| special = The Open World and Instanced version of the Haunted Chests drop only Lustrous Russet Armor. The two chests in the Innoruuk raid can drop any planar class armor piece
| description = These can randomly drop any of the planar armor from Hate or Fear. The [[Plane of Fear]] counterpart is [[a phoboplasm]]. However, there are nine haunted chests that exclusively drop [[Lustrous Russet Armor]] - see the notes below.
Special: The Open World and Instanced version of the Haunted Chests drop only Lustrous Russet Armor. The two chests in the Innoruuk raid can drop any planar class armor piece
Haunted chests are just one example of the many malevolent animate objects on the Plane of Hate. These large, ornate, brass-bound trunks are filled not only with objects, but also with hatred for all living things, like the very fabric of the Plane around them, and they can be dangerous to those visitors to the plane who pass too close. Some buildings in the Plane of Hate are empty of other creatures, yet remain unsafe due to the great many haunted chests (and other animated objects) inside. Such haunted premises remain quiet until someone enters — after which the loud squeaking of hinges and banging of wooden lids, accompanied by the occasional scream or groan, thunder from within.
Haunted chests possess an unusual characteristic; Certain powerful inhabitants of Hate tend to use haunted chests to store the many coins, items, and goods they have won from intruders or during raids into other planes. As a result, some rare treasures which are normally found, for instance, only in Cazic-Thule's Plane of Fear can sometimes be found within a haunted chest.
There are nine special haunted chests that spawn in the public and normal solo/group instances of Plane of Hate - these chests do not spawn in raid instances. These nine haunted chests exclusively drop Lustrous Russet Armor. You can follow the map to all nine static spawns and repeatedly farm these nine for a full set of upgraded Lustrous Russet armor.
In public zones the chests respawn after about 24 minutes, but you're competing with anyone else trying to do them in public zones. In personal instances the respawn is long - greater than an hour - so you're better off starting a new instance rather than waiting for respawns.
Warning: The seventh chest on the route can be difficult to reach without causing significant social agro from roamers. Depending on your build you may want to consider just skipping that one.
This information comes courtesy of MattTehPhat who either discovered this, or at the least created the map and shared it on youtube and reddit.
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