Editing Hunting common weapons (section)

== General information ==
In order to hunt common weapons with high hit percentage, it is recommended to hunt in areas that provide the best [[Weapon attribute drop tables#Pattern selection|pattern selection]] for each attribute roll, because pattern 4 has a greatly increased rate at which attribute values between 50-90% are rolled compared with other patterns, and is the only pattern capable of finding weapons with 90% or higher on a given attribute if the weapon is untekked.

Most item boxes have a chance of dropping a weapon on ultimate difficulty from 6-9% depending on the area.<ref name=":0">[[Item box#Item box drop tables|Item box]]</ref> An efficient way to hunt for item boxes and thus common weapons is explained in the [[box run|box run guide]]. However, certain item boxes are set to drop specific items (such as {{Tool|Moon Atomizer|Moon Atomizers}} in {{Quest link|Phantasmal World 2}}) and therefore cannot drop weapons. After killing a boss, there are often a certain number of boxes that are guaranteed to contain weapons. Though often associated with "Boss rush" quests, certain item boxes may be designated to drop weapons outside of the boss area in certain quests, such as in the Endless Nightmare series. Playing quests with a high number of weapon boxes is one of the most efficient things a player can do to find more common weapons. The player should be advised that certain quests containing a boss, such as {{Quest link|Lost HELL PALLASCH}}, do not spawn any boxes after defeating the boss.