Yep. You heard me. So, recently, I decided to start participating in ranked player vs player. I realized I can't to player vs player without the proper gear! So I did some research and started farming.

First thing on the list was the Boots of Faunnus. After about 15 runs of that I gave up and went to farm for the Tantojutsu Headband. And that's where it went downhill. I spent 1 hour and 48 minutes farming Friar Sand, the only possible way to get the legendary hat. And what do you know, 54 runs of agony later I still didn't get the hat.

Halp meh.

What makes this even more frustrating is the fact that the game cheated to make the runs longer. I went 5 games in a row without relentless triggering. My 184 dodge stopped working. Blade storm kept on targeting the wrong enemy. It was just a mess.

At this point I would literally spend $1,000,000 just to get my hands on that hat and end my suffering. Why can't there be an easier way?

I wanted to add the following link to the Provides Ability gear table in the Pirate101 Central wiki:

http://www.pirate101central.com/wiki/Basic:ProvidesAbility_Table#tab=Swashbuckler

There are several boots and hats for Swashbucklers that provide the Valor's Fortress you appear to be looking for. Expand each level group and look for your options.

The Weather Man on Feb 2, 2018 wrote:

Yep. You heard me. So, recently, I decided to start participating in ranked player vs player. I realized I can't to player vs player without the proper gear! So I did some research and started farming.

First thing on the list was the Boots of Faunnus. After about 15 runs of that I gave up and went to farm for the Tantojutsu Headband. And that's where it went downhill. I spent 1 hour and 48 minutes farming Friar Sand, the only possible way to get the legendary hat. And what do you know, 54 runs of agony later I still didn't get the hat.

Halp meh.

What makes this even more frustrating is the fact that the game cheated to make the runs longer. I went 5 games in a row without relentless triggering. My 184 dodge stopped working. Blade storm kept on targeting the wrong enemy. It was just a mess.

At this point I would literally spend $1,000,000 just to get my hands on that hat and end my suffering. Why can't there be an easier way?

It is a rare chance but you can get the Shoes of Faunus through Scavengin', that's how I got mine.
Ack! I know the agony of fruitless farming too, too well.
Good Luck to ye!

Welp, I spent another day farming still nothing. Tomorrow will be the start of run 165.

The Weather Man on Feb 2, 2018 wrote:

I really want to throw my computer out the window and stop playing this game forever and refund all my money. This is torture. Run #113 completed and still nothing. What makes me even more mad is the fact that my friend has gotten the Hat and Boots from this guy in not even half the number of runs I have done. I have gotten so many useless items for other classes. I'm just done. If I don't get this dumb hat in the next 10 runs I will quit this game.

Please don't quit this game just because you didn't get a Hat. Please stay with us. Farm or not, this is an awesome game. Breaks are fine, but please don't quit.

I am by no means a framing expert; however I have had a lot of luck with farming. When I say luck I mean persistence. If you know an item drops from a specific boss (because you checked the wiki). Then remember a motto I like to tell myself, "It has to drop eventually". On the harder drops i set a goal each day. I will farm him 20 times today. I do not know the exact drop percent but I have to say that I think most items are about a 1% drop chance. I have been lucky and got drops first run and I have had to spend 6 months of doing 5 runs a day on the ophidian palace to get the sword. Farming is all about consistent persistence. But there is great joy when you get what youve been working for.

the minutemen on Feb 7, 2018 wrote:

i dont know if this will help at all but try looking into increasing your luck. change your flag to your lucky colors, decorate your home/dorm with a Feng Shui guide, see if it helps at all.

Myths and Superstitions are no help with the RNG; you might as well use the "Good Luck" emote for all the good it does ( zero ). You can't manipulate the drop table.