Pink tail problems

[abrojtm]

Wait. When you meet one, is it a 1/64 chance you'll get a Pink Tail, or is there a 1/64 chance that the item they leave behind, if any, will be a Pink Tail? Because if that's the case, you'd also have to factor in the chances of them leaving something behind.

It's both. Each Pink Puff (groups of five) has a 1/64 chance of dropping a Pink Tail. If it doesn't drop that, it may drop some crap like Megalixer, Elixer, or Dry Ether-or nothing at all.

[Takara]

Sorry, what is the VI hardtype version? I have the original 2 for SNES and I have IV and ChronoTrigger for PS. Is that it?

Yes, the one that was re-released on the Playstation is the hard-type version.

[Sasquatch]

It's both. Each Pink Puff (groups of five) has a 1/64 chance of dropping a Pink Tail. If it doesn't drop that, it may drop some crap like Megalixer, Elixer, or Dry Ether-or nothing at all.

1. What the hell is Dry Ether?

2. So there's a 1/64 chance of whatever they drop being a Pink Puff? Then you'd also have to factor in the chances of them dropping things. And what if more than one Pink Puff in the group of five drops something? Do you get two things, or three or four or five? Could you get four Elixers and a Pink Tail? Or would the Pink Tail override the other dropped items? Or vice versa -- would any other item override the Pink Tail?

[abrojtm]

It's both. Each Pink Puff (groups of five) has a 1/64 chance of dropping a Pink Tail. If it doesn't drop that, it may drop some crap like Megalixer, Elixer, or Dry Ether-or nothing at all.

1. What the hell is Dry Ether?

2. So there's a 1/64 chance of whatever they drop being a Pink Puff? Then you'd also have to factor in the chances of them dropping things. And what if more than one Pink Puff in the group of five drops something? Do you get two things, or three or four or five? Could you get four Elixers and a Pink Tail? Or would the Pink Tail override the other dropped items? Or vice versa -- would any other item override the Pink Tail?

1. Like an Ether but a lot more MP.

2. Each Pink Puff has a 1/2 chance of dropping a Dry Ether, a 5/16 chance of dropping an Elixer, an 11/64 chance of dropping a Hellwind Star (Throwing item), and a 1/64 chance of dropping a Pink Tail. Those are the chances of getting a dropped item from a Pink Puff. Therefore, theoretically you could win 5 Pink Tails in one battle.