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Is there a way to increase the likelihood of getting rune drops? More specifically: Is there a way to increase the likelihood of gem rune drops? I seldom get random rune drops as it is - I think it will take me months to get enough gem runes for the step after Kaine's latest challenge. I am also doing the daily quest for runes again as well, but I usually get gold runes (useless to me) for those.

I did buy gem powders with bush bucks, but that isn't going to be able to be done again for weeks, unfortunately.

Anyone have any ideas?

Lvl 440 "Other Peoples Problem Solver!"

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there are 2 pets that have the following odds or once you own you can use dna to change any pet to have the following odds. essentially things to do with runes or rune powders.
skeletal raptor. georgia. pilgrim squirrel. bully. magic broom. chow chow. strongman doll. boxing boxer. magic spell book.
and you want the pagas abilities rune bonus and rune dust bonus.

but for odds to help you need it to be near 100% and that takes runes themselves and there is no odds for that on runes, only pets and mounts.

but you can craft rune powders. do not simply disenchant your random whacked up runes. first combine several of them, the more the better, then disenchant that.
for example a small gold rune will disenchant into a small gold rune powder, BUT combine 3 or more of those and you might get dusts of some other odds.

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Kathy,

You can increase your chances of getting runes, by doing all of the daily, and hub quests that award satchels. Runes are commonly found in satchels, and there are several you can do each day, including one on AI. And, be sure to do the daily Rune Scavenging quest in the Commons for a guaranteed rune each day.

At your level, if you're playing enough, and seldom getting runes, I would suggest submitting a ticket to Nick.

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Here's a typical day of playing for me... (Granted it is the first day of the Easter event, so that might have skewed things a bit... not much though)
Whacked
Energy 30K+
Mana 300+
Power: 200+-

Results:
Two runes - one gold one mana (two more than the average day..)
One museum item
One Scavenged Gem rune

Three Commons quests. Results:
Full refill of Mana and Power
Lots of gold
Couple of Sanctuary tokens

Is that what most people get for that much? More? Less? I've always wondered.

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Here is where I go to make the 30 day runes, but it takes a several months for you to be able to make another. Good luck!

BW2 30 day runes
SBA in the Spring Thicket #59 6th island with the Cloud King
To the right of where you get the Kimchi Godess quest is a large boulder. You need 6000 energy in order to move it by clicking on it. Follow the path beyond the boulder to the Secret Area. Don't worry about losing all that energy. You just have to have 6000 energy in your bar to move the boulder, then, once you have moved the boulder, you can whack away the energy in fields as normal.
Spoiler: Solving the puzzle frees a fellow named Derringer. He offers you the opportunity to make a Perfect Rune. This is a rune which lasts 30 days, 12 hours; with a bonus of 60%, and a cost of 20 small vials of the appropriately colored powder.
And you have to find 20 each of catalyst, 3 lasagna, and then 190 jewels of power.

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It does seem that you are getting very low odds. I'm not sure how the devs program the game, but what we earn seems to be based on the percentage of whacks, or time played. I'd write another ticket.