Thread:AegonLegends/@comment-25155781-20150205161102/@comment-25155781-20150217211338

I'm not sure this is the appropriate thread for that kind of question, but I'll give it a shot. For the Bladestone, there are three things you can do to increase your odds of finding one: 1. Die in human form 7 times in the Shrine of Storms level. This will take you from Pure White world tendency to Pure Black. Enemies will be tougher, but will also give you more souls and be more likely to drop items. 2. Level up Luck. It won't be cheap at level 88, but even five points makes a difference. 3. Use the Large Sword of Searching in your character's left hand. While it's visible on your character, you get a side effect of doubling your normal item drop rate; the higher your Luck is to start with, the bigger the bonus will be. It's also helpful because the sword can parry while in the left hand (in my opinion the easiest way to deal with black skeletons). However, this requires that you have not used Old Hero's Soul to get the Second Chance miracle (the one that revives you once if you die; sorry, I don't remember its other name) or just to get extra souls. It also means you'll have to upgrade a regular curved sword to (again I'm sorry, I don't exactly remember) somewhere around +6-+8, and that you gave Flamelurker's soul to Blacksmith Ed. As for the Friend's Ring, short of someone dropping it for you (I've got school work, so it probably won't be me), you can beat the game and start new game+ if you're having trouble finding hosts for jolly co-operation. That way you can get another chance at killing Black Phantoms and evil NPCs (Miralda, Yurt, Mephistopheles). Just be sure you don't kill normal NPCs and don't successfully invade other players. And if you need a change of scenery, Mercury and Fatal weapons are both much easier to make, get a decent damage bonus from Dexterity, and come with the fun little side effects of poisoning targets and absolutely monstrous backstab/riposte damage respectively. Buena suerte.