Item rarities

Item rarities in Ashes of Creation.

• Poor.
• Common.
• Uncommon.
• Rare.
• Heroic.
• Epic.
• Legendary.
• Artifact.

Looting

Alpha-2 Looting UI.

It's anywhere from 2 to 4% chance on an individual mob kill that it might drop a completed item. But, the majority of those cases are going to be basic white low quality items that get dropped essentially and you don't have control over some of the stats that relate to that item. – Steven Sharif

• Mobs drop glint, items, and crafting materials in preference to gold.
  • Glint is not bound to a specific region and can be also dropped by players on death as stolen glint, based on applicable death penalties.
  • The rarity of glint increases with the mob's level.
  • Loot tables are disabled for player controlled monsters.
  • Experience debt decreases the drop rate percentages from monsters.

Q: Are Alpha-2 bosses dropping full items instead of recipes and mats placeholder?

A: The reward tables are very much in a functional state right now. So, I wouldn't look at these reward tables and say oh this is long-term intended. This is for A2 purposes. However, it is going to be a combination of both. You're going to have full loot drops that are going to occur with world bosses. That is an expectation that should be kept. But, in addition, you will have recipes, you will have unique material components that are used to create those items as well; and you'll also have the ability to deconstruct those items to recoup some of those more unique materials to potentially create more. – Steven Sharif

• Loot (loot tables) from mobs and bosses have about a 2-4% RNG chance of dropping gear (completed items).
  • There is also a chance that materials and unique recipes are dropped that can be used to craft items of equitable value.
  • Most completed item drops will be of low quality items, but there is a small RNG chance of looting rare and legendary items or crafting materials from mobs based on the level, status and type of mob. This also applies to harvesting resources with a gathering profession.
  • RNG drop chances will likely not be made public.
  • Stats on dropped items will vary based on the rarity of the item.

• The greater level disparity between the player and the mob being looted, the lower the drop percentages will be from that mob.

Currently, if your level in comparison to the monster is greater than 3 levels apart there will be a slight fall off in drop efficiency. In a party, this uses the greatest disparity as the whole parties comparison. If you or a member of the party is greater than 9 levels apart from the monster, then drop chance and exp is not possible. – Steven Sharif

• Loot tables will likely not be affected by weather conditions. This was previously listed as a possible effect.

• There won't be specific loot drops for artisans. Previously it was stated that master gatherers may have the ability to "spoil" a boss' loot.

Q: Can only one gathering artisan harvest resources from a single boss, or can multiple different artisans harvest different parts from a boss for different resources? For example, a lumberjack gets a special wood from Tumock's tree weapon, while a herbalist gathers the flowers from that same tree.

A: We don't have the concept of harvesting from bosses. NPCs follow a reward table format, where those reward tables are global. They're not unique to particular players. So, once the NPC is vanquished, you have access to the loot container that is its corpse; and it has a static value of either materials or items that get dropped; and whatever the party loot settings are that you might be a part of, or if you're a solo player you will be able to recover those things. – Steven Sharif

See also

• Gear
• Weapons
• Armor
• Items