# Scope, eras & game versions
This page covers only what named players wrote about the Teacher trait, which egg gives which first trait and where esoteric eggs drop in Guild Master - Idle Dungeons (community name: Idle Guild Master). It uses a topic-selected re-collection of r/IdleGuildMaster (3908 threads: 3901 from r/IdleGuildMaster and 7 from r/incremental_games; 25233 comments), collected via the Arctic Shift archive on 2026-10-04; threads without the selection keywords may be missing. Every quote is matched against that collection by an automated test, line breaks included; author, date and score come from the collection. Nothing here was checked in the game. Trait, egg and dungeon names are the commenters’ own words.
The game changes, so every date carries an era:
- Era A: up to 2025-05-15. The earliest dated items on this page are from 2024-10; numbers written then may have changed since.
- Era B: 2025-05-16 to 2025-09-25.
- Era C: from 2025-09-26. The collection holds no game version for era C comments, so a newer statement may describe a changed game.
Labels: Community Knowledge what a named player wrote. Non-English quotes are given in the original with a literal English translation labelled “(translation by MiniMeta, not verified by the author)”. Where the collection has few statements, this page writes “limited sample”.
# Counts
Community Knowledge Script-computed mention counts over comments; a word is “mentioned” when it appears in a comment, including dismissive mentions. Scope: the 284 comments (in 210 threads, by 114 authors) that contain “teacher”, “esoteric” or “egg”. English forms only: Spanish or Chinese words are not counted.
| Word | Comments | Authors | Era A | Era B | Era C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher | 103 | 49 | 29 | 18 | 56 |
| Curious | 290 | 102 | 149 | 29 | 112 |
| Esoteric | 42 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| egg / eggs | 175 | 85 | 78 | 14 | 83 |
Reproduce with python3 research/pipeline/jobs/idle-guild-master/page_build/pet_traits_eggs.py --counts (from the repository root). The counts are neither exact nor a ceiling: “egg” also matches other eggs, spelling variants are missed and comments quoted on this page may fall outside the scope. They say how often a word was mentioned, not what works.
# Where players disagree
Each table puts comments side by side with author, date, era and comment link (the link goes to the permalink table under Sources).
Teacher: the numbers as written, and adds or multiplies
| Figures written for Teacher and trait slots | Whether Teacher adds or multiplies |
|---|---|
u/Alanta_Rian, 2024-11-10, era A, post 1gobbcv: u/Alanta_Rian, 2024-11-10, era A, post 1gobbcv: u/Key-Speed-2688, 2024-12-07, era A, comment m0x88mj: | u/Key-Speed-2688, 2024-10-30, era A, comment lujv618: u/Key-Speed-2688, 2024-11-09, era A, comment lw80wdw: |
Is Teacher worth it, and for how long?
| Good for leveling, early dungeons | Stops being useful, or not preferred | Needed late, or a standing pet | Depends on the slot |
|---|---|---|---|
u/Fluffy-Internet-6250, 2024-10-26, era A, comment ltwh15j: u/MrZev2, 2025-05-15, era A, comment msh9z22: u/Zestyclose_Ask8837, 2025-07-19, era B, comment n425y5z: u/PresentAward1737, 2025-12-13, era C, comment nts7wlj: u/Any_Background3176, 2026-03-11, era C, comment o9ws2fb: | u/ZackIFair, 2025-06-28, era B, comment n0andx5: u/NullIsNotEmpty, 2026-02-15, era C, comment o5lawfq: | u/AshtonShiken, 2025-06-29, era B, comment n0hjev7: u/Umu9002, 2026-06-18, era C, comment osahvq7: | u/Fomor666, 2026-09-26, era C, comment pc57izl: u/Smooth-Albatross7301, 2026-02-28, era C, comment o7wy1d4: u/Critical_Bag3037, 2026-02-14, era C, comment o5anl7i: |
Which egg gives which first trait?
| Era A (2024-10 to 2024-12) | Era C (2026-02 to 2026-08) |
|---|---|
u/Alanta_Rian, 2024-10-27, era A, comment lty9ck4: u/Alanta_Rian, 2024-11-10, era A, post 1gobbcv: u/QuantityParty3294, 2024-12-10, era A, comment m1dxx7h: | u/Any_Background3176, 2026-02-18, era C, comment o5zt6a2: u/Critical_Bag3037, 2026-02-14, era C, comment o5anl7i: u/More_Independence_43, 2026-06-20, era C, comment osobkg7: u/HuntRoger, 2026-08-09, era C, comment p2nud4k: |
Where do esoteric eggs drop?
| A monster named | D3 | D5 | D7 | Several dungeons named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
u/Alanta_Rian, 2024-10-02, era A, comment lq0f4tp: u/Hot_Possibility_6862, 2026-03-21, era C, comment obpaklm: | u/DaemonLord7, 2025-06-28, era B, comment n07rknq: u/More_Independence_43, 2026-06-20, era C, comment osobkg7: u/Fomor666, 2026-08-03, era C, comment p1frpi6: | u/Desperate_Box, 2025-05-16, era B, comment mslxlop: u/Randonaut3, 2026-08-04, era C, comment p1kowjn: | u/FlamingCuriosity, 2024-11-12, era A, comment lwtbrbl: u/Realistic-Ad3894, 2025-06-28, era B, comment n07uxt5: u/DaemonLord7, 2025-06-28, era B, comment n07wthd: | u/Alanta_Rian, 2024-11-10, era A, post 1gobbcv: u/Educational-Fun3513, 2026-05-31, era C, comment oov7uk7: u/Any_Background3176, 2026-05-30, era C, comment ootq2ai: u/Randonaut3, 2026-08-04, era C, comment p1kowjn: u/Randonaut3, 2026-09-01, era C, comment p73e11q: |
# Single statements
Statements shown without a side-by-side partner (limited sample):
- Community Knowledge How hard the egg is to get (era A, an aside about another item): u/Cryzy2000 (2025-01-30, era A, comment m9xszjd) writes:
it's probably just really rare like the esoteric eggs like in D2 or smth
[28] - Community Knowledge Two players after esoteric eggs (era C): u/rednryt (2026-05-12, era C, comment olftzez) writes:
I have yet to see an esoteric egg drop
[29] u/izxudin (2026-05-26, era C, comment onyzaa9) writes:It has been more than 1 week i did not get esotric egg.
[30] - Community Knowledge A drop rate as a number (era C), a reply to the olftzez comment above; it does not name the egg: u/Leading-Grapefruit56 (2026-05-12, era C, comment olfzpm5) writes:
It has a 0.1% drop rate
[29] - Community Knowledge A second drop rate as a number (era C), a reply in a thread asking for a list of pets and egg drop rates; it names no place and does not single out esoteric eggs: u/DesperatePackage1755 (2025-12-09, era C, comment nt15pae) writes:
Drop rate is 0.1% for each egg.
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# What this page cannot tell you
- Per-level figures and drop places are what the named players wrote; this page did not test them in the game.
- The 20 quoted era C comments come from 16 authors; u/Any_Background3176 wrote 3 of them. They are not independent votes.
- Era B has few quoted statements here (limited sample).
- Era C carries no game version; if the game changed after 2025-09-25, some newer statements may no longer apply.
- Apart from the two single statements above (olfzpm5 and nt15pae), the quoted comments describe egg drops only in words such as “rare” and “low drop rates”; this page does not claim to list every rate in the collection.
- This page has no recommendation of its own. It lists who said what and when.