Yeah I just saw Tacet get a vault key. He got 100 gems from Sparklesack and from the 3 gnomes got 10k gold, 4k gold and 100 souls. Confirmed the vault gnomes are nerfed. This sucks. We were far better off with less gnomes but greater rewards.
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Well something appears to have changed the average of 41 explore matches from the previous 2 days jumped to 73 today. Also my Arcane and Celestial drop rates dropped from 6.2% the last few days / weeks to 5.1% as well 
| 24 and 25 - FEB | |
|---|---|
| # of Matches | Gnome Reward |
| 29 | 2 minor TS |
| 199 | 4k Gold |
| 53 | 1 gem key |
| 3 | 100 souls |
| 142 | 20 gems |
| 27 | 1 gem key |
| 56 | 100 souls |
| 42 | 2 minor nature TS |
| 24 | 4k Gold |
| 80 | 5 gems |
| 60 | 5 gems |
| 59 | 100 souls |
| 170 | 100 souls |
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If anyone manages to get a vault key Iād probably save it til a vault event seeing as the rewards in those periods is supposed to be better.
People complained and now the gnomes are more common but rubbish. Shame. At least they should be better in vault event weeks.
I doubt the rewards will be better in the vault in the vault events, but it will be easier to get a vault key because of a better drop rate. If I am wrong, oh wellā¦
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Gnomes should be rare to find and their rewards considerable good. 100 souls or 2,5k gold is like nothing 
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Those rewards are downright insulting though.
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They were before almost everyone started complaining, now theyāre pretty much worthless unfortunately. I know itās free stuff but 2 minor stones or 2 diamonds are just totally pointless. I for one wish theyād left them as they were.
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I did not know that the rewards in the vault, other than what the Legendary can give was so low. But he was damn lucky getting the new Legendary, so what he got was not an insult.
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Well, this would be true, except for the fact that Cedric doesnāt actually increase the chances of a Vault Key dropping or gnomes appearingā¦ his traits are utterly unremarkable unless youāre looking to gold farm, in which case youāre better off playing 3T PvP anyway.
If anyone has any ideas for a team for him, let me know. Iām not terribly impressed.
You rather would prefer 100 gems like tacet got, rather than a Legendary you were missing in your collection?
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Iām not sure what Iām missing here by not having Cedric? Maybe some sort of cutting edge Explore gold-cum-traitstone farming build? Heās like the Pharos-Ra of gold farming, albeit with a more incoherent design.
At any rate, thatās 16 arcane blade traitstones which I donāt have right now, so.
Ah, now I get you. You dont want new troops that you dont like or have plans for. I am a collector so I am happy for every new card, doesnt mean I will play them
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Updated with whats in thread so far.
Honestly, i only want a vault key for the troops im missing, as well as the achievement on Steam. the rewards outside of that could all be 100 gems, or minor traitstones and it wont bother me in the slightest.
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Iād take cedric too, itās just the other vault rewards are terrible unfortunately.
The minor traitstones are the only really pointless reward, since they are so common. Iām quite happy even with two diamonds - Iām seeing more gnomes, and Iām going to keep seeing them, so those diamonds will keep adding up.
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Hereās my loot so far from gnomes:
100 souls x13
500 souls x3
2,500 gold x14
4000 gold x10
6000 gold x1
10,000 gold x3
20,000 gold x3
1 gem key x5
4 gem keys x2
1 event key x6
3 event keys x1
5 gems x9
20 gems x2
2 diamonds x4
5 diamonds x4
2 minor traitstones x15
VAULT KEY x1
So altogether 96 gnomes for 1 vault key. Got the key after 20 gnomes so since then Iāve found 76 gnomes with no vault key.
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Based on the devās stated odds of āabout 1 in 30ā for a gnome to appear, mutliplied by the odds in the OP of this thread for getting a vault key (3 in 245 or about 1.2 percent) the odds of getting a vault key in any given match are approximately 1 in 2,500.
Itās tight. Just had 50,000 gold off one. What are the highest rewards?