Lantern Farming in epics

[Sarlona Raiding]

Zero. I spent the Anniversary bashing the loot pinata.



I am ssslllloooowwww.

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If I understand correctly, I need 2,000 points. Average Normal quest is maybe 5 points? That is 400 quests. Twenty minutes a quest. That is 130 hours. Maybe not such a good idea starting so late.

Currently, you average about 12 per quest on normal and 20 on R1 in epics, a bit less in heroics as there is no head of the beast.

If you average 3 quests per hour it's 55 hours on normal or 33 on R1. The way to look at it is how quickly does it take you go to from 1 to 26 because you will have your lantern filled before you hit 26.

 

[Positive thinking]

200 Durability per hour without boosts translates to about 10 quests per hour unless you get lucky with heads of the beast spawn rate. That probably works with borderlands and into the mists farming, but most people don't find that pace very fun outside of a few edge cases like borderlands where the quests are exceptionally short. In the case of the lantern event, sometimes you have to wait for a lantern to appear after a quest is completed which throws off the timeline a bit as well.

Not sure if this was a question or a statement, but 10-12 mist spawns an hour is an expected rate for our group. We usually run on reaper to get the best durability rewards. We wont discuss in forums how long quests and spawns are taking on a case by case, thats a “fight club” rule for us, but hourly rates are an expectation so that we can calculate our investment.

And if we could we would ask for a head of the beast everytime, we never feared the head of the beast once we fought our first one.

 

[Sarlona Raiding]

Not sure if this was a question or a statement, but 10-12 mist spawns an hour is an expected rate for our group. We usually run on reaper to get the best durability rewards. We wont discuss in forums how long quests and spawns are taking on a case by case, thats a “fight club” rule for us, but hourly rates are an expectation so that we can calculate our investment.

And if we could we would ask for a head of the beast everytime, we never feared the head of the beast once we fought our first one.

According to your math @ 200 per hour you would have completed all skulls lanterns in 36 hours.. So why were you still running it months later?

That's 10 hours to complete the mount, 7.5 each for the long cloak, companion and shield and under 4 hours for the short cloak.

 

[Positive thinking]

According to your math @ 200 per hour you would have completed all skulls lanterns in 36 hours.. So why were you still running it months later?

That's 10 hours to complete the mount, 7.5 each for the long cloak, companion and shield and under 4 hours for the short cloak.

Firstly, our team farmed the new server for its first time favor bonuses, which we did at a casual pace, helping eachnother as we went. Yes 36 hours, actually it was probably less, between the two sets of lanterns it took us less than two weeks, and my boyfriend farmed and extra set that he kept as he had already turned in the skulled and no skulled sets, i have most of an extra set done too. We farmed the extra sets while we were helping other crew members as well as any people that he accepted in the group to help them fill lheir lanterns.

Secondly, we havent been on cormyr for weeks but we are offering to come back on to help the OP, plus we check in every once in a while to check if guildies in our current guild are needng any assistance filling their lanterns.

I think you should track your durability earnings per hour a little closer to see how much you are actually earning, dont forget the whispers as well.

 

[Sturmbb]

Zero. I spent the Anniversary bashing the loot pinata.



I am ssslllloooowwww.

.....

If I understand correctly, I need 2,000 points. Average Normal quest is maybe 5 points? That is 400 quests. Twenty minutes a quest. That is 130 hours. Maybe not such a good idea starting so late.

Hi there,

I farmed Into the mists last night for about 1.5 hours and got 375 durability. It was only a pug group as well. people were leaving and joining. The trick is, as soon as someone leaves (when you have a full group). Immediately repost your LFM. I had so much fun doing it. Noramally i get bored doing one quest again and again. but for some reason i actually enjoyed into the mists. We were all talking and chatting while playing so it was fun. We ran with practically a full group for the entire duration.

I still have about 250 durability of the mount lantern to fill, than i need to start the other lanters. So if you see an LFM up for "into the mists" farming lanterns. Feel free to join up. I've given up on the skull lanterns as there isnt much difference between the skull and the non skull so just running non skull so i can get the completed now (as the even ends in less than a months time).

Good luck and i hope you get them filled

 

[Sturmbb]

According to your math @ 200 per hour you would have completed all skulls lanterns in 36 hours.. So why were you still running it months later?

That's 10 hours to complete the mount, 7.5 each for the long cloak, companion and shield and under 4 hours for the short cloak.

The thing that really boosted our numbers last night and the night before was whispers. unfortunately whispers appearing are completely random, but they really do boost your durability up if you can get them. Last night we didnt get a head of the beast, but we got a few whispers which helped with the durability gain.

There is just under a month left for the event, so if you can find the time, i really do think they are achievable. as i said in the last post. Your probably better off trying to full the non skull lanterns, as you are not wasting time if you die and starting over.

If i get the time, i might try the skull lanterns after i have filled my non skull lanterns. but the difference between the non skull and the skull is soo tiny, its probably not worth the effort (apart from bragging rights i suppose).

Have fun

 

[Sophie The Cat Burglar]

I decided to give this a serious try. It is definitely not what I expected. My feelings are really mixed. In 12 hours I reached level 7 and 335 on my lantern. The harder mist stalkers are definitely dangerous, even on Normal, to a character with no support of any kind. I will sleep on it and decide if I want to spend another 60 hours on this. Other games in my rotation give out the same rewards for, like, 30 minutes of easy play. Haha!

Edit: Now level 12 with 799 on my lantern.

 

[Sophie The Cat Burglar]

Well, I reached level 20 after 242 quests with 1,263 durability on my lantern. Average durability reward was 5.2 per quest. I recorded time stamps for all quests but need to convert that into minutes. Including everything, I anticipate an average of 15 to 20 minutes per quest, pretty much as predicted.

Since reaching 20, I played 5 hours and reached 1,337 durability, for an average of 14.8 durability per hour. My character is about two thirds of the way through 20.

There is a significant jump in difficulty when moving into Epic quests. For the first time, I had to run away in one quest.

The worst thing about these events is starting over with nothing in a game where almost nothing drops. Ravenloft: Nothing. Demon Sands: Needed to grind for enough tokens to barter for Tourney Armor. Sharn: Nothing. Borderlands: Nothing. I have not seen a single Great Crossbow drop since level 7. The free Great Crossbow from Ravenloft had to carry me from 10 to 20. Random loot is TERRIBLE. My two lucky pulls were a Dynamistic Quiver from Grim and Berett and a Normal Jeweled Cloak from Trial by Fire. The Dynamistic Quiver replaced 5 starter quivers I was juggling. The Mantle of the World Shaper and Jeweled Cloak are the only reasons I survived many encounters.

The funniest thing was not having a ghost touch weapon. Ever. Nothing dropped. At this moment in time, my character still does not have one. (I found the ingot to make it right before writing this post.) At level 19, I almost went back to The Borderlands for a level 2 Ethereal Great Crossbow but I am stubborn and decided to press through. (I had to look it up in my spreadsheet. It was right after running Eye of the Titan. Incorporeal! Incorporeal! Incorporeal! Incorporeal! Incorporeal! Incorporeal! Incorporeal!)

I should never have started doing this. What the heck was I thinking?

 

[Positive thinking]

Well, I reached level 20 after 242 quests with 1,263 durability on my lantern. Average durability reward was 5.2 per quest. I recorded time stamps for all quests but need to convert that into minutes. Including everything, I anticipate an average of 15 to 20 minutes per quest, pretty much as predicted.

Since reaching 20, I played 5 hours and reached 1,337 durability, for an average of 14.8 durability per hour. My character is about two thirds of the way through 20.

There is a significant jump in difficulty when moving into Epic quests. For the first time, I had to run away in one quest.

The worst thing about these events is starting over with nothing in a game where almost nothing drops. Ravenloft: Nothing. Demon Sands: Needed to grind for enough tokens to barter for Tourney Armor. Sharn: Nothing. Borderlands: Nothing. I have not seen a single Great Crossbow drop since level 7. The free Great Crossbow from Ravenloft had to carry me from 10 to 20. Random loot is TERRIBLE. My two lucky pulls were a Dynamistic Quiver from Grim and Berett and a Normal Jeweled Cloak from Trial by Fire. The Dynamistic Quiver replaced 5 starter quivers I was juggling. The Mantle of the World Shaper and Jeweled Cloak are the only reasons I survived many encounters.

The funniest thing was not having a ghost touch weapon. Ever. Nothing dropped. At this moment in time, my character still does not have one. (I found the ingot to make it right before writing this post.) At level 19, I almost went back to The Borderlands for a level 2 Ethereal Great Crossbow but I am stubborn and decided to press through. (I had to look it up in my spreadsheet. It was right after running Eye of the Titan. Incorporeal! Incorporeal! Incorporeal! Incorporeal! Incorporeal! Incorporeal! Incorporeal!)

I should never have started doing this. What the heck was I thinking?

Again if you want help filling those lanterns fast, pm me and we will get a few people to help you.

 

[Sophie The Cat Burglar]

Again if you want help filling those lanterns fast, pm me and we will get a few people to help you.

Thank you very much for the offer. Despite the difficulty and humongous time investment, I feel a stubborn need to do this on my own.

 

[Sophie The Cat Burglar]

I encountered my first Head of the Beast this morning in The Hobgoblin Horde. The mist pocket looked small so I did not back up. When it appeared, my first thoughts were, "Oh. I have not seen this one before. I wonder what it does." When Albus Gladwin received a cursed wound and I looked more closely, I realized it was the head of a hydra. Then I ran. I was in the part of the dungeon with the ogre and ran into a dead end. The monster chased me. Then, because of the mist, I ran into another dead end. The monster chased me. I brought up the map and still managed to get into a dead end. Keep in mind, this area of the dungeon is really small with low ceilings. It was funny. My hire and I both had cursed wounds. His hit points were almost gone. Mine were full. I finally stopped, threw up a dimension door, took a couple hits, and jumped to the entrance. My hire also made it out alive.

To my surprise, it was far from my most harrowing encounter with a Mist Stalker. To my credit, taking Dimension Door really was a good idea.

It looks like my best bet is running The Borderlands over and over for lantern points and, if I get super lucky, a piece of usable equipment. I also went back to the Demon Sands since the chests are off ransack. Those quests are really long, though, especially with a character that cannot do much damage. The Chamber of Raiyum took an hour to clear.

 

[PersonMan]

I encountered my first Head of the Beast this morning in The Hobgoblin Horde. The mist pocket looked small so I did not back up. When it appeared, my first thoughts were, "Oh. I have not seen this one before. I wonder what it does." When Albus Gladwin received a cursed wound and I looked more closely, I realized it was the head of a hydra. Then I ran. I was in the part of the dungeon with the ogre and ran into a dead end. The monster chased me. Then, because of the mist, I ran into another dead end. The monster chased me. I brought up the map and still managed to get into a dead end. Keep in mind, this area of the dungeon is really small with low ceilings. It was funny. My hire and I both had cursed wounds. His hit points were almost gone. Mine were full. I finally stopped, threw up a dimension door, took a couple hits, and jumped to the entrance. My hire also made it out alive.

To my surprise, it was far from my most harrowing encounter with a Mist Stalker. To my credit, taking Dimension Door really was a good idea.

It looks like my best bet is running The Borderlands over and over for lantern points and, if I get super lucky, a piece of usable equipment. I also went back to the Demon Sands since the chests are off ransack. Those quests are really long, though, especially with a character that cannot do much damage. The Chamber of Raiyum took an hour to clear.

The tell for HotB is the reddish orange glow.

Spoiler: pic

 

[Sophie The Cat Burglar]

The tell for HotB is the reddish orange glow.

I did know that from reading Archmage Dudewiki's article on Lanterns in the Mist, but on my computer, a number of Mist Stalkers appear with glowing orange mist. That is probably an artifact of my specific computer and graphics settings. As another example, on my computer, most Tier 2 Mist Stalkers come out of a tumbler shaped region of mist.

 

[PersonMan]

I did know that from reading Archmage Dudewiki's article on Lanterns in the Mist, but on my computer, a number of Mist Stalkers appear with glowing orange mist. That is probably an artifact of my specific computer and graphics settings. As another example, on my computer, most Tier 2 Mist Stalkers come out of a tumbler shaped region of mist.

Interesting. Well, A tell that should be independent of your graphics setting is how many debuffs you get hit with at the 5 second mark.

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To my knowledge only HotB gives you those instead of just the 1 initial debuff.

 

[Sophie The Cat Burglar]

Interesting. Well, A tell that should be independent of your graphics setting is how many debuffs you get hit with at the 5 second mark.

I assure you, I was too busy running into dead ends to look at my character portrait.

Wait. Is that...blood???

Funning aside, now that I have seen the thing, my tactics should improve. There is no hope of me fighting one. Less panic. More running.

 

[Keeya]

Anyone notice an uptick in Mist Stalker difficulty since Wednesday's update?

I've been farming Friar's Niece on Elite with my L24 and had no issues with any of them except for HoTB (which took more work) prior to the Wed update.

Since the update they seem much more difficult and I'm getting stunned regularly. I've even had a few <gasp> fails which didn't happen before.

 

[Positive thinking]

Anyone notice an uptick in Mist Stalker difficulty since Wednesday's update?

I've been farming Friar's Niece on Elite with my L24 and had no issues with any of them except for HoTB (which took more work) prior to the Wed update.

Since the update they seem much more difficult and I'm getting stunned regularly. I've even had a few <gasp> fails which didn't happen before.

Pm me your toons name and we will look you up and try to help you finish your lanterns up.

 

[Mindos]

Who runs Cormyr Dome?

 

[Keeya]

Pm me your toons name and we will look you up and try to help you finish your lanterns up.

Thanks for the generous offer, Pos! Y'alls (I'm in Texas) willingness to help the player community is appreciated.

I don't have much more to go and like Sophie, I have a stubborn desire to finish 'em up on my own.

 

[Sophie The Cat Burglar]

Mission accomplished. No deaths for my character of hires. Special thanks to Duerim Guardwell.

This was for a standard He Man Battle Cat. (I never bothered with the other 9 lanterns.) It took 17 days, 242 Heroic quests, and 132 Epic quests for an average of 5.3 durability points per quest. The Head of the Beast showed up 5 times.

I ended up bouncing back and forth between Epic Borderlands and Epic Catacombs for a lot of durability at the end.