Nearly 2 weeks of pure playtime has a mage farmed for his dream weapon in WoW Classic – on the side, he also earned 9,000 gold.
Anyone who wants to have their desired equipment in an MMORPG often has to farm for a long time. Few know this better than the players of World of Warcraft Classic. But the mage probably didn’t expect the grind to take so long. He needed 1570 runs in a dungeon before the desired weapon was finally in his hands.
What happened? As Buffed reports, the mage Vitur, who goes by zamer09 on Reddit, undertook a proud 1570 runs to wrest an epic weapon from Princess Theradras in the dungeon Maraudon. This took 314 hours – nearly 13 days of pure playtime. After that, the “Blade of Eternal Darkness” was finally in the possession of his undead mage.
After 1570 kills, I finally got the Blade of Eternal Darkness from r/classicwow
According to wowhead, the Blade of Eternal Darkness has a drop chance of 0.19% from Queen Theradras. On average, it takes just over 500 runs to see the blade once. Zamer09 needed three times that time.
Other players have significantly more luck – like this
orc woman in PvP.
How did he do it? Maraudon is not an “endgame instance”, as the opponents are at most level 51. Therefore, it is possible to largely master the dungeon solo. As a fire-specialized mage (and with pretty good equipment), zamer09 was also able to defeat the princess solo in battle. He shows a typical kill in this video – and he doesn’t even break a sweat, but easily blows the princess away.
That’s why the weapon is so good: The Blade of Eternal Darkness is particularly popular with mages as it is one of the best weapons for farming. While it does not have stats like intelligence or spell damage, it has a powerful proc effect: “When casting a damage spell, there is a chance to deal 100 shadow damage and restore 100 mana to you.”
This effect has a chance of 10% to trigger per spell and target, making it particularly interesting for mages who farm with “Arcane Explosion.” Since the effect has no internal cooldown, it can even trigger multiple times with a single spell. If you hit about 9 enemies with Arcane Explosion, you have a 9 times 10% chance to regain a solid 100 mana. This becomes evident quickly.
By the way, the effect is not triggered by individual ticks of DoTs, nor by the individual waves of the mage spell Blizzard. Thus, it is especially interesting for Arcane Explosion or the shockwave (fire mages).
Other players are currently becoming invincible – like this rogue.
Many loots earned along the way: His mage Virus has become quite a rich character in the process. From the 1570 runs, the character was able to earn almost 9,000 gold pieces – a huge sum in WoW Classic. 6,000 gold were earned solely from selling loot to the vendor, with the remaining 3,000 gold coming from various materials that can be sold at the auction house.
Have you ever invested so much time searching for an item? Or would you have given up after 100 runs at the latest?
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