Black Alloy Medallion  

 

Unless the loot tables are messed up on TLP, there is a new mob that will drop this, although I would guess it would be considered ultra rare. Just looted one off of a Pickclaw Slayspell.

The spawn points of the PH's and thus the ones that drop the Madallion are listed here under Picklaw Destroyers.:

http://eqbeastiary.allakhazam.com/search.shtml?id=6957;mid=1301926443157629778;page=1#m1301926443157629778

This is dropped off of the 3 mobs in Runneye: Lord Pickclaw, Battlewizard Unak, and Battlelord Paluk. All of these spawn at the 10 spots that the Pickclaw Destroyers do(In other words the destroyers are PH, or placeholders for the named mobs)
The wizard is a strong undercon so be careful if you have low hitpoints, take him out fast. The battlelord is easy, but he has such a good reputation, nearby pickclaws will most likely join in the fight. And last but not least, the easiest of the three, Lord Pickclaw.
One more thing, the Pickclaw Zekspeakers are healers and do a damn good job pissin you off when you're fighting other pickclaws. So, good luck to you, and while you are in Runneye, might as well kill the Evil Eye Prisoners for some Polished Bone crap.
I would not suggest hunting in Runneye till 20+.

I was in Runnyeye last night and couldn't find these "named" mobs anywhere on track...I went to all levels (I believe)...I guess it doesnt matter since you guys have had success with other "regular" spawns. Any info would be great =)

This item is great I have to admit, but when some people buy it, they are buying it for the MPII effect. I just want to point out another VERY easy to get MPII item.

Fine Antique Ring
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
AC: 3
HP: +30 Mana: +20
Focus Effect: Mana Preservation II

This quest is very very easy and can be done at almost any lvl. The quest starts in PoK and is linked below.

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=2193

-On a side note, the quest person is by the Kaladim/Kelethin portal stones inside one of the buildings.

Hope this helps, I sure loved it :)

Was surprised to have this drop off a Picklaw Slayspell in Runnyeye. While the item is an anticipated drop off higher level mobs in this zone, it was interesting to find it on a mob that's around level 18.

Kamgar

OK, this is what I have noticed how the BAM drops in RE. I have farmed this zone for hours upon hours and have killed enough goblins for several lifetimes!

The only 3 Mobs that have dropped the BAM for me are Lord Pickclaw, Battlewizard Unak, and Pickclaw Slayspells... I have never seen the drop off the Battlelord and I have killed him 100+ times easy. Seen it three times off Slayspells and I must say that is a very rare drop. Pre Focus Effect they dropped like candy off the Battlewiz and Lord.... now camping there post focus the drop rate has been really nerfed.

Just what I have noticed.

I went there at level 44 hoping to get a BAM for my Cleric twink. Went straight for Unak's room, and agroed a few things on te way. Killed 2 slayspells, 2 foechoppers, and some other random crap. Killed Unak, and got the BAM on my first kill.

I spent a few weeks in East Karana farming pelts and silks, and would run to Rivervale to bank, going thru Runnyeye. My 40 Ranger would run into Runneye, check tracking, and if any of the 3 named goblins were up I'd go take them down. I must have killed BattleLord Paluk, BattleWizard Unak, and Lord Pickclaw a couple of dozen times each over that last month or so (between the big May and June patches).

The BAM dropped only once, off Lord Pickclaw. It's the only thing I really care about in the zone, as it sells for 1500pp on the FV server, and they're not lore. One of the sweetest mid-level items in the game IMHO, and one of the most expensive (pre-lvl 40 that is). I must have gotten several of each armor piece, most common being the Coif (lore, sadly), then the BA Tunic, then the rest of the stuff. The BABS and BALS, jeez, I can't even begin to guess how many of those I left rotting (I play late at night, usually the only person in zone). The BAM is by far the rarest drop here as far as BA armor and weapons go, and certainly the best caster item to come off a 30-35 lvl mob that I've seen.

Dropped Battlewizard Unak today he put up a good fight. Easy to drop his health to 40% but then he will heal constantly. Had a 35th lvl Cleric and a 38th lvl Warrior. Pretty much walked to him and dropped him. Nothing else will aggro except Evil Eye, but he can be easily avioded if you are careful. First time we killed him he dropped the Black Alloy Medallion. If you go with a Cleric and a Warrior get his health to 40% and have the Cleric wrath him, he won't be able to recover after the wrath. Warrior was in full crafted armor with a Centi LS and a Lammy with a FBSS.

Edited, Tue Aug 13 16:43:51 2002

just wanted to let you know as of today March 4 2002, i was there in RE and Killed my First Slayspell Dropped the Bam, Killed the Lord ... dropped the Bam and arms (alloy) went and killed the Battle Wizard, Dropped another Bam, 15 minutes 3 Bams, 1 arms, a tunic, (and Gloves from a Destroyer that agroed on the way to the Wiz, after about 4 hours in there i found out that the DESTROYERS, SLAYSPELLS, LORD and WIZARD, are the ONLY ones that Drop Any Alloy Stuff AT ALL, the others RARELY drop the Iron, just wanted to let you all know...BTW i am a 48 Monk, Mend and FD are God Sends when Fharming Loot for your level 4 Ranger 8) 8)

I know this will sound ridiculous but I have been farming Runnyeye with a 51 Ranger for about 5 weeks. Everything is green to me. The loot here is not too bad considering there is very little risk. I have to be careful though, if a named and a couple casters a healer and another melee or two all gang up on you, even at 51 you will die. Once you know the zone, know the aggro range, know the safe spots and the spawn points you can start to do all right. The gobbies drop about 50-60pp per hour total in just plat, words, runes, Black iron stuff etc. You can sell to the merchants if yu have sneak and you can bank there also.


I estimate, including selling time, that I take out about 100pp / hour, probably a bit more.

I have never seen a medallion drop off of a Slayspell and I have spent well over 100 hours there.

I have had 3 drop off of Battlewizards and I have killed at least 25 or 30 of them

I have had about 7 drop off of Lord Picklaw and I have killed him probably 75 times or so.

I can sell them with a little effort on Xegony for 400-450p. They are a VERY nice WIS neck item for Druid, Shammy, Cleric. In fact, my ranger wore one at 51 for a while, until I got a spider fur collar :)

The medallion is slightly less rare than the Black Alloy Coif. It is slightly more rare than the Grotesque Alloy Mask. Black Alloy Sword are common and you have to sell for dirt cheap despiet the bastardsword having pretty decent 2H stats. Swords and coif are lore, as is the sporali defenders blade off of the Moldmaster.

Hope this helps!

This nice neckpiece dropped off of a named wizard on the lowest floor "Battlewizard Unak". Killed Unak about 4 times before this dropped. He can nuke up to 240, and puts up a decent fight if he cons blue to you. We had a group with a tracker, and basically we were just cutting down everything with a name before non-trackers knew they were even up :) I do however agree with the previous post...the loot there is random, but my guess would be that it will be less random by killing Unak himself. The piece was a happy upgrade from my Goblin Soul Caller.

Sutiea Suvanai 46th Tunarian Cleric

The blackened alloy waistband (AC 7, wt 2.0, no stat bonuses) and the blackened alloy bracer (AC 8, wt 1.5) also drop (not listed here as of this posting). But from what I can tell there is no blackened alloy upgrade of the blackened iron eye totem, collar, or boots. As before, there is no blackened earring or ring. Anyone who knows different please post here.

Finally went in there with my druid for the first time since patch. Man, I've never seen so many people of fairly high lvl in there. I remember being the only one in there at times. If they were going for higher use they got it. But, if they were expecting parties of people to go in there to adventure, forget it...the whole place was pretty much cleared out.

Intelligence effects your overall skill ups, wisdom generally doesn't unless your working on a tradeskill in which case the higher of the two comes into play as the determining factor for skill ups, so if you want to raise your beg skill quickly then up your int, if you want to raise your smithing, do either.

Heck it is better than a Chrysoberyl too... more AC and equiv mana if you are under 200.

I'm a lvl 54 Paladin and last night while in RE I ran into the Pickclaw Lord. He was a bit tough compared to the rest but I could solo him with no buffs and heals. He dropped the BAM, the new BIBS (which has better damage/delay than Soulfire) and a new BI bracer. Therefore, the Lord drops this nice neck piece too.