

Frequently in SAO, players discuss how loot, items, and money will be
dispensed when grouping or teaming up.

In MMOs that I've played, loot is divvied up by the system to each player
based on what they kill. When you get to a high enough level to get magic
items, then there are methods for each player to lay claim to the item, and
the system determines who gets it.

In SAO it clearly must be different. In season 2 episode 21, this comes up
with Asuna and the Sleeping Knights, when they forgot to give her her share of
the loot from killing the boss.

The system has no way to know who was an original member of the party; does
that mean that the party leader gets all of the loot and then distributes it?


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How do loot and item drops work?


Yep you are right, but I will give you the details just in case. According to
MMO's I've seen/played, I think it works like this: Anyone can take the loot
and item drop, so if any member takes it and doesn't distributes it then you
can't do anything but to beat/kill him and as you know killing a player does
provide any drop item or loot. So there is a system of chosing a player that
everyone has faith in as the leader _(in SAO anyway, but in the games we play
the one who creates the team is the leader)_ He has to distributes the loot
and drop item. Whether he distributes it evenly or give them their share
according to their work is up to him.


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In SAO the drops are assigned to the players who took part in the group with
other players getting no knowledge of what dropped. There is also a bonus item
for the person who gets the kill shot. I think this is also the case in other
games based on the seed but that has not been brought up before.

<https://swordartonline.fandom.com/wiki/Sword_Art_Online_Light_Novel_Volume_08#A_Murder_Case_in_the_Area>

> Following the meal, the two began discussing ways of handling cases of rare
> drops in Sword Art Online, as the lack of logs tempted players to keep their
> drops a secret from their party members

I can't find the quote but in that series it is mentioned that the knights of
the blood oath have a rule that who ever gets the drop gets to keep it.

Another point for this is that on the first floor boss at the end it is
discussed that whoever gets the final blow gets a last attack bonus.

<https://swordartonline.fandom.com/wiki/Illfang_the_Kobold_Lord>

> Illfang the Kobold Lord was slain by Kirito, who gave the final blow to the
> boss, and received the last-attack bonus item


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