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How to Roll for Loot or Chests in World of Warcraft (WoW)

October 19, 2021 by Archdruid Andoris Leave a Comment

Need to roll for a chest or a sweet trinket? Well, I won’t waste your time; I’ll jump straight to the point so you can win your roll!

You can roll for loot or a chest by typing the /roll or /rand command into chat. This will return a random number between 1 and 100. The group or raid member with the highest number is the winner.

Now that you won your loot, let’s take a deeper look at how rolling works and when you want to use it.

Why do you need to roll?

In some cases, several players will want a piece of gear or chest in a dungeon. To keep things fair, players will call for a group roll. Most of the time, you will roll in a range of 1 to 100, which is the default behavior of /roll and /random.

As an example, imagine you are playing retail WoW, and you finish a mythic dungeon. Someone in your group gets the trinket you really wanted from the dungeon (loot is distributed automatically). You ask if they need it (they don’t), but you and another player in the group both do. To figure out who should receive the trinket, you can both roll, and the trinket holder will trade it to the winner.

In Classic WoW, you will also have opportunities to roll for random chests that spawn in dungeons. These are often packed with gear, consumables, and other materials.  

Changing roll range

If your group leader calls for a different range, you need to add the range after typing /roll. For example, if you are rolling against one other player and your group leader asks you to give a number between 1 and 10, you can type /roll 1-10. Alternatively, you can just write /roll 10 if you are starting at 1.  

 Is it cheating to change your range?

Wait, if you can change your range, why wouldn’t you just jack it up to a million and win all the loot?

Well, first off, it would be pretty obvious that something was wrong when to rolled 928,153.

The other thing that players would notice is the numbers in the parenthesis next to your roll. If you look closely, it will show the bottom and top numbers in the range so you can make sure other players aren’t trying to pull the wool over your eyes.

Roll of 928,153 in WoW
Silly Shadowoak.

So, you might be able to get100 every time by typing /roll 100-100, but it isn’t likely to win you much loot (or respect from group members).

Using toys to roll

If you want to be fancy, you can use a toy like the Decahedral Dwarven Dice to generate random numbers. Unfortunately, the toy is tricky to collect because it is obtained by pickpocketing mobs found mainly in the Wrath of the Lich King zones. Unless you are lucky, you will have to set up a plan to farm it.

Classic WoW Rules: Need vs. Greed vs. Pass

So far, we have looked at how to manually roll the dice. If you are playing Classic WoW, awarding gear works a little differently. Instead of receiving loot automatically when looting something, you will choose between need (dice), greed (coin), or pass (red X).

Roll window in Classic WoW
Classic WoW loot window

Pressing the dice button will pit you against other players who also need the gear and award the gear randomly. If you select the coin, you will only win if the other players choose greed or pass. You will not beat need with greed.

Clicking the red X in the top corner will pass on the item.

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I'm glad you found me! I am a veteran World of Warcraft player who has played off-and-on since the game first released in 2004. I have been a guild master for several guilds with the focus of helping new players learn how to play the game and try new activities like dungeons and raids. I hope the guides and information on this site help you on your journey thorough Azeroth!

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