning for making a vid but...
as soon i activate fraps, my FPS drops to somewhere below one and my ping somewhere in the 6000 so i cant make vid....

rare drops are indeed elemental swords but i havent found one in 300+ chests :/

WildmouseX · May 03, 2007, 03:37 PM // 15:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by meat shield

i actualy was plannning for making a vid but...
as soon i activate fraps, my FPS drops to somewhere below one and my ping somewhere in the 6000 so i cant make vid....

rare drops are indeed elemental swords but i havent found one in 300+ chests :/

try game cam -- i downloaded that the other night to make a vid showing the soul reaping nerf only giveing me energy of 1 death when i drop 15 at once, and didn't have any problems.

I Arawn I · May 03, 2007, 11:58 PM // 23:58

I checked this run and i can only say Big THX. I made only about 40 chests, but running only from 5 to 15, starting from outpost not gate as you. My drop rate:
4 Elite tomes ( 2 ele, 2 ritu)
3 non elite tomes
6 purple
27 golds --> req. 11 rare skin fire staff, Fiery Dragon sword req 9,2x Fiery Bladed Axe r10 and 13, 1 sup. Vigor, and many perf ups and ins ( +30 hp spear,bow; 20/20 bow, 3x 15^50, 2 x 5e^50, 4 x Guided by Faith and more)

Generally after selling all and keeping one axe I'm + 100k and got 10 lockpick waiting for more

Biggest suprise : Wooden Shield purple 15 A req 12 +14 hp ^^

Used in total 31 lockpicks with chance 13% but tommorow will have 16 %

Im new in Chestrunning

meat shield · May 04, 2007, 09:38 AM // 09:38

wow, great drops =]

my best drop so far is crappy req 9 FDS and tomes :/
no good drops beside that and a whole lot of req9 items inclucing:
aincent axe
aincent schythe
gladius
and some more(pm me if you need a cheap req9 wep :P)

udk-birDy · May 04, 2007, 10:42 AM // 10:42

Great drops really and nice stats ... the best running build is W/A ... i dont have my W in facttions yet ... so there is another change for sec prof .... or maybe for a dervish ... hummm

Cheers

Inari · May 04, 2007, 01:04 PM // 13:04

Can you please write down the stats you use in each att on your ele?
Also, why (or how...) are you using Shadow of Haste twice?

meat shield · May 04, 2007, 04:39 PM // 16:39

e/a runs faster, constand 33% speed boost is a yay, and if you dont break agro, you are dead annyway....

for atr, i use 11+4 air(BP 25 sec storm djijns hasthe, 20% ench nmod makes 30 secs)
12 shadow
rest in energy(i use energy heavy build..... QZ sucks...)

as for the fact i use SOH twice, i actualy use the other assa speed boosr(14 secs, half dmg) inchase my storm djins hasthe gets shatered.... 129 dmg shatter enchantement ftl...

no damage tank · May 04, 2007, 05:52 PM // 17:52

dude, this is so annoying to read, the amount of typos, but nice guide nonetheless.

btw, hasthe is spelled haste, and shadow refudge is shadow refuge

HTW · May 04, 2007, 08:25 PM // 20:25

as meat shield will be unable to make a thread can someone else give it a go?
also anybody tried it with a mo/r running build or mo/a build, i wanted to know if that worked well their.

David Spooky · May 05, 2007, 03:39 AM // 03:39

Love the guide, I used my running dervish for this and I died a couple of times which was expected. I got a req 9 gold pronged spear with perfect vamp mod, a purple hammer and a...

...REQ 9 FLAME ARTIFACT (Eye Skin)

:3

Spectar · May 06, 2007, 06:38 AM // 06:38

I must be doing something wrong, with 33% faster running I still can't shake any mobs, maybe I need to activate my runs sooner.

Dronte · May 06, 2007, 08:20 AM // 08:20

I got owned at the 1st and 2nd hard part with warrior lol ^^
Any ideas?