Items Alternative Method for the Sandstorm in a Bottle

[Trklntry]

Just having the Oasis (and Mirage) Crates having a 2% chance or so of dropping the Sandstorm in a Bottle would be nice. It the only component (aside from the Cloud in a Bottle, but they're common so it's ok) of the Bundle of Balloons that can only be obtained by one method. So the player doesn't have to jump between worlds unnecessarily.

 

[Mr. Spruce Tree]

Another alternate method for pyramid loot could be adding mini-pyramids in the underground desert.

Like this.
Also, I think 2% is a bit low. Maybe it could be 6% and include the Magic Carpet in it's loot pool (Pharaoh's set could be a separate 6% chance)?

 

[Trklntry]

That's a nice idea. The reason I proposed a 2% chance is just based of precedent essentially (with the Enchanted Sword from Golden/Titanium Crates). Though it'd be much more bearable with the Oasis/Mirage Crates since they're significantly more common, that doesn't mean though that'd I'd want the chance to be so low. But the devs would be more open to it I think if it weren't so high. Imo, the chance for the Enchanted Sword from Crates should be increased at least for the Hardmode variant. (at least a 5% chance)

 

[whoneedsnamestbh]

That's a nice idea. The reason I proposed a 2% chance is just based of precedent essentially (with the Enchanted Sword from Golden/Titanium Crates). Though it'd be much more bearable with the Oasis/Mirage Crates since they're significantly more common, that doesn't mean though that'd I'd want the chance to be so low. But the devs would be more open to it I think if it weren't so high. Imo, the chance for the Enchanted Sword from Crates should be increased at least for the Hardmode variant. (at least a 5% chance)

The issue is that fishing up an Enchanted Sword from crates takes an absolutely ridiculous amount of time. It’s basically 1/7500 per cast to get an Enchanted Sword assuming 100 fishing power, which if you caught something every 3 seconds on average is over *6 hours* of just fishing. Of course Mirage Crates are slightly more common than Golden, but I still wouldn’t want to spend half of my waking time fishing for a sandstorm in a balloon when I can look up a world seed with it and get one in 10 minutes.

I’d personally make its drop rate from crates fairly high myself, something in the margin of 10-15%.