Rolling Cartographer's Strongbox

Definitely vaal carto in maps that you're running easily.
I'm not sure, maybe someone can confirm but I think you get more maps with mirror + vaal because blue/yellows usually don't get mirrored. So it compensates for the maps you can't run.

Then you get very high iiq maps, which are nice for items.
And even if they are low level, you can rush to the boss and just get the frags, only way I know to get frags that is not totally boring.
Did a last minute test run of a new build in market sewers before going to bed - ran into a cart box and got this :) - glad I did that last run.


alc + a couple chaos and vaaled
Hejren / Triceps / Regnbuen / Sarinti / Striglen / Mareridt / Spoegelset / Doktoren / Dobbelganger / Skjoldtrold / Forkynderen
couple chaos what a waste on a 66 max lvl box lol.

Alch, vaal done if under 72 :P
Well it's my only source of fragments since I do only maps, so worth it to me.
Hejren / Triceps / Regnbuen / Sarinti / Striglen / Mareridt / Spoegelset / Doktoren / Dobbelganger / Skjoldtrold / Forkynderen
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Boem wrote:
You don't vaal 70+ carto boxes, well maybe you can if you have a character that can run ANY mod combination(and loads of them).

Below 70 they are free good drop maps with a chance at a fragment, so that's pretty cool.

For 75 and +

gonna put these in order of importance from my experience.

1) mirror
2) iiq% (keep in mind, this only apply's if you have a map with high iir and iiq already, from experience i noticed these tend to give more if your running a 80+% map)
3) +3 additional items (7 was removed, max is now 3 to balance the boxes out)
4) + magic/rare

Sometimes i even just allt roll for mirrored, get another mod and then regal and hope for +3 or iiq value.
However in 77 and 78, always chaos spam for mirror + iiq or +3 and other mods.

Mirror is by far the best modifier in my personal experience.

1) it gives map that cannot be changed, but they are also extremely easy to run and don't cost currency and can still give you solid map returns occasionally.
2) all the lower level maps drop in a pair of two, this means you only need a single one of them extra in your stash to do the +1 map level recipe.
3) mirrored maps are free xp runs :)

Peace,

-Boem-

edit : quality on the box can be helpful to save chissels, but i would pose that at 75+ boxes, getting more maps is more important then getting less maps but with quality.

In your case it did save you 4 chissels per map, so that's also worth something. I'd rather have +maps do.


I would have to second this list

Last box I opened had 42 maps with mirrior %qty and additional items
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Keks22 wrote:
couple chaos what a waste on a 66 max lvl box lol.

Alch, vaal done if under 72 :P


Depends, i would roll carto's in low zones with alterations and a regal mostly.

Allt for mirror and then regal + vaal orb.

Keeps the overal cost to a minimum and yields good results.

However, when you are in need of fragments spending a few chaos on a low lvl box like that can be worth it.

Carto + vaal is the only way to exponentially increase fragment returns in the game atm.

Look at it like this, every additional map that pops out corrupted actually represents a used vaal orb, so if you can push that overall map drop high enough, you just earned your chaos back.
(from a cost-effectiveness PoV)

Peace,

-Boem-

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
im pretty sure +x level is limited to +1. Can anyone confirm a higher roll in a carto box this year ?
I just rolled a +3 chest level in a 76 map, but after way too many chaos spent. Only got 1 map that was above the current map level, a level 78.

From now on I would alc or chaos spam the box till it get's +1 and one or two more map quantity mods.

Maybe try to go for +2/+3 chest level if you are in a 78+ map.
76 box with IIQ/IIR after 30 chaos dropped :
t9 x 3
t7 x 3
t6 x1
t5 x1
t2 x2

Should have rolled for mirror
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