Random enchanted music box drop

[Pridedemon.3041]

So recently i was in divinity's reach doing 1-10 story for my weekly key and while in the way i picked my first Gixx present. I am not bothering with festival achievements so i haven't farmed any gifts and when i opened the present it gave me an enchanted music box lol.

Now i am not sure what to do with it, as i see price of it has recently tanked in the past couple weeks from like 6k to just under 1k. Did anet increase the drop chance or what or is it only temporary due to so many gifts being opened right now?

Any idea if the price will improve after wintersday is done or will it remain permanently under 1k. I don't really care for infusions so i am probably gonna sell it and complete my 32 bag set on my main character.

[Ashantara.8731]

The price might or might not go back up. After all, this item has been in every festival bag since this year's Four Winds.

The drop rate hasn't increased, but maybe more people have time to play during the winter holiday season (especially when it's icy cold outside), and perhaps new players got the game for an early Christmas present?

I just wish I had waited a little longer instead of buying it for 2.3k. 😆

[Super Hayes.6890]

I was lucky and got that on day 1. Sold it for 2.2k and bought Predator. Best Wintersday ever 😀 As far as the price is concerned, it was down in value 400 gold the day after I sold it. I don't see it jumping back to its original value but it will probably rise some after the festival ends.

[Super Hayes.6890]

5 minutes ago, Ashantara.8731 said:

The price might or might not go back up. After all, this item has been in every festival bag since this year's Four Winds.

The drop rate hasn't increased, but maybe more people have time to play during the winter holiday season (especially when it's icy cold outside), and perhaps new players got the game for an early Christmas present?

I just wish I had waited a little longer instead of buying it for 2.3k. 😆

Did you buy mine 😳

[Pridedemon.3041]

Yeah i think i will keep it in my bank for at least after wintersday is over. At worst the price will tank further downwards at which point i will just use it on one of my characters or it may go up couple grand if the drop rate hasn't been changed. I was looking at gw2tp that this infusion was like 8-10 supply MAX until wintersday and now suddenly its 72. I do believe drop rate must have increased or at the very least it has much higher chance to drop from wintersday gifts then halloween bags

[Ashantara.8731]

3 minutes ago, Super Hayes.6890 said:

Did you buy mine 😳

It's possible.😄 Grats on the early drop!

[Schimmi.6872]

It's in the wintersday gifts for the first time and for such rare items it's hard to test the actual droprate, so it might or might not drop more frequent from the gift compared to ToT-bags and Zephyrite Boxes.

Also it was reported that it can directly drop from the Bell Choir, so maybe this is also a large (in relation to the rarity) source?

[Ashantara.8731]

Just now, Schimmi.6872 said:

Also it was reported that it can directly drop from the Bell Choir, so maybe this is also a large (in relation to the rarity) source?

Wut?! 👀

[Super Hayes.6890]

1 minute ago, Schimmi.6872 said:

It's in the wintersday gifts for the first time and for such rare items it's hard to test the actual droprate, so it might or might not drop more frequent from the gift compared to ToT-bags and Zephyrite Boxes.

Also it was reported that it can directly drop from the Bell Choir, so maybe this is also a large (in relation to the rarity) source?

This is interesting 

[Schimmi.6872]

1 minute ago, Ashantara.8731 said:

Wut?! 👀

I haven't followed the topic after I saw the first post about it and I didn't checked, if there was a proof, but it was also added in the wiki.

[Pridedemon.3041]

Yeah this is definitely dropping more in wintersday. According to gw2tp this item has exactly 0 supply on TP from July to October 16. During halloween it  maxed to 13 in supply on TP and then slowly fell down to 5 supply until December 11. As soon as wintersday started in 2 days from December 11 to December 13th it went from 5 to 27 in supply and its climbing ever since to current supply of 73.

Guess anet figured it's drop rate was exceedingly rare and hence they definitely tuned it for wintersday which explains my totally out of blue drop.

Edited December 20, 2023 by Pridedemon.3041

[Gyurgyalag.9371]

22 hours ago, Schimmi.6872 said:

I haven't followed the topic after I saw the first post about it and I didn't checked, if there was a proof, but it was also added in the wiki.

It's added to the wiki because it IS a possible drop from the Bell Choir - I got mine exactly that way.

Edited December 21, 2023 by Gyurgyalag.9371

[Valaraukar.7652]

Yep i confirm that you can have it while doing Bell Choir. Got mine too a few minutes ago.

Didn't know that we could drop the box there until i checked the wiki again this evening. A nice gift for the end of the year \o/

[purp.1806]

On 12/21/2023 at 3:12 AM, Pridedemon.3041 said:

Yeah this is definitely dropping more in wintersday. According to gw2tp this item has exactly 0 supply on TP from July to October 16. During halloween it  maxed to 13 in supply on TP and then slowly fell down to 5 supply until December 11. As soon as wintersday started in 2 days from December 11 to December 13th it went from 5 to 27 in supply and its climbing ever since to current supply of 73.

Guess anet figured it's drop rate was exceedingly rare and hence they definitely tuned it for wintersday which explains my totally out of blue drop.

Anet lowkey gaffed players who purchased this anytime before Wintersday. On other occasions when new infusions are introduced at least the drop rate remains stable, whereas here they just kept throwing it into new festival loot, inevitably tanking an item many players spent a lot more gold on.

[DeanBB.4268]

One popped for me last night. Sold for 950g. Works for me.