On Humbug Hat and Winterfest Danger Rooms

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I've checked the Humbug Hat's drops stats in wiki. it says it drops only in Saving Winterfest missions, with the introduction of winterfest danger rooms, i have been wondering if it is plausible for it to happen in these rooms. OR will it remain restricted to Saving Winterfest only?

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Fangel
Probably not

Seeing as the grinchlin stalkers in the new danger rooms and grinchlin assault are required to defeat for completion of the area, I doubt they'd drop from said stalkers.

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Ultimaximus

The Humbug Hats still drop, right? I'm starting to get very paranoid, and I don't see any in AH

Manava
I tried to farm for it again

I tried to farm for it again this year but again with a faliure result so I gave up and I don't want to take for something have less than 1% drop rate....

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Fehzor

I'd ask around in game though the forums are a great starting point for such an inquiry. It's very possible that they do drop outside of save winterfest but as Fangel said, they could be hard coded to drop within save winterfest or possibly only the save winterfest from a while back. The only way to tell is to find someone who has found one this year and confirm.

You could also try to contact Spiral-Spy, who is most likely a data miner.

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Traevelliath

I'm not sure if they drop anymore. Although OOO changed the mechanics of the Save Winterfest mission(s) so it's harder to farm Humbugs than it was during the first year they showed their heads. I devoted a lot of time trying to hunt Humbugs last year and I didn't get any drops. This year I haven't seen any Humbug Hats on the AH.

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Dracora-Speaking
:(

I've contacted support about these issues, asking "can the hat drop outside of the mission, or does it still even drop?"

They say "I'm afraid that I cannot say if the Grinchlin Stalkers will drop a humbug hat. Hopefully if they do, a player will be able to report it so you can document it."

This I find very sad, because I don't see a reason for staff to decide not to clarify this issue (either via a forum dev post or telling/allowing the Game Masters to tell what's going on). The lack of hats in the AH is disheartening, to say the least, but it does not prove one thing or another.

If anyone finds a hat this year (and/or has a screenie from 2014/2013), please speak up - a screenshot would help a lot, we know there are lots of pranksters out there.

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Holy-Nightmare
@dracora

I'm starting to freakin sick of OOO keeping us in the dark about everything

Dats-Mah-Boi
^Starting? You're only 2

^Starting? You're only 2 years late.

Tbh it is annoying, but doesn't matter because the game is essentially complete.

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Ultimaximus

I'm not going to be amused if those hours I spent farming turned out to be worthless, while staff refuse to say if the prize I'm seeking is even there or not.