Shattered Heart Woodcutting Rock

[wioneo]

To anyone who found a woodcutting rock in the the last week or so, what were you doing when you found it? I have been building the statue for the last 8 weeks or so, and up until now I always found this rock relatively quickly while cutting ivy. However I have now spent more time than I did during the combined previous wc rock hunts chopping both ivy and teaks. This is making me think that either there was some change to the rate or possibly a change to the methods that yield rocks.

 

Or, if anyone has found a rock in ivy recently, perhaps I am just having a very unfortunate bit of bad luck.

[Quyneax]

I just do an hour at teaks and always get my rocks. Both ivy and all trees (I think) give rocks and I very much doubt the rate has been changed.

[wotmania505]

I'm pretty sure the probability of getting a rock from a given activity changes from week to week. So, while one week you might get your rock from ivy really quickly, another it might take many hours. Shattered Heart was meant to encourage varied types of play, so try cutting a few teaks or maples and see how that works.

[wioneo]

I'm pretty sure the probability of getting a rock from a given activity changes from week to week. So, while one week you might get your rock from ivy really quickly, another it might take many hours. Shattered Heart was meant to encourage varied types of play, so try cutting a few teaks or maples and see how that works.

 

I haven't noticed any notable change in the time it took to get rocks up until now. For example, the fishing(monkfish), mining(conc gold), runecrafting(zmi), and previously woodcutting(ivy) rocks were always found within about 5 minutes(probably 10 for mining) of beginning the activity(and switching skills between the 2 rocks). I've noticed that many methods are notably slower for finding rocks such as rocktails for fishing, or normal altars for rc, and some other methods don't yield rocks regardless of how long you spend, such as battlestaves, wines, arrows, and I suspect combination runes.

 

I always thought that ivy would be included in the latter category, and would not be surprised if that were changed. So it would be greatly reassuring if someone who has found a rock in ivy within the last 4 days would confirm that it is still possible to find them there.

[LitterBug]

Um, if you were purely looking for rocks - it seems to me that rocks are based on the action itself and not based on the exp gain.

I don't know it that makes sense to you but basically:

cutting normal logs > cutting magic trees for strange rocks

 

Of course this applies for a few things only (like in smithing/cooking/herblore/etc - it won't really matter).

 

Anyhow take a look at this guide for strange rock advice.

I've been following this guide pretty much - and it hasn't been wrong yet.

It does have ivy listed as an event that would drop a strange rock.

 

If you still want further confirmation - I'll get on tomorrow/saturday and try to get a rock that way.