02-05-2009, 12:24 AM
Quote:That's nifty. It should go without saying that the best items in Diablo, while plenty hard to get in their own right, are far from the being the most rare. About 10 years ago, someone posted that the rarest item would be an emerald (specific melee weapon) of slaying. According to your calculator, an emerald bastard sword of slaying will show up about once every 2,840,000 games! On the bright side, you only have to get to level 14 and check for Dreadjudge before starting a new game. :D No need to bother with Wirt since even he cannot sell such a combo. At 30 seconds a game, 24 hours a day, it should only take a couple weeks eh?
An emerald specific shield of the wolf has the same property, although it is a bit easier to find. Why is that? In part it is because there are fewer shields, but the ratio isn't enough to explain the difference in probability.