Elite Tome Farm?

Remstin

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2006

Poland

The Brave Brothers [BB]

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Hiho all. I need a build to farm elite tomes. What prof? I dont know, any.

I need something for monk, derv, warrior, ranger, paragon or necro.
I prefer bosses near city exit (Suneh near kamadan will be ok) or this one paragon boss near Sunspear Great Hall. If you know any good build please tell me.


PS. Sorry for my english, im from poland.

Picuso

Picuso

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

far far away

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A/E Solo Green Farmer and it's variants:
http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/Build:A/E_Solo_Green_Farmer

I'm using that build and I have some Elite Tomes

Francis Crawford

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

If you're looking for boss-killing builds with those professions, I suggest you look around for W/N Grenths Balance builds, and for 55 HP necro Spoil Victor or SS builds.

Bosses from whom you can't cap elites don't drop tomes, so that Softskin guy on the Plains of Jarin is NOT a good target.

Jihail Darksong in Resplendent Makuun has given me at least 9 elite Paragon tomes and close to that many copies of his green.

Some of the easiest warrior bosses to get to are in Factions. I'm not sure of builds, however. As an elementalist, I found Strongroot the easiest to reach. But he gave me about 4 copies of his shield and no tomes. There also a a couple of often-farmed bosses in Boreas Seabed explorable.

Guildwiki should be your source on all details except builds. For builds this is the place.

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

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Ranger: [wiki]Zelnehlun Fastfoot[/wiki] easy farm with N/A; for build check out the thread here in farming on Rilohn Refuge Spider Farm (it doesnt say hard mode, but its in there, I use a variation not in the thread, 16 blood, 10 shadow arts, 8+1 or +3 soul reaping: spoil victor, signet of sorrows, awaken the blood, vampiric swarm, dash, dark escape, shadow of haste, and shadow refuge. Theres a video for how to do the run in the thread.) For the run use high health armor, then swap to 55 gear when you pull (or after, but it's safe). funny thing is best bow is his green for pulling.
Warrior: Personally I like the Hulking Stone Elemental boss: [wiki]Cobble Poundstone[/wiki] but he doesn't spawn every time. Alternately I go for the minotaurs outside of Ice Tooth Cave, there's a level 27 boss there, sometimes. (any 55 damage build for these guys, or pick another warrior that always spawns)
Paragon: Newby Island, Nightfall any 55 build, Plains of Jarin, can't remember his name, he's got a few popup friends though. Alternatively [wiki]Jishol Darksong[/wiki] doesn't much like [wiki]Spoil Victor[/wiki]. (Mo/N or N/Mo 55 with spoil victor) but bring lots of regen as you'll be on fire a lot! I tend to run with both healing breeze and blood renewal.
Necro: My opinion is the easiest target is [wiki]Craw Stonereap[/wiki] go 55 with spoil victor, change to high health armor after clearing the way to him, and SV him around the corner
Dervish: probably easiest to just kill Bubahl Icehands or deatheater by clearing with heroes and henches and sending away for boss. (Mo/N or N/Mo 55 build with your high health armor - I tend to run vamp gaze or blood of the aggressor in addition for self heal/extra damage)

Edit: put in build details.

Stormlord Alex

Stormlord Alex

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Beyond the Forest of Doom, past the Cavern of Agony... on Kitten & Puppy Island

Soul of Melandru [sOm]

W/E

/agree with Lennymon on Craw... coincidentally, Zarna Stonewrath, an ele boss, is right behind him. You can easily try for 2 elite tomes in one run. I know you don't need the ele tome... but they sell fairly well

Metalmaster

Metalmaster

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

Guardians of the Stars

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A/E E/A solo green farmer and Woe Spreader. That's ur target for necro tomes.

drakun01

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

If you hit the Yeti bosses outside of the Luxon entrance to Aspenwood with the quest Return of the Yeti, you can get Warrior, Ranger, Monk, and also Rit tomes.

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

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Oh, one note: I've gotten elite tomes from bosses which do *not* have a cappable eite, so perhaps they drop less from those bosses, but they DO drop.

attackofthecold

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Picuso
A/E Solo Green Farmer and it's variants:
http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/Build:A/E_Solo_Green_Farmer Which bosses do you farm with A/E Green Farmer build ? I've tryed ~7 different bosses and shadow form always ends when there around 10% health

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by attackofthecold
Which bosses do you farm with A/E Green Farmer build ? I've tryed ~7 different bosses and shadow form always ends when there around 10% health the trick with the build and any build which uses sliver armor, is aggroing enough guys... Like in case of Jishol Darksong you want to pull at least one extra mob of behemoths over for faster damage.

attackofthecold

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by lennymon
the trick with the build and any build which uses sliver armor, is aggroing enough guys... Like in case of Jishol Darksong you want to pull at least one extra mob of behemoths over for faster damage. I see, i shall try that and i also sorta figured that just didn't know which bosses had enough mobs around them. I know the fastfoot person does, farmed him a few time. Didn't get a tome though , infact he droped nothing in 20 runs... Do you know of any other ranger bosses that have enough mobs around em for sliver armor to work ?

Remstin

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2006

Poland

The Brave Brothers [BB]

Mo/

Damn...i dont have assasin, is time to make?;/ Dont have anything for dervish or monk in hard mode? On necro i dont end any campaign. Now i must end nf or factions. Ok, thanks for tips.

ArKaiN

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

Lotus Branca[Lbr]

Mo/Me

E/A is better than A/E for farming purposes.

Kaitoa

Kaitoa

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

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Ive been farming as a worm at Shattered Ravine. Able to kill 1 Monk and 3 Ranger bosses. Very easy, safe and quick

RainwalkerC

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

in fear

changes often, check daily

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wuts the drop rate of elite tomes on these bosses? i heard its fairly low, much lower than they drop their greens

FrAnt1c??

FrAnt1c??

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

Belgium

Legion Of Sacred Light [LSL]

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Also Byzzr Wingmender is an easy target with spoil victor in HM, just stand behind the rock thats between you and Byzzr ( that way the popups dont pop and you dont get hit by his 'arrows' ). So you only need 55hp and Spoil victor, combined with insidious parasite or an enchant removal for when he has healing breeze on him. Killed him about a 100 times the past 3 days but no tomes yet ( got some passage scrolls to Fow and UW and some nice golds though )

Picuso

Picuso

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by attackofthecold
I see, i shall try that and i also sorta figured that just didn't know which bosses had enough mobs around them. I know the fastfoot person does, farmed him a few time. Didn't get a tome though , infact he droped nothing in 20 runs... Do you know of any other ranger bosses that have enough mobs around em for sliver armor to work ? Try Zelnehlun. You must hide (like necros), and use Shadow Of Haste behind the rock. If Shadow Form is about to expire and Zelnehlun doesn't die yet, use Dash. You will appear behind the rock. Wait to SF and SA, and try again ^^.

holababe

holababe

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2006

Goon Squad [LLJK]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by RainwalkerC
wuts the drop rate of elite tomes on these bosses? i heard its fairly low, much lower than they drop their greens Did Craw + Zarna about 10 times in HM and the best drop i got was 108 gold.

kielus

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

MU-Tants [MU]

lolz ;] i was just about to write a guide about elite tomes, that's my discoveries:

necro - cultist mirthuan (with his 3 outcasts in HM they drop very nice goldies actually) with warrior - glad's defence, riposte, deadly riposte, wary stance, dolyak, standing slash, healing sig, defensive stance. i advise to be opposite than the owner of auros mines (if it's kurzick, you need more luxon faction and so on). then just stay almost in priest's aggro range, he'll outheal anything. start with wary stance to stop assa's and keep smashing. you can't kill ritu's tho.
ranger - of course zehlun (stated by many above)
monk - byzzr (same ><")
ele - i personally like the Tarlok Evermind, mo/n with Spoil Victor, use henchies to clear dredges on the way (remember that 2 groups will chase you if you come a bit closer to Tarlok, just lure them away, works like Kaolin's)
warrior - you can always n/mo mo/n the gyala hatchery explorable bosses, takes few sec's to run to there but he's down in no time
para - darksong

guess more to come, was still gathering data ;] nice topic (+ few places i didnt think of like cobble)

attackofthecold

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Picuso
Try Zelnehlun. You must hide (like necros), and use Shadow Of Haste behind the rock. If Shadow Form is about to expire and Zelnehlun doesn't die yet, use Dash. You will appear behind the rock. Wait to SF and SA, and try again ^^. I've been doing it normaly ~90% of the time i kill him, though nothing ever drops.. Not even gold Probably killed him ~50 time and about 150spiders around him (usually kill 3 per run) and i'll i've gotten is a few drops of 100gold...

kielus

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

MU-Tants [MU]

Quote:
Bosses from whom you can't cap elites don't drop tomes, so that Softskin guy on the Plains of Jarin is NOT a good target. really? euhm... never heard of that one. thought wiki says ANY Boss can drop an elite tome so that statement above is kinda wrong....

Picuso

Picuso

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by attackofthecold
I've been doing it normaly ~90% of the time i kill him, though nothing ever drops.. Not even gold Probably killed him ~50 time and about 150spiders around him (usually kill 3 per run) and i'll i've gotten is a few drops of 100gold... I've get one elite tome from Zelnehlun, so keep trying ^^.

If someone wants to farm elite Ritualist Tome, IMO the easiest is Cho, Spirit Empath. Running from Senji's is very very easy, and farm him with A/E Build is too easy

DarioLeanza

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

[FAL]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by kielus
really? euhm... never heard of that one. thought wiki says ANY Boss can drop an elite tome so that statement above is kinda wrong.... bullshiz, I got an elite ele tome just outside kamadan form the plant ele there.... So every boss can drop an elite tome in hard mode...

EDIT: Wrong quote button, I was replying to lennymon...

kielus

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

MU-Tants [MU]

that's what i wrote... or what i meant... (and from maatu to cho, right?)

kenichiukiya

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2006

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or another alternative is tomtom spiriteater in mount qinkai. as easy as drinking water

kielus

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

MU-Tants [MU]

mesmer - eshim mindclouder with e/a ;]
ele - birmeh skybringer with e/a easy as cake and both in one run

gz

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

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Doh, completely forgot about Milthuran, good one. Can't 55 him with the insanely overpowered unholy feast, but can probably still touch him down lol.

feelthafire

feelthafire

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

德国 , GERMANY

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Quote:
Originally Posted by DarioLeanza
bullshiz, I got an elite ele tome just outside kamadan form the plant ele there.... So every boss can drop an elite tome in hard mode... yes because every boss in hm has got an elite.......

Two Cents Immortal

Two Cents Immortal

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2007

Syndicate of Apocalypse [apoc]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by feelthafire
yes because every boss in hm has got an elite....... Only bosses that have an Elite in Normal Mode have an Elite in Hard Mode.

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

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hmm, I just thought of this one there's that Para boss in the first NF mission, Chahbek Village. You could probably take him easier even then the one outside of the sunspear hall or Jishol, just pin Koss/heroes at start.

ArKaiN

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

Lotus Branca[Lbr]

Mo/Me

I've gotten many an elite tome from tyrian bosses around Ascalon, so yeah, they drop from bosses w/o elites.

Elite Bushido

Elite Bushido

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

NY

RaiN

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^^i dont understand why someone would think other wise seein as how you arent cappin a skill, tomes are DROPS

but yea, The Scar Eater and Darkroot Entrop are also good spots(i use A/E)

Draak Calinca

Draak Calinca

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Join Date: Jan 2007

Washington State.

IGN: Wydz Luvs

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Two Cents Immortal
Only bosses that have an Elite in Normal Mode have an Elite in Hard Mode. Suneh Stormbringer (Plains of Jarin)

Normal Mode: None
Hard Mode: Lightning Surge (Not Capable)

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Draak Calinca
Suneh Stormbringer (Plains of Jarin)

Normal Mode: None
Hard Mode: Lightning Surge (Not Capable) Sorry, no. All his lil buddies have surge, but not the boss.

DarioLeanza

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

[FAL]

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To be honest, I hate that skill, kd's are a bitch when 5 of them cast that on you lol.... Need fleeting stabilty I think lol but I keep forgetting to put that in the build.

Skuld

Skuld

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Thousend Tigers Apund Ur Head [Ttgr]

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Just to clear something up, ANY BOSS in hard mode can drop a tome.

Francis Crawford

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by kielus
really? euhm... never heard of that one. thought wiki says ANY Boss can drop an elite tome so that statement above is kinda wrong.... Thanks for the correction, guys!

phool

phool

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

I have found elite tomes to have about a 1% drop rate from bosses, have been farming lvl 26 bosses almost exclusively. Low anyway. IMO just buy them off people and do profitable farms which maybe have a chance of an elite tome, like farming exuro - don't actually try to farm the tomes themselves off something like byzzr, even though you can farm them really fast it's just not worth it.

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

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Just to refresh, this thread and the OP's request aren't about what anyone *thinks* about farming bosses. It's not about posting incorrect (and irrelevant) 'facts' about why you feel that a boss has or should have an elite skill or is the wrong color.... Whether or not it's worth it to *you* to farm for elite tomes. Anecdotal 'evidence' is sometimes useful sometimes not, just something to consider.

It IS simply a thread for posting efficient builds and bosses for targets in hard mode with the goal of obtaining said elite tomes.

Please to keep in mind?

kielus

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

MU-Tants [MU]

euhm... would be cool to make a thread where on first post would be mentioned the efficient and effective spots/builds for farming specific elite tomes. yeah it's getting messy here lol...

new:
warrior - riktund the vicious (e/a build, if you hurry - dash + dark escape, you can aggro the beetles and get enough dmg, remember to aggro beetles with dark escape on else you'll get raped)
ele - suneh stormbringer - e/a guess it's faster than other builds and he's down in no time even only with his fellow stormseeds

more to come....