VGchartz's Demon's Souls thread

[lestatdark]

@gekkokamen

The Large Sword of Searching doesn't improve the quality of the drops per se, it improves the % drop of enemies that don't have a 100 % drop rate RNG.

Take for example, the miners at world 2. The weaponless miners have a 10% chance to drop shards of spiderstones and 1% chance to drop chunks of spiderstones in neutral WT, but the RNG for allowing them to go through that % check is a % drop rate RNG, that for them is 40%.

Now, if you use the Large Sword of Searching, you effectively double that % drop rate RNG to 80%, also boosting the % drop chances for shards and chunks, to 20% and 2%.

So if you're hoping to get more chunks using the LSoS than not using it, you'll still need a lot of luck (not the stat) in order to have them drop Chunks as well.

For the Pure Bladestone is actually a myth, in that you are correct, mainly because the Black Skeletons have already a 100% drop RNG, meaning that even by using the LSoS, you won't be getting the doubling effect from it, so the % for pure bladestone drops still remains the same, 0.5% for the Hidden Passage 4-2 Black Skeleton, 1% for the BP Black Skeleton 4-2.

When it comes to the Primeaval Demons, the overall % drop RNG is at 75%, which is increased to 100% with the LSoS. Of course, the only thing that they drop is the CDS, so you'll have a 100% drop for CDS.

Mainly, the drops in this game are affected by sheer personal luck. You can affect it slightly with higher luck stat and the LSoS, but in the end, you're going to be dependent on your own luck.

In my first playthrough in the game, I got a Pure Bladestone in 2 tries with 7 Luck and no LSoS. The second time that I did it, it took me 7 hours to find one. Almost at the same time, Marciosmg got his at the 3rd try.