Gnomes and World Energy
Rumor from Beta, very few people Beta tested gnome appearance rate on the official forums
Reused Coding
Still a good chance SGG just reused the AR dragon code
But
SGG may have adjusted the rate per WE
World Energy
If it is like AR dragon, the appearance of the VF gnome rate is based on energy spent per manual run / auto play run / per loot ticket
More WE spent, higher appearance rate
This has been confirmed by players for AR dragon
Most likely to encourage using energy flasks and loot tickets
Same World Energy
If it is like AR dragon, the appearance of the VF gnome, for stages with the same WE and same difficulty, stages with lower number of mobs have a lower chance
But the difference is very, very small
So almost always better to pick based on
World Energy
then
number of recruits ( SGG is weird about resource loot drops ),
1* / 2* loot drops,
how fast you can farm it,
how many loot tickets / energy flasks you are spending,
1* / 2* troop drops
then
Average number of mobs per run
Maximum Gnomes
If it is like AR dragon, only the Devs know how to maximize VF gnomes
Lack of Transparency
As Far As I Know, the Devs gave no information about VF gnome appearance rate
Even if the VF gnome appearance rate is identical, the Devs very careful answered questions to hide several critical factors about AR dragon appearance rate
Example
Higher WE per run means higher chance per run
Hard mode has higher WE per run than same stage in Normal mode
Hard mode has a higher chance per run for the SAME STAGE in Normal mode
If
Hard mode stage ( Ex: 2.1-1N for 7 WE)
has SAME WE as a
Normal mode stage ( Ex: 2.27-10N for 7 WE )
do they have the same chance or different chance?
Daily limit
Do not forget, unlike AR dragons, VF gnomes have a daily cap ( see notes )
So do not waste WE after the cap
Notes
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Best?
From 2021-February
@Pois1
High level player @Pois1
(https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/t/valhalla-forever-farming-36-9-and-10-10/229953?u=gryphonknight)
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Elemental chests
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Coin, recruits or loot
Daily Cap
FIN