Fastest SFK Farming Possible

Mocha said:
Trust me I know it's not a terribly rare drop.

As you can tell by my achievements I have many rare mounts, many legendaries etc.


My point was it's a little silly to have someone grab theirs on their first run back of 6.0.


There have been several people who have had luck on mount drops etc post 6.0


Kind of too silly to be a coincidence when 3-5 of my friends who have been farming for x for a while have only now gotten their items post 6.0. I'd speculate a generous boost to loot tables. I'm sure it's only a matter of a week or two before people start realizing / asking / posting about how now they're getting their rare mounts that they've been farming for and asking if 6.0 has anything to do with it.
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Good to hear, and I know the drop rates are increased first hand because I saw a Shadowfang drop just minutes/hours after you posted yours in the TI chat. Boy did I lose my cool on that hunter, but the experience did give me hope for the future (and others as someone they actually know can confirm it does really drop). Dreams can come true!

Now if I can just get them to take the damn daily lockout off of Sethekk.
 
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So a guy ticketed a GM about the increased drop rates. This is the response he got:
http://i.imgur.com/pHg6Qkr.png
First of all do you think they are actually fixing it or is he just GM derping?

And 2nd: So many people have gotten their Shadowfangs etc in like 20 runs and less, some people have 200+ runs and nothing. I know this is probably just rng, but what if only old characters/accounts (or new characters) are able to benefit from this "bug" where you get zoned into an older version of SFK with increased drop rates?
 
I just blink through the stairs and end outside at the back of shadowfangkeep. Just have to mount up after finishing and fly to the instance portal and reset and now im waiting for the dam dungeon cd xD
 
leotseddap said:
I just blink through the stairs and end outside at the back of shadowfangkeep. Just have to mount up after finishing and fly to the instance portal and reset and now im waiting for the dam dungeon cd xD
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I did that 3 times... I got so pissed that I changed from Displacer Beast to Feline Swiftness
 
Clivney said:
Great guide! I'm leveling a F2P rogue to farm some of these drops. Wish me luck!
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Hey guys,

I'm returning to the game after 2+ years away and want to build a twink again. This guide was awesome!

Quick question - I'm assuming a lot of these drops are BoP instead of BOE - how can I farm on a twink for these without going over the level cap of 29? Can I farm on my main and then mail them over? How exactly does it all work?

Thanks for the help!
 
Flynski said:
Hey guys,

I'm returning to the game after 2+ years away and want to build a twink again. This guide was awesome!

Quick question - I'm assuming a lot of these drops are BoP instead of BOE - how can I farm on a twink for these without going over the level cap of 29? Can I farm on my main and then mail them over? How exactly does it all work?

Thanks for the help!
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All the blue drops, SF, Gloom, AB etc., are BoE, except the boss loot ofc.
 
Might sound like a dumb question, but on the image of the route, it tells you to backtrack. Anyone have a second to explain what exactly that is supposed to mean? thank you!

Kig
 
From my experience, also confirmed by post 6.0 comments on wowhead, it appears you do not get zone drops from chests; only world drops.
 
Takeo said:
From my experience, also confirmed by post 6.0 comments on wowhead, it appears you do not get zone drops from chests; only world drops.
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I was hoping someone could confirm or deny on this. It has always been true that zone drops could appear in chests so I was hoping this was still the case. I still farm them regardless looking for a drop.

thank you kindly for this information though :)
 
No problem. For me it was just a feeling as I had not gotten anything significant from the chests. I have gotten plenty of BoE Blues, but all from trash mobs.

So first I checked this thread to see if anyone was talking about this. Then I went to wowhead and filtered the comments by patch.

The next 2 posts I make will be a couple of detailed ones from wowhead.
 
From wowhead:

Takeo said:
I did 100 runs... here are the results!

Run 1 - Nothing
Run 2 - Nothing
Run 3 - Nothing
Run 4 - Nothing
Run 5 - Nothing
Run 6 - Nothing
Run 7 - Shadowfang off of Corpse Eater before the first boss
Run 8 - Recipe: Elixer of Ogre's Strength from chest, Demon Band from chest
Run 9 - Nothing
Run 10 - Nothing
Run 11 - Nothing
Run 12 - Nothing
Run 13 - Assassin's Blade off of group of mobs before Lord Walden
Run 14 - Nothing
Run 15 - Nothing
Run 16 - Nothing
Run 17 - Recipe: Elixer of Minor Agility from chest
Run 18 - Assassin's Blade from one of the Gargoyles
Run 19 - Nothing
Run 20 - Nothing
Run 21 - Witching Stave off of Dark Creeper
Run 22 - Nothing
Run 23 - Black Malice off of Dark Creeper
Run 24 - Nothing
Run 25 - Nothing
Run 26 - Gloomshroud Armor off of group of mobs in the part of the dungeon not normally cleared
Run 27 - Nothing
Run 28 - Nothing
Run 29 - Night Reaver off of mobs before Final Boss
Run 30 - Nothing
Run 31 - Nothing
Run 32 - Nothing
Run 33 - Recipe: Swiftness potion from chest
Run 34 - Sentry Cloak from a chest
Run 35 - Black Malice off of Fel Steeds
Run 36 - Nothing
Run 37 - Nothing
Run 38 - Nothing
Run 39 - Nothing
Run 40 - Nothing
Run 41 - Nothing
Run 42 - Blackfang from a chest
Run 43 - Nothing
Run 44 - Witching Stave off of mobs
Run 45 - Nothing
Run 46 - Shadowfang off of Mindless Horror
Run 47 - Nothing
Run 48 - Nothing
Run 49 - Nothing
Run 50 - Nothing
Run 51 - Nothing
Run 52 - Nothing
Run 53 - Nothing
Run 54 - Nothing
Run 55 - Night Reaver off of group of mobs in the kitchen
Run 56 - Nothing
Run 57 - Nothing
Run 58 - Nothing
Run 59 - Nothing
Run 60 - Nothing
Run 61 - Nothing
Run 62 - Nothing
Run 63 - Nothing
Run 64 - Nothing
Run 65 - Magician's Mantle from chest
Run 66 - Demon Band from chest
Run 67 - Recipe: Elixer of Minor Agility from chest
Run 68 - Nothing
Run 69 - Your Mother
Run 70 - Nothing
Run 71 - Nothing
Run 72 - Witching Stave off of mobs
Run 73 - Nothing
Run 74 - Black Malice off of Dark Creeper
Run 75 - Nothing
Run 76 - Nothing
Run 77 - Nothing
Run 78 - Nothing
Run 79 - Black Malice off of mobs
Run 80 - Nothing
Run 81 - Nothing
Run 82 - Nothing
Run 83 - Nothing
Run 84 - Ranger Bow from chest on Ramparts
Run 85 - Nothing
Run 86 - Nothing
Run 87 - Nothing
Run 88 - Face Smasher off of Corpse Eater, Witching Stave off of mobs
Run 89 - Nothing
Run 90 - Nothing
Run 91 - Nothing
Run 92 - Nothing
Run 93 - Nothing
Run 94 - Nothing
Run 95 - Nothing
Run 96 - Nothing
Run 97 - Nothing
Run 98 - Assassin's Blade off of Corpse Eater
Run 99 - Nothing
Run 100 - Nothing

So the sword is still pretty damn rare, along with the rest of the BoE blues!
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From wowhead:

Takeo said:
By ultimateman55 (329 – 1·6) 5 days ago (Patch 6.0.3)
I began farming for Gloomshroud Armor for my 19 rogue less than a week ago. I am a very experienced mount farmer (I have over 28 rare drop mounts, 228 total mounts to give you a more specific idea of what i mean) and so I figured this would be a challenge I'd take on.

I never count the number of runs that I complete nor the total time. I do, however, have the total number of notable items I've received, including the more mundane total of the wool cloth I've received. I now present to you my item totals for the runs I've completed:

Redbeard's crest1
Band of Purification2
Sentry Cloak1
Silver Linked Footguards1
Diamond Hammer1
Lil Timmy's Peashooter1
Mindthrust Bracers7
Guillotine axe6
Night reaver4
Black malice6
Face smasher5
Witching stave 3
Assassin's blade3
Shadowfang4
Gloomshroud armor 0
Wool cloth 23024

I've averaged it out and it seems that I've received about 75 wool cloth per run, which means that I've run SFK over 300 times now. If I guess it takes about 6 minutes per run, that's about 30 hours of time inside SFK.

Also worth noting is that I've had 2 zone drops, Guillotine Axe and Night Reaver, drop from the horses in the stables. So the horses can indeed drop these zone-specific rare items. Be sure to kill them for every possible drop chance!

I can also say with some good confidence that the chests in the zone do NOT have a chance to drop zone-specific rare items. The only rare items I've gotten out of the chests include the first 6 items on my list. In fact, I got every one of the first six rare items out of a chest. I've received none of my zone drops from the chests. So don't worry about having to use a rogue do to these runs. The chests will not increase your chances of getting a Shadowfang or any other zone-specific drop.
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