As of 12/16/08 I have not been able to complete the quest, the dialog is stuck at killing the first 100 undead. I've attempted it on an SK, a Ranger, and a Zerker.
The item is decently rare, just about anything undead in SH can drop (body drop or chest drop). It seems to drop a lot quicker if your on a lower lv (19-22 around there) i spent a couple of weeks at SH looking for the sword, I had killed about 3000 skellies at 28 and it never dropped. I got it at the vendor, as for the quest difficulty, it's not all that long, just time consuming cause ya gotta wait for Battlepriest Alexandria, Lord Byron, and Blacksmith Brigg to spwn...
The starter is a random drop from any creature in SH. Mine dropped from a skelly outside Lord Byrons room. Was a chest drop... pretty easy quest if you have a little paitence.
Umm, if you accidently sold this sword to a merchant, do you have to do the quest over again or can you buy it like you can do with some HQ items if you lose em?
The description in the picture is incorrect, today(04-20-2006) my husband got the sword of thunder with his fury, and he could not start the quest. Turns out the sword cant be gotten by a druid anymore
i have done the 100 skeletons in SH, but the quest call me to back Berik. I cant find Berik in SH.... or did i destroy the quest item? then i cant get the reward. who can help me this part. plz
Hunted in SH from lvl 23-29 killing mainly Defiled Knights and Tunnelling Zombies...have yet to see the Sword of Thunder quest piece drop. Ended up buying it from a vendor.
Ive played this game for about a week now. First time trip to SH today. and i was in a full group, the it dropped. and i got it. Currently killing the 100 knights. thought i look this sword up on the net too. Looks nice. Feel really lucky that i found it my first trip =)
Is it usefull for a ranger? or are there better swords around?
Read about this last night, so decided to take my 22 pally to SH to muck around killing grays and greens doing the beginning quests there, to see if I could get this to drop for me.
After a couple hours, my 20 troubador friend joined me. We were doing Valynale's (sp? the ghost knight near the entrance) quests, killing sentries. I decided to mentor him so we'd get more exp. We were in the main hall, and as soon as I mentored him, the pair of level 16 sentries guarding the NE door jumped us as they now conned green. Killed them, and the last one spawned a chest, and the Sword of Thunder was inside.
Good thing he was my friend as he won the lotto and I had to ask him for it. :)
the sword is so desirable because of its part in the Bone bladed Claymore heritage quest. If you complete the sword of thunder quest and keep the item with you. When you complete the BBC the weapon you get gets upgraded and has a thunder strike proc to it. making it a very desirable weapon for any 2h wielders
The screenshot above is taken by a player who cannot use Sword of Thunder, so 'Your Damage' number is wrong. You have to compare the 'Base Damage' to other weapons. Different classes and different level result in different 'Your Damage', so 'Base Damage' is a more consistant way to compare weapons.
I'm currently using a steel scimitar +2 int +2 agi +2 str +2 wis +14 Health +14 power 13-39 delay 1.4 seconds.
This scimitar wasn't that hard to get hold of on the broker and didn't cost a lot and it seems much better than this sword so I don't understand what makes this sword so desirable.
Was running around SH with my brother and it droped off a Defiled Torrent for him. It is the only drop of it that i have seen and i heard it is rare. The quest is pretty easy. You talk to the sword and it tells u to kill 100 knights, but it means just kill 100 of any skeleton. Then u talk to sword again and You have to kill Lord Byron, Battlepreist Alexandria, and i think Blacksmith Brig. Not that hard of a quest for such a nice item. My brother 26Gaurdian is using it until he can use his ghoulbane.
can anyone give me some detailed info on this quest ? like exactly how rare it is ... what dropped it for you? etc... not the quest itself just obtaining the quest starter item