Diablo - [Diablo 2] Comprehensive Guide to High Rune Drop Rates

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[Diablo 2] Comprehensive Guide to High Rune Drop Rates Posted: 19 Feb 2018 01:00 PM PST Introduction Hello all, Like many of you, I have been obsessed recently with trying to obtain high runes. Seeing all of the posts hit /r/diablo2 lately of people finding high runes has really kicked me into overdrive, and sent me on a quest to find out just how likely it is that runes will drop from given monsters. With this information, I will try to figure out the most efficient way to search for high runes. Rolling for Runes 17 I get into the details a little bit here for those that are interested, but for those that are not, feel free to skip to the next section. Whenever a monster dies in Diablo 2, the game "rolls" to see what items are dropped. Every monster has its own Treasure Class, which determines both the odds of what items drop and the quality of those items. Runes 17 is the TC that we will be concerned with today, because it is the only Treasure Class that has a chance to drop Zod, the highest rune in the game. If Runes 17 is rolled on an item drop, there is a 1:5171 chance that Zod will drop. If a Zod does not drop, then the game rolls on Runes 16. Runes 16 has a 2:3962 chance for a Cham, and a 3:3962 chance for a Jah. If neither of those runes drop, then the game rolls on Runes 15, and it continues down all the way to Runes 1, which is guaranteed to be an El or Eld. Given that Runes 17 is rolled, the odds of each high rune are as follows: Rune Chance (1 in...) Chance of ... or better Zod 5171 5171 Cham 1981 1432 Jah 1321 687 Ber 1475 469 Sur 983 317 Lo 1091 246 Ohm 727 184 Vex 764 148 Gul 509 115 Ist 538 95 Mal 358 75 Um 367 62 Pul 245 50 One interesting thing to note is that the odds do not strictly go down as the rune level goes down. For example, Ber is actually slightly more rare than Jah, even though it's lower on the chart. So, it is not necessarily a wise idea to turn 2 Ber into a Jah in the Horadric Cube (unless of course you are playing on Single Player and don't have the ability to trade with other players). Anyway, those odds sound pretty good, right? Well, unfortunately, rolling on Runes 17 isn't all that common. The only way to roll on Runes 17 is to drop it from a higher treasure class, Act 5 (H) Good (hereafter referred to as "A5G"). All monsters and chests in Level 85 Areas (as well as Nihlathak) have the ability to roll on this Treasure Class. If A5G is rolled, the odds of Runes 17 are 14/130, or just over 10%. The odds of rolling A5G vary from between 1:150 to 1:5, depending on the monster and how many players are in the game. At the end of the day, maximizing the odds of rolling on the A5G Treasure Class is the best way to get high runes. So, what do those odds look like when everything is accounted for? Rune Odds Tables Important Note: All tables in this section are for a game with just one player. Increasing the number of players in your game can significantly increase the odds of dropping runes, because the more players in your game, the lesser chance you have of getting "no drop" for a monster's item roll. The default value for "No drop" for monsters is 100 in players 1, and drops all the way to 41 in players 3. This means that the average monster in a Level 85 area has a 2/160 chance of A5G in players 1, and a 2/119 chance of A5G in players 3, a significant ~30% increase. Increasing the number of players has a smaller effect on Champions, Uniques, etc (in terms of their odds of dropping runes), but the effect is still there. More on this in the following section.. White Mobs The following table is for all monsters that are not champions, unique monsters, or bosses (minions are included in the numbers below). Wraiths are all monsters that are Wraiths, Finger Mages, or Willow Wisps. Swarms are all monsters that are Swarms or Vultures. Rune (Wraiths) Chance Chance of ... or better Rune (Quill Rats) Chance Chance of ... or better Rune (Cows) Chance Chance of ... or better Rune (Others) Chance Chance of ... or better Rune (Swarms) Chance Chance of ... or better Zod 1248427 1248427 Zod 1992682 1992682 Zod 2560876 2560876 Zod 3841314 3841314 Zod 7202464 7202464 Cham 478363 345845 Cham 763540 552021 Cham 981256 709425 Cham 1471885 1064137 Cham 2759784 1995257 Jah 318908 165915 Jah 509027 264826 Jah 654171 340339 Jah 981256 510509 Jah 1839856 957204 Ber 356143 113186 Ber 568458 180662 Ber 730549 232176 Ber 1095823 348264 Ber 2054668 652995 Sur 237428 76647 Sur 378972 122340 Sur 487033 157225 Sur 730549 235837 Sur 1369779 442194 Lo 263383 59370 Lo 420400 94763 Lo 540273 121784 Lo 810410 182676 Lo 1519518 342518 Ohm 175589 44368 Ohm 280267 70818 Ohm 360182 91012 Ohm 540273 136517 Ohm 1013012 255970 Vex 184368 35762 Vex 294280 57082 Vex 378191 73358 Vex 567287 110037 Vex 1063663 206319 Gul 122912 27702 Gul 196187 44217 Gul 252128 56825 Gul 378191 85237 Gul 709109 159819 Ist 129813 22830 Ist 207201 36440 Ist 266283 46831 Ist 399424 70246 Ist 748920 131712 Mal 86542 18065 Mal 138134 28834 Mal 177522 37055 Mal 266283 55583 Mal 499280 104219 Um 88703 15008 Um 141584 23955 Um 181956 30786 Um 272933 46179 Um 511750 86585 Pul 59136 11970 Pul 94389 19106 Pul 121304 24554 Pul 181956 36831 Pul 341167 69059 So, interestingly enough, Wraiths have the best odds of dropping high runes (well, any runes, actually) of any monster class in the game. Quill Rats and Cows are also better than most monsters, and Swarms/Vultures are worse than average. Special Mobs This next table is for Chests, and all other monsters except the Countess, who as you probably know has special rules surrounding rune drops. Rune (Chests) Chance Chance of ... or better Rune (Champions) Chance Chance of ... or better Rune (Uniques) Chance Chance of ... or better Rune (Super Uniques) Chance Chance of ... or better Rune (Bosses) Chance Chance of ... or better Rune (Minibosses) Chance Chance of ... or better Zod 870,298 870,298 Zod 1,600,548 1,600,548 Zod 744,255 744,255 Zod 384,532 384,532 Zod 236,964 236,964 Zod 212,283 212,283 Cham 333,474 241,094 Cham 613,285 443,390 Cham 285,178 206,177 Cham 147,342 106,525 Cham 90,798 65,645 Cham 81,341 58,808 Jah 222,316 115,662 Jah 408,857 212,712 Jah 190,118 98,911 Jah 98,228 51,104 Jah 60,532 31,492 Jah 54,227 28,212 Ber 248,272 78,904 Ber 456,593 145,110 Ber 212,316 67,476 Ber 109,696 34,863 Ber 67,599 21,484 Ber 60,559 19,246 Sur 165,515 53,432 Sur 304,395 98,265 Sur 141,544 45,693 Sur 73,131 23,608 Sur 45,066 14,548 Sur 40,372 13,033 Lo 183,608 41,388 Lo 337,671 76,115 Lo 157,017 35,394 Lo 81,125 18,287 Lo 49,993 11,269 Lo 44,786 10,095 Ohm 122,406 30,930 Ohm 225,114 56,882 Ohm 104,678 26,450 Ohm 54,084 13,666 Ohm 33,329 8,422 Ohm 29,857 7,544 Vex 128,526 24,930 Vex 236,370 45,849 Vex 109,912 21,320 Vex 56,788 11,015 Vex 34,995 6,788 Vex 31,350 6,081 Gul 85,684 19,311 Gul 157,580 35,515 Gul 73,275 16,515 Gul 37,859 8,533 Gul 23,330 5,258 Gul 20,900 4,710 Ist 90,494 15,915 Ist 166,427 29,269 Ist 77,388 13,610 Ist 39,984 7,032 Ist 24,640 4,333 Ist 22,073 3,882 Mal 60,330 12,593 Mal 110,951 23,160 Mal 51,592 10,769 Mal 26,656 5,564 Mal 16,427 3,429 Mal 14,716 3,072 Um 61,836 10,462 Um 113,722 19,241 Um 52,881 8,947 Um 27,322 4,623 Um 16,837 2,849 Um 15,083 2,552 Pul 41,224 8,345 Pul 75,815 15,346 Pul 35,254 7,136 Pul 18,215 3,687 Pul 11,225 2,272 Pul 10,055 2,035 Some notes about this table: The "Chests" section is only for regular chests (feel free to read up on "Super Chests"). In the "Bosses" section, only Baal and Diablo can drop Zod. Mephisto can drop everything up to Cham, Duriel can drop everything up to Sur (though his odds are greatly decreased because each individual item he drops has a 2/3 chance of being a TP scroll), and Andariel can drop everything up to Ohm. "Minibosses" includes Hephasto and Nihlathak (can drop up to Zod), Izual and Council Members (Cham), Radament (Sur), the Summoner (Ohm), and Blood Raven (Vex). The numbers for each of these minibosses don't exactly match each other, but they are very close so I left them in the same table for consistency. The Countess The Countess, like the other minibosses, has a "regular" drop with odds similar to the other minibosses where she can drop a rune up to Lo. However, she also has a special drop - she is the only thing in the game that rolls on a Runes Treasure Class directly, instead of through another roll. This means that the odds of her dropping runes are significantly higher - specifically, she has 3 chances (each with a 75% chance) of rolling on the Runes 12 table (up to Ist). When these special odds are added to her "normal" rune drop, this is what we get (note that these are the odds for at least one of the given runes to drop): Rune Chance Chance of ... or better Lo 49998 49998 Ohm 33332 19999 Vex 35137 12745 Gul 23425 8254 Ist 519 519 Mal 346 208 Um 353 131 Pul 235 84 Lem 179 57 Fal 119 39 Ko 92 27 Lum 61 19 Io or worse 95% Efficiently Rune Hunting So, with all of this data, what is the best way to farm for high runes? Well...that depends. The fastest way to guarantee that a high rune will drop is an 8 player group in any of the level 85 areas - specifically, Chaos Sanctuary, Worldstone Keep, and the Cow Level, due to a higher monster density. However, that means that you'll be competing with 7 other players for grabbing that high rune when it does actually drop. Farming by yourself in a game with more than one player increases your odds of dropping runes, but it can also slow down the rate at which you kill monsters. Farming white mobs on players 3 yields about 30% more runes, but if it takes you 50% longer to kill those monsters, then it's not worth it. Going from players 1 to players 3 is a fairly significant boost in rune drop rate, but any further increases are a lot less noticeable. Of course, there are other factors to consider as well. Are you farming only for high runes, or are you also farming for keys/essences/etc? Ultimately, at the end of the day, the best answer I can give is this. Farm level 85 areas at the highest amount of players that you can play without slowing you down significantly. I would also advise against doing runs where you only kill a specific boss or miniboss (yes, even the Countess), or only farm super chests. Kill large packs on the way (especially wraiths) and any uniques that you find. This has the added benefit of being a lot less boring. The best tip I can give that I have not seen echoed in threads where people give advice on rune hunting is to do the Cow Level. They are pretty easy to kill for most classes, have a high monster density, and have better odds than the average monster (about 50% better). Just watch out for that Cow King! Conclusion That's all I got. Hopefully this was useful to some of you, and I very much hope that I did not make any large mistakes in my calculations (though, after doing a lot of research and checking other numbers that people have come up with, I don't think this is the case). Feel free to ask any questions in the comments below. Thanks! Credit and HUGE thanks goes to Warrior of Light and all of the other authors of the Item Generation Tutorial on the Diablo Wiki. submitted by /u/preppypoof [link] [comments]

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