The Chestrunners Thread

I'm fairly new to chest running/farming and I have a few questions.

What's the difference drops-wise (Golds) chest farming HM as opposed to NM? IE Forbidden chest vs locked chest in Raisu Palace.

Does chest farming solo mean better drops? Or does party size matter at all/effect chest drops?

1) HM generally means better drops. No guarantees though.

2) Party size is irrelevant.

Anyone have a map of chest locations for Raisu palace? Im going to be doing some runs this weekend there and I searched every page in this thread for a map but was unable to find one.

Did some runs outside of Leviathan, here is my 24% retention at work....




Path.

Really recommend it though, Many many golds.

Also, Bar I use on my Warrior.



12 strength/shadow arts.

^above i also suggest bringing shadow of haste and dash instead of dwarven stability and 1 of the regens, i run gyala alot too and it comes in handy to cut run time down alot

if u use alcohol to run u can replace iau aswell and swap it in dash instead, sometimes the chest is right in the middle of the mobs and shadow of haste comes in handy and life saving instead of getting killed to wait for res unless ur kurzick it could speed that area up abit

i always get the 5 chests here within 5 mins and yeh i recommend it too its guaranteed 5 chests here every single time

I know Silent Surf is already listed, but my route is a little different from the other one posted^^
First of all, the map:
the circles mean any mob in that area can spawn a chest, cause drawing every single chest on the map made it look ugly

Build:

A/R: 16 Shadow Arts, 12 Wilderness Survival
Not going to write an entire little guide, cause I started, and that would make this post hella long
I advise you to try it, you'll find out the spawns and the tricks yourself^^
Some hints:
Shadow of Haste is a killer skill in some situations namely the following:
-Chest at mesmer boss: cast it far enough, or you'll still have agro
-Assassin's construct: if you cast it at the right spot, you'll tele all the way back, saving time and probably your life
-And of course, it's just plain comfortable in some situations
In HM (which I usually run) some foes have very high IMS, that's where a 5sec+ Dash comes in handy, or else some mobs won't break. And the Rockhide Dragons can follow you for quite a while, and when IAU runs out, they'll gale your ass.. They can be a nuisance
-About Heart of Shadow: try not to use it on a Leviathan Eye, because if you do, that single Eye keeps following you for a very long time as well, even if you dash, so only use it on them if you really have to.
-It is also very advisable to pull mobs into each other when you have agro of them. Outcast and Afflicted fight with everything, so they are a good choice to distract other mobs.
-I usually don't run the extra route myself, because it involves agroing Creeping Carp mobs, an action that I strongly advise not to do, cause of their lovely skills Expunge Enchantments (goes through SF) and Siphon Speed, slowing you down. SoH is advised when agroing these mobs, so you can jump out when you got your chest.
-I don't run the Alternative route myself, because it only yields a chest every ~3-5 runs, and it slows you down a lot, but if you are very keen in getting Plagueborn weapons, you can take it I advise you to cast SF at the bottom of the hill, then run up, so it will be recharged before you have to agro the second mob.
When you do this correctly, you should get 3-5 chests in 3-4 minutes, depending on spawns and your own luck.
That's about it, happy chest running^^

Thanks for the clear guide on that, Bright Star Shine, will definetely try!

Anything on running with Necros? Been away for a while, came back the other day and noticed a few skill changes, so running solo has been hit for me. ATM I'm running with H/H and putting a few bonds on me to try and stay alive as I collect drops. Any builds that can solo run would be appreciated.

Shadowform has been (buffed) for all professions. Find a SF running build and just convert it over to Necro primary. Simple.

Hell's precipice - Darkstone Chest [NM]

items:
Magmas shield
Magmas arms
Sephis/dead
Titan armor runes

the route and build chest spawns:



if you want to be more careful, once you past the first bridge [2 burning titans 2 imps] keep moving along the route till u arrive at the mob before the ancient seer, mobs behind you will suddenly move to the boss mob to the right and can be avoided.


1 in 10 chests would most likely drop a magmas
1 in 4 chests would most likely be gold
1 in 4 chests would most likely be armors[runes]

run takes 3-5 minutes guaranteed 3 chests per a run [only 3 chests in the maps anyways]

equipment: 20% ench weapon +10vs fire shield

take Shadow form , 2-3 movement speed boosts, 2-3 regen skills

from screen above its on a warrior, could take out shadow refuge for dwarven stability for longer dash

some of the drops:





last words: very very easy run in nm, HM i would rate as one of the hardest chest runs mainly because the mobs are so close to each other and doesnt give u enough time to regen up esp on a warrior

Thanks for that superraptors, guess I'll give it a shot when I get back home, finally a new and interesting run ^_^

just did 15 runs in NM hell's (thanks for the tip superraptors!)...but, luck is not on my side...no magmas, and 2 golds (13 grape shiiate) - really easy running though as R/A

yeh i just chest run there when im bored, its mostly about the thrill when u get a gold magmas hehe

Me and a friend got into chestrunning lately, we duo-trio run in Pogmei Valley (Ebon Escape, recall, etc, its just one big jumpfest) . Its a very nice run 3-5 chests in 4 mins, good drop of elite tomes, my mate got a +10vsdemons Round Shield a week ago, gold drop rate seems nice too. Recommended farm if you want oldschool items.

raptors, it's actually pretty easy in HM as well. I don't need to tell you that dash breaks aggro so easy, and if you follow the path of the Seer (on the other one, the mobs are too close indeed), there are some rest spots, specifically those where the Lich is.

It is pretty do-able. However, I haven't seen alot of Magmas drop there..

Just did some runs HM in Mont Quinkai, Sunjiang District, Shadow Passage, Drazach Ticket.....a few decent amber weapons good for heroes, an amber aegis req 9 tactic, a paper fan with monstrous mods

Still have to have a decent drop from chests in HM

ps: Hell's Precipice is really easy both in NM and HM....but drops are terrible...only have had a magma so far and with bad mods

yeh i was guessing it would be much easier on classes with 4 pips of energy keep a perma sf up, probably will try when my sin gets there, its pretty dam hard on a warrior tho i must admit

can spears/scythes drop from prophecies and factions chests? I know spear upgrades are going for a pretty penny atm and I figured farming chests that drop spears would be a good idea ^^ thanks

EDIT - also same question for paragon and dervish elite tomes.

No to both questions.

tyvm for answering I couldn't find that info on wiki..

I've read the last 10 pages of this thread and it seems most recommend Mirror of Lyss and Poisoned Outcrops for chest running in Elona so I think I'll go with those zones, thanks!

So I heard someone talking about a chest in bukdek byway that's supposed to give an almost 100% chance of plagueborn items, close to kaineng city. So far I haven't been able to find the chest though and was wondering if anyone could give me some pointers as to where I could find said chest? Thanks in advance! <3

Leave Kaineng and keep to the left all the way to this Plagueborn chest. Take a left at the first corner and head up a ramp, across a short bridge and right there is a group of Plagueborn fighting guards. The chest spawns right in that group. The closer you get to the group more will pop up from the hole in the groud. Take running skills and some heros with party wide speed boosters. Charge warriors and a paragon similar to the one used for 100b raptor warrior runners. Hit that chest fast for those mobs hit hard in HM. A shield with armor vs fire helps a little bit. It seems HM produces more gold items and its also nice to score elite tomes. Good luck and have fun

Do you need a certain quest for them to spawn? ive run around the whole area and have yet to find any mobs there or a chest :/

Managed to find the chest after all, wasn't getting close enough to the group of mobs to spawn the chest, ty!

I'm guessing the two quests used for the speed vanquish (Chasing Zenmai / Drunken Master) keep the mobs from spawning / keep the chest from spawning. Correct me if I'm wrong though ^^

did the above mentioned chest run and its very reliable, spawns nearly every time, and i had no quests active what so ever.

Thanks for posting that spot!

good run, farmed about 75 goldplagueborn[excluding armors] items in 2 hours

its about 75%spawn rate

what im really after is the plagueborn shields, had about 5 of them drop, tested them but still id'd it after knowing theres no hp mods in hope for some dual mods.

Started listing all the maps found in this topic in one post since I have nothing better to do at the office Will add more pages once I get more spare time here.

Fissure of Woe
Witman's Folley
Ice Floe
Ring of Fire
Hell's Precipice
Sunqua Vale - Lucky Points
Bukdek Byway
Shadow's Passage
Nahpui Quarter (Mission)
Xaquang Skyway
Pongmei Valley
Melandru's Hope
Boreas Seabed
Gyala Hatchery
Silent Surf
The Mirror of Lyss
Poisoned Outcrops
Gate of Secrets
Ice Cliff Chasms
Grothmar Wardowns
Cathedral of Flames


Other chest runs worth checking out (no maps available atm):

- Raisu Palace
- Fronis Irontoe's Lair (Always 1 chest in the dungeon, easy to run)
- Snowman's Lair (easy to run with a SF build, with up to 5 chests spawn)
- Ascalon Foothills (lucky)

so far about 20 runs...very, very quick btw - BUT, only about a 30% spawn rate (only spawned 6 times). 2 grapes, 4 golds (2 of which were armors) oh, and a 100% broken lockpick rate

i'll keep trying though because i'm a degenerate gambler lol

EDIT: getting better, about 30 more chests and spawn rate is nearer to 60% (spawned about 20 times), still shitty retention rate of about 20% though (r4 lucky, r5 unlucky)

yeh purps drop hella lot for me and yeh spawn rate can be a bitch sometimes
im working on unlucky atm

anyways if u wanna chest run this with me come ad1 kaineng and u will see me at the gate

Yeah i seem to have bad luck running this chest in normal with loads of purples so i stick to hardmode and seem to get way more golds and i love all the elite and normal tomes. I never had a single tome in storage but since running this chest i now have 100's of tomes.

Still looking for other good easy fast chest run spots...

its better run to run factions by sin or warrior?

and how to run in boreas as warrior through assasins in boreas? (ressing run)

bring sf dark escape and feigned

sf > iau > dark escape >feigned gogo

make sure u bring sig of stamina its free 300hp

go full knights armor and absorption it helps

run a/p with can't touch this even if u could have a problem of energy management to keep up SF with deadly paradox and having to cancel stance every while...but at least they don't remove enchants.

EDIT: didn't see u asked for warrior...it's impossible cos those pesky fishes got siphon of speed and they slow you down. the only way to counter them is with A/P and can't touch this

ok, and can anyone tell me how to run in zaquang? after im in vermins teritory (where's noss) i need to die and run after rez yes? but jades kill me

luckily for you theres no carps at boreas seabed, all you need is dash dark escape and shadow of haste for tricky positions + sf and all the other crap

I've done a couple of the magical Plagueborn chest myself too, I've had a lot of luck with spawns though, like 80-85% of the time..

I bring 3 heroes, Thackeray, Morgahn and Koss, Thackeray and Morgahn with "Incoming!" and "Fall Back!" and Koss with "Charge!". Just micro the shouts and you don't even need a running build. I do it on my ssin, just so that I can cast SF when I run in, but it can be done by any prof that way..

I run HM ofc, but I've had like 80% of my drops being armors, so that's kind of ftl^^

What I'm wondering is, can you chestrun Kilroy Stonekin's chests? Because you fail if he dies, which is kind of a bummer, so, is it: kill things to get chest or run by and be lucky? Because with Siege elementals running around casting snares and shit, I'm thinking that's gotta be hard to survive for Kilroy..

I dont think they spawn without you killing the enemys. But maybe if you complete the quest that would cause them to spawn? Like use that spirit that rez's everyone in the area a bit back from a mob. Get kilroy to gain aggro, run back to spirit, rez up without pressing return to outpost, continue as normal? I dont know, just an idea, Although im very sure that the chests dont spawn without you killing a certain mob. It takes me 10mins to do a run including opening chests so im not so bothered

I'll give it a try some time^^ Kind of busy studying atm, so :P

Btw, a hint: the chest sometimes only spawns when you cross the bridge, because it is tied to a mob that still has to jump out.. I find that over half of the chestspawns are related to such mobs and only pop up when you cross it.. Perhaps that's the problem?

had the same thing, for me it wasn't needed to cross the bridge, just wait some secs to make all plagueborns pop out of the ground

once your pass the bridge, the chest will spawn, if it doesnt then resign cause it won't even if the plagueborns pop out

DS + dash is great cuts off 10 seconds atleast each run