Shielding the Mind - Chitin Carapaces

[Twinstar]

Hello,
First time poster. Really like this game. I'm concerned about drop rates, and would like to understand them better please. Playing on Hard difficulty. I started documenting the drops from either Carrion Eaters or Devourers in the Askatir Mine after spending hours getting the first 2 carapaces of the 4 required for the Shielding the Mind quest. Here are the results, is this typical? Seems like a 2% drop rate for a quest item.

1 no drop
2 no drop
3 no drop
4 no drop
5 no drop
6 emerald
7 no drop
8 no drop
9 emerald
10 emerald
11 no drop
12 no drop
13 emerald
14 no drop
15 emerald
16 no drop
17 emerald
18 emerald
19 no drop
20 no drop
21 emerald
22 emerald
23 no drop
24 no drop
25 no drop
26 no drop
27 no drop
28 emerald
29 no drop
30 no drop
31 emerald
32 emerald
33 no drop
34 emerald
35 emerald
36 no drop
37 no drop
38 no drop
39 emerald
40 no drop
41 no drop
42 emerald
43 no drop
44 emerald
45 no drop
46 no drop
47 no drop
48 no drop
49 no drop
50 emerald
51 emerald
52 no drop
53 no drop
54 no drop
55 no drop
56 no drop
57 no drop
58 no drop
59 no drop
60 no drop
61 no drop
62 no drop
63 no drop
64 no drop
65 no drop
66 CARAPACE!!
67 no drop
68 no drop
69 small emerald - may have been smalls in the past
70 no drop - devourer
71 no drop
72 no drop
73 no drop
74 no drop
75 no drop
76 no drop
77 no drop - devourer
78 no drop
79 no drop
80 no drop
81 no drop
82 no drop
83 no drop
84 no drop
85 no drop
86 no drop
87 no drop
88 no drop
89 no drop
90 no drop
91 no drop
92 Devourer Sting - from a devourer
93 no drop
94 no drop
95 CARAPACE!!

Level 12 Cleric

 

[Xen]

Try Imperial Fortress, it's way easier to access and rerun the dungeon rather than facing the spiders along the way in Askatir Mines.

 

[MikeB]

I just checked. The effective drop rate should be about 11% and 19% for Carrion Eaters and Devourers, respectively. So it seems that you have either been very unlucky or you didn't get fresh spawns each time you entered the mine.

The latter thing happens if you simply reload a save and enter the mine again without sleeping at an inn (or having been killed) beforehand. If the dungeon isn't properly reset, the drops (or lack of drops) will always be the same, no matter how often you try.

 

[Twinstar]

Thanks. I think I've learned a bit and think it was just what you were saying, not getting new drop resets.

I've since been grinding the Minotaur dungeon for xp/gold, clearing most of the first floor, then resting at the inn, and I get horns all the time, which I was struggling with before when I wasn't...playing quite right.

Thanks for the thoughts!
JT