I reached level 51.5 after completing the Mercenary Day missions in UVHM. From this point I farmed the Snowman. 251 times. I wouldn’t recommend this. I realised it would be tedious at times, but now it’s over I’m glad I stuck to it. I only kept track of red text items. I picked up & kept excellent purple items.
Weapons used;
Bee shields at 48, 52, 54, 61 and 62
50 Fire Lyuda, 58 E-tech Vladof AR, 60 Non-elemental Sandhawk, 65 Fire Conference Call and 67 Sawbar.
50 Moxxi’s Endowment 7.2% 61 Moxxi’s Endowment 8.1%
Farming results;
51 (6 times) -
52 (11) Deadly Bloom, Bee
53 (11) Gub
54 (11) Bonus Package, Ledge Siren
55 (11) Pandemic, WTF
56 (12) Nasty Surprise
57 (11) Deadly Bloom
58 (12) Rolling Thunder, Cradle, Ledge Soldier, Quasar, Ledge Mech
59 (12) Bunny, Ledge Soldier
60 (12) Ledge Soldier, Ledge Soldier
61 (12) Fabled Tortoise, WTF, Ledge Mech
62 (12) Impaler, Ledge Soldier, Ledge Psycho, Bonus Package, Sham (78%), WTF,
Ledge Siren
63 (13) -
64 (12) Quasar, Ledge Soldier
65 (13) Ledge Psycho, Bonus Package, Ledge Mech, Nukem
66 (12) Ledge Soldier, Bouncing Bonny, Ledge Soldier, Rolling Thunder
At this point I had 441 of that there rid-rock, so I took it to Flamrock Refuge and spent it in the slots, getting nothing of note.
67 (13) Ledge Siren, Volcano, Leech, Ledge Siren, Ledge Soldier x3
68 (14) Tunguska, Ledge Hunter, Ledge Soldier, Ledge Soldier, Rolling Thunder, Maggie
Fastball, Ledge Soldier, Ledge Psycho, Bouncing Bonny, Bearcat
69 (13) Neogenator, Ledge Psycho, Ledge Soldier, Ledge Hunter
70 (14) Quasar, Ledge Siren, Ledge Soldier, Neogenator, Fabled Tortoise, Rolling Thunder
71 (14) Ledge Psycho, Pandemic, Mongol, Transformer
Overall;
70 / 251 = 27.88% chance of a red text item
From 62;
49 / 130 = 37.70% chance.