Dear SE, once and for all, does Treasure Hunter affect Defending ring drop?

[Tidis]

yes. It does.

No, it doesn't. You will always either get a Pixie Earring or a Defending Ring, TH can't boost your chances.

[dasva]

No, it doesn't. You will always either get a Pixie Earring or a Defending Ring, TH can't boost your chances.

TH doesn't boost your chances of getting A drop. But that doesn't mean it can't increase your chances of a specific drop. It's quite possible that it's coded in someway that rolls for D ring then if not dropped gives pixie

[Tidis]

TH doesn't boost your chances of getting A drop. But that doesn't mean it can't increase your chances of a specific drop. It's quite possible that it's coded in someway that rolls for D ring then if not dropped gives pixie

Using my own dumb luck as an example I just can't see that being the case, I know plenty of people who got a dring without much hassle killing KB on non-THF jobs, while I a lot of the time am on THF, I don't stack TH but I hit it with TH8 anyway and have been using beastly/savory shanks every login campaign since they started without success. FFXIDB shows identical drop rates between TH2 and TH3+, whereas if TH affected it you'd see even a small percentage increase but they're both 4.9%.