Curse

Masta o elemants · Feb 18, 2006, 01:00 AM // 01:00

Any info would be nice iv heard of 3-5 golds droping from each chest and they dont move...i heard the lost strongbox is in ice floe but im not sure can anyone tell me? or pm me ingame thx

imsystem · Feb 18, 2006, 01:26 AM // 01:26

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Originally Posted by Masta o elemants

Any info would be nice iv heard of 3-5 golds droping from each chest and they dont move...i heard the lost strongbox is in ice floe but im not sure can anyone tell me? or pm me ingame thx

dreadghnots drift and no they dont drop 3golds everytime now your lucky to get 1

infact there is a thread in the monk section showing how to solo run these

Bob Aeclucen · Feb 18, 2006, 05:23 AM // 05:23

It used to have much better drops, but it was nerfed. The lost strongbox and the frozen chest are both in dreadnaught's drift. There is also a lost strongbox just outside of THK, but it only spawns 1/2 of the time and the drops are worthless. There is no lost strongbox in Ice Floe, that was just a rumor, since Ice Floe is a real pain to go through. The Frozen Chest in Dreadnaught's Drift is the easiest to get to, it's guarded by a lot of Tundra Giants and drops armor, the Lost Strongbox is hard to get (couldn't run to it w/ my warrior), it has a ton of Stone Summit Dwarves guarding it, including an arcanist.

Ajantis · Feb 18, 2006, 08:25 AM // 08:25

Uhm, ice floe = outside ThK

mattjones527 · Feb 18, 2006, 09:55 PM // 21:55

Both the chests are in dreadnaughts drifts and are both very easy to get to with a basic forge running build. For some reason people like to say the lost strongbox is hard to get to. I've done well over 20ish runs and every time I went there was only one heretic that spawned near the Lost strongbox. All you have to do is throw on holy veil before you run in. If it get shattered the heretic will not cast crippling anguish. If he casts crippling anguish you just have to remove Holy veil fast enough so no cover hexes get thrown on you.

However these chests are a waste of time. I've never got more than one purple item out of these chests, and never one gold. However if you want to get some chapter 2 items, like eerie staves this place is great for dopping those, I have yet to see it drop an assassin weapon but who knows the chests may drop those too.

Bob Aeclucen · Feb 18, 2006, 10:52 PM // 22:52

D'Oh! you're right, for some reason I mixed up Ice Floe and Ice Dome <_< >_>... There was a rumor of a strongbox being in the Ice Dome too... so sorry about the confusion, yes, there is a Strongbox in the Ice FLOE. ...

olydog · Feb 19, 2006, 12:02 AM // 00:02

Matt..not true..one of the those lame purples your talking about was a max damage 10req Crystalline Sword...which I sold for 100k...so it does drop decent stuf...BUT BUT...the majority of the time it is just white junk.....so just stay away..you won't get anything good.

they are both in Dreadnoughts...and very easy to run to with forge runner..as he says...but my trick is i use two accounts and 2 computers...so I can zone out once I open the second chest..the Frozen one.

Michman · Feb 19, 2006, 03:16 AM // 03:16

I went there today and to say the least I was totally disappointed.
Frozen chest had a white tengu robe.
Lost strongbox had a white gladius and a white water wand.
Definitely no worth the bother.

mattjones527 · Feb 19, 2006, 04:24 AM // 04:24

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Originally Posted by olydog

Matt..not true..one of the those lame purples your talking about was a max damage 10req Crystalline Sword...which I sold for 100k...so it does drop decent stuf...BUT BUT...the majority of the time it is just white junk.....so just stay away..you won't get anything good.

May I ask when that happened? These chests used to have chances for good drops months back. Since then they have been nered to hell.

Also read my post, I never once called the drops lame. I simply gave my opinion. Even IF crystalines still drop from it, chances are in the time it would take for a 100k item to drop you could of easily of made over 100k. Unless you happen to get extremly lucky consistently that is. The most ive spent doing these runs was for about 2hrs. In those two hours I could of easily made over 100k doing thirsty river runs. So for me those chest runs truly are not worth my time. In which case my opinion is 100% true for me.

Also anyone can say anything dropped, so until I see a screen shot of the item dropping I will have my doubts.

So ill stick with my opinion, its not worth doing unless you want some chapter 2 items before chapter 2 comes out.

And olydog unless you can produce some form of evidence then I personally do not believe you...

...If providing evidence bothers you then youll be happy to know I got a req7 15^50 crystaline from killing char outside piken, but I sold it and didnt take a screen of it dropping becuase only a noob would want to take a picture of the rarest item in the game dropping somewhere.....

jamal555 · Feb 21, 2006, 08:08 PM // 20:08

Liar.... Liar...

There is no req 7 crystallin... Like there is no req 7 axe and there will never be one... its just not possible...

Swords come in 7, some skins, but axes dont, crystallins come in 8 and above... rulez of the game...

pitiful liar...

Shaz · Feb 22, 2006, 01:10 AM // 01:10

umm...I got a max req. 7 hand axe

{IceFire} · Feb 22, 2006, 02:00 AM // 02:00

just to get evry1 farming this spot again i found that 2 weeks ago... guess i was in the .000000001 percentile for once.... i hadnt farmed it in ~~3 months though.

edit-also, it was the first time i entered the zone.

Blade Rez · Feb 22, 2006, 02:41 AM // 02:41

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Originally Posted by {IceFire}

just to get evry1 farming this spot again i found that 2 weeks ago... guess i was in the .000000001 percentile for once.... i hadnt farmed it in ~~3 months though.

edit-also, it was the first time i entered the zone.

Um, I'm going to kill you? ROFLS time to refarm, unless it was a photoshop, but he does have a thread in High end selling it.

Now i just want to go play gw....... god dam it Icefire

I'll do this run 50 times, I'll take screenshots of ea drop, zip em, and you guys can have fun going through them :P

mattjones527 · Feb 22, 2006, 03:03 AM // 03:03

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Originally Posted by jamal555

Liar.... Liar...

There is no req 7 crystallin... Like there is no req 7 axe and there will never be one... its just not possible...

Swords come in 7, some skins, but axes dont, crystallins come in 8 and above... rulez of the game...

pitiful liar...

lmao, sorry I'll be sure to put in "/sarcasm" next time I make a blatantly false statement about crystalines I own. jamal555 Seeing as your not to keen on picking things up in my posts, that last sentence was simply showing that without a pic anyone can claim to have anything.

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Originally Posted by {IceFire}

just to get evry1 farming this spot again i found that 2 weeks ago... guess i was in the .000000001 percentile for once.... i hadnt farmed it in ~~3 months though.

wow. just wow. If that is truly from 2 weeks ago then im surprised. I just dont understand it, since they added keys ive never had even a gold item drop from either of those chests. Well congrats on getting the gold crystaline, I have a feeling alot of people are gonna try to learn how to do that run in the next few weeks.

SincorpDeath · Feb 22, 2006, 03:11 AM // 03:11

lmao. amazingly enough, icefire made me go tryout the run again. First run, got a gold drop : ).... however, it was.... a gold EERIE STAFF!..... err. dang.

apocalypse_xx · Feb 22, 2006, 04:25 AM // 04:25

Like Icefire, I also had a rare crystalline drop, mine was just over a week ago, req 8, no damage mod, I customized it for my warrior, I have the SS but I am at work right now. Also, mine dropped on the first instance as well....hmmm, makes you think...as a sidenote, I also get many rare armors from the frozen chest and now that I think about it, usually on my first instance...and I always go get the frozen chest first...from now on though I will be getting the lost strongbox first, thnx Icefire for making me realize this possible key point to farming the strongbox

I also had not visited my fave chests in quite some time...we might be onto something here

One more thing...I have had a rare armor drop on subsequent runs as well as some max damage dwarven and serpent axes, so it still is worthwhile rezoning and trying again

{IceFire} · Feb 22, 2006, 04:29 AM // 04:29

well, ever since i got the sword ive never gotten anything else gold again.... i havent farmed it in a long time either. and no it is not photoshopped, and yes it is from ~2 weeks ago, you can ask a friend.....

i was either A)very lucky and thats all
or
B)it was because i hadnt farmed it in so long

edit-and yes that was me yelling O MY GOD

my hands shook for awhile afterwards

mattjones527 · Feb 22, 2006, 06:21 AM // 06:21

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Originally Posted by {IceFire}

edit-and yes that was me yelling O MY GOD

my hands shook for awhile afterwards

lol, I just noticed that after you pointed it out. Seriously though that box must hate me, I only get whites and blues, and once in a while a purple.

MechFighter · Feb 23, 2006, 05:55 AM // 05:55

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Originally Posted by apocalypse_xx

Like Icefire, I also had a rare crystalline drop, mine was just over a week ago, req 8, no damage mod, I customized it for my warrior, I have the SS but I am at work right now. Also, mine dropped on the first instance as well....hmmm, makes you think...as a sidenote, I also get many rare armors from the frozen chest and now that I think about it, usually on my first instance...and I always go get the frozen chest first...from now on though I will be getting the lost strongbox first, thnx Icefire for making me realize this possible key point to farming the strongbox

I also had not visited my fave chests in quite some time...we might be onto something here

One more thing...I have had a rare armor drop on subsequent runs as well as some max damage dwarven and serpent axes, so it still is worthwhile rezoning and trying again

care to post an SS now?

apocalypse_xx · Feb 23, 2006, 12:36 PM // 12:36

As per request...