Do you get less rare items when killing monsters below your level

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I know that if you fight monsters below your level you will get less experience, but what's with the item quantity and rarity? If the amount of items, especially rare ones decrease when fighting monsters below your level, by how much does it decrease? I'd appreciate as much info as possible.

Best Answer

There is a penalty for some levels delta, indeed:

There is a penalty to the chance of currency items (scrolls, orbs, etc.) dropping in areas with a monster level more than two levels lower than your character level. For each additional level that you have compared to the area's monster level+2, the chance of a currency item drop is reduced by 2.5%.

So if you are level 30 in a level 20 area, you will see 20% less currency item drops on average: 2.5*(30-(20+2))=20

A level 30 character in a level 28 area will see no penalty.

Source: http://en.pathofexilewiki.com/wiki/Drop_Rate

The way I understand it: there is a penalty for currency items only, therefore nothing for other items.