- Steam or GOG
- Steam
- Single Player/Multiplayer
- Multi
- Operating System
- Windows 10
- Terraria Version
- 1.4.0.4
- Controls Used
- Keyboard/Mouse
I've killed 550 Ice Tortoise and haven't gotten a single shell to drop. I've gotten at least 20 milkshakes and 6 ice sickles (specifically from the Tortoise) during this grind. This is on Master Mode.
Literally every other item has dropped within reason, often far more frequently than advertised (I assume because of increased drop rates on higher difficulties) but this one item has a modest drop rate of 1% and simply doesn't appear. I've searched this problem and found various topics from people having the same problem with the same item only for them to be told 'thats probability'. Listen. Probability means you could flip a coin 1000 times and have it land on heads all 1000 times because every flip is independent of the others and will always be (very nearly) 50/50 each flip. It doesn't mean that will actually ever happen to you. The odds of an ice sickle dropping and no shell dropping after 550 kills is about 1 in 264 - and it happened 6 times.
I cheated for a shell after this so I dont particularly care about the outcome of this topic but I am suggesting you at least verify this one. Any other possible variables:
I've had the server running this map non-stop for about 4 days now.
I have used the dusk/dawn commands once or twice (but Ice Tortoises were killed well over a week of in-game time passing normally)
Sometimes played with friends, sometimes played solo
No luck potions used. No debuffs of any kind besides the occasional frozen status from local mobs. Relevant banners are placed in the area.
Literally every other item has dropped within reason, often far more frequently than advertised (I assume because of increased drop rates on higher difficulties) but this one item has a modest drop rate of 1% and simply doesn't appear. I've searched this problem and found various topics from people having the same problem with the same item only for them to be told 'thats probability'. Listen. Probability means you could flip a coin 1000 times and have it land on heads all 1000 times because every flip is independent of the others and will always be (very nearly) 50/50 each flip. It doesn't mean that will actually ever happen to you. The odds of an ice sickle dropping and no shell dropping after 550 kills is about 1 in 264 - and it happened 6 times.
I cheated for a shell after this so I dont particularly care about the outcome of this topic but I am suggesting you at least verify this one. Any other possible variables:
I've had the server running this map non-stop for about 4 days now.
I have used the dusk/dawn commands once or twice (but Ice Tortoises were killed well over a week of in-game time passing normally)
Sometimes played with friends, sometimes played solo
No luck potions used. No debuffs of any kind besides the occasional frozen status from local mobs. Relevant banners are placed in the area.