Collector's/Secret Room's Trinkets.

[UshiNoMimi]

So here i was, going through the dungeon with my 'lil suicide party when Collector appeared. After a little while he kicked the bucket, but as the party was also meant to die i didn't bother picking up "The Head", Junia's in this case.
And here lies the problem. It looks like these trinkets are one time drop only and if it dropped to you and you were unable to pick it up it's gone forever for this run, because i've met a dozen of Collectors and plundered at least the same amount of s. rooms.
Is it a bug or is it intended to be that way?

[Madmax]

They're not a one time drop, but they're not guaranteed either. One thing you can try to do is dousing your torch before you enter the secret room (so you're at Pitch Black darkness) and then opening the secret door box. Because light levels impact loot quality, opening this box in full dark increases your odds of getting the heads.

[Taron]

Originally posted by Madmax:

They're not a one time drop, but they're not guaranteed either. One thing you can try to do is dousing your torch before you enter the secret room (so you're at Pitch Black darkness) and then opening the secret door box. Because light levels impact loot quality, opening this box in full dark increases your odds of getting the heads.

Do you need to douse the torch before entering the room at all, or just before opening a box? If its before entering the room at all that it determines loot, that's a valuable tip!

[wckowalski]

I had all 3 heads, then lost 2 to a party wipe.

[Madmax]

Originally posted by Taron:

Originally posted by Madmax:

They're not a one time drop, but they're not guaranteed either. One thing you can try to do is dousing your torch before you enter the secret room (so you're at Pitch Black darkness) and then opening the secret door box. Because light levels impact loot quality, opening this box in full dark increases your odds of getting the heads.

Do you need to douse the torch before entering the room at all, or just before opening a box? If its before entering the room at all that it determines loot, that's a valuable tip!

I'm pretty sure dousing the torch inside the secret room is OK too. Although usually I do it on the tile right before the secret room, mostly out of habit. But I don't think I've seen less loot when dousing it inside the secret room.

[SpectralProphet]

It does not matter when or where you extinguish the torch.
Outside or inside - no difference.

[JuLLe]

Originally posted by Madmax:

They're not a one time drop, but they're not guaranteed either. One thing you can try to do is dousing your torch before you enter the secret room (so you're at Pitch Black darkness) and then opening the secret door box. Because light levels impact loot quality, opening this box in full dark increases your odds of getting the heads.

Or you can just use a skeleton key on the chest and it should spawn either 3 heads or 3 of 2.5k gems

[LaserGuy]

Yeah, you should always use a skeleton key on those chests. Really no reason not to.

[Madmax]

Originally posted by JuLLe:

Originally posted by Madmax:

They're not a one time drop, but they're not guaranteed either. One thing you can try to do is dousing your torch before you enter the secret room (so you're at Pitch Black darkness) and then opening the secret door box. Because light levels impact loot quality, opening this box in full dark increases your odds of getting the heads.

Or you can just use a skeleton key on the chest and it should spawn either 3 heads or 3 of 2.5k gems

Well, yeah. I was assuming people were doing that already. Dousing the light and not using a key is not gonna help a lot.

[h0b0king]

I've only gotten a head from the secret room box once (though I've had all three for a while) still 7500 GP is nothing to scoff at - always bring a key.

[wckowalski]

Funny thing is, I got all 3 heads in my first two opportunities, lost 2, and despite 3-4 more secret rooms since I haven't gotten replacements.