Hey Folks! I am doing a fairly rare Saturday morning post because I figured I should probably share this tidbit of information with you. I know there is an upcoming patch in the works that may alter the way this works. My guildie and friend Eliyon first tipped me off to the existence of this farm and yesterday I rolled out and verified that it does in fact drop what the New World Database claims it does. Essentially there is a way to get an item level 600 sword without grinding up your gear watermark, and it has apparently been dropping this item since the launch of the game.
On the Northwestern edge of the coastline in Ebonscale Reach there is a settlement known as Thunder Harbor. This is filled the undead pirate lost that you find scattered throughout the lower level zones and they are all around level 52. Out on a ship in the harbor there is a named silver elite called Bartholomew which is a Berserker type Lost enemy. On his drop table are a few interesting items namely the Item Epic Level 600 Tier IV Sword called Coral Lash and the Epic Item Level 500 Armorer’s Shirt. The drop table also shows a Legendary Ice Gauntlet called Siren’s Staccato and a Legendary Helm called the Carved Mask of the Ranger.
I spent roughly two hours farming this boss with a luck gear set granting me in the vicinity of +20% luck bonus. In that time I saw two copies of Coral Lash, six Armorer Shirts, one Carved Mask of the Ranger, and one Siren’s Staccato. Unfortunately the Mask and Ice Gauntlet appear to be dropping at the level range you would expect a 52 mob to drop… 470 item level. However the Armorer Shirt drops reliably at 500 and Coral Lash drops at item level 600. We did some experimentation with a friend who was below level 60 and he never saw any of these items in the same time period. That is not to say that it is impossible to get them at 52, but I would guess it is highly unlikely. This morning when I rolled out here to grab some screenshots I even saw a seventh Armorer Shirt on my first kill of the day.
The only real negative of this whole sequence is that while it was in fact an item level 600 sword that dropped, it did not count towards my watermark. I spent last night doing some higher level content and saw swords dropping around 530-540 which is where I would expect them to be dropping based on the work I have done to raise that watermark. However if you just need a solid sword to run around with and complete content, then it is probably well worth hopping out here and picking up your own copy or two. I personally kept one version as is with Lightning Gem, and then put a Taunt gem in a second copy for taking purposes.
My working theory is this boss is cross-linked with a named boss called Siren’s Fist from the Forecastle Drift area of Reekwater, and at some point this will be fixed. If you compare this to Bartholomew you will see that the loot table is exactly the same, but due to the sub 60 level those other items cannot drop as Legendaries. Coral Lash however appears to be a weird anomaly because not only is it 600 but it is only Tier IV, which means the item could get patched at a later date so be prepared. I shared this farm with my good friend Rob aka Grakulen yesterday and he came out and farmed it with me so that he could produce a video. I highly suggest checking out his youtube channel for more tips and farm videos. I know I have folks who greatly prefer their guides in written form and as such I am posting my own article this morning on the farm.
Thanks for the share Bel!