diablo-3
I need 666 falling chandelier kills. I imagine normal will be the best place to farm this, but what zone has the most successive falling chandeliers (and is easiest to restart, for the "farming" part)? What items, buffs, or skills will help with racking environmental kills? Also, how is environmental damage calculated for these chandeliers?
There is a pretty good guide over at d3db here. It includes a spawn point strategy for farming the Act I ghosts. The diablowiki also has a concise listing here.
Lucious the Depraved - a unique Grave Robber - found in Cemetery of the Forsaken - Act 1
Dataminer - a unique Ghastly Gravedigger - found in the Defiled Crypt - Act 1
Drury Brown - a unique Ghostly Murderer - found in the Defiled Crypt - Act 1
John Gorham Coffin - a unique Grave Robber - found in the Defiled Crypt - Act 1
Fecklar's Ghost or see also here - Unique Enraged Phantom- Festering woods - Act 1
The Archivist - Unique Grim Wraith - The Unknown Depths - Act II
The Tomekeeper - Unique Grim Wraith- Realm of Shadow - Act II
The Ancient Device is a random event. It takes up a large area of the Desolate Sands, as per the screenshots below.
Of the possibilities thrown up by the device, some are dungeons (like The Veiled Treasure), and some will likely be other affects.
Possibilities (so far):
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The Cathedral is the best place - I'm not even sure I've seen that many chandeliers outside of that zone. Additionally, the zombies in the Cathedral seem to want to linger under the chandeliers for extended periods of time. In some cases people have helpfully died/been murdered under the chandelier drop zone, which means the zombies will just pig out and watch you pull the chain.
The easiest way to get there is to change your current quest Act 1, Quest 4: Reign of the Black King. Travel to the Cathedral Garden waypoint, and enter Leoric's Passage.
Alternatively, you could go to "The Legacy of Cain," quest stage "Explore Cellar" - play the quest until you get to the checkpoint at the Cathedral. Every time I've been to this level, there's been a chandelier with 4 zombies (2 that die when you drop it, and two who have a sliver of life left) right by the entrance:
The checkpoint means that you can just leave and reenter the game to respawn this group and the chandelier.
Strategy wise, you'll probably want to work alone, and leave any followers/pets/etc out of the equation.
Damage wise I haven't done calculations, but typically on Normal I can kill or do 90+% damage to most enemies with a chandelier hit. On Nightmare, they take more like 50%, if that.
Skill wise, I'd suggest:
There's not a whole lot else you could need - you want the chandelier to do most of the work, and these enemies are so weak there's really little to no threat to you, regardless of level.