Farming Dead Swords.
byteme!
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Originally Posted by Avatar Exico
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This is by far the quickest build. I've never had to use Soothing Memories or Mend Body and Soul..they're there just in case. Cast your Mantra then Channeling, get close to the mob, cast AE, agro, then VwK. Spam Vengeful Weapon and after the third VwK expires, you may only have one or two enemies left, and Vengeful Weapon can more than take care of them.|
Originally Posted by Avatar Exico
And the Build doesnt work very well at all.
You are a very negative person with many issues.
Domon Kasho
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Originally Posted by onerabbit
Ive had a simula experience, was farming greens on mhy necro, and i used the same build for about 5 months, and never got any greens, so i decided t change the build and i was getting greens galore..
So maybe, if you not getting any dead swords, try it out with a different chars and hope to have better luck..or change your build a bit.. its funny that you say that,i changed 1 skill in my ele build and got 3 max dead swords and a monk offhand.....in one run 
Suxipo
I am gonna change skills to see what will happen
To Avatar: read the whole thread and try again :P
Arkantos
Avatar, lrn2notsuck.
Ecksor
Avatar, read the thing under Arkantos' name.
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If this farm run is too hard, then it time to suck it up and improve or move onto another place.
Xx Devour Xx
hmm weird i hadnt done the run for a few days decided to do a run today, 1st try got a gold max r11 dead sword
 then did liek 5 more runs and nothing...
Error Seven Ftl
started doing this yesterday before work and did about 5 runs, no dead swords but 10 plat in materials+gold, and a gold staff with a staff wrapping of enchanting
ive been using the stoneflesh+stonestriker ele build with ss the only trouble ive been having is killing the monk casters in a quick amount of time, the only fix i see for this is just killing hte melees and rezoning if youre interested in dead sword only  but i tried doing this build with 12 earth magic, no luck, invested in an earth staff, earth headpiece, and sup earth rune, and it was worth it, 16 earth magic+extra energy really helps with stoneflesh, ty for this farming spot!
Dementiak
Ok, I'm finally happy with my elem build.
I just remembered how much i loved sliver armor. Versus the monks all you need up is stonflesh aura and you'll survive. Versus the warriors try to keep their mana at zero and you can cast anything you want. This is so much faster than the SOJ monk i used to use, especially when there are two groups. since you have unlimited mana, thanks to stonestriker and mantra of earth just keep using glyph of elem power before shockwave (and ofcourse sliver). I use Shockwave rather than sandstorm becuse they dont run away.... and do you remember the first time you got close to Zarnas Stonewrath and felt the hit of his shockwave, kaboom dead WTF!... Now I can give some of that same love back --- By the way heres my recent find. on a side note, werent there 5 waves of enemies? I only encounter 3 now after the canthan new year patch. Edit :: My mistake there are still 5 waves... (group 4 and 5 merge with the 3rd, ty senrath) and Lol in a lucky run... i got a yellow then a brown then a black dye (all in the same run)
Senrath
nope, it's always been like that. there are 5 GROUPS of enemies, but technically only 3 "waves"
Slabby
Nothing after 4 runs yesterday. Going to try some more today.
And a big thank you to onerabbit
Marv forever
Got a 15-21 req 8 .... sniff but a big Ty to onerabbit if you know a way to farm colossal with the same efficiency you are welcome ^^
RebelHero
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Originally Posted by Dementiak
AscalonWarrior
How long does one run usually take?
Efrin
It takes ~10 minutes as Ele and 10-20 as Warrior
AscalonWarrior
Any idea what aboout monk? Thanks
yhm
Carboplatin
i think it takes less then 10min with a SoJ + smite Hex monk, but i never actually timed it.
one more thing, are you guys rezoning right at the portal or mapping back to town after each run? i am afraid rezoning repeatly will trigger the "antifarm" Senrath
personally, I pick up everything, so I have to map back to town each time, since usually there are enough drops to fill up my inventory mostly, if not completely. I have yet to trigger the antifarm warning (I do have hints turned on), but that might just be me.
Suxipo
It takes ~11min with SOJ monk including running from the outpost. So if you just rezone at the portal, it is about 1.5 min less.
I now just do 3-5 runs and stop. more runs wont get me any DS if I didnt get them in the first 3-5 runs.
fgarvin
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Originally Posted by AscalonWarrior
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ps...learn the patterns of the mobs
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Originally Posted by False Healer
Rt/Me Max Restoration and Inspiration
[skill]Arcane Echo[/skill][skill]vengeful was khanhei[/skill][skill]Vengeful Weapon[/skill][skill]Soothing Memories[/skill][skill]Mend body and Soul[/skill][skill]resilient weapon[/skill][skill]Mantra of Resolve[/skill][skill]Channeling[/skill]
Vilaptca
Well...I'm certainly not getting any gold Dead Swords, or any at all for that matter, but I've had 4 gold Protective Icons and 3 gold Divine Favor wands drop for me...
And this finally got me off my butt to do some more farming again...kind of stopped after Nightfall came out...
Slabby
Got 2 Dead Swords yesterday: one 15-21 and the other 14-20
 There seems to be a big chance of getting gold healing ankhs, prot icons en holy rods
Al Andaluz
Alright, after reading all the threads through this link, I've come up with this build:
E/Me 16 earth 10-12 insp energy storage as high as you can get Skills: Mantra of Earth Stone Striker Stoneflesh Aura Glyph of Concentration Archane Echo Sliver Armor Shockwave/Sandstorm/other earth high dmg skill Stone Daggers Equipment: Max dmg/energy earth staff... I play with an Adept Earth Staff of Enchanting (20cast/20recharge/20recharge/20enchant) -you definitely want 19-20% enchants to keep recast rate of stoneflesh and stone striker at a minimum. Although I haven't tested it yet, I believe that the +10armor vs Earth ele armor should work relatively well in place of stoneflesh... this would allow another dmg skill. Again, I STRESS the fact that I haven't tested this idea out, but with +10 armor vs earth, +10 armor vs ele, on top of mantra and stonestriker, one extra space for another aoe earth skill could (possibly) work fine with this build. Anyone testing this idea, pls pm me with the results, I would really like to know how it works w/out testing it myself (I'm poor w/little time for testing this stuff). First 3 skills are you def/energy skills... even with 40 energy this build supplies continual energy due to mantra and stonestriker. Energy is never a problem so long as these two skills are up. The main dmg you're creating is from Sliver Armor; before agroing, cast Mantra, Stonestriker, Stoneflesh before agroing (in that order due to the time they each last). Once you initiate agro, run in and pull melee chars into casters, then cast glyph, echo, sliver. Once glyph is recharged, recast it followed by stoneflesh and, once original sliver is blinking, cast sliver again (echoed copy). Shockwave/Sandstorm/other aoe earth spell is for extra dmg, cast whenever recharged, don't worry about being interupted. If any enemies run away due to sliver/shockwave/whatever, cast stone daggers at them to re-agro, or to just finish them off, depending on their hp level. This build is designed to take out one slave grp at a time... if you agro more than one grp at a time, this build will take much more time to clear the quest than necessary. At most this build should take 15 mins per farm, so long as you take one grp out per agro. Continually cast glyph before other spells when melee chars are in range. Stoneflesh and Sliver armor are vital... keep them up as much as possible; if you have killed all melee in a grp, glyph is not necessary (casters can't interupt), so continually cast whatever is necessary. If you run this build correctly, archane echo should be completely recharged by the time you have killed each individual grp. After Stoneflesh and Sliver have been cast, use stone daggers for any enemies that have run out of the main agro, or for any other that are low on hp. Stonestriker + mantra = zero energy problems, so spam stone daggers as much as you want. I have died twice (out of about 50 runs) with this build; both times were due to me being lazy and not paying attention to the other grps coming into the area. Out of the runs I've completed, I have farmed 3 max (req 13, 11, and 10), 1 non-max dead swords, ~40k worth of gold pieces/purp and golditems/blue and white items/runes, and a few dyes, including one black. This build is EXTREMELY easy with the quest involved... if anyone has any questions/suggestions/whatever, please pm me ingame. My ele has gained close to 200k exp with this build, tons of money to show for it, and only 2 deaths as a result of my being lazy. While the recasting of some spells might seem tedious to some, if you've ever 55ed anywhere, or have done any other soloing other than a/e or e/a sliver soloing, this build is extremely easy to play. Learning curve on this build = 20 mins max.
lacuna
Using the 135hp SoJ monk posted on the first page I got a 15-22 (req.13) gold dead sword(will be using on my warrior ^^).
The cash requisition from this run is pretty high too. I make about 10k in 4 runs. If anyone is having trouble with the melee spirits fleeing from SoJ then make sure to engage one of them in combat with your weapon. This prevents him from running. Xxalon Tacotu
What route are people taking from Bone Palace ??
If I pick up a Wurm and make a dash for the portal, I get degen'd to death Even with a full party of heroes/henchies, I die before the portal. How do you reach it solo ??? Senrath
You avoid aggro as long as possible, then hit Junudu Tunnel once you've entered aggro, and try to shake the monsters.
fgarvin
I hug the left hand side (along the cliff edge) until I agro the nearest mob, then I angle towards the right to avoid the large group of undead to the left of the portal/shrine. Doing this, I've never aggroed that group and make it to the portal with at least half health.
PM me in-game and I show you: Popi Voodoo
Suxipo
for those having problem running to the portal: just flag the heroes/hench to aggro first. You then press 5 (wum's sprint skill) to the portal. easy. Very rude to your beloved heroes/hench but no choice
Song Hye Jin
This my video for this farm look !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrHCtPe7HC8 King Jerre
very nice
Oren The Destroyer
What would you guys suggest for a dervish, other than a 130 build? I'm dying to farm these, and my monk isn't there yet.
Something with Veil of Thorns+Armor of sanctity?
King's Spectre
This is fun - which means I'm sure it will be nerfed shortly. Does anyone actually get there without the henchies? It would be lovely not to have to share all those cash drops...
No dead sword for me yet but this seems to be a good spot for a lot of misc items that don't seem to drop for me otherwise.
Skawtt
I got a max req 9 one this morning.....wich I promply customized
 Edit: You dont need to take henchies with you at all. When you leave the Bone Palace quickly hop on the Wurm express. Make your way towards the portal and when the first mob in the way aggroes you hit the Wurms Junundu Tunnel and your thru.
Bonelance
this probably wont be nerfed for a bit, considering it has been on Wiki and this for quite some time. even before this current thread it was posted about, and anet has done nothing yet to correct it.
as for henches...how could you not get to the portal alone? just hug the wall then tunnel through...
yhm
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There is always one melee spirit wielding a FDS, anyone got a max/gold FDS from them?
King's Spectre
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There is always one melee spirit wielding a FDS, anyone got a max/gold FDS from them? I got a non-max purple and a blue one last night, so I suspect this would be a good spot to try for one. pukiman
From around 50 runs (Not all after each other), I never got a dead sword. Plenty of gold shields, wands and staffs, but not a single dead sword.
jon0592
So...after 10 pages of talk, is the first warrior build in the first post on the first page still useable?
Senrath
I have yet to try it, but it should still work.
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