“ Some items, like Essence of Luck, give a magic find bonus. This attribute increases the chance for every character on your account to find high-quality loot on defeated foes. — Magic Find

Magic Find is both an account bonus and a character attribute that increases the chance to receive higher-quality loot from slain foes. With a few exceptions, it does not affect containers (including champion loot bags), chests, Meta events (including World boss Events), or any other source of loot.[1] [2]

These special items are affected by magic find:

There are two components of Magic Find: an account-wide bonus, which applies to all characters on the account, and a character-specific attribute.

Account bonus [ edit ]

Primary article: achievement rewards

There are two ways to increase the account bonus for magic find.

For every 500 achievement points earned on an account, a set of achievement rewards is unlocked that includes an increase to account bonuses. Magic Find receives a 1% increase starting at 500 and every 2,500 thereafter; an additional 1% is awarded starting at 5,000 and every 5,000 thereafter.

Filling the Luck bar will increase Magic Find by 1%. The amount of Luck needed increases for each subsequent percentage point. Luck is gained by consuming Essences of Luck, which can be obtained by salvaging fine and masterwork equipment and Globs of Ectoplasm or received as a part of the login rewards system. A few achievements, such as Anomalous Results, also award Essences of Luck.

Attribute [ edit ]

The Magic Find attribute is calculated based on the account bonus, luck, and temporary buffs.

Food [ edit ]

Only 1 food effect can be active at a time. Where noted, the magic find bonus is only active while under the effect of a boon.

Maximizing magic find [ edit ]

The following persistent bonuses can be combined to maximize a character's personal magic find. This does not include location or time-specific bonuses such as Perseverance, Call of the Mists, or Memories of Home.

Notes [ edit ]

A Q&A session with Isiah Cartwright revealed the way Magic Find works: "Everytime you kill a monster you roll on a number of tables, inside these tables are different rarity categories. Magic find increases the chances you will get higher categories. For example if there is a 1 in 10 category, and you have 200% magic find you will have 3/10 chances to get that category. This improves not just the rarity of the items you get but can also improve your chances at getting trophies and rare crafting materials like lodestones."

According to player research: "It apparently takes 1000% Magic Find to double your chances of receiving a higher tier item. Not 100% as may be expected and implied by prior quotes on the subject. It also implies that at 1000% you should stop getting junk as drops."