This item drops on BOTH bodies and chests. It is confirmed that it drops on both. This means that you can get the drop from a grey mob, but it may take longer.
seen it drop 3 times. once on the first floor. once on the second floor down. once in the crypt in the ^^^ zone at the bottome with the lord. sorry i forget his name.
Can someone confirm if (at this time) I can get this sword IF THEY ARE GREY TO ME? I killed about 2,000 of these skeletons (and they were all grey) and couldn't find one. Then someone tells me they have to be green. Then someone tells me they don't. Seems to be alot of confusion here as well, as far as grey/green, body/chest. I understand that things change, so this can make it confusing. I'm looking for an answer from somone with experience with this RECENTLY. Please do not reply and talk about how it was a couple months ago.
This is now LORE. =( I have one in my bank and a Tempest to the left of the Atrium dropped one in a chest tonight... I had to sit there and watch it rot. /cry
Amazingly there were 30 people in the zone and no one came running when I /ooc'd that it was rotting.... The worst part about it was someone in Qeynos_Crafting asked to buy one for 2 plat while I was fighting the Tempest that dropped it. /frustrated
My SK on another server had 2 in his bank the last time I played him 2 months ago.... I guess that means I've lost 2 now because of SOE making it LORE.. grr
Okay, between these posts and players comments in game, it is about a 50/50 toss up on if this item is a body drop or a chest drop now. We all know it used to be a chest only drop. If anyone else has looted this off a body, not a chest, please post.
FYI, this is a chest drop. the MOB must be worth xp and loot in order to get this item.
I've personally only seen it drop twice. Once was off a defiled knight, the other time was off a defiled cavalier. I have heard rumors that this can only be dropped on the first floor. I will say those are false from personal experience. (Too bad I didn't know what it was at the time. I gave up on the lotto so that the 2 tanks in the party could decide on between them.)
This is the quest starter for the Sword of Thunder. By all accounts this item is a completely random drop. It drops inside chests off of any non-gray con MOB. For what it's worth I have personally seen these drop off Scorched Skeletons and Defiled Knights also.