The STATS behind Loot Drops in Breath of the Wild EXPLAINED!!

[@Croton]

Thanks for watching!! If you enjoyed it, feel free to leave a like and subscribe if you haven't already to support the channel! 😄 Also, be sure to check out all my other BotW stat videos in the playlist linked here!!! kzbin.info/aero/PLAjULYyNSE9aa7aQW31IupW685MO-ZBHc

[@JayCrazy712]

Can you see me plz

[@itmightbe]

Just subbed

[@randomnottuber539]

Thanks for giving us all this yummy info. Love your vids

[@mickkelley3776]

I had a question for the "your stats questions" series, what are the criteria for a boss bar to appear at the top of the screen? Like with Hinoxes and the six versions of Ganon (including the four blights, Calamity and Dark Beast), for example. I ask because during a stream on Twitch - won't say the name - did a crowd control stream and one of the actions caused Thunderblight to appear and despawn, but the boss bar was still on screen.

[@-No.one-]

Number of likes are niice

[@NintendoBlackCrisis]

Woah woah, I never knew Breath of the Wild had lootboxes. Shame on them. 😱

[@JayCrazy712]

Omg hello man I love your vids

[@cookie_sandwich5464]

Hi

[@swbgaming4123]

hello NBC

[@Back_flipping_penguin]

Hhhhmmmmmmmmmm I know you

[@mitskilover4eva]

Why hello there.

[@franciscomejia4970]

Another addition to the stats of the wild, my life has meaning again.

[@Mr_Coolcreeper]

Hell yeah

[@octupleodyssey]

"Ah, a fine addition to my collection."

[@jvpro2076]

Did you commit sue a sid

[@arizz620]

@@jvpro2076 ???

[@jvpro2076]

@@arizz620 a soup on the side

[@petery6432]

I remember getting 2 giant ancient cores and 2 ancient cores from a single guardian. Now I know that that had a 0.000000016% chance of happening if I did the math right.

[@Croton]

I would have to calculate it myself but all i know is that its gonna be a lot of 0s 😅

[@JayCrazy712]

Same

[@mikstr22]

I believe the calculation is simply 0.5%x0.5% or 0.005x0.005= 0.0025 which is 0.000025 or 0.0025%

[@Croton]

True for the giant cores - but the 2 normal cores should make that probability number a bit higher!

[@petery6432]

@@Croton Yeah, the reason I said " if I did the math right" is because I didn't know if I had put down the right number of 0s XD

[@gavintheshiba8304]

Funfact: The Lynel on the Gerudo NEVER drops its arrows. Its the only Lynel in the game to wield normal arrows.

[@TrueAlways528]

Me: Oh a family friendly youtuber Croton: YOU CAN GET MORE LOOT BT CHOPING ITS LEGS OFF

[@isitreallytho1649]

Lol!

[@petery6432]

Yeah, taking that out of context makes him sound like a phychopath.

[@TERMINAlvelocity]

lmao

[@HarmonicWave]

"More body parts by chopping its legs off."

[@zenith613]

Technically if you take it out of context, then yeah, but if you keep it in context, then no.

[@rickmuller684]

As someone who has obtained all the amiibo armors, farming Star fragments to upgrade them all to the max is extremely tedious. Thanks for this vid and for the info on the best way to get them the fastest. I wish there was a special vendor who would appear if you've played over 500 hours and just sell Star fragments, Giant ancient cores, Diamonds, etc. That would be a nice reward for those who've spent a ton of time in this game.

[@Croton]

I'm happy to have helped you out then!! Having a star fragment seller would be interesting considering there are a lot of great uses for them, but I'm sure they didn't add one because they wanted them to be super rare - and having a shop would undermine that a bit

[@JayCrazy712]

Hello

[@weebsquit347]

You can buy diamonds for an expensive 1000 rupees. But yeah I agree.

[@ciarangale4738]

@@weebsquit347 the problem with all of the shops late game is they have finite supplies each blood moon, and as such its not a viable solution to get large amounts of rare stuff you need even if you have near limitless rupees

[@ranvirmansukhani9845]

Rick Muller I have all the amibos

[@drink836]

I love how botw still has a thriving community. It shows how much stuff there is to do.

[@Dark_Mishra]

Also partially because there’s still players looking for those 900 Koroks… Lol

[@CoOoOookie-xh3mu]

@@Dark_Mishra meh I’m just looking for nice clothes

[@999sandywater]

Busts my myth that the loot enemies drop is based on how Link performed in defeating them. Also busts my myth that the tougher an enemy was the better loot they dropped. Thanks for the enlightenment!

[@PedroPedro-sm9oy]

7:59 Wait did you just said there is oil in botw? *usa anthem intensifies*

[@ryuken10]

The star fragment rate is interesting. In my first normal playthrough, I never saw a Star Fragment drop from a Lynel. It wasn't until I fought Silver and Gold Lynels in Master Mode that I started getting them. This made me think they were Master Mode exclusive drops other than watching the night sky. I wish I had realized the truth sooner.

[@Croton]

I usually rely off Lynels to get them because I hate having to look in the sky haha - plus they're fun to fight 😅 Glad I could help you out though!! :)

[@dhisanamincheri4830]

@@Croton I’ve never got one from the sky, nevertheless I have 25

[@TOOMtheRaccoon]

@@Croton What is about rupees from stones? Once I got a golden 300 rupee, how are the odds and can every stone drop them? imgur.com/a/XbVca0q

[@arizjones]

I found that you can farm star fragments by warping to Shee Vaneer Shrine at the top of dueling peaks. Go to a flat ledge down below the shrine and set up a camp fire and sleep with wake up time night. (if you stay up near the shrine you will be pestered by Stalkoblins) Then face east with Hateno Tower in your view. Shooting stars will appear between 9:00 PM and 3:30 AM, and they will disappear at 5:00. And they will fall within the direction your camera faces. When you see it fall warp to Hateno Tower and you will almost always be able to paraglide to it from there to get it. It involves some waiting but in an hour you may get ten or so star fragments. And that will be all you would ever need.

[@CoOoOookie-xh3mu]

Man U guys are really so pro… too bad I never even leave the dye shop for like two hours lol

[@AngelLopez-bi6sk]

Link: * dies from a gaurdian shot * Literally a wooden pot lid when used right: I have no such weaknesses *

[@storm_corn]

I winced so hard when he just walked away without that savage lynel crusher 😬 8:55

[@Rhobeni]

Loot boxes: we all hate them but if Croton makes a video about it, we watch it.

[@Ninjaananas]

I expected the star fragment drop rate to be much lower. Farming them with that trick with the campire still seems better.

[@thedorklord1029]

Hey Croton! I've had this thought that the Guardians are basically this games version of Beamos. I've had this thought for a while, and when you mentioned the unused Beamos loot table, I decided to tell you about it. I guess the Guardian Scouts would be Armos, if my theory is correct.

[@natethegreat2408]

Once I found 2 giant cores and 2 cores from a stalker. Afterwards I slowly stood up and began running around screaming.

[@CoOoOookie-xh3mu]

Once I found out Botw 2 was coming out. Then I started yelling about how the new clothes would be so aesthetic instead of talking about the important stuff

[@sheenpailovesu7841]

Everytime I learn about how this game works makes me appreciate it even more. God I love this.

[@Link-ho8yq]

Well this explains the Eldin Ostritch dropping two Raw Whole Birds: ----- Animal_BirdFire ----- Normal - x1-2 80.0% - Raw Bird Thigh 20.0% - Raw Whole Bird

[@gregheffley5745]

One time I hunted and killed a bird in Death Volcano and it dropped both a Raw Bird Thigh and a Raw Whole Bird. My father was watching and he wondered how it did that. He thought the Eldin Ostrich that I killed had 3 legs.

[@Xivinux]

One thing I found out on my own was that zora's domain was always a great place to get arrows. Before I used to use fast travel and with every bloodmoon I would fast travel to zoras domain and work my way down. Around 80-120 arrows per run.

[@SSM24_]

Yeah, that's my favorite way of gathering arrows too. Other methods may technically be faster, but they're much more boring.

[@Xelaria]

4:14: red, green, and blue variants… ahh yes, green bokos, my favorite enemy

[@_VP3000_]

9:28 love the heroic tal tal heights theme :)

[@waluigi1336]

I have a question about arrows getting stuck in wooden shields. Does collecting the arrows with the shield reduce the chances of the enemy dropping a stack of arrows?

[@Orchid.Mantispede]

yeah i have ate all of them you will never get arrows again mmm yumy sluuuuurp

[@phoenixmesmer3396]

I have a question: In my experience with the game, I had come to the conclusion that defeating an archer enemy without getting hit by their attacks would always reward you with an arrow bundle drop, especially for foes with elemental arrows. Is there any data taking this factor into account, or is this just a misconception based on player experience?

[@seamoose9039]

From what I've seen, they have to not fire at all to drop arrow bundles, but yeah.

[@CoOoOookie-xh3mu]

Here’s what I’m thinking: the archer mobs drop arrows when they die because they haven’t used it yet, and I’m thinking they have around 5-13 (just rough estimation). Anyways, so if they don’t shoot at all before you kill them you should get around my rough estimation. I’m not sure about how many arrows they normally have but I never fight so I wouldn’t know but my dad sometimes plays on my account and yeah the quicker he kills the archer mobs the more arrows he gets. I don’t have exact information but those are my results. I think we might be onto something, fellow theorist!

[@bokopaul7448]

Sorry I'm french Pour farmer les flèches je laisse les bokoblins me tirer dessus 5 flèche que j'esquive, elles sont récupérables aux sol puis je les tue ce qui me fait 5 autre flèches. Les flèche de bokoblins aux sol sont limités à 5 après elle sont tiré mais n'apparaissent. C'est ce que j'ai trouvé avec mon expérience de joueur

[@Sick-cada]

Yeah, all archer enemies will drop arrows if you kill them without them shooting

[@remixtheidiot5771]

This is a misconception. Enemies have infinite arrows, same with weapons. They don't worry about durability. You can test both of these out by simply letting yourself get shot by an archer enemy. As you can see, no matter how many times they fire, their quiver never runs out, and their bow never breaks. Give an enemy a weapon you have that's near its breaking point and they'll start swinging it and never break it! You can pick it back up after and find it's at the exact same durability as when you last used it. What you see is purely nocebo from selective memory bias (forgot the proper term for the psychological phenomenon, whoops) Just as was explained in the video, enemies that can drop arrows will always drop them according to the table listed. In fact, if you want more arrows that badly... Let them shoot you! The first 5 arrows an enemy fires can be picked back up! Assuming they missed or you blocked it with a wooden shield. Metal and other shield types erase arrows they block into oblivion... No idea why. In earlier versions of the game, this limit used to not exist, so people came up with a way to get infinite arrows by just getting shot by enemies for a while. This only works for normal arrows though, elemental arrows when fired are destroyed on impact, and bomb arrows... Well... Explode. If it's raining though, enemy fired bomb arrows are duds and CAN be picked back up! Neat, huh?

[@atomictaco4513]

I love his Stats of The Wild series

[@icantthinkofanything798]

I'm thinking about setting a long term goal about maxing out the defense of every single piece of armor with the great fairies, so this is very helpful

[@frootluips7970]

There was a time when I was farming guardians for parts to get the final upgrade to the ancient gear, and I got THREE GIANT CORES from ONE guardian. And I popped off like my life depended on it.

[@nebulamageplays1541]

Not gonna lie, I got 3 Ancient Cores from a single Stalker. Now THAT'S Dream luck.

[@digitaldazzle5836]

That’s nothing. Lol. I got four.😜

[@Justsomebodyelse01]

Once I got 2 Giant Ancient Core from a single guardian, I was amazed from that drop lol.

[@btggamer7623]

once got 4 no cap

[@perpetualnotion9841]

only so many stats can be explained in a game and i will cry the day he has explained them all

[@corrosive_sage4479]

Woohoo! New vid, going through my first full playthrough......on master mode so this videos are helpful

[@Croton]

I'm happy they help you out!! Thank you 😊

[@JayCrazy712]

Hello I’m a Huge FAN keep it going :D

[@justaguywhozonesoutalot9328]

Had me on the first half ngl

[@PuffyNutty]

Did anyone else used to think that bokoblin horns were the horns they use to alert the other bokos in the camp? Only after like 80 hours of play through did I actually read the description of the item and realise that it was the severed horn.

[@netherqueen5891]

I went on a guardian spree (all guardians in zora champions ballad hyrule castle and akkala) and no giant ancient cores I was mad cuz that’s what I wanted

[@ramiropenaloza6430]

I just started playing and my sister did too I didn't think I would like zelda games now it's my favorite game and I'm happy people still play it

[@farhaanj4330]

Ooh I’ve never thought of this but it’s pretty interesting to learn

[@Mr_Coolcreeper]

Keep up the amazing work and keep making these awesome stat vids Croton!

[@Croton]

Will plan on it!! Thank you :)

[@its_saber1525]

It also seems like of you finish an archer enemy with a bow shot to they head, they always drop arrows.

[@Bean_Sprout_Official]

Nice job! I have a request, something that I would be very interested in. In your cooking video, you showed good places to farm some ingredients. I was wondering if you could do so on enemy farming as well, if that's ok.

[@Jack-wo4pl]

Rarest thing ive gotten was a gaurdian skywatcher that dropped 6 giant ancient cores. I took like 40 screenshots out of shock

[@silentcricketgaming4116]

I love these stat videos,keep up the good work!

[@Croton]

I'm glad, thank you! :)

[@DEXTR3ME]

Well put together, informative and easy to follow!

[@Croton]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!!! Thank you 😄

[@howai4204]

stats of the wild is now my favorite youtube series thanks crouton boi

[@Croton]

I'm glad you enjoy it, thank you!!

[@storewideboss6910]

Wait, you can blow up the Talus’ arms with bombs?! 350 hours playing this game and I never knew that.

[@edwheezer6231]

I never would have thought to ask about this, but WOW was this interesting! It's the information I never knew I needed XD Thanks for the video! I love learning more about one of my favorite games. :)

[@lily.s.]

I had a lynel which dropped 2 star fragments at the same time... I've never been so happy

[@arizjones]

I had my wife drop a baby daughter at the hospital one night. . . . . I've never been so happy.

[@mrsmoothbrain9589]

@@arizjones what?!

[@100PercentZelda]

Woo!

[@Croton]

[@ezmiccler6672]

Idk why this was the video in which I most expected you to be here

[@everettmaxfield4193]

Zelda youtubers Tryin to get first comments on other zelda channels xD

[@100PercentZelda]

@@everettmaxfield4193 haha! I opened KZbin, then it said video uploaded 5 seconds ago. So I figured might as well! =P

[@senlim8461]

4:12 let's go, secret Green Bokoblin?

[@bobsmith93]

I'm glad someone else noticed. Guess it's time to go look for the legendary green bokoblin

[@colbauer1426]

He meant red/blue Bokoblins and green/blue Lizalfos, lol

[@thundertail9461]

Can you make a video about the weather and the rate at which it rains or thunders and how there can be "Fake Rain" (sun icon but still raining) and wind appearance rate/direction?

[@lotteb1003]

Super interesting video!! I was playing earlier today and thought: hmm how would all of the loot drops work? So this came at exactly the right time! :)))

[@isitreallytho1649]

:O

[@Croton]

Ooh perfect timing!! Glad I could get this out then 😄

[@jonnaphendoonsberg365]

After roughly 40 guardian kills the probabilaty to get at least 1 giant ancient core gets boosted to 90% If we take into account that all the legs that you can cut off may also drop it it takes 23 guardians for the same probabilaty after your 18 guardian kills the probabilaty is only 63% without the legs and about 83% with the legs

[@retrooffroadBR]

I remember when I spent hours trying to get ancient cores because the guardians kept dropping giant ancient cores instead of normal ones.

[@remixtheidiot5771]

Ironically lynels are still the best way to get star fragments for me lol.

[@gpvelev]

Croton, thank you for the video. What is the drop chance of getting a deku leaf and what trees/what locations do I need to deal with?

[@leaschwarzer89]

BRO, i´m literally trying a 999 materials run, you´re a LIFESAVER

[@MrElvenbrother]

So, lorewise, why do Lynels carry Star Fragments? Do they like them and go around picking them up? Or (unlikely but metal) are they born from the meteors?

[@bridges363]

Here’s two things that I discovered in breath of the wild: 1. You can chop down those wooden tower things (, sometimes there’s an enemy on top or some bomb barrels, also they’re mostly near our bono pan camp). 2. When a guardian stalker is defeated you can still chop off the legs before it explodes. Bonus: (in my research,) Silver and gold enemies not including Linels Camp Perry.

[@bridges363]

I meant can, not camp, sorry.😅

[@btggamer7623]

oh come on! Why is he so underrated? We gotta get this man to 1M subs (at least)!

[@mitskilover4eva]

Why is it that I've gotten more giant ancient cores then regular ancient cores. 😅

[@Ibens_Inferno]

Hey Croton, I was doing some farming over at the Akkala, and on the citadel side of the broken bridge with the Hylian fighting a black Moblin, I found a guardian with a rusty claymore in its neck. What do you think that's about?

[@desmondschneider5397]

I wish KZbin didn’t make a redirect site because my iPhone doesn’t allow me to go to youtube.com, yet oddly I can open the app.

[@JohnAllen-po5wd]

I love these stats videos. Your research is much appreciated!

[@EliaKurmann]

My Best Guardian drop ever were 3 Ancient Cores and 2 Giant ancient ores and a little bit of different stuff

[@linkt2yr135]

It is fun to hear you talk about all these stats but I always get lost about half way through :D

[@malexthegreat]

Croton: new stats of the wild on the weekend also Croton: I lied I will do it Friday me: a lie, but a welcome one at that

[@Croton]

Friday is basicalllyy the weekend in my books 😂

[@malexthegreat]

@@Croton ok I didn't expect you to reply lol. Keep up the good videos

[@enigma3746]

Just your average Croton dropping another rather neat video

[@rogerdudra178]

I've gone star fragment hunting many times at She Vaneer, just to pick them up for awhile. I've always gotten as many as I wanted.

[@esteban-zamora]

4:14 wait. GREEN BOKOBLINS?!?!?!?

[@thebirdbrained.]

This makes a lot of sense! Thanks for another great video man

[@Croton]

No problem, I'm happy you enjoyed! 😄

[@Iris-jw3ci]

News flash, lynels are actually lootboxes

[@sky_-yh9wo]

This will help me so much in my farming sections

[@nzpowa._.6662]

Man I can't wait for your next series, found in that dope new game on November 20th-!

[@Cyrovolt]

Seeing the giant ancient core drop rate makes me feel lucky because I defeated 2 guardians and they both gave me 2 giant ancient cores without reloading, and why do I find giant ancient cores more frequently then the regular ancient cores and ancient springs?

[@dudujencarelli]

Ironically, in my latest BOTW playthrough - just before Tears of the Kingdom's release -, guardians have been dropping Giant Ancient Cores 2X more than the regular Cores. I have like 10 giant cores and 6 regular cores on my inventory right now.

[@Shadow-cp5er]

So the rarest drops for a Gold Lynel are: Well really just any combination of drops that includes either 3 diamonds, 3 star fragments, or a combination of the two.

[@edward77-u5c]

4:15 ah yes my favorite type of boko green

[@crispypolinac3185]

I once got 2 giant ancient cores from one guardian

[@green_unit9359]

Really cool video! I was wondering the odds of me finding a Diamond in a normal ore deposit yesterday, and man was I lucky

[@bruhmoment6734]

very cool also i have a question when will you stream next?

[@Croton]

I stream every Wednesday on YT, and ocaeional twitch streams on weekends!

[@bruhmoment6734]

@@Croton ok thanks good to know

[@lydiadavies5854]

What about sentries or skywatchers, or korok leaf/ tree branch drop rate

[@desmondschneider5397]

I got Sheik’s mask on my first scan.

[@jamesworkshop9181]

Always wondered if skywatchers did drop more giant cores because it felt like they did but i might just be because i prioritised going after skywatchers.

[@gamesforyou2351]

Almost true however you can get the oot armor and fierce deity armor and the swords for both only after beating the first shrine. Yes the rates are bad but can happen. I just started a new game just the other day and got both full sets only after beating the first shrine and nothing more.

[@TAOSEELE]

That Amiibo stuff got me crazy. I thought my Amiibo was broken because I couldn't get any of these exclusive shields and swords. I took my time exploring the world first and didn't beat a beast in a long time. It's great that nintendo nowhere mentions that you have to beat a beast to get full access to the whole loot table.

[@grandgaming_GG_]

Lol that was supposed to be a secret mechanic but good job figuring it out I guess🤣👏🏾

[@RJSF9]

0:35 Of course he killed that Guardian with a Drillshaft :D

[@pineapplevirus1073]

8:05 are these the zonai constructs now? very interesting.

[@jpm7764]

Falling star fragments aren't actually very random. If at night you camp at one spot (I do the top of Dueling Peaks), you will have about a 90% chance (in my experience) of a star fragment falling at some time in the night. Plus, star fragments can only spawn inside your field of view, so as long as you're paying attention, you'll see it.

[@NewbTactical]

Would love to see how drop rates and such work in aoc can't seem to find the correct weapon seals or at a high enough level

[@itheman6s766]

Do falling Star Fragments have loot tables? One time I was going to pick up a Star Fragment but when I got to the base, 2 spawned. Was this like ridiculously rare or just a glitch?

[@uwubedwars1249]

I;this video you mentioned that star star fragments from the sky are random. This is true expect for one exception, if you travel to the top of dueling peaks and look out on Hyrule castle during night, you are almost guaranteed a star fragment. All you need is wood bundles and a way to light it. Hope this helps people 🙂 P.S. I might be wrong abt the direction you look in if so just leave a comment on this and I can fix it.

[@colbauer1426]

I've found it best to aim the camera so that Hyrule Castle is in the right-third (or less) portion of the screen

[@michael_m38]

Thanks, very helpful as im playing through master mode for the first time 🙏

[@_Guardian]

Time to learn something new

[@willard1089]

2:20 And the best type of Guardian to farm off for them would be the Stalkers. Not only do they drop the most Guardian parts compared to their companions... *Table appears, with a Stalker, Turret and Decayed Guardian loot boxes* Guardian Skywatcher: ...

[@Link-ho8yq]

In the attached document I didn't find a section about Skywatchers next to the other guardians (there was a later section about skywatchers and other guardian types but it looked special). So either "it's missing", or "guardian skywatchers having better loot is an urban legend and they actually use the stalker table".

[@willard1089]

@@Link-ho8yq Nah ive farmed both for giant ancient cores and skywatchers spawn good things way more often

[@TCFrosty_2]

10:28 ya hate to see a long throw biggorons sword

[@pooftiger]

Farm stars. Take your cold gear. wood and flint. red chu jelly or a fire weapon and go on top of the taller of the dueling peaks. Set a fire and face hyrule castle so the star doesn't fall in the water and set the night by sitting by the fire. A star will fall almost every night. If you're good, it'll fall in hyrule field and you can post your fast horse by Riverside stable, warp to the shrine and ride the horse to fetch the star. Easy peasy. Otherwise mark them and warp to the nearest tower and glide.

[@coolzeb1112]

Hey, I was wondering could you save, then kill and keep loading till you get certain drops?

[@CJ_LDP]

4:13 green bokoblins lol

[@Croton]

*lizalfos haha

[@superheriber27]

I've gotten like 3 silver rupees from breaking pots in Goron City Purple rupees being surprisingly common

[@JenXBeauty]

100k is around the corner! Go Croton Go!

[@elmodelo101]

Hello, what is the Golden pop (the gift) for? Does it give you a hidden stat?

[@colbauer1426]

No, it's just one of those things that game development teams put in to mess with you for being so thorough 😅

[@polutionx2490]

i once got two giant ancient cores and one regular core and now i realize how lucky that actually was holy crap

[@Kairikey]

I have Twilight Link Amiibo and oddly enough, it seems to me that it has better chance of dropping Twilight armor set when I scan it during the evening..... Like, it could be a coincidence, but I got my first Twilight armor piece during the 5-7pm and so I tried to scan the amiibo during that time when I get the chance. It might be that because of the first confirmation bias, majority of the scan was done during the evening/twilight time, so it's no surprise that I'll get them on my evening scan.