How Prizes Are Chosen
I don't know how people make drop tables, to be honest. And I never did much research, either! The way I designed mine is by giving each prize a specific value, or weight. When rolling for a prize, a random number is generated between 1 and the total weight of all prizes.
The total weight of all prizes is 5050
Imagine this pie chart as a spinner that gets spun every time someone rolls that has 5050 available slots
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Each prize has a specific value that correlates to it. For example, a Rune Scimitar has a weight of 450. Rune Scimitars are then assigned to a range of values, in this case each number between 1 and 450, taking up 450 of the 5050 integers available to be rolled.
Now Rune Scimitars are taking up slot numbers 1 - 450 out of 5050 on our spinner
When a random number between 1 and 5050 is generated, if that number is between 1 and 450, the player will have won a Rune Scimitar!
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This continues with each prize. To add to the example, 15,000 Coins has a weight of 555.
15,000 Coins is then assigned a range of values which end up being 451 - 1005, a total of 555 integers, since Rune Scimitars already have the 1 - 450 values assigned to them.
The 15,000 Coin prize is now taking up slot numbers 451 - 1005 on our spinner
If the generated number is a number between 451 and 1005, the player will win 15,000 Coins!
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This continues until all 5050 slots have been filled with a prize based on the item's weight value.
Now, with all of that in mind, below are tables of all of the drop tables along with the weights and chance of winning for each prize!
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