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Massive Girdle of the Forge  
 

Lore Item No Trade
Slot: BACK WAIST
AC: 25
This item can be used in tradeskills.
Skill Mod: Blacksmithing +10% (30 Max)
STR: +5
WT: 15.0 Size: LARGE
Class: WAR SHD BRD ROG SHM BST BER
Race: BAR ELF TRL OGR IKS VAH
Slot 1, Type 7 (General: Group)

Item Type:Armor
Stackable:No
Lucy Entry By:Kerasota
Item Updated By:SwiftyMUSE
Source:Live
IC Last Updated:2022-01-18 17:28:22
Page Updated:Sat Sep 7th, 2019

Expansion: Shadows of Luclin Shadows of Luclin


Rarity: Common
Level to Attain: 1

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Drops

This item is found on creatures.

Sanctus Seru
NPC Name
Praesertum Bikun



Zone(s) Found In:


Zone Name
Sanctus Seru
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Uploaded November 25th, 2022 by iventheassassin
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"This item can be used in tradeskills"
# Apr 14 2014 at 12:47 AM Rating: Decent
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So...what tradeskill combo is this used in? Anyone know?
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# Jun 14 2005 at 12:46 PM Rating: Decent
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Loc is 0, 239, 154

or add this to your Seru map:

P -239, 0, 154, 0, 255, 255, 3, Praesertum_Bikun

All 4 Praesertums are on the FOURTH floor of their buildings.
Go up all stairs and click the wall ornament at the end of the small corridors to port up.
He will be in the central bedroom.

Spawn time is 3 days I heard. Not confirmed since I got the belt on the first kill. =)


This one is unslowbable (although only moderately MR) and flurries so you wont solo it as a shaman.
The mutt tanked it however, with 1 cleric for heals.Remember to /guard and hold for enrage :P


Edited, Tue Jun 14 13:56:53 2005
drops off
# Jun 07 2003 at 3:02 AM Rating: Default
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drops from Praesertum Bikun
mini bosses?
# Feb 17 2003 at 1:29 PM Rating: Default
Someone said earlier that it drops off of the 4 minibosses. Who are the minibosses? Also, what sort of force would be required to take of of these minibosses out?
RE: mini bosses?
# Apr 11 2003 at 9:18 AM Rating: Default
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The mini bosses are in the top (3rd) floor of each of the 4 guild halls in the city. Pass thru the gate/door, and into the Guild area. All four guild halls are the same, the mini boss is at the end of the hall. This particular one is the leader of the Shoulder gang, or Custos Armorum.

The fight is not so easy, since this guy has a bad habit of banishing your party members into the dungeon, near the arena. Best to bring a CoH mage, just to keep the party in tact.
Well..
# Aug 23 2002 at 5:45 PM Rating: Default
I'm not sure if people noticed, but the classes are basically Vah Shir ones and it's an item off of Luclin so it's not too off for it to be specifically those.
RE: Well..
# Sep 24 2002 at 9:36 AM Rating: Default
Actually if you notice it is the classes of all the races iksar and Larger.


Iksar are the top end of the medium size and low end of the large races.


Now where does it drop?
RE: Well..
# May 06 2003 at 7:15 PM Rating: Default
Actually, it is all the races that can be Beastlords and all the classes of the Vah Shir. That is the way all the quest/specialized drops that are/were primarily meant for the Vah Shir are coded. See any of the Vah Shir newbie armor quests in Shadeweaver's Thicket for other examples (Rebirth armor etc)
Who?
# May 31 2002 at 9:04 AM Rating: Default
Anyone know where the mob in Seru is that drops this? Bikun, I beleive is his name, I maybe wrong there, though

Thanks in advance..

Edited, Fri May 31 09:54:39 2002
RE: Who?
# Feb 12 2005 at 4:41 PM Rating: Default
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This mob is on the third floor of the building known as "shoulder". In the center of the zone there is a large building surrounded by 4 other large buildings of similar shape. As you approach the cluster of these buildings from the zone to DSP, it is the first of these large buildings on your right (NW?). There are pictures above the doors of each building. The others are "eye" "heart" "hand" - This guys is in "shoulder".

Edited, Sat Feb 12 16:44:46 2005
is it just me?
# Mar 22 2002 at 3:37 PM Rating: Default
not sure if any of ya noticed but although the 10% smith is awsome there is also a 25ac and 5str to look at so it isnt just for the smithing its an overall great belt cause i mean it has more ac than the ry'gorr bp
RE: is it just me?
# Jul 11 2002 at 3:52 AM Rating: Good
Time required to get an equivalent BST belt (axl belt from ME 20 AC +15 str +15 wis), approx. 20 hours.

Time required to get the 10 points smithing this adds over a geerlok at 200+ skill, approx. 150 hours under the new trivials and skill up rates.

I think it is a smithing belt :)
RE: is it just me?
# Mar 22 2002 at 4:23 PM Rating: Default
Yes, and moreso than just that is that its wearable by BEASTLORDS!! Think of it, yeah, its heavy as all hell, even with the 5str, but at 25ac?! That is almost more ac by itself than a full suit of rawhide! Granted, by the time a Beasty would get this, he would already have alot of good armor, but I would wager this belt still has more ac than most beasty BPs! And for any other class who can wear it, especially those who smith, this belt is just awesome.
REAL note on Races
# Mar 22 2002 at 2:39 AM Rating: Decent
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They're the Shaman/Beastlord races...

So this item is more likely only wearable with those whose culture understands the mystical properties of a belt which holds the spirit of a great smith.

c'mon... add some spice!
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Note on races
# Mar 21 2002 at 6:39 PM Rating: Default
Just as a side note, the races listed for this item have a low INT versus many of the other races out there, so this would help there progression out a bit more. Dwarfs and Halflings have low int as well, but seemed to be recive the short end of the stick on this one.
RE: Note on races
# Mar 21 2002 at 9:13 PM Rating: Decent
Yes, but extensive testing on www.eqtraders.com has proven that high Str (200+) is just as good as high Str or Wis for gaining skill in Smithing.
#REDACTED, Posted: Mar 24 2002 at 9:30 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Str testing has proven that high str is important in your success rate, not the chance of skillup. That still comes from int/wis. Also, testing has also shown that using a +skill item while attemting to raise skill via combines accually lowers the skill increases significantly, while increasing the chance of success.
RE: Note on races
# May 17 2002 at 5:58 AM Rating: Decent
As someone who have collected tons of succes data, to try work out succes rate formula, and can with good certaincy say that your skill is the ONLY thing that affects your succes rate.

This is consistant with the information VI has provided.

Your higest stats does however have significant impact on skill gain.
RE: Note on races
# May 16 2002 at 4:22 PM Rating: Default
On the str vs. other stats for skill ups...I'm a barb warrior with 70 wis and 60int...I've gotten smithing up in the past week from 0 to 163 on 420pp <this is not including resales> I have a much better skill up rate than a dark elf cleric friend of mine with 158 wis...my str is 211...you make the call.

would also like to add that it has been tested and proven by many that success rate is only determined by actual skill, stats just up the skill up.
RE: Note on races
# Mar 30 2002 at 9:04 AM Rating: Default
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Ahh... so my smithin' barby Shammy should be thankful fer his 200 WIS, and self-buffed STR of 167 then, neh?

(And BTW, he's got fletchin' of 192 as well.... why? So I can do sumthin' useful while meddin' up, and improve the overall strength of our group. Never hurts to have extra arrows to pass around to the melee-types.)


Edited, Sat Mar 30 09:02:07 2002
RE: Note on races
# May 09 2002 at 12:09 PM Rating: Decent
Quote from Dan Enright, Everquest game designer, in interview with Eq.castersrealm.com

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Which stat is used for raising skills in Blacksmithing?

Whichever is the highest of Intelligence, Wisdom or Strength.

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umm oka
# Mar 21 2002 at 6:28 PM Rating: Default
funny that seru guys who are human woudl drop a non human useable item :)
Its beastlord races, that is what is in common
# Mar 21 2002 at 10:57 PM Rating: Default
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the common denominator in these races is that they are all beastlord races. Perhaps the item was originally going to be bst only and they thought that was kind of silly so lets make it some other classes that these same races can be.

All these races can actually be War, Bst, Shm.

As far as smithing its whichever is the highest of wis or int, as with all trade skills. The secondary smithing stat is str.

All gear is not for everyone and verant does not always explain it.
hmm
# Mar 21 2002 at 5:43 PM Rating: Default
Drats! says my medium size erudite sk
smithing
# Mar 21 2002 at 5:07 PM Rating: Default
Sure the stats on this are great, but only races with no worthwhile smithing can use it, just dangleing it in the human/highelf/darkelf/dwarves faces makeing us drool. =(
RE: smithing
# Jun 11 2003 at 8:34 AM Rating: Default
Hmmm 'No worthwhile smithing'?
Youy obviously never heard of Barbarian Tribunal cultural Smithing, Bst wearable chain armour is similar to Skyshrine stuff, hardly not worthwhile. A full suit sells for 100kpp or so.
RE: smithing
# Mar 21 2002 at 10:09 PM Rating: Default
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I don't know about that, Ogre Cultural armour is almost as good as crafted. Just heavy as drek And the Vah Shir Warrior Quests need all the smithing help they can get.

Just cause they aren't the most likly smiths, doesn't mean its not a big help for them.
Girdle
# Mar 21 2002 at 5:00 PM Rating: Decent
Think it drops off one of the 4 miniboss mobs in Sanctus Seru in one of the pyramid temple things.
Um.. ok
# Mar 21 2002 at 4:42 PM Rating: Default
What/where drops/is this dropped?
#REDACTED, Posted: Mar 21 2002 at 4:30 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Where does this drop and what does it drop off of? I want this (w00t first post)
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