hi guys..
iv been farming the black skele in the secret passage in 4-2 with PBWT for a while now
must have killed it about 100 times by now, but still no pure
iv got about 70 bladestone shards 20 chunks some soul remains and a few katanas, but still no pure
how long did it take you to get it? and is there an easier way to farm for them?
thx in advance
Personally I kill the BP black and golden skeletons with soul sucker. I've farmed it for about an hour and a half, but apparently they drop there more than anywhere else. It's also really good for soul farming (130,000 per run). Hope this helps.
Did you use the Large Sword of Searching? I've noticed different patterns of drop if not using it, maybe more chunks appear.
I've tried a lot not only in the three BP in that little walkway outside, but also on that black skelethon of the hidden passage. Still haven't got any.
Any tips would help a lot. I'm in PBWT, should I keep trying?
Supposedly the drop from the black skeleton is "very rare" but the one from the BP is very very rare enough. I think it is a one in 200 chance of dropping from the BP skeleton. I spend about 14 hours getting it to drop. I had about 60 chucks of Bladestone before I was done.
I hope you have better luck. This drop is the most/only annoying thing about this game.
Are you using pure black world tendency and large sword of searching? It helps a hell of a lot.
PSN: z00orleanz
"Fall to my blade and fear the next blow"
Yes, I'm using LSoS and PBWT.
The thing to be considered is: when you go through the hidden passage, that's one drop you have, from only one enemy.
The BP's way, you get three drops.
Then, even if the drop rate of the black skelethon is 3x higher, it would equal, would'n it?
So you guys suggest i stoop doing the BP's way and head to farm on the hidden passage?
Dude, this is annoying…
I farm the black phantom dual katana black skeleton and the dual katana black skeleton in the hidden passage.
PSN: z00orleanz
"Fall to my blade and fear the next blow"
I spent the last two hours farming the BP's. I'll try the one of the hidden passage a few times for a change. :D
13. But i've seen lots of people with higher stats still getting problems to get this ore. Could be it?
mine is 11… I didnt have as much trouble as your having. It must just be the luck of the draw.
just did another few hours of farming the one in the secret passage and still no pure!
and about the luck stat..does it really matter..iv heard that it increases the chance of getting a drop..not increases the rarity..but not sure if this is true
and im pretty sure the LSoS doesnt effect the rarity of drops..only how often an item is dropped
I got my Pure Bladestone yesterday. As above, I was having real difficulties even with hours of farming, in the hidden passage and with the BP's in 4-2.
I was in my 4th playthrough when i spent hours farming, so i decided to go and do the rest of the game and get the last stones/magic i needed. I had to finish the game again, and started my 5th playthrough. After finishing all, all i had to get was a pure bladestone.
I started farming and in no more than 20 minutes (something like 5 farming runs) i got mine. Using the same strategy i used in 4th Pthrough, but this time it was a lot easier.
What i get from this situation?
- There is a possibility that drop rate/possibility of rare ores change or reset after you start a new playthrough
- I used the same strategy of farming, so i didn't get any clues of how changing the method of killing would help
Hope it helped.
Another details i forgot:
- I had raised my Luck stats to 25 before trying again in the 5th playthrough.
- I had always the LSoS in my left hand when using soulsucker with the right. When i went to check with Maiden, i had my Item drop doubled only when i got the LSoS carreid, and not only having it in one of the 4 equiop slots.
I didnt notice any difference in the pure bladestone drop rate while carrying the LSoS. This skeleton always drops something. I believe that the drop rate of the of the skeleton in the passageway for the pure bladestones is 0.5%(pbwt). meaning that the skeleton in the passageway will drop a pure bladestone 1/200 times he is killed.
I personally roll past his initial jumping duel Kitana attack and hit him with a backstab. Then i suicide of the edge of the cliff and start again. ive never tried soul sucker
I believe you are right.
The only thing LSoS does is to increase your item rate occurrency, which is defined by Luck. If the Luck itself doens't influence rare drops, the LSoS couldn't help either.
I just kept it hold to make sure i wasn't missing anything at all.
This website makes us believe that is harder to get a pure ore from the skelethon in the hidden passage than with the BP's, and I confirm that, at least with the experience i got.
I have found out that i tend to get a higher drop rate while being alive.
I was farming for SoEE from plague babies in soulform and got aroun 2 stones on 4 runs. The next time i farmed i was alive and got 4-5 stones each run!
Can anyone confirm this, or was it a coincidens?
I got a pure blade stone on my 5th run when i was alive, i had previously killed the skeleton 100times in soulform with no pure drop.
Yh when not in soul form u get some better drops, but the rate isnt increased much though. Anyway, to ask a dumb question, would it still be worth it to have LSOS in left hand and backstab with right hand on BP katana skeleton and black katana skele in the passage so that pure bladestone drop is increased? or is it basically useless for the drop of pure bladestone? I have 33 luck.
PSN: Benjamin_Draco
Summum nec metuam, nec optem diem
you dont have to use LSOS its abilities are passive so you can have it on your back and it would still affect drop rates(i think)
best bet is to just do runthroughs with goal of killing the BP dual katana skeleton; don't focus on the two BP Gold skeletons past him for souls (once I stopped killing those two guys I noticed my frustration with the farming time went way down cuz I wasn't wasting as much time per run). Took me about 4.5 hrs to get my first one (luck 30, no LSoS; I tried with the LSoS for about the first 2 hrs and then I read this thread and put it away)…then I kept doing that area for soul farming and another one dropped on my second run. I was shocked; I got 2 of them in 3 trials. It just seemed cruel to me to spend that time going for the first one and then as soon as I didn't need it anymore I got another.
That's happened to me for just about every last stone I needed.
yesterday in 4-3 :)
PBWT with my Level 185 Royal; 7 Luck; no LSoS; the first kill of the BP dual Katana Skeleton and "Bingo" I guess: The most wanted Stone in DS:
Posting that pic is such a dick move, LOL jk
So given how the pure bladestone is such a hot topic in these forums, I wonder if anyone's willing to dupe them and give them out as prizes for small tourneys or something like that. That could be an interesting way of getting people to PvP fairly since you must abide by rules before the moderators drop the stone for you.
BTW, admins, if you're reading this, I want in this tourney.
I swear to god, your name has got to be a BB reference.
Anyways, a lot of people will be willing to dupe you a +5 Sharp Weapon or a PBS for free.
Also, LSoS and/or luck stat does not affect the drop chance of a Pure Bladestone in PBWT. Drop chances increase, drop quality does not. Since the Black Skeletons in 4-2 already have a 100% drop rate (Meaning they will always drop something) with PBWT, there's nothing you can do to increase the chance.
From personal experience, I've found the BP and Normal Black Skeleton to have the same drop rates. The BP Gold Skeletons will not drop pures, and aren't really worth farming for anything but souls, since you will most likely have plenty of chunks by the time you get a pure. They also have much lower chunk rates than the Black Skeletons anyways.
The normal Black Skeleton can be farmed significantly faster as well. By ignoring the first reaper, heading straight for the secret passage, killing the Black Skeleton (easy with some practice), and suiciding off the cliff, you save a lot of time. The only disadvantage to this method is that you get far less souls.
Never had any luck with the Hidden Passage Black Skeleton. 4-3 Black Phantom Dual Katana black skeleton seems to drop it the most for me. After farming the hidden passage for 3 days 6-hours a day, I decided to try my luck at 4-3, and within an hour I had my Pure. So those that do the hidden passage IMHO are wasting their time, and should try out 4-3 instead.