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| Starting Archstone | 4-2 Adjudicator Archstone |
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1. Equip your bow in the right hand, talisman in the left. Don't need a shield or secondary weapons. Equip your bow and arrows. With a few practice runs, you should be warping back to the Nexus at about 40 seconds. If you have to use the archstone, about 1 minute. With the suggested equipment, you'll get 1647 souls if you kill the manta in the first shot (otherwise, 1372) and you'll get a total of 6060 from the Reaper and his minions, for a grand total of 7707 souls in under a minute, plus some Darkmoonstone. The best part about this strategy is there is virtually no danger to the player! Assuming you complete most runs in 45 seconds, you can bring in over 600,000 souls per hour. |
Method soul-farming:10
page revision: 2, last edited: 18 Mar 2010 07:50
NG+ Note
In the beginning of NG+ I find this to be the best method of farming. With PBWT I get 4k from the Manta with only Silver Bracelets and the Ring of Avarice, and I get 27k from the Reaper adding Soul Thirst to the mix. I usually finish a run in about 30-40 seconds ending up totaling a little under 100k souls in 3 minutes. If you're fast enough you can add Soul Thirst for the Manta as well for about 8k souls. But using this method you can easily double possibly triple the above 600k souls an hour.
Alternate Exit Strategy
Alternatively, you can just jump off the cliff by the entrance to the level (note World Tendency change if you suicide in Body Form). You'll re-spawn at the Archstone, saving you one loading screen since you don't have to load Nexus). Then you can just pick up your bloodstain at the cliff edge or in the tunnel by Graverobber Blige (this is faster than returning to Nexus each time).
Alternate Strategy #1
Equip and ready Soul Ray and Talisman of Beasts after killing the reaper, then jump off the cliff. When you spawn run to the edge of the tunnel and jump. Immediately hit target and you will target a Manta crossing in front of you. One shot of Soul Ray should kill him. Then proceed as normal to kill the reaper. After killing it remember to ready Soul Ray before jumping. This will add 20% to each run with almost no added time. You get a much better return per run in full Black Tendency, almost twice.
Alternate Strategy #2
Alternatively, don't bother collecting the reaper's loot after killing him, simply turn around and jump off the cliff. With a decent bow, a single run for 5500 souls (with Ring of Avarice equipped) can be completed in about 1:20, including the loading screen. This is also a great way to stock up on healing items if you are running low; just kill the reaper then buy as much Full Moon Grass as you can hold from the vendor behind you. You'll be swimming in it before you know it.
Alternate Strategy #3
Variation for even more points: Instead of running off the cliff after killing the Reaper, run up the passage to it's left. Open the hidden passage after 2 flights of stairs and go down. Kill the double Katana skeleton, worth 4,000-8,000 souls depending upon tendency and equipment. This whole operation adds about 15 seconds and some modest danger, but it should be easy for a caster. The double Katana skeleton also drops Bladestone Chunks.
*(Dual Katana, can drop all forms of Bladestone. Confirmed by 7luck, w/o LSS)
*note: if you farm here you might consider getting into soul form first. with the reaper at the sniping point this place many use this. as such this area attracts black phantoms to witch i could use a number of similes or metaphors, example: like heroes to treasure, so either get ready for a fight, get banish ready, or stay away untill soul form.
I found this strategy great because i jsut have to run in and shoot my bow about 3 times and im done then restart. Lately i havent needed t ofarm but when i do its great! Also its a great bonus with Ring of Avarice
After killing the reaper instead of jumping off the cliff, head round the corner and pop and arrow into the middle silver Katana, he'll roll off the cliff adding about 1000 souls. You can then leap off the cliff and respawn.
You don't really need a bow for this method. I started farming the Reaper and his minions as a SL 46 Royal with 22 STR and 15 DEX, using a Dragon Longsword +3 (which you can obtain in 2-2). Three rapid slashes with the longsword will kill a minion, and the Reaper will spawn more as you cut your way down to him. You can either take the stairs down, or you can run along the stone catwalk until you're above the altar, jump down, and attack the Reaper directly. Get in the first hit, and then cut him a couple more times while he's on fire.
Once I got my DEX to 20, I upgraded my Compound Longbow to a Sticky Compound Longbow +1 and got some Fire Arrows from Blige. I can take him out in four shots by aiming for his feet. Tonight I'll be farming for Spiderstone so I can upgrade my bow and use less ammo.
I've found that with around 45-50 Magic on NG+, all you need are 2 fireballs.
This is using a Kris Blade +5, a Wooden Catalyst and obviously the Silver Bracelets and Ring of Avarice.
I simply run from the Adjudicator Archstone, drop off of the cliff locking on to one of the 2 guard ghosts as I fall, land, move forward enough to target the Reaper and then let off 2 fireballs with a slight pause in between the first & second. The first should take out both guard ghosts (but you MUST be locked on to the Reaper), while the second will kill the Reaper itself. Then you just simply turn around and throw yourself off of the cliff (obviously touching your bloodstain on repeat runs).
Using this method, I can do approximately 2 runs every minute and a half, worth over 12,000 souls per run (NG+). The same method got me to soul level 97 on my first play-through with my current character, netting 6,060 souls per run.
This technique uses no resources, as your mana refills every time you respawn at the Archstone.
Added Required:
- Ring Of Magical Sharpness
- Kris Blade (Kris Knife)
- Soul Arrow or stronger (Flame Toss, ect.)
- Any Catalyst
Have both a bow and the Kris Blade (Kris Knife) in the same hand and a catalyst and/or a talisman in the other
The higher the Magic stat is the faster the skeleton goes down,
having the Ring Of Magical Sharpness on and holding the Kris Blade (Kris Knife) before encountering the skeleton will greatly boost your magic
I found that the skeleton won't move until your around the the door, get an Auto-aim on it then go to the doorway as you cast your first spell, walk backwards while continue casting,
Keep enough distance and the skeleton won't jump at you.
…when done with the skeleton, kill the manta flying near the cliff for some extra souls
For a time saving suicide go back inside up the stairs and trigger the trap,
this will make you able to get your souls before you face the skeleton.
Alternative Manta Slaying
If you seek to kill them fairly easy, use Auto-aim then string the bow while close to the cliff, just as you see the manta rise to attack let the arrow go.
If it is not a one hit kill, dodge and repeat.
At PBWT and with Ring of Avarice and Silver Bracelets I gain 20-24k souls each run.
I tried the storm king level but was disappointed so went back to this level.
I am in NG+ and have Neutral world tendency/PWWT
With the ring of Avarice, the silver bangles I sprint to kill Manta as soon as the arrow is loosed press triangle to free left hand L1 to cast soul thirst and triangle again to ready bow. Then sprint down passage use sticky composite short bow+5 and 2 cheap wooden arrows on reaper then sprint to cliff edge all before soul thirst as expired. Remember to pick up lost souls on next run(don't just sleepily run off the cliff edge leaving 3 million souls in a blood puddle to your left) 21k souls for male character and 22.5k for female on each run. 1 million souls in approx 40 minutes for a guy and 37 minutes for girl, great.
PBWT ng+ A male character can farm 31.5k a run, assuming you use heavy arrows, they elicit over a thousand more souls from the manta than regular or wooden arrows. A million souls can be harvested in under 25 minutes.
Truthfully, I have a great magic person, which can kill every black phantom I've come across. I also have a soul lvl 189 (female knight) with the meat cleaver, light or curse weapon, quality mirdan hammer +5, which i can kill black phantoms with very easily, like in 3 or 4 hits, and even on brushwood, doran's set, and dark silver, and any other heavy armor that resists lots of physical and magical damage. The Quality Mirdan Hammer is my favorite weapon. I also have a sharp war sythe +4, and its like 3 damage away from topping my mirdan hammer. Im going to try a crushing mirdan soon. I'll get back to you on that.
Female character with avarice and silver bracelets with fire bow and +3moon great sword. 2shots on reaper from up top. jump down for his loots.. run to katana skele and pop a few arrows.. back to entrance and smash sword in face to drop him.. shoot 2-3 more arrows in face and hes dead without ever having a chance to atk you. easy 12-13k in 40seconds. loadscreens maybe add 5-10seconds which i honestly dont care about that waste of time :) *I did not get soul thirst this game and have yet to get soul sucker*
Game - NG++
Stats
Will - 32
Strength - 29
Dex - 32
Magic - 19
Faith - 18
Equipment
LH - Talisman of God + Silver Catalyst
RH - Quality Compound Long Bow +5
Head - Silver Coronet
Rings - Ring of Avarice
Magic - Thirst
Miracles - Evacuate
Start with casting Thirst and then switch to Bow. Roll off the ledge Push R1, while the bow animation starts, lock on to the Manta with R3 (should kill with 1 arrow) - Souls - 4006
Then sprint through the tunnel behind you and stop at the ledge, engage Reaper (should go down in 3) - Souls - 17685.
Warp back to Nexus. The 45 seconds includes the loading times.
Total Souls- 21691
Alternative
Equip Soulsucker as a secondary magic with Ring of Magical Nature for the extra magic slot. Once the Reaper is dead, backtrack and run up to the top of the stairs of the Adjudicators A.S. and wait for the Dual Weilding Katana Skeleton to turn his back stop walking. Walk up and Soulsucker him for 11553 souls (note this is probably slower than the above method but it will help you practice Soulsucking for the 4-3 farming method available in NG++++)
Total Souls - 33243
See my Youtube Link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ILqCQT--Ps