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It might be surprising to learn that farming for rare items is often going to take considerably longer than you may have initially thought based on the drop-rate. Of course, you might get lucky and drop this reward on your first attempt! | It might be surprising to learn that farming for rare items is often going to take considerably longer than you may have initially thought based on the drop-rate. Of course, you might get lucky and drop this reward on your first attempt! | ||
== Visual representation of drop rates == | |||
To visualize what this means, here is a graph showing four different drop rates: | |||
[[File:Visualized_binomial_drop_rates.png|400px]] | |||
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! Drop rate !! Color !! #Attempts for 80% Chance | |||
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| 1/10,000 || Red || 16,000 | |||
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| 1/20,000 || Orange || 32,000 | |||
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| 1/30,000 || Blue || 48,000 | |||
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| 1/40,000 || Green || 64,500 | |||
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So keep grinding, and see the next section for some of the math behind the probabilities of drops. | So keep grinding, and see the next section for some of the math behind the probabilities of drops. | ||
