Item drops questions

[Urrdazen]

Item drops questions

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I'm wondering if there are certain items that only drop from certain bosses? I'm starting to gather a list of items that I will want for my necro and I can't find a database that tells me where to look for the item. I'm assuming that any items can drop off of any monsters and from what I've been able to gather this seems like how it works. Do all items drop based on the item level, monster level formula? Or are there certain items (maybe uniques or something) that only Diablo or only Baal drop?

For example, it seems that the Arm of King Loric is a good wand for a necro. I did some searching and it appears that any boss is capable of dropping this?

Also, I see references to how much MF people have, like say 600mf. Is that 600% or is there an actual stat for mf? I've found a few items with +mf but they are all % based. I found the nagelring (sp?) and it adds something like 23% mf. So when people post how much mf there gear has what exactly does that mean?

And, I keep reading about people doing loot runs, killing bosses over and over again. So if I kill a boss, how soon can I go back and kill them again? Is there a trick to get them to spawn again?

Ok, thanks again to everyone!

 

[flamedarklord]

More basic questions here

I'm wondering if there are certain items that only drop from certain bosses? I'm starting to gather a list of items that I will want for my necro and I can't find a database that tells me where to look for the item. I'm assuming that any items can drop off of any monsters and from what I've been able to gather this seems like how it works. Do all items drop based on the item level, monster level formula? Or are there certain items (maybe uniques or something) that only Diablo or only Baal drop?

For example, it seems that the Arm of King Loric is a good wand for a necro. I did some searching and it appears that any boss is capable of dropping this?

Also, I see references to how much MF people have, like say 600mf. Is that 600% or is there an actual stat for mf? I've found a few items with +mf but they are all % based. I found the nagelring (sp?) and it adds something like 23% mf. So when people post how much mf there gear has what exactly does that mean?

And, I keep reading about people doing loot runs, killing bosses over and over again. So if I kill a boss, how soon can I go back and kill them again? Is there a trick to get them to spawn again?

Ok, thanks again to everyone!

As far as im aware on pindle can drop any item in the game(except annilahus). All rest are determined on the lvl of the monster.

600mf is a % so 600% mf is what they mean. add your nagels to say an ali baba and a shako and its the combined % of all added together.

The loot runs are were certain bosses are usually killed and then repeated straight away. generally it is easy to get to bosses such as mephi, andarial and pindle. as soon as you have killed them leave the game create a new one and kill them again.

 

[Urrdazen]

Awesome, thanks for the help!

 

[Elgar]

More basic questions here

I'm wondering if there are certain items that only drop from certain bosses? I'm starting to gather a list of items that I will want for my necro and I can't find a database that tells me where to look for the item. I'm assuming that any items can drop off of any monsters and from what I've been able to gather this seems like how it works. Do all items drop based on the item level, monster level formula? Or are there certain items (maybe uniques or something) that only Diablo or only Baal drop?

For example, it seems that the Arm of King Loric is a good wand for a necro. I did some searching and it appears that any boss is capable of dropping this?

Also, I see references to how much MF people have, like say 600mf. Is that 600% or is there an actual stat for mf? I've found a few items with +mf but they are all % based. I found the nagelring (sp?) and it adds something like 23% mf. So when people post how much mf there gear has what exactly does that mean?

And, I keep reading about people doing loot runs, killing bosses over and over again. So if I kill a boss, how soon can I go back and kill them again? Is there a trick to get them to spawn again?

Ok, thanks again to everyone!

Look at ATMA for the drop calculator, it will tell you what monster will drop a certain object with the highest probability. As long as a monster is high enough level, it could drop a set of items.

600 mf is +600% chance to find a magical item. this is a sum of all the +% mf gear.

The trick to make a boss spawn again: Start a new game (on bnet) or exit and reenter (on SP).

 

[farkukunt]

If your in asia Relm i have some items you may like. I don't know where the asia trade is so i may as well post this tread and hope some people are intreseted. If anyone is PM me and i'll give you a list of what i have. I have all types of things. Cheers Doug.

 

[Urrdazen]

If your in asia Relm i have some items you may like. I don't know where the asia trade is so i may as well post this tread and hope some people are intreseted. If anyone is PM me and i'll give you a list of what i have. I have all types of things. Cheers Doug.

Thanks for the offer but I'm on US West and I want to try and get through as much as possible without any handouts

 

[logger120]

get ATMA you can find link in the single player forum. it has a drop calculator (a very good one at that) which will tell best odds of finding items, what bosses can drop what, and the odds that said item actually will drop from said boss. MF has a base of 100 so if the nagel is your only mf you'd have 123. you have to save and exit for the boss to respawn. you can do this immediately after you kill boss and pick up items then ID and stash them when you start an new game then do another run rinse repeat.