Looted 40 Ox Beetles - still no horn

[barbayat]

I would really like to be able to continue the story - but I need the Tier 3 hammer and since the game isn't dropping any horns, I can't - is there a cheat or some hex thing so I can get some or change the drop rate to get at least the horn I need to continue the story. Because I need that Tier 3 hammer for almost everything and it's really making me go sour on this game.

[Ensign Toby]

Man, WHAT did you DO???
The Gods of RNG must be seriously pissed at you...

The RNG %-ages aren't nearly that bad, usually.
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Have you tried:
* Mutation: Dissection Expert
* Mutation: Rascal Rogue
OR, if you are sufficiently desperate
* Loot Black Widow Egg Sacs (mind you, BWs have a VERY bad attitude...)

I'm not aware of any cheat/spawn commands, and Creative Mode destroys any chances to
earn achievements ever again (even if you set it back to "normal") - so it's not really viable.

[GaskinZ]

I just read through the wiki page on them but there's no reason it shouldn't be giving you ox horns.

Each time you kill a basic ox beetle, it has a 50% chance to drop 1 ox horn, and a 1% chance (if I'm interpreting this right) to drop a second ox horn independent to the first.

Meaning if you have killed 40 of these (I recommend using the fire-ant-club btw) you've effectively flipped 40 coins and they all came up tails.

I'd buy a lottery ticket.

Now, on the other hand, ox beetles from RAIDS have different stats. THEY only have a 10% chance to drop horns.

[barbayat]

Originally posted by Ensign Toby:

Man, WHAT did you DO???
The Gods of RNG must be seriously pissed at you...

The RNG %-ages aren't nearly that bad, usually.

I must have appeased the gods by going on a very long Termite killing spree - because after that I ran into another ox beetle and got my first horn. The next two dropped one ..

Anyway thanks for the additional hints, seems it was a case of really terrible luck ...