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Infinite Archive leads
Cundu_Ertur
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Have the Archives stopped dropping leads? Haven't seen any in a month. Just style pages, which are entirely useless and more of a punishment than a reward. I know the loot goblin should, but hasn't recently for me. I've read Marauders should, but haven't seen it the one time I killed one. I know side rooms can drop them, since I had gotten some there, but not recently. I don't know if regular bosses can, but the Replicanum can, and haven't seen one from there, either. It's annoying.
Taking stealth away from the Bosmer is like taking magic away from the Altmer, making Nords allergic to mead, or making Orcs pretty.
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method__01✭✭✭✭✭dont know how many hours you spending in Archives but me and a friend do 1 hour runs till Arc 2
daily (not than much these days cause of season but still a lot) and have everything completed
and got all leads multiple times, some days we get none -goblins, marauders, drop nothing ,all loot known etc
but some days i get 2-3 gold leads in just 2 Arc run
i suggest you do daily runs,not pushing after Arc 2-3 and return next day ,imo game do not reward farming in some areas
cause even at Arc 5 drops were the same for me ,good luckEdited by method__01 on December 18, 2025 9:02AMPC EU/NA /// PS4 EU/NA
Vasanha
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Cundu_Ertur✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭ok, just my crappy luck then. thanks for the feedback.Taking stealth away from the Bosmer is like taking magic away from the Altmer, making Nords allergic to mead, or making Orcs pretty.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭doing arc 2 runs, it usually varies greatly for me
sometimes ill get 3-4 leads in a run, and sometimes ill get 0-1plays PC/NA
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El_Borracho✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Some of the worst leads in the game. Almost as frustrating as the Southern Elsweyr Dov Ra sabatons lead.
One tip, do not open/complete leads for mythics or items you are not farming. There are so many in IA that you need to do this to eliminate them from the pool.3 -
LootAllTheStuff✭✭✭✭✭El_Borracho wrote: »Some of the worst leads in the game. Almost as frustrating as the Southern Elsweyr Dov Ra sabatons lead.
One tip, do not open/complete leads for mythics or items you are not farming. There are so many in IA that you need to do this to eliminate them from the pool.
Pretty sure the lead drops are not curated at all, so it wouldn't matter whether you kept them or not. If you roll a duplicate of a lead you already have, it simply replaces it (so the timer gets reset).0 -
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✭✭✭LootAllTheStuff wrote: »El_Borracho wrote: »Some of the worst leads in the game. Almost as frustrating as the Southern Elsweyr Dov Ra sabatons lead.
One tip, do not open/complete leads for mythics or items you are not farming. There are so many in IA that you need to do this to eliminate them from the pool.
Pretty sure the lead drops are not curated at all, so it wouldn't matter whether you kept them or not. If you roll a duplicate of a lead you already have, it simply replaces it (so the timer gets reset).
If you get a lead for Fortunes in IA and don't open it, you have eliminated the chance of another Fortunes lead dropping as they do not drop multiple identical leads. The more of those types of leads you can eliminate in the zone you are farming, the better chance you have of getting the lead you are looking for. Obviously leads from outside the zone you are in do not matter1 -
LootAllTheStuff✭✭✭✭✭El_Borracho wrote: »LootAllTheStuff wrote: »El_Borracho wrote: »Some of the worst leads in the game. Almost as frustrating as the Southern Elsweyr Dov Ra sabatons lead.
One tip, do not open/complete leads for mythics or items you are not farming. There are so many in IA that you need to do this to eliminate them from the pool.
Pretty sure the lead drops are not curated at all, so it wouldn't matter whether you kept them or not. If you roll a duplicate of a lead you already have, it simply replaces it (so the timer gets reset).
If you get a lead for Fortunes in IA and don't open it, you have eliminated the chance of another Fortunes lead dropping as they do not drop multiple identical leads. The more of those types of leads you can eliminate in the zone you are farming, the better chance you have of getting the lead you are looking for. Obviously leads from outside the zone you are in do not matter
I hear what you're saying, but I don't believe the code actively looks at what you already have. The reason you don't see identical drops is because one simply replaces the other. I don't believe it alters the loot table in any way, neither does it re-roll to get something different. ZOS could have written the code that way, but it's more complicated to do so. Given the drop chances, you'd need literally thousands of data points to confirm/deny, but this does seem a lot more like a case of cognitive bias.1 -
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✭✭✭@LootAllTheStuff Interesting. Maybe its just a placebo effect. LOL. Either way, I'll do whatever it takes to avoid trash leads.
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exiars10✭✭✭✭I'm constanly getting leads in IA and I don't even farm them at all.
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The cowardly Wood Elves are best noted for their unwillingness to engage in a face-to-face attack; a Bosmer will strike at you from every side except the front. You won't cross swords with a Bosmer, but you might catch an arrow in the throat. Be wary in forests and jungles, and watch your back.0 -
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✭LootAllTheStuff wrote: »El_Borracho wrote: »LootAllTheStuff wrote: »El_Borracho wrote: »Some of the worst leads in the game. Almost as frustrating as the Southern Elsweyr Dov Ra sabatons lead.
One tip, do not open/complete leads for mythics or items you are not farming. There are so many in IA that you need to do this to eliminate them from the pool.
Pretty sure the lead drops are not curated at all, so it wouldn't matter whether you kept them or not. If you roll a duplicate of a lead you already have, it simply replaces it (so the timer gets reset).
If you get a lead for Fortunes in IA and don't open it, you have eliminated the chance of another Fortunes lead dropping as they do not drop multiple identical leads. The more of those types of leads you can eliminate in the zone you are farming, the better chance you have of getting the lead you are looking for. Obviously leads from outside the zone you are in do not matter
I hear what you're saying, but I don't believe the code actively looks at what you already have. The reason you don't see identical drops is because one simply replaces the other. I don't believe it alters the loot table in any way, neither does it re-roll to get something different. ZOS could have written the code that way, but it's more complicated to do so. Given the drop chances, you'd need literally thousands of data points to confirm/deny, but this does seem a lot more like a case of cognitive bias.
You would see your timer reset, no? I mean, if you got a dupe.0