[b23] Alchemist quest parts not dropping

[Taxorgian]

I've only played one character in b23 (and finished one in b22, dying to the aggro bug) but none of the alchemy body parts are dropping (e.g. minotaur nose, bear paw, etc.). I thought it was really neat in b22, where it did work....

[rcadiaa]

(I asked about this in the game chat too,) I was told that the drops were disabled for this version when I was trying to find xorn fragments. But later on I was able to find the reagent "wretchling eyeball" from the Dark Crypt; so not quite sure what to think of it at the moment.

I'll edit this post if I find anymore parts and (possibly? hopefully?) finish the quest.

[evouga]

Maybe

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	if not player or game.party:hasMember(player) then return end

should be

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	if not (player or game.party:hasMember(player)) then return end

?

[Hedrachi]

(I asked about this in the game chat too,) I was told that the drops were disabled for this version when I was trying to find xorn fragments. But later on I was able to find the reagent "wretchling eyeball" from the Dark Crypt; so not quite sure what to think of it at the moment.

I'll edit this post if I find anymore parts and (possibly? hopefully?) finish the quest.

I've noticed in dungeons with dungeon-specific factions (Rhalore Camp, etc) that also have enemies from the generic enemy faction, the monsters aligned to the unique faction will often spend more time hunting down the generic enemies than they will you. Maybe the parts only drop if something from another faction kills it, in b23?

[Taxorgian]

(I asked about this in the game chat too,) I was told that the drops were disabled for this version when I was trying to find xorn fragments. But later on I was able to find the reagent "wretchling eyeball" from the Dark Crypt; so not quite sure what to think of it at the moment.

I was going to comment the same thing; finding these randomly on the floor is really... weird.

[rcadiaa]

(I asked about this in the game chat too,) I was told that the drops were disabled for this version when I was trying to find xorn fragments. But later on I was able to find the reagent "wretchling eyeball" from the Dark Crypt; so not quite sure what to think of it at the moment.

I'll edit this post if I find anymore parts and (possibly? hopefully?) finish the quest.

Well, I've since found "vial of wight ectoplasm" (another reagent for the quest, albeit requested by a different alchemist).

To Hedrachi: The wretchling eyeballs that dropped were from my kills; in the Dark Crypt, it was the standard "You vs. the Monsters" situation.

Edit: The Quest works! Relevant pictures below. (Oh, and expect spoilers regarding this quest).

All the reagents acquired; just to clarify, these reagent parts were all acquired from kills, and not found randomly. This was also the case with the wretchling eyeballs I found in the Darkcrypt.
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IDing the grey-vial
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Cheers!
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After "completing" the quest, the quest log has an interesting note. Apparently, folks can complete their potions without your aid?
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[PowerWyrm]

The quest maybe works, but the items never drop for me...

[vance]

I have tooled around this quest for a while and can pretty much confirm if a monster kills the monster in question then it will drop the body part. Whereas if you do nothing drops. I have already finished one potion quest.

It actually has been kind of fun, I find my target species and trail it around till I can find a beam/aoe mob and then position myself such that the beam/aoe mob fries the mob who's anatomical bit I need (phase door is invaluable as are wretchling mobs with their convenient acid fog skill/spell). I usually soften it up first - so far it has worked without fail.

I assume its a bug but I think we have stumbled on a novel tactical concept that could possibly be legitimately used in another quest entirely.

[rcadiaa]

Whereas if you do nothing drops.

Based on my experience, I have to disagree: I made the kills for all 3 drops. In fact, in the case of the claw, it was a single encounter with a storm drake in the dungeon with no other monsters in the vicinity- no monster could have killed it.

So while monster on monster kills may result in drops, player kills can lead to drops too.