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Guide will be updated as information is gathered and formatted; expect the full guide within the next 4-5 days. soon tm

Epic Items are very rare items that drop from everyday mobs. They are indicated by their beautiful purple name, and are highly sought by everybody. They range from overused memes to the best collectible items in game.

Each epic drops from a specific mob, and generally there is a location where it is relatively easily farmed. This guide will cover every epic, with strategy for farming it.

It is also worth noting that epics are not always equipped by the mob; Every mob has a different behavior programmed for items it equips, and many of them are not known. If the epic is a weapon, the mob will equip the epic weapon if its damage roll was higher than the usual equipped weapon. When in doubt, it is worth killing every mob to maximize the chance of getting the epic.

Epic Armor[]

Final Favor[]

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Widely considered to be one of the best shields in the game, Final Favor boasts impressive PEE resistances. Combined with its tendency to roll very high block chance and damage reduction, this shield can be extremely powerful.

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Strategy:[]

Lunar Magistrates are a very easy enemy to farm; they only wield Longswords, so they are easily defeated by a player who has mediocre anti-slash armor, such as a Full-Plate. It should be noted that sometimes the Lunar Magistrate will have equipped a one-handed spell which deals bludge. Macuahuitls are highly recommended for this farm, as the bludge/pierce combo is very powerful against Magistrates.

Final Favor seems to always be equipped, but given the low difficulty of Magistrates it is probably worth killing all of them anyways.

Shield of Evalach[]

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Shield of Evalach is a very powerful shield, boasting rare GGA resistances. This makes it very valuable, as it covers a range that no other shield does. It can also roll shockingly high damage resistance and block chance, making it potentially one of the best shields in the game.

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  • Aseridith Barracks
  • Commander's Quarters

Strategy:[]

Shieldbearers deal slashing, and the mobs around them deal slashing/piercing. It is best to wear something such as Western Ranger Cuirass while farming. Macuahuitls are a good choice for farming these enemies, but as the Shield of Evalach is weak to slashing, it is worth bringing a S/P weapon with you as well.

Shield of Evalach is not always equipped, so it is important to kill all of the Shieldbearers.

As well, many of the locations where Shieldbearers spawn also spawn the Aseridith Commander. Watch out!

Tremelay[]

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Tremelay is widely considered to be one of the worst epics in the game. Low Bludgeoning damage comparable to a mediocre Heavy Iron Mace, but its more of a shield anyways. A/G/A resistances really limit what you can do with its defenses comparable to a mediocre to bad defiance. It's only theoretical niche is as a shield for the Angelic Emissary, as AE only does pierce and the extra hits help break the spells that AE uses.

Drops From:[]

  • Shield Thanes

Best Farming Spots:[]

  • Instances in Sea Templars

Strategy:[]

Have alts in front of the instances and farm them. The instances are pretty hard without really good gear. Multiple good B/P weapons like General's Mace is needed on all the alts, as the Thanes are really good at draining your durability. Make sure to use item filters and have plenty of space to pick it up. The epic has an increased spawn rate to compensate for its difficulty. Don't farm this epic, the farm sucks and the epic sucks.

Grace of Il'Kalet[]

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Grace of Il'Kalet is one of the best helms in the game, by quite a large margin. Capable of rolling 100 block chance and up to 34 damage reduction, this helm is absolutely disgusting for higher-end bosses.

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Strategy:[]

Grace of Il'Kalet is not a difficult farm. The lizardfolk are weak to bludgeoning and deal low amounts of bludge/slash, so it is not difficult to mass murder them. Grace is not always equipped, although it usually is; therefore it's worth killing all the lizards.

Lizard King can also spawn anywhere where the normal lizardfolk can, making it a worthwhile double farm.

Suffering's End[]

Description/Summary[]

Suffering's End is a disgustingly good piece of glove armor. It usually rolls high 90s for block chance and at least high 20s for damage reduction. Combine that with it's ridiculously high durability (generally 650+), there is not much that this epic can't be used for.

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Strategy:[]

Kobolds are an extremely easy farm; their weapon, Nortion Battleaxes, usually roll very poorly, so you can get away with using shockingly bad gear while farming them. Suffering's End has a very low drop rate compared to a lot of epics, but that is mitigated by how easy Kobolds are. As well, gold Battleaxes are extremely useful for a variety of boss farming, so farming for Suffering's End can be very profitable.

Python Scale Tunic[]

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Python Scale Tunic is one of the best shirts in game, by a significant margin. It is also the only extremely OP shirt that can be obtained without fighting very difficult endgame bosses (see Shadow Cloak and Glacial Pelt). This makes it an extremely attractive epic to farm for. It always roll negative dexterity penalty, oftentimes rolls 99/100 block chance and can go well above 20 damage reduction on a high roll. There is no downside to this shirt.

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Strategy:[]

Desert Pythons also drop Snakeskin Shirts, a middling level shirt that is very useful for farming. High rolls can even be taken to many bosses. They deal a combination of piercing and bludgeoning damage. Armor such as Xarukian Ornamental Armor is really nice for farming snakes.

One thing to take note of is that while creating a camp to heal, it is possible to encounter a Protector of the Dunes or a Rock Golem so gear your runner accordingly.

Seven-League Boots[]

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Trapped Soul[]

An epic that grants increased dex in exchange for taking more damage. Mostly useful for runners though it can have combat success. Becomes outclassed by Amulet of the Howling Sands in this regard as it has the increased dex without the drawback of more damage. Max rolled trapped souls can have -6% dex pen with 0 dr, so keep that in mind.

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Strategy:[]

Kill them all because although it may be equipped, you won't be able to see it on the mob's portrait. They do piercing damage.

Varito's Ire[]

Trapped soul but it's a ring armor. All the same things apply here. Good dex bonus, bad dr, gets outclassed in the endgame, can roll 0 dr so it can be really good. Only differences are that it adds a tiny str boost and the farm is worse because devourers are harder than specters.

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Strategy:[]

I would only farm this epic when trying to get epic collector. Devourers have good stats and high hp and you can't even see if they have Ire equipped. Also watch out for Na'Kareth. If you are looking for Naka you may want to use devourers as a pump source as you could get lucky and find an Ire.

Crusader[]

Description/Summary:[]

Crusader is one of the most iconic and powerful items in Initium. A Chest and Legs armor, that is always rolling at least 98 block chance, and usually above 30 damage reduction, this plate puts even weekly gear to shame. It also has ridiculously high durability, with it ranging from 2500 to around 3500. Crusader is extremely powerful in every way.

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Strategy:[]

The Skeletal Commander wears a Full-Plate and usually has around 120-140 health. He has high stats and can hit quite hard with its Skeletal Greatsword combined with strength bonus. Wear a Full-Plate or equivalent with a powerful piercing weapon, such as Alderaian Trishula.

Worm Sign[]

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A boot armor with little info on. If you have any info, please add it.

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Juvenile Sand Worm

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Malevolence[]

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A neck armor that can either give you bad stats or damage reduction depending on the mode. If you want to use a rare necklace just use, like, Jewel of the Sea or something. The stat boosts could be useful.

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Umbra Assassin

Best Farming Spots:[]

Palace Grounds

Strategy:[]

Kill the assassin, watch out for werebugs and witch queen. The assassin does slash. Make sure to set up a camp.

Languish of the Lich[]

Description/Summary:[]

Chest armor with G/G/A resists. Gives stat boosts and drops that can be offset with Defiance of the Drow.

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Lich Summoner

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Windy Expanse

Sacred Air Temple

Strategy:[]

Spooky skeleton. Wear P/S resist armor on runner as wind elementals can be a pain. Killer alt should have your strongest s/p or s/b weapon to get a few extra durability. Will almost always be equipped so you don't need to worry about killing all of them.

Defiance of the Drow[]

Description/Summary:[]

Leg armor with G/G/A resists. Gives stat boosts and drops that can be offset with Languish of the Lich.

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Drow Scout

Best Farming Spots:[]

Marble Entryway

Ancient Tunnel

Strategy:[]

Annoying enemies. Drow dart can ruin your day so wear pierce resist. Either WRC or Priestess' Raiment alongside Heavy Steel Shields. Very scary stuff. Killer alt should have your strongest slashing or bludgeoning/slashing weapon to get a few extra durability out of the armor. Recommend farming in marble but if you don't have rope yet you can farm in ancient tunnel and tunnel climb.

Epic Weapons[]

Thorn[]

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This is probably one of the best epic weapons. Being one-handed, dealing piercing/slashing damage, always rolling negative dexterity penalty (from -1% all the way to -5%!) and usually rolling a high critical chance, it makes it highly desirable to many players. It can roll from 3d6x2 to 4d8x4, often landing in the 60 - 80 range of max damage capability. It is not insanely rare since it is not difficult to farm and doesn't have a low drop rate for an epic.

It is worth noting that a thorn will always be equipped, since the odds of a Worn Dagger, Forked Dagger or Jagged Katar rolling higher than a Thorn are insanely low. It is recommended to kill the Thieves and Brigands in any case, since they can drop Arena Tickets.

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Best Farming Spots:[]

Most of High Road, except for High Road: Ogre Pass, which is where ogres spawn.

Strategy:[]

The thieves and brigands are not a difficult or rare enemy, usually wielding a low damage weapon and wearing weak armor. A slashing weapon should be used due to the tendency of slashing weapons to have good defensive capabilties, but you can use any kind of weapon and it will work fine. A pierce-resistant armor should be used, Scale Mail and Scale Leggings will work fine, but make sure to bring a backup character in case you encounter a thorn-wielding enemy to reduce the risk of being one-shot.

Anemos[]

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This pierce weapon is bad and you shouldn't hunt for it unless you NEED all the epics. It may have a dex boost which is the only thing going for it. It rolls low most of the time. It's rare to see one that has over 50 max damage, a depressingly low number for any epic, let alone one of this rarity.

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Wind Elemental

Best Farming Spots:[]

  • Moon room in the wind temple

Strategy:[]

You should not hunt for this. If you do, watch out of the wind elemental's high dex, as it will trap you in the fight and may slowly drain your health. It should be visible, but because they have a massive dex pool the hunt will take really long. Don't hunt for it.

Terra Munda[]

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This buldge/slashing weapon has a high str. boost when wielded.

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Earth Elemental

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Strategy:[]

The weapon will show up on the sprite when found. Watch out for the elemental's strong bulge earthquake. This is one of the easiest epic hunts you'll ever go on, as earth elementals are easy to find and dispatch even with mid-game gear. Just make sure to have an alt with a good full-plate or something along the likes for when it does show up.

Aurora[]

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This powerful piercing/slashing weapon is much like Thorn, except it will usually roll a higher number of dice sides and less dies and a lower critical multiplier, such as 3d12x2.

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Water Elemental

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Strategy:[]

Farm water temple for it. There you can also farm Alderaian Trishula and Jewel of the Sea, two great items for hunting foes as a whole. During this farm you can also find mermen, who drop Wrath of Lotan. Unlike all the other elementals, Water elementals don't have a spot where they spawn at 100% rates, so doing a multi-farm could be the way to go. Also be sure not to farm where Fallen Mermaid Priest can spawn unless you can and want to fight Fallen Mermaid Priest. Also, every single foe in water temple (besides Fallen Mermaid Priest) does pure pierce damage. It is best to have an alt with pierce/slash armor for when an aurora does show up.

Fury of Xolotl[]

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With high average damage and the bludgeoning/piercing damage type combination, this is a powerful one-handed epic weapon that can be used for many high-tier bosses, if it rolls well. It can be compared to a strong General's Mace.

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Strategy:[]

The acolytes' usual weapon is the Macuahuitl, which like the Fury of Xolotl also deals bludgeoning/piercing damage. Wearing Xarukian Ornamental Armor with protector pieces on feet, hands and helmet is recommended, but one can also take a full set of protector armor. On a budget, a Padded Chainmail Armor can be used, but is not nearly as safe as the first option. Acolytes have nearly no armor, so they are easy to kill, preferably with a slashing weapon, since these usually tend to be stronger defensively.

It should be noted that a Protector of the Jungle can spawn in Temple Ruins, so your runner/party should be prepared for the occasion.

Blood Lust[]

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This weapon is widely considered to be one of the stronger one-handed bludgeoning weapons. It will always roll 40% or higher on critical chance, up to around 70%. This makes it very useful for a certain selection of bosses, such as Gol'Shlanek. It should be noted that they will roll 3d7x2 very often, a 54 max or higher roll of a Blood Lust is quite rare.

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Strategy:[]

A Blood Lust will always be equipped by the Insane Adventurer, so most people will just check the Insane Adventurer's portrait icon if it is equipped and kill them if it is. Their usual weapon, the Bloodied Lochaber deals only slashing damage, so wearing a Full Plate or Half-Plate is recommended.

Fate's Call[]

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This is one of the more common epic weapons, but it is nevertheless still highly desired by many. Being one-handed and dealing piercing damage, it has a very wide variety of rolls, it can roll all the way from as low as 2d7x1.5 (21 max) to as high as 4d10x3.5 (140 max).

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Strategy:[]

The Skeletal Scout is not difficult to kill at all. Its usual weapon is an Iron Longspear, which is a weak two-handed piercing weapon. You can use pretty much any weapon without difficulty. Since Fate's Call is one-handed, it will always be equipped by the scout.

The Black Blade[]

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This beautiful sword is usually considered to be a better shield than weapon with A/A/E resistances. Its drawback is that it deals slashing, a commonly resisted damage type, but makes up for it with extremely powerful defensive stats. It is still capable of rolling both 3d and 3x, but such rolls are uncommon.

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Strategy:[]

A piercing weapon can be used, but since Black Guards will usually have a Heavy Steel Shield equipped, a bludgeoning/piercing weapon, such as a Jungle Macuahuitl will work better. For the armor, wear a full-plate or similar.

Molten Blade[]

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This slashing epic is similar to The Black Blade, with minor differences. It will always roll 3d and has G/A/E resistances, making it slightly more resistant to bludgeoning. It sadly usually has less powerful defensive stats.

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Strategy:[]

Wear pierce resistant armor and use a slashing weapon against the fire elementals.

If you're farming them in the Core of Smoldering Mountain, you should be wary of a possible Dragonlord spawn.

Retribution[]

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This one-handed bludgeoning weapon is capable of rolling disgustingly well, up to 3d14x4. It can be used against many powerful bosses, a good roll can even be used against The Imperial Desert Prince and other enemies of a similar caliber.

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Strategy:[]

The Orc Captains will usually wield a Warhammer, a one-handed bludgeoning weapon which is capable of also rolling extremely well. If they do, they will also wield a Heavy Steel Shield. They can also spawn with a Heavy Crossbow or Orc Double Axe. As for armor, they wear an Orcish Full-Plate. They have a wide range of drops, making them a profitable farm. A player should use a Padded Platemail. A piercing weapon should be used, but a Jungle Macuahuitl will work best. A shield, such as a Visionary's Grimoire or a Heavy Steel Shield will work great.

Magna Clava[]

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This is considered to be one of the weaker, if not the weakest epic. It can still be quite good for a new player as it is a bludgeoning weapon, but a mid-game player has nearly no use for such a weapon, usually rolling in the 30-40 max damage ranges.

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Strategy:[]

Just kill the troll with a weapon.

Bear Hands[]

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This is a joke epic, it only has collectible value.

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Strategy:[]

Kill the bear, you just need an alright armor and weapon since they're an easy enemy.

Forgive and Forget[]

Description/Summary:[]

This is one of the rarest epics in game. It is two-handed and deals piercing damage.

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Best Farming Spots:[]

  • Nomad Camp

Strategy:[]

The Desert Assassins are not particularly hard, they deal slashing damage with Assassin's Blades and piercing with Stiletto. A Western Ranger Cuirass works great combined with a bludgeoning weapon.

Gungnir[]

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This two-handed, piercing/slashing weapon is also quite rare. It can roll quite well.

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Dragon Hunters also spawn in the Smoldering Mountain areas, but less commonly.

Strategy:[]

The Dragon Hunter isn't an exceedingly difficult enemy. They are a decently profitable farm, especially for new players looking for their Scale Mail and Scale Leggings. Similarly, they also deal piercing damage, so you can use their own armor against them. A Western Ranger Cuirass will work even better. Use a bludgeoning weapon, such as a Light Mace of the Troll King, Sherian Mace or similar. The farm for Gungnir can become quite boring, since they have the highest spawn rate in only one area, Drake Cave.

Be careful, because the Half-Pike can roll quite high.

Hailstorm[]

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Hailstorm will usually roll well, even low rolls of this two-handed, bludgeoning/slashing weapon are powerful. It is capable of rolling very high, both 3d11+ and 3x crit multiplier.

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Strategy:[]

The Frost Giants will wield an Orc Double Axe and wear a Half-Plate. They can be deceptively powerful, dealing high damage with strength bonus from their double-handed axe. A player should use a good Full-Plate, other pieces should also be E resistant to slashing. Macuahuitls will work very well, other piercing weapons can also be used.

The grind for a Hailstorm can be very boring, as a limited number of Frost Giants will spawn due to them only spawning in two areas (the other is Northern Crags in the underdark).

Instruments of Obedience[]

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A 2 handed weapon dropped by Subjugators in the Xolotl temple, this weapon is not fun to hunt for. Watch out for the Guardian of Xolotl!

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Best Farming Spots:[]

  • Bloodletting chamber

Strategy:

Don't. This epic is a boring hunt, and is typically worse in comparison to other epics. Unless you want epic collector this is one to skip.

Grave King's Axe[]

Description/Summary:[]

The Grave King's Axe is a two-handed, bludgeoning/slashing weapon. It can often roll uncomfortably low on the damage numbers. It is also worth noting that it is equal to in resistances to the Groundkeepers Axe, although it has recently been buffed in durability and critical chance (but none has been found between the buffs and the writing of this entry), meaning it should now be quite powerful.

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The Cemetery Groundskeeper is an uncommon to rare enemy in the Volantis cemetery areas, past the Old Volantis Church Ruins. The farm for this weapon can also be very boring, as the player will be cycling through mobs such as bats, small spiders and similar, only finding a groundskeeper once in a while.

The Cemetery Groundskeeper will usually wield a Groundkeepers Axe, a two-handed bludgeoning/slashing weapon. A Full-Plate should be used, and a slashing weapon is recommended due to their innate higher defensive capabilites. The Groundskeepers can be deceptively powerful, so be wary.

Wrath of Lotan[]

Description/Summary:[]

Wrath of Lotan is a two-handed piercing weapon that is much like most epics, capable of rolling disgustingly well.

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Strategy:[]

Just kill the mermen. Use a pierce resistant armor, since the Seaswept Tridents will usually roll poorly, but is capable of being very powerful.

The Really Greatclub[]

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This club has a very wide range of rolls. It ranges from being completely useless to being a great bludgeoning weapon, usable for many things.

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Strategy:[]

Kill the ogres. Make sure to use something that is resistant to bludge, such as Padded Platemail or the not-as-optimal Full-Plate. Slashing weapons should work just fine.

Malediction, Herald of Pain[]

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This controversial two-handed bludgeoning/piercing bow usually deals high amounts of damage, but has one big drawback that makes it nearly unusable - quite high amount of negative damage reduction. It is widely considered to be one of the worst epics.

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Strategy:[]

The hunters are not at all a difficult enemy. You can even use a full-plate to kill them, paired with any decent 40+ damage weapon. Just make sure to be in a party consisting of at least a runner and a hitter.

You should be wary of a Protector of the Plains, which can also spawn in the same areas as the Hobgoblin Hunters.

Siege and Slaughter[]

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The only ballista in the game. This 2 handed epic does good pierce damage. You get this for epic collector, as other epics do its job better. Basically a spiced up Alderaian Trishula.

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Aseridith Valkyrie

Best Farming Spots:[]

Peak of the world and places around it.

Strategy:[]

Found in areas close to the angelic emissary. They do pierce slash. Watch out for Aseridith High Priest who does heavy Bludge and sometimes Pierce.

Sword and Serpent[]

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The Cooler Forgive and Forget. Those lame daggers only deal pierce and you have to use both. Meanwhile these blades are so ridiculously overtuned it's awe-inspiring. Piercing/Slashing, E/A/A resistances, good crit and block chance, as well as a strength bonus and a physical damage bonus. What's more, you can split them up into two (admittedly weaker) epics: Serpent and Sword. You can even combine them together back into the complete (though it is unknown if you can mix and match). With over a thousand durability, this epic can be compared to the Spear of Il'Kalet.

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Ancient Berserkers

Best Farming Spots:[]

Instances in Ancient Aseridith

Strategy:[]

The one huge drawback of this epic is the farm. Very similar to Tremelay above. Once again use multiple alts and general's maces. Preferably have all the alts have a container with weekly P/S resist armor and if you have them Catastrophes of Truth in case the S&S shows up. If you want you can even farm torturer while farming the instance, who has a very nice shirt and charm drop. The farm kinda sucks but it doesn't suck as much as Tremelay as the Berserkers are easier to defeat and you can leave Ancient Aseridith both faster and more easily than sea templars.

Other Epics[]

Shoulder Creep[]

Description/Summary:[]

A cosmetic that doubles as a bag

Drops From:[]

Something in Bellezar area.

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Strategy:[]

???

Bag of Holding[]

Description/Summary:[]

A cosmetic that doubles as a bag... again.

Drops From:[]

Bug-Bear?

Best Farming Spots:[]

Rasheek Plains

Strategy:[]

They do pierce bludge. Also watch out for centaur, though they arent too dangerous. Make sure to krill all of them as the epic will not be shown.

Heart of Darkness[]

Description/Summary:[]

An epic that allows you to revive a player.

Drops From:[]

Abominations and Bodak

Best Farming Spots:[]

Miasma

Strategy:[]

They do S/P and are weak to P. Use bad spear of Il'Kalet alongside DP armor. Of note is that this epic has a higher drop chance than most others, but you have limited time in hell and the enemies are pretty strong. Also bring Kelpie meat so you can extend time.

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