[2021] Mobile - Area loot, loot beam priority, and why I missed a 1/5k drop

Let's set the mood.

Here I am, on my phone, looking for a skeleton champion scroll in the lumbridge catacombs in my scavanger 4 gear.

Having a blast, been here for 5-6 aggro pot doses while at work.

I hear the loot beam sound..!!!

I find the right pile. Press+hold, select the scroll specifically.

Area loot opens.

I quickly sift through and scroll down (pun intended). The horror, all I can see is a bunch of leather, staves, bait, thread, holy symbols... Junk.

I close the interface and try again. Still not there.

The value of the scroll is lower than all this junk.

I start panicking. Thought racing through my mind.

I cant log out because of aggro pot, i cant dissassemble these fast enough. I'll see if I can disable area loot in the eldritch menus before it despawns

It despawned. I'm upset. If it's worth a loot beam, it's worth prioritizing.

TL;DR - lost champion scroll due to Area Loot always appearing on mobile + scroll value being worth 1 gp.

Edit: i just checked right after this happened, in the loot system menu, the checkmarks for me are:

Checked, unchecked, checked, unchecked.

Meaning that "open area loot from interface menu" is disabled, so I reported this as bug.

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