Farming Bracers of Greater Deflection Etc

[Malkoy]

Note: this will probably be of very little value to anyone who's not on solo play-through or who's a completionist in sense of builds.

 

 

I clean all of the spots on the map in each play-through. I noticed that during one of my later play-throughs one of the ship wrecks dropped spyglass for the first time I've been playing this game. Judging by forum posts Bracers of Great Deflection drop from places similar to Abandoned Villages and Burial sites.

 

Now if you like me, really-really want these bracers for your solo playthrough, you can abuse save scumming, since the booty of these spots generates randomly with each load, so F5->F9 is your friend. I have a strong suspicion that villages and burial sites have separate loot table and that some spots have different "tier": I've had several greater protection and deflection cloaks dropping from one burial site, whence others dropped regular rings of protection +int +history cloak etc.

Edit: Magran challengers might want to settle on some good items early on by saving the game in a separate slot (sorry Triple crown people). Loot table seems to be similar between similar spots that are geographically close. +4 deflection cloak, dragon pendant, ring of minor protection are all good to me=P

 

If someone wants to test with me please reply to this thread. I'll keep updating my progress. So Far the best drop I've got using this method is "Unique" Dragon Pendant from abandoned village near Sandswept Ruins (@lvl 5)

 

Method of testing:

Quick saving, looting the booty and reloading, rinse and repeat. After sufficient sample size, load quick-save to be able to test the same location at a later level.

 

 

Update one: Greater item rolls are level dependent? I have not encountered any greater rolls at level 5 yet.

 

Update two: Over many-many rolls the pattern seems to clear up: at most one wearable item per spot.

 

Update three:

Abandoned Village drops food (rice, fire kelp, palm stones, taar loafs), random minor gems, random drugs, Theocrat cloak, cloak of protection, cloak of deflection, ring of minor protection, Nature's embrace belt, Dragon Pendant (rare).

 

Burial Site (gravestones): Variety of scrolls, random sigils, random regular weapons, random minor gems, cloak of protection, cloak of deflection, ring of minor protection, ring of overseeing, trollhide belt

 

Burial Site (mound): Variety of scrolls, random sigils, random regular weapons, random minor gems, cloak of Theocrat, ring of minor protection,  Huana Charm Belt, Psycher Belt, Dragon Pendant

 

Ruined Tower: Potions, minor gems, scrolls, utility items (grappling hook anyone?), Grimoire of Disruption, crafting mats (solution, rune powder etc note: more variety than usual). I gave up after a while of not seeing any wearable drops from Towers.

Let me know if someone had different results

 

Update four: Seems like some spots have separate loot tables, despite the same "type" Shipwrecks seem to stably drop the same flag over and over. Got another Dragon Pendant and spyglass from the shipwreck near Fort Deadlight.

 

Update Five: Seems like tier of goodies could be affected by geography (higher tiers north):

I started getting fine equipment from Old Battlegrounds further north

 

Update Six (Small): I have went up to level 11 with no change in loot tables of existing sites. I suspect that if there is a level breakpoint for items it will be around level 12 or 15. Second though is "gated" sites, that require you to complete higher level content to access, but otherwise look identical.

Edited August 11, 2018 by Malkoy

[Kaylon]

Don't know about the last patches, but I was able to drop more than one wearable item from the same spot - you can also save/reload between searching attempts.

[Tommy1984]

I did something like this on my first playthrough. I saved after each good search and reloaded on bad searches:

1) the maximum number of searches per site is determined by your first search
2) you can save/load after each search ... this way you can get multiple magical items per site
3) you can get all sigil wardstones from burial sites except the wardstone of death
4) you can get magical weapons and non-magical brigandine/platearmor from battle grounds (even possible on Maje)
5) you can get spyglasses from shipwrecks (even possible on Maje)
6) I never ever encountered Bracers of Greater Deflection !!!

[Boeroer]

I got Bracers of Greater Deflection in my first playthrough right after release. I can't say for sure where I got them. I think it was random loot but don't quote me on this.

 

I remember getting them because they didn't stack with the Cape of Greater Deflection - and that was a real bummer (this will be fixed in a future patch I heard).  

Edited August 10, 2018 by Boeroer

[Malkoy]

I think I broke the game somewhere along the way. I have 3rd class now (fighter with constant recovery and knockdown, that can't be used due tothe lack of  discipline resource, but hangs around on my bar in per-rest abilities)  . Also I have both Visage and Mien of Death's Herald.

 

Also needed to sleep in the tavern to clear all the "per-rest buffs" (I had Gaun's blessing, and 3 stacked food buffs) I suspect this is due to the buggy ship boarding after the 2.0 patch/BoW add-on (no ability resets between boardings)

Edited August 11, 2018 by Malkoy

[thundercleese]

I think I broke the game somewhere along the way. I have 3rd class now (fighter with constant recovery and knockdown, that can't be used due tothe lack of  discipline resource, but hangs around on my bar in per-rest abilities)  . Also I have both Visage and Mien of Death's Herald.

 

Also needed to sleep in the tavern to clear all the "per-rest buffs" (I had Gaun's blessing, and 3 stacked food buffs) I suspect this is due to the buggy ship boarding after the 2.0 patch/BoW add-on (no ability resets between boardings)

Did you retrain at some point? As there is currently a bug where you gain first level fighter abilities and sotry abilities upon retraining.

[Malkoy]

Yeah, doing solo playthrough. Retraining is the name of the game. Unless you want stealth for the entirety of the play-through:P