At the top level of logic in Cases A and B, are these very important pick odds:
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Equipment (armor,weapons) Frequency = 10
Good (Gems, rings, amulets, jewels, charms) Frequency = 2
“No Drop” Frequency = 2- 100 (depends on number of players).
The no drop frequency Table is:Code: # of Players Frequency 1 100 2 41 3 22 4 13 5 8 6 5 7 3 8 2seen to the right.
“Equipment” and “Good” are categories that can drop the intended qualities of Unique or Set. Without the “No Drop” factor, Equipment and Good will be picked 12 out of 42 times; but including the “No Drop” factor means that “Equipment” and “Good” will only be picked 12 out of 44-142 times.
Normal Sparkly Chests and their Unique/Set Drop Odds
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Highest S/U 1st Sp Chest [[Image:Sparkly Chest alvl TC Drop Odds that can drop: Cave L2 2 3 --- Crypt 3 3 1:109.8 Arctic FursMausoleum 3 3 1:109.8 Underground Passage L2 4 3 1: 55.5 Biggin’s Bonnett Hole L2 5 6 1:182.3Pit L2 7 6 1: 49.6 Knell StrikerStony Tomb L2 12 15 1: 43.5 The DigglerAncient Tunnels 17 18 1: 30.5 Blinkbat’s Form Tal Rasha’s Tomb (5) 17 18 1: 30.5Arachnid Lair 21 21 1: 27.9 Sander’s ParagonGreat Marsh (2) 21 21 1: 27.9Swampy Pit L3 21 21 1: 27.9 Kurast Sewers L1 23 24 1: 27.4 DuskdeepGlacial Trail, Drifter Cavern, & Icy Cellar 29 36 1: 25.7 WizendrawAbaddon, Pit of Acheron & Infernal Pit 39 39 1: 21chests02.3 Stone of Jordanjpg|frame|center]]
The Normal Cave L2 Sparkly Chest cannot drop uniques or set items; its area level is too low. In fact, all the Act 1 Normal Chests are poor fishing grounds for Uniques and Set Items. This probably creates an impression with many players that Sparklies don’t yield much.
Nightmare Sparkly Chests and their Unique/Set Drop Odds
Code[[Image: Highest S/U 1st Sp Chest Sparkly Chest alvl TC Drop Odds that can drop: Cave L2 37 39 1: 24.8 Crypt 37 39 1: 24.8 Mausoleum 37 39 1: 24.8 Underground Passage L2 38 42 1: 24.7 Hole L2 39 42 1: 22.0 Silks of the Victor Pit L2 40 42 1: 21.9 Stony Tomb L2 44 45 1: 20.7 Arm of King LeoricAncient Tunnels 46 48 1: 20.7 Hone SundanTal Rasha’s Tomb (5) 49 48 1: 20-chests03.2 Lidless WallArachnid Lair 50 51 1: 20.2 Skullder’s IreGreat Marsh (2) 50 51 1: 20.2Swampy Pit L3 51 51 1: 20.0 Earthshaker Kurast Sewers L1 52 51 1: 20.1 Hulsoldo EvoAbaddon 60 57 1: 19.9 Crown of ThievesPit of Acheron, Drifter Cavern 61 57 1: 19.9 Glacial Trail, Icy Cellar, & Infernal Pit 62 60 1: 20.1 Que-Hegans Wisdom jpg|frame|center]]
Sparkly Chests in Hell will draw from higher TCs that cause the drops odds to go up slightly. But the higher TCs and area levels mean that better objects can drop. Here are the Hell Sparkly chests.
Hell Sparkly Chests and their Unique/Set Drop Odds
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Highest S/U 1st Sp Chest
Sparkly Chest alvl TC Drop Odds that can drop:
Cave L2 78 66 1[[Image: 20Sparkly-chests04.6 Thunderstroke Crypt 83 66 1: 20.6 Ormus’ RobesMausoleum 85 66 1: 20.4 Wolfhowl Underground Passage L2 83 66 1: 20.6 Hole L2 81 66 1: 20.6 Pit L2 85 66 1: 20.4 Stony Tomb L2 79 69 1: 21.1 Spike ThornAncient Tunnels 85 69 1: 20.8 Eschuta’s TemperTal Rasha’s Tomb 80 69 1: 21.1Arachnid Lair 79 75 1: 21.6 Great Marsh (2) 80 75 1: 21.5 RunemasterSwampy Pit L3 82 75 1: 21.4 Kurast Sewers L1 84 75 1: 21.3 BoneshadeAbaddon 81 84 1: 21.9 Gut Siphon Pit of Acheron, Glacial Trail 82 84 1: 21.7 Ravenlore Icy Cellar, & Infernal Pit 83 84 1: 21.9 Schaefers HammerDrifter Cavern 84 87 1: 21.9 Windforcejpg|frame|center]]
Note that it is the relatively ignored Drifter Cavern that has a Sparkly Chest with a small chance of dropping from TC87. However, the Chest can only drop items that have a qlvl of 84 or less. Fortunately, this turns out to be most of the TC87, namely:
Mean Number of Uniques per Case A drop.
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Sparkly Chest Norm NM Hell
Cave L2 0 0[[Image:Sparkly-chests05.847 1.113Crypt 0.188 0.847 1.116Mausoleum 0.188 0.847 1.135Underground Passage L2 0.371 0.870 1.116 Hole L2 0.114 0.981 1.116Pit L2 0.314 0.976 1.135Stony Tomb L2 0.387 1.021 1.089Ancient Tunnels 0.429 1.026 1.115Tal Rasha’s Tomb (5) 0.429 1.058 1.089Arachnid Lair 0.554 1.069 1.066Great Marsh (2) 0.554 1.069 1.070Swampy Pit L3 0.554 1.082 1.083 Kurast Sewers L1 0.557 1.082 1.083Abaddon 1.016 1.122 1.059Pit of Acheron 1.016 1.122 1.062Glacial Trail 0.667 1.122 1.063Icy Cellar & Infernal Pit 1.016 1.112 1.062Drifter Cavern 0.667 1.122 1.066jpg|frame|center]]
Does this mean that once in 50 times you open a Sparkly Chest, that at least one unique will drop? Heck, no. Let’s check out the frequency of zero, 1 and multiple uniques dropping for the Mausoleum SC in Normal, NM and Hell difficulties.
Frequency of Multiple Uniques dropping, Mausoleum SC,
Case A Drop @ 4 players
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Frequency of Occurrence, %Uniques Dropped Norm, NM Hell 0 82.40 38.11 30.043 1 16.39 42.76 40.71 2 1.21 15.83 21.79 3 0 2.88 6.09 4 0.487 1.54 5 0.061 0.301 6 0.0009 0.0067 7 1.65E[[Image:Sparkly-5 0chests06.0002jpg|frame|center]]
Thus, the drop odds for a 7 Unique drop from a Hell Mausoleum Sparkly Chest on players7 (4 players) are 1:1,459.357,479 – more than one in a billion! However, drops of 2-5 Uniques are considerably more likely; I’ve personally had a drop of three uniques from an SC –something you would see from the Hell Mausoleum chest every 800 runs or so.
