Thistle Underbrush  

OK, stand corrected while trying to do 2nd Tunare quest. Equestrielle the Corrupt sees right through your Superior Camo and all other forms of invis (had 35 Wiz with me) He was yellow to me at 39 and as he attacked my Wizzy friend, I tried to snare, root, DD it and nothing touched it. Think enchanter is needed to debuff his magic resistance to try and kill it at this lvl. All I can say to any lowbies trying to kill Thistle, careful, this horse can nail you for 400pts of dmg in one hit.


Eriane
Druid of the 39th Cricle

For the last 3 days I have run around Lfay and killed him about 20 times..not once did he drop the cords. Curse you Thistle!! Also anyone else trying to kill him, be wary of the Equestrielle Corrupt..or something like that..it's a roaming black shadowknight (or so I'm told) horse at lvl 40. He got me one day while hunting thistle, does not see through invisi though.

Eriane

Ok, I see these post saying he has no PH, but were you the only ones in zone killing things? I've spent numerous game days and nights in the locations listed and have only seen Thistle once. Thaat was when a 51 druid was in zone and killing Brownie Scouts between Thistle spawns. He left the zone and I never saw Thistle again as I was the only one in the zone and only level 35 so I can't kill Brownie Scouts. I've tried tracking durring the day at night from pos 500 pos 500, pos 500 neg 500, Ranger camp, running around the zone.... Am I just the unluckiest person in the game, or are other people killing Brownie Scouts while you people who say there is no PH are looking for Thistle?

Vertical Challenged, Halfling Druid 35 seasons

EDIT:
I am just the unluckiest, camped him again today after the patch and got Cords on third kill. Finally!!!

As a level 25 druid, I saw him on track and decided, "What the heck, I'll try for the cords." He wasted me. High magic resistance.

Soon after I got my corpse back, I headed to Mistmoore and saw him finish off a level 40 ranger. Fortunately, he was down to about 30% health, and I finished HIM off. Got the rune but no cords. Hopefully I can multiquest the tunic with the ranger.

There is no Placeholder for Thistle. Spawns randomly usaully around 4am and pm in game time. I have killed 3 times in about 5 minutes and had to wait a game day before he appeared again. Best spot to hang out is near 500, 500 at the orc camp or the elf buildings. And it is best that you have wolf form or the brownies will tap you on the shoulder and wipe the dirt path with you.

I got my cords and am happy now )

Selenor Treespirit <Norrathian Trade Alliance>
22 druid
Mith marr server

I found him on tracking last night. It took a while to catch him as he runs at SOW speed. He does not 'seem' to follow any consistant route and double backs. The only reason I caught up with him was that he had stopped for some reason.

I backed off, hit him with Ensnare(to slow him down), ensnaring root(to hold him in place), and then continous Combust until dead.

No Braided Ivy Cord, darn ;-(. Maybe next time.

He had the Pouch of Mistletoe Powder and Brownie parts as part of the loot. YES, now I can make some brownies to eat!

He did hit me with Swarm, so be aware. You may need to heal yourself after the fight.

Lilanne
32 Druid
Champions of Valor

Well, after a full night of unssuccessful camping this little SOB, i decided to quit.... so i camped, logged back on the next day, and checked track...... Guess who was on? hehe, anyways, i dropped Skin like Steel on, Resist fire, and ran over to kick im in the ***... So we get to fighting, it's an even fight, and i end up winning. BUT, my *idiot* brother was messing with my spell setup or something (grin) and i didnt have heal memmed.... so i died from his f*in dot. DOH!

Anyways, i proceeded to camp Thistle for the last 3-4 days or so, and i've killed him 11 times so far... 1 BIC, loads of the mistletoe powder, and guildies are loving me for the brownie parts =)

Anyways, here is the EASIEST way to camp him...

Get into Lfay at about 7pm EQ time... Thistle VERY RARELY spawns during the daytime.... sit in Lfay until 9pm, either at pos 500/500, or at the wood elf camp. If Thistle doesnt show up on track between 7 and 9, Don't even bother sitting there. Either try to make a circuit around Lfay, tracking all the way, or head back to Kelethin to jump off the platforms s'more.....

Anyways, if you see him on track, throw on SLS, Resist Fire, and run him down. He shouldn't be to hard, he only uses swarm, a weak ignite (if you have RF on) and root.... hell, his root does more damage than his ignite =) ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ENSNARE HIM!!! Even in wolf form (which is considerably faster than SoW) i had trouble keeping up with him... i.e. it was hard to get enuff of a lead to cast snare =)

my spell lineup is normally Crud/immolate, ensnare, combust combust combust heal combust =)

Aint too hard.. After you've killed him, sit RIGHT on top of his corpse and med up... ASAP dont even bother to check track yet. When you get full mana, he *SHOULD* be back on track... if not, run back to the wood elf camp, tracking all the way.
Repeat this until about 6-8AM eq time, then dont even bother to sit in the zone... normally i camp him all night, then hop over to Gfay and either jump off platforms for a while, or see if anyone needs a port.... but if you port ppl around, be sure to have FM by 7pm eq time =)

Good luck, those BICs are NICE! 11 kills, and i've only gotten one, dammit =(

Kanerwei Stonescream
Wood elf druid of Tunare
30th Season
Zebuxoruk
<Guardian Alliance>

To the person who planned to use Amagonna Getsumm as a name in the Brell server: DO NOT USE THAT NAME.

GM says it is against naming policy and changed it. I had this name till about level 35. I admitted to GM that indeed, it is against naming policy and apologized for it. But, it was good to have a name like that for 35 seasons. Hehe.

Am now a level 50 wood elf druid.
I have a different name that I am happy with.
No surname anymore though.

Hope you read this in time.

Thistle does not, i repeat does not have a PH. I've helped a 34 druid, a 39druid, and a 40 druid. While with the 40 druid, we killed brownie outcasts so i could get arrows for ivy etched leggings. I checked track quite often, he wasn't on even when there were no brownie outcasts. With both the 34 and 39 druid, i waited for over 2 hours each before i got tired and logged. This leads me to believe that Thistle is a completely random spawn and has nothing to do with place holders. I hope this helps.

Kharselim

Sort of a crappy item for something that is so hard to kill. Took me a group with 30 wizzie, 28 rogue, 27 sk, and a 29 necromancer. When we got the item we were like huh, what, 3AC 5WIS suck, sold it for 400pp. Tidy little sum for something so worthless.

A little clarification: It took me 3 times to get the braided ivy cords not to kill him sorry about that.

I'm a lvl29 Druid, have killed him 7 or 8 times today and got 2 Ivy Cords and Pouch of Mistletoe Powder every other kill. He casts Creeping crud and ensnaring roots as well as Combust(or Ignite), every thime I killed him I had about 1 2 bubble left of HPs and 2-3 bubbles of mana. Every time I would kill him I would go to the elven camp(where there is a person who sells beer) and med all the way up, then when done he sometimes on track already, but sometimes it takes over an hour for him to spawn again. Good Luck killing him.
Voda, 29 Druid
Rallos Zek

Thistle seems spawn within minute of his death. This has happened 90% of time I camped LFay for quest and tradeskill parts. He roams at sow speed all over the zone, but sit in middle and you can always track him.

Off top my head, he uses ignite, creeping crud, then bunch of enveloping roots. At lvl 42 druid, he goes down in 3 consecutive dd's. I guesstimate his hps at 800. Other brownies will try to help him, so speed is usually best tactic and keep gate ready. He can run away real fast once near death, so save a nuke. Always drops brownie parts & Rune of ivy. dropped braids 20% time, pouch 90% time.

I have killed Thistle 10 times at level 30. He has never dropped the cords.

His primary nuke is ignite, so be sure to cast resist fire.

I would not suggest fighting him until you get your level 29 Combust nuke. He will not aggro on you, so start by DoTting him, and then Combust Combust Combust.

Also, this zone is very dangerous if you are not at least mid 20s. The brownie scouts (about level 50) will aggro on sight unless you are in wolf form.

Oengus Awenydd, Druid of Tunare
Saryrn Server