This way you can get like 2-4chests in 2:30mins which is better than pongmei for chest/time ratio imo.
Btw I never knew you could get 6 chests in an area
I do this on HM ofc!
The Chestrunners Thread
Kep
In my experience chests don't often spawn near the portal you entered the zone from. So by dying/ressing in the middle of map you cut out the 2mins of running around the start of the map for just 1chest - probably none.
This way you can get like 2-4chests in 2:30mins which is better than pongmei for chest/time ratio imo.
Btw I never knew you could get 6 chests in an area
I do this on HM ofc!
This way you can get like 2-4chests in 2:30mins which is better than pongmei for chest/time ratio imo.
Btw I never knew you could get 6 chests in an area
I do this on HM ofc!
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In my experience chests don't often spawn near the portal you entered the zone from. So by dying/ressing in the middle of map you cut out the 2mins of running around the start of the map for just 1chest - probably none.
This way you can get like 2-4chests in 2:30mins which is better than pongmei for chest/time ratio imo. Btw I never knew you could get 6 chests in an area I do this on HM ofc! |
picture of path and where i've seen the chests spawn the most
Kep
Yea you're spot-on with them chest spawn locations. Better map than mine lol.
If ya wanna run the entire map then definitely do it!
In my experience I've never got anything decent from chests that are linked to Blood Drinkers/Wallows/Stone Pillar things. Getting Amber Wands/Staffs/Bows all the time! QQ
Echo's are dropping 95% of the time from Kirin/Dragon Moss linked chests. Guardians obv dropping from warden chests. Had a few Echo's from Dredge chests which was weird O_o! Had couple of Jugs drop from chests near Kirin too (think that is just coincidental though). Gothic Duals dropping from Warden/Kirin/Dredge chests.
Had no perf shields yet, but I will get something awesome sooner or later. Fingers crossed! :P
If ya wanna run the entire map then definitely do it!
In my experience I've never got anything decent from chests that are linked to Blood Drinkers/Wallows/Stone Pillar things. Getting Amber Wands/Staffs/Bows all the time! QQ
Echo's are dropping 95% of the time from Kirin/Dragon Moss linked chests. Guardians obv dropping from warden chests. Had a few Echo's from Dredge chests which was weird O_o! Had couple of Jugs drop from chests near Kirin too (think that is just coincidental though). Gothic Duals dropping from Warden/Kirin/Dredge chests.
Had no perf shields yet, but I will get something awesome sooner or later. Fingers crossed! :P
greenough
got a couple single mod jugs today, its weird i vq'd the place from r1 to r10 kur and never saw a vs demon shield, in the last hour i've gotten 2 single mod +8 purples. can't get a perfect shield either tho.
ashes
Is Boreal Station the fastest way to max the title?
d_fens
After opening around 400 chests outside of Boreal and the same amount in Silent Surf, my calculations show that Silent Surf is faster. Minimum amount of chests in Silent Surf run I get is 3 and run takes 3 minutes (I use heroes for Charge and Fall Back and Incoming). Boreal run is usually 1 chest (rarely two) but there are often dry runs without any chests. I run in NM (don't care about golds, only want to max the title).
Kilroy run is also fast and guarantees one chest. A lot of armor drops there though (on the other hand good chance for nice runes).
If you want speed, my personal recommendation is Silent Surf. Map was posted in thie thread some pages ago.
Kilroy run is also fast and guarantees one chest. A lot of armor drops there though (on the other hand good chance for nice runes).
If you want speed, my personal recommendation is Silent Surf. Map was posted in thie thread some pages ago.
gw_poster
other fast runs if you are only talking about one chest per run is bukdek byway outside KC - 30-40s run, and the outcast chest run which is 30-35s (10s of which is rez time), BUT the bukdek run shows up about 8/10 times whereas the outcast (rhea's crater) run for me is about 6/10 times. Pongmei is the fastest for me on a consistent basis with generally 4-5 chests in 5 min or less. I dunno why but I have terrible luck with Silent Surf running, so I shy away from it. My favorite run atm though are the runs to the vermin chests in Xaquaang Skyway, and the Am Fah in Naphui Quarter, both coming from Senji's Corner, lots of the rare staves drop from these two places. (props to Yuri for showing me the Am Fah run)
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other fast runs if you are only talking about one chest per run is bukdek byway outside KC - 30-40s run, and the outcast chest run which is 30-35s (10s of which is rez time), BUT the bukdek run shows up about 8/10 times whereas the outcast (rhea's crater) run for me is about 6/10 times.
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I dunno why but I have terrible luck with Silent Surf running, so I shy away from it.
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I use heroes and pack them with Charge/Incoming/Fall Back/Can't Touch This. Constant 33% IMS is good. Shadow of Haste helps too.
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My favorite run atm though are the runs to the vermin chests in Xaquaang Skyway, and the Am Fah in Naphui Quarter, both coming from Senji's Corner, lots of the rare staves drop from these two places. (props to Yuri for showing me the Am Fah run)
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gw_poster
^^ I run everything HM so I cant compare to NM
myths of fury
Where can you get Kappa Shields? Wiki says only the undercity, but I'm not so sure... anyways.
I would also appreciate if anyone came up with a map of the best chest run for such an item!
I would also appreciate if anyone came up with a map of the best chest run for such an item!
zeth006
Man. Recently returned to GW after years of inactivity. Have my toon AFK'ing on Shing Jea island to bump lucky title to R4 by the time the event's over. All these guides and tips have me excited to begin chest-running. Only problem is my warrior which I plan to use to do silent surf runs just got to Kaineng. It'll take me some time to rune up and equip all my heroes.
Bright Star Shine
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Man. Recently returned to GW after years of inactivity. Have my toon AFK'ing on Shing Jea island to bump lucky title to R4 by the time the event's over. All these guides and tips have me excited to begin chest-running. Only problem is my warrior which I plan to use to do silent surf runs just got to Kaineng. It'll take me some time to rune up and equip all my heroes.
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zeth006
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If you're gonna run Silent Surf, I'd say heroes are more of a liability than a great help, because running that often consists out of squeezing through mobs etc, something heroes are rather bad at.. I always run/ran Silent Surf alone, because it was more convenient.
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Oh, I know. I meant equipping my heroes so that I can finish all the missions in under the time allotted for masters reward in normal mode. I've never been much of a runner, so I'm going to guess it'll be a lot of trial/error. I don't care about getting super good drops, which leaves me with doing Silent Surf in normal mode. Hoping I can max out treasure hunter and lucky title by the time GW2 is out. My main character still has some cartography, vanquishing, and sweet/drunk titles to finish up. Wish I hadn't deleted long ago.
teh bestest is here
So ive got about a week between school sessions to do some chest running, out of all the spots which do you think would be the best to do 500 or so picks? I was thinking Morostav Trail
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So ive got about a week between school sessions to do some chest running, out of all the spots which do you think would be the best to do 500 or so picks? I was thinking Morostav Trail
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My New Name
i am going for unlucky as well as chest runner, so wondering if it is worth it running the canthan areas in nm? are only hm drops worth the bother?
Kep
Nah the drops in HM aint any diff from NM.. however if you chest run in NM you can't get elite tomes drop.. which sucks major balls! You can make boat-loads of money back from elite tomes which makes HM much more economical! HM obv drops way more gold items too.
You'll break a ton more lockpicks in HM too & that'll boost ya unlucky title.
Hf chest runnin'
You'll break a ton more lockpicks in HM too & that'll boost ya unlucky title.
Hf chest runnin'
My New Name
not sure about that, because you get more unlucky points when you break a pick in nm than in hm, plus i will need less gold for picks with higher retain rates, so maybe it is better just to run in nm :P
tnx anyway
tnx anyway
gw_poster
I promise you running in HM will pay for lockpicks in spades. Since starting to chestrun beginning of this year, I haven't had to "come out of pocket" for picks since the initial 80=100k I paid for. This is mostly due to selling the elite tomes I got from running, but in between there have been big boosts to my income from selling nice drops I've gotten along the way (i.e. a q9 20/20 (mixed mod) outcast staff for 35e, and other nice drops). In case you are wondering how often elite tomes drop, they average about 1:15chests for me, give or take. The other day, I ran the bukdek plagueborn chest and got 6elite tomes in an hour. If you are worried about pick prices, keep an eye out while in kamadan (or other "big city") until a town-owning guild comes recruiting, snag an invite then load up on a few stacks of picks. That will save you enough and keep you busy earning money to buy your next stacks free 
Regarding unlucky title, I'm working on mine too, and I've gone from about 150k UL to almost 300k in the span of a few months of chestrunning an hour per day, give or take, which is plenty fast for me. I think I'm getting about 28 pts toward UL per broken pick now, although I had gym teachers for match so I could be entirely wrong Gl and hf!
Regarding unlucky title, I'm working on mine too, and I've gone from about 150k UL to almost 300k in the span of a few months of chestrunning an hour per day, give or take, which is plenty fast for me. I think I'm getting about 28 pts toward UL per broken pick now, although I had gym teachers for match so I could be entirely wrong Gl and hf!
Kep
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not sure about that, because you get more unlucky points when you break a pick in nm than in hm, plus i will need less gold for picks with higher retain rates, so maybe it is better just to run in nm :P
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Yea you get less points for breaking LP's in HM but you break more.
You get more points for breaking in NM but you break less.
It pretty much evens itself out on average.
The optimum is probably like 50% retain rate I would guess.. but you can't have a 50% retain rate because opening in NM you will level your lucky & treasure titles very fast which will mean you will inherently have a huge retain rate - like 70%+..
You will use less lockpicks to get your title by opening in NM but it will cost you more since you wont make any money back except vendoring stuff & the odd rare drop. Where-as HM you will make all your money back from elite tomes.. thus it will cost you nothing.
NiloN
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Well since the end of march I've opened 9000~ HM chests (give or take) & my unlucky title is virtually maxed. I started off with barely r1 unlucky. So that was 2 titles in 1.
Yea you get less points for breaking LP's in HM but you break more. You get more points for breaking in NM but you break less. It pretty much evens itself out on average. The optimum is probably like 50% retain rate I would guess.. but you can't have a 50% retain rate because opening in NM you will level your lucky & treasure titles very fast which will mean you will inherently have a huge retain rate - like 70%+.. You will use less lockpicks to get your title by opening in NM but it will cost you more since you wont make any money back except vendoring stuff & the odd rare drop. Where-as HM you will make all your money back from elite tomes.. thus it will cost you nothing. |
elite tomes average out for 1:10 gold items for me having 40% retain also helps alot, id say hm all the way in factions areas unless your hunting for an elusive req8 which is almost unheard of nowadays.
zeth006
Question. With SF no longer blocking physical damage, is there another build I can use for Mirror of Lyss? What's a good Pongmei valley build I can use? Anyone have a map I can follow for that one?
Bright Star Shine
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Question. With SF no longer blocking physical damage, is there another build I can use for Mirror of Lyss? What's a good Pongmei valley build I can use? Anyone have a map I can follow for that one?
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For Pongmei: if you take heroes, you can do the run without actually activating skills.. I'll upload my build later on..
The route depends on what chests you want. I'll post possible routes as well later on, as I don't have time atm^^
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Been running naphui quarter explorable a lot lately HM. I think that place is a sup vigor factory. I've had five sup vigs in the last few weeks vs like 2 in 3 yrs of just playing the game! I go a/d with whirling charge for a 33% ims. Otherwise basic sf runner. Xaquang skyway no longer gives me bodyblock issues with using deaths charge to target the outermost foe which puts me in the clear. Also using a q5/13 tac insc shield with +10vs slashing and sabotuer armor I can tank all of them anyway including shreader. Been getting some good celestial stuff from there lately. A friend showed me the drazach thicket run too which has been fun. Basically I leave from eternal grove and follow the left and middle left DTSC paths. Been good for some nice skinned shields of course none dual mod yet but w/e. Learned a lot from this thread Ty for all your input
jlc_64
This post has been a big help for the title!! I was just curious what everybody was using for chest running since the 7 hero up date. I use this build for pretty much for all area's. Pongemi, Silent Surf, CoF, and Ice Cliff.
superraptors
a few incomings would be better then just pure charge, more hp regen, should put a couple of brace yourself in there aswell and stand your ground on those heroes, dont need to stack all similar bars lol.
i usually take 1 nuke hero with some aoe when i dont run shadow step to break agro if you get surrounded
i usually take 1 nuke hero with some aoe when i dont run shadow step to break agro if you get surrounded
gw_poster
still looking for that fab dual-mod echo shield! started running morostov trail recently, and found that it has the highest percentage drop of rare shield skins in my experience so far since starting to run (about 4k chests since January)...drazach thicket runs second, but xaquaang still my fav spot to run since i can do it while watching tv
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started running morostov trail recently
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cheers
gw_poster
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mind posting that run? or is it already posted on some other site?
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deadly paradox, shadow form, shroud of distress, dark escape, IAU, death's charge, feigned neutrality, heart of shadow
Staying alive is pretty easy even if you find yourself out of energy for dp/sf combo, as long as you have the 5 pips for feigned neutrality until energy regens (and keep SoD maintained)
fwiw -- I wear saboteur's armor and run a/w so i can spec tac for my q5t/13 vs slash, -2/ench shield, and use +5e one-hand (axe). I take a full group of h/h with 5 /p and /w heros for redundant fallback, incoming and charge, others are for healing...kind of doesn't matter after about 1/5 of the run as they are all dead by then, lol.
Lawliet Kira
Hey guys i want to start chest running, and i heard right outside boreal is the best place, so do i just get the first chest i see in ice cliffs then spawn again? Or is there more than 1 to get
razerbeak
99% of the time there will only be one outside of boreal, but occasionally there will be one very close to town and one farther out.
T RAND
There can be more than 1 chest. There can be a chest in the area with the Avalanche and Pinesouls. That's as far as I used to go. There can be 0-3 chests.
For treasure hunter title, the beginning of Cathedral of Flames almost always has 1 or 2 chests. Check the chestrunner thread in the farming section.
For treasure hunter title, the beginning of Cathedral of Flames almost always has 1 or 2 chests. Check the chestrunner thread in the farming section.
Lawliet Kira
Oh also, can someone explain echovald shield drops? some people say it only drops around specific creatures?
chowmein69
Cathedral of flames is the fastest imo
Drevin Morgan
Do you have the survivor title yet? If not, you could do Kilroy's for it, and every run you have the chance to open a chest (99% of the time you get to open a chest, rarely a chest spawns behind a wall and you can't reach it). Plus you get a drink at the end of the run.
Flameseeker
Boreal is quite easy and you can get 0-3 chest on the zone till the 1st aloe pop up. The position of the 1st chest can also be an indication if there are more spawned nearby. If it's too far from the little hill with the path split the one on the curve won't probably be there.
In terms of inscriptions the measures and the occasional -5/20, perfect "forget me not" and "aptitude not attitude" can get you a return of around 50% on the lockpick cost. You can increase it to at least 80% if you salvage the mods and have a little patience selling them.
That's at least how i did it without farming too much for the 1st few batch of lockpicks to get the hunt started.
As usual don't forget to use regular ID kits, you'll save a ton of money on the long run.
In terms of inscriptions the measures and the occasional -5/20, perfect "forget me not" and "aptitude not attitude" can get you a return of around 50% on the lockpick cost. You can increase it to at least 80% if you salvage the mods and have a little patience selling them.
That's at least how i did it without farming too much for the 1st few batch of lockpicks to get the hunt started.
As usual don't forget to use regular ID kits, you'll save a ton of money on the long run.
akelarumi
imo the chest in the norn alemoot is the easiest. specially on a female char:
Enter the alemoot, walk to where nulfasta would spawn normally and open chest (no foes on the way, and pack your build with running skills)
Enter the alemoot, walk to where nulfasta would spawn normally and open chest (no foes on the way, and pack your build with running skills)
superraptors
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Oh also, can someone explain echovald shield drops? some people say it only drops around specific creatures?
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Olle
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Found a few pages back, this one is pretty good and detailed, very good route.
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