Rare drops/finds/catches

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

So yeah, I just got some gauntlets dropped in Secret of Mana. It makes my arm defense go from 20 to 90 so I'd say theres probably a slim chance for that happening, though there's no stats I could find to determine that. I also have gotten the mystical stick, goddess ribbon, and sword of kings from Mother 3 and Earthbound respectively, and I've caught a shiny Magikarp which was pretty useless considering you can get a free Gyrados. What about you guys?

 

[RETRO-VETRO RETRO-VETRO]

In Secret of Mana, equipment drops like the gauntlets you're describing are notoriously hard to quantify, there's no official drop rate published, but many players estimate some of the endgame gear has less than a 5% chance of appearing from specific enemies. The jump from 20 to 90 defense suggests it's one of the top-tier armors, likely dropped by enemies in the Mana Fortress.

As for Mother 3 and Earthbound, the Mystical Stick and Goddess Ribbon are among the rarest items in their respective games. The Sword of Kings in Earthbound is especially infamous, it only drops from Starmen Supers in Stonehenge Base, and the drop rate is a mere 1 in 128. Players often spend hours grinding for it, and it’s only usable by Poo, making it a niche but coveted item.

Catching a shiny Magikarp is a fun flex! Shiny odds in most Pokémon games are 1 in 8,192 (Gen II–V) or 1 in 4,096 (Gen VI onward), unless boosted by methods like Masuda breeding or chaining. While Magikarp itself isn’t battle-worthy, evolving it into a shiny Gyarados gives you a visually rare powerhouse though as you mentioned, Gold/Silver hands you a free one at Lake of Rage.

 

[bjork]

I think most of the stuff I got in years past has been sort of nullified by rereleases or rate adjustments. I got a Spread Needle in PSO but it was on the GC version where it's not as good. Various cosmetics in Fallout 76 that are made available later in events more commonly, stuff like that. I don't remember the specifics, but I remember on some old Pokemon game, trying to catch some kind of special Feebas to evolve it or something, and I know I did that. But nothing super rare. Complete sets of stuff in Castlevania games, things like that.

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

Shiny Pokemon are the ones that come to mind for me. I only ever saw shinies when I would play on emulators, at least until they made it a lot easier to get them in later Pokemon games.
Pokemon Legends Arceus also gives you a free shiny Pokemon; a shiny Ponyta. That has blue flame though, so it's cool regardless.

I feel like if I actively try to farm rare drops in games, then I never get them

Otherwise, I guess I have caught the "Devil of the Cygillan" in Final Fantasy XV

 

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

Oh as a bonus I do have 2 dawnbreakers. Illusion is the shit

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

I think most of the stuff I got in years past has been sort of nullified by rereleases or rate adjustments. I got a Spread Needle in PSO but it was on the GC version where it's not as good. Various cosmetics in Fallout 76 that are made available later in events more commonly, stuff like that. I don't remember the specifics, but I remember on some old Pokemon game, trying to catch some kind of special Feebas to evolve it or something, and I know I did that. But nothing super rare. Complete sets of stuff in Castlevania games, things like that.

Feebas was tricky in the old Pokemon games! I spent ages as a kid trying to get one. Took me ages, even with following the official guidebook because the guidebook didn't actually say how to find one, just where it could be found

 

[qw90700]

I dropped every items in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 1... Every item...

Those who don't know, the game has shit RNG even for medium rare items so imagine how shit is for rarest of rare items...

I even dropped that rare legendary underwear by playing the same shit by following the dropping conditions by playing perfectly and speedrunning the same quest for 3 days... 3 days!!!!

...but the game is fun AF that's why I just used it as an excuse!!! I was training for the tournament anyway!!! Yes... yes...

I can’t get enough of your love!! Yeah, I’m dying, cos it’s true!!!!!!!!!!!! lolol

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

I dropped every items in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 1... Every item...

Those who don't know, the game has shit RNG even for medium rare items so imagine how shit is for rarest of rare items...

Oh, I know! I'd take my PS4 over to my friend's place when XV1 came out and we'd both be farming the same missions over and over for drops, me on PS4 and them on their PC. Frustrating, but ultimately good times!

 

[X y b e r - S k u ll]

The luckiest I've probably gotten in terms of drops etc. was in Monster Hunter Generations when I was hunting a Rathalos. When you chop it's tail off you can carve it and get a material from it, the rarest one for a Rathalos being the Rathalos plate with only 3% chance. I got it on the tail carve. When you damage certain parts of the body, sometimes you'll get what's called a shiny drop, called that because they appear as sparkles on the ground. Once again; the rarest drop there is the plate but with a 2% chance with this method. In the same hunt I got the plate form the tail, I got it from the shiny drop too.

I know you mentioned it already, but my best Earthbound run of all time was when I got all the ultimate equipment for each character on my first battles with the respective enemies that have those drops. Never had luck like that ever again.

 

[garbodorman]

hatching shiny female salandit in pokemon moon. transfer it to ultra sun, and use her in my playthrough.

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

hatching shiny female salandit in pokemon moon. transfer it to ultra sun, and use her in my playthrough.

I tried that for ages! The real kick in the teeth was hatching a shiny male Salandit, and males don't evolve into Salazzle

 

[Dyne]

The Goo King Sword in Breath of Fire III.
The Slime Crown in Dragon Quest games.

 

[garbodorman]

I tried that for ages! The real kick in the teeth was hatching a shiny male Salandit, and males don't evolve into Salazzle

i got some males too. this is before i knew about swap breeding. i keep one and wonder trade some. i gave up and just breed for competitive team. one day i hatched a female shiny gible and since shiny garchomp is ugly i was like " what if i swap the gible with salandit? " and got a female shiny salandit. lol