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Does Buying DLC Lower Your Drop Rate? Hunter and Slayer
A community theory says owning the Hunter or Slayer DLC dilutes your gear drops because their items join the loot pool. Here is the claim and the way players disable a DLC to test it. Treat the effect as unverified.
The drop-pool theory
The idea is that owning a DLC class adds that class's weapons and items to the shared loot pool, so each drop has more possible outcomes and your odds of any one item go down. This is community-reported and unverified, but enough players believe it that the game lets you disable a DLC.
How to disable a DLC
In Steam, right-click TBH: Task Bar Hero and open Properties. Go to the DLC tab and uncheck Hunter or Slayer. Restart the game. Then open Properties again, go to Installed Files, and run Verify integrity of game files before launching.
Unequip first or lose your items
Before you disable a DLC, take everything off that DLC hero. Any DLC item left equipped becomes inaccessible while the DLC is off, and you only get it back by re-enabling the DLC. This is the main mistake people make.
Is it worth doing?
Only consider this if you have stopped using the DLC heroes and you are chasing gear for your main team. If you still play Hunter or Slayer, leave the DLC on. Since the drop-dilution effect is unverified, treat it as an experiment, not a guaranteed upgrade.
Related heroes
Sources
- Steam store page
- In-game verification (TBH: Task Bar Hero)
Updated 2026-06