Dwarves have almost stopped dropping eyes?

This is weird. I had a large stock of Frost Glands, partly from a Drake raid, and several stacks of Greydwarf Eyes. I was ready to turn out a supply of Eye Scream, when >all< the Eyes vanished from my chests and inventory.

Thinking I had miscounted, I went out to hunt dwarves. Of a couple of dozen dwarves, 2 dropped Eyes. This would be like birds not dropping feathers--In 3 playthroughs, I've never seen a dwarf that didn't drop an Eye when it poofed. Even stranger, in some cases I could see the Eye drop, but it vanished when it hit the ground.

It's going to sound like I'm imagining this, but it literally started when I tried to accumulate materials for Eye Scream. Are the devs getting bored or something?

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3:13 am, February 1, 2023
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knighttemplar1960 replied to Dwarves have almost stopped dropping eyes? February 1, 2023 @ 10:15:33 am PST

Originally posted by FissionChips:
??? GreyDwalves 100% drop rate eyes, never seen less modded or unmodded.
According to the wiki its a 50% chance for 1 eye for a no star grey dwarf of any kind (except the brute its a 50% chance for either none or 2). I did a quick black forest night run and came back with 31 rocks, 31 wood, 31 resin, 20 eyes, 2 ancient seeds, 2 dandelions, 3 bukeperries, and no trophies.

I never really paid attention before I always just stored what I needed and obliterated the rest. It might have been changed with Mistlands.
9:13 pm, February 1, 2023
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jonnin replied to Dwarves have almost stopped dropping eyes? February 1, 2023 @ 10:47:48 am PST

hmm yea and I never noticed the necks before, but I tried out a ballista and it took out a boatload of them but no tails. I don't want the things, just noticed it.
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loppantorkel replied to Dwarves have almost stopped dropping eyes? February 1, 2023 @ 5:26:44 am PST

Can't confirm less eyes dropped, but I wondered this in my last game too, a few days ago. I felt eyes weren't dropped as much. Now this topic. Perhaps the drop chance has been adjusted?

edit: I'm using public beta patch, if there's one now... no mods
6:13 pm, February 1, 2023
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jjrobinson2 replied to Dwarves have almost stopped dropping eyes? February 1, 2023 @ 8:24:12 am PST

The Necks haven't always dropped tails as long as I remember. The dwarves suddenly not dropping eyes is new to me.
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jjrobinson2 replied to Dwarves have almost stopped dropping eyes? February 1, 2023 @ 8:25:46 am PST

Unfortunately, I've cleared all the nearby spawners.
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M.Red replied to Dwarves have almost stopped dropping eyes? February 1, 2023 @ 8:36:59 am PST

chop some wood in the forest at night - im sure you will be visited by the greys
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jjrobinson2 replied to Dwarves have almost stopped dropping eyes? February 1, 2023 @ 9:30:32 am PST

Finally found another spawner, got a couple of stacks of eyes. Even then, at night, the drop rate seems to be about 50%. Maybe I just never noticed before.
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Kursor1 replied to Dwarves have almost stopped dropping eyes? February 1, 2023 @ 2:06:06 am PST

I assume you're hunting them at night in the black forest? Day dwarves dont drop eyes usually.

Just find a spawner and camp it to get the eyes you need.
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FissionChips replied to Dwarves have almost stopped dropping eyes? February 1, 2023 @ 2:15:52 am PST

??? GreyDwalves 100% drop rate eyes, never seen less modded or unmodded.
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jonnin replied to Dwarves have almost stopped dropping eyes? January 31, 2023 @ 7:52:24 pm PST

I am seeing some oddities in my unmodded game. Necks don't drop tails for me much anymore, is one. I don't know about eyes, I toss 50 at a time to odin and try not to pick them up, so I haven't noticed.
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knighttemplar1960 replied to Dwarves have almost stopped dropping eyes? January 31, 2023 @ 8:09:37 pm PST

Originally posted by jonnin:
I am seeing some oddities in my unmodded game. Necks don't drop tails for me much anymore, is one. I don't know about eyes, I toss 50 at a time to odin and try not to pick them up, so I haven't noticed.
0 star necks only have a 70% chance of dropping a tail. That could just be bad rng and not paying attention each and every neck kill. 0 star Greydwarves have a 100% chance of dropping 1 resin, 1 rock, and 1 wood and a 50% chance of dropping an eye.

OP didn't specify if any mods are in use but a bad run of rng could explain few dropped eyes but not the disappearance of the stored ones.
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Sarcasm's Finest replied to Dwarves have almost stopped dropping eyes? January 31, 2023 @ 9:05:01 pm PST

Probably just because you're looking for them you notice more when they don't drop
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