What are all the SSS and SWS chest runs and which are the easiest and most efficient?

hello,

So SSS and SWS drops from dwarves, so anywhere in the southern Shiverpeaks.

I guess the most efficient would be Tasca's demise, without the titans quests (obviously with, you might also drop some magma's shields)

However those midgets hit hard so I will not consider those runs as easy.

The area is pretty small, 1 to 4 chests.

Dreadnought's drift seems a good spot too (1 to 3 chests in 2minutes) but the fact you need to run there, and can't resign makes it a bit more annoying, if you have an alt you consider leaving the zone with)

Ask Oldschool Cool for Tasca and Red Fireball for dreadnought's

Or I might do the maps for you as soon as I can

Well, that's the two areas (3 with Grenth's footprint) where you have the densest dwarf population as far as I remember.

You can try Thunderhead keep, but that's not really efficient since you don't have a guaranteed chest.

Farming the little people is an option, but I guess you need to be 2 (with a prot monk)

edit : PS what criteria aren't met for you ?

Well... if it's easy it ain't funny !

I will have a look around the shiverspeaks for you, and keep you updated

I can confirm what TongTong said :

- Tasca : 1-3 chest (on rare occasions 0 chest or 4 chests). But the zone is really annoying, the heroes get bodyblocked and die really fast, the dwarves are hitting hard (those damn archers) and the chest/hour is quite low (40 chests/hour with cupcake and alcohol)

- Grenth footprint : quite slow, the dwarves are hitting hard, and Muddy Terrain make the run really painful !

- Thunderhead and Dreadnought's : you need an alt for both. Once again they are quite slow and you aren't even guarantee to get one chest !

- Farming. I don't really know any solo farm build, and the healers are making it difficult. One alternative I could think of would be to duo with an alt and play a dual spirit spammer build (SoS and Communing spirit spam). But I don't think that's very efficient.

Grenth’s footprint is super easy with a +10 vs piercing shield. The drop rate kind of sucks though. I’ve had one single mode sss drop in over 100 chests. I haven’t seen a sws yet

If you're only interested in SSS and SWS do it HM without the quest.

If you want a chance to drop some magma shield, take the quest. But as you said the run will be harder.

If you want magma I'll recommend hell's precipice

Reviving this thread as I want to hunt for some SSS/SWS.

I'm leaning towards Tasca's Demise HM without Titan quest so far, but still trying out all runs.

In Grenth's Footprint I see many chests next to Ice Imps / Pinesouls. Am I correct that those do not drop SSS/SWS? Or is it enough if there are summits in compass range?

Chests popping on imps/pinesouls will drop you core skins.

Drops from chests are generated regarding which foe it pops on

i agree. Tasca HM is the most effective way to get those sweet SSS & SWS and is quite easy with a vs dwarves or piercing tact shield since the biggest threat are those archers, cupcake+ alchool & dwarven stability( perma kd imunity) , Feigned Neutrality and dark escape are the only dmg reductions you need, right after you cast shadowform & shroud. Also slap one showstep on your skill bar , sometimes inevitabily you will get body blocked .

So basically you want to always have up:

-Shadow form

-Shroud of distress

-Dwarven stability( anti kd) witj booze

-Dark escape or feigned neutrality ( never both in the same time unless is actually necesary)

-personaly as last skill i use Feel no Pain since im drunk anyway

As a A/W i meet the requirements on my tact shield vs dwarves for even more armor ( 16Ar +10 vs dwarves) since you only spend points in shadow Arts.

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I personally go A/E with Glyph of Swiftness. This way you have perma Shadow Form, perma anti-KD with Dwarven Stability and also Perma Dark Escape. I use Shroud of Distress and Way of the Master to trigger the Shadow Form 5 damage reduction and ofc Shroud helps staying alive. This leaves me room for Heart of Shadow and Deaths Charge to speed up the run. I only use Alcohol to trigger the anti-KD from Dwarven Stability.

I just hate casting glyph of swiftness

I just stumbled upon this thread and wondered why no one mentioned Ice Dome? Only Dwarves and some ice golems, with one of the highest, if not the highest mob density out there. Easily 80+ chests per hour with 2-3 chests each run just running from one side to the other.
I think I never had a run with 0 chests and did open more than 3k chests there

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I just stumbled upon this thread and wondered why no one mentioned Ice Dome? Only Dwarves and some ice golems, with one of the highest, if not the highest mob density out there. Easily 80+ chests per hour with 2-3 chests each run just running from one side to the other.
I think I never had a run with 0 chests and did open more than 3k chests there

No outpost is there? It is a fun run though

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Quote from Deset

I just stumbled upon this thread and wondered why no one mentioned Ice Dome? Only Dwarves and some ice golems, with one of the highest, if not the highest mob density out there. Easily 80+ chests per hour with 2-3 chests each run just running from one side to the other.
I think I never had a run with 0 chests and did open more than 3k chests there

No outpost is there? It is a fun run though

use an alt to rezone and repeat. no need for outpost

you dont even need an alt, you can just run from portal to portal. Although bringing an alt is recommened so you have more inventory space or just bring some merchant stones