Loot & Drop Chances
Understand PotA’s custom loot probabilities and examine a verified weighted reward pool.
How loot chances work in PotA
PotA uses custom chest loot rules. There are several layers to a possible reward: the chest or structure table may decide whether to attempt a reward pool, then that pool may select an entry according to its weights. These are not the same probability.
Verified example: Tier 1 farming pool
The following is the conditional per-roll probability for an item to be selected when PotA’s Tier 1 farming pool is rolled. The pool has one roll and a total entry weight of 44. This table does not claim these are the probabilities of finding each item in any arbitrary chest.
| Item | Item ID | Weight | Per-roll selection chance | Stack size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat Seeds | minecraft:wheat_seeds | 6 | 13.64% | 2–6 |
| Wheat | minecraft:wheat | 5 | 11.36% | 2–6 |
| Carrot | minecraft:carrot | 5 | 11.36% | 2–5 |
| Potato | minecraft:potato | 5 | 11.36% | 2–5 |
| Beetroot Seeds | minecraft:beetroot_seeds | 4 | 9.09% | 2–5 |
| Beetroot | minecraft:beetroot | 4 | 9.09% | 2–5 |
| Pumpkin Seeds | minecraft:pumpkin_seeds | 3 | 6.82% | 1–4 |
| Melon Seeds | minecraft:melon_seeds | 3 | 6.82% | 1–4 |
| Bone Meal | minecraft:bone_meal | 5 | 11.36% | 2–8 |
| Straw | farmersdelight:straw | 4 | 9.09% | 2–6 |
Why chest percentages can differ
The full chance of finding a reward also depends on whether the structure calls the pool, whether a random-chance condition permits the roll, how many times the pool is called, and whether there are exclusions or nested alternatives.
Interpreting the odds
For example, wheat seeds carry weight 6 out of 44 in this farming pool, giving 13.64% per eligible draw. This number is conditional on the pool being used, not an overall chest drop chance.
What comes next
A complete structure-by-structure loot browser will be added after the full nested tables, conditional gates, item categories and actual source mapping are resolved. That work is required before publishing accurate chest-specific percentages.