Guild Wars 2

I’ve stacked Magic Find for a while now but I never actually tested… what does it helps with?

Does it increases the amount of items I’d get, or do they just increase the quality of the items I would usually get (as stated in the wiki), or both?

Does this bonus helps only from loot on bodies? And chests?

No idea tbh…
My lv80 Necro has 105 MF and I get just as “few/many” drops as I do with just 30 MF.

Really wish there was a clear cut answer from ANet on not only WHAT it does.. but also how each “point” of MF actually affects the “base amount”.

IE: Is 1 point of MF = to 1% MF?

It increases the chances for you to get uncommon/rare/exotic drops.
The exact math behind it is obscured but @100% magic find your doubling your chances to find uncommon/rare/exotic drops.

eg. if there is a 5% chance for an uncommon to drop you get an additional 100% ( of 5% ) chance to find an uncommon drop.

I am sure one of the more mathy types can provide much more specific information.

Yeah I was expecting ANet to explain that… rather than using a gear with a stat that I think “it should be helpful”.

Because at 80, since everyone needs gold, people run around with their MF sets but I think no one really knows what it helps with, they just use it because they welcome any help…

If it doubles the amount of items you get from bodies only, I’d be walking around in some other set and would probably just use it when I’m farming events.

If it increases the chances of getting an item, increases the drops rarity, and affects even chests and gathering nodes…kitten my MF gear will be my last…

I’ve always thought it meant +% for a chance of the highest quality item(s) within the loot table. I don’t think it gives you a “separate uber table” that they exclusively have access to.

Can we have a dev response? plz

Thanks, this helped alot!

I guess it is worth running around with MF gear afterall, and only using another… non MF gear for dungeons.
The only missing info that’d be nice is if MF affects chests, then everyone would bring their MF and equip it before opening the bosses’ chests in dungeons, and nodes just for curiosity.

Danicco.3568:

Thanks, this helped alot!

I guess it is worth running around with MF gear afterall, and only using another… non MF gear for dungeons.
The only missing info that’d be nice is if MF affects chests, then everyone would bring their MF and equip it before opening the bosses’ chests in dungeons, and nodes just for curiosity.

At that point, you would have to wonder IF the loot is “set” as you kill the boss… or when you actually open it.

If it’s “set” when you kill the boss.. then you could equip 5,000 MF before opening it and still get crap XD

lol, as I said above.. would REALLY appreciate a dev response on this one