I refuse to kill Latenna, not only does she give you a super rare item, she also had enough brutality and suffering inflicted on her people at the hands of Sir Gideon Ofnir. I always do her quest every playthrough, it’s easy, you get a good reward and you fulfill her last wish, and her relationship with her wolf Lobo makes her an endearing and sympathetic character

@alchemy5750

9 ай бұрын

I kinda agree. I mean, you carry Latenna all the way to the snowfields and she can't even bothered to tell her kin that I'm here to help them get to the haligtree. After suffering through the armor farming I was really agreeing with Gideon regarding the Albinaurics, those enemies made me so mad. BTW fun fact, if you summon Latenna near direwolf enemies (the ones albinaurics mount) she will actually ride them. Though it's pretty unreliable and is an oversight probably since she in combat shares the same AI as all the albinauric enemies.

@craignaylor2648

15 сағат бұрын

Preach brother i totally agree sometimes i even sacrifice the stone just to call her in as back up against Gideon just so we kill him together 🙏🏻

The black-dumpling Albinurics are the creepiest enemies in the game in my opinion.

For the magma blade, he's taking the extremely long way to farm it. Don't go that way. From Temple site, go Northwest to the lift/elevator DOWN, kill 1 black dumpling Albinauric, and you're there! Both Serpents are here, BOOM! One right ahead of you & one to the right down the stairs. You can even backtrack & get a 2-3x run on a single Silver Pickled fowlfoot. His way in the video is so out of the way & forces you to face a damn Virgin Abducter! WTHhhhhhh

@filthy_peasant_the_one2134

9 ай бұрын

There’s also a way less tedious way to get to the same two man serpents, just unlock the elevator to the left of the church site of grace, and you’re there, same spot

@gamestacker2

9 ай бұрын

@@filthy_peasant_the_one2134 that's what I said

@anewstandard.floors

9 ай бұрын

Also with as long as it typically takes I get the black dumpling for the guy at the top of the elevator so don't need to farm it separately

@Killopotamus

6 ай бұрын

Yeah i must be the only one thinking that he showed a route if you hadn't been there before. You should feel empowered to find your own route but in a 45 min video idk why everyone is coming at the person dropping knowledge. lmao

@microcalifragilistic

5 ай бұрын

was also thinking that while watching

The Nox armour sets are some of my absolute favorites! It took me so long to farm all the individual components but it was so worth it. I consistently go back to them regardless of how many new pieces I find throughout the game. The helms also pair nicely with the traveling Noble armor set.

@TREVORVADER

7 ай бұрын

They also mix rather well with the perfumer stuff

@choochootrain2145

3 ай бұрын

The nox armors go great with the rulers mask

@DeoSiege

Ай бұрын

Yall wierd af

So a small benefit he didn't mention about the Noble's Slender Sword and the Noble's Estoc at 30:47 is that for their types of weapons (Straight swords and rapiers, respectively) they have the longest reach for both! A small bonus that is easily overloooked, but I felt it was worth mentioning!

@TC-rc1zf

5 ай бұрын

The cleanrot thrusting sword has more reach than nobles estoc

@hattsbygaming2861

5 ай бұрын

@@TC-rc1zf Does it? Huh... could have sworn Noble's Estoc was longer... oh well

I know quick farming method for blue set without killing Latena. Near first grace in ConsSnowField is one bow girl… I farm it just some minutes.

@anewstandard.floors

9 ай бұрын

Thanks prob easier. I got it from the grace he mentioned, turn around away from the ruins place...there's one on a wolf with another wolf beside. They patrol far away. I'm an arcane build but use frenzied burst from a distance, hit her twice ignoring the wolves. Mount and go pick up the blood clot and arrows because that's what she keeps dropping, lol, then back to the grace. As arcane build with 15 arcane, I use the faith tear and flame tear, buff with golden vow and flame grant me strength with the fire scorpion charm. I kill her 2 hits. She doesn't do anything, just stands there and takes it. So the time is just a few seconds of buffing in which actually gives her time to patrol closer within range

9 ай бұрын

you're welcome :)

@anewstandard.floors

9 ай бұрын

I definitely meant "as an arcane build with 15 faith" Lol not 15 arcane. That's a shitty arcane build

9 ай бұрын

@@anewstandard.floors yeah :D

@mashak640

9 ай бұрын

​@@anewstandard.floorsthat's the spot I use! much less lethal than trying to farm the three gals at once

Tip for farming the clearot knights there in the swamp, if you use a heavy spear- so like the lance, when mounted you can attack them while they're still in the ground becasue the heavy spears sweep is long enough. This is good for lower level players, you can chunk off half their health before they stand all the way up. This is also good because sometimes the damn knights won't stand up at all or they take forever to trigger, so this way you can force them to get up and fight. You just learn where they're laying down, ride up to them and start smacking them.

@Aerinndis

8 ай бұрын

I ended up doing something similar to this. Though not with a heavy spear as I rarely use them outside of... vyke's I think it was? And I usually don't have that when I farm them. Its a good tip though.

What makes your videos among the best on the internet is that you don’t just release dumb lists with fake hype. You actually put in the work, show us the what/how/why… etc. Other videos, if you see something you like you need to pause and go google it and hope you remember while you’re playing, but you actually show us how to get the items, what they do, etc. It seems like a small thing but it’s a big deal and I know it requires a ton of effort on your end and I really appreciate it! Keep it up, because there are few few channels putting in that level of effort and I can see in the comments people are looking for alternatives to watch and I usually send them your way.

I farmed every piece of banished knight gear several times over, still not one pair of greaves…

@anewstandard.floors

9 ай бұрын

Same. I just use the exile ones. Never seen the banished drop

For the red mane knight, I highly recommend opening the catacombs nearby so you don't need to suicide off the cliff.

Respec to arcane and use any of the helmets that raise arcane for farming build. Arcane bonus Marais mask +1 Imp head (elder) ±2 mask of confidence +3 Albinauric Mask +4 Silver tear mask +8

4:50 a tip for this is to equip the beast repellent torch on your back to drive away the wolves, equip yourself with the black knife chest piece you find here and a weapon with the assassin's gambit ash of war and use it. Backstab the first one then kill the others normally. All this will make the combat much smoother and takes about 10 to 40 seconds less per cycle depending on your strength

For the banished knight armor in stormveil, you can jump off the wall outside of the rampart tower grace. You'll land on the roof right above the patrolling knight.

@andrewbeverley8652

7 ай бұрын

I farmed the one early one. Its right near the grace and you can backstab him.

Thanks for this. I knew and had some of these, but by far not all. Now I have a new project, whenever I don't feel like doing dungeons or chasing down questlines. It would be super helpful if you would include a list of the weapons and armor with map links of your farming locations, either in the description or a pinned comment. :D

Funny, the Cleanrot Spear was the very first drop I got when farming for the armor/weapon set. Getting the gauntlets and the sword took an excruciatingly long time.

25:55 the golden scarab (and I believe gold foot) makes you earn more runes per hit. With the scarab you get 20 runes per hit

*THANK YOU* for making this vid! 🙏 I've been planning a "rarest droprate items only" build/challenge run for a while now. So a vid like this is a huge help in helping me decide what to go after!

Quick tip. Since there are so many larval tears I recommend re-spec’ing to arcane to farm. Plus you can try bleed because arcane also scales with item discovery

Im TRYING to push off playing again until DLC, but i love this game so much

@AmeiWasHere

9 ай бұрын

Same here! Dom keeps giving me ideas for new playthrpughs!

@Mystic-Midnight

9 ай бұрын

I just beat it for the first time at 250 hours on my first Character and I am dying to do NG+1 or get a new character as Samurai and powerstance the 2 Katanas you can get as early as Limgrave.

@danielcasas9244

9 ай бұрын

Katanas were my weap 100% when I was going through first time ^_^ loved using em so much, with some bosses tho I switched to great shield and heavy thrusting rapier, the blood one--kinda keen on trying that halo scythe lmao

@Mystic-Midnight

9 ай бұрын

@@danielcasas9244 I ran lordsworns greatsword (with lion's claw) and a brass shield for like 90% of the game and I was complimenting it with the black knife as early as the mountaintops of the giants. It was a fun build cause guard counters are so strong against field enemies and even some bosses. If I went into NG+1 I'd definitely try and incorporate more int or faith just to have more magic

The monks flameblade was a nightmare for me. I ended up with 3 cleanrot spears just playing through Aeonia normally. It took hours to get that damn flameblade though. Then, I got a second one on the next run.

I remember on my first play through I ended up getting 3 of the noble’s estoc. I didn’t realize how rare it was until watching a video going over the rarest weapons in the game. On every play through after that, it took me HOURS to get.

This is great!! Thank you!!

Great job on this video! The hard work is evident and you've earned yourself a new subscriber.

For the marionette birdhelm, it is SO much easier to farm the 2 by the Sellia Understair SOG! You can shoot both of them right from the Site of Grace. If you are high enough leveled that you have a spell or arrows that will kill them in 1 shot (I'm using night comet), you just rest, turn and shoot one, take 1 step and shoot the other, hop on your horse and quickly run check the bodies, rinse and repeat. Super quick.

@tavonorris9430

9 ай бұрын

Super easy Thank you :)

@martintodd9944

9 ай бұрын

I got it from site in academy after killing red wolf. You got to jump over rooftops and there's 2 of them on perches with a mage underneath, I kept missing the long jump just after them and had to keep trying(finally remembered I jump a little further of I aim downhill and sheath my weapons, so yeah I'm an idiot) but I kept redoing that part over and over(from the debate room) and that's where I got it

Monks Flameblade is one of my top 5 favorite weapons! I used one during a playthrough and had lightning affinity on it. Very decent damage!

@booboobeebah

8 ай бұрын

Didnt even know it was a weapon after 1000 hours LMAO it looks fucking sick

Guardian SwordSpear is so much fun! I got it early-ish on after farming them guardian chaps near the smoldering church in Cailed (which took forever, but quite worth it). I don't even know if it's the same spear as the one's in this vid, however they seem like the same per the name and scaling. Also, they SLAP every time I jump and attack. :)

SOOOO helpful! Thanks brother.

This was an amazing video man, I went into this thinking you wouldn't have much to show me; I was wrong!

“If that ain’t worth a like and a subscribe I don’t know what is” I subbed and liked😂

I got lucky and grabbed the black flame knights chest piece on a recent run through the volcano manner and then went back wearing it to farm the rest and got the helm and legs on subsequent attacks. Does the drop rates of pieces for the partial set you are wearing increase?

The full Clearot set and weapons were my companions for most of my first play. I needed the visual and the weapons for my faith build

Time to go farm some of these for a good while. 🙃 Thank you Dom!

I have a different strategy for farming the unaltered Banished Knight chestpiece. It involves baiting the halberd knight to teleport to you with an arrow and then abusing Magic Glintblade (or other slow/delayed spells) to kill him. This does require going into spellcasting, but two Larval Tears are all that requires. However a funny thing happened on my second playthrough with the Banished Knight Set, I got SUPER lucky with it as I got it on my second kill, I didn't think much of it at the time, but when farming for a second Banished Knight's Shield, I got either the gauntlets or leggings (don't remember which), however this was MY FIRST TIME getting that piece of armor on this character (so instead of just the small pop-up in the corner there was also the bigger pop-up at the bottom of the screen when you obtain a drop for the first time). So I somehow got the uber-rare chestpiece of this set that can only be found in a late-game area before the leggings which can be obtained in Stormviel, then again this guy was somewhat blessed because Malenia decided to take pity on me and not be the completely insufferable b**ch that she is who makes the Bed of Chaos look good. Just a single Waterfoul in phase 1 and very heavy use of the rot flower attack in phase 2. Radagon also wasn't a completely insufferable prick either on my successful kill.

Also I found using Starcaller's Call very good against the archers in the snowfields. You can sneak up and pull down the two just south-west of the grace if you drop down the ledge and hug the wall. You'll have cover from the far one and be able to deal with the archers one at a time while keeping them staggered. The wolves shouldn't be a problem and should die to the Call.

Not bragging, just very proud of this, I farmed every weapon and armor set in the game my first playthrough, not counting the ones you get from mausoleums, or boss items you have to choose from, I'll get the rest on another playthrough, the wolf archers were the absolute worst to farm. Also the little gargoyles in the crypts, their masks are really hard to get, I guess most everything is.

@owadqoiiqwdip

3 ай бұрын

Do you have the black dumpling?

@squiddad1528

3 ай бұрын

@@owadqoiiqwdip yes

Cleanrot armor set is easiest farmed by respawning at the prayer room in Haligtree area. There is a cleanrot spear knight standing just outside the room. Use Wing of Astel just before you are outside the room and you hit it with 2 or 3 skill attacks, no time for cleanrot knight to respond. Rinse repeat and your armor set with cleanrot spear is yours in no time.

@XeroFailGames

9 ай бұрын

But there are like 6 in the lake of rot that you can farm

@palladiamorsdeus

9 ай бұрын

Or you can farm the four in Caelid around the center of the rot swamp. Much sooner, I might add

@jacobnewcombe5367

9 ай бұрын

@@palladiamorsdeuswas about to comment this, you can also get the halo scythe and the clean rot spear there too. OP as hell faith weapons. Just takes a lot of time and patience lmao.

Thank you for this!

I just found out about the tree Sentinel armor, it looks awesome and could be easily missed

Got all the blades following this guide. Thank you very much! Amazing video.

I can confirm the banished knights in Farum dtop the altered set

I got the black flame monk set very easy because it took me about 50+ tries to beat the godskin noble or whatever guarding the godslayers greatsword

Amazing and very useful video man🔥

@dickiebanks

9 ай бұрын

they stole their fire, which is why it has no fire

More love for the halo scythe is always appreciated. Spent two hours farming at level 20. THAT WAS SPICY. Liked and subbed.

The nightmaiden and swordstress armour sets are one of my favorites. Granted they don't have much competition since there's only a handful of female armours in the entire game.

@jonathan0225

2 ай бұрын

blue silver mail armor set is pretty good. kinda painful to farm tho but a good alternative. farm it by ordina area by the snowfields. (4) albanaurics is pretty good odds.

An easier farm for the beastmans cleaver is using the belfry that goes to farum azula. I got it first time I went (I had like 20 arcane though), plus you can do a ranged battle.

Oh damn.. I guess I got super lucky because I got the blackflame monk armor first try I guess… I assumed it was an automatic drop. Cool! I actually really like it and knowing that it’s rare makes it a bit cooler!

i remember grinding for th mausuleum knight set once. i did the math by how much souls i was getting every time i killed it. i sat at a grace aournd 124 times. . _ . it was not a pleasent experience.

Love the nightmaiden set, used the armor and he'd piece with the sorcerer's leg wraps and it's fire af

Thanks a lot for. this in depth video. The Halo Scythe is a great weapon. P.S. The first knight gave me the armor immediately, but for some reason not the pants. lol. It took me almost an hour of farming before I got the mad head thing.

I've got like 7 of those Ripple Cresent Halberds. I got them farming levels in NG+, preparing for the NG+ run I'm currently on.

You can find the celebrants skull which is found on the cliff side by the windmill Village on a corpse and it gives you 20 runes per hit.

The amount of patience you need to have to do all of this is outstanding 👏. Keep up the amazing work buddy.

Just got both noble swards and they're pretty dope 👌 only lvl 36 too

I’ve had this game since the day it came out and I play it all the time I mean I have beat it so many times I have every ending probably three or four times. If not more I do play it pretty often and I still to this day, do not have the largest version of that bubble weapon …the bubble blowing weapon.

@jcase6199

6 ай бұрын

Yes! That’s one that he definitely should have included in this video!! I haven’t gotten that one either yet, and I’ve got over like 850 hours played… (though, to be fair, I haven’t really tried “farming” for it at all)

For the Guardian Swordspear, the Guardians in Altus are pretty spread out and its late game. You can farm a solid group of them at the Minor Erdtree in Caelid, on the way toward the Bestial Sanctum. There's a Stake there as well so you can just farm about 5-7 of the guardians and then jump off the cliff.

The monks flame blade actually gets a B scaling in faith when using the flame art infusion. It’s one of very few weapons in the game that have that.

I dual weild +9 Halo Scythes now, and have always loved the Cleanrot armor I was able to get, but still haven't gotten the spear or chest piece

You can get the bloom chest piece even when its in Ashen state. Just go outside Golden Boys Grace and there sits ONE on the tree (The only one)... He dropped it for me while I was casually killed him becuase he was in my way ( 05:35 ish)

Haven't finished the while video yet but I'm curious, what is the weapon you're using in the beginning??

I didn't even know about the black dumpling. Thanks for that info cause now I know what else I need to farm for. And you can get the full bloom armor from any guardian but you have to beat em up but not finish them. They will bloom at low health

The altered banished knights armor set drops off the banished knights in stormveil castle, I farmed the one near the rampart tower site of grace, the spiral staircase down with a lift in the middle.

I just recently pucked up the Banished Knight Helm (Altered) in crumbling Farum Azula. Spend forever grinding for it at Dragon communion church, forgot about it and then found it when i wasn't looking for it. Kind of like how i find most rare gear in this game, by accident lol

I'm on my NG+3 and had never had an octopus head before... Got 2 within minutes the other day 😂

For Magma Blade, there was a place where you go down the stairs and there was few of them, i don't remember exact place, but i farmed 2 of them in quick succession.

I got insanely lucky with the Monk's Flameblade AND the Watchdog's Sword when I got both on my first drop when running through the Giant Conqueror's Hero Grave and then I spent probably at least 7 hours trying to get the Magma blade from the 2 Volcano Manor man-serpents but I still haven't gotten them

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, I know it too 😂

@DeoSiege

9 ай бұрын

I have the exact opposite occurrence lol

Ive watched this at least 15-20 times already!!I'm working on getting all of these. I have most of everything that isn't in the land of the giants and the volcano. That was just using silver fowl foot. If you have the scarab talisman and marais Mask. Wear those since they boost your arcane skill, which in turn increases discovery. It's an alternative if you don't have the silver scarab talisman yet.😊😊😊 Give it a shot.

Dang, I actually did get the halo scythe from a random cleanrot in caelid, after farming the cleanrot outside the haligtree prayer room for its armor, it was actually the weapon I used to kill the final deathrite bird(the one in snowfield)

The red caped banished knight set in Caelid is my absolute favorite, when I first saw those enemies I knew I had to get it.

I just went through an all day Fire Curvesword grind when i got a cool idea: farm the Blackflame Monk equipment, the Fire sword AND the Magmawhip at the same time! Funny thing is, when i eventually got my 2nd flame curvesword, i had done piled up 4 set of Blackflame Monk armor legs hood and arms, lol. That Flamesword droprate is ABHORENT. And yes, i popped silver pickles, and wore silver bug tali.

Managed to get the Banished Knight Helm (Altered) off of killing that guy in my current playthrough. Didn't realize it was a rare drop from only him. The fact that I got it with only 10 Arcane and no Discovery boost is a nice cherry on top.

Killing Latenna? Blasphemy! She's my favorite spirit summon 😂Farming Ordina is super miserable, but I'd hate to run a whole playthrough without her (maybe I'd consider it on NG+, I just get too emotionally attached and feel too mean haha)

I am search for a video that u produced Re: Utilizing dual "Great Star" weapons/ Can u provide a link Thx

I have most of these from my first play through. I got lucky on a lot of drops but I also rune farmed a lot.

idk if the drop rates have changed a bit since this came out but i just got 3 noble’s slender swords, fairly quickly after one another, two of which dropped back to back; the estoc however still remains a myth to this tarnished

Love it that the game gives you sooooo many things even from normal enemies.

Mossoleum Soldier? Well I have something to do now.

For the cleanrot 2 weapons prayer room sight of grace in the halgtree he is like 5 feet away and has both weapons

Another thing to note about the golden straight sword is that at max upgrade it has S dex scaling. Dont know about the thrust equivalent tho its probably the same

the blackflame monk set takes FOREVER to grind, but is so good looking. Definitely a good pick for black flame builds

Banished knight altered armour & altered helm much more easily farmed from Rampart Tower in Stormveil Castle. I've get the whole set there, multiple playthroughs. Unaltered - yes, CFA or Sol, much harder.

There's another Prelate Armor, a silver body. Altered. I've NEVER seen it on anybody and I have over 2000 hours, 7 characters, lots of pvp and coop. Not even once! Best farm spot is the castle by where the 1st Magma Wyrm is.. I forget the name, terminus.. The one that drops the Prelate Hammer. Wearing it is lots of fire resistance, more than the (golden) Tree armor. The weapon he drops does the most single hit damage for a strike weapon which is great for several enemies. It's too heavy for my liking but it can be fun and a great change.

Some of these I have multiples of and didn’t even know they were rare!!

No duelist armor/weapons? There’s only two of them in Lyndell, and their armor has shibriri’s aggro drawing effect, one drops a battle hammer and the other drops an axe that only those enemies can drop. And the area is destroyed by progressing the game. Pretty rare. And of course, the colossal envoy horn. The most notoriously annoying weapon to farm ever because of the ants and how OP they are when shooting the bubbles at you

I had all of these things in the list 🤗🤗

You’ve got a nice looking Tarnished there 😊

Funny how you say that the Cleanrot knight wielding the scife are the ones running around, while mthe spearwielding ones are the ones on the ground, when at the same time you are beating up scife wielding knights that were on the ground

I got the birdhelm alot in the altus tunnels not to be confused with the old Altus tunnels

There is a hooded banished knight in storm veil as well

great vid

for the black fire monk set you can just go to the bottom of radhans tower, there's one right next to a grace

Night Maiden's torso pairs excellently with Banished Knight Helm (scarved) and Hoslow greaves.

On a scale of 1-Storyteller's Staff from ds3 how hard would you rate the length of time getting all of these on average?

The best place to farm the Noble's Estoc is a cliff slightly South West of the Rampartside Path site of grace on the Altus Plateau. While there is only one guy who can drop it there you can literally see him from the site of grace. You can run over, gank him, then run back to the site of grace in less than a minute.

You can farm Redmane Knight armor near the Smoldering wall site of Grace. No fowl foot drops tho

You can farm the spear right outside a grace at the haligtree but it’s hard to kill

What build are you using when you were hunting for the nox gear?

You can get the flame blade from the monk in the tower you get the godslayer greateword from in calid

0:13 i love how malenia looks like she accidentally walked in front of a camera, noticed, and scurried off

Ha, I just happened to get the octopus head while watching, wasn't even farming it lol. The video brought me luck lol.

Took 3 hours to do everything I hadn't done. It's actually a good feeling, to even farm something really marginal like the High Page or whatever and you see the word 'New' and it's exciting.