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I've been farming for 2 hours but not a single Herald spawned. Is there a problem or change?
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I've been farming for 2 hours but not a single Herald spawned. Is there a problem or change?
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Schnorki 5581Moderator

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Are you sure you're in a TZ? And are you full(ish) clearing them as you now should?

Still spawning normally here.
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Yeah it's TZ but i was farming fast and not clearing so many areas maybe because of that then...
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Parvaala wrote: 2 months ago
Yeah it's TZ but i was farming fast and not clearing so many areas maybe because of that then...
I watched a Sweet Phil video that talked about this recently and explained a really indepth post that explained the entire situation.

Basically, Heralds spawn when the zone is getting close to being cleared is how I understood it.

So, do full clears of the maps and you'll spawn more Heralds!

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Also it does not work to just kill the Champions and Heroes + Minions in a region.
Kill all instead, the closer to full area clear you get, the higher the chance to spawn the Herald.
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no kill 50% zone never spawn Herald t1

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Also maggot lair is magical for spawning after you get them going. Once you reach t5, hit the maggot lair for roughly one t5 per level.
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departure wrote: 2 months ago
...hit the maggot lair...
Whaat? No! Why...no no no...my sanity is an asset worth saving.
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mikelessar wrote: 2 months ago
Whaat? No! Why...no no no...my sanity is an asset worth saving.
If you have engima it is one of the best areas for heralds hands down.
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Schnorki 5581Moderator

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departure wrote: 2 months ago
mikelessar wrote: 2 months ago
Whaat? No! Why...no no no...my sanity is an asset worth saving.
If you have engima it is one of the best areas for heralds hands down.
Especially if you get the 1-hit-kill mosquito Swarm thingies. :o

Though admittedly, I haven't seen those since the patch. Not sure if the nerf made them harder by not bugging them out anymore -> making them no longer 1-hit-kills.
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meanwhile me running from the 3th one in the last 10 minutes xD
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yeah they spawn alright. yesterday a teleporting Skeleton Herald 5 almost one shot my hardcore character
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BigD 518

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ajgibbens1805 wrote: 2 months ago
Parvaala wrote: 2 months ago
Yeah it's TZ but i was farming fast and not clearing so many areas maybe because of that then...
I watched a Sweet Phil video that talked about this recently and explained a really indepth post that explained the entire situation.

Basically, Heralds spawn when the zone is getting close to being cleared is how I understood it.

So, do full clears of the maps and you'll spawn more Heralds!
I wasn't aware of this per se, but I had noticed that whenever I'm farming TZ Pit, I nearly always get a Herald in Pit Level 2, which checks out based on this. Same with CS, I'm getting a Herald spawn from one of the seal bosses like 90% of the time it feels like.

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BigD wrote: 2 months ago

I wasn't aware of this per se, but I had noticed that whenever I'm farming TZ Pit, I nearly always get a Herald in Pit Level 2, which checks out based on this. Same with CS, I'm getting a Herald spawn from one of the seal bosses like 90% of the time it feels like.
Just watched the video and did a quick test.
1. Terrorize Act 1
2. Go catacombs first. Since all of catacombs+ Cathedral count as 1 spawning area I got no Herald from it, I probably skipped a few monsters.
3. Complete clear of Den of Evil - Herald 1 spawned
4. Complete clear of Blood Moor - Herald 2 spawned.
5. Almost complete clear of Cold Plains - Herald 3.
6. Stony Field - Herald 4.
7. Tristram - no Herald after complete (at Herald 5 the chances to spawn are lower).

Due to Herald 5 chance starting at 30% clear, if I did it in reverse order, I would probably get at least 1-2 Herald 5 in catacombs.

Knowing this, you can plan your route based on what you want to get. I focus on less risky exp run, so I did catacombs first, intentionally not to spawn any Herald
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If you want to spawn as many heralds as possible, you spawn the first 4 heralds in small areas and directly leave the the area after you have spawned one Herald, since it is unlikely that you spawn a second Herald tier 1 - 4 in the same area. The large areas are for tier 5 farming
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mikelessar wrote: 2 months ago
If you want to spawn as many heralds as possible, you spawn the first 4 heralds in small areas and directly leave the the area after you have spawned one Herald, since it is unlikely that you spawn a second Herald tier 1 - 4 in the same area. The large areas are for tier 5 farming
Exactly. And if you are playing hardcore and you want to be safe, you do the exact opposite. Do larger areas first, so chances are no Herald to disturb you and then get a few smaller areas to get those Tier 1-4 heralds.
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Perhaps it's no longer worth spawning heralds because they're droppin nothing and we can get latents from other monsters too. Maybe it's waste of time now except of theirs exps...
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BigD 518

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Parvaala wrote: 2 months ago
Perhaps it's no longer worth spawning heralds because they're droppin nothing and we can get latents from other monsters too. Maybe it's waste of time now except of theirs exps...
Maybe, but if you're farming things like statues or essences, you might have no choice but to deal with at least 1 Herald pack along the way.

Kinda mentioned earlier already and idk if its just me, but I've been spawning a Herald pack off one the seal bosses nearly every single TZ Chaos run.

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You have to kill all or nearly all of the monsters in a zone now if you are hunting heralds. Chance per kill increases the more that are dead, and chance is zero for the first 30-50%

Run Tal rash tombs, kill all monsters, and I guarantee you will get 6-8 heralds. Each tomb counts as a different zone, and the desert area is a zone also.
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