Farming for Staffs / Wands

fgarvin

fgarvin

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

I know where to go to get weapons & armor, but what about staffs and wands? Hydras? (btw, don't want the Raven Staffs off the trolls near Droks)

Ondo

Ondo

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

USA

Heavenly Shadows [milf]

W/R

I get tons of staffs and wands from the charr. Hammers and bows also.

the drizzle

the drizzle

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

E/N

I get way too many of those out of chests in the desert.

Jenosavel

Jenosavel

Master of Beasts

Join Date: Jul 2005

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

I go to Hydras for my staves and wands, and griffins for my warrior weapons and sheilds.

It's interesting how the drops work like that.

Lasareth

Lasareth

Aquarius

Join Date: Jun 2005

Somewhere between Boardwalk and Park Place

Usually, monsters that are job-specific (Minotaurs as warriors, Hydras as mages) will drop the corresponding weaponry more often than not. Try finding some mage-type monsters and see what they give you.

I've tried Hydras myself, personally.

fgarvin

fgarvin

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

Hydras is what I thought...guess I'll be in the desert tonight...any strategy work best for a W/Mo??

Sooty

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Australia

Giggity Giggity Goo

also blessed griffons drop pretty much only wands/healing ankhs/staffs, since they are smiting monks essentially.

Takedu

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Why not collector staves/wands? Better than that 1 chance in 10000 to get a decent drop.

Suuk

Suuk

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

the Netherlands

Lovers of Whisky and Women (LWW)

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sooty
also blessed griffons drop pretty much only wands/healing ankhs/staffs, since they are smiting monks essentially.
Yep, and Azure shadows too. Hydras always gave me tons of wands/artifacts. Funny thing is with dune borrowers. They are rangers, but drop a lot of swords....

Sand giants always gave max purple hammers and often max golden hammers. But that was way back before August; I did some runs recently, but got no golden items (and got a lot of frustration from those pesky rockshots; wish I could take them for PvP, man they can interrupt!)