Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-4750818-20170107121420

Good day folks,

So I have been playing on Isildur's Bane server recently, asking people what they think are the five rarest weapons in he mod. Here are the suggestions I received, and what I think they are. I sorted this list in terms of increasing rarity.

Please note: All the items that are on list litt mist be available in survival mode. If you add an item on this list that is not obtainable in survival, I will delete your post, or another forum moderator will do it.

5. Charred Mallorn Mace, Gondolinian Sword, and Gondolinian Armour
I've lumped all of these together because they're all equally difficult to obtain. They all require the player to summon a boss, either the Mallorn Ent or a Hill-troll Chieftain. The boss is very tough to defeat, and even then, it will only drop one of these items 50% of the time. A full set of Gondolinian Armour is quite something to have in survival.

4. Pickaxe of the Underworld
This pickaxe is one of the hardest to obtain in the mod. Largely because you have to gravel onto Utumno in order to get it, and you will have to kill many Utumno Orcs and other far fouler beasts, as it is a rare drop. Finally, you will have to leave Utumno without dying, otherwise you'll lose the pick forever.

3. Utumno Spear
This is the hardest item to obtain in the Utumno set. Firstly, it requires a trip to the dungeon of Utumno, and you will have to kill many Orcs in order to get one to drop their spear. In addition, Orcs will only drop their spear if you manage to kill them before they've thrown it.

2. White Wargskin Rug
Only around 1 in 500 Wargs are white (in fact, I've only seen a White Warg once) and of those Wargs, only the occasional one will drop a Wargskin Rug, as it's a rare drop. Therefore, if you have a white Wargskin Rug in survival, then you're probably a great warg hunter.

1. Balrog Whip
This item is arguably the rarest item in the mod. It can only be obtained by slaying a Balrog in Utumno, and even then it is hard to obtain, as it is a rare drop and only some Balrogs carry a whip. Finally even when do you get the whip it has a tendency to burn in the fires left by the Balrog.

If you guys agree with the list, and/or can provide rasons why your item/block should be on this list, please let me know. When everyone's satisfied, I might make a blog post about this matter.

Glflegolas (admin) Send a Messenger  12:14, January 7, 2017 (UTC) 