# Finding rare Traitstones dependant on difficulty level?
**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/finding-rare-traitstones-dependant-on-difficulty-level/54766
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [May 4, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/finding-rare-traitstones-dependant-on-difficulty-level/54766 "2019-05-04T21:09:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@oninowon](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/oninowon)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/finding-rare-traitstones-dependant-on-difficulty-level/54766/1 "2019-05-04T21:09:02Z")
So I’ve been trying to get a certain kind of traitstone, namely the Arcane Rage Traitstone. I thought I would have a better chance of finding it if I increased the difficulty of the battles. However, I was told that level of difficulty did not increase my chance and that it would be better to battle in normal difficulty. Is this true?
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### Author:  [@WWDiver](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/WWDiver)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/finding-rare-traitstones-dependant-on-difficulty-level/54766/2 "2019-05-04T21:15:51Z")
Yep, they are rare and they stay rare… or that is my experience anyway… 🥴
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### Author:  [@RiverSong](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/RiverSong)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/finding-rare-traitstones-dependant-on-difficulty-level/54766/3 "2019-05-04T21:34:14Z")
This is true. Your best option is repeated explores in Pridelands, if I am correct that n thinking arcane rage is double red.
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### Author:  [@Mariana](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mariana)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/finding-rare-traitstones-dependant-on-difficulty-level/54766/4 "2019-05-04T21:56:59Z")
Always explore on normal. Does not affect drop rate. Go for speed.
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### Author:  [@WWDiver](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/WWDiver)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/finding-rare-traitstones-dependant-on-difficulty-level/54766/5 "2019-05-04T23:17:57Z")
Except if you’re going for XP, at Warlord level it yields more. 🖖
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### Author:  [@Mariana](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mariana)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/finding-rare-traitstones-dependant-on-difficulty-level/54766/6 "2019-05-05T00:00:19Z")
The question was does difficulty affect the drop rate of traitstones, which it does not
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### Author:  [@oninowon](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/oninowon)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/finding-rare-traitstones-dependant-on-difficulty-level/54766/7 "2019-05-05T01:16:44Z")
thanks guys! exploring on warlord III difficulty just for the elusive rage traitstone is a pain
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### Author:  [@Rockwell](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rockwell)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/finding-rare-traitstones-dependant-on-difficulty-level/54766/8 "2019-05-05T23:24:15Z")
Just go Normal Difficulty and then either Sunbird, Firebombs or Princess Elspeth, 2 x Bombots, Troglodyte
Usually takes about 15 seconds a game on 4x speed 👍