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This one at least tracked true. Stat for chests/hr WAS 11.8 before my entry knocked it down to 10.6(because of my 7.4 battles/min instead of the posted 5.2)

Redrock Cove
7.4 battles/min
12 chests per hr
12 chests per 444 battles
(2 battles/min higher than on stats sheet)

i feel like some of the info might be outdated, or i'm misunderstanding things. i got more grimoires from mire than waterway, and i've been getting a good amount of orchids from waterway. no hard stats to offer tho since i haven't keeping track beyond those observations.

Did 1 hr in Bamboo Falls, again.
8.7 battles/min, much higher than the stat posted on sheet.
I got 20 chests in 522 battles.
Which at least is somewhat close to the 5.13 in 100 battles. (but again, I personally think the battles/min aspect of the data should be pulled as the amount you'd get per hour would vary wildly depending on how slow or fast you grind. Especially, as we can't enter in our battles/min for a stat.)
Just wish it was on the other side and I have more chests than the average. Every single time has been even(once) or too far under.
Sigh.

RNG is really messing with me, yesterday I had a decent amount of chests drop in Bamboo Falls but today next to nada. ;-;

I spent about 1 1/2 in coli going between waterway and bamboo falls and got 17 chests.

Sometimes the event monsters wouldn't spawn for 10 rounds and sometimes they would spawn back to back.

:( all this grinding and barely anything to show for it is tiring.

@ElementalEntropy

We need some battles/minute data for the rank of the venues. Otherwise, Ghostlight Ruins (6.42 chests/100 battle) would be the best venue.

Chests/100 battles is the most important data, since it's the same no matter the battle timing (which depends on stats, Eliminate, internet connection, mouse, touchscreen or keyboard).

@etrace I used the Game Database, remember that all monsters drop NotN items. [quote]All coliseum monsters have a low chance of dropping event items (including Strange Chests), but mimics have a much better chance than a normal opponent.[/quote] [gamedb monster=106]

@Maki
From which venue/s do you need more info...? The ones with less battle count in the spreadsheet...? (just checking)

@HaiXin

Yes, but Golem Workshop (172 battles) is a difficult venue and it's not an optimal grinding spot anyway. You can still add battles to the top venues, so we'll have at least 2,000 battles: Crystal Pools has only 1,200 battles.

@Maki
Yeah... GW is hard to grind ^^'
Will focus on the others x) b

(thanks for your guide! ^^)