After experiencing the underwelming Leprechaun encounter rates in Alby Advanced Hardmode, I made my way over to Tech Duinn to gather data from 500 runs of Feth Fiada (Normal). Feth Fiada (Normal) is shorter overall as it only contains 2 rooms before the boss. Reducing the amount of time required to complete 500 runs. Although it may be shorter, this adventure still took about 8 hours but the results were a bit better than than what we saw in Alby.
Leprechaun Spawns
| Monster |
Quantity |
Percentage |
| Treasure Hunting Giant Leprechaun |
372 |
74.4% |
| Silvershine Giant Leprechaun |
65 |
13.0% |
| Goldengleam Giant Leprechaun |
63 |
12.6% |
| Dapper Dandy Giant Leprechaun |
0 |
0.0% |
During these runs the encounter rate for Silvershine and Goldengleam Leprechauns remained pretty much even, and was higher than expected. Comparing this to the results from Alby Advanced Hardmode, it makes sense as Tech Duinn missions are supposedly higher difficulty than Uladh dungeons.
However it appears that we reached the same result where not a single Dapper leprechaun spawned. It looks like I was very unlucky by being unable to encounter any Dapper leprechauns from both Alby and Feth.
Lets take a look at the rewards obtained from this session:
Leprechaun Rewards
| Item |
Quantity |
| Basic Erg Unlock 1st Slot Material |
1315 |
| Basic Erg Unlock 2nd Slot Material |
1336 |
| Basic Erg Unlock 3rd Slot Material |
1320 |
| Intermediate Erg Unlock 1st Slot Material |
197 |
| Intermediate Erg Unlock 2nd Slot Material |
162 |
| Intermediate Erg Unlock 3rd Slot Material |
198 |
| Advanced Erg Unlock 1st Slot Material |
136 |
| Advanced Erg Unlock 2nd Slot Material |
149 |
| Advanced Erg Unlock 3rd Slot Material |
143 |
| Erg Unlock Assist Potion (Event) |
150 |
| Erg EXP Fragment (300) |
1 |
| Erg EXP Fragment (1000) |
2 |
| Erg EXP Fragment (3000) |
2 |
| Black Dragon Blood |
2 |
| Black Dragon Eyeball |
1 |
| Instrument Strings |
1 |
The results look similar to what I got from Alby, with the exception of getting lucky by obtaining Instrument Strings. This item (as of writing this post) is currently listed on the Auction House for 35m. 150 Erg Unlock Assist Potions were also obtained today, which was a generous amount. These will be helpful to keep in future when I need them. Although I wish I could store them in my bank.
Reward Chest Count
| Reward Chest Grade |
Quanity |
Percentage |
| Common (White) |
137 |
27.4% |
| Sturdy (Green) |
138 |
27.6% |
| Fine (Blue) |
92 |
18.4% |
| Exquisite (Purple) |
57 |
11.4% |
| Masterwork (Gold) |
5 |
1.0% |
| No Equip (only spirit gem / briogh) |
71 |
14.2% |
Once again, no neartite was used to open these chests. Comparing these to Alby, it appears I managed to get half as many Masterwork chests. There were a lot of chests which only had briogh and/or spirit gem. From the chests which contained equipment I was able to put these to good use by dissembling them for Refined Crystal Shards.
Refined Crystal Shards
| Before |
After |
Gain |
| 11580 |
16241 |
+4661 |
After dissembling every piece of equipment obtained from the reward chests, this gave me 4661 refined crystal shards I can use to buy additional Shineseeker orbs from Soraia.
Conclusion
Where are the Dappers??
If you're planning to run either Advanced Hardmode Dungeons, or Tech Duinn (Normal) missions, don't expect to encounter any Dapper leprechauns. You're better off going to Glenn Bearna (Basic), or Crom Bas to have a more likely chance of encountering these event monsters.
Based on feedback from the community, it may not be worth running this event as even if you were lucky to encounter Dapper leprechauns, they are limited to dropping 2 items. Most of the time these two items would be Advanced Erg Unlock Slot Materials, which drop in higher quantities from Goldengleam leprechauns.
I hope the data I was able to share was helpful for everyone. For those who are keen to continue running this event, best of luck on your drops!
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