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Strange Dark Powder  
 

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WT: 0.1 Size: TINY
Class: BST
Race: ALL

Item Lore:A strange dark powder
Item Type:Misc
Stackable:No
Lucy Entry By:Melany - Tunare
Item Updated By:SwiftyMUSE
Source:Live
IC Last Updated:2021-07-27 17:21:57
Page Updated:Thu Oct 9th, 2008

Expansion: Legacy of Ykesha Legacy of Ykesha


Rarity: Rare
Level to Attain: 45

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Drops

This item is found on creatures.

Torgiran Mines
NPC Name
a Broken Skull bruiser


Quests

This item is used in quests.
Expansion List - Premium only.

Gulf of Gunthak
Quest Name
Beastlord Spells


Zone(s) Found In:


Zone Name
Torgiran Mines
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# Oct 18 2007 at 9:12 PM Rating: Decent
48 posts
Go thru Gulf of Gunthak to the mines, there is a bruiser at that zone-in that people say drops the powder more frequently in a few posts I've seen . Lucky me, I got it first kill, but it took me a long time to kill him (til I figured out I needed KEI and Virtue as a lvl 48 BST to kill him). I had to let another bruiser who aggroed pound on me while he was running after getting below 20% to kill him, and I then looted the powder and zoned since I could not kill another at my hp and mana status.

So yes, I also believe the powder would be more frequent of a drop at the gulf of gunthak zone in, where the drop seems to favor the first bruiser. If he doesn't drop it, kill the second and then come back to him when he respawns. I doubt you need to spend 4 days elsewhere trying to get it. Plus I've seen a post saying someone killed the second spawn of the first bruiser and got the powder, so that's why I say that.

PS: Malaria spell is lvl 40, and Bond of Wild is lvl 52, as of (10/18/07). Other sites listed different lvl's when I checked.
Define "common"?
# Dec 21 2005 at 12:29 PM Rating: Decent
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I've been at it for about a week now. Have my BST parked in the corner at entrance and using my 63 Shaman and 63 Necro (both pets up and buffed). I've been seeing a hellava lot of spirit cages drop (Ranger 2.0 epic). But no powder :-/

So what does Sony mean by "common"?

Edited, Wed Dec 21 12:37:04 2005
RE: Define
# Apr 07 2006 at 2:37 AM Rating: Decent
This spell quest sucks!You'll have an easier time getting all your things for your EPic.This powder is rarer than a ****** Piece of **** than can count to 10.
RE: Define
# Dec 21 2005 at 3:05 PM Rating: Good
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6,998 posts
"Common" is our default rarity setting until someone advises us otherwise. Sounds like this isn't common, so I'll dial the rarity up a bit.
Dulak Zoneline
# Feb 14 2005 at 2:37 PM Rating: Decent
Kill Bruisers at Zoneline to Dulak. They drop more frequently. A 44 is not going to go that deep into Torgain, and the programmers know it, so you can be guarenteed they made it more frequent in the first few mobs by the zoneline. Just my 2 cents..

Shiirk
RE: Dulak Zoneline
# Dec 27 2005 at 12:37 PM Rating: Decent
Scholar
20 posts
While it would be nice to assume SOE actually took into consideration difficulty and what level can get where, I think we all can agree this is not the case. I have seen this drop a few times in the bridge area near the secret passage to Nadox. So, it definitely does drop deeper in. I am currently trying to get it for my Beastlord and haven't seen it drop in about a dozen bruisers near the entrance but from the sounds of it that's not so uncommon an occurance.

Not trying to say your logic was bad. Just letting you know that logic isn't something I consider when I think to myself "why did SOE do this?". If they used logic the lower level spell would be awarded for the first part of the stupid quest rather than for the much tougher drop and end of the quest...
Harder to get
# Dec 14 2004 at 7:37 AM Rating: Decent
SOE added another rare item to loot tables to this is now harder to get.
yea
# Nov 07 2004 at 1:10 PM Rating: Decent
took me a whole day and 50 bruisers to finally get this to drop
Gone!!
# Aug 22 2004 at 1:38 PM Rating: Decent
Does this even drop any more...I've spent about 20 hours in Torg over the past few weeks, killing only the areas with bruisers and no drops.

Junaab Littletiger
57th Vah Shir Beastlord
Solusek Ro
uncommon I guess
# Aug 22 2004 at 6:30 AM Rating: Decent
Like all strange no drop item drops I picked this up with my rog. It droped near the zone line off the first or second mob we took down another dropped later on, thought I'd grab it and look it up later only to find it's no good to me. Oh well guess that's what the destroy button's for ))
Elementals???
# Mar 18 2004 at 3:35 AM Rating: Decent
Any one tried getting the Strange Dark Powder from the elementals on the bottom of the zone? In the lava?
Drop rate
# Mar 01 2004 at 2:31 AM Rating: Decent
Over 6 hours in the last 2 nights, and no powder. No way this is a common drop.
FYI
# Jul 19 2003 at 11:58 PM Rating: Decent
Got this today off a bruiser near the DH zone line... had no idea at the time what it was for so I picked it up.. Guess I get to destroy it now.. Dropped only once in maybe 20 kills so it seems uncommon but not rare..

my 2 Cents..
not common
# Jul 17 2003 at 9:16 AM Rating: Decent
this is not common i have killed about 30 mobs and it still has not drop lol all.
Loot: Pristine Ore Sample
# Jul 13 2003 at 11:02 AM Rating: Decent
Forget the title: just put the same as the post for the mob :/

Just want to know if anyone can confirm the "common" drop rate?
Wanna know if it's been changed or if it's my usual bad luck again ;)

Edited, Sun Jul 13 11:57:01 2003
item drops
# Apr 24 2003 at 5:15 PM Rating: Decent
A bruiser dropped a no drop gem Zraxthril. for me today... don;t know what its for... just thought I'd add it to the list of drops.

Cheers

good spell
# Apr 16 2003 at 3:08 AM Rating: Decent
there is good info on Eqcasters Realm, under the Spell Malaria.

Good Spell stacks with Posion Dots, and stops Regen.

Bolverk
47 Beast Drinal
RE: good spell
# Apr 16 2003 at 9:28 AM Rating: Default
That would be because Malaria is a Disease, and Diseases and Poisons stack. Necros and Shamen rock at this combo. Now Beasties can help out.
LoY BST Spell Quest
# Apr 15 2003 at 4:15 PM Rating: Decent
This is needed for the BST 44th lvl quest spell Malaria.

Kackorat
54th BST
The Nameless
RE: LoY BST Spell Quest
# Apr 16 2003 at 3:06 AM Rating: Decent
post on this spell Quest on EQcasters Realm under Beast spells, 44, Malaria.

Nice spell to have stacks with Posion Dots.

Bolverk
47 Beast Lord
Drinal
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