Loot

**Loot** consists of items or money acquired from quests, mobs, or containers. Players refer to taking items from corpses of enemies as looting.

## Solo Loot

Looting is simple when playing solo. A "lootable" corpse can be right-clicked to allow access to its contents, creating a pop-up window containing any items on the corpse. Items can then be left-clicked and moved into the inventory or bags. If the loot window is empty, this indicates the corpse has no items.

For Bind on Pickup items, the player will be prompted to accept the item and bind it to them, or turn it down and leave the item on the corpse. Players can return and loot the corpse of any remaining items until it disappears. After a period of time, the corpse will "unlock," allowing other players to access its contents.

## Party Loot

Like solo loot, a corpse can be accessed by any party member. Need before greed is the commonly accepted form of loot distribution, where each player rolls a die if an item is an upgrade, and the highest roll wins. If no one needs the item, it defaults to greed where anyone interested may roll or pass. The generally accepted looting policy is to need on items you plan to use now or in the near future. It's a good rule of thumb to ask a group after joining how loot is being managed so disputes don't arise later.

Higher difficulty content involving multiple groups of players will usually have an assigned Master Looter who manages loot distribution. This is commonly handled by assigned officers in guilds.

Some players consider it rude if someone intentionally loots corpses during combat. To avoid any conflicts, it's best to wait until combat has resolved.

Loot from containers as opposed to corpses also follows these guidelines. Although the container will be lootable by any party member, if the container holds a high-quality item, that item will be rolled on, the same as if it were looted from a corpse.

### Loot Etiquette

1. **Read** the item descriptions and know what you're rolling on.
	* **Know** if your character needs the item, or can even use the item.
	* **Know** what stats are important for your character class.
	* **Know** what gear you already have.
2. If you think you **need everything**, you need to consider others in your group. While every single piece of gear that drops may be an upgrade, being greedy might reduce your chances of being allowed to roll on an item you really want.
3. If it is a **Bind on Pickup** item, you cannot trade it, sell it, or give it to an alt. It probably has a poor vendor value.
4. **Think beyond yourself**. Stretch, you'll get better at it.
5. **Communication goes a long way towards solving anything**.
6. If you are the group leader, **do not tolerate a ninja looter**. Try educating them first, but if they insist on defending their behavior, quickly kick the member from your group. A player with questionable intent will only try to steal loot from the party again later.
7. If you are in such a group, politely make your concerns known. If nothing changes, ask the leader privately if they intend to take action, if not then politely state your intention to leave the group if that is your wish.

### Secondary Rolls

In the event of two or more rolls are equal (e.g. if two players have a 'need' roll of 42 on a certain item), the tying players will need to roll again to determine who wins the item.

## Scavenger Looting

Scavenger looting is looting any corpse you can find. The corpse locking mechanism prevents players from stealing items from other players, and will only be available to loot after five minutes have passed and the corpse unlocks.

## Ninja Looting

A **loot ninja**, AKA **ninja looter** or simply **ninja**, is a player who takes loot to which they are not entitled. The act is referred to as ninja looting or ninjaing - the notion of looting as quickly as possible for themselves. The common synonym for this behavior is greedy or greeder. The term originates from prior-generation MMORPGs, when corpse locking mechanics didn't exist and any player could access the contents of a corpse without having contributed to the fight.

Loot ninjas are disliked by other players, and stealing will often result in being kicked from a group. Often, a ninja will get a bad reputation on a realm which eventually prevents them from being invited to participate in any content. Many guilds also have rules stating that ninjas/pirates should be kicked from the guild on their first offense.

It's entirely possible a player made a genuine mistake, and they will need to come to a resolution with the party to transfer the item to the correct party member after discussion and rolls.

### Dealing with Ninja Looters

A good way to prevent ninja looting is to assign someone to handle loot distribution, or to loot the corpse and keep the window open to prevent others from looting until items have been decided on. Once the corpse has been released, the rightful winner can then loot the item for themselves.