Guild Wars 2

I used up 46 of my keys and I haven’t even gotten ONE fossil. Has anyone even gotten one or is it just my horrible luck (even though I have 142% magic find).

I have used 20 keys and gotten 1 fossil in this update. Some guy in the map bragged today that he got 3 fossils from 10 keys but that seems far-fetched.

I got one from the 2nd chest I opened in the new area of Dry Top. The worst part? I don’t even want it! I’m not interested in the Ambrite weapons, but I can’t sell or give away the Fossil. Dentt doesn’t even offer me anything else for a Fossil apart from the Ambrite components!

I got one from the first chest I opened, but I don’t craft and I’m not interested in the weapons in any case. To me it’s just more account-bound rubbish to waste bank space or delete!

Zaxares.5419:

I got one from the 2nd chest I opened in the new area of Dry Top. The worst part? I don’t even want it! I’m not interested in the Ambrite weapons, but I can’t sell or give away the Fossil. Dentt doesn’t even offer me anything else for a Fossil apart from the Ambrite components!

same here. i have one, but have no interest in those weapons. it just wastes space on one of my mule alts. really wish the weapons could be sold on TP.

Got 1 in about 20 chests. Magic find doesn’t effect opening boxes.

One bug from around 15-20 chests

I’ve opened maybe 30ish with no fossil but, would it have been a bad thing if upon completion of the living story part two the pc received one fossil in that Taimi gift bag at the end? The fossils are acct bound, the weapons are as well I am assuming. A player could replay it on alts and get a fossil for each time but I still don’t see that being a problem if they are account bound.

Since the fossils can’t be traded it’s up to the rng gods to be graced with a fossil. As some one who seems to be spurned by these gods I would have loved the opportunity to at least know I could make a few weapons. I would still have to collect my geodes and get the recipe for each one but at least that is an achievable goal, not one left to chance.

I got a recipe for a weapon, but no bugs yet. Either I will be fortunate, or …well, not. Lol.

It’s about 1 per 25 keys used. I have found 2 so far.

Got 2 with around 15 keys. Unfortunately I selected one wrong insect, therefore I need about ~2 more now because I want to get sword, shield and mace.

I must be the luckiest sob or the unluckiest. After my first sandstorm I got a bug (which I don’t want) and an ascended weapon box (with crappy) stats.. So I got 2 rare drops that I can’t use or give away… Or sell.

Waldir.2571:

I must be the luckiest sob or the unluckiest. After my first sandstorm I got a bug (which I don’t want) and an ascended weapon box (with crappy) stats.. So I got 2 rare drops that I can’t use or give away… Or sell.

I got one right off the bat also. But I have not seen 1 Favor of the Zephorites (tier 4) completed yet. It might as well be a legendary….

Can somebody confirm if the fossils can be found only in chests in the new area of Dry Top or in the old one as well?

I got 2 out of 8 chests

Edit: 1 more from 4 more chests. Drop rate is fine. Git gud.

(jk(not for the drops))

Ive tried 63 keys and nothing.
So much for RNG. So im just saving my stupid rocks so that I can afford the recipe and then go treasure hunting.
My sister and friend on the other hand got them after just a few tries.
My layer was taxiing people and we got tier 5- but I didn’t have enough rocks… >:c

I just want the dagger and maybe shortbow or sword.

I plan on getting the shield just to terrify those people who hate bugs.

My boyfriend got a fossil out of the very first chest he opened when the patch came out, where Ive gone through 34 keys so far (with 9 more waiting for the next sandstorm) and havent gotten a single fossil. Another friend of ours has had the same luck as me, and another went through 30 keys before he got one….

Let me put it this way. Once you have unlocked all keys related to the achievements which is about 15 of them, you’ll have better odds of getting a fossil then unlocking T4.

I am at 71 keys and still nothing from the chests.

srsly need to increase the drops

OmniPotentes.4817:

Let me put it this way. Once you have unlocked all keys related to the achievements which is about 15 of them, you’ll have better odds of getting a fossil then unlocking T4.

Depends… if you’re only around on organized T5 maps, you have more problems with insects than with the recipes.

0 fossils..about 30ish chests (probably slightly less)…Really wanted to make the focus….Not that I have a thing for wurms or anything…Butterfly would have been prefable as i am a mesmer….

Said kitten it and went back to playing gw1 instead…I’m all for weapons that aren’t in the gemstore, but i’m not for ones that involve rng drops in-game. If they want to make it harder to obtain then simply sell fossils at the merchants. Make it a t5 reward only. That would give people something to work towards…

It took more than 70 tries, but I finally got one. Now all I have left to do is get 385 geods (got 15 left after buing the keys) and after that pray to be lucky enough to be on tier 4 map. Whew!

I went through 73 keys & literally the last key was when I finally got a fossil, my sister has went through 100+ keys & no luck

If the drop rate is 1:25 for fossilized insects, then the odds of getting at least one after opening is:

• ~64% if opening 25 chests.
• ~87% for 50 chests
• ~95% for 75 chests

I have no idea what the real odds are (and I suspect no one else does either), so your mileage is going to vary.

Currently sitting at 115 chest, 0 fossils.

This is the first weapon set in a long time that has really interested me, the RNG is killing me.

Gotta love this bind-on-pickup rng stuff. All these people raging about how many chests they’ve opened without any fossils while I have two just wasting a spot in my inventory because I can’t sell them.

I got one last night after opening only a few that day. I decided to return to finish the map achievements and found one pretty early. I haven’t found a second one yet but I wasn’t really actively searching anyway. I also got in a T5 dry top so I bought myself a nice weapon recipe. Just keep trying, it’s all about luck after all.