Mini-Guide: The Rune-Hunter Dwarf

[Rotluchs 83]

http://forum.sacredeng.ascaron-net.com/sho...5270#post385270

 

..back to the time I was looking for those runes , there haven't been so many players around to support me with runes.. so I collected about 2800 of 3000 runes I needed on my own... ask Jimmy about how often he had to come and help me to mule hundreds of runes all the time, again and again

 

Well... long story short: Best rune-farmers imho are the attack-vf vamp and the CB-dwarf. They are the fastest and best mf/rune/item farmes I played so far, sure that's all about personal playstyle and not objective very often...

 

Anyway, here are some details about a good working dwarf, who finds runes really fast:

 

(if not interested in a fairly detailed mini-build guide, you may skip the whole post and read the last paragraph why I usually take the dwarf for hunting runes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Rune-Hunter Dwarf

('Cannon Blast-Technician')

 

easy tu build, ready to play - out of the box

 

 

 

 

Skills

1. Weapon Lore (maxed)
   
2. Dwarven Lore (maxed)
   
3. Weapon Technology (up to a nice speed increase)
   
4. Constitution
   
5. Armor
   
6. Parrying
   
7. free
   
8. free
   

Attributes:

• Phys Reg
  

Basic Gear:

 

Just create another lowl level trader-dwarf and rock @ Braveshop (ah, other way round )

 

I prefer one at level 3 bronze and one on level 20 silver,

or only one level 12 dwarf, whenever I'm low on slots.

 

equipped with +1skill/trade amus/rings you find, you may also want to look for this stuff to equip your rune-hunter with:

• items with max. sockets and high +reg s-move
  
• enough +1 CA amulets to fill your sockets with
  
• ~2-4 rings with +4 ll
  
• ~1-2 amus with +4 ll
  
• ~5 amus, +crit 5
  

This build needs only one ! rune into Cannon Blast, nothing more.

But because we will find tons of runes, we can even spare a few for the rune-hunter. (in early stages 1:1 into CBlast, FThrower, WCry, Greed .. later as you like to, usually bit more for CB and Greed..)

 

 

 

 

Flame thrower & Co. is also only optional for faster mob-killing, and

maybe you find nice stuff when using greed - combined with a bit mf socketed once you feel fine and your regen of CB is low enough to skip the +CA amus.

 

Then, you can read CB runes instead. don't worry you won't need much for always beeing able to one-hit kill your enemies. you don't have to use more than 1 CB rune up to charlvl 20 approx.

 

depends once more on playstyle, resources and player-skill

 

 

 

add. booster:

 

as you can see above, there are some skills free we can choose from, take what you want.

Only the first 3 are important, rather then anything else.

 

there's many unique+set stuff it's always nice to have:

(maybe you find/have some of those items,or you're pleased to receive them as a gift)

• Full Fadalmars (eg for FT @ low level+dmg, but fast regen)
  
• Full Thar Eross/single parts (shield-mf gloves-ll cannon-CA girdle rsm etc)
  
• Full Goilomns set (260 runspeed, exactly what we could need too)
  
• Dirk of Pestilence, unique (dagger 2s, +rsm +crit +ll)
  
• Drauglurs Warmace, unique (nice 1h axe 3s +phys dmg% +rsm +crit)
  
• Heridons Saber, unique (1h sword 3s +rsm +CA +mf)
  
• Thodrans Ring (+fire dmg%, +crit +split)
  
• Thar Eross Ring (+mf +crit)
  
• all other mf jewellry
  
• silasas ring of conc. (one has +CA, the other +CA +crit)
  
• etc etc...
  

Good Regions/Monsters to look for:

 

This cannonshot-dwarf is predetermined to be one of the best rune-hunter amongst all charclasses, from level 1 bronze up to platin level 100 (at least) These are regions+monster I usually send send him to:

• 1-6 from isle straight to P-Vallum, Portal (goblins+goblin shaman bosses)
  
• 6-12 around Porto Vallum, or NW+NE directly into one of those undead caves
  
• 12-xx orc cave in khorad, spider desert near shaddar, etc etc...
  

Erm.. Now what was it again why you have been reading all this ?

(or what makes the CB-Dwarf such a great rune-hunter)

 

 

He can easily push his dmg via WL and a few mods only, needs almost no runes and can take out single bosses with one or a few shots, killing+running very fast (best for rune hunting+other quality-loot)

 

 

I think that I have used him to collect more than over 4000 runes so far...^^

 

When you're lucky, and having a nice run-speed whilst beeing able to one shoot-kill your enemies, you can make ~100 +/- xx Runes in a single hour.

 

(iirc, I usually collect about 60-110 in 60 minutes or so)[/font]

Edited May 7, 2007 by Rotluchs

[gogoblender 3,584]

Rottluchs , ty fer the guide!

Heh, when I saw this go up I was hoping we'd be able to have it here as well.

And now...the big battle-off between the Vamp and Dwarf...

Dom Dom Dom Dom!

 

 

 

gogo

[Schot 443]

Woot! A rune farmer. Thanx Rotluchs.

 

 

Ok gogo. Hurry up and make one. I need runes!

[erialc 3]

Ahh all thse great guides...I need several accounts now not just two! Thanks Rotluchs