Trade bars in lockboxes

alcattle · June 2014

I do not need to know lock boxes are bad, poor and big gamble. I just want to know which ones have trade bars and which ones don't. Also I remember there was a change in a LB do reduce the number in each box.

TIA for any input

beckylunatic · June 2014

Any lockbox can drop 1-20 bars. The nerf meant that none of them can drop more than 20 bars, which they used to be able to.

The exception is lockboxes that can contain a tradebar jackpot, which you get instead of any other prize. These automatically open except from the first box where they were introduced, Feywild.

Other than that, no particular lockbox is better for getting tradebars than any other.

angrysprite · June 2014

beckylunatic wrote: »

Any lockbox can drop 1-20 bars. The nerf meant that none of them can drop more than 20 bars, which they used to be able to.

The exception is lockboxes that can contain a tradebar jackpot, which you get instead of any other prize. These automatically open except from the first box where they were introduced, Feywild.

Other than that, no particular lockbox is better for getting tradebars than any other.

^This.

Just to clarify: EVERY Lockbox contains at least one (1) Tradebar. Most contain an average of four (4) to six (6) bars. Anything more than this and you should consider it a win. Anything less than this and you should consider it a flop.

Though lockboxes, as a general rule, are a lot of fun and do more often-than-not contain valuable prizes. But if you're hoping for specific things (Trade bars, Mount, etcetera) then they become a disappointment. But if you just want a pile of goodies, they're a lot of fun.

akemnos · June 2014

i was getting hte 4-6 average in the previous box but the new one seems to have the normal range (at least from the small sample size i opened) i was way more consistantly getting hte 10-14 range for trade bars.

beckylunatic · June 2014

Trade bar drops are as streaky as anything else. If you only ever open a few boxes, and you always open them singly or quickly in small batches, you're unlikely to see the full range.

If I open a couple and I'm getting tradebars <10 per box, I stop unless I was also pulling decent items.

unrealized1977 · June 2014

beckylunatic wrote: »

Trade bar drops are as streaky as anything else. If you only ever open a few boxes, and you always open them singly or quickly in small batches, you're unlikely to see the full range.

If I open a couple and I'm getting tradebars <10 per box, I stop unless I was also pulling decent items.

Do yourself a favor, if your looking for tradebars and larger amounts the older boxes give you a better chance. Feywild, Dark and Rusted.

rollingonit · June 2014

unrealized1977 wrote: »

Do yourself a favor, if your looking for tradebars and larger amounts the older boxes give you a better chance. Feywild, Dark and Rusted.

I think they nerfed all the boxes. I haven't actually played this game since Dec. But I was curious about the egg event with the chicken, so I logged on the gateway hoping I could get some eggs, found out I couldn't sadly. Then I thought Id open some boxes with left over zen, I wanted to open the new boxes, sadly I couldn't again cause I couldn't move anything from my mail to my inventory (disappointment after disappointment, I know tee hee). So I ended up opening some leftover Rusted boxes, the trade bars I received I think were all under the amount of 10. So disappointment x3.

Trade bars in lockboxes

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