In light of the upcoming Triple Chest Rewards. I thought I might try my hand at Chest Running. Unfortunately, don't have much time to devote to gaming, and as such, I have only two characters in high end areas.
Warrior anywhere in Prophecies
Elementalist anywhere in Nightfall
Anyone have some suggestions? I saw a post a bit back about Abaddon's Mouth run, but no build was posted. Guess I'll throw in some H/H and see what happens eh?
The Chestrunners Thread
FireMarshal
lilDeath
Just use the standard SF running build, with dash and dark escape and then 3 warrior heroes with speed boosts. It's a pretty easy run once you get to know the spawn points.
Carboplatin
Been running cof 1st lvl in NM for the title.
a perma can get 1 chest in under 1 min, and 2 chests in under 2 min.
a perma can get 1 chest in under 1 min, and 2 chests in under 2 min.
Eragon Selene
I run the Snowman Layer dungeon at Groto. A permi sin can run to the first locked door in 2min and get 3 to 4 chests a run in nm or hm
darcness boy
Can anyone suggest any Hard Mode chest run places? I was thinking about Raisu Palace, but i would like hear what you guys prefer. Thanks!
Puddin Cheeks
Boreal station rocks,
I run avg1-3 chests, NM and get 3 drunk min in a (1.5 - 2) min run
I use
[Shadow Form][Dwarven Stability][Drunken Master] and various other skills for self heal or whatever.
Start outside of station, Drink lvl 5 alcohol,
1)Use Druken Master - You dont need the double bonus time for the stances from dwarven but you need it for the knockdowns from the aloes.
2)As soon as druken master recharges, use it again, it is your timer to know when to /resign.
3) the shadow form is for getting to the chests that spawn in the baddies (pinesols, and avalanche)
As soon as your second casting of Druken master has hit the 30 sec recharge mark you should be close to finishing the run and you can resign and receive the last 2 minutes of you drunk points.
I have done this for about 12 hours of game time and have received slightly less than double that for drunk time.
IGN ->Puddin Cheeks I'll show you my route if you have never done it. It really isnt complicated because you cant really go the wrong way.
I run avg1-3 chests, NM and get 3 drunk min in a (1.5 - 2) min run
I use
[Shadow Form][Dwarven Stability][Drunken Master] and various other skills for self heal or whatever.
Start outside of station, Drink lvl 5 alcohol,
1)Use Druken Master - You dont need the double bonus time for the stances from dwarven but you need it for the knockdowns from the aloes.
2)As soon as druken master recharges, use it again, it is your timer to know when to /resign.
3) the shadow form is for getting to the chests that spawn in the baddies (pinesols, and avalanche)
As soon as your second casting of Druken master has hit the 30 sec recharge mark you should be close to finishing the run and you can resign and receive the last 2 minutes of you drunk points.
I have done this for about 12 hours of game time and have received slightly less than double that for drunk time.
IGN ->Puddin Cheeks I'll show you my route if you have never done it. It really isnt complicated because you cant really go the wrong way.
Tenebrae
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Originally Posted by FireMarshal
In light of the upcoming Triple Chest Rewards. I thought I might try my hand at Chest Running. Unfortunately, don't have much time to devote to gaming, and as such, I have only two characters in high end areas.
Warrior anywhere in Prophecies Elementalist anywhere in Nightfall Anyone have some suggestions? I saw a post a bit back about Abaddon's Mouth run, but no build was posted. Guess I'll throw in some H/H and see what happens eh? |
Its 5 chests on 7-10 min , even less with a perma sin .
T1Cybernetic
I am practicaly living at boreal station at the moment 
Running with hench/heroes using charge on my heroes and getting pretty decent chest drops in hard mode but my oh my is it boring doing chest running 
In under 2 minutes (Slow Run) there is usually 1 or 2 chests from the start of the worms to the pinesouls, just resign and repeat as soon as you get to the pinesouls, it's faster in my opinion...
Running with hench/heroes using charge on my heroes and getting pretty decent chest drops in hard mode but my oh my is it boring doing chest running In under 2 minutes (Slow Run) there is usually 1 or 2 chests from the start of the worms to the pinesouls, just resign and repeat as soon as you get to the pinesouls, it's faster in my opinion...
Puddin Cheeks
I actually like having the cooldown times between running sessions while im selling the good mods and what few good skin weapons I got. I am only good for 200-300 chests before i have to do something else for a little while (2-3 days).
hawaiian143
sometimes i just jump on my perma and enter Imperial sanctum.
just run past Kunna and to the left in about a min i can get 1-3 chests as 6 spawn points are close by, but if i get the the fist spot and no chest i just resign and rinse and repeat.
just run past Kunna and to the left in about a min i can get 1-3 chests as 6 spawn points are close by, but if i get the the fist spot and no chest i just resign and rinse and repeat.
Asimo
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Originally Posted by T1Cybernetic
I am practicaly living at boreal station at the moment
Running with hench/heroes using charge on my heroes and getting pretty decent chest drops in hard mode but my oh my is it boring doing chest running In under 2 minutes (Slow Run) there is usually 1 or 2 chests from the start of the worms to the pinesouls, just resign and repeat as soon as you get to the pinesouls, it's faster in my opinion... |
T1Cybernetic
Yes i have been making at least some money back from the elite tomes from the boreal chest run 
Puddin Cheeks
i am almost turning positive money out of NM chest running from Boreal Station. Mods and some q9 skins get some money back, but the kicker is "measure for measure". Use it wisely and you'll almost break even from materials
Rice
hmm, just found 100+ kurzick keys on my other account. Anyone know any good kurzick CR places in NM? Thanks in advance.
Puddin Cheeks
arborstone used to be my run.
xiounaiw
sorry to asking that but, someone have a chest maps for the divine path ?
thx in advance
thx in advance
T1Cybernetic
When i have been into the divine path the chests have always spawned randomly but luckily the area is pretty straight forward so i just run through for 2 or 3 minutes and then restart...
but luckily the area is pretty straight forward so i just run through for 2 or 3 minutes and then restart...
weehadoo
Hey I'm currently working on my TH title and lukcy title (TH r3, Lucky r4) and I'm wondering what is the fastest area to chestrun when going for TH and lucky at the same time?
Kamakazi112
gyala...run first 3 chests then go back....can get 3 chests in 2 mins...faster to run 3 chests than 5 chests around 55 chests a hour
Coney
Boreal Station get nerfed latest patch? Just ran it 19 times, 8 of them dry runs (no chests). That's running full 1:30-2:00 to the 3rd shrine.
I've done this in the past, for hours at a time. I'd get a dry run every 8 or 9 runs typically. Sometimes 2-3 dry runs in a short span of 4-6.
But never half of them out of a large number of runs. Anyone else seeing this? Seems kinda lame to me, if indeed a nerf.
I've done this in the past, for hours at a time. I'd get a dry run every 8 or 9 runs typically. Sometimes 2-3 dry runs in a short span of 4-6.
But never half of them out of a large number of runs. Anyone else seeing this? Seems kinda lame to me, if indeed a nerf.
Back then
Does anyone still bother to chest run, or do people just do zchest now?
Also, what is the most effective (time/cost) area to farm the treasure hunter title? What are the cheapest chests that count toward this title?
Also, what is the most effective (time/cost) area to farm the treasure hunter title? What are the cheapest chests that count toward this title?
Marty Silverblade
Chests need to have 600g key costs to count.
Merging with Chestrunners thread in Farming.
Merging with Chestrunners thread in Farming.
rkubik
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Wrong.
There are NO areas in game that can spawn more than 5 locked chests. For most areas in Nightfall the number is a fixed 5, but some can spawn hidden because of quests or other scripted spawns active in the area. |
I have had areas where more than five chest have spawned. At times I have experienced when I have killed a boss a new chest will spawn.
Begon
Chestrunning The Mirror of Lyss.
Vabbian keys 600g/Lockpicks 1200-1500g
I prefer using lockpicks due to the high chance of using only 1 lockpick every 2-3 runs, when u have a good rank.
Easy runs, start in Mihanu Township. End up close to Dzagonur Bastion.
5 min runs and usually 4-5 chests.
Vabbian keys 600g/Lockpicks 1200-1500g
I prefer using lockpicks due to the high chance of using only 1 lockpick every 2-3 runs, when u have a good rank.
Easy runs, start in Mihanu Township. End up close to Dzagonur Bastion.
5 min runs and usually 4-5 chests.
disarm76
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Chestrunning The Mirror of Lyss
Easy runs, start in Mihanu Township. End up close to Dzagonur Bastion. 5 min runs and usually 4-5 chests. |
Anyway I do all 5 chest in about 8 min checking all locations. That's 60/8=7,5 runs in an hour. 7,5*5=37,5 chest per hour.
belladonna shylock
Ice Dome is a good place to run if you want a new location. It can be done in NM and HM. there is KD there, but it happens very rarely. The beasts us it, but tend not to if you're not attacking. You can even sliver that area if you're bored and chest running and want to do something different. 2-4 chests on average. Bring a shadow step to stop the body block. Very fast run. Since it's not an explorable area next to a town, i fight my way to Ice Dome. When you enter, put up SF. Your H/H will die fast.
disarm76
Mirror of Lyss Chestrunning
I've seen some posts about this but not a guide.
Anyway here is the map and attributes.
[Chestrun;OgcSc5PT3lpGsSTQhO6M0kuM]
About the map:
Stars - possible chest location (always 5 chests)
Red - Route
Yellow- Shadow of haste route
1 - If when you get here you have at least 4 chests you should start again (you loose too much time getting the other chest)
Equipment:
Axe or Sword with hp+30 or Enchantments last 20% (none of them is really needed)
Shield: any with -5/20 and hp+30
Time - Around 8 minutes for a full run (most of the times you get the five chest before)
Here's a youtube video of a run. Sorry about the quality, still noob at enconding.
dime basha
at 9400 chests now, been runnning fire islands for chance of magmas shields. got bout 12 of these (gold) in 300 runs and many purps. none of any real value but some singlemods q9's.
also I find that its more interesting if you chest run in an area where you can get really rare waepons.
I have done about 3-4000 chests in melandru's hope. found q7 echovald shield. (1 year ago)
have also found multiple dual gothics,gothic shields etc....
really depends if you care about the thrill of finding good items or you just want the title,
either way its alot of time so good luck on your travels .....
(ill have my max this week)
also I find that its more interesting if you chest run in an area where you can get really rare waepons.
I have done about 3-4000 chests in melandru's hope. found q7 echovald shield. (1 year ago)
have also found multiple dual gothics,gothic shields etc....
really depends if you care about the thrill of finding good items or you just want the title,
either way its alot of time so good luck on your travels .....
(ill have my max this week)
Tenebrae
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Originally Posted by Find_&_Seek
Sorry if this is a wrong area to post but this is the closest thing i could find to it, me and a guildie was wondering if there are any nooby/low level island chest running areas that people know of to gain points for the lucky title?
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Baobao23
Boreal station is the fastest and easiest for me (1min and 30 secs for the 1st 3 chests) .There's usually a chest within that run but rarely do all 3 pop out.
I've done full runs of this map quite a few times and I've never gotten more than 4 chest spawns. I've also found out that if you've only found 0-1 chest spawns on the first 1 min and 30 secs, it's better to look around the 1st group of mandragors and past Oxflinger (norn boss) to see if there are any additional spawns rather than simply repeating the run.
Most common spawn locations:
1st chest: Hill with the wurms (sometimes spawns east to the hill)
2nd chest: North of the hill where the wurms are, but sometimes it spawns east to where the pinesouls are.
3rd chest: Pinesoul area
4th chest: 1st mandragor group beside the chilling wisps
I've done full runs of this map quite a few times and I've never gotten more than 4 chest spawns. I've also found out that if you've only found 0-1 chest spawns on the first 1 min and 30 secs, it's better to look around the 1st group of mandragors and past Oxflinger (norn boss) to see if there are any additional spawns rather than simply repeating the run.
Most common spawn locations:
1st chest: Hill with the wurms (sometimes spawns east to the hill)
2nd chest: North of the hill where the wurms are, but sometimes it spawns east to where the pinesouls are.
3rd chest: Pinesoul area
4th chest: 1st mandragor group beside the chilling wisps
imnotyourmother
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Originally Posted by Coney
Boreal Station get nerfed latest patch? Just ran it 19 times, 8 of them dry runs (no chests). That's running full 1:30-2:00 to the 3rd shrine.
I've done this in the past, for hours at a time. I'd get a dry run every 8 or 9 runs typically. Sometimes 2-3 dry runs in a short span of 4-6. But never half of them out of a large number of runs. Anyone else seeing this? Seems kinda lame to me, if indeed a nerf. |
I found the SAME thing. I would then alternate between Boreal Station and Gunners Hold - BOXING-
Here is what I found.
Character name: A S L A N
Location: Boreal Starion/Gunner's Hold
Difficulty: None/Lag
I bought 200K worth of Lockpicks - 160 of them and started running. My Tresaure hunter was lvl 4 and my Lucky lvl 4. Normal mode retention was 60%
I charted my runs by "drops" - Gold and Purple and starting at 2,182 Chests opened. As of this morning I have exactly 2,500 chests opened.
Here are my findings...
I started with 183 picks - after buying 160 of them -
Retained 200 times
Broken 118
I should have had 60% Retention rate. My ret. was exactly 62%
Cost of Lockpicks was - 147,500 gold (more on this later)
Gold Drops - 89 or 28%
Purple Drops - 229
I intentionally left 0 gold in my inventory BEFORE running out so I knew how much gold I generated in sales.
My inventory show 90,000 gold (rounded up) this does not include the 22K I got for the one For Get Me Not 20% that I got as a drop.
So my total gold earned from running chests since last Friday - today is Monday morning - is 112K (rounded up to nearest 1K)
So Total cost is 147,500 - 112,000 = a piddily 35,500 gold.
As for time to run these chests. It takes LONGER to run Boreal Station than it does KillRoy's Boxing.
Also my retention rate seemed higher when I was doing the Boxing for some reason.
ALSO, there is a Possibility of getting a SUP VIG from the boxing were as there is zero chance at Boreal station.
So when runes are taken into account, Boxing is way more proffitable.
I got almost 18000 Unlucky and 50,000 Lucky in 3 days or less.
I will continue to chart this. I now have 2500 Chests opened and I am at 587,000 Lucky . SO my retention rate is 40 + 15 (th) + 8 (l) = 63%
I will start with 100 Keys and 0 gold. I should keep the pick 163 times and break it 100 times for 263 chests opened. I should be able to do this in just under 5 hours and earn 46,500 gold without special drops for a costs of 125 000g and a loss of 78,500 gold.
(purples at 150g and Golds at 250g) We will see...
My Lipgloss is Cool
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I should have had 60% Retention rate. My ret. was exactly 62%
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Ho; P = .6
Ha; P > .6
P = True proportion of lockpicks retained.
(P(Observed)-Po)/Sqrt((Po x (1-Po)/n)=Z
P(Observed)=.62, Po=.6, N=318
(.62-.6)=.02
Sqrt((.6 x .4)/318) = .027
.02 / .027 = .740740... = zscore = .7704
Fail to reject the Ho that the true proportion of lockpick retention is .6.
Which means that getting a 62% observed retention rate is very reasonable when the true proportion is actually 60%
Of course, your retention rate was NOT exactly .62, but actually much closer to .63 (200/318=0.62893). This doesn't change much, however.
I'll be honest, I just wanted to see if I remembered how to do a significance test.
superraptors
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easily forgetting that 90% of the drops in hardmode are gold, and 1 in 20 drops are usually an elite tome which is easily 5k+ [covers cost of 4 picks]
also running in normal mode boreal, has less chests that pop up near the worms, i hardly or never find a dry run in hardmode, maybe 1 in 10 zones that a chest is further away from the wurms but hard mode = more creature spawns which means more chest spawns, so boreal is faster for treasure hunter if done in hardmode
snodaard
Hello, I'm looking to kinda max my lucky/unlucky titles this weekend. atleast I want to get alot of points what do you guys think is the best place to get alot of chest fast. I prefer not to run fronis irontoe thingy or the wurms at Boreal station, but if you guys think that's the fastest I'd like to know that
tnx in advance
what do you guys think is the best place to get alot of chest fast. I prefer not to run fronis irontoe thingy or the wurms at Boreal station, but if you guys think that's the fastest I'd like to know that tnx in advance
Tenebrae
Tnx in advance for asking a question that is answered on the same page you are reading ....
Ariena Najea
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Originally Posted by Mesramanced
I'm sorry if this is in the wrong section, but seeing that the weekend event coming up focuses on an increased drop rate for lockpicks and a boost (I believe it's double, I'm not sure) to the Lucky title progression.
Thus, I am wondering: where are the best places to farm low-level chests? I'm talking 50g newbie Ascalon chests or something of that nature, due to the ridiculously high lockpick retention. Thanks. And by the way, I have Proph and Factions, but not Nightfall and I don't plan on getting NF any time soon. EoTN is out of the question, I believe, because there are no low-level chests (obviously, it's made for level 20s, lol). |
nitetime
Is there an anti chest running code pertaining to drops? I didnt look really hard, but didnt find any info.
New areas are pretty good to me, then drops turn to crap real fast. As you can see I am also interested in golds. Last night after 15 hm snowman runs items went from all golds and elite tomes to all grapes so I stopped.
New areas are pretty good to me, then drops turn to crap real fast. As you can see I am also interested in golds. Last night after 15 hm snowman runs items went from all golds and elite tomes to all grapes so I stopped.
_Nihilist_
Try Fronis Irontoe's Lair (Kilroy Stonekin's Punchout Extravaganza Quest/Dungeon). There is always 1 Locked Chest, and it takes ~1 minute to do the run and map back to Gunnar's Hold to keep going in. Go in HM, it's still runnable. Just enter the Dungeon, follow Kilroy when he heads towards the first 2 Stone Summit, and as soon as he gives you the "Kilroy Stonekin!" Shout buff, run like a madman to reach the Locked Chest before it runs out.
The rooms in the Dungeon are as follows:
First Room - Stone Summit, Chest never spawns here
Second Room - Stone Summit, Ettin - Chest can spawn here
Third Room - Stone Summit, 2 Stonewolves - Chest can spawn here
Fourth Room - Stone Summit - Chest can spawn here
Fifth Room - Stone Summit, Lieutenant Maghmar - Chest never spawns here
Sixth Room - Fronis Irontoe, Ettin - Chest can spawn here
I've never had a Locked Chest spawn in either the first room or the room with Lt. Maghmar.
In the 3rd room (one with Stonewolves) the Locked Chest can spawn really close to, and sometimes behind, the wall. If this happens, it's best to map back to Gunnar's and re-enter, because even if you do manage to open the Chest, you might not be able to pick up the drop.
If the Chest doesn't spawn in rooms 2, 3, or 4, map to Gunnar's and re-enter. You run this, you don't fight your way through (takes way too long if you are only doing this for the Locked Chest), and if it's not in rooms 2, 3, or 4, it's in the last room, which means going through the "Fight Club" of Summit as well as Maghmar and his 3 goons, which is a waste of time.
The rooms in the Dungeon are as follows:
First Room - Stone Summit, Chest never spawns here
Second Room - Stone Summit, Ettin - Chest can spawn here
Third Room - Stone Summit, 2 Stonewolves - Chest can spawn here
Fourth Room - Stone Summit - Chest can spawn here
Fifth Room - Stone Summit, Lieutenant Maghmar - Chest never spawns here
Sixth Room - Fronis Irontoe, Ettin - Chest can spawn here
I've never had a Locked Chest spawn in either the first room or the room with Lt. Maghmar.
In the 3rd room (one with Stonewolves) the Locked Chest can spawn really close to, and sometimes behind, the wall. If this happens, it's best to map back to Gunnar's and re-enter, because even if you do manage to open the Chest, you might not be able to pick up the drop.
If the Chest doesn't spawn in rooms 2, 3, or 4, map to Gunnar's and re-enter. You run this, you don't fight your way through (takes way too long if you are only doing this for the Locked Chest), and if it's not in rooms 2, 3, or 4, it's in the last room, which means going through the "Fight Club" of Summit as well as Maghmar and his 3 goons, which is a waste of time.
El Presidente
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...and if it's not in rooms 2, 3, or 4, it's in the last room, which means going through the "Fight Club" of Summit as well as Maghmar and his 3 goons, which is a waste of time.
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Anyway ~ my point here is that you don't have to do the "Fight Club". Just keep running toward the last room (where Fronis and the Ettin are) and enter that room between the right wall and the guy blocking the door on the right side. Just prior to reaching Fronis, your speed boost will no longer be in effect, so heal up and then get the chest.
_Nihilist_
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Originally Posted by El Presidente
you don't have to do the "Fight Club". Just keep running toward the last room (where Fronis and the Ettin are) and enter that room between the right wall and the guy blocking the door on the right side.
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TY 4 the Head's Up.