Question about new explore & arcane traitstones

[Sajonji]

I played quite a while ago and recently read the 4.6 patch notes about the new explore mode.
Mainreason i stopped playing was the unbearable low drop chance of arcane traitstones. Has it gotten better now with the new explore mode ? Or is it still ridiculous low ?

[Tolkien Book Fan]

In the current Explore mode, you fight four battles, then a mini-boss, then a boss if you have enough 'mythstones'. There is a higher chance of getting arcanes in a mini-boss battle, and a guaranteed arcane from the boss. You get 2 traitstones from the boss, so you can (very rarely) get 2 arcanes from one battle. That may be possible from the mini-boss too.

[Sajonji]

Originally posted by ElfSeeker:

In the current Explore mode, you fight four battles, then a mini-boss, then a boss if you have enough 'mythstones'. There is a higher chance of getting arcanes in a mini-boss battle, and a guaranteed arcane from the boss. You get 2 traitstones from the boss, so you can (very rarely) get 2 arcanes from one battle. That may be possible from the mini-boss too.

The guaranteed arcane from the boss sounds good. But as i read in patch notes, you gotta get shards to fight a boss. which takes time and effort again.
Can you put it in a roughly comparison to old explore mode ? More, less or same amount of arcane stones than before ?

[Kvinden]

More or less the same as the old exploration.
The main difference is you can choose the difficulty more easily. For the arcane stones I had the impression it is slightly more than the old exploration mode but I get less celestial traitstones than in the past. As usual it probably depends of luck.

Reaching the boss fight is fast, simply do the mini boss part at high level and it takes only 2 or 3 explorations. Mini bosses drop as many traitstones as the mythic boss. Simply, one is guaranteed with the mythic boss ( So, sometimes he drops more than one) and not with the mini bosses.

The purpose of the mythic boss is to drop tokens and badges. This is the part that could be improved

[Oorfin]

At difficulty lvl 10 and higher mini boss and boss always give arcane traitstones, I don't know about lvl < 10 as I play at 10 only.

[Trail39rulez]

If you're worried about traitstones I highly recommend the underworld, it seems to give more but towards certain ones each area. Also now theres soulforge which helps a lot. Explore is only good for medals but it cost a lot of souls so I only recommend if you plan to get your 1st 3 til your saving souls.

[Tolkien Book Fan]

The mini-boss is never guaranteed to give arcanes, just the boss. And while you always encounter the mini-boss after winning 4 explores, the number of bosses you fight depends on how fast you get Mythstones. The only Delve that gives out arcanes is the Warrens, giving out Arcane Lights in the boss room.

I would say it grants more arcanes than the old system. Fighting at levels 10 or 11 you get enough Mythstones for a boss and a guaranteed arcane after ten or fifteen battles. The old explore might give you more in fewer battles, or you could fight all day without getting an arcane.