User:Life Infusion/Istan drops

This page is just to keep track of what STATS of items have been dropped in Istan. It's a personal record from every holiday (since I prefer to farm things I KO for the holiday items).

Halloween

• Kamadan

Horseman Naramor collecting 2 Mandragor Carapaces

Horseman Garthim collecting 3 Sentient Roots --> Transmogrifier tonic

Horseman Aramon collecting 3 Juvenile Termite Legs

• Champion's Dawn

Horseman Jaysin collecting 3 Copper Shillings

Horseman Bishma collecting 3 Fledgling Skree Wings --> Transmogrifier tonic

• Kodlonu Hamlet

Horseman Kronar - 3 Silver Bullion Coins

Horseman Vadir - 1 Chunk of Drake Flesh --> Transmogrifier tonic

• Sunspear Great Hall

Horseman Maxilus - 2 Mandragor Carapaces

Horseman Nuher - 3 Sentient Roots --> Transmogrifier tonic

Wintersday

• Monk Sutoni (3 Sentient Roots) --> spiked eggnog
• Priestess Mahni (3 Copper Shillings) --> spiked eggnog
• Necromancer Dunbari (3 Juvenile Termite Legs)
• Dark Priest Bandeh (2 Silver Bullion Coins)
• Tina the Tonic Maker (1 Glob of Frozen Ectoplasm) --> Yuletide tonic

why nonmax

Everyone knows the MAX damage range , but what about the MIN damage range? Aren't you curious inside?

Why Istan

Istan has some of the most unique drops, since it is the only place with low level inscribable items (Tyria and Cantha do not have nonmax inscribables since all inscribables are from chests). For example the protective staff with the Yakslapper skin, elementalist earth prisms, fire prisms (from the Stormseed plants), and Collosal Scimitars (from Corsairs) are some of the skins that can drop.

Also I have been looking for an inscribable focus for a -2 negative energy set (the best I found was a no req inscribable +4energy fire prism) and shield that could supplement a wintergreen or peppermint shield. Hassin's Shell is okay, but it only has +20HP and not +30HP so you have a 10HP dip when weapon swapping from a +30HP set.

Also a +energy no-req focus can help with non-caster characters that opt not to use a +10 energy staff as a swap (specifically paragons and warriors since daggers/scythes/bows are 2 handed).

I use wintergreen bows on my characters to pull ever since the change that made them longbows. The oddity is that the damage on them is higher than any I've found on Istan. (15-15 is higher than the max of 9-12 I've seen with no req).

In theory there could be a lower no req. stat because in Cantha there are Level 0 Mantid Monitor Hatchling and in Presearing there are Level 0 Diseased Devourers, Level 0 River Skale Tads, Level 0 Plague Worms, and Level 0 Aloe Seed and Level 0 Aloe Husks (my favorite to bash with hammers back in beta). Just like how inscribables can only come in R8 max but R7 is possible with noninscribables. Given the low likelihood of you have max mods on a no req item...it's not happening so that's why Istan is the place to go.

In Nightfall there's level 0 Corsairs in Chahbek Village but you have to take Koss with you (therefore lowering drops). In Eye of the North the lowest level I think is 14 (spiders in Arachni's Haunt) or 8 (some Charr in Charr Invaders).

Focii

• +3 energy, same stats as presearing focus
• +4 energy
• +5 energy <-- equal to the gingerbread focus /runic shield from Ascalon
• +6 energy
• +6 energy (purple)
• +6 energy (req1)
• +7 energy (req2)
• +7 energy (req4)
• +8 energy (req4) - purple
• +6 (req5) <-- the higher end of req on Istan
• +9 energy (req5) - gold

still looking for a +1 energy or +2 energy, for negative energy swap (for use with "Ignorance is Bliss")

Shields

• +4 Armor
• +5 Armor
• +6 Armor
• +7 Armor
• +8 Armor
• +9 Armor (req2)
• +10 Armor (purple req3)
• +10 Armor (purple req5)
• +11 Armor (req 4)

it is therefore possible to get the Wintergreen shield stats

starter shield in presearing is 3 armor.

Wands

• 4-6
• 5-7
• 5-8
• 6-8
• 6-9
• 6-10
• 7-10 (req3)
• 7-11 (req2)
• 8-12 (req2)
• 8-13 (req4)

wintergreen wand does 10-10 NOTE: start wand in Factions is 3-5

Spears

• 3-5 , which is the same stats as the Starter Spear
• 4-5
• 4-6
• 5-7
• 5-8
• 5-8
• 6-9
• 7-10
• 7-11
• 7-11 (req3)
• 8-12 (req6)
• 8-13( req3)
• 9-13 (req2)
• 9-14 (req4)
• 10-16 (req7)
• 11-18 (req6)
• 11-19 (req7)
• 13-23 (req8)

nothing matches 10-10 wintergreen spear so far

Bows

• 4-6
• 5-7
• 5-8
• 6-9
• 7-10
• 8-12 <-- this was the best no req I had before wintergreens came to be
• 8-12 (req2)
• 9-12
• 9-13 (req2)
• 9-14 (req5, purple)
• 9-14 (req6)
• 9-15 (req4)
• 9-15 (req6, purple)
• 11-16 (req7)

nothing matches 15-15 wintergreen bow so far

starter bow is 3-5

Staves

• 4-6 damage , +3 energy, HSR10
• 4-6 damage, +4 energy, HSR10
• 5-7 damage, +4 energy, HSR10
• 5-8 damage, +5 energy, HSR10
• 6-8 damage, +4 energy, HSR11
• 6-8 damage, +5 energy, HSR11
• 6-9 damage, +5 energy, HSR11
• 7-10 damage, +5 energy, HSR11
• 7-10 damage, +5 energy, HSR12
• 7-11 damage, +6 energy, HSR12 (req2)
• 7-11 damage, +6 energy, HSR12 (req3)
• 8-12 damage, +6 energy, HSR13 (req4)
• 9-14 damage, +7 energy, HSR13 (req3)
• 9-14 damage, +7 energy, HSR14 (req4)

clearly there is no point in getting a staff from Istan since only the damage is affected by req. anyway and the wintergreen staff is even worse since it is only 10-10 damage with no energy bonus

Presearing collectors offer Damage 3-5 , Energy +3 staves.

Swords

• 3-4
• 3-5
• 4-5
• 4-6
• 5-7
• 6-8
• 6-9
• 7-9 (purple from Istani Chest)
• 7-10 (req3)
• 9-12 (req6)
• 10-13 (req7, purple)

nothing matches 10-10 wintergreen sword

starter sword is 2-3

Axes

• 3-5
• 3-6
• 4-6
• 4-7
• 4-8
• 4-9
• 5-9
• 6-14 (req6, purple)
• 6-15 (req2)
• 6-17 (req 4)
• 6-17 (req8)

nothing matches 10-10 wintergreen axe

starter axe is 2-3

presearing collectors offer 5-10

Hammer

• 4-6
• 5-7
• 6-8
• 6-9
• 7-10
• 8-11
• 9-12
• 9-13
• 10-15 (req3)
• 13-19 (req5)
• 15-25 (req6)

Why would you want a no req hammer I don't know...

Wintergreen one is 15-15

starter hammer is 3-5

Scythes

• 3-6
• 4-6 , same stats as Starter Scythe
• 4-7
• 5-8
• 5-9
• 6-10
• 6-11
• 6-12
• 7-12
• 7-14 --> 10.5 average damage
• 7-14 (req4)
• 7-15 (req4)
• 8-15
• 8-15 --> purple from Istani chest
• 8-16 req1
• 8-18 req2
• 10-26 req4

I get a lot of these on Istan because of Skale Lashers

Wintergreen scythe is 10-10

Daggers

I don't think there are assassin drops on Istan, because I haven't gotten any

wintergreen daggers are 5-5

starter daggers are 1-3

GuildWiki stats

Swords with an attribute requirement of 0 have been observed with damage ranges as high as 8-10

Axes with an attribute requirement of 0 have been observed with damage ranges as high as 6-12 The minimum damage range for an axe is 2-3. (I found 5-11)

Hammers' minimum damage range is 3-5. Hammers with an attribute requirement of 0 have been observed with damage ranges as high as 11-15

Daggers' The minimum damage range is 1-3 Daggers with attribute requirements of 0 have been observed with damage ranges as high as 4-7

Bows with an attribute requirement of 0 have been observed with damage ranges as high as 9-13

Scythes' Minimum damage: 4-6 Scythes with an attribute requirement of 0 have been observed with damage as high as 8-17.

Spears' Minimum damage: 3-5

Wands with an attribute requirement of 0 have been observed with damage ranges as high as 7-11 Wand Minimum damage range: 3-5

Staff Minimum damage range: 2-4 Staves with an attribute requirement of 0 have been observed with a damage range as high as 7-11 and energy as high as 6.

Shields with a requirement of 0 and armor as high as 10