Best Place to Find Shako (Harlequin Crest) in Diablo 2 / Resurrected D2R

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[@Parasmunt]

I found my first shako! Always when you aren't looking for anything... The stats on this item are sick.

[@_amon_amarth_8764]

Nice vid but for anyone that's planning on playing an orb sorc, if you see how long it took to kill Griswold and Baal, that's because he didn't line up correctly, you want the orb to detonate inside the boss, not behind it

[@HaywireGW2]

I was thinking that.. it lowkey annoyed me so much, haha.

[@stantondinger5836]

^ exactly. I find with Blizzard it's best to click near the mob you want to kill rather than namelock on them. For whatever reason it seems to hit more than when it's namelocked.

[@Jeff13R]

Glwt 🤭🤣 the damage isn't done by the orb but by the shards so just passed is my sweet spot for orbs

[@soulessone4206]

Whenever I want a shako I just run around act 1 hell stoney field to outer cloister and just Kill all the packs since they are all perfect lvl for dropping shako.. it never fails I will find one faster this way than any other way...finding items in d2 is all about monster lvl and drop tables

[@joshbrigham942]

and about getting lucky

[@markgowanlock8544]

I agree with this method. Definitely faster and I’d prefer doing this to Baal or Meph runs

[@plumtree8713]

I found my only shako ever in mosulem

[@markgowanlock8544]

@@plumtree8713 D3 can’t hold a candle to D2…I don’t know why but in D2 there was a thrill to finding loot but in D3 it was all just … eh… I can’t explain it but they messed with the formula and it just didn’t feel right. Finding that only shako in the mausoleum probably felt great. I can remember loads of moments like that in D2 but only one in D3…finding calamity on my DH before the game was made much easier.

[@plumtree8713]

@@markgowanlock8544 bro I 100% feel exactly the same. Played only one character on d3.. a paladin and got to end game and hated/abhorred the game. D2 rules

[@Swalexbass]

Just fyi, your frozen orb deals the most damage at the point of explosion. If you take a couple steps back and make the orb explode on Baal, you will find that it does way more damage :)

[@smoke1215]

This man speaks truth!

[@dimeen]

Yeah this was kinda hard to watch. Could kill baal in half the time casting orb correctly

[@Neraniel]

came here to say this, thanks mate

[@tristanarnold]

Gold info.

[@SilentWrath123]

With a sorceress I would do hell mephisto runs (with moat trick if gear is too bad to risk normal confrontation). In addition to shako he can drop most of the other important items and it takes much less time to reach him.

[@coopstain1728]

What is moat trick? Can you explain it for me please

[@georgemartinovic661]

u go and aggro him and than go backwards across that little bit of water and stand back. He won’t cross that and u can stay back and do damage without being hurt

[@coopstain1728]

@@georgemartinovic661 Thanks for explaining. Appreciate yas

[@LordBattleSmurf]

Does moat trick work with orb? I'm on Switch controller version so orb aims better than Blizzard and im mostly single player so i need to be orb+ fireball to solo the game

[@GorchaxGaming]

@@LordBattleSmurf the range is shorter so its abit tricky, but should work, i used to do it on the "left" side of the center. Also, i highly recommend going orb+firewall instead. it does waaaay more damage than fireball. Try it, you'll thank me later.

[@xshortguy]

I found my first shako ever from an armor rack while doing countess runs XD

[@harveyweiss1610]

wow that's some good rng for ya

[@SteveHat]

I been finding alot of good items on those racks myself. Always worth a look

[@thelifeofplay7435]

Travincal 100 def

[@travis718]

Finally found my first sol to make insight yesterday doing count. (Haven't played in 15+ years) put the runes in a war fork. Pissed I went to arcane, opened the first chest i saw and a sol came out. RNJesus had my back. Moral of the story, open shit lol.

[@justingarssacoche]

I found a Tal Ammy on a random normal cow. Not sure how lucky that is

[@IMP3TIGO]

I think the best way to get a shako is by farming hell Andarial/Mephisto. Or any high level area that you can clear with decent speed, like ancient tunnels, the pit, chaos or world stone keep. Cannot wait to get one on D2R...

[@honorneun5951]

Lol u just mentioned almost every farmspot that exists :D

[@geois4u33]

Honor Neun yes but the other usual farm spots that he has listed drops the other uniques that you either want or don't want and in which case you are looking for something more specific than another Druid mallet for example or an unique ring that is not a SoJ. Shako has always eluded me from the usual farm spots but not in Cows and Griswald in Tristam Nightmare more than Hell difficulty. D2 has always been that ARPG game to have a reason to lower the difficulty for many reasons when hunting or magic finding specific unique items. Don't get too attached to playing Hell Mode all the time😉.

[@robertkaszti6103]

@@geois4u33 worst advice ever. only farm in hell mode. Lvl 85 areas, chaos, baal, pindle, shenk, eldritch, maybe travi and nihi

[@Qulevra]

@@robertkaszti6103 problem with that, is as the ilvl goes up so does the mlvl. In other words the loot table expands with higher difficulty, “polluting” the potential drop. If one is after a specific item, it’s best to reduce the loot table by lowering the difficulty.

[@MadMaxJuggernaut]

Bugged andy would be dropping more rings and amus than shako. Your best bet would be chaos runs, ancient tunnels, pits.

[@Lopao18]

I like these short but informative videos on where items are most likely to drop. I wish we had these years back!

[@itchynutz1569]

It’s amazing but ruins the game imo

[@wingfighter2]

We had all this info available to us. Ya just had to read Arreatsummit

[@GiebFree]

With frozen orb u want to hit your enemies with the end of the flying ball, so that it explodes on target. This way your clearing speed will reduce a lot. Just saying 😅

[@Jeff13R]

Glwt 🤭shooting just past allows for more exposure and the ball releases more shards.. so given the radial spread just passed gives the max damage per orb..just saying 🤫😏

[@bassandspaceable]

I found 4 so far. 1 from NM Baal 2 from Hell Meph 1 from a chest in hell ancient tunnels

[@nickvisser1992]

Found 2 in one week. First one from a leaper pack on my way to ancient tunnel. Second one I believe from Diablo or Meph. Was less excited then the first time I found it, so can't remember correctly. Funny how that works :)

[@dansam4818]

Ive never found one in how ever many years!! Theres a learning curve for new players. You haven't played a game like this before. I tend to buy one for around UM later in the season ✌️

[@chrisMengland]

Best place to find Shako: Hell Bosses.

[@Neonmirrorblack]

Not really. It depends on how fast you can kill. Most people aren't going to be able to speed through Hell Baal (especially as a Sorceress with all of the immunes) until they already have the gear they would want to farm for in the first place. Highest drop chance doesn't mean most chances in the same amount of time.

[@tilmanr.3299]

@@Neonmirrorblack exactly my thoughts. When trying to farm these items, the player probably doesn't have the stuff to run hell or doesn't have the ability to trade for it.

[@LEK]

@@Neonmirrorblack Well there are 2 other bosses to farm that require no gear and are easy to find and kill as a sorc. Andariel and Mephisto

[@Neonmirrorblack]

@@LEK Requires no gear? Is that a joke? Not only does Andariel have a terrible drop rate solo, Hell Mephisto requires *some* decent gear to not get demolished by stygian dolls and the council unless you're going very slowly...which then defeats the purpose of trying to farm him. If you're playing offline, it's not quite as bad and you can go with less gear, but that's because the map never changes.

[@LEK]

@@Neonmirrorblack Mephisto as a sorc is by far the easiest boss in the entire game. Ever heard about moat tricking? You literally need nothing for it. And a quest bugged Andariel drops pretty decent considering how fast it is to get to her and kill her

[@garrett5974]

These are all wrong.... Cow king has a 1:8923 chance to drop with 1 player and 0 mf in 1.13. The best via drop calculator is Hell Mephisto at 1:1841

[@DanielGrozdanov]

yeah I was going to say the same thing. now sure where he got his numbers but its def not that easy.. drop calc shows the same numbers

[@naps7039]

The majority if shakos I've found were in off andy and meph, and off nilathak before I believe. I've heard many ppl talk about the Meph moat trick for blizzard sorcs but nobody mentioning the andy door trick for blizzard sorcs. U just clear the catacombs level 4 room without opening the door, then tele to andy and then have her follow u and walk down to the door then tele behind the door and just start blizzard storming the door over and over until you see her death fire everywhere and the sounds etc then open door and claim loot. Ez gg good luck folks 👍

[@whoknows8223]

Lol I'm playing for 20 years and never heard of this. Thanks!

[@Zluken]

2000 meph kills, 1000 and about 300 diablo kills and 300 Baal kills. Idk how many cow levels. No shaco and no titans. Lots of other good stuff, war Travs, 2 oculus, 2xJah, several Andy heads, an eye, 1 max rolled cold Jew and a lightning Jew etc. Damn you shaco.

[@fritzadinata857]

I got 2 shako on December, first drop from Andariel Hell Mode & second drop from Diablo Hell Mode. I got 4 Tal Rasha helmet

[@fritzadinata857]

In total I got 4 Shako. The last one drop from Mephisto this evening

[@JemuzuKICK]

The best place to find Shako is repeated Andariel runs. Seeing as how Shako is ilvl 69 and Andariel is mlvl 75 you have a higher probability vs running cows or baal runs, all of which have higher mlvl and therefor significantly larger loot pools. Clickbait videos are great but please know what you're doing/talking about before giving advice to others.

[@louis-philippenault8741]

i call bullshit on that as i did so far over 200 andariel runs still no shako

[@JemuzuKICK]

@@louis-philippenault8741 I call bullshit on your bullshit. Unless you just don't know what you are doing.

[@louis-philippenault8741]

@@JemuzuKICK how do i dont know please explain 400 mf and killing andariel every 6 7 minutes or so please explain

[@cdrjohnshepard2549]

How much MF % do I need to find a server that’s stable? I’m on PS5

[@luckysniper1659]

Good call. So far I found one from hell Diablo. Found 2 ( one ethereal 😢) in the pits and my last one was from nightmare Baal.

[@CD-zl1rl]

Source on killing the Cow King and not being able to make portal was a bug? Haven't herd that before.

[@crusher1980]

It completed a hidden quest and if you completed it you couldnt create anymore, it wasnt a bug. If you completed the quest the Cow King dropped "Stamina Potions / Milk Bottles", thats how you knew someome created the game who didnt have the quest completed and now you also couldnt create cow games anymore.

[@bofrmoj8954]

banger of a pun

[@fartdonkey8290]

Havent herd this before either its udderly ridiculous

[@z3nji]

So much wrong in this video. Hell Andy (quest bugged) and Meph are both about 3 times more likely to drop it than Cow King, and almost twice as likely as NM Baal, not to mention significantly faster than both.

[@OldSchoolGameSnob]

Yea, I'm not saying the cow king is the best run, but it is a decent run, It wouldn't be my first choice, but it is a choice for those who may get bored of their usual routes.

[@MrJizzijazz]

@zenji does andy bug exist in multiplayer too?

[@z3nji]

@@MrJizzijazz Yes, and it still worked on the last day of Beta.

[@kodac4256]

Why have you put a sol rune in it? :S

[@JustinFromThe206]

I came for this comment right here

[@yodaballz6666]

Nice tips, can't wait to kill cow king on D2R (:

[@OldSchoolGameSnob]

Definitely! This is gunna be the longest week ever... I feel like Cartman right now waiting on the Nintendo Wii :D ... 'cmonnn!

[@jim-bob87]

@@OldSchoolGameSnob anyone else booked holidays to play it... I may have a week off...

[@ryanthomas2374]

@@OldSchoolGameSnob DO NOT FREEZE YOURSELF!

[@ImAussieMate]

Hell andariel is much faster then nightmare baal.. You don't have to sit through the waves of trash. Also when you kill andariel all of the room gets cleared and everything in there has decent odds to drop it. Nightmare baal is easier but much slower.

[@emarn01]

Nice vid! Watching you frozen orb through Griswald like that was super painful though!

[@TheGrumpyMunchkins]

Good videos, good knowledge, clear and concise = my sub. Can't wait for Resurrected!

[@Tatayn1]

I just got two shakos yesterday... One off of H Meph, other off of H Andy. Honestly, if you want a specific item just play the game. Can't go wrong with andy for jewelery and meph for everything else tho.

[@edenartgardenamusementmuse7253]

Found my first last weekend at the doorstep of the Chaos Sanctuary..Woohoo!

[@sapphiresquire2943]

Glad I found your channel. Keep it up, man.

[@OldSchoolGameSnob]

Thanks Sapphire, I appreciate the support!

[@c0ri]

For Orb sorc, its best cast your orb, which takes over 2 seconds. While its plowing through enemies, spam static field. This works best if you have more than 1 point in SF... you want to make the field as wide as possible. You will MELT through cows. Typically 1 orb and 3 casts of static if you have some decent gear.

[@jaredmac11]

Man, you're saying cow king was a bug, not design? All these years. What was Blizz doing

[@Mastafa_G]

Nothing

[@travis718]

Literally nothing besides resetting ladders.

[@Euphoria35]

@@travis718 and harassing female employees.

[@travis718]

@@Euphoria35 That one is lost on me I don't keep up. What's that all about?

[@cb7846]

@@travis718 Google Blizzard employees getting fired. They were harassing female employees for years

[@geois4u33]

Interesting. I'm getting a sense that you are specialize or expertise in finding specific rare/unique items that people may have a hard time finding. Which you are giving the people some advice on how to target/find these items without spending too much time in other areas. This is good for the newcomers and a quick review for the vets!👏🏽

[@OldSchoolGameSnob]

thanks man! Yea, I sort of hope to put together some good run ideas, based on, clear time, relative safety and chance to drop items of a particular type. Hopefully some folks find it helpful!

[@bYb81]

Farmed pindle keys baal diablo meph travincal andy 300mf in hell for 2 days cant find any decent gear or charms. Do i miss something ? Should i focus more on doing one thing only ?

[@TheGodlyNoob]

What class do I run in D2R boiz?

[@juanitoxin]

javazon

[@PsyTranceKaitia]

Necro - No other choice

[@Caac0483]

All the classes.

[@bobnewkirk7003]

really depends on what your doing. If you want to get rich quick by farming Meph and AT till your eyes bleed then Bliz sorc is the way to go. if you want to have some fun and clear the game pretty easy I'm thinking Necro is the winner; CE is probably the most broken spell in the game. Trapsin and Hammerdin are in contention though as they are pretty decent with minimal gear. Everything else is too gear hungry for my taste.

[@jnoirj3124]

Build a gold find barb once you get some decent mf gear and gamble for rare gg circlets. Profit.

[@jaoseabra9]

According to drops calculators, mephisto 1:781, cow king 1:2564

[@SaigaTenshi]

Frozen orb is the best when you set it right when it explodes

[@Alcremieknight]

Fun fact harlequin Crest is in Diablo 1 -3 armor , +2 to all attributes , -1 damage from enemies , +7 to hit chance and +7 to magic. Nice early game cap but terrible armor. They gave it major buffed it Diablo 2 and Diablo 3.

[@xkxxxx]

Sorry a bit hard to understand, so you can get it off nightmare griswald/cowking or was that only in hell ?

[@RareFXChrisC]

This is the ONLY item in the game where people call it "Shako" as the normal (white) item named instead of "Harlequin Crest". It bothered me 20 years ago (OCD), it still kinda does now. I guess it's a difficult item to abbreviate as "HC" as it would be confused with "Hardcore".

[@mattmcg6022]

Nobody cares about any normal shako item and it’s the same design everyone knows what shako is and if you don’t you will it’s Diablo culture basically

[@grr8048]

@@mattmcg6022 wow. You have OCD, too.

[@WrathOfImperium]

Lol if only the community gave a shit about your OCD, but to the rest of us there is only ONE Shako.

[@JoeySkidz]

I got an SOJ yesterday off the special carver guarding the tristram portal but no shako yet lol

[@St0rMyWeAtHeRs53]

I got a shako off that guy. But nothing from bosses 😢

[@TheDivineCosmos]

Bro you have the best video voice ever lol. Great Video and I am LOVING Resurrected it's a nice remake to the original which I also love

[@Crystalsmurf]

I found 2 in the AT within a few days. That’s my go to anymore. Sometimes I get junk but when a unique drops it’s always high-tier item.

[@Its_Zeally]

AT?

[@ekuut181]

@@Its_Zeally ancient tunnels

[@nqngokornkornnqngo3042]

Hey dude i am wondering what is your sorc full gear ? I see wizzy , shakoo , spirit monarch , gladiator's bane ! What is the rest? I see the mobs doesnt do any damage to you , also what are your resistances and life /mana? Are u max block?

[@mikerotch3158]

I always get my Shakos from Andariel. Played Diablo first when it came out and always returned to it up to this day. Never EVER found Shako anywhere else. So I call BS on these numbers.

[@Sequince69]

2:37 - Wow, as a hardcore player seeing you burst all those popper monsters that damage you when they die right on top of you, I had a mini heart attack. :O

[@achillesfearless1796]

that is one of the best videos of farming in d2, props

[@samuelyeet6006]

What is the best bet for trying to find a shako, but also finding other stuff on the way. I would rather farm with a lower chance for shako, but it still be worth it if at the end of the day i have items that i could trade with.

[@luckystudgaming]

I found my first Shako killing the countess on Hell difficulty but guess what? It's ethereal!! Grrrr!!!

[@ThisIsCaspa]

what do you suggest your magic find percentage should be good enough to drop shako against nm baal?

[@rage6154]

300% is a good start.

[@IKolpikov]

In D2R it's cows or andariel. Cause they will give you a lot of all game best drops besides shako. Remember that now you can kill cow king and have the level opened. So it is rly quick run now, that gives you runes, diamonds, bases for runewords etc.

[@stevesutton772]

Got mine right out side the cold plains way point off a shaman on hell. First SOJ off my first Andriel kill on night mare.

[@DanielGrozdanov]

with 300%MF Mephisto (q) - mephisto (H) Durance of Hate Level 3 1:518 Diablo (q) - diablo (H) The Chaos Sanctuary 1:532 Baal (q) - baalcrab (H) The Worldstone Chamber 1:537 Baal (q) - baalcrab (NM) The Worldstone Chamber 1:599 Andariel (q) - andariel (H) Catacombs Level 4 1:771 Andariel - andariel (H) Catacombs Level 4 1:771 Mephisto - mephisto (H) Durance of Hate Level 3 1:781 Diablo - diablo (H) The Chaos Sanctuary 1:803 Baal - baalcrab (H) The Worldstone Chamber 1:810 Baal - baalcrab (NM) The Worldstone Chamber 1:906

[@FrostbiteRep]

Quest bugged andy is one of the best places as well

[@xDaddyShark]

This is exactly what I plan on doing. Bugged NM Andy runs until I bleed lol

[@boblikestosk8825]

How do you know Cow King has 1/95 chance to drop Shako base item? Is there a DB of possible monster drops?

[@MakutaFirkax]

portal restriction after killing cow king wasn't a bug. it was purely intended to prevent players from farming cow king who had the best drop rate at it's time back then. lol devs can't even remember their own decisions.

[@gonzaloo.7303]

Where do you check the chances of finding an specific item? Thx in advance

[@marlow_brando]

Awesome video, very concise!

[@eduardohastenteufel6697]

I`ve found mine yesterday in the very first run to Mephisto of the day. Then, I went to Travincal and the Council dropped a Vex Run. Still can`t believe it hahahaha

[@b3w4r3__-]

I got my Shako HC in hell Canyon of the Magi map from one of the random boss packs. Was just doing the act 2 quests on my may to Duriel...

[@goshu7009]

So, i Diablo Rezurected when you kill the Cow King you can open the red portal again? oO?

[@FalioV]

Yes, you will be able to farm the Cow King :)

[@goshu7009]

@@FalioV WOW :) Nice

[@Joesworldttv]

Anyone know if there will be a limit as to how many times you can respec your talent points once D2 Resurrected is released?

[@RestlessWandererOriginal]

If your farm the bosses there is a chance that they drop essences, if you craft those together you get a respec, other than that you got 3 x times respec after act 1 quest 1

[@terencepeiwen]

i finally found it, not from bosses kills, The Pit, etc but in Ancient Tunnels lolx

[@bassandspaceable]

Ancient tunnels is the best, especially if you're running a cold sorc

[@azdaze227]

1st pure mf run I found a windforce in the ancient tunnels, second run found a shako off hell Mephisto. Haven't found anything else really valuable since

[@evilzinabyssranger5695]

got all the ucky gone lol. I use a Harmony for my bowazon cause im not that hardcore to farm thousands of times the runes for the better bow or to farm the windforce. IF ONE DAY i get lucky just as you did, im ok. Other than that, im too old to farm. Life time is important , lol!

[@clemsmith2253]

I found a h.c. shako this weekend first 5 mins in black marsh. is that rare?

[@Meilk27]

You're telling me that it was a bug that killing the couching prevented you from opening the portal again and the bug lasted twenty years and they never fixed it?

[@ILOVEBLEACH96]

I can never reach my portal while couching need longer arms. FML

[@thetruestking2767]

Lol Derek's fan base is everywhere.

[@kaymace94]

Found my shako today from a random white ghoul in cata 2. Killed it by mistake while I was heading to Andariel

[@ThriftyCat]

Andariel and Meph are best odds by far.

[@amadeustame9941]

Got both my drops from them!

[@jaredmcclure1730]

True, but just killing bosses over and over and over and over and over again is boring... much more enjoyable to switch to different areas.

[@grimmow187]

dangerous if you're a sorc sure, they're glass cannons afteral. can pack a mean punch but cannot take one. however my barb can take anything without any problems :D

[@yansuki4240]

so they will fix the bug in the ressurected but not on base game... what?

[@jeanninedemaeseneer1060]

Juicy tips, pld alot ...didnt know, but i do use silospen dropcalc and i imagine the info will be there as well if i specifically search for it. 🤗😉

[@frankenstein3163]

TY I forgot about cowking as I never kill. What build is that sorc ?. I see u only cast orb and es.

[@chrisroberts3917]

i found hc and maras in the same hell mausoleum run the other day. it was my first shako drop in d2r too. lucky

[@scottlucidi6476]

Hell Mephisto drops this item regularly. Use fire sorc and runs are quick.

[@Flakzor123]

Blizzard sorc also does great on meph regardless of player setting but can be a bit too exciting sometimes if you aggro a bosspack of vampires behind the throne.

[@scottlucidi6476]

@@Flakzor123 nice. yah!

[@PetarPetrov-89]

I agree, this is the way. I farm him with blizz sorc but yea

[@scottlucidi6476]

@@PetarPetrov-89 is it better than fire? I dropped 2 5/5 fire facets and put them in my ocy and shako, so i just stuck with fireball and frozen orb for fire immunes. I have never played cold sorc yet. Maybe I should, yah?

[@PetarPetrov-89]

@@scottlucidi6476 I am not really sure but Blizzard is really strong, I have relatively shit gear (nothing close to best in slot) and and I am farming him players 7. It just sucks keeping my merc alive sometimes

[@ranchlingger]

Where are you getting these drop rates from? I'm checking them on silopen and getting different rates from everything you stated in this video.

[@OldSchoolGameSnob]

for the most part I am stating the drop rate chance for the base item type. The chance for it to roll magic/unique/rare/set of course is subject to magic-find percentage, but totally RNG, the type of monster you're killing doesn't effect the drop chance of a specific unique/set etc, but just the base item type for that set/unique (etc).

[@yodaballz6666]

I'm curious too! What's a good source to find drop rates?

[@LughSamildanach]

Silospen is quite broken and gives wrong answers. The German drop calc is said to be better.

[@kyles8524]

lol Writs leg....Its Wirts leg, also the reason ppl farm in nightmare for certain stuff is because of the item level. the higher the monster the more diverse the item level can be drastically reducing your chances of finding certain items.so many people thathave only played diablo 3 are in for a big surprise when a hell baal is dropping level 15 items instead of them used to mobs and bosses dropping items basically at your max level like in d3

[@yeahokay1051]

I'm on d2r and doing it with the blizzard sorc. Kinda stuck on act 5 because all the cold immune monsters. Just started farming bishobosh, rag and grendle... tis a decent run with clear time in under 5 mins for all 3

[@fsdfgasgfisd]

Thanks for the info.

[@SslHowie]

What happens to me, that I have noticed, I do not get drops from bosses, always random mobs on way to the boss that I kill. Today was on way to Hell Andy and got first UM Rune drop in the room by the stairs at Andy's level. Got nothing from Andy, but still success.

[@capnzero06]

Cows in Nightmare (A lvl 64) is my favorite place to farm before going into Hell. Personally hate teleporting to Mephisto undergeared.

[@insertnamehere7343]

if feel ya on that. im playing with 2 accounts so i can port down with FULL bo *hardcore*

[@sixmillionsilencedaccounts3517]

you can cheese Meph with Blizz Sorc, killing him from distance

[@jacobjoanne2905]

Why do you have a Sol rune in your shako?

[@drinksomebleach9319]

Just got the Shako from Hell Mephisto, how can i get a socket in it is it Random?

[@jaredmcclure1730]

socket quest or cube recipe

[@Ashleymaul]

Just to clarify, I see some comments in regards to farming Nightmare Mephisto, to my knowledge Shako is an elite item and does not drop on nightmare aside from a few high level enemies like Baal (not sure about Nihlatak). Am I wrong?

[@OldSchoolGameSnob]

Mephisto in Hell can drop it, but not in nightmare. In nightmare, only Baal and Nihlathak can drop it.

[@XeodianOP4]

Basically they can only drop items up to their monster level, so if the monster level is only 50, they cannot drop a level 65 item. I'm unsure of this applies to runes. I only ever dropped HR off of trash mobs tbh

[@SvenS2]

I've had most success with Hell Griswold. Got most of my Vipermagi's from him too. Didn't know about Nightmare Baal. Gonna try that!

[@williamirwin9686]

Great vid dying to know this info and know i have it

[@jprec5174]

Hell mephisto. Or qbugged Andariel Don’t farm baal. By the time you killed him you could have farmed mephisto 5 times. Your welcome, saved you all 5 minutes. This guy is spouting nonsense and just use Silospen over random youtubers to find out drop rates.

[@darkman35]

No thanks not a fan of dolls on HC.

[@jprec5174]

@@darkman35 then hell andariel. This guy is spouting nonsense. Go check silospen, cow king and baal are completely inefficient for a shako. Also you’d rather do baal over meph on HC? Lol.

[@MrGreen-sw1ly]

@@darkman35 If you do just a little bit of map farming to save, the path to Mephisto is fast; like 4 screen away, a turn of the corner from the WP.

[@OldSchoolGameSnob]

Nightmare Baal, yes. That's the difference. HC Meph or Baal are both problematic in Hell when teleporting to location, I also don't play single player so the map is always different. So depending on your play-style I guess. My choices are based on HC/Battlenet

[@OldSchoolGameSnob]

Yea there are probably some better options assuming that you're using a static map. I only play Bnet/Hardcore myself.

[@onesickassname9540]

You have the most peaceful voice man.

[@damarlboromans]

I got a question how can the cow king drop a Harlequin Crest Shako Item Level: 69 in a Secret Cow Level Nightmare is only Level: 64 if you mean hell cows then ok but explain how in nightmare that would be possible please thank you.

[@DrgnZomb]

I think the bosses and unique monster are higher level than the area level but I thought they were only +2 or 3 higher, that still too low though so maybe he is +5.

[@dertoby328]

Does the Shako only drop if I am clvl 62 because it is the required lvl for it?

[@bassandspaceable]

No. It has to do with treasure class and monster class. It's complicated. But I can tell you I found one off nightmare Baal, so he at least drops it.

[@dertoby328]

@@bassandspaceable Thanks. Just got 1 from hell Mephisto today :)

[@jasonantes6015]

ok so if its character level than it doesn't matter between hell and nightmare

[@marcmienie5904]

How can I rerun the cow level? I finished the game in normal, but I could only open it once. (Playing d2r).

[@dadaveli]

Go to Tristram again for the leg, return to the Rouge camp and open the portal, note that leg from the normal difficulty can’t open portal on nightmare, you gotta cube it in normal, nightmare cows available only after you beat Baal in nightmare

[@marcmienie5904]

@@dadaveli Thanks for the reply, I picked up the nightmare leg, so will need to finish before I can do the unlimited run then. Thank you for the reply.

[@dadaveli]

@@marcmienie5904 no problem, but you also can go to the normal Tristram and pick the leg again then open another portal in normal if you like

[@maxl10k]

if you do mephisto hell runs do them without mercenary bc he/she will trigger the council almost every time. if you teleport in "alone" that wont happen that often.

[@OldSchoolGameSnob]

that's an excellent tip.

[@sengalang]

Funny I was trying to find one with 350 MF. Hundreds of runs, never found one... Yesterday while starting hell with my Jav zon and 0 % MF, Griswold decides to troll me and drops a unique shako.. I was just trying to save cain for free identifies lol.. funny how RNG loves to troll.

[@aaakitsune]

I found two from just killing overworld monsters in Black Marsh, Act 1. My guess is that its nice to just kill any density mobs if you have high MF.

[@alvinderama3196]

I got mine at Catacombs 3 from a mob when I was on my way to Andariel.

[@hardcore4090]

In years of D2 i got no Shako. But 1 month in D2R i get one, while ruching others. Feels like e reward for helping others without compensation.

[@bassandspaceable]

In many years I think I got 2. Got like 4 since I started playing this lol. Maybe I'm just more efficient at mf'ing as an adult than I was as a kid.

[@Oyxopolis]

I'm farming Baal NM right now and 1/2000 sounds like I'll spend all week doing that hahaha, wish me luck :P

[@LEK]

Quest bugged Andariel and Mephisto have an about 1:1500 chance and they are way faster to farm

[@Oyxopolis]

@@LEK I'm assuming that is on hell? I'm currently still playing NM (HC) . I actually want to gather a bit more gear before I move on, though I do have capped resistances now, so I may move on in a day or so.

[@deathknight777]

Are you just straight up lying ? 1 out of 300 in nightmare cow king? I search online with 8 players and 300MF it is still not possible. In fact, most can be done only in hell and if you solo with no MF it's like 1 out of 10000

[@TheLuckymod13]

First d2r shako dropped for me today in hell kurast sewer of all places.

[@blech71]

I’ve commented quite a bit about MF in general on a few channels. My roommates in college wrote a white paper on MF and had a huge amount of data sets… yes sets. The main thing I took away were: the actual sweet spot MF% on character (and no highest is not best), kill speed is a huge factor in relation to just MF% and the other was capitalization on TC and the number of items average a mob/boss can drop…like Meph being TC84 iirc…. But he can drop up to six items each time uncapped on how many your MF% has affect on to turn unique. One of the cool things I remember was a data set on Pindle with an 19sec kill speed average (minus immune/game drops) would yield a really high TC twice a day at that pace with the occasional third in two week stints. There were some other mobs I won’t share here that I want to verify if they will be the same when D2R comes out as these are completely off the radar and they drop rather well when the kill speed is up especially in Nightmare of all… naturally this will cap TC but to get the bulk of great items it’s def worth it. I found it odd that runes in drop could affect other items dropped… never knew that…. Or at least the data showed something funky there. I never got to read the data set on the cow level but I remember them talking about how their overall % each was really low but they’re overall number counteracted that a bit…. And runes! Cows and runes… in higher number player count games being a thing. NM Meph can drop some great stuff in NM and with his higher count of items can be a boon… but then again that all depends on travel time and kill speed. Ooh chests and super chests River of flame and the kurast areas…. Mainly because of the guaranteed location in relation to WP was cool. This was all during I think 1.10 and that’s important cause the data was actually different from say 1.08 from which they had data from as well. One of the coolest things was the way they chose math to drive toon and build…. Like a weird Druid build for just NM on a certain mob over and over. Really neat time and that’s what actually got me into playing a bit…. But naturally and not on weird versions of bots back then. Liked your vid man! Subbed! I’m excited for D2R but I do feel they have so much work to do on it. In the betas there were still so many issues… mainly small stuff. If anyone wonders what drives two wild Asian smart computer nerds to write papers like that… well that was actually only one component to it. The other was human patterns and outcomes. Ever hear or experience you and your friends saying hey I got this to drop and a friend said I did too right around the same time or hear someone say such and such item are totally dropping right now?? And that weird feeling that item bases come and go in certain phases/cycles? Was this part of a loot wheel by design or is everything dropping and it’s your characteristic habitual gameplay that drives any of that. Now we all know humans drive to find patterns and odds are odds but they wanted to set and see what facets they could unravel if any were out in…. The bad thing that ended up being counter argued was the fact that even though their runs across all those toons were highly optimized that in itself was a certain style replicated and thus gave a ton of data on that model…. Not accounting for what they set out to do and gather all kill speeds and player behaviors. Def fun to see abs be a part of over a huge amount of time.

[@OldSchoolGameSnob]

Awesome insight man!