Trophy System
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Related topics: Trophies
"With very few exceptions, trophy items like crystal shards and little green seeds are not handled by the treasure system at all, but by another system entirely. This can occasionally make things rather confusing. The wall spells in a Steel Chest, for instance, are actually handled by the trophy system, while the bolts and arc spells are handled by the treasure system. That’s because the treasure system requires that a spell exist for all 7 levels, and that’s not true for wall spells."[1]
Trophies are determined as soon as a creature spawns, with loot being generated on the creature's death. This is why trophies always appear in the first slots of a creature's corpse.
References
- http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=13765
- http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showpost.php?p=45608&postcount=4
- http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showpost.php?p=78243&postcount=2
- http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showpost.php?p=88523&postcount=4
- http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showpost.php?p=417284&postcount=10
- ↑ 03/23/2004 Turbine - Treasure in Asheron's Call