What happened to 5-8 and backpacks?

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Am I the only one experiencing this?

I have been steadily farming 5-8 every single day to get a load of backpacks and a daily dose of fresh heroes to feed my ascending team. Typically, I get about a bacpack per time I play the level (Sometimes 0, but sometimes 2, 3 and up to 4 a couple times) for a full run.

But lately, I’d say since about the last week, I get about 3-5 for a full run of 11 times played. this results in me not being able to keep my training camp running full time anymore.

Anyone else? Am I just having a terrible low point in luck?

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I have not had that experience. I do switch it up and do 5-8, 8-7, 13-6, and 22-9.

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Try switching it for a bit. Those who report low backpacks at 5-8 seems to get them back again after farming (for a while) elsewhere.

No official statement on it yet, just gamer experience.

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Like other parts of level 5 (5-7, etc.)? I have tried 8-7 and got 0 backpacks for a full run, so that was terrible!

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I usually use 6-8 because I need

  • Crude iron*
  • String
  • Fine Steel
  • Midnight Roots
  • Grimoire Dust
  • Oil

Etc. I also usually get 1-2 backpacks here

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Stage 19-9 I always get 2 backpacks and 2 swords, I also realized 5-8 ta bad

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I’ve been seeing 5-8 and 8-7 as being much worse than normal for weeks now. I used to farm them exclusively. Thank goodness I had a stockpile of swords or my hero generation would have gone to a two or three a day (and I used all my WE twice or three times a day, with many little side trips as well).

It actually seems to be getting better starting last week, but still not back to where it was.

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8-7 and 5-8 were confirmed as “good locations” for various things several versions ago…I don’t believe anyone’s taken up Revelate’s mantle to retest them recently.

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Well following Rook’s advice I fell back on 5-7 and things were much better on my last full run. Fingers crossed it stays that way!

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I tried 5-8/5-7 but the low recruits and low xp are turning me off and also I didn‘t find many backpacks. I rather stay with 8-7. you can never have too many recruits and it drops a fair amount of backpacks too.

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what about 7-1 for swords & backpack? any better?

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Glad to read this topic, as I was about to think that is was just me having bad luck.

I’m farming Province 5 to 8 over and over again, but have run out of wooden swords and backpacks and can’t seem to gain anymore.

Now trying to find other useful place to farm these.

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Found the same at 5-8 and switched to 5-6 which farmed a great backpack haul over a run, but that seems to be drying up (at least for me) at the moment

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I personally farm 6-8, as I have recently said elsewhere, due to the items I’m looking for. It also drops backpacks, so I am satisfied there. :slight_smile:

What happened to 5-8 and backpacks? - #5 by Rook

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RNG does what RNG will. I had a day recent where I got only 1 backpack in 8-7 on 10 runs and then the next day I got 15 on the same 10 runs.

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Yes, but for some of us it has been going on for weeks and weeks. 12-9 and 17-1 have been working for me the last few days. More experience, different mats (including tall boots and chainmail)

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I’ve noticed this the last week or so – 5-8 has been my go-to place for them, but they’ve been in pretty short supply everywhere else, too. I just get a string of cheap, slow trainings going until I get a pile of backpacks to speed things up. Heroes have been a little rarer lately, too.

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Apologies for a little self-inflicted, this verse on lucious loot may bring a little cheer

https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/t/ode-to-loot-poem-art/28888

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That was lovely! Puts a little balm on my bapckpak-broke soul :wink:

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Very kind of you to say, Flint. Search the forum for ‘ode’ or ‘ballad’ and you’ll find more verses for wars, heroes and all our other woes and triumphs!