I've reached out to The Division, and not heard back. I was hoping to get a better understanding on scavenging. My scavenging has been 128% for more then a week and I got no high end drops. I then decided to equip my better gear with 0% scavenging and after 20 minutes in the DZ got 2 high end drops. One level 31 and one level 30. Sense then I've averaged a High End drop a night the last 3 nights. So my question is; How does scavenging work, and what's the point if I'm getting better drops without it? Will any of this matter with the 1.1 updated?
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Scavenging
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Xeromaus
The Rogue Mod
RNG is a cruel mistress. Thanks to it, you could have streaks of good or bad luck no matter what you do stat wise.
The devs have said that scavenging was supposed to affect ALL looting, dropped or found. Player testing however has yielded mixed results, with some finding more with more scavenging and some not. You can chalk it up to random number generation if you like, or perhaps its another bug the devs glossed over.
Scavenging was supposed to increase the odds of gaining better loot in all respects; what would have been a green drop becomes blue, blue becomes purple, purple becomes yellow. The devs acknowledge a failure in this respect when they patched challenge mode boss to drop loot commensurate with their level., though this patch brought little to no change at all. A short time later, they again acknowledged a failure of the looting system, and perhaps scavenging, when they announced that all named npcs will drop a high end item 100% of the time after the incursions patch on the 12th. They have never explicitly said whether or not these changes were the result of broken scavenging, or the loot system in general however.
The devs have said that scavenging was supposed to affect ALL looting, dropped or found. Player testing however has yielded mixed results, with some finding more with more scavenging and some not. You can chalk it up to random number generation if you like, or perhaps its another bug the devs glossed over.
Scavenging was supposed to increase the odds of gaining better loot in all respects; what would have been a green drop becomes blue, blue becomes purple, purple becomes yellow. The devs acknowledge a failure in this respect when they patched challenge mode boss to drop loot commensurate with their level., though this patch brought little to no change at all. A short time later, they again acknowledged a failure of the looting system, and perhaps scavenging, when they announced that all named npcs will drop a high end item 100% of the time after the incursions patch on the 12th. They have never explicitly said whether or not these changes were the result of broken scavenging, or the loot system in general however.
Blazzen67
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dont really have to worry about it anymore since all high level named bosses will have a 100% HE drop rate starting on the 12th. I was of the opinion that your scavenging percentage had zero to do with the frequency of getting a HE loot drop. even made a post about it a little while ago. but it is what it is...not worried about it anymore 
Superiorpen
Community Member
Is it possible that scavenging has a hidden cap, like crit chance?
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Xeromaus
The Rogue Mod
absolutely possible, but it's never been said by anyone that I know of, player or dev.
quinch1199
Dwarven Lord Under The Mountain
I think the general theory is that Scavenging skill only applies to number and quality of materials when you collect from map nodes (electronics, weapon parts, fabric etc) and is not a skill that applies any modifier to the random drops from mobs at all. I think the only modifier to that is your general level (normal and DZ) as you'll receive a higher chance of getting equipment you can make use of within a narrow band.
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