Invaders named loot

[Quirinus]

I have run invaders a number of times (enough to get my 25 tokens) and have yet to see any named items drop in the end chest. Am I just unlucky, or is the drop rate extremely low. Also is this one of the quest where difficult affects the end loot.

I really want those Beholder Optic Nerves but I'm not sure I want to keep farming...

[delicious.crab]

Saw them drop last night. I've seen them drop twice (never for me) in about 20 runs that I remember.

[gigobyte]

Not sure about the drop rate, but I think the nerves only drop when the end boss is the named beholder.

[Vanquishedfo]

Dont see it as farming, see it as going back in to keep the band aid tight on planar rift that just wont stay shut.

THe token items are all kinda junk anyways, and the optic nerves, well they can be rare. but then one night I pulled 2 back to back. So just got to keep the faith.

[Lord_kNiels]

Seen nerve drop in two runs. Both times 2 dropped.
Then theres with the ice flenser i think a chance that an axe named garzuul's bane drops. (+3 holy cold iron greataxe).

[redspecter23]

There are multiple bosses and each one drops a specific piece of named loot, so you'll only see the Beholder Optic Nerves if you have the beholder boss. I haven't run the quest too many times, but I've never seen it drop. If you have the content, consider the Silver Flame necklace from the necropolis series. It has a similar function though it is bound to character.

[Memnir]

I have run invaders a number of times (enough to get my 25 tokens) and have yet to see any named items drop in the end chest. Am I just unlucky, or is the drop rate extremely low. Also is this one of the quest where difficult affects the end loot.

I really want those Beholder Optic Nerves but I'm not sure I want to keep farming...

Just bear in mind you need to pull the named beholder as the end boss to have a shot at the nerves.

I think difficulty will effect the chances of named loot dropping - but not 100% on that.

[Sarisa]

Not terribly common for the Nerves. The four named "banes" seem like they drop a bit more often in the final chest. What you can get in the end chest depends on what boss appears, so as mentioned, the Nerves can only drop if the beholder boss is the one that appears.

[jwdaniels]

As others have said, each boss has their own named loot that may drop - also they each give a different number of tokens.

[Talon_Moonshadow]

I ran several chars through there, got their 25 tokens, and never pulled any named loot.

But then I had one char who semed to pull named loot every time he ran it.

Plus I've seen items in other people's names.

Rare, but not that rare...