A Few Pro-tips

[rrra]

2) Exploit find item barbarians

In particular use such against Mappo and his eyeball compatriot in the dreamlands as well as the Cow Queen. I've been also told that this can be very effective in the plaguelands and Inferno Cows, but I have yet to see any satisfying results.

Its most effective on monsters that can drop more than one item. (Cow queen, mappo, othuyeg, ssshaa serpents, stitches, plaguelands monsters, inferno monsters, other bosses) Its less effective in inferno cows since they only drop one item each. So the time spent isnt worth the potential reward. I don't have any hard evidence for this, but I seem more likely to find divine gems from stitches, cow parts from the queen and puzzle boxes and tyrael keys from horking in plaguelands than from normal drops. I havent noticed any special luck in dreamlands though. That being said, it basically gives you 1.5 drop chances per run; (about 50% hork chance) which can turn 100 othuyeg runs for a puzzle box into 67.

[vaudeville]

Its most effective on monsters that can drop more than one item. (Cow queen, mappo, othuyeg, ssshaa serpents, stitches, plaguelands monsters, inferno monsters, other bosses) Its less effective in inferno cows since they only drop one item each. So the time spent isnt worth the potential reward. I don't have any hard evidence for this, but I seem more likely to find divine gems from stitches, cow parts from the queen and puzzle boxes and tyrael keys from horking in plaguelands than from normal drops. I havent noticed any special luck in dreamlands though. That being said, it basically gives you 1.5 drop chances per run; (about 50% hork chance) which can turn 100 othuyeg runs for a puzzle box into 67.

Hmm, I sort of just realized that part about getting multiple items from all of the above mentioned except inferno cows. I also have heard about find-item working very well in the plaguelands, in particular getting a puzzle box there (never heard about getting tyrael's key there that way, but it's worth a go). On the plus side, I just got the green scythe doing the above without expecting much.

Regarding evidence, I'll take your word for it. My recent experiences have confirmed part of what you mentioned. I got a divine gem and gul rune from Mappo recently. I'll try it out on Stitches eventually and add him to the list.