Well, last month we were given a special hidden NPC Boss character to fight in the form of The Shadow Krampus. This was a neat surprise for those who have achieved level 700 or higher. Unfortunately, you can only defeat him once, and therefore can only ever acquire the epic ring he awards once too. Keep that in mind and don't ever sell it, trade it, or give it away if you should ever get it. But that's not the only secret that Heroes Rising holds for players. Here and there, littered through the game are special pieces of gear that drop only ever rarely. Some even moreso than others. For most of these, it will be a piece of gear easily recognizable from others by the picture. But there are a few pieces that are actually upgraded or variant versions of other drops. They are usually simply a "Silver" or "Gold" version of a much more common drop. Most of the "Gold" and "Silver" gear variants aren't that impressive, but there's one that most certainly is. The question is, where do you find it?
I have a large number of toons. Most are utility alts that I pay little to no attention to competitively. But because they do large numbers of certain actions in game, to farm specific resources, they sometimes unwittingly unlock a special case scenario. One of my utility alt toons somehow managed to gain a very rare and very useful piece of gear I didn't know existed. Unfortunately, I don't know when or where I acquired it. I simply saw in my inventory that I had 2 different Hellish Loincloths. The one I only had one of was called "Gold Hellish Loincloth" and had nicely improved stats over the more common variant.
Instead of a 3% Life bonus, it gave 5%. That's a 66% increase. For any toon that has a large Life build, that isn't too shabby either. My highest level toon has a Base Life of 3,100. At 3% that comes out 93 extra Life. But at 5%, that comes out to 155 extra Life. Not too shabby.
Instead of the regular 20 Stun Resist, it gives 30. 20 is already huge for Stun Resist. The Gold version adds 50% more! Now, as everyone has heard me say before, I can't stress enough how important Stun Resist is in a build. If you don't have it, anyone with a large amount of Stun will eat your lunch. In the past, Stun Resist was very limited in where you could get it, most commonly found and utilized in head gear. However, there are some other valuable head gear pieces out there you might want to utilize. By adding Stun Resist in a leg slot or two, you open up your head slot for something potentially better for your build overall. This factor right here makes this piece of gear of high value to anyone.
Lastly, it gives 19 Physical Resist vs the regular version's 15 Physical Resist. It's only 4 more points but that's still over a 25% increase.
This piece of gear is very much worth finding. Unfortunately, therein lies the issue. Where do we find it? Do you know? I don't. If you do, please reach out and let me know. I have been hunting it for some time now with no luck. The normal version is a common drop when fighting either the Patrol or Mission Boss versions of Skelanimal. But where it lists what awards are possible, it never shows this piece of gear. It's possible there is even a Silver version I just don't know about, though it wouldn't be as nice as the Gold one. I have fought both these versions of Skelanimal at every level and still no Gold Hellish Loincloths have dropped. If you know the secret, please reach out to me or write an article detailing it yourself. You'll get MP, and I think many a budget player would be served.
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