Vale loot run>>>

[Tourette]

Would love to learn this route. If there is someone who knows it and is willing to teach it to me, have a 16th sorc or cleric - I'd really appreciate it.

Please send me a PM

[Zenako]

there is no magic run route to follow. I have seen any number of successful paths. The real key is to space so that the 4 shrines occur just around the time you need them to avoid backtracking.

For example. Out the door, head past the rats towards the Earth Elemental site, then up the little hill with a quick diversion to the side to check if you can target the named troll on the ledge (if yes, run up there, if no, ignore), fight the devil with cats, across to the Hyena, down to the bats, depending on your SP either run back past the shrine on the ledge or continue on to the gnoll with the mephits. If still good, go take on the named gnolls and the named cat, hit the swamp shrine, head to devil land. etc etc continue thru the devils, revisit the shrine by the quest, go take down the portal and head to the spiders and rakshasa etc. Hit last shrine, take out the spider swarm, ogre mage and perhaps the named elemental/djinn guy in the corner, done, rinse and repeat.

[JoeyJoJoJr]

look out for Shabadoo tonight. I can show you how i run the vale for the lootz.

[Kylstrem]

Here's the fastest path I've found (for soloing as a Sorc):



Start at Meridia (Cast Jump, Haste, Displacement/Blur on self). Have Suggestion, Dismissal, Firewall, Flesh to Stone, and Enlarge ready. Remove Fearsome armor before Bats and Spider Ambush.

Run straight south and jump towards fallen pillar in water. With Jump on you should be able to jump out of the water here. Head up the hill to Halphire (#1). FoD him if there, get chest, and jump down to Bats (#2). (Make sure fearsome is off).

Firewall bats and get chest.

Then head to Rochussen (along the way either dismiss or suggest mobs) (you can either enervate, then FoD/Dismiss/Banish, or jump up on stone block to the far west on top where he is and firewall him).

then go to the asterisk (*) you should be able TAB to look for troll up top. If he's not up there, then you can save some time after shrining.

Then head to #4 (Lycomedes). Set up a disco ball after you get rid of Lions/Trolls. Then go Aggro Lycomedes and body guards and pull back to disco ball. Dismiss at your leisure.

go to Shrine after #4. Use Shrine. If Troll was there go up top and get troll.

Then head to #6 Pukru. Just haste and run towards him. If he's there, gather all the spiders around him WITHOUT aggroing Pukru and firewall them in the little valley there.

After spiders are dead, turn on Enlarge and try to stone to flesh Pukru... after stoned, you can FoD at leisure (he has good saves against FoD and Stone to Flesh does not aggro).

After Pukru, or if Pukru was not there, run down to #7 (spider ambush) and throw Firewalls down in that valley and run them back and forth until all spiders are dead.

then head up to shrine. Easiest is to suggest Ogres and Rakashas in this area without aggroing them if soloing. If with group, kill them all. Run over towards Djinni. You can stay up top and not aggro the spiders/Twilight Stalker to see if he is there. If you see an Earth Elemental or Glass Spider in his location, you can turn around now and go shrine. If you see if him, FoD all spiders and Twilight stalker, then FoD Genie.

Go Shrine and then head to #9 (named Rakasha). if you see a third Ogre in that area, then he's not there. Kill him or run away if not there, then head to Jukree #10.

If you stay to the far left and hug the moutain wall while heading to Jukree, you can see if he's there from up top without aggroing all the spiders. If you see a Shepherd spider where he should be, then he's not there. If he's there you should be able to just kill one spider and then Jukree with FoD, get the chest and then start heading to the #11, the portal, without having to kill all the spiders in this area.


Head to #11, dismissing Shavaraths as you go.

I usually just skip the Portal if it is there and I'm soloing on my sorc... takes too long.

run to #12 (Osaran, the cat), dismissing as you go.

Then go southish from there and hug the wall where the shrine is and move south around it until you get to the "bowl" where Uthezen might be. If he's there, turn on Enlarge and just dismiss everything one at a time. Should never aggro anything here with this plan.

Go use Shrine, then head up mountain to check for named Orthon.

As you get to the top, if you see a Devil where the Orthon should be, the Orthon is not there. Just D-door back to Meridia entrance and start with the path that takes you to #15.

Get to the front of that little box canyon where the Mephit gnoll is (Laroulle, I think). Cast a Disco Ball in front of this and then aggro everything. I find it easier to FoD or Stone to Flesh the Gnoll first, then take out the mephits with dismissal.
This Chest/rare is always here.

then run to the perch entrance area for #16. You can gather all the rats and Mephits in this area close to that perch entrance area and then throw one or two firewalls. I usually just run ahead and try to suggest the two gnolls below the first ladder up. Climb up to check for Rukhili's and his chest.

After doing the Rukihili chest, I jump on top of their huts and then you can jump to a broken aqueduct and run to where you can see if Ghalere (the Lion, #17) is there from safely up top (should be three gnolls below you). (Being able to see Ghalere from here depends on your graphics settings... I have mine set to Ultra High, but guildies have asked me "How can you see him already?")

If Ghalere is there, you will have to kill him and will probably aggro the earth elemental and some mephits. In any case, Suggest the 3 gnolls below you before jumping down.

Then Run up to Johannie's chest (always there). I Suggest, Flesh to Stone and FoD all the way up.

If at any point during these last chests you can head to the shrine on this side of the map before continuing. If you end up going to the shrine after Laurolle, you can jump on the log above the Sunken Trench and if your graphics are set high enough you should be able to look up and see if Rukihili is there. Saves time not having to climb that perch if he's not there.

[Tourette]

thx