Ectos in TotPK

Maggotleader

Maggotleader

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

R/

Hello, does it still drop ectos in Tome of the primeval Kings nm? and does it drop more in hm?

boogerboy72

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2007

[Scar]

N/Me

no. they never drop. ectos were removed from the game.

OutlawFMA

OutlawFMA

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2008

Alabama

Legends Of The Lost Souls (LOLS)

E/

Didn't think that ectos dropped in tombs. I've never seen one drop.

CronkTheImpaler

CronkTheImpaler

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

midwest

AE

W/Me

ecto does drop in tombs, but as mentioned above its seems like a pretty sad drop rate. The number of critters that drop them are lower than UW though so meh who knows. When i solo the entire thing its seems like maybe 1 or 2 drop.




Cronk

Hanging Man

Hanging Man

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Deep in the Shire

Yup I have seen a couple ecto drop back in the old b/p way.
but like everyone else said its a ridiculous rate

s t e e

s t e e

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2009

Death By[Emo]

Mo/Me

I think they drop for dream riders and the teroweb things. Double check on wiki.

Pimpmyplatypus

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

W/Rt

Well, I haven't been to tombs in ages
However, people seem to think since some of it became perma-able the drop rate has reduced.
from personal experience i think you actually get more from the first level than the rest, but thats just me. but yes they do drop down there

Unknown Duli

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

Missouri

Reign Of Judgement

Rt/

they do drop in topk from Terrors and dream riders (very low rate though)- I usually just farm the 1st level when im bored, believe you can kill 3 riders and like 6 terrors within 1-2 minutes as a perma.

and to answer your other question, hm or nm does not affect the drop rate (supposedly). I always do hm though for the gold item drops.

Helix Dreadlock

Helix Dreadlock

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2009

Imperial Sanctum

Legendary Drunken Masters [DUI]

E/Me

only drop 1st level, i havent got any lately

Dante the Warlord

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/R

Yea they drop from terrorweb dryders during the quest there... I think i got one 2nd or thrid level

Obrien Xp

Obrien Xp

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2009

Canada

The First Dragon Slayers [FDS]

I don't know about TotPK, they do drop in Kessek's Peak in Kryta. Though I never saw it. Apparently the High lvl Nightmares apparently drop them at a rate of 0.00000000001%.

CronkTheImpaler

CronkTheImpaler

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

midwest

AE

W/Me

as long as were throwin out rediculous odds.. they drop in maguma jungle as well. Ive spent hours and hours farmin the jungle and have never seen one drop. however i did see a screenshot of one that had dropped.

And we all know SS can not be photo shopped!! lmao.



Cronk

Tom Swift

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2007

Well, as everyone has already said, yes they drop Totpk.

Each individual rider or dryder has about the same chance of dropping an ecto in Totpk as they do in UW from what I have seen. So saying that the "rate" is low is misleading.

It's just that there are far fewer things that drop them in Totpk than UW. On the first level there are only about 9 opportunities for an ecto. In UW you get that many just from the bladed aatxes before you ever get to the plains or wastes.

On the other hand, there is no entrance fee, the run is much easier to learn and the first level at least is very quick.

Masseur

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Southern California

R/Mo

Ectos also drop in FoW in one particular spot in the forest, the banshees I believe they are called.

Jugalo Dano

Jugalo Dano

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

N/Me

I had a ruby drop on the 1st level of ToPK in a b/p group along time ago, but it was prolly a fluke. Although, that wasn't the only one I saw drop in there.

Destro Maniak

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2006

A/

yesterday I decided to try AMe at tombs
got 1 ecto in my first 2 run!!!!
since that, I did around 20 runs no ecto whatsoever

Diskarn

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2009

Sweden

NONE! :O

A/E

Ofc it still drops ectos in Tombs...
I used 2 farm there when i was a nubcake.
I recommend farming in HM tough dunno if its any change in ectos drop rate, but u'll get some golds u can sell as unids if ya want.

rkubik

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Yes they drop. My best is 5 doing the first two levels. My next best is two numerous times. My last farm of tombs was last week and I got 2 within 20 minutes. I have also had great luck on white and black dyes from tombs and some other nice golds so ectos are not the only good things that drop in teh first two levels.