Pearl Shells and other treasure hunting questions

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ForGreatJustice
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Pearl Shells and other treasure hunting questions

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1. Is the Land Shell the only monster that drops Pearl Shells?
2. Does the luck stat influence the kind of item that drops if a monster can drop more than one type of item? Or is it solely based on the monster's drop % of that item and any treasure hunting % from support

Any thoughts guys? Input much appreciated :lol:
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1. As far as I know, yes, but I'll double check later tonight.
2. I am of the opinion that luck helps.
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1. Im not sure if the Land Dragon randomly encountered at Mountain Mass or whatever the name of the island is drops Pearl Shells too.

Besides, you can also get those by casting a net.
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Is there any specific location I should be fishing in for pearl shells? Or is it entirely random and location does not matter?
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Runemaster wrote:1. Im not sure if the Land Dragon randomly encountered at Mountain Mass or whatever the name of the island is drops Pearl Shells too.

Besides, you can also get those by casting a net.
The Land Dragon does not drop a Pearl Shell nor can you get them by casting a net. You can get Pearls and Black Pearls, but not a Pearl Shell.
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Er, yes... you can get Pearl Shells by casting a net near the Donut, Mountain Mass, and Limestone Islands. I got 4 Pearl Shells around Donut Island.
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Really? I've never gotten any, but then I wasn't really trying to get them that way.
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Chris_Lightfellow wrote:
Runemaster wrote:1. Im not sure if the Land Dragon randomly encountered at Mountain Mass or whatever the name of the island is drops Pearl Shells too.

Besides, you can also get those by casting a net.
The Land Dragon does not drop a Pearl Shell nor can you get them by casting a net. You can get Pearls and Black Pearls, but not a Pearl Shell.
Ahh.. Not from the Land Dragon?? Sorry bout that, ForGreatJustice!!
But as highwind said, Pearl Shells could be acquired by net-casting. Just read about it, never really tried--bo0o0oring....
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Thanks guys for the input. I've tried net fishing around Mountain Mass and sure enough I got a few pearl shells in the end. Donut after 4 full net loads landed me nothing.

And I did a few more testing on the luck affecting type of item drop for monsters that drop multiple items. Seems like it's straight up percentages, with luck maybe only affecting the percentages but not influencing a drop of one type over another. I played around with lvl 99 Chiepoo, Reinbach, and Rita with 3 lucky rings each and I played around with a team of low luck (150 and below) chars, and my chances for getting pearl shell drops seemed to be about the same. I had to kill Land Shell about 50 times to make these conclusions. Poor Land Shell really must hate me now.
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I can not find Black Pearl for god's sake. Where is this item?
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