Do you have to wear the item to get the catalyst?

[past hemlock]

For instance, I've used the sunshot a lot off and on, but I've never gotten the catalyst. Do I need to wear it for the catalyst to drop?

[solid galleon]

no

[past hemlock]

Ah ok, so then I'm just hella unlucky lol

Thanks for replying

[solid galleon]

yeah a lot of the catalysts that drop from ritual playlists are just rng

i played a bunch of trials yesterday and today and i just got the monte carlo catalyst

make sure to see what you need to do for the catalyst tho, some require you to be on a certain planet or doing a specific activity

[coral flicker]

idk what it is but i heard somewhere that farming the entrance of grasp drops catas so if you had weapons you want to level or catas you want to level, maybe try going there

take it with a grain of salt cuz i dont remember where i heard it and if its actually true

[halcyon trout]

I’ve gotten most to drop from nightfalls, crucible and gambit

I dont think dungeon encounters can but I know people farm the first encounter of grasp to get kills towards the catalyst when it’s dropped for them

[past hemlock]

That's crazy, because I've had sunshot since release and still haven't gotten it to drop. It says it drops from strikes and crucible, both of which I play a lot of

Kinda like how I've run kf many times in d1 and 5 or so times in d2 only to not get ToM to drop

[solid galleon]

took me 60-70 runs to get touch to drop

game just has the worst rng most of the time

[halcyon trout]

I got malfeasance this week and farmed some strikes over a couple of hours. I did one nightfall and the catalyst dropped immediately

I have heard that the more catalysts you have, sometimes it can lower your chances for more to drop but not sure on that

[past hemlock]

That sounds like something destiny would implement XD. Regardless, yeah the rng is by far the most irritating thing in the game that I can think of lol

[halcyon trout]

Yeah bungie is top tier trolls. I’ll never forget doing ghosts of deep dungeon and had the smg drop on every encounter 😭

[plucky sandal]

Just fyi about verb usage: one would equip or carry a weapon. Thx

[sour spear]

RNG can be a goddess or a devil. i almost have gotten a vanguard reset and not gotten montee carlo cat. all other cats didn't have issue getting

[past hemlock]

Technically I was not incorrect in my verb usage. To wear means to carry on your person, not necessarily defining whether or not it'd be used.

One can wear a sword, but to equip a sword means to ready it, prepare it for use.

I've done that for other things where I'd wear any item that I wouldn't use in order to get something completed that required that item be on, for instance. Thanks for the replies all of you cx

[past hemlock]

I know what you mean, Arbiter. RNGeezus outright hates me lol, I haven't gotten the bow from the spire dungeon either

Despite having done the dungeon multiple times since release. It sucks having a max attempts per week be as low as 3

Especially when the drop chances are abysmally low and can't really be increased by any meaningful amount

[plucky sandal]

Absolutely not. To wear only applies to clothing and ornamention.

[past hemlock]

Just Google it, trust me. I'd send a link, but the bot gets picky about what can go through the help threads for some reason, and also limits all messages to sub 220 words

[sour spear]

if you mean the newest dungeon, seems like if you get someone doing cat you got near guarenteed drop

[past hemlock]

No I'm talking about the bow from the spire of the watcher, called hierarchy of needs

[wary wyvern]

sub 10 clears isn't anything too crazy in terms of rng not dropping it yet, plus there are the triumphs that do increase the chances to drop it by quite a bit

when spire is on the rotator you can farm it endlessly as well

[past hemlock]

I can farm the exotic endlessly when it's in the rotation for the week?

And I'm pretty sure I saw that they only increased the chances of it dropping by an additive .25%, not much at all

[wary wyvern]

yeah when spire is on the rotator there is no lockout on loot for that week, you can do the boss cp to your heart's content

with the limited sample size of just me, getting all triumphs that increase the chances gave me all 3 rng dungeon exotics (duality, spire, ghosts) in the next 10 clears.

so it feels very sizable in my case. vex took me over 60 clears to get before the introduction of triumph increases, so they seem very worth it

[past hemlock]

Is there anything like that for touch of malice by any chance?

[solid galleon]

yes

it should be for every raid and dungeon, just do triumphs for the raid/dungeon and you'll get higher chances