Retainer Drop Rates (Field Exploration XIV Ventures)Follow

What type of luck have you had selling the mossy materials? The price seems decent enough on my server but there doesn't seem to be a huge demand to craft i70 weapons...

Steady 15-20k on Lamia.

Update: 7/25/14. Another Tiny Tapir minon. Sells for 800k on my server and right now its the only one up so I put it at 989k. not bad.

Ilvl 88 Arcanist
XIV Field Exploration Venture (Gives 4 Allagan Silver pieces plus the following:)
1. 2 HQ Coeurl Skin
2. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
3. Mossy Stone Claws
4. 2 HQ Coeurl Skin
5. Mossy Stone Claws
6. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
7. 3 HQ Coeurl Skin
8. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
9. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
10. 3 HQ Coeurl Skin
11. 3 HQ Coeurl Skin
12. Mossy Stone Claws
13. Mossy Stone Sword
14. 2 HQ Coeurl Meat
15. Tiny Tapir Minion

ilvl 82 Marauder
XIV Field Exploration Venture (Gives 4 Allagan Silver pieces plus the following:)
1. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
2. 3 HQ Coeurl Meat
3. Mossy Stone Sword
4. 3 HQ Coeurl Meat
5. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
6. 2 HQ Coeurl Skin
7. 2 HQ Coeurl Skin
8. 3 HQ Coeurl Meat
9. Tiny Tapir Minion
10. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
11. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
12. Mossy Stone Claws
13. 2 HQ Coeurl Skin
14. 2 HQ Coeurl Meat
15. Mossy Stone Claws

Just about time to convert these to percentages, since the sample size has grown a bit.



Edited, Jul 25th 2014 1:20pm by Valkayree

Update: 8/4/14. No luck this weekend. Thought I would have seen something cool by now. This is getting ridiculous.

Ilvl 88 Arcanist
XIV Field Exploration Venture (Gives 4 Allagan Silver pieces plus the following:)
1. 2 HQ Coeurl Skin
2. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
3. Mossy Stone Claws
4. 2 HQ Coeurl Skin
5. Mossy Stone Claws
6. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
7. 3 HQ Coeurl Skin
8. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
9. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
10. 3 HQ Coeurl Skin
11. 3 HQ Coeurl Skin
12. Mossy Stone Claws
13. Mossy Stone Sword
14. 2 HQ Coeurl Meat
15. Tiny Tapir Minion
16. Mossy Stone Spear
17. 2 HQ Coeurl Meat
18. 2 HQ Coeurl Meat
19. 2 HQ Coeurl Meat
20. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
21. 2 HQ Coeurl Meat
22. Mossy Stone Spear
23. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
24. Mossy Stone Claws
25. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin

ilvl 82 Marauder
XIV Field Exploration Venture (Gives 4 Allagan Silver pieces plus the following:)
1. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
2. 3 HQ Coeurl Meat
3. Mossy Stone Sword
4. 3 HQ Coeurl Meat
5. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
6. 2 HQ Coeurl Skin
7. 2 HQ Coeurl Skin
8. 3 HQ Coeurl Meat
9. Tiny Tapir Minion
10. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
11. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
12. Mossy Stone Claws
13. 2 HQ Coeurl Skin
14. 2 HQ Coeurl Meat
15. Mossy Stone Claws
16. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
17. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
18. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
19. 3 HQ Hippogryph skin
20. 3 HQ Coeurl Skin
21. 3 HQ Coeurl Skin
22. Mossy Stone Sword
23. 3 HQ Coeurl Skin
24. 3 HQ Coeurl Skin
25. 3 HQ Coeurl Skin

Here are the percentages (combined)

N=50

1. 13/50 - 25% - HQ Coeurl Skin
2. 15/50 - 30% - HQ Hippogryph skin
3. 09/50 - 18% - HQ Coeurl Meat
4. 06/50 - 12% - Mossy Stone Claws
5. 03/50 - 6% - Mossy Stone Sword
6. 02/50 - 4% - Mossy Stone Spear
7. 02/50 - 4% - Tiny Tapir Minion
8. 00/50 - 0% - Mist Silk

Ah, the retainer ventures from the gathering classes are in a different bracket altogether.

Update: 8/11/14. I'm beginning to think that SE trolled the retainer XIV ventures.
Ilvl 88 Arcanist
ilvl 86 Marauder

XIV Field Exploration Venture (Gives 4 Allagan Silver pieces plus the following:)

Here are the percentages (combined)

N=66

1. 17/66 - 26% - HQ Coeurl Skin
2. 23/66 - 35% - HQ Hippogryph skin
3. 11/66 - 17% - HQ Coeurl Meat
4. 07/66 - 11% - Mossy Stone Claws
5. 03/66 - 4% - Mossy Stone Sword
6. 03/66 - 4% - Mossy Stone Spear
7. 02/66 - 3% - Tiny Tapir Minion
8. 00/66 - 0% - Mist Silk
9. 00/66 - 0% - Floss Silk

My data puts the minion at 3%.

My last post on the XIV ventures. With 2.35 i have given up on them to refocus my ilvl 88 and 86 retainers to a more potentially lucrative venture (the increased chance of rare items on the quick ventures). I am going to be sorely dissapointed if all this means is that they can get the same things that any retainer could get pre-2.35. Havent got anything good yet, so I dont know, but if I get a white armor fragment I know I'm on the right track. As of now, my ilvl 86 and 89 retainers give me a message that their gear is sufficient for an increased chance at rare items, while my ilvl 50 botanist and 50 miner say that with better gear they could have a better chance at rare items. Then the ilvl 86 and 89 proceed to bring me sweet cream and sea slugs.

Ilvl 88 Arcanist
ilvl 86 Marauder

XIV Field Exploration Venture (Gives 4 Allagan Silver pieces plus the following:)

Here are the percentages (combined)

N=78

1. 21/78 - 27% - HQ Coeurl Skin
2. 28/78 - 36% - HQ Hippogryph skin
3. 13/78 - 17% - HQ Coeurl Meat
4. 07/78 - 9% - Mossy Stone Claws
5. 03/78 - 4% - Mossy Stone Sword
6. 04/78 - 5% - Mossy Stone Spear
7. 02/78 - 3% - Tiny Tapir Minion
8. 00/78 - 0% - Mist Silk
9. 00/78 - 0% - Floss Silk

The rewards for the quick ventures seem to be the most potentially lucrative now. XIII ventures decreased the rarity of the minon drop, and in the XIV ventures the minion drop is dismal. At least I can make some money this way at the cost of many more ventures. Again, I don't know what the new items are yet, I am dreading that the "rare" items they mention are what all other retainers could get pre 2.35, and they just toned it down for those with low level retainers. But it seems like if they did that they wouldnt have put such a "postiive addition" spin on it. Perhaps they would have said that the retainers with lower level could no longer obtain rare items. They make it seem as if they have added something. I am curious.

Edited, Aug 22nd 2014 8:22am by Valkayree