Looking for goblin archeologist in Permafrost

[BornInOz]

I've been camped in Permafrost where the goblin archeologist supposedly spawns (421, 190 per the wiki entry). Per the wiki, he's a 20% spawn probability and I've been through at least 9 spawn cycles and he hasn't shown up yet. Since the spawn timer in permafrost is over 20 minutes, it's getting to be quite a grind. Am I just on a bad luck streak here or are there any known bugs with this spawn?

In case anyone is wondering, I was hoping to snag a dented brass mask as one of his drops, but at this point I'm looking at alternatives.

Thanks!

[DeathsSilkyMist]

If you just want a cheap mask with strength...

https://wiki.project1999.com/Platinum_Ruby_Veil

Or

https://wiki.project1999.com/Tribal_War_Mask

Work well. Cost will be between like 200 and 400 plat in green ec tunnel.

If you are doing a self found run, dented brass mask is probably one of the better options, as most of not all str masks with 4 STR or higher are dropped in higher level zones off mobs 40+.

[Trexller]

someone in KC will give you this for free or dirt cheap

https://wiki.project1999.com/Sarnak-Hide_Mask

[BornInOz]

Thanks for the replies, the alternatives you guys suggested are some of the exact ones I was looking at.

I strongly suspect the wiki entry on the archeologist spawn rate is wrong (20% seems way too high). With the low spawn rate x a low spawn rate on the dented brass mask, combined with the long spawn cycle timer in the zone, I'm pulling the plug on this adventure and pursuing just buying one of the other options (if anyone reading this has one for sale, DM me [yes, I've posted a WTB on the trade forum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] ]).

[Goregasmic]

Yo, I cleaned out a bunch of spawns in the area (king, scryer, alchemist) for a whole bunch of rounds and updated the wikis accordingly, I noticed a few seemed inaccurate.

I think I didn't touch the acheologist entry because i got him like 3 times in 9 rounds but I didn't consider that a big enough sample to update the wiki confidently. That was this winter so quite recently. Yeah he still spawns but the mask is rated as ultra rare and I was skeptical because that's rare for mobs this level. More of a kunark thing too.

By the way I got 1 mask and 2 packs and the mask is sitting in my monk's bank in cabilis, you can have it for free if you're in the area on green. I got him a better mask so this one is collecting dust.

[BornInOz]

That's a very generous offer. I do, in fact, have a character, Llais / necromancer in the cabilis area on green. When would be convenient to meet up?

[Goregasmic]

Are you on now?

[Goregasmic]

Sent you a private message.

[Videri]

0/9 is not unheard of. There are a lot of posts on this forums asking if some mob was removed from the game, or if the drop rate of an item got nerfed, and a few days later, they post saying they got the item. It's random. And nine is a very small sample size. 20% doesn't mean 2 out of every 10. It's more like 200 out of every 10,000, and even that is not guaranteed.

[cd288]

Originally Posted by Goregasmic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yo, I cleaned out a bunch of spawns in the area (king, scryer, alchemist) for a whole bunch of rounds and updated the wikis accordingly, I noticed a few seemed inaccurate.

I think I didn't touch the acheologist entry because i got him like 3 times in 9 rounds but I didn't consider that a big enough sample to update the wiki confidently. That was this winter so quite recently. Yeah he still spawns but the mask is rated as ultra rare and I was skeptical because that's rare for mobs this level. More of a kunark thing too.

By the way I got 1 mask and 2 packs and the mask is sitting in my monk's bank in cabilis, you can have it for free if you're in the area on green. I got him a better mask so this one is collecting dust.

I know you're trying to be helpful, but with respect this is one of the ways things on the Wiki become inaccurate. I'm not saying the spawn chance for the mob(s) referenced was definitely accurate, but it could be.

There are a ton of examples of things with X% chance of happening taking an immense amount of cycles to occur. Just because you killed a PH 50-100 times and the other mob didn't spawn X% of the time doesn't mean you should change spawn percentages on the Wiki. That's anecdotal evidence that is completely explainable by really bad luck with RNG.

At best it should be a note to the spawn chance about your experience rather than changing percentage chances.