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Saturday, December 22, 2012

[Guide] Puzzle Ring Goblin Farming

The 1.04 Puzzle Ring has a chance to summon a Goblin when the wearer is hit. A lot of aspiring goblin farmers want to know how it works to gauge it's value. Here is what I've found by testing as well as a guide on how to use it with your MF group.
Current Function:

  • The Goblin spawn has a 15 min internal cooldown
  • The cooldown expires even if you aren't using the ring (So put it on, kill the goblin, and take it off for 15 min while you use a better ring)
  • The cooldown is applied to the character and not the ring
  • The goblin spawned will be a 1st act goblin of the game difficulty (I.E. in any act of inferno, an act 1 inferno goblin will spawn)
  • The inferno goblin can drop ilvl 63 rares (I've picked up a few myself, don't know if it can drop ilvl 63 set/legendary however)


I found that the cooldown is applied to the character who was wearing the ring when the goblin spawns by wearing 1 Puzzle ring, spawning a goblin, then wearing a 2nd Puzzle Ring. With this information I present this guide for goblin farming groups.

Group Farming Guide:
Instead of all 4 players in the group using a Puzzle Ring, a group of trusted friends can swap 1 ring around to spawn 4 goblins per 15 min. This way only a single goblin spawns at a time and can be easily handled, and the initial investment is much lower. I have tested this with a friend, and can confirm that a single ring will spawn multiple goblins within the 15 min cooldown when shared among the party. Enjoy!

Have everyone in the group equip the ring once prior to starting the run. Equipping the ring seems to start the initial 15 min internal cd.

[Guide] How to increase your DPS by 2k-10k

I've known this bug for a while, but never told anyone cos blizzard would fix it. It took them 3 patches before they realized. I'm making this public now since this bug no longer works in 1.05. Enjoy the free dps while it last

P.S. If you have a manticore this will boost your dps by at least 8k minimum

THIS ONLY WORKS FOR 2H RANGED WEAPONS
You must have the following items, anything with +% element modifer
Ex. I used Stone of Jordan and Inna's Favor, the more the merrier
Buy a PURE DPS XBOW with as HIGH DPS AS POSSIBLE (IAS DOESN'T COUNT AS DPS)
I bought a 1540 DPS Blue Xbow for 10m off the AH.

Step 1. UNEQUIP YOUR MAIN BOW(must be less PURE dps than your "pure dps" xbow)
Step 2. UNEQUIP YOUR INNA'S FAVOR, STONE OF JORDAN, ETC
Step 3. EQUIP HIGHER DPS XBOW
Step 4. EQUIP INNA'S FAVOR, STONE OF JORDAN
Step 5. REPLACE PURE DPS XBOW WITH YOUR MAIN BOW
Step 6. ????
Step 7. You'll notice a increase in your DPS depending on the dps of your Main bow.

The reason this works is because inna's favor's factor in its dps the first moment you equip it. So you can still change weapons and and keep the "+elemental dmg" of the previous weapon.

I use a 1487 dps xbow w/ Dex. So this only gives me like 2-3k dps. Not much but it's better than nothing. But for those using a 1050 dps +dbl socket + Dex manticore, you'll notice a HUGE increase in dps(8-10k)

So for those that thought using manticores would gimp your DPS via elemental dmg, you guys are terribly mistaken

ENJOY