# So here's an example why Explore is totally worth it **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\ **Created:** [October 24, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/so-heres-an-example-why-explore-is-totally-worth-it/14283 "2016-10-24T17:06:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![htismaqe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/htismaqe/32/23893_2.png) [@htismaqe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/htismaqe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/so-heres-an-example-why-explore-is-totally-worth-it/14283/1 "2016-10-24T17:06:51Z")
I decided to save some Glory and use Explore to trait my new Dragon Knight via Explore. I need 1 Runic Fire and 1 Runic Earth to get his second trait and then I just need to spend a few hours the rest of the week getting the arcanes I need. In the last 45 minutes, I’ve gotten ZERO runic stones and FOUR arcanes. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Annaerith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/annaerith/32/13840_2.png) [@Annaerith](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Annaerith)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/so-heres-an-example-why-explore-is-totally-worth-it/14283/2 "2016-10-24T17:16:06Z")
thats the way to go farm minors or runics and arcanes may pop in xD farm arcanes and you may feel dissatiscaction… ---
**Author:** ![htismaqe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/htismaqe/32/23893_2.png) [@htismaqe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/htismaqe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/so-heres-an-example-why-explore-is-totally-worth-it/14283/3 "2016-10-24T17:19:21Z")
yep. The funny thing is, because Dragon Knight is a base UR, his 3rd trait only requires 3 arcanes. Once I get this last Runic Earth, he’ll be fully-traited because I already have the needed arcanes. ---
**Author:** ![Mithran](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mithran/32/18064_2.png) [@Mithran](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mithran)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/so-heres-an-example-why-explore-is-totally-worth-it/14283/4 "2016-10-24T17:50:54Z")
Yep, explore is always worth it in the long run. I’m on a bit of a bad streak for Arcanes as of recently so I’m trending closer toward 1/18 after my 113th Arcane drop, but still well within reason. It is still very, very RNG dependent, though. Looking at my recorded drops, if I take the _fastest_ I’ve ever gotten three arcane drops versus the _slowest_ (assuming I’m still using my fastest possible team), it’d be somewhere between between three and a half _minutes_ and two and a half _hours_ to get three aracanes. ---
**Author:** ![htismaqe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/htismaqe/32/23893_2.png) [@htismaqe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/htismaqe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/so-heres-an-example-why-explore-is-totally-worth-it/14283/5 "2016-10-24T17:59:25Z")
Yeah, it’s definitely random. The thing is, I’ve traited well over a dozen legendaries in the last couple of months. That would have been nigh impossible without Explore. In fact, the time before we had Explore pretty much proves it… ---
**Author:** ![htismaqe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/htismaqe/32/23893_2.png) [@htismaqe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/htismaqe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/so-heres-an-example-why-explore-is-totally-worth-it/14283/6 "2016-10-24T19:57:40Z")
I’ve played about 30 more Explores this afternoon. I still haven’t gotten the runic Earth I need, but I’ve gotten FOUR MORE arcanes. LOL The best part is that I also need to trait the new legendary. If I was actually trying her, I’d be getting nothing but runics and no arcanes. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rasper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rasper/32/2363_2.png) [@Rasper](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rasper)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/so-heres-an-example-why-explore-is-totally-worth-it/14283/7 "2016-10-24T21:38:30Z")
If you need any other brown/xxx arcanes, switch targets. Like if you need Brown/Blue arcanes hit Broken Spire, can still get your earth runic but if an arcane drops it is more useful. ---
**Author:** ![VegaDark541](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/vegadark541/32/7875_2.png) [@VegaDark541](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/VegaDark541)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/so-heres-an-example-why-explore-is-totally-worth-it/14283/8 "2016-10-24T21:44:58Z")
Oh, explore has been great for me. I think I’ve been averaging an arcane every 15 or so matches. I managed to finish traiting Emperor Khorvash and am only 4 away from traiting salad dragon from my playing over the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![htismaqe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/htismaqe/32/23893_2.png) [@htismaqe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/htismaqe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/so-heres-an-example-why-explore-is-totally-worth-it/14283/9 "2016-10-24T21:55:42Z")
Sure, I know that, that wasn’t really my point. I was just enjoying how ironically random the RNG can be sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Rasper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rasper/32/2363_2.png) [@Rasper](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rasper)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/so-heres-an-example-why-explore-is-totally-worth-it/14283/10 "2016-10-24T21:55:59Z")
1 per 15 is close to the expected average. In 534 explores I got 34 arcanes, 1 per 15.7 ---
**Author:** ![Illithid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Illithid](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Illithid)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/so-heres-an-example-why-explore-is-totally-worth-it/14283/11 "2016-10-24T22:55:22Z")
I find explore cruel, though worth it. It is as if it can tell what I am looking for and gives me everything else. Go looking for arcane and get lots of runic, go looking for runic and only get arcane. Go looking for both and get a string of celestial. Never what I want when i want it. ---
**Author:** ![Mekkalyn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mekkalyn/32/21868_2.png) [@Mekkalyn](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mekkalyn)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/so-heres-an-example-why-explore-is-totally-worth-it/14283/12 "2016-10-25T00:07:20Z")
Sometimes I get so very unlucky. Just the other week I was farming for my last summer that I needed. I wasn’t done with my seals for the week so it was easy for me to keep track of my battles… 46! It took 46 to get the last one I needed. I was a little frustrated to say the least. And then I find out the very next week there’s a pure yellow troop released… gaarr! I would have much rather put those 46 battles in pridelands to trait up my courage if I had only had a crystal future telling ball 😛 ---
**Author:** ![htismaqe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/htismaqe/32/23893_2.png) [@htismaqe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/htismaqe)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/so-heres-an-example-why-explore-is-totally-worth-it/14283/13 "2016-10-25T01:00:38Z")
I once had a stretch of over **_200_** matches without a single arcane or celestial. 😡