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Boss Loot & Drop Announcements

Killing a boss pays out everything to the summoner. Boss fights are solo, so the summoner is the only player in the arena and the only one paid. If you are offline when the boss dies, your drops wait in /stash.

Your first 10 normal boss kills each day roll double loot. This daily bonus resets at 11 AM PT. Uber kills don't get it and don't use any of the 10.

Network-wide drop announcements

Land a Legendary or Mythic drop and the whole network finds out. Every player sees a chat banner naming you and the item, while lightning strikes and fireworks burst where you're standing. Mythic drops add a dragon roar on top.

Per-boss chase items

Each boss has its own signature set:

  • Lamia: Lamia's Veil, her armour trim Lamia's Molt, an Efficiency VI exceptional orb, Golden Tickets and Shard Satchels.
  • Echidna: the Grappling Trinket (Echidna's Strand), the Broodborn armour and pickaxe trims, the Raider armour trim (she is now its only source), a Momentum VI exceptional orb and Contraband Satchels. A new unique jewel is hidden in her loot.
  • Thanatos: his armour trim, the Wrath of Thanatos (Fury) offhand line, a Lucky IV exceptional orb, Netherite Scrap and Mining Bots (he is now their only source).
  • Hephaestus: his armour trim, the Hephaestus weapon trim, the Hephaestus's Spark offhand line, a Powerball IV exceptional orb, the Smoldering Lodestone, Netherite Scrap and the Enchant Catalyst (he is now its only source).

Every boss also drops Enchant Dust where it used to drop Motes of the Ancients.

The four Uber bosses roll from their own loot tables. Every uber kill drops 1 item from that boss's pool: one of its 2 uniques, an Exceptional orb, a Jewel Truing Stone or a Reforging Sigil, and each kill can also drop a Godly Booster Box.

Exceptional orbs

Every boss drops a signature exceptional enchant orb. The maximum level its enchant can reach:

  • Lamia: Efficiency 6
  • Echidna: Momentum 6
  • Thanatos: Lucky 4
  • Hephaestus: Powerball 4

Exceptional orbs have a 50% success rate, and each one must be charged with Ancient Energy before it can be applied. A failed application is consumed. Every Uber boss drops an exceptional orb of its own on top of these four.

Browsing a table in /loot

Every boss table is browsable in /loot, and each entry shows the real item it drops. /loot also shows how many rolls a boss kill makes and lists the bonus drops with their chance per kill. Boss tables are discovery-gated: a drop stays hidden until someone on the server finds it.

Bad-luck protection

If a chase item keeps eluding you, set it as your RNG Meter target so each kill brings you closer to a guaranteed drop. /rng also shows each drop's chance as 1 in X kills.

Version history

v4.0.0 (Map 4)

  • Lamia: Golden Ticket, Efficiency VI orb, Lamia's Veil and Shard Satchel are all rarer.
  • Echidna: Broodborn trims, Grappling Trinket, Contraband Satchel, Momentum VI orb and Raider armour trim are all rarer. The Raider armour trim now only drops from Echidna, and she has a new unique jewel hidden in her loot.
  • Thanatos: Mining Bots, his trim, the Lucky IV orb and the Fury offhands are all rarer. Mining Bots now only drop from him. He no longer drops the Raider armour trim, GKit beacons or the Enchant Catalyst, and drops 1 Netherite Scrap at a time instead of 1 to 3.
  • Hephaestus: his trim, the Smoldering Lodestone and the Spark offhands are all rarer. He no longer drops GKit beacons or Mining Bots, the Enchant Catalyst now only drops from him, and he drops 1 Netherite Scrap at a time instead of 1 to 3.
  • Bosses drop Enchant Dust where they used to drop Motes of the Ancients.
  • Every uber kill drops 1 item from that boss's pool, plus a chance at a Godly Booster Box. Uber kills no longer get the daily boss bonus.
  • /loot shows how many rolls a boss kill makes and lists bonus drops with their chance per kill.
  • Boss fights are solo, so the summoner is always the only player paid.

v3.0.0

  • The four Uber bosses have their own loot tables, separate from the normal bosses, and they show in /loot once you have seen them.
  • An Uber kill rolls 3 items, and every Uber has a unique drop of its own.
  • Echidna now drops the Broodborn armour and pickaxe trims (renamed from Surgeborn).
  • Hephaestus now drops the new Hephaestus weapon trim, which pairs with his armour set.
  • Exceptional orbs now take an Ancient Energy charge before they can be applied.
  • /loot now shows the real item for every drop, including flares, sigils and lootboxes.
  • Boss loot that dropped a Calcite Charge Satchel now drops Calcified Dust instead.

v2.0.0

  • Boss loot tables were rebuilt for the new map.
  • Boss enchant and exceptional orbs apply at a 50% success rate by default.
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