Chance To Get Emeralds Or Items While Doing Gathering Professions

Hey! Sorry if this thread isn't formatted or organized well; I'm not really used to posting on these forums. With that being said, here is my suggestion:

It would be neat if there was a small chance to receive emeralds or items while doing gathering professions.

Why?

I just started gathering professions in Wynncraft, and I've grown a bit tired of the tedious, repetitive process. I know that a lot of people feel the same way, and I think adding a few extra features to gathering would increase the interest and persistence of players with regard to collecting materials.

How would this work?

I think it'd be a cool idea to add a flat chance of looting emeralds or items while mining, fishing, farming, or woodcutting. For example, maybe a 5% chance to get 5 emeralds for every resource gathered and a 1% chance to get 1 emerald block for every resource gathered (average of 56.96 emeralds per stack of materials gathered) would be a relatively small but welcome addition to the gatherer's inventories.

In addition to emeralds, players would also have the chance of stumbling upon gear or higher level gathering tools while gathering materials. This would be especially helpful to people who focus the majority of their time on gathering from a low level, as they'd be able to receive gear and tools without necessarily needing to grind mobs/dungeons when they'd prefer to be chopping away at a spruce tree. I don't know what the drop rates of items are, but maybe staff can set rather low chances to receive unique, rare, legendary, and mythic gear from gathering (perhaps make it 3-4x less likely to receive these items, as gathering materials is quicker than killing mobs).

As for gathering tools, it would be nice if there was a 0.05% chance to find the next tier gathering tool while mining a specific resource. E.g. while fishing for level 70 gylia fish with a T8 rod (for level 65+), I have a slim chance to receive a T9 rod (for level 75+) for each material gathered. This means that on average, I get a higher tier tool per 2000 resources gathered. I know this draws away some of the functionality of dungeons, but it would also streamline the gathering and give an alternative option to people who would rather not run through dungeons or buy the tool for high prices off the trade market.

If any of these events were to occur, the items would be added to your inventory (space allowing), with a custom message.

Possible Custom Messages

For getting emeralds:

• "A villager passes by, notices your hard work, and decides to give you a bonus!"
• "You find some money on the ground. Nobody else seems to be around so you pocket it quietly."
• "Emeralds fall from the sky! Maybe Siegfried killed a dragon above you and missed some of the loot..."

For getting gear:

• "While [gathering profession]ing, you find an unknown item among/in the [water/leaves/rubble/herbs]!"
• "An object hits your head as you [mine/fish/harvest/chop]. It seems valuable, might as well keep it."

For getting a gathering tool:

• "While [gathering profession name]ing, you stumble upon an old [gathering tool] left by some forgotten traveler long ago. The tool is well-worn, maybe you should go to a blacksmith to repair it."
• The newly acquired tool would have random durability (out of the usual amount; for example, a T10 pickaxe found at 56/140 dura)

*Please note that I am not really sure about the drop rates specified and that they're just rudimentary details that are subject to change if there are better recommendations.

Thank you for reading! Please leave suggestions and comments .

 

I would only have tools drop, I wouldn’t want some inventory clutter full of gear I don’t really need.

 

It is definitely not faster to gather materials than killing mobs, at least not if we’re gathering these mats at the levels they’re supposed to be gathered at lol