Farming purple Crystalline Swords - possible with each profession
SaGGGan
Ever wondered why there are so many purple Crystalline Swords, Dwarven Axes, Serpent Axes, Ascalon Mauls and all those rare skinned Weapons around, that usually only drop from Chests that appear during some special Quests?
Think most of you know the 3 Chests that spawn during the Kilroy Stonekin Quest in Sorrows Furnace, and propably even some used to farm it in Groups or farm it "solo" atm.
Think most of them who do it "solo" now will blame me for revealing this, but I never liked keaping secrets like this.
It's easily done with each profession, I think Searing Flames Elementalist should work best, but all others will do fine too.
You just form a group in Deldrimor Warcamp, I always chose 3 SF Heroes - 2 Ele 1 Nec/Ele -, Mhenlo, Linda, Cynn and Eve, while I used to be Warrior.
2 Monks and the rest Damage, maybe some Interrupts and Enchantment Remove against Herders and Dolyak Masters/Priests are useful too.
Just make your Way to Sorrows Furnace through Grenth's Footprint and pick up Kilroy Stonekin on your way.
In Sorrows Furnace there are 3 Chests that spawn during the Kilroy Quest.
After clearing the Area from Enemies those Quests will spawn, ready to be opened by you.
But don't open them instantly. Now that's the most important part! Flag your Heroes out of your Range, until their Names get grey.
When they aren't in your Range anymore, you can open the Chest, simulating that you are alone in your group - all Dropps from the Chest will be yours.
A lot of rare skinned Weapons drop there, Crystallines, Dwarven Axes, Serpent Axes, etc.
Unfortunately the Chests don't dropp Gold Weapons, all are purple, so 14^50 is the best Damage Mod you can get - which is still very good for a Crystalline Sword.
Think most of you know the 3 Chests that spawn during the Kilroy Stonekin Quest in Sorrows Furnace, and propably even some used to farm it in Groups or farm it "solo" atm.
Think most of them who do it "solo" now will blame me for revealing this, but I never liked keaping secrets like this.
It's easily done with each profession, I think Searing Flames Elementalist should work best, but all others will do fine too.
You just form a group in Deldrimor Warcamp, I always chose 3 SF Heroes - 2 Ele 1 Nec/Ele -, Mhenlo, Linda, Cynn and Eve, while I used to be Warrior.
2 Monks and the rest Damage, maybe some Interrupts and Enchantment Remove against Herders and Dolyak Masters/Priests are useful too.
Just make your Way to Sorrows Furnace through Grenth's Footprint and pick up Kilroy Stonekin on your way.
In Sorrows Furnace there are 3 Chests that spawn during the Kilroy Quest.
After clearing the Area from Enemies those Quests will spawn, ready to be opened by you.
But don't open them instantly. Now that's the most important part! Flag your Heroes out of your Range, until their Names get grey.
When they aren't in your Range anymore, you can open the Chest, simulating that you are alone in your group - all Dropps from the Chest will be yours.
A lot of rare skinned Weapons drop there, Crystallines, Dwarven Axes, Serpent Axes, etc.
Unfortunately the Chests don't dropp Gold Weapons, all are purple, so 14^50 is the best Damage Mod you can get - which is still very good for a Crystalline Sword.
TheYangg
The system is working... theoretically, because purple weapons usually have no, or a very bad damage-mod, 14^50 is extremely rare, as any ^50...
Even IF you get a Crystalline Sword/Dwarven Axe/Serpent Axe, you need a huge amount of luck getting a good one...
Even non-Max dmg is possible, usual...
Even IF you get a Crystalline Sword/Dwarven Axe/Serpent Axe, you need a huge amount of luck getting a good one...
Even non-Max dmg is possible, usual...
tuna-fish_sushi
Ive never done much in Sorrows furnace how long does the quest take to do once inside the furnace with kilroy?
SaGGGan
Then why have you just wanted a PC for two 14^50 Crystallines?
Nono ... the Chance to get a good Drop is not so bad, you won't find a Crystalline each run, that's right, but there is a good Chance to get one, and rare Damage Mods are not as rare as you want us to think, got 13ench, 14ench, 13^50 Chrystallines and Serpents by myself.
Haven't done the run for some Days now, but think it took about 10-20 Minutes or something like this.
Nono ... the Chance to get a good Drop is not so bad, you won't find a Crystalline each run, that's right, but there is a good Chance to get one, and rare Damage Mods are not as rare as you want us to think, got 13ench, 14ench, 13^50 Chrystallines and Serpents by myself.
Haven't done the run for some Days now, but think it took about 10-20 Minutes or something like this.
TheYangg
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Originally Posted by tuna-fish_sushi
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Why did you post this... honestly, not to be rude or anything, but the farm has been here forever and now it has about a 75% chance of getting nerfed. And than all those purple items will go back to being rare, and prices will increase, and so on....
'cause I found 3 14^50 crystallines (one non max-dmg) and he none, so he's jealous and want's me to get nothing for my crystallines. (as you can see in this Thread...)
Pickle
Kilroy farming has been around for a while, someone made a great guide on it a while back on Game amp.
I dont see it getting nerfed, making 2-3k each run is not really that much when you think about it, plus, getting a rare weapon doesnt happen often, meaning the system is still working.
SF was made to give out these swords and axes on rare occasions, I cant see it getting nerfed
I dont see it getting nerfed, making 2-3k each run is not really that much when you think about it, plus, getting a rare weapon doesnt happen often, meaning the system is still working.
SF was made to give out these swords and axes on rare occasions, I cant see it getting nerfed
TheYangg
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Originally Posted by Pickle
SF was made to give out these swords and axes on rare occasions, I cant see it getting nerfed
But if you "solo" this, your chance getting one of these is 7times higher... so i too think this is going to be nerfed soon...
SaGGGan
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Originally Posted by Pickle
I dont see it getting nerfed, making 2-3k each run is not really that much when you think about it, plus, getting a rare weapon doesnt happen often, meaning the system is still working.
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SF was made to give out these swords and axes on rare occasions, I cant see it getting nerfed
Don't think SF should be nerfed, that's ok. It just shouldn't be possible to flag your Heroes like that, so that GW thinks you are alone in the Party and gives you all the Items.
Pickle
I have been doing Kilroy runs for a while now, solo each time. I can do my runs in about 15 mins now. But still I have only had 2 Crystaline Swords in 1 day and 1 Dwarven Axe. Thats the only rare skins I have had.
If this was going to be nerfed, it would have been by now. Well I do hope so pegasux
Sagggan, Thanks for letting the rest of us here know about the Kilroy farm. I remember hearing something about that before but never bothered cause i was too busy green farming. Players like you who share are what makes GW a fun game...which is why i always reveal farm spots and builds when i find em =). And Phantom, if you knew of the spot already they you must have already farmed the life out of it so who cares? There is only so much gold you can stockpile.
Senator Tom
I do it with me as a mm, (barbs, mark of pain w/ fiends) two warrior hench and two monk hench. its easy.
also, "if you solo blah blah 7x chance" no, when the chests pop up, leave them unopened. just go flag your hench into a big group of stuff after you have completed the quest then go back and open chests and you get all the drops. onerabbit
out of my 20 months in playing..i didnt even know this quest existed..thnx ganna have ago at this
WoW! this is good..just got me 1st chest..only a purple rune..but hey! thnx for posting this man is that supposed tho happen? i got 3 items from chest :P (2nd) theres chest 3 done Krytan Axe rare? Riceboi
Few things come to mind:
1) I knew about this forever ago. 2) Not worth my time. I make more money with my other farming spots that will remain MY OWN.(even if I found crystallines) Have a good night everyone. PS-ANET WILL NERF THIS! onerabbit
i guess golds dont actually drop from these then
[DE]
Only purples drop from the Kilroy quest chests. This means the highest damage mod you can get is 14%. But still, a purple crystalline can sell for a decent amount. (Also you can get other weapons besides crystallines such as eternal bows).
onerabbit
yeh, i just got a krytan Axe.as u may know lol
just merched it acidently..max aswell..req9 talk of the devil..just got an eternal bow...req 13 lmao zarge
not really worth the time been doing this for 4 hours nothing half-way decent
Aeon_Enceladus
Are you serious!?
The cat's out of the bag.. I've been doing this run for over 6 months xD Great. Still, everyone enjoy, but it is RARE (x10) to get a Crystalline AscalonWarrior
Ah well, I don't care what people say here. Thanks for sharing this Going to try asap.
byteme!
This is the only legitimate place for pure pve'ers to obtain these skins. They aren't even max. I don't see what all the fuss is about.
Kraker01
Thank u so much SaGGGan for sharing
Tried twice this morning with hero&henchie. Have to try again with my guildy Oznog
Thanks for posting this. The run works but I think the likelihood of getting anything valuable-i.e. Crystalline, Serpent Axes, etc. is virtually nil. I did this run 17 times yesterday and got nothing for my trouble but non-max staffs/wands and purple armor.
Colossal waste of time if you ask me. King's Spectre
I was hoping that nobody would post this. Not because I don't want others to have a share in the loot, but because anet *has* been pretty heavy handed with keyless chests once they've come up in the forums. I just enjoy the stoneskin run and it's fun to hope for a cool skinned weapon while I'm at it.
Bhaaltazar
This is kinda old way of farming.. Its out for quite some time and Crystaline drops are extremly rare. Most of the times you get Purples armour drops which u salvage, if ur lucky, to some major vigors or few other runes of some value.
This run is only good if u get bored with other types of farming. onerabbit
Yeh, ive done afew runs..pretty boring, best thing i got was a sup healing..not even from chest lmao
Savio
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Originally Posted by King's Spectre
I was hoping that nobody would post this. Not because I don't want others to have a share in the loot, but because anet *has* been pretty heavy handed with keyless chests once they've come up in the forums.
This first came up on the forums a year ago, a little while after SF came out, and has been posted about every so often. It's a little late for hope.
manitoba1073
Well they are really quest chests not so much keyless chests also
Avatar Exico
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Originally Posted by SaGGGan
Ever wondered why there are so many purple Crystalline Swords, Dwarven Axes, Serpent Axes, Ascalon Mauls and all those rare skinned Weapons around, that usually only drop from Chests that appear during some special Quests?
Think most of you know the 3 Chests that spawn during the Kilroy Stonekin Quest in Sorrows Furnace, and propably even some used to farm it in Groups or farm it "solo" atm. Think most of them who do it "solo" now will blame me for revealing this, but I never liked keaping secrets like this. It's easily done with each profession, I think Searing Flames Elementalist should work best, but all others will do fine too. You just form a group in Deldrimor Warcamp, I always chose 3 SF Heroes - 2 Ele 1 Nec/Ele -, Mhenlo, Linda, Cynn and Eve, while I used to be Warrior. 2 Monks and the rest Damage, maybe some Interrupts and Enchantment Remove against Herders and Dolyak Masters/Priests are useful too. Just make your Way to Sorrows Furnace through Grenth's Footprint and pick up Kilroy Stonekin on your way. In Sorrows Furnace there are 3 Chests that spawn during the Kilroy Quest. After clearing the Area from Enemies those Quests will spawn, ready to be opened by you. But don't open them instantly. Now that's the most important part! Flag your Heroes out of your Range, until their Names get grey. When they aren't in your Range anymore, you can open the Chest, simulating that you are alone in your group - all Dropps from the Chest will be yours. A lot of rare skinned Weapons drop there, Crystallines, Dwarven Axes, Serpent Axes, etc. Unfortunately the Chests don't dropp Gold Weapons, all are purple, so 14^50 is the best Damage Mod you can get - which is still very good for a Crystalline Sword. These Chests really fulfill on what you said and all said is very true. with 8 Henchies and no Heros i got a Grape req 9 14^50% Krytan Axe from those chests. Jabilo
Crystallines are still pretty rare from these chests (for me anyway), Dwarvens and Serpents seem to appear slightly more often in my experience. I've farmed this a few times a week since the thread on getting the full chance of green drops by sending hench away appeared - and I've never had a Crystalline. 3 Dwarvens and I think 6 Serpents with a few random items like Krytan Axe, White Scythes, Dwarven Hammer and a crappy Magmas Arm.
These chests are a little wierd for quest reward chests also, it seems you can get anywhere between 1 and 6 (maybe more, but I haven't had more than 6) items from these chests sending hench away, where as the quests chests in Fissure of Woe and Underworld I can't remember the last time I saw more than 1 item come out of them and pretty much all parties I've been with there are 8 humans, so no lost items to hench. So the only way I can see anet altering this if they actually do change it, would be to reduce the number of item drops from them to match the FoW and UW chest quest chests - and they've never had a problem with rare skins dropping from those. SaGGGan
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Originally Posted by onerabbit
lol..i see..well that was a silly thing to do
Yeah, it was kinda stupid, but I would do it again I think.
Chrystallines are still slightly rare from these chests, that's correct, but considering where else you can "farm" Crystalline Swords, the chance to get one there is rather big. Got about 5 in like 3 days of escessive farming, some with good Damage Mod, some without any. Maybe it's really a waste of time, but I just thought everyone should know this and have the chance to do this farm on their own, or just know that purple Crystallines aren't so rare anymore and so they aren't worth something like 100k - 100k + 50 Ecto. Im glad this thread didn't go as far as the same one got in the biggest german GW Forum, where I opened one to. Lots of people were really mad at me I think, some even said I've ruined there fun for playing GW. AscalonWarrior
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Originally Posted by SaGGGan
Im glad this thread didn't go as far as the same one got in the biggest german GW Forum, where I opened one to.
Lots of people were really mad at me I think, some even said I've ruined there fun for playing GW. Did this couple times yesterday, just got some crappy runes and weapons 1 Major Vigor Z'HA'DUM
i got a crystalline after 3 runs lol
AscalonWarrior
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Originally Posted by Z'HA'DUM
i got a crystalline after 3 runs lol
Ooh Still waiting for my Crystalline
mrcake
I did about 10 runs, got a crystalline and dwarven axe drop on the same run (about my fifth run) have had 2 major vigors loads of other runes and junk.
And 2 gold chests one of which gave me a zealous sword mod but i had to buy keys so the mod just about coverd that. pegasux
4 runs for me so far and nothing yet but i'll keep going in 2x a day just to test my luck.
onerabbit
ive dun about 5 runs..best thing i got is a krytan axe..wich went to merch and a dwarven hammer..are they even rare?
Neriandal Freit
Only rare if they have a built in mod (IE: 14% 50>) or such, but for the most part the hammer/axe is "Rare", but only valued "Rare" if the built in mod (IE: 14% 50>) is there for it.
Eli Rela
All I see it as a place to get some Major Vigors for heroes :-)
I got Dwarven Axe with terrible mod and Mursaat Hammer that went to a friend (it was a pity to just through it away) King's Spectre
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Originally Posted by Savio
This first came up on the forums a year ago, a little while after SF came out, and has been posted about every so often. It's a little late for hope.
It's even on Wiki that these chests have a shot at dropping a rare-skinned item. The "send away the hench" trick is what has me worried that the chests will simply be deleted.
Do the UW chests have a chance of gold drops or are they all grape as well? manitoba1073
OMFG are the rest of you so dense. Seriously. the Chests are quest chests they appear after you finsh the quest, they will not get nerfed. They are not like the DD chests. And yes ive known about it for a while.
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