I’m lvl 40 playing in Normal. Got the quest from Kymon’s faction to gather 3 Chtonic Seals. After that i 've found only 1 (!) and used it on the Shrine in Bloodgrove. Then I full cleared Bloodgrove, Fort Ikon and Darkvale village and Gate… no seals. I thought ‘maybe just a bad luck’ and decided to go to sleep and farm those areas again next day. Today I 've cleared those areas again and still nothing. Lol it is rediculous. I’m about to move to next Act and I still have the quest from Kymon’s to gather those damn 3 seals.
I’ve played many times (1500+ hours) in pre-1.0.2.0 patch , started many characters and NEVER i ever had this kind of problem. At least I had 4-5 seals before I even enter the Darkvale Gate. So, guys, what’s wrong?? Wasn’t the droprate for seals supposed to be increased in the AoM patch??
Those who tested the AoM xpac did you even tried leveling a fresh character I wonder.
Probably just some really band RNG at work, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a problem because I thought the same thing as you earlier. I farmed the typical areas for seals as well and had to reload the game a couple of times to reset the spawns. Then on the third pass I got all 3 seals within a couple minutes. Like you say, it seems I almost always have enough seals by playing normally to finish that quest before the expansion; never had to reload the game to finish it up.
I mean it is really weird - I farmed those areas from the Sorrow’s Bastion rift up to Karroz full clear 2 times. And found only 1 seal. I don’t see the ‘increased drop rate for Chtonic seals’ at all. I have leveled up about 15 characters and always had enough seals to turn that quest in before reaching the Darkvale Village. I don’t know what they did in the patch but i definitely don’t like it.
Pretty sure it’s just bad luck. I’ve had times where I get none after clearing extensively and have to come back for that quest later and times where they drop like candy.
Case in point, i got 1-2 running through Blood Grove/Darkvale Gate on a new character. Running through the expansion on the same character a few days later, they were dropping like mad when I no longer needed them.
No it is not bad luck. I 've done 3 full runs Bloodgrove and Darkvale Gate. The only monster that dropped seals was… Karroz. Got two now. Only 2 for three full runs! Wtf I mean. Maybe my character is bugged or what?
Please, check my save file
While this doesn’t solve the underlying problem, since the latest patch these items can be stored in the transfer stash. So you could get them from another character to turn in the quest.
I know but I decided to start fresh. No twinking ) Btw, I just killed Karroz 3 times and got the seals. Still their droprates at least at low levels <50 are a bit off.
Tomb of Korvak is the place to farm Seals
There have been plenty of times I had kept the seals quest open till I reached BOC shrine due to bad RNG
It’s just bad luck. Even before the expansion, I’d often fail to get any while actively trying to farm them.
I know it may not seem normal to you, but I’ve experienced bad RNG like this lots of times.
The drop rate for these is pretty awful and they only drop from human cultists, not the demons.
Either way since the stash update I now have 300+ stored and thus never need to care anymore. If only quests took them directly from there instead of me having to put them in the characters inventory. Oh well can’t have it all I guess.
100% this, often do a clear of the left side of this place and come out with 3-4 seals.
I for myself was actually thinking the droprate had been upped, since they dropped like crazy for me since AoM, I get a lot of seals in the Necroplis now, for instance. Maybe it´s just RNG. :undecided:
Seems normal to me. I have 10 lvl 85s, in about 7 of 10 playthroughs i experienced this
im geetting alot of those post darkvale gate
Nothings changed for me that’s for sure. Still get 3+ every time in Tomb of Korvaak
Yes in post Darkvale it is not a problem to find them (especially in Tomb in Korvaak) but in Bloodgrove and Darkvale Gate they don’t often drop. And that is when a player needs them to turn in the Kymon’s quest.
They’ve been dropping like mad for me. I started up a new character, and when I got the quest to use them, I had about 15 in inventory, and have gotten about another 20 or so since then. In the shared stash, I’ve got at least 150. Just bad luck on your part.
This item drop rate is problematic in just normal. In higher difficulties it is fixed. I also struggle in normal.
Seals were always scarce in the original game, but the expansion has been dropping them up in Ugdenbog and Barrowholm like TNT in Crowley’s mines. At least for me.