Source Policy

Source tiers

We treat sources differently depending on their reliability:

• Tier 1 — Primary. Official patch notes, developer statements, in-game tutorials, and our own controlled in-game testing. Treated as authoritative.
• Tier 2 — Established community references. Maintained wikis (Fextralife, Game8, official wikis), Maxroll for ARPG guides, established YouTubers with reproducible testing methodology. Treated as authoritative when claims are testable.
• Tier 3 — Community reports. Reddit posts, forum threads, Discord testing. Used as leads, not citations. We try to reproduce these claims before publishing.
• Tier 4 — Aggregator sites. Auto-generated content farms and AI-only sites are not cited as sources; we treat their claims as unverified.

When sources conflict

Game data conflicts happen — different testing methodology, post-patch changes, regional differences. When two trusted sources disagree, we either:

• Run our own in-game test to break the tie and cite our result, or
• State the disagreement in the article and note that the claim is uncertain until a reliable test is available.

Drop rates

Drop rates almost always come from community testing with limited sample sizes. We report a rate only when:

• A community test of at least several hundred kills exists, or
• The developer has confirmed the number, or
• The game exposes the rate in-game directly.

Otherwise we describe the rate qualitatively ("uncommon", "rare") and explain our reasoning.

Affiliate disclosure

We do not currently use affiliate links. If we add them in the future, affected articles will display an explicit affiliate disclosure at the top of the page.