Editing PSP2i:Weapons project/Melee (section)

===Creature drops===
Creature drops refer to a drop from a regular creature or boss box found outside of Infinity Missions. The syntax for creating a drop table is as show:
<pre>{{DropHead}}
{{DropRow|enemy=XII|enemyspan=4|level=200-250|levelspan=2|HU|1/100}}
{{DropRow|RA, FO, VA|1/1,000}}
{{DropRow|level=300|levelspan=2|HU|1/2}}
{{DropRow|RA, FO, VA|1/20}}
{{DropRow|enemy=Matt|level=10-50|All|1/500}}
|}</pre>
To create:
{{DropHead}}
{{DropRow|enemy=XII|enemyspan=4|level=200-250|levelspan=2|HU|1/100}}
{{DropRow|RA, FO, VA|1/1,000}}
{{DropRow|level=300|levelspan=2|HU|1/2}}
{{DropRow|RA, FO, VA|1/20}}
{{DropRow|enemy=Matt|level=10-50|All|1/500}}
|}
Enemy refers to the name of the enemy, enemyspan refers to how many rows the enemy will occupy, level refers to the level range the drop is possible at, and levelspan refers to how many rows the level will occupy. If span is in effect, the following DropRow template does not need enemy and/or level entered again, as can be seen above. This may take some practice to get used to.

====Type drops====
Type drops (or level drops as named in the drop rate spreadsheet) are calculated by combining the drop rate of the appropriate creature level, and then the tier below it. If a level range has more than one drop, all drops of the appropriate range are rolled, and only the first of the tier below it.

Example for Twin Falclaws from a level 175-199 Go Vahra on HU:

<pre>Level 175-199 Go Vahra on HU: 0.250% (this is the original drop)
Level 150-174 Go Vahra on HU: 0.200% (this is the drop of the tier below)</pre>

In the base rate % column on Mewn's spreadsheet, put 0.250 in the A row, and 0.200 in the B row, then check A+B in the combined rate table on the right, and you will see that it reads 1/223. This is the combined base rate for this drop. To get some more information, let's also do RA's drop rate and also level 150-174 to create a table.

<pre>Level 175-199 Go Vahra on RA: 0.126%
Level 150-174 Go Vahra on RA: 0.126%

Combined drop rate following the instructions above: 1/398</pre>

<pre>Level 150-174 Go Vahra on HU: 0.200%
Level 125-149 Go Vahra on HU: 0.180%

Combined drop rate following the instructions above: 1/264</pre>

<pre>Level 150-174 Go Vahra on RA: 0.126%
Level 125-149 Go Vahra on RA: 0.126%

Combined drop rate following the instructions above: 1/398</pre>

So, we have calculated the following rates for Twin Falclaws from Go Vahra:

<pre>HU 150-174: 1/264
HU 175-199: 1/223
RA 150-174: 1/398
RA 175-199: 1/398</pre>

To make this into a table, it would work like so:

<pre>{{DropHead}}
{{DropRow|enemy=Go Vahra|enemyspan=4|level=150-174|levelspan=2|HU|1/264}}
{{DropRow|RA|1/398}}
{{DropRow|level=175-199|levelspan=2|HU|1/223}}
{{DropRow|RA|1/398}}
|}</pre>
To create:
{{DropHead}}
{{DropRow|enemy=Go Vahra|enemyspan=4|level=150-174|levelspan=2|HU|1/264}}
{{DropRow|RA|1/398}}
{{DropRow|level=175-199|levelspan=2|HU|1/223}}
{{DropRow|RA|1/398}}
|}

This isn't a full table, as we never did calculate FO or VA's drop rates, plus there may be many other levels or creatures to also consider.

====Shared drops====
Shared drops (special drops in the spreadsheet) are much easier. They only drop in three ranges: 1-99, 100-199 and 200-250. Furthermore, they are not affected by type, nor do any drop rates affect them, so the information can just be transferred directly.

There is an extra step here to note that drop rate boosts do not work on it, however.

Using Daylight Scar from Jedein as an example:

<pre>Level 100-199 Jedein: 0.250% (1/400)
Level 200-250 Jedein: 0.500% (1/200)</pre>

To put this into a table, we write the following:

<pre>{{DropHead}}
{{DropRow|enemy=Jedein|enemyspan=2|level=100-199|All|1/400{{NoRDR}}}}
{{DropRow|level=200-250|All|1/200{{NoRDR}}}}
|}
<references/></pre>

As shared drops are not affected by any drop rate boosts, we append <code><nowiki>{{NoRDR}}</nowiki></code> directly after the drop rate, and then write <code><nowiki><references/></nowiki></code> underneath the table. This will create a clickable note to inform people that rare drop boosts do not affect this drop, like so:
{{DropHead}}
{{DropRow|enemy=Jedein|enemyspan=2|level=100-199|All|1/400{{NoRDR}}}}
{{DropRow|level=200-250|All|1/200{{NoRDR}}}}
|}
<references/>
====Boss drops====
For boss drops, there's no lower tier calculations, however, each item will come from a box which will have 3 different items.

If the item in question is Drop #2 or 3, you will need to enter the rates of drop 1/2/3 in the spreadsheet, and then look at cumulative rate column for the final rate of the item.

For example if an item drops as Drop #2 at 5%, but there is a 10% drop as Drop #1, you will enter 10 in row A, 5 in row B, and the cumulative drop rate of B is now 4.5%, or 1/23.