Firestorm_ZERO Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) I've been trying to get the Spear Orb in the Mana Fortress for hours and still haven't gotten it yet. I was at Level 80 when I first started killing the Tsunamis (the blue slimes) and I'm now Level 92. I get as low as 10 chests to as high as 20 chest per level, so I opened and analyzed at least 200 chests. No other grind took this long except for the Ninja gloves where I was battling 3 in the Underground City. On average other items took me 15-30 minutes per rare item (like I already got the 2 Axe Orbs). It is good thing v1.03 fixed the crashes. So far, I had yet one crash so the grind is not as bad as before. So, what item took you the longest? And how long? Edited August 9, 2018 by Firestorm_ZERO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firestorm_ZERO Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 I've been grinding for orbs for around 2 hours per day. Re-loading my save when I reach Lv99 (as my last save is at Lv93 so I can still get MP refill). So far I only gotten 1 glove orb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savyna Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 My longest grind were the axe orbs from the burning head (don't know his name). It took me approximately 4 hours to get them. It almost never spawned chests and if they did I just got this damned vampire cape. I sold over 20 of them. Everything else was rather quick compared to that. The funny thing here is, after I had everything and went again through the mana fortress to go to the end battles, I killed a few guys on the way and got 3 chests with candy inside, one of the axe orb guy and two of other enemies - which mean these would've been rare drops... I hate RNG. My level was 86 in the end and I had no problem to bring all my magic to Level 8 while grinding. Two of the spells I even got to max. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatHasTrophies Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 I am grinding for the dumb ring of the eggplant-man since 23 Levels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poltergeise Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 It took me roughly three hours to get the cockatrice cap to drop, two and a half hours for the ring to drop with the Eggplant Man on the subway, about 45 minutes for the items from the Doom Sword and the National Scar, a little over an hour for the three drops in Pure Land, and about four hours to get everything in the Mana Fortress. Most of that time was spent hunting Fiend Heads and Wolf Lords to get both of their orb drops. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neef-GT5 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Except for a few lucky, quick drops, I had to grind almost all endgame items for hours. Mana palace, Pureland, Mana fortress - I spent hours in each area, killing the same foes again and again. Of all the games I have played, this one sure has the dumbest and most boring trophy list... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo-Cooler Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 I also had the most problems withe the very first item grind: The Cockatrice Cap from those Basilisks in the Underground. I guess it took me about 3 - 4 hours. On the plus side this whole ordeal managed to boost my party about 18 levels so it was not a complete waste of time. Everything else I got within 30 min so it wasn't as boring as I feared it would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FadeToOne Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 The weapon grinds are pretty rough, but so far my most notably annoying grind is the dragon coil from the ice fiends. The very first one I fought dropped it, only for me to discover my arm inventory was full, so naturally it disappeared. I then had to spend 45 minutes to an hour killing them for it to drop again. I kinda hope whomever designed the RNG for this game meets a horrible end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanielJohn Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 For me, getting the orbs at the end was the worst. Fiend heads and those armored guys in particular are brutal since there's never more than 1 of them in a group. Fiend heads alone took me 3 or so hours. One of my least enjoyable platinums in recent memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FadeToOne Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 On 7/19/2019 at 1:52 PM, NathanielJohn said: For me, getting the orbs at the end was the worst. Fiend heads and those armored guys in particular are brutal since there's never more than 1 of them in a group. Fiend heads alone took me 3 or so hours. One of my least enjoyable platinums in recent memory. Are you talking about the big knight guys? There was a group of three right before the very end... in the same room that had 3 master ninjas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightblade76 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) Up to Mana Palace the farming has been reasonable, but now in Pure Land I swear it has become soul crushing. I've been farming Griffin Hands and Ice Bandits in the zone before the Blue Dragon for the past three hours and got barely any chests to spawn, let alone the rare drops, so either I have to advance to trigger the availability of those drops, or this otherwise enjoyable game is quickly turning into a masochistic workaholic slog I regret putting on my profile. Edit. Sorry, I meant before the serpent boss. PS. Turns out that the final axe orb I'm missing it's my most elusive item, I've already spent three hours looking for it, I've seen only Vampire Capes so far, when the enemy has the decency to drop chests at all. Edited January 16, 2020 by Brightblade76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullMetalSarok Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 I’m grinding for my final 4 weapon orbs at the moment, currently at around 10 hours total for the other weapon orbs and items. I’ve definitely played games with worse drop rates that required a bigger time investment but I feel like secret of mana feels really bad because the game itself is quite short for a jrpg so the time spent waiting for item drops feels a lot longer in comparison to similar games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoodgraverNL Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 I am amazed how much time it takes for some people. I think I had to grind max 3 hours in total. And I still did other stuff in between so it didn't bore me as much. I must've been extremely lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlegeth Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 It was the Axe Orbs for me. I remember, I got the first orb relatively fast. But the second one just wouldn't drop. I don't remember how long it was, but it took awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorGameGeek Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I started the Mana Fortress at level 78 and finished on level 97. I managed to get all of the rare gear for everyone on my team. The last orb I picked up was the Spear Orb from the Tsunami. I also learned that the three section of the Fortress is the best plan to grind for gear. Many enemies are near doorways. I either torched them with Popoi's Burst spell (Dryad) or buffed Randi with Primm's Moon Energy (Luna) to one-hit crit kill things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redsailles Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) I am still looking for watcher ring. Have been farming eggplant-man for couple hours. It keep gave me cup of wishes that I don't wish for. -- Just gave up the Underground City. I got it in Pure Lands. Not sure about the guide says it's easier to farm/drop on Pure Lands or not. Struggling with Dragon Coil now. -- Got Dragon Coil not on my farming spot. Guess I have to move on if i don't get the rare drops. Edited December 27, 2020 by Redsailles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pots3k Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Here's some misery porn for you all. I forget to get the Watcher Ring from the Pure Lands so I had to do the mana fortress grind. I ended up getting about 8 Amulet rings from the Tsunami in the room with the slimes before I got one Watcher Ring. Furthermore, when the Watcher Ring did drop... my inventory was full. On the bright side, if anyone wants to know the most efficient way to farm slimes I'm happy to share it. I can see through the matrix of their programming. I am slime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illustriousAF Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Been killing dark stalkers for the ninja gloves for hours, still no luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawedad Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 I'm at hour 5? at attempting the watcher ring in the subway. Ready to give up and move onto the pride lands. Cockatrice hat was nothing compared to this. Or posting this will cause me to get it finally haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aimhigh8 Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 Watcher Ring in the Mana Fortress was a 6 hour grind for me and I ended up getting Cockatrice Helmet 15 minutes before that. I was running between the room in the Mana Fortress with the only Basilisk and the room with the shapeshifter, that shapeshifter was actually pretty generous for birthing Eggplant Men, got around 15 cups of wishes before finally getting my 1 in 64 rare drop or whatever it is? Also Javelin orb was 2 hours, everything else I got in under an hour or by coincidence. The missable Pure Land items were around a hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawedad Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Honestly yeah, I ended up having not a bad time at Pure Lands after that. Last one was the whip orb from Mace Menace; I picked it up and didn't realize I needed to upgrade so I just boogied to the boss, realized I f'd up and only took me another couple of spawns to get 1 to drop again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSephiroth Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 (edited) I am trying to get last Axe Orb from Field Head and it keep drop stupid vampire cape! UPDATED: Finally I got it! Now I can go focus on gears and monsters. Edited December 4, 2023 by SirSephiroth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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