I think there might be a bug with the guaranteed drops from your 10th Favors for each noble.

Note that I didn't start all 3 Favors on the same day, but sort of staggered them:

- 1 Favor (Glenumbra) on the 1st day
- 2 Favors (Glenumbra and Auridon) on the 2nd day
- 3 Favors (Glenumbra, Auridon, and Stonefalls) on the 3rd day

Then I've been doing all 3 each day since then.

I also didn't start as soon as the update went live, but waited several days before doing my first Favor. By the way, that's on PCNA; it was slightly different on PCEU, like 1 Favor, 2 Favors, 2 Favors, and 3 Favors.

Anyway, yesterday I did my 10th Favor in Glenumbra, 9th in Auridon, and 8th in Stonefalls, so I got 1 key. However, I think the count on the seasonal challenge went from 0 keys to 3 keys, as though it counted my 1 key 3 times.

Today I did my 11th Favor in Glenumbra, 10th in Auridon, and 9th in Stonefalls, so I got 1 more key, making 2 in all. However, the count on the seasonal challenge now reads 6/10, as though it counted the new key 3 times.

I'm thinking that when I get another key tomorrow for doing my 10th Favor in Stonefalls, the key may once again be counted 3 times, but we'll see. I need to double-check my archived correspondence to verify the number of Favors I've done for each noble, in case my memory is playing tricks on me. But what I'm thinking is that maybe the system sort of assumes you're doing all 3 Favors each day, so when you get a key for doing your 10th Favor for one of the nobles, it counts 3 times as if you had just done 10 Favors for all 3 nobles, even if that wasn't actually the case. But my theory might very well be based on a false assumption, which is why I need to double-check my correspondence-- and also pay very close attention to the counts before and acter doing my 10th Favor in Stonefalls.

Seems to me the counter for the keys is bugged somehow. I found one key in a thieves' trove a couple of days ago, but yesterday I noticed the counter said I had found four. I haven't. I have just the one.

Whatever their source, and however the counter decides to tabulate them, they are very rare.

My theory turned out to be wrong, but I think I see what's happening.

It looks like the seasonal challenge counts a key if you put it in your bank and then withdraw it later, as if you just "collected" another key even though you'd already collected it.

There might also be something similar going on if you mark a key as "junk" and then unmark it-- something I like to do with a lot of consumable or miscellaneous items that I find, such as recipes or maps, as a way to temporarily put them on one tab so it's easier to keep track of them for putting in the bank and having each of my alts check the bank to see if there's anything for them to withdraw and store like a "mule" or consume and learn.

What does it mean "favour" in those mission actually?

AzuraFan wrote: »

I haven't received a single key outside the three I've gotten by completing the 10th favour for each quest giver. Apparently a dev said the drop rate isn't supposed to be bad, but for me, the keys are ultra-rare. Not a single drop, even though I've been doing many thief activities and dynamic events since the season started.

That also doesn't work on all accounts. I'm going to try now 20 favors on each, but 10 on each gave me zero keys.

I haven't gotten a single one despite gringing chest, troves and boxes. I am also doing favors.

It's been a lot of wasted time with nothing to show for it.