How "rare" are some Random Events?

[Smithy93]

Ok, my neighbor was over my house today when she said "Can i sell mime legs and gloves?" when I started freaking out. I've been thinking about it..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I get Mysterious Men, Mysterious Men Box Give-outs, and Genies. So how rare are The Maze and The Mime. My neighbor told me the Mysterious Man says "I'm going to take you to a special place!" but still. How rare or the Maze and the Mime?

[Awe]

I have never had a maze or mime on the account that I use now. I've had 2 mimes and 1 maze on a different account though. Maze's and mimes are pretty much the rarest events.

[cowmaster187]

ive had both a ton but only when im power wc my tree in fally park other wise i get almost none

[alcoolj]

IÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢ve had them all numerous time, with one exception ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Ãâ I have never had a Pious Pete random. Other than that I would say that the maze and mime are about evenly the next rarest (maybe 10 times each), then comes Freaky Forester and Camo man (20 times or so each) and all the rest bunched up in the hundreds of times. I donÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢t count the newest quiz master one, but I have had it a few times already. I havenÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢t included the skill specific ones either, but they are in the hundreds also.

[Doomster]

Completed full mime kit the other day.

 

 

 

One trick, if you have a full inventory, you cannot be given a mystery box, and the general opinion is that you will usually receive a "transport away" event instead, if it was going to give you a box.

 

 

 

So pack your inventory, especially for actions which do not reduce it, like gold or silver smelting.

 

 

 

 

 

Also, if you can ignore and walk away from (without dying) the Dwarf. You can ignore the sandwich lady (but you will be random tele'd).

 

 

 

I generally don't ignore anything which has the chance of a reward I like though.

 

 

 

The "ignore theory" is that by acting like a dumb autoer, you set a flag which will hit you with more or harder to avoid randoms.

[sir_molk]

When I'm cooking I get TONS of mazes. But I haven't had a mime in almost 2 months now.

[LJoker]

I only got once the event Surprise Exam! since he got out.

[viral_wulf]

IÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢ve had them all numerous time, with one exception ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Ãâ I have never had a Pious Pete random. Other than that I would say that the maze and mime are about evenly the next rarest (maybe 10 times each), then comes Freaky Forester and Camo man (20 times or so each) and all the rest bunched up in the hundreds of times. I donÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢t count the newest quiz master one, but I have had it a few times already. I havenÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢t included the skill specific ones either, but they are in the hundreds also.

 

 

 

I just got done alching from 55 magic to 80 and while doing so, I agree with what this poster says.

 

 

 

These three were the most common:

 

 

 

old man with the box

 

stupid evil twin

 

camo man

 

 

 

These seemed less common than the above three:

 

 

 

freaky forester

 

evil bob (the cat)

 

the quiz show

 

maze

 

mime

 

the new school random (which I love)

 

 

 

I might say that out of the above, the maze, mime, and the new schoolhouse randoms are the rarest of the bunch.

 

 

 

BTW - I think I have 22 fishing and haven't even used a pole or a net outside of the evil bob random. :)

 

 

 

I've only had one frog random in my character's young life and that was while running an agility course.

 

 

 

I alched with only bows, nats, and cash in my inventory with both public and private chat set to "off".

[hyjack01]

Only Pious Pete is a 'rare random'. I never had it, while all others are quite common.. (too common, I'm really fed up with all randoms except the maze :wink: )

[The Observer]

The rarest one would be the Pious Pete random event. I've only gotten it ONCE. I've never gotten Evil Bob's island though..

 

 

 

I guess it depends on where you train. There are certain "hotspots" for random events. I train in the Stronghold of Security Flesh Crawlers and get the maze and pinball numerous times.

[viral_wulf]

I train in the Stronghold of Security Flesh Crawlers and get the maze and pinball numerous times.

 

 

 

I forgot about blasted pinball, I got that one a lot as well.

[SedrikI]

well in my opinion they are not called Randomevents for nothing, they are just random they can appear anywhere they are just random so i dont think is that u get one or not , one day you may get lots or other day u dont get any at all, what u do increases the chance of getting it when u r doing skills like crafting its more likely to get a random event but it dont make it common. :D

[viral_wulf]

well in my opinion they are not called Randomevents for nothing, they are just random they can appear anywhere they are just random so i dont think is that u get one or not , one day you may get lots or other day u dont get any at all, what u do increases the chance of getting it when u r doing skills like crafting its more likely to get a random event but it dont make it common. :D

 

 

 

You started off by saying that "they are not called Randomevents for nothing, they are just random they can appear anywhere", but went on to say that, "what u do increases the chance of getting it when u r doing skills like crafting its more likely to get a random event". Which is it?

[Lunar_Drifter]

Randoms are random. That's a fact.

 

 

 

Also, it is theorized that Jagex has set the rate at which you get a random higher after doing one thing for long periods of time. Often while training combat, for example, for a long time, you'll get a random if you try to alch something or teleport away.

[champion]

I noticed if I'm, say, traning combat, I always seem to get a random right while I bury a bone or teleport away. When I was a noob, I got the maze random a lot, haven't gotten it since. And only got mime twice . I get the stupid box plenty of times though....

[viral_wulf]

Randoms are random. That's a fact.

 

 

 

 

No, it is not a fact.

[Elessar3019]

I've been keeping a list of REs I've gotten since July 19, while woodcutting and firemaking. Let's see:

 

 

 

Cap'n Hand : 2 times

 

rewards: uncut emerald, 40gp

 

Drunken Dwarf : 3 times

 

rewards: the usual x 3

 

Dr. Jekyll : 5 times

 

rewards: strength potion (2) x 5

 

Freaky Forester : 1 time

 

rewards: Lederhosen Hat

 

Genie : 2 times

 

rewards: total 880 herblore exp

 

MOM : 4 times

 

rewards: uncut sapphire x 3, 80 gp

 

MOM: Maze : 2 times

 

rewards: total 125 coal, total 1322 feathers, total 220 steel arrows, total 167 death runes, total 3020 gp

 

MOM: Mysterious Box : 4 times

 

rewards: uncut emerald x 2, 160gp, uncut sapphire

 

Mr. Mordaut : 7 times

 

rewards: total 3960 herblore exp, 825 construction exp

 

Niles, Miles, and Giles : 2 times

 

rewards: uncut sapphire, 320gp

 

Rick Turpentine : 1 time

 

rewards: uncut sapphire

 

Sandwich Lady : 5 times

 

rewards: bread roll, chocolate bar, kebab x 2, triangle sandwich

 

Security Guard : 1 time

 

rewards: 320gp

 

The Frogs : 1 time

 

rewards: the usual token

 

 

 

That should give you a fairly accurate breakdown of which randoms are more rare than others. FTR, I've never gotten Pious Pete, and the Drill Demon only once. The freaky Forester you see is the first time I've gotten that, as well. If any of you want, PM me in a couple weeks and I'll send you the list then. I hope, as I get 99 wc, fm, and hunter, to compile a very accurate percentage for randoms.

[AznSteve]

I get all of the mime clothes and most of the mazes whenever I high alch steel plates standing in front of Varrock west bank.

 

 

 

I got all of my camo pieces while training on zombies and flesh crawlers in the SoS.

[Platinum_Myr]

I have YET to get all the emotes and outfits from most randoms...

 

 

 

Personally, I think they are randomly selected, but that the "spinner" which selects it can be biased slightly.

[Mak_1027]

I was killing in the SoS the other night for about 3 hours and was getting randoms on a regular basis ...in 3 hours I got

 

Drill Demon

 

Mime

 

Maze

 

Evil Twin

 

Pinball

 

Bob the Cat twice

 

The Box thing

 

 

 

This was on the first level, killing the lower level minotaurs.

[Latinoking]

Completed full Mime today.

 

 

 

In my 1 yr and 3 month of rs playing. I gotten only let's say 5. (unlocking emotes too)

 

 

 

Two of which I got today. :shock:

 

 

 

While I have gotten tons of Frog and MOM.