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In Path of Exile there are quite a few items dropping in various places, some are random and some are restricted to certain areas. As the number of items and areas where it drops increases the harder it is to maintain multiple pages with the same information. To minimize the number of pages to manually edit it's been decided to store drop restriction information on the item pages only. Other pages then have to query for that information from a database. This will reduce repetitive edits across the wiki and increase accuracy for less popular pages. | In Path of Exile there are quite a few items dropping in various places, some are random and some are restricted to certain areas. As the number of items and areas where it drops increases the harder it is to maintain multiple pages with the same information. To minimize the number of pages to manually edit it's been decided to store drop restriction information on the item pages only. Other pages then have to query for that information from a database. This will reduce repetitive edits across the wiki and increase accuracy for less popular pages. | ||
==What's the mechanic?== | |||
{{tlx|Item acquisition}} is supposed to various ways the item can be obtained, if the item: | {{tlx|Item acquisition}} is supposed to various ways the item can be obtained, if the item: | ||
* '''only drops in this area''' then add the <code>area id</code> to <code>|drop_areas=</code> | * '''only drops in this area''' then add the <code>area id</code> to <code>|drop_areas=</code> | ||
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See {{tlx|Item}} for more information about how the parameters are used. | See {{tlx|Item}} for more information about how the parameters are used. | ||
==Editing & retrieving area id== | |||
===Get the area id=== | ===Get the area id=== | ||
Before being able to specify how an item is acquired (say from a map), you will need to make note of the place's <code>area id</code>. | Before being able to specify how an item is acquired (say from a map), you will need to make note of the place's <code>area id</code>. |
Revision as of 03:28, 17 February 2018
In Path of Exile there are quite a few items dropping in various places, some are random and some are restricted to certain areas. As the number of items and areas where it drops increases the harder it is to maintain multiple pages with the same information. To minimize the number of pages to manually edit it's been decided to store drop restriction information on the item pages only. Other pages then have to query for that information from a database. This will reduce repetitive edits across the wiki and increase accuracy for less popular pages.
What's the mechanic?
{{Item acquisition}}
is supposed to various ways the item can be obtained, if the item:
- only drops in this area then add the
area id
to|drop_areas=
- drops from certain monsters or another mechanic, use
|drop_text=
. - is obtained through other items such as prophecy rewards, divination card rewards or vendor recipes use
|upgraded_from_set<i>_group<j>_<item_page/amount>=
(do not use this for generic recipes) - just dropped randomly but can drop anywhere then the
area id
should not be added to|drop_areas=
.
See {{Item}}
for more information about how the parameters are used.
Editing & retrieving area id
Get the area id
Before being able to specify how an item is acquired (say from a map), you will need to make note of the place's area id
.
It can be found on the wiki page for the area, in an infobox beside the Id
column. For example, for Graveyard Map the id is MapWorldsGraveyard
.
You cannot add the item into the area, instead you add the area to the item.
Edit the item page
To add or modify where an item is acquired, you must edit the {{Item}}
infobox on that item's page (e.g. Her Mask).
First edit the page using Edit Source
or Edit
(make sure to switch it to Source Editing
in the editor dropdown menu)
File:Her mask edit buttons.png
Edit the Item infobox data
Find the section starting with {{Item
, and the first line that reads drop_areas =
.
This is a comma separated list of area ids. Add the new area id you made note of above (say MapWorldsGraveyard
for the Graveyard Map) to the list. Do not replace old areas, they're still relevant for old areas. The tables will filter them out instead in the future.
Save your changes
Save your changes, specifying where you got the information in the Summary
box (e.g. Personal drop)
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