Talk:Luck

PLACED Torches having no Value and Ladybugs not giving GOOD luck anymore?
Do placed torched not give any torch value point towards luck anymore with 1.4.0.3 update anymore? It appears only holding torches does anything for luck anymore. And later on with testing touching ladybugs I didn't get dialogue about good luck after touching a ladybug with the Wizard, only a bad luck dialogue when I killed one then talked to him. --Dstroyar (talk) 15:08, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Prismatic Lacewing?
Does Luck affect boss item spawns like Prismatic Lacewing, Truffle Worm or Gelatin Crystal? Mathbrush1 (talk) 02:19, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Actual effect of luck
"If the player's luck is 1.0, there's a 100% chance that the probability is doubled, leading to a final probability of 20%." This is not true. A luck value of 1.0 just means there's a 100% chance of the probability being modified; what the final probability becomes is still random. Using the given example of a 10% chance, assuming a luck value of 1.0, the probability goes from 1 in 10 to 1 in a random value between 5 and 9; this averages out to 7, meaning an average probability of approximately 14.3% (which is most certainly not 20%). MageKing17 (talk) 21:49, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Luck on Combat
1) When a damage roll is made, is a crit roll also made? 2) Does this apply to received random damage? NoHomeLike192 168 8 1 (talk) 05:29, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Ladybug Luck
does capturing ladybugs in a net reduce luck? if it doesnt then you can just touch then catch a ladybug every 3/6 minutes Hipsterhydra (talk) 20:25, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Campfires...
At least some of the biome torches, and several of the other luck-affecting torches, also have campfires. Do those affect luck, or otherwise react to the biome they're placed in? --MentalMouse42 (talk) 01:19, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Nope! Campfires have absolutely no effect on luck, according to the code. Breathlessblizzard (talk) 01:35, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Skeleton Merchant inventory is affected by luck?
The main page about Luck says that Luck affects Traveling Merchant and Skeleton Merchant sell inventory, but Skeleton Merchant inventory is not defined when he spawns, and can even change based on conditions after he has spawned, so either his page is missing new items, or there's something wrong. IchijoBR (talk) 06:34, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I wrote that in the early drafting process, on the day we discovered it, and I'm not too sure of its accuracy now. I'll make a change to reflect that, thanks for bringing it to my attention! Breathlessblizzard (talk) 08:19, 21 May 2020 (UTC)