Melee R6 Solo RXP/Sec for Legendary Quests and Chains

[Tilomere]

This was tested using basic gear set of Lich, with axe, not specialized in anything, and with power attack and hail of blows twisted instead of precision and dragonhide. A dps build and gear set swaps will be faster, where it can stay alive of course. This is for knowing where to lower the difficulty, what quests to group up on and avoid solo, and which quests to pick to optimize RXP gain. RXP without pots or vip or first time bonus. Regardless of what reaper you play on, the higher RXP/sec ones here will be higher RXP at that reaper difficulty as well. No travel time was included. All quests were tested on R6 solo no hireling (except to hit switches). I'm not counting quests where incoming damage can easily 1 shot your character since they are unpredictable in completion.

I've been working on gear set and rotation of quests for optimal RXP/sec here.

Quest RXP Per Second Seconds RXP PlayerMobsKilled (Notes)

Average all tested quests and chains 2.4 50714 122710

Against the Slave Lords

Slave Pits of the Undercity TBD
Secret of the Slavers' Stockade N/A (Markessa 1 shot with arcane explosion ~6k force damage)
Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords N/A (Can't solo end fight consistently, trip, 90 strength not sufficient)


Age of Rage Chain 3.0 2859 8539 341

Night Falls on Stormreach 2.5 840 2065 152
Quarantine 2.4 894 2162 74
The Age of Rage 4.0 576 2308 76
The Madness of Crowds 3.7 549 2004 39 (Brawnpits at jungle leaves, highest rxp/sec combo)
Toxic Treatment N/A (Can't solo end fight consistently, Champ drow meteor 1 shots with on-hitx8 damage)


Gatekeepers Chain One 3.3 2974 9611 413

Grim and Barrett 4.6 565 2618 116
Subversion 2.3 1101 2518 105
Multitude of Menace 3.0 868 2589 118
Tavern Brawl 4.3 440 1886 76 (close to 1 shot with 3.5k force damage Eldritch Tempest solo scaling)

Gatekeeper's Chain Two 3.3 1878 6255 152

Housekeeping 3.8 550 2064 33
Rosemary's Ballad 3.9 514 2002 48
The Home of Memory 2.7 814 2189 71
Heart of the Problem N/A (Champ Security Construct 1 shot with arcane blast force damage 4.3k)
The Sacred Bounty N/A (Champ Security Construct 1 shot with arcane blast force damage 4.3k)


Harbor 3.6 1954 7018 132

Memoirs of an Illusionary Larcener 3.4 749 2550 57
Good Intentions 3.2 762 2404 48 (Nibbles by inn, highest RXP/sec combo)
Lost at Sea 4.7 443 2064 27


Marketplace 1.4 2156 2914 302

Black and Blue N/A (Acid 4 stacks 1 shots from Goralin knockback breath combo)
Newcomers 1.4 2156 2914 302

Meridia 1.9 2770 5263 303

Creeping Death 1.6 1660 2670 188
Curse the Sky 2.3 1110 2593 115


Mines of Tethymar 1.7 4936 8201

Graveyard Shift 1.7 1238 2065 124 (5 min break subtracted from actual time)
Records of the Past 2.4 803 1944 51
Third Time's a Charm 1.3 1776 2248 218
Strike Back 1.7 1119 1944 67
Desire in the Dark N/A (Can't complete end fight without multiple DDoors to heal up)


Ravenloft Chain One 3.1 2714 8535 133

Into the Mists 14.8 108 1602 8
Death Huose 5.6 350 1944 27
Fresh Baked Dreams 3.5 587 2065 65
An Invitation to Dinner 1.8 1669 2924 33 (Dragons + Golems lowest RXP/sec combo)


Ravenloft Chain Two 3.5 2729 9648 186

Oath of Vengeance 3.6 641 2332 55
A Raven at the Door 2.8 864 2434 38
A Mad Tea Party 3.1 782 2448 75
Sealed in Amber 3.6 442 2434 18 (MRAK below start, icon in library highest RXP/sec combo)


Ravenloft Chain Three 2.6 3157 8151 447

Lost Vintage 2.8 607 1728 96
Wrath of the Earth 3.8 525 2002 75
Raven's Bane 1.8 1093 1944 158
Sunrise 2.7 932 2477 118


Sharn Chain One 1.5 5686 8708 395

A Sharn Welcome 2.8 727 2002 56
Red Rain 2.2 1107 2415 114
The Same Old Song 1.6 1283 2002 78
Just Business 0.9 2569 2289 147
Best Laid Plans N/A (Champ Security Construct 1 shot with arcane blast force damage 4.3k)


Sharn Chain Two 1.7 3754 6531 274

Blown Deadline 1.7 1199 2002 97
House of Pain 1.9 1242 2402 67
No Refunds 1.6 1313 2127 110
Reach for the Sky N/A (Champ Security Construct 1 shot with arcane blast force damage 4.3k)


Sharn Cogs 3.0 3918 11620 312

Ruinous Schemes 2.9 592 1701 31
Wraithcallers 3.2 631 2001 49
Smash and Burn 1.9 1124 2127 72
Thralls of the Fungus Lord 3.9 561 2189 63
Scavenger Hunt 3.9 471 1851 40 (Otyugh can 1 shot with breath, circle it as you fight)
The Magma Must Flow 3.2 539 1751 62
Security Detail N/A (Champ Security Construct 1 shot with arcane blast force damage 4.3k)
Roll Call N/A (Champ Security Construct 1 shot with arcane blast force damage 4.3k)


Sharn Docks 1.9 4341 8357 264

Finding Doris N/A (Quest bugs at check on trainer being home, can't complete consistently)
Safety in Numbers 2.4 846 2002 75
The Underlane Assignment 1.3 1513 2002 88 (5 min break subtracted from actual time, meteor champs can 1 shot for ~4k)
Members Only 2.6 780 2064 25
The Offshore Account 1.9 1202 2289 76
Soul Survivor N/A (I don't know the day schedule to find password to do quest quickly)



TOEE

Temple of Elemental Evil Part One N/A (Don't carry search swap set, too slow)
Temple of Elemental Evil Part Two N/A (Can't solo end fight consistently, 1 shot untyped damage 10k)


Trial of the Archons 2.1 3792 7938 493

Demon Assault 2.5 1084 2731 174
The Devil's Details 2.6 1151 2830 185
The Archon's Trial 1.5 1557 2377 134


White Plume Mountain

TBD

[SpartanKiller13]

R6 Melee Solo RXP Per Second Seconds RXP PlayerMobsKilled (Notes)

Age of Rage Chain - 3.0
The Age of Rage - 4.0
The Madness of Crowds - 3.7 (Brawnpits at jungle leaves, highest rxp/sec combo)

Gatekeepers Chain 1 - 3.2
Grim and Barrett - 4.6
Tavern Brawl - 4.3

Gatekeepers Chain 2
TBD - don't know well enough to do these now.

Harbor - 3.6
Memoirs of an Illusionary Larcener - 3.4
Lost at Sea - 4.7

Ravenloft Chain 1 - 3.1
Into the Mists - 14.8
Death House - 5.6
Fresh Baked Dreams - 3.5
An Invitation to Dinner - 1.8(Dragons + Golems lowest RXP/sec combo)

Ravenloft Chain 2 - 3.5
Oath of Vengeance - 3.6
Sealed in Amber - 3.6 (MRAK below start, icon in library highest RXP/sec combo)

Ravenloft Chain 3 - 2.6
Wrath of the Earth - 3.8

Sharn Cogs - 3.0

+1 Great post, thanks! I've quoted some of the more interesting parts to me There's definitely a few quests I might start running a bit more lol. I didn't realize quite how much of a standout Into the Mists is, but that does make sense.

For wilderness chains (mostly Cogs), were you counting time spent walking between quests?

Interesting how "bad" most multiple-path quests are (like Amber, Invitation, and Madness) - if you're lucky, they're decent; if not, not so much.

You've included Trials of the Archon's Chain twice Also if you're taking opinions, I'd write N/A just once a row instead of summoning Batman

Gatekeeper's 2 you can definitely skip large portions of some quests. I wonder how much that will affect the end result.

[Tilomere]

Updated for Mines of Tethymar and Sharn Docks. Now I have enough to make a farm route, then I can optimize build around the route. Will swap helm and boots lgs for umber helm and knife toed boots for easier RL dungeons. Will drop Epic Fortitude for precision, then drop Hail of Blows Twist for Dragonhide. This will bump the RXP/sec up since we will have enough fort bypass for RL (but not Sharn) but even without changes will give 4.6 RXP/sec.

Rotation 4.6 4788 21796

Tele House J
The Age of Rage 4.0 576 2308 76
2x Into the Mists 14.8 108 1602 8 (2nd run is ~1000 RXP)
Death Huose 5.6 350 1944 27
Oath of Vengeance 3.6 641 2332 55
Wrath of the Earth 3.8 525 2002 75
Tele Harbor
Grim and Barrett 4.6 565 2618 116
Lost at Sea 4.7 443 2064 27
Thralls of the Fungus Lord 3.9 561 2189 63
Scavenger Hunt 3.9 471 1851 40 (Otyugh can 1 shot with breath, circle it as you fight)
Tele Gatekeepers
Tavern Brawl 4.3 440 1886 76 (close to 1 shot with 3.5k force damage Eldritch Tempest solo scaling)

[AlcoArgo]

So... what was the build?

[ChicagoChris]

This was tested using an all-purpose tanky/self-heal/debuff/cc/melee dps build, not specialized in anything. A dps build will be faster, where it can stay alive of course. This is for knowing where to lower the difficulty, what quests to group up on and avoid solo, and which quests to pick to optimize RXP gain. RXP without pots or vip or first time bonus. Regardless of what reaper you play on, the higher RXP/sec ones here will be higher RXP at that reaper difficulty as well. No travel time was included.

Quest RXP Per Second Seconds RXP PlayerMobsKilled (Notes)

Surprised you're not looking at these short, extremely fast quests. Each can be done in well under 5 minutes:

Threnal shorts -
The Giants' Lair
The Giant Lieutenants

Jorasco -
Path to Madness

Von 3 pre-quest -
Gateway to Khyber

Quest	Quest Level	Reaper Level	Total XP	Reaper	Time	Minutes as decimal	XP / Minute	RXP / Minute
Path to Madness	8	3	3,633	410	0:02:57	2.95	1,232	139.0
Gateway to Khyber	9	2	5,109	456	0:02:31	2.52	2,030	181.2
The Giant Lieutenants	9	3	2,429	447	0:02:30	2.50	972	178.8
The Giants' Lair	9	3	2,235	447	0:01:53	1.88	1,187	237.3

These were done R2/R3 (I'm more interested in the XP boost) but at R9/R10 I'm sure they would fly.

[Tilomere]

So... what was the build?

Added to OP!

Surprised you're not looking at these short, extremely fast quests. Each can be done in well under 5 minutes:

Ahh yea those are fast, but I'm farming RXp at cap, because those quests earn ~200 rxp in 3 minutes on repeats or only 1.1 rxp/sec. I'm going to average 4.6 rxp/sec with my route at cap.

[ChicagoChris]

Ahh yea those are fast, but I'm farming RXp at cap, because those quests earn ~200 rxp in 3 minutes on repeats or only 1.1 rxp/sec. I'm going to average 4.6 rxp/sec with my route at cap.

Didn't realize you were running at cap. I just make sure I hit these a couple of times each time I'm at level while on the _TR train.

[Tilomere]

Age of Rage






Gatekeepers 1






Gatekeeprs 2

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Harbor

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Mines of Tethymar

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Ravenloft Chain 3

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Sharn Chain 1









Sharn Chain 2

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Sharn Docks

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Trial of the Archons







Marketplace



Meridia

[Tilomere]

I started here with picking just chains and doing them:

Average all tested quests and chains 2.5 42814 104922

After first round of testing had idea to do these quests:

Rotation 4.6 4227 19607

Tele House J
The Age of Rage 4.0 576 2308 76
2x Into the Mists 14.8 108 1602 8 (2nd run is ~1000 RXP)
Death Huose 5.6 350 1944 27
Oath of Vengeance 3.6 641 2332 55
Wrath of the Earth 3.8 525 2002 75
Tele Harbor
Grim and Barrett 4.6 565 2618 116
Lost at Sea 4.7 443 2064 27
Scavenger Hunt 3.9 471 1851 40 (Otyugh can 1 shot with breath, circle it as you fight)
Tele Gatekeepers
Tavern Brawl 4.3 440 1886 76 (close to 1 shot with 3.5k force damage Eldritch Tempest solo scaling)

So I changed build for precision, swapping no-fail fort to twist, swapped into dps boots and helm, lowering reaper by 1 for age of rage and sharn cogs and Tavern Brawl. Also removed Thralls R6 due to duration of helplessness due to charisma boss damage.

New rotation and with new gear and build tweaks and some reaper difficulty adjustments is now:

Rotation 5.2 4361 22770

Tele House J
The Age of Rage R5 4.7 346 1905 70
2x Into the Mists 16.5 97 1602 8 (2nd run is ~1000 RXP)
Death House 6.8 295 2004 21
Oath of Vengeance 3.7 628 2332 60
A Raven at Door 4.4 554 2434 37
Wrath of the Earth 3.9 515 2002 77
Tele Harbor
Grim and Barrett 5.9 507 2731 116 (swap to thrower to break a few more boxes)
Lost at Sea 4.1 508 2064 27
Members Only R4 6.3 226 1430 25
Scavenger Hunt R5 5.5 285 1567 38 (Otyugh can 1 shot with breath, circle it as you fight)
Madness of Crowds R5 5.6 303 1699 36

Hmm so fort bypass and some extra to-hit is up to 50% better . In older dungeons with mobs of 0-100% fort it can be great. In some newer dungeons however it is near zero because mobs have fort ~180+, so 85% bypass is basically pointless. Tavern Brawl and Thralls of the Fungus Lord are more varied than I thought and don't seem good for rotation. Tavern Brawl is normally ok, but sometimes you get multiple early vengeance reapers spawned which you have to basically leave up the entire time. Should use dps gear set on some other dungeons and find replacements. Dropped Tavern brawl for A Raven at the Door now that fort bypass is higher. For example 85% bypass did zilch in Subversion against the elementals. Tested Members only R4 and found it to be substantially faster due to being able to be played aggressively. Added it to rotation.

Basically by doing this test we are going to end up making double rxp/sec over just random quests and full chains.

[Tilomere]

Gatekeeper's 2 you can definitely skip large portions of some quests. I wonder how much that will affect the end result.

The ones I tested ended up being pretty good. The gatekeepers chain 2 is better than average. Final rotation in build Lich with Axe ends up being 6.2 RXP per sec.