Editing Myths and Misinformation (section)

==Drop Rate Myths==
:'''On how to get more mold drops: ''"my best way is to....kill the boss....hundreds of times..."'' - MagicHamsta (of Lost City)'''

:'''''"Drop nerfing is determined by the highest level character to engage the monster in combat."'' - Sihndra (administrator)'''

Some people believe that picking up mob drops in instanced dungeons will harm your drop rate.  Stranger still, some believe that using Pumpkin Head pills and the like will improve your drop rate.  There are numerous other similar beliefs on weird things you can do or not do that will affect your drop rate, none of which are true.

The only thing that is known to affect drop rates is your level or the level of people in your party.  If you are no more than two levels higher than the mob that you are fighting, then you will get the normal drop rate.

This is the source of another myth: having a low level in your party will boost your drop rate.  This is also false.  The drop rate will never improve over the baseline, so if your party is fighting mobs that are their level or higher, then adding a low level will '''not''' increase the drop rate.  The level is determined by the highest level member of the squad that is in range of the mob that is killed, regardless of whether the highest level member attacks or not.

'''In short:''' If you aren't picking up drops then you're needlessly throwing money away.  The best way to improve your drop rate is for you or your party to be no more than two levels higher than the mobs that you're fighting (no green-named mobs).

For more information see:<br>
Perfect World Database - [http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/drop How drop rate is calculated]

The [http://www.pwdatabase.com/pwi/ Perfect World Database] site also lists the drop rates for most items from most mobs, and is reasonably (but not completely) accurate.  Be sure that "/pwi/" is in the URL path when using that site to get the PWI information (click the American flag if it is missing from the URL path).
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