How to Change Drop Rates for Unique & Elite Items in Archlord EP8 Private Server

🧠 Overview: Why Edit Drop Rates in Archlord EP8?

Balancing loot drop rates in Archlord EP8 is one of the key steps to creating a rewarding and long-lasting private server experience.
Many new administrators make the mistake of adjusting only a single configuration file, which results in broken or unfair loot distribution.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to properly edit drop rates for Unique and Elite items, so that your players can enjoy an engaging progression system without the world being flooded with overpowered loot.

This tutorial is perfect for:

• Server owners who want to fine-tune custom loot systems
• Players building test servers or balanced PvE worlds
• Anyone learning how Archlord EP8 loot tables actually work

⚙️ Step 1 – Don’t Rely Only on the “ServerInfo” File

A common mistake is assuming that editing only the ServerInfo.ini file will change your loot rate properly.
Inside this config, you’ll find two main parameters:

• DropAdjRatio
• Drop2AdjRatio

While these control general drop adjustments, they are global multipliers — not per-item or per-group ratios.
This means they do not affect the Unique or Elite item probabilities accurately.

➡️ To balance loot correctly, you’ll need to go deeper into the INI folder.

📂 Step 2 – Locate and Open GroupDropRate.txt

Go to your server files → INI folder, and find the file called GroupDropRate.txt.
This file contains the actual drop tables that define how and when items are rewarded from each monster or group.

You can open it using:

• Notepad++ (simple text editing)
• Microsoft Excel (recommended for clarity and sorting)

💡 Pro tip: Excel allows you to see columns and percentages aligned, making it much easier to understand drop probability values.

🔍 Step 3 – Understanding the Drop Groups and Values

Inside GroupDropRate.txt, you’ll see several GroupIDs, each representing a category of items.
In the EP8 VM Server, these are often set to a default value of 10,000, which causes far too many items to drop from a single monster.

That’s why your loot floods the ground after killing just one mob.
Don’t panic — editing these values is straightforward once you understand how they work.

🎨 Step 4 – Identify GroupIDs (Reference Table)

Each GroupID corresponds to a specific loot group (Unique, Elite, Potion, Quest, etc.).
By lowering or raising these values, you can balance how often items from that group appear.

👉 Keep your values consistent with your server’s intended difficulty and progression curve.

📈 Step 5 – Adjust Level Bonuses and Drop Probability

Next, look for parameters like:

• LevelBonus10
• LevelBonus20
• LevelBonus30, etc.

These represent bonus drop probabilities when the player’s level difference compared to the NPC is significant.
Example:
If your character is 100 levels higher than the monster, the server might still allow drops from that GroupID depending on your LevelBonus configuration.

To make your loot system feel natural:

• Keep bonuses slightly progressive, not exponential.
• Avoid making high-level farming zones too generous.

💾 Step 6 – Save, Restart, and Backup

Once you finish editing your drop settings:

1. Save your GroupDropRate.txt file.
2. Always make a backup before applying changes.
3. Restart your EP8 server to apply the new drop configuration.

⚠️ Important: Never overwrite your only working configuration. Keep at least two backups — one default and one edited.

🎯 Final Thoughts

Balancing drop rates in Archlord EP8 isn’t just about tweaking numbers — it’s about crafting the experience your players will live through.
By learning to edit both ServerInfo.ini and GroupDropRate.txt, you’ll have full control over loot distribution, player progression, and long-term engagement.

Before going live:

• Test your setup with 3–5 monster types
• Ask players for feedback on loot consistency
• Keep backups before every edit

That’s how you make your Archlord private server truly custom — and truly fun.

✅ Read more about :
How to Create Archlord Private Server – Full Setup Guide 2025

✅ Check the old Wiki DataBase :
Archlord Wiki (Fan Database)