View Full Version : What map is the best for energy essence farming?
Darkgiero
10-22-2014, 12:32 AM
Im farming essence in haunlet but I'm looking for the best map to farm it.
Pollata1246
10-22-2014, 02:53 AM
wt4\
Kingofninjas
10-22-2014, 11:41 AM
Well idk about wt4 anymore. I ran it 12 times without a single essence drop before quitting. Maybe essence drop rate is screwed up because I also left the game running in camp boulder overnight and got no essence either.
Wt4 has the most mobs out of any other map, and mobs drop essences.
Sdbigdaddy
10-22-2014, 01:18 PM
I like grog's beach personally. Didn't have much success in WT2. Anyone notice essence drops were way lower for lower level toons vs high lvls? Maybe just me. I did multiple runs (at least 40minutes total) for a lvl 16 mage and not a single essence drop. I even got Locks and no essences.
ayylmao
10-22-2014, 01:27 PM
I like grog's beach personally. Didn't have much success in WT2. Anyone notice essence drops were way lower for lower level toons vs high lvls? Maybe just me. I did multiple runs (at least 40minutes total) for a lvl 16 mage and not a single essence drop. I even got Locks and no essences.
I was thinking the same, all i got on my twinks were eggs, one locked and maybe two essences.
Aquaxia
10-22-2014, 01:41 PM
When i was running wt4 with my rogue, i farmed alot essenses (whether its energy, necro bones, other essenses), but when i ran with my mage, i only got 1 energy essense for few runs. I dont know if you guys facing the same prob as me when using mage to run wt4.
Kingofninjas
10-22-2014, 03:25 PM
I like grog's beach personally. Didn't have much success in WT2. Anyone notice essence drops were way lower for lower level toons vs high lvls? Maybe just me. I did multiple runs (at least 40minutes total) for a lvl 16 mage and not a single essence drop. I even got Locks and no essences.
Same problem here. I'm a level 41 rogue btw
sahad_ikr
10-22-2014, 03:28 PM
deadcity
Iahwahska
10-22-2014, 04:41 PM
Seems pretty random. I've had Wt4 runs with 5-6 energy essences and some with none.
Serancha
10-22-2014, 05:38 PM
We suspect that the mobs spawned by witches do not drop anything, which means WT4 might be wasted energy. Could be you're better at Kraag 4, but this is not verified yet. Asphynxia is working on that.
octavos
10-22-2014, 05:46 PM
Idk whats happening in AL, but in Ursoth event Energy was more prevalent...i'm having a had time in all levels to farm enough to craft. Im not a cook but I smell something fishy. This event is shorter then the rest and now its forcing me to just wait for energy.
tried WT4 and got lots of bones no energy...and that what I need is energy. 5 plat per entry..id spend 1 plat per entry.
its nice to buy energy kits with plat..and gold 24k <----yea right, i want to play so an increase in drops would be helpful to everyone.
Carapace
10-23-2014, 11:33 AM
I can confirm the drop rate for energy essence is exactly the same as it was for Ursoth's Assault.
Ghostyfiend
10-23-2014, 11:37 AM
Blackbringe or wt4 I think
octavos
10-23-2014, 11:41 AM
Blackbringe or wt4 I think
and KT3...and no its no the same because it has been modified.. so they are lower..yes in regular levels they drop but not the ones stated.
all I know is the frequency in the drops low..not that they dont drop at all.
Ghostyfiend
10-23-2014, 11:42 AM
I'm lvl16 I prefer wt4):chuncky:
ayylmao
10-23-2014, 04:53 PM
We suspect that the mobs spawned by witches do not drop anything, which means WT4 might be wasted energy. Could be you're better at Kraag 4, but this is not verified yet. Asphynxia is working on that.
I tested this on my warrior, it seems like the spawns actually drop essences more often.
Raselph
10-23-2014, 06:48 PM
We suspect that the mobs spawned by witches do not drop anything, which means WT4 might be wasted energy. Could be you're better at Kraag 4, but this is not verified yet. Asphynxia is working on that.
actually KT4 everytime gives me essences like the resuls of 30 runs
15 necro bones;
20 glacial
12 blood
9 fires
these couldnt be recorded cuz my screencastify wasnt working....
Raselph
10-23-2014, 06:49 PM
I can confirm the drop rate for energy essence is exactly the same as it was for Ursoth's Assault.
please check , elon essences droped every single place in camp boulder and tunnels of valheim
nothing drops over there , i at least hardcored for like 1 hour
octavos
10-23-2014, 07:16 PM
please check , elon essences droped every single place in camp boulder and tunnels of valheim
nothing drops over there , i at least hardcored for like 1 hour
Yup. Agreed
Iahwahska
10-23-2014, 08:20 PM
Nothing drops in the Yodeller maps at all anymore. They fixed them so people couldn't afk farm anymore. I could be wrong but I suspect pets don't even gain xp there any more.
extrapayah
10-24-2014, 07:22 PM
We suspect that the mobs spawned by witches do not drop anything, which means WT4 might be wasted energy. Could be you're better at Kraag 4, but this is not verified yet. Asphynxia is working on that.
sorry for asking this :P, so how the suspicion is? is it confirmed? :P thanks
mapenjay
10-24-2014, 08:28 PM
forcing to wait and forcing to buy kit,. bones have more chance to drop from mobs than energy, we run 100 times in wt4 and we got more bones and its like x5 of total bones than energy essence
suspicious?
Iahwahska
10-24-2014, 08:34 PM
Yep, wouldn't be so bad if bones were worth something but as it is I'm throwing away at least 40-50 of them a day for nothing.
Also no idea why but kt3 has been consistently better than kt4 for me but it's all random. I suggest trying a few different maps till you find one that's paying out at any given moment.
Serancha
10-24-2014, 08:43 PM
sorry for asking this :P, so how the suspicion is? is it confirmed? :P thanks
98% certain of it. I am still finishing gathering data for a full post on this.
Ihateppl
10-24-2014, 11:36 PM
Most likely they do, minions spawned by bosses can drop loot. Archon rings anyone?
extrapayah
10-25-2014, 12:41 AM
Most likely they do, minions spawned by bosses can drop loot. Archon rings anyone?
what minions? rendtail's?
Serancha
10-25-2014, 12:42 AM
Most likely they do, minions spawned by bosses can drop loot. Archon rings anyone?
Or they did until it was exploited and fixed in a hidden patch, like the pve kills those same minions gave. Arena spiders anyone?
Madnex
10-26-2014, 06:57 AM
Ahem.
Out of a 400 witch-spawned skeletons and several other mob groups, I confirm the following:
Witch-spawned skeletons do not drop gold nor essences neither do they offer EXP or kills.
Floor-spawned skeletons do drop gold & essences (in addition to offering EXP and kills).
Witches drop everything and even include direct Locked Chests in their drop table.
This should help clearing some things up.
Serancha
10-26-2014, 06:28 PM
Thank you for testing that maddy. Floor spawned mobs and witch spawned mobs are 2 different things that people tend to confuse to be the same since they both come out of the floor. ;)
killarrow
10-27-2014, 12:28 AM
please check , elon essences droped every single place in camp boulder and tunnels of valheim
nothing drops over there , i at least hardcored for like 1 hour
Camp boulder used to be the one of the best paces for essences during Ursoth, seems STS overlooked this map.
Serancha
10-27-2014, 03:14 AM
Conclusion on testing essence farming in KT4 vs WT4:
WT4 will give you one extra essence every 10 minutes over Kraag (solo or duo), but it also uses 10x more potions than Kraag does.
The extra potion cost in 10 wt4 minutes vs the value of one essence is laughable. Keep your potions, save your gold, and farm in Kraag. The extra mobs in WT4 don't give kills or drop essences. They just eat potions.