Diablo 3 2.0 Legendary Item Farming Guide, Most Legendaries Per Hour

[@rainbowslashlp6945]

Great method. Scored four Legs and a Set plan in just a shade under three hours. Much appreciated.

[@Rhykker]

Cheers! Come by my channel tonight for a Reaper of Souls launch party livestream!

[@vietlinhnguyen8387]

This guide really helped me out. Tested in 3h and got about 10 legendary items but the point is i got 2 new type (I dont know what to put they here, they belong to the set +5% bonus to Fire, Cold, Lightning and Arcane damage if u have 2 pieces) Tal Rasha set's pieces. I cant believe I have it drops at Normal level! Before this i often run Heart of Sin quest at T2 but result just around 1 legendary item per h. Really good job man!!

[@Rhykker]

Cheers! Thanks for sharing your results.

[@ChiefenLind1793]

Rhykker - Thanks for all this video you doing for the hole diablo 3 community, awsome work, keep it up mate.

[@Rhykker]

Thanks man! Any guides you'd like to see for RoS?

[@MonkeyHood]

There's a round yellow icon that appears at 2:07 when you smash some barrels. What is that?

[@Rhykker]

There's an option that allows the game to display item icons instead of names, like the console version.

[@mobst4r1]

So, Rhykker, typically what is your legendary per hour count? Mines just under 1.

[@Rhykker]

Blizzard intends us to get one Leg approximately every 2 hours. While it's difficult to give an exact figure without extensive data, I believe I get just over 1 Leg per hour.

[@mobst4r1]

I honestly thinks that's bull shit. Because in D2 you could get a unique with almost every boss. Granted, some of the uniques sucked but you still got them a lot more frequently. I'm talking several an hour. One every two hours is re-fucking-tarded.

[@Rhykker]

Siah Was it really that fast? I remember doing a lot of Baal runs and not getting Uniques or Sets very often... I remember installing drop mods all the time hahahah... But yeah, I wouldn't complain about higher drop rates :) Come by my channel tonight for a live-stream launch party!

[@yungsgaming6315]

So all i have to do is kill momstors fast, and complete that level? And when completed warp out and then go back?

[@Aeux]

The quality (rolls) of legendaries aren't decreased in normal? :-/

[@DaCutz3]

nope

[@Rhykker]

DaCutz3 is correct; same quality. Hard, Master, Expert -- there is literally no point at all to farm on those difficulties when it comes to items.

[@Aeux]

O.o Wow that's insane. Wonder why Blizzard opted for that kind of a loot system.

[@Rhykker]

Taurion4467 Basically, yes. For now. Once Reaper of Souls releases, though, then you want to farm on Torment once you are able to!

[@Rhykker]

Rend Gerzon Yeah, I complained about that a lot during beta.

[@NGedoKarma]

now we are playing 2.0.3 ... is it better to play Qual 1 with a friend , or Normal (wtF normal=?? ) :D ?

[@Rhykker]

If you are farming for legendary items, then Normal is still the best until Reaper of Souls comes out :) Only do higher than Normal if you can increase difficulty without slowing you down at all.

[@jackson6572]

what is a good end game item?

[@dallasluxuryrealty1]

how do change the your mastery, and other skills descriptions to all to mastery or which ever you want. I need to know this because my damage would increase if i had sparkflint and magic weapon instead of just one

[@Rhykker]

Ahh, in options, select "enable elective mode."

[@pmgpc69]

Does this work for sets like IK set for the Barbarian?

[@peetsatheef2759]

Any thoughts about magic find? Is is worth using MF items at all if they provide reasonable dmg? Some other youtuber said that chests had the best drop rate for legendaries and he was running t6 chest runs. Anyway thanks for the video I am interested in running some tests myself.

[@Rhykker]

Chests have best drop rate = perception bias. I'll explain this in an upcoming video. Don't sacrifice DPS/toughness for magic find. It doesn't hurt to have MF, but MF does basically nothing for Leg drop rate. Cheers, and let me know about your results!

[@ragragrec1]

Thanks man, great guide. I played for 30 mins got 3 legendarys ! (inferno+medium) Wanted to know , if I play them on infernno+master level 1, will i get a better version of a legendary?

[@Lordain23]

Hey Rhykker, I wanted to know if this is still a viable way to gear out your character pre-RoS. Also, what build would you use for a barb to run through this fast?

[@Rhykker]

Pre-RoS, yes. For a Barb, I'd go with Sprint for fast running, Earthquake for killing elites/champs, and Whirlwind and Overpower for clearing trash. Things important to not skip: elites/champs, chests, destructible containers.

[@Lordain23]

***** Thanks. I will give that a shot and see how it goes. What do you recommend to do while you are in RoS?

[@Rhykker]

Jubal DeVore Bounties in the bonus acts on a difficult you can handle efficiently

[@samson7770]

Can this work on console?

[@YourFloorIsNowLava]

What gear are you using that allows you move while casting Electrocute - Arc Lightning? I'm running a lightning build with the same primary and being able to be mobile while I cast a cone of lightning would help me out immensely.

[@Rhykker]

Hmm I don't think I can move while casting that; I stop, shoot, move. However, I have Arcane Orb - Arcane Orbit, which I can cast while moving, and that detonates on the enemies I run into. us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Vulkor-1487/hero/2985685

[@YourFloorIsNowLava]

***** Ah, ok. It was just the accelerated video then.

[@Rhykker]

Eric Pao Oh, what you may be seeing is the Warzechian Armguards; they grant a 50% move speed buff after wrecking a destructible object.

[@leniekotze9697]

even ps4 i play this like my ace combat series star at easy trying to go at every new+ higher so how get rare weapons of 3877k to do master rank 1

[@fritothedemon6647]

Are there any other ways to farm legendaries post-ROS? Does this still work? Do you have to grind bounties?

[@Rhykker]

Bounties in the bonus acts, on a difficulty you can handle efficiently. I'll put up a new guide soon

[@fritothedemon6647]

Thanks! Love the videos.

[@Rhykker]

Chandler Ball Cheers!

[@bussulardiniz]

What are those icons on the ground on every item drop?

[@Rhykker]

There's an in-game option to enable those instead of the item names. Much more useful!

[@BreadJokes]

Wouldn't the kills/min not really matter when you're killing mostly trash mobs? Trash mobs have a really low chance to drop any item, let alone legendaries... please, correct me if I'm wrong though.

[@Rhykker]

From the reports I've read, while elites do have a good chance to drop rares, they don't seem to have a significantly higher chance to drop legendaries than trash do. Many people report getting most of their legs from normal chests, in fact! However, KD2 has a high density of trash as well as elites, chests, barrels, and pretty much everything that will drop a legendary.

[@BreadJokes]

Yeah, I've been farming this for over an hour now on master (so I can level paragon a bit too), and I've gotten 1 legendary. So this is a pretty good place to farm for exp, but not for legendaries in my experience. I might just be very unlucky though, lol.

[@Rhykker]

OpenTheDoorGetOnTheFloorEverybodyWalkTheDinosaur Are you also opening all chests? Newer reports seem to suggest that trash does drop less often than elites. But chests still drop quite a bit. Some reports are floating around suggesting that the recent patch tooled with drop rates.

[@BreadJokes]

Yep, I open all chests that I see, and kill every mob I see. I usually go through Keep Depths 2-3, then go to arreat core then kill azmodan. I usually play anywhere between Master - T3 difficulty.

[@Rhykker]

OpenTheDoorGetOnTheFloorEverybodyWalkTheDinosaur There are lots of reports of people getting most/a good chunk of their legs off destructible objects, as well. KD2 has tons of those.

[@Hiorote]

Hey bro would it be good to farm say hard/expert if you can clear it just as quick as normal? Better drop rate with just as much ease of clear?

[@Rhykker]

Yeah! As long as you are not sacrificing speed, then increase the difficulty. You'll get more XP.

[@M0NKEYB0Y697]

Picked up D3 last season, trying to build a chuck norris monk, is this still and effective way to grind out some of the gear I need?

[@muqy1010]

Yeah chuck monk is a top build still

[@Reapinangel91]

I just made my DH and found 13 legendaries from beginning to end. I did have 2 guaranteed drops as I started when the skeleton king guaranteed a legendary then they changed it to Diablo and I got that 1 also. But I finished in around 8 hrs meaning about 1.5 legendaries an hour. Have you tried resetting the quests yet. My thought is if I normally farm 1 an hour (rarely more), would it be more lucrative to reset and fly through? Just wondering your opinion. I also need to try a few methods out first but if they don't pan out then I think it would be viable till adventure mode comes.

[@Rhykker]

If you made a character from scratch, you actually got a guarantee legendary from every end act boss. Once you hit level 60, only Diablo gives a guaranteed legendary. So if you include the skeleton king bug, that's 5 guaranteed legs, assuming you killed Diablo before you hit level 60. And speedruns actually are a good way to increase your legs per hour, I think -- but only if you can speed through the game really quickly. As a DH, with vault, you actually have the capability to be the fastest, or one of the fastest, speedrun classes. You definitely want to be able to beat the game in 2 hours or less for this to be viable.

[@manoil1]

What is the name of your off-hand... looks cool too

[@Rhykker]

It might be a transmog, but the appearance is Myken's Ball of Hate: us.battle.net/d3/en/item/mykens-ball-of-hate

[@Undergarh]

Hey man! I really like the guide. I'll try this out tomorrow! How is your barb-build for these runs? And would you say it's worth going for some MF? Not even sure how MF works, considering the math.

[@Rhykker]

Thanks man! This is my barb build for this run: us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Vulkor-1487/hero/3982605 I would not go for MF; it sees tremendously diminishing returns on finding legs. However, if you can get MF without sacrificing anything else, then sure.

[@Undergarh]

Cool! I feared the diminishing return on MF, but not quite sure how that works. I have a build simmular to that. I seems as though there is a movespeed cap at 65%??

[@Rhykker]

Jonas Underbjerg Items and paragon points will together cap at 25% MS. But then items and buffs that give you a burst of speed for a short time will add onto that. Where is your 65% coming from?

[@Undergarh]

When I use sprint I get 65% MS. Both with and without paragon points spent in MS. Might go have a second look on that when I get home, but pretty sure I couldent get higher then 65%.

[@Rhykker]

Jonas Underbjerg Interesting... I believe the DH has a power that lets him move at 100% increased movement speed for 1 second, though. Hey come by the channel tonight for a Reaper of Souls launch party live-stream!

[@Krystamyth]

How do you get those icons over the drops? :o Edit: Ignore me I just saw you reply to others about this. Should make an annotation to lessen the randoms repeating the question over and over. XD

[@Rhykker]

Hahah good idea :)

[@abdullahwael4775]

does magic find helps and if I did it on hard diff , the rate will be the same ?

[@Rhykker]

For Legendaries, magic find is almost negligible. Farming hard won't give you increased drop rate. If it takes you longer to farm Hard than Normal, you're Legs/hour will actually go down, not up.

[@abdullahwael4775]

okay got it. thank you

[@noble.reclaimer]

Rhykker does this method still work?

[@JazzBanjo]

This is on Inferno, correct?

[@ghostroaster55]

What class are you using in this vid? Thanks :))

[@rageudpi3570]

grim lord wizard

[@CT2507]

nice... but is this really better than doing bounties on normal?

[@Rhykker]

This was pre-RoS. I would do rifts now. Check this out: Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls - What is the best difficulty to play on? Updated Guide

[@CT2507]

***** nah.. dont bother. im about done with RoS and Diablo all together. been farming like crazy these last 2 days, and from more than 20 legendaries i have had an increase of about 10% in toughness, but then lost 5% dps! .. lol... so the game is getting rather grindy and pointless very fast for me... and for my friends. been playing RoS less than a week, and am already tired of it.

[@hito873]

I got an Odyn Son at level 23. Is there any way I can still make it useful as an endgame item?

[@Rhykker]

No, sorry :(

[@kazuramirez24]

Dose this still work in this patch now

[@itogisch]

Hey Rhykker. i played d3 when it released after a month i stopped playing until RoS came out. Is this tactic still viable now RoS is released? further my gear ain't that great either. Is it smart for me to run this? (lvl 86 barb atm)

[@Rhykker]

I would get to level 70, then do bounties in the bonus acts on a difficulty you can handle efficiently.

[@Toxicblackmambahs]

wait a minute... They are sets in this game? I played through the whole game and not a single set item

[@JaySJ1]

Whats your avg. legendary drop pr hour?

[@Rhykker]

That's a fair question; I unfortunately don't have metrics for you, but maybe I'll do a marathon streaming run on Friday night and do a count.

[@jordaniacono6601]

i play torment IV and get leg items left and right i dont see what your poblem is

[@brlewis1984]

No one is saying that you don't get legendaries from torment. He's saying it's slower to farm them in torment.

[@jordaniacono6601]

ohhh i understand thanks

[@ErkanBalak]

where's the buld for the classes ?

[@Rhykker]

I can put up some video guides with builds, if you're interested.

[@J3Dsmith]

what build are you running?

[@Rhykker]

This one: us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Vulkor-1487/hero/2985685

[@warfinn8816]

Is that how you got the Maximus?

[@Rhykker]

I actually bought my Maximus off the Gold Auction House a year ago :\

[@warfinn8816]

I really want one but as soon as I got the game the action house was shut down. Tough luck I guess.

[@Rhykker]

Jake Sadowski I just found a Maximus a couple of days ago. Lvl 70, and it was an upgrade. My Crusader is using it now. I painted him firetruck red to match :)

[@warfinn8816]

That's awesome

[@couchlion]

Is this still efficient? I know they fixed chest drop rate

[@Rhykker]

Check this out for efficiency guide: Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls - What is the best difficulty to play on? Updated Guide

[@EvilSSP]

Is this still relevant in 2.0.6?

[@lustrias]

How do you reset the dungeon?

[@TasmanianTigerGrrr]

Exit and restart the dungeon

[@mowgaz3439]

whats the weapon? looks epic

[@Rhykker]

Arreat's Law: us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Vulkor-1487/hero/2985685

[@elderlygods9]

Hey good guide man, and love your profile pic for youtube, i love pirates of the caribbean.

[@Rhykker]

Hahah thanks! Yarrr

[@drgnking2]

Lol I don't really go there for farming on the console it's highest mode is inferno dif master 5 which I play a lot and can do a speed run through easily but I find that it's easier to get legendaries at that lvl ie the key wardens one warden dropped 3 legendaries at once and I do insane amount of damage because of the professional Russian does about 1.3m by itself and I have 3 gems in it with the armor so far I've hit 40m in dps but the easiest place I've gotten legendaries from is whimsyshire great Xp gainer and legendary I am lvl 820 right now and it's all because of whimsyshire

[@zzttkk1]

how are you running so fast?

[@Rhykker]

I have this Legendary bracer, the Warzechian Armguards, that gives me a speed boost every time I destroy a destructible object. us.battle.net/d3/en/item/warzechian-armguards

[@zzttkk1]

***** Cool. Where did you find this? In otherwords, what can I do to get my hands on one of these ASAP? Thank you for your replies. Your help is very much appreciated. :)

[@Rhykker]

Hahah, you're welcome! Thanks for commenting. Unfortunately, drops aren't keyed to specific regions, as far as we know... You just have to optimize the number of drops you get and hope that you'll the item you're looking for.

[@Krystamyth]

Eric Kim You can't hunt for items in this game. The game is a slot machine. Which is why completing sets is a ridiculous concept. No trading makes this very difficult.

[@notmartipower918]

Thanks i got 2 legenderes for about 30 mins

[@fyfeierockerzuu]

I was on the level when you had to put up the catapults, I got legendary amulet legendary quillshot which you can put gems in and legendary shoulder pads SCORE!

[@Rhykker]

Right on! grats.

[@TBLSoundwave]

I would have to strongly disagree that trash mobs drop legendaries anymore. Since not last patch but the one before that I have not had a single trash mob drop a leg. Just my opinion. I do agree 100% about everything else said tho. Valid farming technique but to increase efficiency bypass trash mobs. Imho

[@Rhykker]

This is something I've started re-thinking -- trash mobs. I feel as though they may have lowered the drop rate on trash -- I'll try to run some metrics, but it's tough to get statistically meaningful data. Still, KD2 has tons of chests, corpses, barrels, and elite packs as well.

[@TBLSoundwave]

Yep as I said all other methods but the trash mob farming. Even tho the trash will die instantly I just kill wat I need to to get in certain areas of the map when they bottleneck a doorway.

[@IamGuitarded]

I like to think that you're right, but...... 1,5h later and I'm not so sure. Not a single legendary :-(

[@Rhykker]

Are you also opening all chests?

[@yukinagato7114]

You say this is the best way to farm the most legendaries per hour but what about the rumford run?

[@Rhykker]

There isn't enough data out there to accurately compare metrics, but KD2 has plenty of chests and destructible objects, which I don't believe the Rumford run has, and those are sources of Legs.

[@yukinagato7114]

Thanks man

[@Rhykker]

Yuki Nagato Cheers! Come by my channel tonight for a live-stream launch party :)

[@wewefwefwefwef3889]

ty. ur content is really helpfull :)

[@SirSalute]

ARPG that becomes a slot machine game. All thanks to the idea of focusing every single dependency on gears instead of Characters. Main stats on gears, attack damage from gears, and Build defined by gears. Wonder since when that taking up a butter knife makes your cut faster than if you do push-ups.

[@sword199723]

What is that main hand weapon :oooooooooooooooooo looks sooo cool :P

[@Rhykker]

Hahahah, it does look cool, doesn't it? It is Arreat's Law. I'm pretty sure it received an art upgrade since pre-2.0, because I had it in the past, and it wasn't nearly that awesome looking.

[@NeroHonoku]

bro u still play ?

[@Rhykker]

Yeah, but been taking a bit of a break before Reaper of Souls.

[@NeroHonoku]

Ah okay

[@Rhykker]

***** I am planning on live-streaming my playthrough of Act 5 on launch night.

[@evanmullen3759]

this helped a lot

[@xNiji]

ur awesome dude thanks

[@D.W._Bucks]

Ran this route, on normal for 3 hours. Every run took less than 5 minutes, not a single legendary. absolute bullshit.

[@Rhykker]

In Reaper of Souls, or base Diablo 3?

[@D.W._Bucks]

RoS.

[@Rhykker]

jack rogers With RoS, I recommend Adventure Mode

[@D.W._Bucks]

Yeah, I turned to that. Not saying your method doesn't work, but I was getting hella unlucky.

[@D.W._Bucks]

Today absolutely made up for it. went from 400k damage self buffed to 850k self buffed. Good shit.

[@clovisrossillon5318]

your voice is kinda catchy ... xD

[@Rhykker]

Hah, thanks!

[@SubZerOMazz]

Do trashmobs even drop legendarys?

[@Rhykker]

Yep! Not only trash mobs, but even crates, chests, etc. Many people report finding legendaries in boring old chests. In fact, many even say they get most of their legendaries from either trash or chests.

[@MrOmfgalex]

good job

[@Rhykker]

Thanks!

[@vacheroniwc]

***** what is the relative difference of leg drops if you compare normal and torment? in terms of percentage?

[@Rhykker]

shengyu chua No one knows the exact math, but in general, it is not an appreciable increase in drop rates if it takes you longer to kill things. An old figure from beta shows that Torment 1 has 250% increased legendary drop rate. We don't know whether it is still the same, but it is likely more or less around there. Let's say that on normal, you have to kill 1,000 monsters to get one Leg, then on Torment 1, let's say you only have to kill 500 monsters to get one Leg. But on Normal, I melt trash monsters instantly and elites in less than 5 seconds. On Torment 1, maybe it takes up to 5 seconds to kill trash monsters and 30 seconds to kill elites. Even though I only have to kill half as many monsters on Torment 1, it takes me about 5 times as long to kill those monsters, so overall, I'm still netting more Legs per hour on Normal.

[@Beanie4Gaming]

Hi i would like to add you as a friend and play a bit with you if you dont mind but i cant c your username so well do you mind?

[@TasmanianTigerGrrr]

Sure

[@toucat1200]

Love your voice (No Homo)