Final Chest Conditions: *Going from Left to Right 1 - Killing some mob in Poison Room 1 (Slug? we aren't certain) 2 - Killing both set of imperials 3 - Automatic 4 - 25 minute Time Attack 5 - Collect all 6 chests
The reason people have trouble is the 6th chest is hidden. It has a special pop condition similar to how all 3 drakes in the drake room must die before getting the chest that drops the Warlock's Buckler in Darkhold. You need to kill all 4 Lily of the Vale mobs in Poison Room 2 (3 east, 1 west), then walk BACK to the east side of the room BEFORE popping both porters on the west side (popping both despawns the chest). The chest will be in a little nook on the far east wall. Just look closely and don't pop the portals and you'll see it.
The chest is probably the key to the delay in the 5 chest runs. We had been searching for this chest since basically Saturday after we got our first speed run.
I'll note that our strategy is different from other groups on the forums that seem to like melee heavy setups. We stuck it out with a BRD/BLM backline build and felt it was extremely fast, yet provided the safety of being at range. Having not seen any other speed runs, I cannot assess for speed though. Currently our fastest 5-chest run (out of 5 completions) was 22:02 with a Morbol fight of 4:09.
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On a different note, here is the compiled drop list for instances so far:
Aurum Vale
During Run: * All chests can drop Vampire Plant Cutting
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