General Question of Items

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For a long time people have asked how you get certain items. A lot of them can be obtained from drop parties in the party room and random shops around worldscape. But the question comes in when they can't be obtained at all except from players. But if you can only get them from players how did the players who got them in the first place get them? Spawning? HACKING? Old events? Old shops? Ry give them out? Please tell me how. I got a Silvthril Rod from a mod one time, he said there were only 3, but some items there are thousands of and I don't see how that many could be given out. Answer please?