Monarch not dropping

hi, i need the Spirit Monarch so bad for my build.
i'm running Mausoleum and the pit the last 3 days for hours and hours in hell with zero mf. is the drop rate rly so low or am i just unlucky?
Are there better farming spots in act 2 maybe? this is my first ever character (blizzard sorc with Meteor atm)

Have you tried cow level? I've got mine from there, and lot's of White bases which didn't rolled 4 sockets with the cube recipe...
I guess it's your best shot, but it has to be done in Hell dificulty I think

EDIT: I believe you haven't finished Hell yet, so you won't be able to do cow level. I remember getting one White base from The Pit, which is a good place to farm in general, located in the Tamoe Highland from Act I.
The best way to get there is trough the Outer Cloister waypoint. This video shows how to find it pretty quick:

normal wsk lvl3, throne, chamber,
nightmare act 2 and later

so lots of farming spots
https://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Area_Level

edit-
sorry i was just looking at area levels,
Monarch drops in hell, very rarely nightmare

drop calc:
https://nishicode.com/#/dropfinder/AAABAQEAblUJwg==

ok thank you. maybe i need to go on a little further through the acts. i hoped that i can get one early in hell

add act 2 the stony tombs and the Ancient Tunnels to your farming route.

The stony tombs is in the rocky wastes outside of act 2 town.

The Ancient Tunnels is located in the Lost City. its a trap door location just like the sewers in the act 2 town.

I can throw you a Monarch base (not socketed) if you need. Add me on BNet if you’re interested.

A great farming option for the sorc is also Lower Kurast. Just walk around telekenisising all the clickables there. Probably will also find some runes too.

Also don’t turn down an ethereal Monarch either! My first Spirit was in an Eth Monarch and it’s awesome, 10 less strength, +50% def and looks sweet! I still have it! Eth ones are great on swap once you get cta for bo prebuffing.

I remember feeling like this too when I started, but you’ll eventually get to where you’ve got lots of Spirit monarchs, you’ll even get to the point where you won’t even pick up anything less than superior versions - hang in there

I've got 4os Monarch I can give you (for free). Add me in Bnet and throw me a line if interested.

Have you looked into the trade section WTS?

schnippy85 wrote: 3 years ago

hi, i need the Spirit Monarch so bad for my build.
i'm running Mausoleum and the pit the last 3 days for hours and hours in hell with zero mf. is the drop rate rly so low or am i just unlucky?
Are there better farming spots in act 2 maybe? this is my first ever character (blizzard sorc with Meteor atm)

I found a video on youtube that suggested looking in the Mausoleum back when I started. Waste of time, it will drop when it drops much like a lot of the items in D2R.

If you need a Spirit (in Monarch base). I can give you one for free.

Whenever a new season starts and I need to find a Monarch on my own, I set sail for hell Pits. (not TZ, as it already is a preset level)
Usually it takes me up to 15runs before I find one.

I found two 4os Monarchs in two separate Hell lvl runs killing Shenk. When I get lazy I like to do a few Eldritch and Shenk runs because it takes less than a minute.