Rune Farming - Ettin exploitation

Wulfgar3

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/Mo

Not nerfed!!! lol you cant over farm. If you run the same spot for about 3 times or more the drops get really bad. So what i do is i alternate. 1st i farm trolls (3 runs), then i go to augry and farm griffons (3 runs), after taht i go ettin farming (3 runs). Griffon and Ettin farming are the most profitable, but i get a good amount from trolls and you have to let spots go so they can "restock". This way each place has 3 runs then 6 non runs. Works like a charm. The way i have my builds Troll and Griffon farms take about 5-8 min each (griffons get up to 10) so they are quick. It does take a lil longer with the Ettins but its really worth it. On my first run i get about 2-3 sups, and 4-5 majors. Dont really count the minors. Point being im soon going to be rich! LOL

CartmanPT

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Mo

For those asking about W/N farm build, i started with W/Mo and chaged to necro because can do it fast this way:

Death - 11
Strength - 9+1
Swordsmanship - 9+1
Tactics - 6+2

Skills

Virulence [E]
Doylak Signet
Healing Signet
Sever Artery
Savage Slash
Distracting Blow
Final Thrust
Sprint

Easy to use and fast to kill than all the W/mo i´ve used before, only limitation is agro no more than 3 ettins

capblueberry

capblueberry

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Lexington, SC

Grenths Mercenaries[DEAD]

I'm going to try this with my invincimonk, shouldn't b to hard, xpecially with shield of judgement doing 50 damage and knockin em down every time they hit me

FoMoCoStang

FoMoCoStang

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Dallas Tx

Taboo Knights [TABU]

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by capblueberry
I'm going to try this with my invincimonk, shouldn't b to hard, xpecially with shield of judgement doing 50 damage and knockin em down every time they hit me
hope conjure phantasm(sp?) wont be a problem for you.

Also, when SoJ ends, guess what... Healing sig..

berko

berko

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Canada

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by FoMoCoStang
hope conjure phantasm(sp?) wont be a problem for you.

Also, when SoJ ends, guess what... Healing sig.. If he starts from Bergen Hot Springs he can avoid all the Avicara Wild so it wouldn't really be a problem... there is a screenshot somewhere on the forum that tells you which route to take.

Rhuobhe

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

Less Crying is Key [kThx]

Quote:
Originally Posted by olydog
I WAS using the disrupting axe build....but have made my own far superior sword build with the warrior that just annihillates them!

Battle Rage(elite)
Sever artery
Gash
Galrath slash
Final Thrust
Sprint
Live Vicariously
Mending(+3)

8 in healing prayers, 16 in sword and rest in strength...this is by far faster then the axe build. Try it out and I'm positive you will agree!

I also use glads armor, knights boots..sup vigor, sup absorption, sup sword and sup strength. My health is only at 380 but never ever falls below 7/8-3/4! I use a strength shield with a -2(stance) +-2(while enchanted), fiery dragon sword with a 15% always -5 energy, and +5 armor...works like a dream! Well I tried this a few times, and here is what I have to say:
It *definatly* is faster for killing an ettin 1 on 1 than the axe build I posted before.
It *definatly* is slower for killing groups of 3 or more. I can kill 3 with my axe build in less time than it takes to kill 2 with the sword build.

Maybe it's just me (i'm not using a firey hilt) but I don't see this being too fast, and with 15 swords, I never hit for over 155 with final thrust, and with Eviscerate (sp) I can spike up to 137ish with 12 axe.

But whatever floats your boat I like sword better for other areas, like FoW, but for ettins, the axe is king.


BTW I did this Battle Rage sword build in TA just for kicks. Replaced sprint with Rez. It was a blast. I was spiking the other team madly with Battle Rage. 3 consecutive wins, and I am a total PvP noob. (hate it for the most part)

Karma.i

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/Mo

Mmm i dont get any drops nomore =( I had one purple on 4 runs now lol..

SnipiousMax

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

I didn't get any tonight either.

Skorz

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Alliance of Phoenix

W/Mo

Heh... ok so I tried ettin's for a first time and in one run I got 2 gold pauldron's... superior absorption(!) and illusion rune thank you!

Zero G

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

I do a war mes for most farming.. I can take on as many ettins as I can group, same with min and griffs as well. He does fine with up to 6 hydras and piles of trolls so I am pretty happy with the build.

I do the sword thing

12 in each strength, tactics and sword 4 in inspiration

Hundred Blades (E)
riposte
deadly reposte
gash
final thrust
physical resistance
dolyak sig
healing sig

a few minor changes when I go against the hydras but it is a reasonably fast and sure fire never die way to farm most things that you want to farm.

sadly I have done the ettins lots and lots and never got anything better then a few sup monk runes.

berko

berko

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Canada

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Skorz
Heh... ok so I tried ettin's for a first time and in one run I got 2 gold pauldron's... superior absorption(!) and illusion rune thank you! you lucky bastard

nice job

Ly Rampart

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

W/Mo

LOL I must have taken the good drops.
4 Superior runes of vigor, 1 superior rune of absorption, 1 superior rune of divine favor, 8 major vigor, 4 major absorp, 1 superior fire magic, and the rest were garbage. All in the matter of 3 hours farming.

I like to aggro as many as I can because of my config to regain health more targets = better.
The most I have ever taken on because that is the most I could aggro was
12.
I tried different configurations and found this to my liking, as for the info providing disrupting their healing sig and then moving on to the next target and repeating = best tactic that I have been using for quite sometime.
Before yesterday the best drop I recieved was a superior monk rune, but yesterday was my luckiest day ever. I myself am blown away!


My build I use for ettins.
With runes minor strength, tactics, and Superior Axe.

Healing 8 (Live vicariously +8hlth, vigorous spirit +8hlth =16health per hit X number of opponents)
Strength 12 for dolyak stance (18sec +34 armor)
Axe 13 (cyclone axe +11, cleave +27)
Tactics 9 for my desert collectors shield.

Cyclone Axe
Cleave
Disrupting Chop
Sprint
Dolyak Sig
vig spirit
live vicariously
balth spirit

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

hey guys i dont know if anyone else has tried but conjure w/e builds own ettins so bad!

fiery axe
9 fire magic
14 axe (11+4)
12 tactics 11(+1)

cyclone axe
disrupting chop
cleave
executioners strike
thrill of victory
conjure flame
healing sigit
sprint

u will be sooo shocked at how much extra dmg the conjure does , even thought it says like +10 on your hits u can see (21,34) like thats 11 more than what it should do, its realy effective + much faster.

WolflordUlrik

WolflordUlrik

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

League of Enders

W/N

Dont feel no pain, I just tried that build and its very fast. nice

I farm ettin on occasion so i dont ever have a dry run
My build is again with my fav attribute, tactics:

victory is mine
sever
gash
desperation blow
thrill of victory
doylak
phys resistance
sprint- i hate those mergoyles, birds, and long treks to the next area.

sartori

sartori

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

[UA]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by dont feel no pain
hey guys i dont know if anyone else has tried but conjure w/e builds own ettins so bad!

fiery axe
9 fire magic
14 axe (11+4)
12 tactics 11(+1)

cyclone axe
disrupting chop
cleave
executioners strike
thrill of victory
conjure flame
healing sigit
sprint

u will be sooo shocked at how much extra dmg the conjure does , even thought it says like +10 on your hits u can see (21,34) like thats 11 more than what it should do, its realy effective + much faster. I didn't realize these things don't like fire....I'll have to play around with that when I get home tonight

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

welll i dont know if they do but the thing was with conjure i was doing like 40-50 dmg on my normal strike and the ettins heath went down soooo fast without using my skills.

Undead Preacher

Undead Preacher

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

United Scribes of Cantha (USoC)

N/

I love the build but as far as runes, i get alot of majors and some superiors, but they all seem to be junk.... best i get is major vigors!!!!!!!!

Saborath Gilgalad

Saborath Gilgalad

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Minneapolis

Natural Born Killas [NBK]

I do this farm with my MM

Here's my build

Necro/Monk

Death:16
Blood:5
Healing:9
Soul Reaping:9

Vampiric Gaze
Offering of Blood (elite)
Heal Area
Blood of the Master
Deathly Swarm
Vile Touch
Verata's Sacrifice
Animate Bone Fiend

I start at beetletun just like evryone else and all yuo need to start off is a couple of dead lyxns or else you can take down one of the meregoyles for a corpse or two. then your good to go and kill ettins.
I did this yesterday (4 runs) three i got crap and 1 run i got 2 Superior Vigors.
Its a good build that works and I like it since i don't have a Warrior. I also have a Solo Ranger Ettin Farm Build if you wanna know about it tell me.

nomercy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Great guide!

Just went there, lured a group of 2 and got one purple as drop!

=)

nomercy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Omg! Lured a group of 2 again, killed one and he dropped also a purple!

<3 you for the guide

SirShadowrunner

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

at the beach

Gamerzunlimited (GU)

R/

Nice write-up on Ettin farming, this is definitely a good way for anyone to make to
some $$, I have shown several people how to do this, I am sure there gold deposit is
shining now!!!

I wanted to add, on the second map(Ascalon settlement), when you are almost at the
end of the run, turn north and head toward the beach, round the corner to the right,
there is a road going down to the beach here, but the little area right here at the top
ALWAYS has 2 or 3 more ettins that come from out of this field.

Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Wisconsin

dth

Quote:
Originally Posted by SirShadowrunner
Nice write-up on Ettin farming, this is definitely a good way for anyone to make to
some $$, I have shown several people how to do this, I am sure there gold deposit is
shining now!!!

I wanted to add, on the second map(Ascalon settlement), when you are almost at the
end of the run, turn north and head toward the beach, round the corner to the right,
there is a road going down to the beach here, but the little area right here at the top
ALWAYS has 2 or 3 more ettins that come from out of this field. This is absolutly true, and granted the semi-sketchy spawns in the north kryta province, having a solid, everytime spawn is nice, only some people don't like the extra running

nomercy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

lol, must be my lucky day. Got ALOT of purple drops, and also alot gold ones. After about 10 runs, I got 1 Superior Vigor, 1 Superior Healing, and 1 Superior Blood Magic.

nomercy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by nomercy
lol, must be my lucky day. Got ALOT of purple drops, and also alot gold ones. After about 10 runs, I got 1 Superior Vigor, 1 Superior Healing, and 1 Superior Blood Magic. add a Major Vigor to that.

Mangekyou itachi

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2006

you can do the ettin farm at lvl 15 as long as you have droknar armor.

i used :
mending
bonetti's defence
cyclone axe
dolyak signet
executioner's strike
healing breeze
healing signet
disrupting chop

basicly i just aggro'd groups of 3 and got my adrenaline up ASAP
i waited for the ettin to use healing sig and interrupted it with disrupting chop

low on health : healing breeze or healing sig

low on energy : dolyak signet + bonettis

this goes fast if you have a max dmg axe, even if it's a clean one

there are better attack skills but at that time my warrior had been nowhere near desert or even shiverpeaks besides droknar.

.killjoy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Mo/Me

haha man this is great its gonna get nulled soon tho.. by nulled i mean used by way to many people, i did 2 runs 2 gold hides and 1 purp!! ty alot ur great man ive seen ur running builds and such aslo they are great

Beat_Go_Stick

Beat_Go_Stick

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by nomercy
add a Major Vigor to that. I still get better rune drops from the ettins by the new Ascalon Settlement...is that where you are farming or are you going to the beetleton area?

.killjoy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Mo/Me

is there any axe hit or mod that causes bleeding if there is it will stop ettins very fast because of there endure pain and healin sig. if u had them bleeding there skills wouldnt help them alot??

stupoop

stupoop

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

We Hate Pve [PvE]

Me/

none that CAUSE bleeding.. but barbed lengthens bleeding duration...i think

could you farm em with a lvl 15 w/me with droks with some of the w/me builds i see earlier in the thread?(really too lazy to get ascended and change profs.)

Calin Metallic

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Dreadful Dead Of The Basin [AB]

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by stupoop
none that CAUSE bleeding.. but barbed lengthens bleeding duration...i think

could you farm em with a lvl 15 w/me with droks with some of the w/me builds i see earlier in the thread?(really too lazy to get ascended and change profs.) Shouldn't be a problem at all. I farmed them at level 15 with my W/Mo

Dash Logan

Dash Logan

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2005

England

Nightingale Knights

W/Mo

I first tried this a couple of days ago and was getting gold pauldrons and purple, nothing special, tried it tonight and i was getting nothing but every time i killed the last ettin in asaclon settlement i got a purple pauldron. I was just wondering, when i tried this the first time, i had favour, but tonight i didnt have favour, i was just wondering if this is related or is it just being over farmed??

Arturo02

Arturo02

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

See that third planet from the sun?

Sacred Forge Knights

R/Me

lots of great advice in here!!

a few notes to add....

-You all are taking the long way. I know you want to hit the beetletun ettins but if you head out from LA and cut through Giant's Basin, you'll be right in the mid point of the farming run in about 5 minutes. Where the trail on the map below ends is where you come into the area.



-This path above misses a bunch more ettins. Keep going up that path towards the shoreline, there's more up there and the next zone to boot. My apologies if you do this and just took the pic earlier.

-Ele can farm there, ranger can farm there. Both easily, I have done it.

-The ettins are in subgroups. They are independant of each other, you can separate them and only fight part of the group if you choose. Warrior doesn't need to use this tactics, but a squishy will.

-the anti-farming code is mysterious, but you'll need to farm through the zone way more then 3 times before you see drop rates/loot value reduced. I think the randomness of drops effects it more because your judging them in a short time frame, a run or an hour.

.killjoy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Mo/Me

Yes, i was jsut about to post this the LA run is alot faster and easier than this one also do not try the bergen way if u cant take 10 hexes through 2 mins. full running through avirica dont try from bergen... LA is the safest and easiest way, it is longer but sprint helps u

Talon Berethin

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005

The Crusaders

R/E

I do start from Bergen, but I don't run through Tengu. I loop around by the skales and come out at Statue of Dwayna area. Then just run in and hit them. After I kill all the ettins, I go out through Scoundrel then straight back in and go backwards. I have some pretty bad luck with drops though. I did 4 runs today (Settlement>>>Scoundrel>>>Settlement>>Nebo) and got about 12 purple, 2 gold, and 4 white. No good drops though.

Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Wisconsin

dth

Quote:
Originally Posted by Arturo02
lots of great advice in here!!

a few notes to add....

-You all are taking the long way. I know you want to hit the beetletun ettins but if you head out from LA and cut through Giant's Basin, you'll be right in the mid point of the farming run in about 5 minutes. Where the trail on the map below ends is where you come into the area.



-This path above misses a bunch more ettins. Keep going up that path towards the shoreline, there's more up there and the next zone to boot. My apologies if you do this and just took the pic earlier.

-Ele can farm there, ranger can farm there. Both easily, I have done it.

-The ettins are in subgroups. They are independant of each other, you can separate them and only fight part of the group if you choose. Warrior doesn't need to use this tactics, but a squishy will.

-the anti-farming code is mysterious, but you'll need to farm through the zone way more then 3 times before you see drop rates/loot value reduced. I think the randomness of drops effects it more because your judging them in a short time frame, a run or an hour. The LA way takes you to them in 5 minutes yes, but going out through beetletun gets you fighting through ettins only for a long time to get there, and that map is just to get you into ettins in that zone not to where every one is! I really appreciate your imput though.

berko

berko

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Canada

N/Me

I usually start my run from the Gates of Kryta. Yea there is a quite a few Mergoyles and Mergoyle Wavebreakers and they slow me down a little but I still find it kind of easier to start from. I guess it all depends what you like personally.

chris_zugar

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2006

FL

W/Mo

ok ive tried this about 10 times at first i was dyin then i found the axe build i liked. then once i made it to the ettins and did about 4 runs i found at most 5 purple none of them anything special am i doing something wrong or just bad luck i start at hot springs and run north then zone and redo. please someone help

Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Wisconsin

dth

Quote:
Originally Posted by chris_zugar
ok ive tried this about 10 times at first i was dyin then i found the axe build i liked. then once i made it to the ettins and did about 4 runs i found at most 5 purple none of them anything special am i doing something wrong or just bad luck i start at hot springs and run north then zone and redo. please someone help Its just luck my friend, just like farming anywhere else, sometimes you get realy lucky sometimes you don't, keep goin!

vidiot

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2006

shinsengumi guild [SC]

Mo/W

for somone who hasnt gotten to RoF would it b ok to just bring spint?

Knido

Knido

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

in exile

W/

got another ettin build:

Axe - 12+4
Strength - 9+1
Tactics - 9+1

Eviscerate
Penetrating
Disrupting
Frenzy
Dolyak Signet
Healing Signet
"For Great Justice!"
Sprint

use dolyak signet + FGJ + Frenzy, hit eviscerate, pen, disrupt their heal sig, and 3 ettins go down per FGJ shout

its intense :P