Quest item drop rate

[Rrolf]

If this is working a intended move it to rants.

My character Burnadette spent two nights completing the quest Relics of a Dead People by killing sand crabs on Talinis. I’m wondering if the drop rate of the required Massive Relics is what it’s supposed to be. I kept track of the drops during a run of 490 Sand Crab kills. They were:

103 Small Relics
50 Medium Relics
29 Large Relics
2 Massive Relics (Crab#432 and Crab#490) 431 duds in a row.

That’s a lot of crabs . If anyone needs Sand Crab Shells of Sand Crab Pincers for comps I put a bunch on the NT connie .

[Sindala]

From what I remember they are almost on levels. The island is split into 4 tier levels and each favours a certain type of Relic drop.
Small on the bottom tier and massive on the top tier (also massive/large drop from the boss mob who respawns quite quickly)
There is still a chance to get any relic from any tier but mostly you got the ones you wanted from each tier.

[Velea]

The chances to drop are pretty much in line with the quantities you need for the quest. I can find no evidence of the "tier structure" as Sindala suggested. The level 94-96 Sand Crabs and the named Crab Carcinus are the only ones with a chance of dropping the Relics, though, and it looks like from the numbers you killed that you were killing both the lower and higher levels. I can take another look at the quest and make sure there's some indication that the lower level crabs won't drop the relics if it doesn't already say so. But, like I said, in general the drop rates are in line with the quantities needed for the quest.

[Rrolf]

The first 250 kills were almost exclusively in the two top areas. I killed the named about every 20 kills. After that I started running the whole island in a loop. I didn't notice any difference in the loot drops except for the named who had a much better chance for a double drop. Maybe it was just hard luck. Drop rates can be very unfair.

[AmonGwareth]

Drop rates can be very unfair.

Random number generator.. can go your way or not. Will vary over time. Could go your way, other days it might not.

[Dracillion]

Takes a couple hours - did this quest twice recently.

First time I was waiting about 45 mins on a massive. Second time was about a hour thirty for a medium.

RNG 'spose.