# Trait stones **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [February 3, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/trait-stones/68476 "2021-02-03T17:30:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![Sytro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sytro](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sytro)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 7:52am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/trait-stones/68476/6 "2021-02-04T07:52:14Z")
If you’re hunting for Arcanes: lvl 12 explore mini-boss and mythic boss, give 1 guaranted (so you get 2 in 1 D12 run assuming you got enough mythstones for boss fight) As for lower rairty stones: It’s probably better to go with lower difficulty, because there isn’t anything explicitly written about lower rarity ones in 4.6 patch notes (apart that mini-boss battle has increased chance of dropping arcane stones and that this chance is applified by Explore difficulty setting) More here: > [@4.6 Update Patch Notes](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/4-6-update-patch-notes/58568): > > Originally published at: [4.6 Update – Gems of War](https://gemsofwar.com/4-6-update/) New Explore [[image]](https://gemsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/New-Explore.jpg) Explore has been reworked with a new system. Explore will still remain the most efficient method for getting Traitstones, and while there is no nerf to Traitstone farming, end-game Players can optimize it a tiny bit further with the new system. Explores are now organized into an “Explore Run” – a series of 5-6 battles that play with a chosen difficulty, and drop loot based on that difficulty. Explore Runs ar… my best hint would be: when hunting for runic traitstones, go with d1 or whatever difficulty that allows you to 1shot everything with AoE on first cast and just grind it quickly… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/trait-stones/68476)._