Just remember that day on SMP2... Aikar was testing out machine gun sallies It turned into matching gun Marlixes and then he spawned like 50 of them
Do not think I was active at that time lol, but I remember all the death events we used to have.... netherstars were sooooo cheap day after event xD
Lol, yeah there are things in place to prevent an economy crash due to a death event. We still are lenient with some, but it's not nearly as crazy economy-wrecking as it used to be.
Ask anyone that has been to a recent death event, there is still death and tons of it...just less free handout items. Not every wither spawns with a netherstar, etc...Releasing 100 nether stars into the economy doesn't do any good.
It is in the wild. How it works (as far as I remember... I was at the first one but that was like agessss ago) is you must bring your own tools. Chests will be hidden around the place everywhere, I believe the one I went to Krysyy was giving hints? Idk. But you have to dig around and try to find stuff, once you find a chest there can be a number of things (mostly vouchers as far as I remember). If I am telling him anything wrong, please correct me xD