Originally posted by Cannonaire:

I've been farming the Lava Phase Beast challenge a ton on NG+++ (starts at level 100), and while I've had some success and I have found a few inventories full of legendaries, there are still some items I want which I have never found. These are:
The Wizard of Gore
Old Master Q
Zardon's Mighty Skull (I found the other Zardon Skull though)

Aside from those, I was also wondering if there was an easier way to find the following:
Whorlbarb Skulls
Wfuntir Skulls
Vellinque Skulls

(Limoany skulls are not an issue for me - they are easy to find from Phase Beast Frosted Hills NG+ 1)

I have a huge amount of magic finding luck stacked on my farming character, but I have heard magic find doesn't help for skulls. Is this true?

I appreciate any help. Thank you!

Mutual thanks for the details.

Magic Find affects whether "Magical" Items with Affixes will drop more often.
However it's not exclusive to Uniques or higher qualities.
Players will see more Greens and Blues however that will compete with Golds and Reds.

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Since almost all items in Torchlight-II are random drops. It's basically just random whether some items show or don't show.

However it helps to try other sources where legendaries can be found including the Gambler of whom the prices give clues to how rare an item is. Anything in the 7000+ range (it varies by item type so Rings cost differently from a Weapon) or higher is likely to be a Unique or possibly a Legendary-Weapon if 12,000+ or higher cost.

Could also try to farm Tarroch's Tomb (on any NG+) in the Ossean Wastes since that's another source for farming and leads to some high-value chests that can help with drop rates.

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Originally posted by https://torchlight.fandom.com/wiki/Legendaries_(T2):

Legendary items can be acquired through random drops once the player reaches level 49 or higher, with Champions and bosses having a 1/2500 (0.04%) chance to drop them and other monsters having a 1/48000 (0.002%) chance to drop them. Legendary items can also be (very) rarely dropped from chests, and they can be bought from the gambler.

This Guide includes a list of all vanilla skulls by their level and purpose for builds:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1709334997

Unfortunately legendaries below level 105 won't appear in the gambler's inventory. Your best bet for those is to farm maps in the right level range and just rack up many, many kills. While you're doing that you could make sure to buy maps that include lots of secret rooms (crypts, ezrohir, dragon tower) to help with the skulls you wish to find.

Zardon's Mighty Skull is fantastically rare, so it's going to take some time to find one.

Thank you!