Geode drop rate bugged? | Stairway Games | Page 1

analog brook Sep 16, 2023, 6:00 PM

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I started a new game with the last update and I’m finding it nearly impossible to get geodes. I have 160% rare drop on my pickaxe and I’m finding an ungodly amount of fossils, but so few geodes. Is this a bug?

chilly vortex Sep 16, 2023, 6:07 PM

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Not bugged, just nerfed

void rivet Sep 16, 2023, 8:06 PM

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Geodes are very nerfed. It’s really frustrating. Need gems to fill the museum, can’t get gems because geode drop low. Enchant and still can’t get many geodes. Even clearing an entire floor doesn’t net many. It’s really annoying.

violet kite Sep 16, 2023, 8:07 PM

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i NEED them to swap the base rates for geodes & elemental essences

placid cypress Sep 16, 2023, 9:15 PM

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Yeah it's crazy that even with max enchantments, skills, buffs, etc. you'll still only find a few in a whole day of farming

woven cobalt Sep 16, 2023, 10:41 PM

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violet kite i NEED them to swap the base rates for geodes & elemental essences

For real. I dont need 80 earth essences - I need ONE geode. I have been using bombs to clear whole floors and I'll end up with 5-6 geodes PER entire cave system.

weary trellis Sep 16, 2023, 10:43 PM

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violet kite i NEED them to swap the base rates for geodes & elemental essences

Or make them even 👀

violet kite Sep 16, 2023, 10:45 PM

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woven cobalt For real. I dont need 80 earth essences - I need ONE geode. I have been using bo...

(part of that is bc bombs dont activate perks/enchants - only pickaxe does) but yes!

woven cobalt Sep 16, 2023, 10:50 PM

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violet kite (part of that is bc bombs dont activate perks/enchants - only pickaxe does) but ...

I know it sucks - My pickaxe dissappeared and this is the only way I can mine. I really really hope they fix that bug soon. It's driving me insane.

dreamy barn Sep 17, 2023, 4:32 AM

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yeah, this is terrible, it's going to take me forever to fill up the gems offering

analog brook Sep 17, 2023, 1:03 PM

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If it’s just a nerf I feel like it’s gone entirely too far. I’ve spent 3 days in a row from 10am to midnight in the mines and come out with maybe 10 geodes. Dozens of fossils, over 100 essences, but unbelievably little geodes.

I’m gonna use one of the duplicated pickaxes to take my enchant off and see if it’s better. Time to experiment. 😅

analog brook Sep 17, 2023, 6:04 PM

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Definitely got significantly more geodes without rare drop enchant. I don’t know if it just cranks the fossil/essence rate so far that geodes just suffer, but I’m leaving it off for now.

chilly vortex Sep 17, 2023, 6:43 PM

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Really?

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It also depends on what mine you're in

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Water mine, for example, has a significantly lower drop rate

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What mine were you in when you got the geodes?

analog brook Sep 17, 2023, 8:54 PM

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All of it was done in the fire mine, but I got more mystery geodes than fire geodes.

It could be coincidental, I suppose. I’m not sure what the back end luck variances are or anything, but I compared a 3 day run in the fire mine on each run, both had the same level “extra drop” enchant on a gold pickaxe.

The first was with 160% rare drop, which yielded 10 geodes. This was standard for what my mine runs were yielding.

The next I removed the rare drop for whatever random enchant I rolled, and my run yielded 21 geodes.

violet kite Sep 17, 2023, 8:58 PM

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I’m thinking the addition of elemental essences & the reintroduction of fossils to the drop table in mines has skewed what rare drop buffs

Bc instead of geodes getting a good boost, now the fossils get way too much boost, & essences in general just drop sooo much

chilly vortex Sep 17, 2023, 9:08 PM

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I ran a small experiment

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Since I'm not removing rare drop from my pickaxe, I decided to primarily use bombs on levels 25-30. Out of the 4 levels explored, I got 4 wind geodes and 1 mystery geode

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I then 100% cleared levels 15 and 16 with just my pickaxe and ended up with 9 wind geodes and 1 mystery geode

#Geode drop rate bugged?