Has anyone farmed for Whirlwind?

[BYOHordie]

If so how many attempts did you make? Is there a reduced drop rate as you level up? Just wondering as I am on my first life and this looks to be the best THF twink weapon that's possible for all my lives to come.

[Loromir]

If so how many attempts did you make? Is there a reduced drop rate as you level up? Just wondering as I am on my first life and this looks to be the best THF twink weapon that's possible for all my lives to come.

That is not a bad low level item, but those wilderness items have a pretty low drop rate. You would probably craft a nice greensteel weapon a bit quicker than you might farm that greatsword. The Greensteel weapons are ML 11 or 12 if I recall.

[cru121]

I have ransacked the chest on a couple characters and then I gave up.

[Miow]

I have one i sleep with it at night and cuddle.

[niehues]

I have ransacked the chest on a couple characters and then I gave up.

Farmed it not long ago as well around 50+ tries and got nothing... (+a few shard re-roll on the chests)

checked the AH and saw one for 10k.. bang! done!


try xuum and Windlasher(elite) as well they are all good weap... Falchion tho..

and if u are really lucky Fellblade...

[RD2-play]

If you are dead set on getting it, try getting help! maybe a few guildies or others are looking for something from sands and you can increase your chances by x6 if looting with a full group. be sure tho that the others will want to give up the item upfront, else there will be grief and QQ.

GL on the farm !

[Sikaril_Shadowblade]

I finally got one last week but it has taken almost 200 run on that chest between 3 chars I tr so its there but super rare!
Good luck farming and hope you have more luck than me

Sikaril Shadowblade

[Seikojin]

It takes a while, but it does drop. Just keep trying. Some times it would be fast, other times it took hundreds of times. Think nameds having a 1 in 400 chance to drop.

[BYOHordie]

It takes a while, but it does drop. Just keep trying. Some times it would be fast, other times it took hundreds of times. Think nameds having a 1 in 400 chance to drop.

Thanks guys those are numbers I can live with. 1 in 400 or get lucky 1 in 200 will work.
My daughter and I have decided to do completonist and I am doing my caster levels first trying to twink up our meele lives later. so this will work We like the area anyway so ransacking a few weeks in a row on each caster life wont be a problem.

Thanks for the other advice also. I have other prioritys for my GS matts but that was sound advice. Although I am not shure teir 2 would be better than whirlwind and teir 3 is just two much investment for me for a twink item that will only be optimal for a few of my lives.

Thanks for the suggestions on other twink items. Will look them up soon.

Man I love this community some times cant believe I ever left for a while.

[Mercureal]

If you're farming up TR items, and 2H weapons, you should really get a Carnifex from Delera's tomb. It's fairly easy to get, and while low level, it's basically a two-handed khopesh with Keen, hard to beat for a two-handed melee weapon up to level 10 or 12, at least against anything that you can crit.

[BYOHordie]

If you're farming up TR items, and 2H weapons, you should really get a Carnifex from Delera's tomb. It's fairly easy to get, and while low level, it's basically a two-handed khopesh with Keen, hard to beat for a two-handed melee weapon up to level 10 or 12, at least against anything that you can crit.

Yes Carnifex is a super nice twink item at ML4. And it normaly only take 2-3 runs to get it. and if I cant find a Sword of the thirty before I need a TH weapon I will use the Carnifex from 7-10. But at 10 whirlwind is the bomb. 17.83 base damage with a 15% crit range for 30% crits with IC slashing. Wich I usally have by level 10 on meeles. For target having to roll aginst a 17 DC knockdown attempt on 30% of the time is just flat out awesome. Cant wait to see if that knockdown procs on glancing blows. Then throw in an extra 1-6 sonic damage and a red augument slot just for fun. I am tinking this could make my barbarian and mabey fighter ( might even try it on my pally and FS lives) levels 10-16 way less painful and expensive.

[Xiadais]

I farmed for Whirlwind on an off-server with my twin. We got one within the first ransack.

Sword of Shadows is also cool for leveling. Dat crit profile. I actually use it over my Lit II falchion, but I don't know if it's actually better damage. It just feels better because those crits! That, and it looks appealing.

Out of curiosity, is Epic Xuum still 30%/x3? I know Sands items got an update a while ago, so I'm not sure if the Wiki is accurate. Obviously it's worse base damage than eSoS, and a sands explorer area? item, but still.

[BYOHordie]

I farmed for Whirlwind on an off-server with my twin. We got one within the first ransack.

Sword of Shadows is also cool for leveling. Dat crit profile. I actually use it over my Lit II falchion, but I don't know if it's actually better damage. It just feels better because those crits! That, and it looks appealing.

Out of curiosity, is Epic Xuum still 30%/x3? I know Sands items got an update a while ago, so I'm not sure if the Wiki is accurate. Obviously it's worse base damage than eSoS, and a sands explorer area? item, but still.

Dont think I will be gathering any epic stuff yet going to just do the 7-20 grind until I am were I want to be. Complesinist with those 3 barb lives 3 pally lives , 3 FS lives , 3 sorc. 3 wizzy and 3 bard lives.then I will test the epic levels. Yea ESOS would be so nice but I only ran that raid twice and errrrr I hated it and vendor trash for me. My whole raid expereince has been like that Had to run 13 Shrouds to finally win a roll on my first large shard. Took me like 28 reavers to get the dreamsplitter. no think I will leave the raiding until I am on my last life and just (kill stuff) (grind) (farm) or whatever its called till then. If its in gianthold or the sands I love it. Best areas ever in my book.

[Fuitentooty]

I did the farming a couple of months before the enhancement pass hit. I looted the chest every week until I got the ransack message for 4 weeks then I picked it up. So I guess that's 32 times? Assuming ransack message fires on the 8th time. I was in the epic levels as well. It was absolutely worth farming for, and I really, really hate farming for items.

[Banker]

As someone posted - the drop rate is low. Your best bet is to have a +loot running, but - then you have the time it takes to get out there and rerun. When I first found out about that time - I ransacked 10 characters and nothing. I repeated my runs at least once a month and finally got one on the 2nd month and that was when there wasn't any +loot items in the game. I'll make some runs and see whats up.

[dadkokke]

If so how many attempts did you make? Is there a reduced drop rate as you level up? Just wondering as I am on my first life and this looks to be the best THF twink weapon that's possible for all my lives to come.

Went to sands last week on my lvl 12 pally picked one up on first run doing explorers.

[stoerm]

If so how many attempts did you make? Is there a reduced drop rate as you level up? Just wondering as I am on my first life and this looks to be the best THF twink weapon that's possible for all my lives to come.

Guildie pulled one in epic DQ2.

[Eth]

You can also ask in tradechannels or check the AH, since it binds on equip and is therefore tradable.

[Banker]

Loot runs just for it doesn't seem to do much good. I've run quite a bit on 2 characters on Arg, and one other character on Sarlona - still nothing. I think maybe doing a explorer run might be better lol Get into the Sands and take the right towards the BloodStone, then work back towards it (Den Mother) as you head out to... That quest... Spiral?

[MacRighteous]

I recently ran my Paladin through Sands and tried for Whirlwind every time I entered the wilderness area - maybe 100 times and no luck. Found one on the AH for under 10k plat... Later, as I was leveling up may Cleric caster I pulled Whirlwind the first time not even looking for it ... I put it on the AH for the same price I bought the first one. Fair is fair.

Good luck
Mac