# Has arcane drop rate changed?

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/has-arcane-drop-rate-changed/34295>\
**Category:** Gameplay Chat (PlayStation/Xbox)\
**Created:** [December 23, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/has-arcane-drop-rate-changed/34295 "2017-12-23T12:26:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![LandR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85e7bf/32.png) [@LandR](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/LandR)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/has-arcane-drop-rate-changed/34295/1 "2017-12-23T12:26:11Z")

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Recently got a pharos-ra, so I’m trying to fully trait him to get 150% souls bonus.

After 300+ explores I’m finding arcanes dropping at about a rate of 1 in 50 matches.

I don’t think it used to be this hard? Have they changed it recently?

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**Author:** ![BRchell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/brchell/32/30489_2.png) [@BRchell](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/BRchell)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/has-arcane-drop-rate-changed/34295/2 "2017-12-23T12:36:55Z")

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Seems no different here. Sometimes it gets like that tho.

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**Author:** ![LandR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85e7bf/32.png) [@LandR](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/LandR)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/has-arcane-drop-rate-changed/34295/3 "2017-12-23T13:59:06Z")

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Typical, my rubbish luck then ☹

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**Author:** ![Nephilim](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nephilim/32/29092_2.png) [@Nephilim](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nephilim)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/has-arcane-drop-rate-changed/34295/4 "2017-12-23T18:40:22Z")

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I usually get 4-10 in an hour with a bombot team.

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**Author:** ![Lardy-Porker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lardy-porker/32/25588_2.png) [@Lardy-Porker](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lardy-Porker)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/has-arcane-drop-rate-changed/34295/5 "2017-12-23T22:31:54Z")

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I’ve been asking the opposite, I remember a few months ago when it seemed like Arcanes _never_ dropped in Explore. Lately they seem to appear much more often!

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**Author:** ![efh313](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/efh313/32/34349_2.png) [@efh313](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/efh313)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/has-arcane-drop-rate-changed/34295/6 "2017-12-24T02:25:03Z")

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This has been covered a lot in the past and the general consensus was that you get about 1 arcane every 16 explores over the long haul.

😉

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**Author:** ![L\_InDiEn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/l_indien/32/33950_2.png) [@L\_InDiEn](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/L_InDiEn)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 5:15am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/has-arcane-drop-rate-changed/34295/7 "2017-12-24T05:15:28Z")

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The fastest team I found is: 1-Fire bomb\*\*\* 2-Fire bomb\*\*\* 3-Sunbird\*\*\* 4-Ogryn\*\*\*( or Fire bomb ).  
Cast Fire Bomb to fill Sunbird, that’s it.

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**Author:** ![Nephilim](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nephilim/32/29092_2.png) [@Nephilim](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nephilim)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 10:46am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/has-arcane-drop-rate-changed/34295/8 "2017-12-24T10:46:23Z")

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I still use double troglodyte bombot and Elspeth. Sometimes you win after just matching the first brown match on screen enabling you to cast bb ftw. Two second victories aren’t uncommon.