Hello,
I have compiled statistics about the gardening almanachs. The source of the raw data are the Rowen Trading discord so thanks to them for collecting those informations.
No one will disagree if i say the gardening almanach was a great addition to the game. However it can also be very frustrating. We often have the feeling that some almanachs are far more frequent than others.
The intent of this thread is to provide data and i hope it will start a discussion on how to improve this feature.
So here are the results :
- Raw data
I have used 380 gardening almanach information from 28 march 2020 to 11 april 2021.
- Stats by Zone
Zone |
How many |
Gazluk |
46 |
Fae Realm |
45 |
Serbule |
44 |
Eltibule |
43 |
Ilmari |
43 |
Kur |
40 |
Rahu |
40 |
Sun Vale |
40 |
Serbule Hills |
39 |
Nothing much to say here. Each zone seems to have en equal chance to be chosen.
- Stats by Plant
Plant |
How many |
Cabbage |
24 |
Red Pepper |
24 |
Escarole |
23 |
Squash |
19 |
Potato |
18 |
Pumpkin |
18 |
Onion |
17 |
Broccoli |
16 |
Sugarcane |
16 |
Beet |
13 |
Green Pepper |
13 |
Pea |
13 |
Corn |
12 |
Cotton |
12 |
Barley |
11 |
Carrot |
11 |
Fae Mysotis |
11 |
Winterhue |
10 |
Basil |
9 |
Desert Rose |
9 |
Red Rose |
9 |
Daisy |
8 |
Pansy |
8 |
Bluebell |
7 |
Poppy |
7 |
Red Aster |
7 |
Tulip |
7 |
Violet |
7 |
Cantaloupe |
6 |
Marigold |
6 |
Dahlia |
5 |
Elven Lily |
3 |
Dandelion |
1 |
Now it becomes interesting. It seems ovious the odds are different for plants. Flowers almanach are rarer. Out of the 16 rarer almanachs, 15 are flowers.
Another interesting point is pumpkin almanachs. Pumpkin seeds can only be looted during halloween. This almanach should not be that frequent.
Fun fact : Next Monday will be the 1 year anniversary of the last dandelion almanach.
- Almanach repeats
For each almanach i have checked if one or more almanach of the same plant has happened the previous 1, 6 and 13 days. So it shows repeats of the same almanach back to back, in one week and in two weeks.
What i have found ?
There have been 10 back to back almanach of the same plant.
There have been 65 almanachs with one almanach of the same plant in the previous 6 days.
There have been 3 almanachs with two almanachs of the same plant in the previous 6 days.
There have been 116 almanachs with one almanach of the same plant in the previous 13 days.
There have been 23 almanachs with two almanachs of the same plant in the previous 13 days.
There have been 2 almanachs with three almanachs of the same plant in the previous 13 days.
- Beginner friendly almanach
I also wanted to check how useful the almanach were for new players.
For this, i have chosen (arbitrarily) which plants are beginner friendly and which zones are not.
For the plants, i have chosen a cut-off of level 40 gardening.
For the zones, i have decided only Serbule, Serbule Hills, Eltibule and Rahu were beginner friendly. I have excluded Sun Vale because you need to be a druid or an animal to garden there.
So with those criterias :
- 87 almanachs were beginner friendly. Good zone and Good plant
- 114 almanachs would have been beginner friendly if not for the HL zone
- 79 almanachs would have been beginner friendly if not for the HL plant
- 100 almanachs were for experimented player. HL zone, HL plant.
Here, the interesting number is the second one. No one like to see a « cabbage almanach in Gazluk ». Everyone is losing in this situation. HL players don’t care, beginners can’t go there.
The third number is not a problem. If there is a good HL almanach in a low level zone, new players will benefit from buffs (music, display, …) It is a win/win situation.
- My suggestions to improve the almanach
1- More almanachs in beginner friendly area (serbule, serbule hills, eltibule). They are the ones that can benefit the most from almanachs. Equal odds between each zone looked like a good idea but it makes more than 50% of the almanach not accessible to the players that needs it the most.
2- Rework odds for flowers. I agree that high level flowers should be rare, they are very valuable. But mid level and low level flowers shouldn't be that rare. By making them less rare, you will also improve almanach diversity.
3- Decrease odds of Pumpkin almanach drastically. Like i said before, pumpkin seeds can't be looted outside halloween so no reason to see this almanach that much.
4- Block repeat of the same almanach in a 7 days period.
5- Block low level almanachs (potato, onion, cabbage, beet, bluebell, red aster) to happen in high level zone.
Thanks for reading
Kirkidan