Farming the dusty tomes

[altoholic 2]

So, after talking a bit about that here, i did a lot more runs.

I have the very vague feeling that on the 9 possible spots (to be confirmed, it's retail information), there is always one with a dusty tome... and that's all. At least, i never found a second tome in the same run. With my path, i usually get 1 tome in 5 runs (the 5 runs take me around 15min).

My path, solo, is : i totally skip DMW, because i can't get any solo. I do the 2 first places in DMN, then i reset and camp. It takes me around 2.5min (less than 3 if i grab a tome). In the last run before being locked out, i came back to entrance of DMN after checking the 2 places, then go to DME main entrance. I jump to the left, follow the north then east wall to the enter in daemon zone and go check lethandris spot. Then i camp, or HS.

Here are the spots i can confirm (feel free to complete/correct me):

DM North:

Near the Southwest Corner in Fengus' Courtyard : confirmed. Any stealthed class can get it with no fight.

Under the ramp near which Slip'kik patrols : confirmed. You need imp sap to get it with no fight (you still can sap one and blind the other, so only rogues can get that tome).

Directly behind the Observer : unconfirmed (that's a long walk, and as i can't sap a boss, i only tried the place when i was not alone)

DM East:

Near Lethtendris : confirmed. Any stealthed class can get it with no fight.

In the big drop down area at entrance, middle along the east wall : unconfirmed

North end of the ledge (directly above the big door), between a pack of lashers and a big tree : confirmed. Impossible to get without fighting a big tree (who break stealth from far away - bug ?), and a pack of non elite trees. The tome is actually near the edge, after the last pack of non elite trees.

In the Shrine of Eldretharr (End of the instance, by the root that Alzzin the Wildshaper walks up to) : confirmed

DM West:

The Southwest corner of the first courtyard : confirmed. It's the nearest of any entrance of all tomes (you get there in 10s), but near a pack of trees - right on the bench. I suppose any class with a pet, a fear, a frost nova, can grab it.

In Immol'thar's room by the pylon to the left as you enter (hall entrance, not library) : confirmed (any class can get it, you don't need stealth)

 

If only i was able to read the source code published on github by the elysium team, i could avoid those empirical confirmations, and know exactly where it can spawn, if my feeling of "one in any DM" is true, and what it can gives...

So far, some blue class books, and a ton of greys.

No foror ^^

[altoholic 2]

I updated some spots.

Also, i took a look at the database (4 months old, i'm pretty sure they don't use that exact one now).

I opened it in a text editor, and find several occurences of "dusty tome", with a ton of numbers around. I bet they explain where it spawn, what's inside, and so on. No idea how to translate that in human language ^^

[parabol 0]

saw the book in the end of DME (Alzzin) like a month ago (was there only once for bow)

[altoholic 2]

Ok, thx for the info.

I updated some places.

I also did 2 full runs with Nihlo, and i get more and more the feeling than there is allways a tome in DM, but only one. So maybe it make sense to reset right after you found one (it could be great if some coder can confirm that by reading the source code).

[parabol 0]

also can confirm the spawn point in the end of DMN - behind Observer - did a lot of tribute runs for buffs - saw it several times there.

[TTL 6]

So how people do DM:E "jump runs" there is indeed two book spawns in the first large room that people jump down into. The first is in the corner near a huge tree as you would run around the big room to avoid all the mobs in a safe manner while heading to the water elemental. The second is near a group of 3 lashers.

AFAIK the chance from books are nerfed here so I don't believe it's worth it by any means, especially with retail knowledge stating a Foror is 1 in 1000 from the books while the others are in 1 in 10.

It seems just killing bosses in DM:E is the best way to get class books and or gold but to each their own.