The Chestrunners Thread

Originally Posted by Pleikki

Every chest in shiverpeak/fire island drop ravens, Except ones surrounded by mursaat or white mantle

" Southern Shiverpeaks and Ring of Fire Islands
Random drop; however, it does not drop from Mursaat (with the exception of Jade Armor and Jade Bow) nor White Mantle."

Originally Posted by Gentleman Xander

anyone knows a good spot to get Colossal Picks? I know they are a random drop in the Jade Sea, but it is too random for me... anyone got any luck getting quite a lot of Colossal Picks somewhere?

Originally Posted by Master Mix Mage

Question 1: Which run would yield more Magmas Shield drops and which mode should I run in?

Originally Posted by Master Mix Mage

Question 2. Icedome, Spearhead Peak, Tasca's for Summit-Skinned Shields?

Originally Posted by Master Mix Mage

Question 3. Does the foe affect the mod ever-so-slightly? (i.e. higher chance for +10vs Dwarves from Dwarves)?

Originally Posted by system.fan

I'd go with tascas HM.


100% Ice Dome!

/E: I'd also advice you to use a cupcake for each run - increases your costs for chestrunning ofc but it makes the runs so much easier!



I doubt theres any prove for it but I have the same feeling as you. Meaning I also think that the foes surrounding the chest will affect the Mod on your shields.... for example when running in FoW i seem to get 75% more vs undead shields ;-)
Also when I was farming charr I got like 10vs skeleton shields in ~1month, and I dont remember gettin another vs skele shield in over a year at any other farming spot...

so if you're after dwarf shields - go kill dwarves


Best whises and happy hunting!

Originally Posted by Pleikki

I have to say that tho, in cantha you only can get vs plants, dragons and demons mods. so thats reason youre only getting those

I run tascas personally, for both magma+summit

Originally Posted by Bright Star Shine

Well, a nice celestial staff, scepter or shield will set you up a good bunch of ecto's, so will of course Outcast shields and staffs, and practically every awesome shield that drops in the Echovald Forest. So, depending on what skins you're in to I will give you a couple tips:

Vemin: Xaquang Skyway.
Pro's:
-Nice skins
-No worthless retarded armors (I think they're one of the few mobs that don't drop armors related to them, and trust me, you'll love that)
-Fast-ish runs
-Challenging, and after a bunch of runs, you'll have a master degree in "not getting bodyblocked by 50 billion motherf*cking vermin in a corridor as wide as an Ethiopian boy's upper arms. which brings me to con #1

Cons:
-Bodyblock, you'll be bodyblocked a LOT, seriously, there is no counting it, but you'll get the hang of it.
-Chest-time ratio isn't awesome, but you get some rewarding drops as compensation.

Silent Surf
Pro's:
-Very, very fast, and awesome chest-time ratio (5 chests, 3 minutes)
-Chance of very cool skins (Plagueborn, Outcast shit, Emblazoned Defenders etc)
-Literally a walk through the park, it's so easy that it's insulting at times.

Cons:
-Most drops are mediocre as f*ck (Jade Staffs, Plagueborn armors, which drop 90% of the time at plagueborn chests)
-Chances of getting the awesome drops, in my experience are rather slim

Morostav Trail:
Pro's:
-It's echovald, most badass shield skins drop here, so get lucky once and you'll get payed back your lockpicks thousand fold.
-it's fast-ish, but not Silent Surf style

Cons:
-It's still a hard-ish run, took me quite a couple runs to get the hang of it, and stopped doing it cause I don't like it.
-Armors drop here, a lot, and it sucks.

Melandru's Hope
Pro's:
-Silent Surf style, it's a walk in the park, since you can avoid about 90% of the groups, making it an easy Echovald run
-Again, badass drops, but again, armor related drops

Con's:
-Chest-time ratio kind of sucks balls, it's a long run and usually only yields 3-4 chests

Pongmei Valley
Pro's:
-Walk in the park, again, piss easy
-One of the best runs if you're after a nice variety of skins and weapons, some of the best and most expensive things drop here, but getting nice mods on them is just as likely as someone proving god actually exists.
-Chest-time ratio is pretty good (5 chests, 4-5 minutes)

Con's:
-Armors, like usual, but that's about it

Bukdek Byway
Pro's:
-So easy you can most likely write a bot to do it, and if I even knew how to, I probably would've done so myself by now, but since I'm a retard when it comes to computer stuff, I haven't.
-Fast chest time ratio: 1 chest (80-90% of the time) 40 seconds
-Cool skins (plagueborn)

Cons:
-F*cking armors, trust me, the chest drops 80-90% Plagueborn Armor, and it sucks ass, but if you like plagueborn stuff, this is the chest you need to open, although it'll take you ~5000 chests to get what you want
-It's so easy it's insulting, and gets boring pretty fast.

Raisu Palace
Pro's:
-Cool skins, but that's about it

Con's:
-Chest-time ratio is rather meh, and the difficulty is pretty insane. Ok, it's not insanely hard, but you'll ragequit pretty fast after a couple deaths (been there)

Boreas Seabed and Gyala Hatchery
Both piss easy runs, but honestly, if you're running those for drops, just run Silent Surf, 2 times as fast, and 3 times the chance for Outcast chests, which are the only real reason you should actually be doing that run.

Hell's Precipice
Pro's:
-Some of the cooler and rarer Proph skins, but most are meh-ish and loads of armors
-Chest-time ratio is ok-ish

Cons:
-Not really hard, but not a walk in the park like other runs, this one is vermin style challenging, just gotta get the hang of it and you'll be fine.

Also, if anyone advises you to do the Boreal Station chest run, tell them to go f*ck themselves. There are canthan chestruns that are equally, if not faster and anyone that is chestrunning anywhere but in Cantha should be sectioned for pure mental retardation. Hell's Precipice being the sole exception to this rule.

Originally Posted by Incantamentum

Can't wait to switch to NM and get q8 foci for my ele!