Taking inspiration from the Siren's Call item, I thought it might be neat to have an item like a "Strange Magnet" (the item itself can be workshopped of course). It would be described as something to the effect of: Wearing this magnet draws things to you! Encounters are increased in explore for 30 minutes.

Essentially, it would be used to temporarily stop all of the "useless" explore messages; the "while exploring, you explored"-style messages that don't do anything other than use up 1-3% of your energy. This would mean that for 30 minutes, all of your steps would be guaranteed to result in SOME kind of encounter, even if it's just a very simple karma encounter. Other encounters that qualify would of course be battles, NCLs, any event-related encounters, anything that gives items, etc.

I think the best method to obtain this item would be by chance (maybe a Treasure Hunt exclusive? Or a rare reward option for a rare NPC encounter?). If it was an item you could pay for, I know people with money to spare would use it to grind for materials/chased NCLs/etc... I don't want it to be something that people can easily abuse, I want it to be something that anyone can stumble upon! As a newer player especially, I know I would appreciate a guaranteed opportunity to not have a third of my explore steps be "You explore, but find nothing" so I can have a better chance at finding materials and omens.

Sorry that was long, but I wanted to make sure I explained my thought process thoroughly! I'm open to suggestions if anyone has any.