Efficient Run Series: The Lost Mage Mines and Snaggletooth/Wrathjaw Eggs Farming

[Alfai]

Elite mage mine is a good farming map, dropping these 2 valuable eggs,
snaggletooth and wrathjaw.and sometimes locked crates.
Also, its among the easiest elite map and can be done fast for repetitive runs. I will share my personal experience and recommended build to help those who aren't familiar or struggling with the runs.

Elite mage mines can be done with speed with rogues and mages.not so say tanks are not benefiting from this runs but in view of time they are slightly behind.

Recommended builds (for rogue)

Base Stats: Full Dex

Skills:

• Shadow Pierce (Upgrades: Gouging Rush (and Leading dagger if you want)
• Shadow Veil/Trap (All upgrades except explode)
• Nox Bolt (All upgrades if possibe. Else, leave serrated arrowhead)
• Aimed Shot (All upgrades)

Passive (Maxed if possible):

• Might
• Agility
• Critical
• Damage

Weapon of choice:
Dagger (Twin Razor/Architect quills), or
Mhytic Bow

*recommending using dagger in solo runs for procs

Pet:
I personally choose slag for speed and stun.
Abaddon is another option.

If you have samael def good but theres no real need for an arcane pet here.

How to get here?
You must zone in Arcanum Grounds in dead city.



Keep on running and spamming pots to survive the run towards the mine entrance.ignore the mobs.


ENTERING THE MINES


Mobs Pull, Kiting and Stance-1st Clash

You may start near the skeletons on the left here, where the timer actually starts. Charge shadow pierce so you can dash whilst inflicting dmg on the mobs ahead.



Using rogue, bow the necromancer on the top left (ref image), lure these mobs to kite em for a clash kill.let the necromancer spawn the skeletons from the ground.you need the mob numbers to spawn the boss later.



Focus your fight here.if you run solo keep spamming pots whilst tapping attack and skills simultaneously.let the mobs spawned and chase you here.once they are group drop trap/charged veil at the middle.the moment these skills take effect, begin your attack and make use of the dodge/dmg buff.hit slag panic when the skills effect worn out.



Proceed to run (while attacking just to be safe on the required mobs for boss spawn) past all the mobs.



Alternative Pull:
Instead of kiting the necromancer on my top left which is slightly far from the battlespot, you can proceed by going towards the bridge, kill only 4 mobs here before the bridge.
Proceed to run (while attacking) past all the mobs after that.



Mobs Pull, Kiting and Stance-2nd Clash
Assuming you are in the running mode, proceed towards the last skeleton here near the exit.bow and lure em to chase you to this huge rock.this is where you make your stand.



The aggro is bigger than the first clash hence ensure you keep spamming the pots.similar tactics.the one i highlighted is where i recommend to drop traps should you are using.trap deploy happens whilst you are in motion.
Once trap/veil takes effect you can begin your attack.nearing the end of the effect you can buff slag to keep the attack momentum up.



Summoning Antee (boss)
By the time you hit the last mobs required Antee will spawn from above.
If you are a rogue best to:
Keep yout twinrazor and switch to dmg/crits pet (i.e talon or ribbit)
Switch to bow.and use talon/ribbit.



Antee response time is rather slow so you can just tapping skills and charge when need be.
With antee health left at 10prcnt,quickly equip your leprechaun pendant.if you are on reroll elix,this can increase the chance for good drops.
Collect these valuable eggs.if no eggs move on.
Dash to exit. If you exit and reenter it will reset the map.hence faster time to repeat the runs.



Hope this helps. Happy hunting!

Disclaimers

• This build and strategy is not for timed runs.
• Best to run with reroll elix and lep amu at the end for higher chance for egg drops.
• For solo runs, type in command window /partyi 0000
• Not recommending equipping lep amu the entire run especially solo.reason being you need better stats for offensive and survivability.equipping the lep amu the entire run does not guarantee a succesful drop.
• The run above was done pure (no elix) and with pvp build due to my 0 plats possession atm. You can achieve faster duration if using pve build.

*thanks in advance sam to move this guide to the guide section upon approval.