Thistle Underbrush  

well farming this little guy for my DoN WE armor... i noticed that when ever he was up only one brownie scout would spawn .. but every other time there was 2 brownie scouts up in the zone just a possability

OHH so this guys respawn time is compeletely random? Was afraid he never spawned anymore. I like thw powders, the funny toys. When the potion belt first came out these were bugged for about 2days, they had infinite charges...

i was going to the one of the Ldon camps and got aggroed on by this little guy. So I wiped the floor with him as my 55 war, and then I sent a ooc out in the zone for anyone wanting to loot it and got no response. Once I waited long enough I looted him and looked up on our friend Allah to see what I might of got for an alt. And then I found out his quest item is from the original game (or as close as you can get). Is it just me or should some of the older items that are just above crap be revamped or dare I say removed from the game. I know it's a radical idea but it's time to get some of the stuff that gives you a nearly useless reward for the shere amount of trouble you go through to get them, out of the game. But thats just my 2cents

Just took him down with my 38 ranger. Tracked him to the north side of the zone, near the middle.

He ran just faster than SoW.
He casts a damage shield as well as what looks to be firefist
The highest he hit me for was 37.
He casts Ignite, Careless Lightning, Grasping roots and Cancel Magic.
He respawned soon after I had killed him.
No messages about faction hits, but brownies are now threatening.

Oh he dropped the rune of ivy, braided ivy cords, brownie parts and a Topaz.

Edited, Wed Dec 24 11:03:41 2003

I have been camping Thistle for hours that seem like days. He has not spawned. Has anyone seen him lately? If so, where.

I used to hunt this annoying lil' fella back in my 'youth', but then moved on. Reciently I had to come back for the Tainted/Corrupted Brownie and I noticed a few things.
1.) Brownie Scouts arn't as spell happy as they once were.
2.) Thistle doesn't spawn as frequently.

I also been farming the village for chocolate (parts) and think that Thistle is much slower in respawn.

Gilrion Sindrandir
Kempers Arcanum
Tunare's Druid of 53 Seasons
Tholuxe Paellas

He spawns over near the Pixie Tower. Somewhere between there and the Brownie outpost. I have been hunting him down while farming brownie parts from the town. Just today I killed him FIVE times in a row. I would kill scouts between pops at the town, so I think this makes him pop. He is incredibly fast, maybe a little faster than SoW. Only has about 900hp. He does cast very quickly and can make short work of anyone not prepared up to the mid 30's. He Drops a Rune of Ivy every time. Then it will rotate between the Braided Ivy Chords or the Bag of dust, which has 2 charges of charm animal. He usually drops brownie parts also.

In my sequence of killing him 5 times, he dropped the dust the first 3 times and the chords the last two.

He does not despawn, but you only have 5-10 minutes before his roaming takes him by the Ranger outpost and they make short work of him.

ahhhh hahahaha! this litta booga is funny!
he's easy as cheese but does nuke for 90 i thinkk an is capeable of hitting 50s...just got one chance to kill him before i had to log but...i reserved last 30min of the time i could play to camp him.i got him on track no prob but this guy is as fast as spirt of cheeta lvl 24 druid spell(faster than sow) an he runs constintly back an forth. i kept thinking my tracker was broken becase once it said he's straigt ahead an then all a sudden he's behind me. an then in front again an then to the left etc...he's realy hard to catch an he's also real small an blends in to the ground.. he funny looking...but it might take u 10-15min to find him using track an 10-15 months to find him without.no, i didnt get the shoulder 5wwis thing sniff sniff!
Ruley
Fennin Ro
Druid 41

I'm beginning to wonder if he isn't on some sort of despawn timer.I tracked for him for about 10 mins,I find and kill him,he respawns relatively quick.I killed him 4 more times back to back when I finally ran out of mana.I medded for about 5 mins and then tracked for him for 2 and a half more hours real time with not trace.Gonna try to Root,Dot,back off and med to conserve mana and see if I can go more than 5 time straight.If this works it could be a goldmine!!!!


Edited, Sun Jul 21 02:10:55 2002

just killed Thistle just because he was up, and instead of brownie parts, I got a brownie leg. Any clues if it is for a new quest?

Well i can confirm that she pops about every 10-20 min and runs in a random pattern over most of Gfay, another thing is that shes a druid and a dman fast one, had a hared time tracking and following with G wolf form..

a few tips: if you can get buffed with fire and magic resists its all she uses, sh dose actually hit hard, but try and snare or root her cause she can run real fast, best place to find her is near the bandits sisters or the faires, she spot at certin points every so often so ill try and get the locs whil im camping her _g-Luck




Vilor 34th druid Vallen Zek

i was waiting for this lil guy to spawn near rangers and at 2 am he did just down the path. this guy is FAST....if you dont have sow forget about chasing him around..just killed him but no cords got ivy rune misletoe brownie parts and a jade gonna wait around to see if he pops soon
Maddux Maxximus
druid of the 28th season
brell

one more thing I think I can confirm he doesnt pop and night so go do some ports till around 8 am if you kill him near or after nightfall

I entered lfay from the gfay zone, and fired up tracking, 5 minutes later I had the Cords in hand and ported out. The hardest this guy hit me for was 29hp, and I used about 2 bub of mana to take him.

Iceyeyez
38th Season Druid

I am a 35 druid on Vazaelle Server with 182 WIS, judging by the other posts I am guessing he would be easy for me. So my questions are, could I solo him easily, and would there be any risk of me dieing. Also, does anyone know the average price of these on Vazaelle? Thanks

I was fighting Thislte for the forth time ( got killed by a brownie scout 2 times and killed thistle the other 2 ) when all of a sudden I got harm touched for 401 damage! I looked to see who cast, only thistle and I were showed up in my text box. Weird. Is there a level 39 or 40 sk in the zone?

I'm a 20 Druid, and my wife is a 23 Pally.Is it at all possible to do this quest at this lvl?

Ol Thistle packs a punch, but no match for 7 or so combusts at lvl 29 druid. Still no cords after 3 kills. Got worked by the horse really good though. Still hoping.

ported, tracked him, root-dot-nuke, had the cords on him along with a pearl and some other junk. total mission time: 20 minutes (i'm happy)

Hail all,

I play a woodelf druid as an alt, and I was wondering would I be able to kill him at lvl 24 for the cords? Thanks,

Villanie
Jental Amberwolfe
<Dragan Souls>

Tholuxe Paells

He is always up no matter what.. youll find him around 500, 500. But the fun part was watching him die.. lol.. anyway.. i didnt get him on the first try but someone camping him before hand gave me the ivy cords. Then he popped and I killed him and just got 4 items... brownie parts, misletoe powder, rune of ivy, and a page 490. Loads of fun.

Took 2 firestrikes and a dot to whip his ass. He will disspell you, but still buff anyway. I managed to keep my fire resist and regen up. The dot only made me lose 1hp bub... no big deal.

I killed Thistle four times before I finally got the cords, and here's how I did it.

Each time, as soon as I zone into LFay, I put up wolf form, skin like steel, and resist fire. I med up till I have about 4 bubs of mana, then I begin tracking. Each time, he was never on track right at the zone, so I went west. He eventually pops up on track right around the middle of the zone.

When I see him, I immediately ensnare him. He usually casts ignite before he runs toward me, and I cast Combust on him until he's dead (he doesn't resist much.. I usually cast it around 5-6 times? I can't remember for sure). I melee, to interrupt his spells, and the DS doesn't really bother me. He usually casts Creeping Crud about halfway through the fight. He tried to root me also, but out of the many times he attempted, he only succeeded twice. Root doesn't stick long, either... maybe 30 seconds.

When he dies, I usually have 1-2 bubs of mana left (at 163 wis) and about half-life (I have approx. 730 hp with SLS).

The first time I got him, he popped up again right as I had finished medding. After I killed him the second time, I waited around for 15-20 minutes and he didn't respawn, so I left the zone. I zoned in yesterday, killed him again, waited around again, didn't respawn. Today, I killed him and he finally dropped the cords.

Granted, I could have camped him for hours to get the cords, but I get impatient. ;) If you don't want to camp him, just zone in once in awhile, and he'll probably be there. The zone is fairly empty except for people traveling to and from Mistmoore.. I have only seen someone else kill Thistle once in the time I spent there.

Hope this helps. :)

Salya Machera
32 level druid of Karana
Disciples of the Void
Seventh Hammer Server

was on a hunt in the woods of lesser faydark and ran across thistle who made quick work of my lvl 10 cleric.

dont even know where i was...

I almost didn't kill him. He runs like crazy. So first...do ye old root/snare...and keep after him...

Might want to dispell him first as he has a damage shield on

Sarakan Kamehameha
Bertoxx
Lords of the Fallen

Could a lvl 27 rng solo him? and around where in the zone does he spawn?

I went hunting Thistle for the first time. Had Skin Like Steel, Bramblecoat, Wolform, Resist Fire up. Zoned in from Steamfont area. Brought up track & at the very bottom was Thistle. Threw on Sup Camo & took chase. He was standing in a small valley all alone. Unfortunatley he called for help & a brownie scout got me. I recovered my corpse & buffed myself, brought up track & he was still there! Took chase again & killed him. He dropped the Cords, some words, a gold ring, brownie parts, & a no-drop rune with I didn't loot. He was roughly in the middle of the zone right off the path. At 29th lvl he was a pushover.

Glanodin Stormbinder
29th Druid 7th Hammer