RoS Chronicles Set

[FyrrePower]

Okay I've cleared the entire zone but still no shinies appear. So is there a chance none spawn or is there always at least 1 shiny in the zone?

[Anuhart]

Okay I've cleared the entire zone but still no shinies appear. So is there a chance none spawn or is there always at least 1 shiny in the zone?

Well, there could be none I suppose. But like GSBc and HKc, not only is it a random number of spawns, but they are triggered at stages.

With RoSc having full access without killing anything, it's easy to both leave triggers un-triggered or more so, miss arties that spawned after you were at their loc.

Test this by checking the whole instance before you kill anything, then go back and do a full clear as linear as you can and back-track also.

The 'saved to instance' is probably one trigger, bosses and the foci are most likely another.

Places to look, those little lamps, those purple triffid(sp) like things, one of Plutonis's cypher machine things, on top of the broken bridge/pillar thing, next to the vendor, at the base of the columns near Plutonus, on the skeleton before you cross the bridge, at the feet of the purple death pointy things, just before Alsbeth's circle on the ground.

[Aphrodite Rising]

Excellent post Anuhart.. I was about to post some ideas, but you put them and even more hot spots than i was going to hehe.. well done.

[Anuhart]

Map showing spawn locs.

Key.
White = artifacts.
Red = chests.
Yellow = rare mob.

Now there may be a few more, there are some I can recall but without certainty, but if there are then they are very close to marked spawns anyway.

We had a conversation in chat the other day and I challenged that the maximum was 3 artifact spawns.
After running 4 toons through the 2 days since, I may have to concede that the maximum actually harvested from shineys is indeed 3. However it's also worth noting that all 8 visits actually got 3 per run, no more, no less.

It also looks like there is only the one trigger for chests and artifacts, that being the 'locked to instance' trigger after killing one of most but not all mobs.

The rare spawn may or may not be on the same trigger, I know I have witnessed him spawn after a trigger but can't say if it was the simple 'locked to instance' trigger or another.

Easiest test is to scout around the vendor, rare loc and chest spawns, then return to the vendor and kill the patrolling group of three, Matho + two skeletons. There is sure to be a close by spawn appear on instance lock.

[Demise42]

Thanks for the map, Anuhart! BTW I heard something about the moted artifacts from a previous world event spawning in RoSc on PTS but haven't seen them in live. Does anyone else know if moted artifacts are gone forever or is it still possible to get them?

[Anuhart]

We expected them, along with the drowned corpse artifacts, the event mount too.

On PTS none of these appeared but it was thought that the mount was not in the loot yet so as not to spoil and that the artifacts and chests being the same as GBc and HKc were place holders.

Sadly on live nothing has changed.

I've had stacks of moted arties in my bank which I bleed onto the AH at a giveaway price slowly, the drowned corpse ones were quest items and bound though. As yet the only chance for moted arties is the AH and drowned arties there is nothing unless they changed them from quest items and someone stocked a load, but iirc they didn't stack so...

[Anuhart]

Edit, the 'Depths of Murder' set from the drowned corpses are now normal green artifacts so they should be tradable if anyone has them but it's doubtful.

[sunchromatik]

Hey man, your map is correct and "locked" is i think the biggest trigger for artiest to appear.

For example i was scouting area without killing mobs, and after i got "you are now locked" - artie spawned 10m from me.

One more thing from my experience, iv been scouting area for 3 days , all that days i found all different artiest except one duplicate so i had 8 total. I then bought Tormented souls (blue one) from AH - and next 3 days i found all duplicates .. Dont know if this means something maybe some order by which u should get artis (order that spawns while you go chronicles every day) but from my experience that blue artie i got from AH made my next 9 artifacs that i found - duplicate.

Cheers

[Aphrodite Rising]

I really think they are all random. I have completed the set, but i will keep on checking and seeing.

[Anuhart]

I've trying to find more triggers but can't. It looks like just the one 'locked' trigger which is from killing one of 'most' mobs. The reason I looked for more is that HK and GSB have several. The only thing I can't for sure say is that the rare mob is the same trigger, I'm almost sure it is as I tested it very early on, but can't remember if there was any overlooked variable at the time.

I had a puzzler today, was scouting around checking nothing was up, ready to pop the trigger to see if the rare spawned, when I got locked to instance, for no apparent reason, and 2 arties popped in front of me (another and the chest too further on). Luckily I recorded it and on playback I found what it was.

Near the vendor, where the continuously spawning mobs approach and fight the guards, there is a skeleton.
At some point, it will chain aggro with the mobs. Often the guard will get defeated (but respawn) and the mobs and skeleton will reset. More so if the patrolling elite is attracted by the melee.

But at some point it is inevitable that the skeleton will get defeated, this locks you to the instance.

[Anuhart]

New map with one more spawn behind the vendor area. Added as it could easily be missed.

Small vid showing the guards killing the skeleton, prompting the instance lock without you lifting a weapon and showing artifact spawn on lock. Lock spawns up to 3 artifacts. Also spawns the chest if it's going to spawn.



Was finally able to show the lock (using the skeleton in fact) spawning the Howler.

[Tulia1900]

I can confirm for you the RoS event mount drops inside (spectral ghost horse, with no horn). Lucked into it my second clear.

Cheers

[Anuhart]

Wow, thanks for the info.

I guess I'm just about to put 4 toons back in and actually kill stuff again.

[Aphrodite Rising]

I received the mount on the second day and it was called the Soulbound Charger. It does not look very good at all and does not resemble the ghost mount.. I wonder if there are two that can drop in RoS Chronicles?

[Aphrodite Rising]

Re: locations and map: I think Anuhart has done more than I can ever do with a map and info, but here are my confirmed findings so far if you enjoy coordinates more than a map hehe.

Also, i have confirmed at least for myself that not always do 3 artifacts drop. I have always gotten 2-3 and have checked very, very thoroughly. Could be old age tho

Below are the locs I have found artifacts at:

634, 1062, 930 (top of broken stairs)
688, 1030, 853
689, 1029, 1031

749, 1029, 1012

800, 1054, 830
806, 1054, 875
813, 1040, 977
832, 1043, 951
855, 1047, 989
890, 1048, 951 (inside plutonis' swirling device)