a shadowed man
Summoned
The shadowmen come in the classes of Warrior, Monk, Cleric and Necromancer. The Necromancers tend to look like books, while the Priests have the appearance of Snow cones. The Warriors tend to show their weapons, while the monks are invisible (save for their name).
Shadowmen hang out at fixed locations, usually in groups from four to seven. They do not have a huge aggro radius, but are social so Harmony can be very handy in fighting them.
Shadowmen move very very quickly. If you're trying to run from them, you will need a high level bard with a magical drum to be able to escape them, they can outrun all forms of Spirit of Wolf.
Shadowmen drop numerous items for numerous quests. So many items are dropped that it can be a maddening experience trying to get the one you need. It has been theorized that the shadowmen in different zones are more likely to drop the various items.
Most of the items they drop are Temporary meaning they will disappear if you log out.
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In Nektulos Forest:
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Categories: EverQuest | Templatized
This page last modified 2023-06-18 17:42:58.
Minimum Level: 24
Maximum Level: 26
Expansion:
Maximum Level: 26
Expansion:
NPC Added: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
NPC Last Updated: 2020-02-01 20:52:20
NPC Last Updated: 2020-02-01 20:52:20
Known Loot:
Essence of Shadow
Eye of Shadow
Glowing Gloves
Hand of Shadow
Ice of Velious
Mask of Espionage
Mask of Shadow
Patch of Shadow
Raw Supple Hide
Shadowed Ball
Shadowed Battle Axe
Shadowed Book
Shadowed Essence
Shadowed Halberd
Shadowed Knife
Shadowed Long Sword
Shadowed Mace
Shadowed Rapier
Shadowed Scimitar
Shadowed Scythe
Shadowed Spear
Shadowed Two Handed Hammer
Shadowed Two Handed Sword
Shining Stone
Vial of Shadow
Essence of Shadow
Eye of Shadow
Glowing Gloves
Hand of Shadow
Ice of Velious
Mask of Espionage
Mask of Shadow
Patch of Shadow
Raw Supple Hide
Shadowed Ball
Shadowed Battle Axe
Shadowed Book
Shadowed Essence
Shadowed Halberd
Shadowed Knife
Shadowed Long Sword
Shadowed Mace
Shadowed Rapier
Shadowed Scimitar
Shadowed Scythe
Shadowed Spear
Shadowed Two Handed Hammer
Shadowed Two Handed Sword
Shining Stone
Vial of Shadow
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I was killing shadowed men last night and a "Shadowed Book" dropped off a Necro. No Rent. The lvl 60 druid that was killing the Shadows with me for a rapier said it was an ultra rare drop and used for a necro book quest. I sent out tells to a few uber necros, and the best I could get is that it is for a broken quest at the temple of solsek ro. I hailed the two necro Quest NPC's and neither mentioned anything about the book. I went all through the temple and couldn't find any reference to it. Does anyone have any further information on this quest?
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Update on the book, killed over 130 of em in WC and LS with my 46 ranger to get it for my 20 necro, and have seen everything drop BUT the book. Unfortunately the trick of handing them weapons doesn't work anymore, they just hand it back and tell me they don't need this item, thanks anyway. Driving me insane!!! Going back for more today already have first 2 books Thank god they arent no rent too.
2 posts
The book is actually very common. Every time you see a Shadowed Man holding a book, you can hand him a 1-handed weapon and he'll wield the weapon whilst moving the book to his inventory. The book will disappear from view, and you'll see him holding the weapon you just gave him.
When he's killed, you can loot the book from him.
I did this with my 50ish Druid, and it worked just fine. I learned about it after killing shadowed men for quite some time, and not getting a book to loot.
You'll need to be high enough level to get close to them without getting aggroed by them. Perhaps Sneak would work, but I've never tried it.
This DOES NOT WORK. You give them the weapons and he hands it back to you and says he doesn't need that item. If you charm him and give him the weapons, then break charm and kill him he will only have the weapons you gave him in his inventory. Just because he has the book when you look at him does not mean that he possesses that book. Just like guards always appear in full armor, but if you kill them they dont have any armor at all on them. Its just a graphic for that creature.
I've been camping these guys for 8 days so far - between 6 - 12 hours per camp. I've spent over 60 hours trying to get this %#@^$ book and it has never dropped. Yet, everytime I run into someone who's camping these guys for essence of shadow they say that they've seen them drop a couple of time. So far I've sold over 100 celestial essences while waiting for this thing. This is the worst camp I've ever done- worse than the Aegis of Life, far worse than paw of opolla. They need to fix this. Perhaps if every shadowed man droped a 'drop of shadow' and you have to turn in 1000 of these. At least then you can make progress toward getting this book, rather than playing the kill-a-mob lottery (you have a 1 in a million chance of winning)
I've been camping these guys for 8 days so far - between 6 - 12 hours per camp. I've spent over 60 hours trying to get this %#@^$ book and it has never dropped. Yet, everytime I run into someone who's camping these guys for essence of shadow they say that they've seen them drop a couple of time. So far I've sold over 100 celestial essences while waiting for this thing. This is the worst camp I've ever done- worse than the Aegis of Life, far worse than paw of opolla. They need to fix this. Perhaps if every shadowed man droped a 'drop of shadow' and you have to turn in 1000 of these. At least then you can make progress toward getting this book, rather than playing the kill-a-mob lottery (you have a 1 in a million chance of winning)
47 posts
The quest isn't broken.
The quest starts in the Temple of Solusek Ro.
Here's the quest info.
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Vurgo promises to scribe to you the Word of Darkness if you bring him the following: A Shadow Book from shadowmen, A Book of Darkness from an Erudite Magician in a Tower by Lake Rathe and A Book of Frost from the Icy Goblin in Permafrost. To get the Book of Darkness for this quest, go to the dock nearest to the Rathe Mountain zone in Lake Rathe. Straight ahead is a tower...swim out to it. Inside of the tower are two Erudites: A Male Magician and a Female Wizard. They are both blue to a level 26 Necromancer, but the magician always has a pet, and they will hammer you pretty badly, so you will need a healer. Killing either Erudite causes faction hits: - Guards of Qeynos, - Order of Three, + Bloodsabres, + Opal Darkbriar. As an uncommon drop, they will drop the Book of Darkness. Bring him these, 300 gp and the note he gives you to get the item. It is no drop item only useable by Necromancers, so there is no reason for a non necro to do the quest
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The reward is a +45 mana book that has a right click spell effect 'Allure of Death' which I think is a necro health for mana spell, level 20.
I just spent about an hour camping the shadowed men and got tired. I'm a 50 monk with the first 2 books, letting my level 15 necro loot the last one. Then we're gonna multi-quest. Anyway, hope that helps.
The quest starts in the Temple of Solusek Ro.
Here's the quest info.
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Vurgo promises to scribe to you the Word of Darkness if you bring him the following: A Shadow Book from shadowmen, A Book of Darkness from an Erudite Magician in a Tower by Lake Rathe and A Book of Frost from the Icy Goblin in Permafrost. To get the Book of Darkness for this quest, go to the dock nearest to the Rathe Mountain zone in Lake Rathe. Straight ahead is a tower...swim out to it. Inside of the tower are two Erudites: A Male Magician and a Female Wizard. They are both blue to a level 26 Necromancer, but the magician always has a pet, and they will hammer you pretty badly, so you will need a healer. Killing either Erudite causes faction hits: - Guards of Qeynos, - Order of Three, + Bloodsabres, + Opal Darkbriar. As an uncommon drop, they will drop the Book of Darkness. Bring him these, 300 gp and the note he gives you to get the item. It is no drop item only useable by Necromancers, so there is no reason for a non necro to do the quest
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The reward is a +45 mana book that has a right click spell effect 'Allure of Death' which I think is a necro health for mana spell, level 20.
I just spent about an hour camping the shadowed men and got tired. I'm a 50 monk with the first 2 books, letting my level 15 necro loot the last one. Then we're gonna multi-quest. Anyway, hope that helps.
Hmm, i saw the book 2 times in 2hours. Couldn't kill the mobs with them cause they popped together. We were a 27 Necro, 23 Mag, 26 Ranger and got smoked twice trying. We managed to take the pets out too. The necro that had the books were tough, as i was hit with a 145 poison blast.
I also managed to get a shadowed 2 Handed Hammer that night. It was NoDrop NoRent Lore Magic, the works. Any ideas on it?
"Next time hollow man...next time."
Fusious Ravenseye
I also managed to get a shadowed 2 Handed Hammer that night. It was NoDrop NoRent Lore Magic, the works. Any ideas on it?
"Next time hollow man...next time."
Fusious Ravenseye
While picking up a shadowed rapier to complete my JB quest; picked up a couple of Essence of Shadow which have the appearance of a minor black and white gemstone (the name of which, escapes me now). Ran some searches on it, to no avail. Anybody know what these are for? Thanks.
Gatordude
14 Various and assundry characters
7th Hammer
Gatordude
14 Various and assundry characters
7th Hammer
It is used in Dark Elf cultural Smithing. I often hear people offering anywhere between 10-30pp each.
Anonymous
I believe they're used for racial smithing tempers.
4 posts
When camping Shadowed men in Nek, one dropped an Etched Peridot of Nature, magic and lore item. Does anyone have any idea what this might be for?
37 posts
I also looted one in WC when trying to get a patch of shadow for the Acumen Mask quest. No other website has any mention of them, this is the first I've found. Must be apart of a new quest, maybe a SoL/ToSR quest? speculation I know but hey, just brainstorming. Nor have been able to find anything out about this item from higher level players and various guilds. Very mysterious indeed...
I had a similar experience in WC 2 nights ago. The Etched Peridot of Nature dropped (which is also listed as NONE/NONE for class/race. It is not NODROP so it can be bought/sold/traded/gifted.
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I also found one in Lavastorm off of a Shadowed Man. looked for it in the quest links but came up with nothing. Will ask around my Guild and see if anyone knows anything about needing a Etched Peridot of Nature. Sounds like a quest piece though.
http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/everquest/Forum1/HTML/000389.html
This info tells us its all a just a mistake(A luclin quest a bit too early). Will be gone with next patch. So sell them now.
http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/everquest/Forum1/HTML/000389.html
This info tells us its all a just a mistake(A luclin quest a bit too early). Will be gone with next patch. So sell them now.
Anonymous
i was just fighting the shadowed men today, and i had a few of the caster types con white to my 30 iksar monk. i believe the level might be wrong, i didnt see one green con
chakratiz draconis
30 monk
light eternal
bristlebane
chakratiz draconis
30 monk
light eternal
bristlebane
Anonymous
Just curious... I haven't even started my acumen mask quest yet but it says on this web page that I need a patch of shadow and it drops off of the shadow men... well above on the list it seems to be missing. Is it a very very rare drop or is it so common that it doesn't even bare mentioning?
And I'd like it if someone would tell me where it drops please.
And I'd like it if someone would tell me where it drops please.
I was hunting the shadowed men in lfay the other night trying to get a shining stone or shadowed gloves for enchanter quest. I found that the patches of shadow were fairly common drops, at least 1 out 3 shadow men seemed to have one.
Anonymous
Uhm, I was wondering if anyone else had this happen, but I play an erudite necro on the ayonne ro server(sp wrong, I know:) And I was running thru the commons at night yesterday, and being an erudite, I had deadeye or shadowsight on, can't remember which, but I happened to pass by this camp, and I saw what when I clicked on to target, came up as a shadowed man???
I thought you weren't supposed to be able to see them? or are they just normal invis, and not anything special?
Sadyang
24th Erudite Necromancer
Ayoenne Ro Server
I thought you weren't supposed to be able to see them? or are they just normal invis, and not anything special?
Sadyang
24th Erudite Necromancer
Ayoenne Ro Server
They aren't really invisible, just hard to see, the only thing on them that is visible is thier weapons and the name floating over thier heads
Anonymous
Sorry, wanted to leave me email in case anyone wanted to comment to me directly.
darkphoenix@subdimension.com
darkphoenix@subdimension.com
Have th edrop rates for essence's of shadow dropped? or are they just really rare?
Anonymous
I'm ready to get beaten to death in search of the glowing gloves and shining stone. Can someone tell me which shadowed men in what zone I should let punish me in order to obtain these items?
#Anonymous,
Posted: Aug 09 2001 at 12:50 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) DOOFUS! you see him causehe gots a book, now unless your blind youll also see some pretty words abouve his head saying A Shadowed Man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One time in LFay, when the new dataset was still up, I was fighting an undead horror of sorts. I got lucky, as a shadowed man caster ran right BETWEEN both of us, and kept on goin. I was scared to death as I thought fro sure he was going to finish me off.
Anonymous
I did the shadowbound gloves quest a few weeks ago, and got the shadowed hand off the ones in Nektulos. In case anyone is wondering if it drops there.
Anonymous
Bending your Eye Patch dropped on first mob after you went LD. You didnt come back so I looted it. However, since I am so appreciative of the help you provided me - the No Rent Eye Patch is currently on my corpse at the EC zone line. I hope you read this. See you around 8PST on 7/18. Cheers :)
Jikshail Krapinaym
Necro of 35 Killing Seasons
Bristlebane
Jikshail Krapinaym
Necro of 35 Killing Seasons
Bristlebane
6 posts
Greetings all,
I was wondering if anyone had a list of which loot items drop in which zones? It is rumored that specific items only drop in specific camps of Shadowed Men. Please reply to this post if you what you looted and from which camp it was looted.
Thanks,
Seigan
I was wondering if anyone had a list of which loot items drop in which zones? It is rumored that specific items only drop in specific camps of Shadowed Men. Please reply to this post if you what you looted and from which camp it was looted.
Thanks,
Seigan
Anonymous
OK, here is my experience. I have now camped Nek for about 14 or so hours and finally - yeah - got my Hand of Shadows (and turned them in for Shadowbound Gloves). In this time I saw everything drop except:
Globe of Shadow
Shadowed Whip
Shadowed Ball
My suspicion is I would see those drop as well if I camped long enough. I further suspect the same is true of all the various zones that have Shadowedmen although this is pure speculation so take it for what it's worth.
Jikshail Krapinaym
Necro of 35 Killing Seasons
Bristlebane
Globe of Shadow
Shadowed Whip
Shadowed Ball
My suspicion is I would see those drop as well if I camped long enough. I further suspect the same is true of all the various zones that have Shadowedmen although this is pure speculation so take it for what it's worth.
Jikshail Krapinaym
Necro of 35 Killing Seasons
Bristlebane
Anonymous
Nektulos Forest drops:
Shining Stone
Shadow Scythe
Shadow Two handed Hammer
Shadow Eye
Seems like everything except the Hand of Shadow that I want so badly
Jikshail Krapinaym
Necro of 35 Killing Seasons
Bristlebane
Shining Stone
Shadow Scythe
Shadow Two handed Hammer
Shadow Eye
Seems like everything except the Hand of Shadow that I want so badly
Jikshail Krapinaym
Necro of 35 Killing Seasons
Bristlebane
Anonymous
also the Eye Patch
Anonymous
I tried to use see invis and it didn't work. Is there a way to see what you are trying to hit?
#Anonymous,
Posted: Jun 15 2001 at 1:26 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) they are invisable?i thought they were just like euridites but with no cloaks.thats cool that they are invis!
Anonymous
This might be a stupid question, but can a level 29 naked mage with about 134intel take 1 of these?? info wuld be great thnks.
Anonymous
No way... they are way tougher then they con... and they help each other. A level 42 cannot take them unless they can single pull... they are really mean.
Anonymous
i take the wc s.man camp all the time, too easy, 24 druid btw, heres how ya do it....
Harmony, then pull a warrior or monk, no caster, u will die, pull it with snare, then take it to kith zone and root/nuke it with Dizzying Wind and Careless Lightning, also give it Creeping Crud and restore CC whenever it wares off, GL all, hope ya survive the s.man wrath, lol
Kildara Silvermist
24 Circle Druid of Tunare
Karana
Harmony, then pull a warrior or monk, no caster, u will die, pull it with snare, then take it to kith zone and root/nuke it with Dizzying Wind and Careless Lightning, also give it Creeping Crud and restore CC whenever it wares off, GL all, hope ya survive the s.man wrath, lol
Kildara Silvermist
24 Circle Druid of Tunare
Karana
Anonymous
Tonight I was in LFD and tracked a Shadowed Leader, a S.man I did not recognize. I killed it and it dropped:
SHADOWED CODE BOOK
LORE NO DROP
Wt: 0.2 SIZE: SMALL
All/All
The book cannot be opened or read and is obviously a quest item.
Does anyone have any leads on this?
Fenris of Mith Marr
SHADOWED CODE BOOK
LORE NO DROP
Wt: 0.2 SIZE: SMALL
All/All
The book cannot be opened or read and is obviously a quest item.
Does anyone have any leads on this?
Fenris of Mith Marr
Yes, it is part of the quest for the Orc Impaler, a Ranger only weapon quest that starts in Kithicor but has most of the legwork in LFay (damned brownies!). So if you kill this guy and there are any rangers wandering around, give them a shout and see if they want it.
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yes it's part of a quest for a piercing weapon. You need this item and a drop off of the ghoul boss for the quest.
Anonymous
I killed one of these guys in south karana and it dropped essance of shadow.Im not sure what quest its for and cant even find a listing for it.Its a magic item but thats all. Its not no rent.
27 posts
Essence of Shadow is a component for Dark Elf Race Chain.
Anonymous
I need the Essence of Shadow on Brell Serilis server. I don't know how much it would be worth to you, but I would gladly take them off your hands. My guild is making me the Tier'Dal Plate armor, and I've been collecting components, this is one of them. Send a tell to Ethycus Shadowborn, Dark Elf Shadow Knight. thanks
Anonymous
I am SOOO glad these guys dont have an aggro range. I was running from qeynos to Freeport and ran right THRU a camp of these suckers. All I saw was a bunch of floating weapons. They didnt do a thing. If one of these had killed me, I would be naked in qeynos, with my corpse all the way in WC.
Safely in freeport now.
Safely in freeport now.
Anonymous
Ok i need a Harvester and since the quest lists as low as lvl 25, i figured at 29 it'd be a breeze. Well i wanted to check to see how i could handle a camp of Shadow Men seeing as they sounded the hardest to kill for an item involved in quest (Shadowed Scythe). Well i went to Nek Forest to try and died within 30 seconds of attacking the first one lol. Anyone got any special tips for taking these bad boys down? I was gonna try to DOT and FD fast so that they'd keep taking dmg from the DOT while i was safe FD but nooooooo there had to be friggin casters to get off that cast JUST when i lay down with FD and see through (. How does one solo these? I have some thoughts but i lost lvl 29 last time and i'm not too hot on the idead of trying again yet hehe. If anyone is willing try this: Hit first with Screaming Terror mezzz.... send pet after others.... Mezz and Fear another so it ends up forgeting u and faaaar away.... repeat till u have only ONE left right there..... then do what necros are made to do: Snare, Fear DOT like mad, and throw in a DD or two. Plz if anyone tries this and it works tell me ok? Thanks.
Anonymous
Not positive but id think you gotta fear first then terror them....Terror will wipe the hate list so in opposite youll wipe the list then fear which will add you again. But there gonna returnt to camp so when theres one left do what you gotta do fast:)
Anonymous
A couple of days ago I running to mistmore to get my scepter from the named shadow man and maybe increase my faction a little with ro, gave the guy a few flowers invising everytime, then a delf walkedaround the opposite side agroed one me, within seconds the whole areainside the gate was kickin my **** made a huge train to Lfay and decided it was time to go. On the way out i thought i would check out how many spawned at the camp in Lfay but didnt know the loc so i walked around a bit and saw a shadowed man walking around. thought hey mabye someone trained the last one out of the camp. Anyways I figured id follow it back to its camp, I didnt realize it until about prolly 3 laps that he was walking in circles. so i decided alright I'll stop here and wait for him to comeback after i make a pet and all that good stuff. (walked to fast to do it and catch him again) set my self up and was waiting for him to come back, right about the time i got fm i got up looked around and saw a small thing on my screen thinking yeah this is it (thinking it was the cone he was carrying, upon further inspection it happened to be a brownie already starting to cast a spell, took off running while my pet distracted it, got well out of range and FD'd, first encounter with a brownie I thought the creeping crud was gunna kill me but after 2 bubbles of health is wore off and i saw the guy walk right by my body. So to sum this out of control post up, might have been a one time occurance but there was a roamer in Lfay a few days ago, only downfall is the brownies that can come by.
Btw the spot i decided to wait for him at was to the right if your zoneing in from GFay, go down a valley like the path startes to, just dont follow it out of the valley, at the end of the valled turn around and wait for him to walk buy, he will walk down into the valley, and before he's out of your vision he will turn around and walk on the opposite side of you. (would give the loc but i have so many written down i forogot which one it is )
Btw the spot i decided to wait for him at was to the right if your zoneing in from GFay, go down a valley like the path startes to, just dont follow it out of the valley, at the end of the valled turn around and wait for him to walk buy, he will walk down into the valley, and before he's out of your vision he will turn around and walk on the opposite side of you. (would give the loc but i have so many written down i forogot which one it is )
The roamer wasn't a glitch. I saw him too. Almost exact same area you did. Very close to the Gfay zone, wandering near the zone wall ( I saw the pained unicorn too. pretty) Scared me to death when I saw him because I was only lvl 13. But he didn't agro me. I didn't con him, but he came real close. Undead and summoned always seem to agro me. Are they undead or just summoned?
Do they not Agro druids, or are they indifferent to everyone? Are they related to druids somehow? Why are they on our shrine?
Hey, in stead of camping the roamers, grab a druid and have them harmony the camp of them on the shrine. No brownies there :). Any class with the mezz-type spells should be able to pull them one at a time.
Oh, and if they are summoned, druids have sweet spells to deal with them.
Do they not Agro druids, or are they indifferent to everyone? Are they related to druids somehow? Why are they on our shrine?
Hey, in stead of camping the roamers, grab a druid and have them harmony the camp of them on the shrine. No brownies there :). Any class with the mezz-type spells should be able to pull them one at a time.
Oh, and if they are summoned, druids have sweet spells to deal with them.
Anonymous
My you were lucky...the brownie village is to the right of the Gfay ent (facing away from it) and many wandering brownie scouts. The Shadowed man camp is sortof straight out from the Ak'anon zone and do the left a bit. They stand on this sorta temple thing with steps.
I wasn't THAT lucky. I think I saw it on a CR after being killed by a scout. Grumble. *sigh*. I pass the village all the time going to the sister camp. It is one of my favorite hunting spots right now because the xp and loot are so sweet.
The scouts seem to only hit near a small area at the zone wall, and i've never actually seen them spawn near the brownie village, which is odd, because you would think they would need to report there...but let's not give them any ideas. I mean, have you ever noticed that we never actually see D'vinn's caravan taking him to Crushbone through Gfay?
Anyway, if you haven't seen it yet, look on the lfay discussion. there is a great map link for the brownie scouts. It's been true to my experience on quell server.
But what do those shadow dudes have to do with DRUIDS?
The scouts seem to only hit near a small area at the zone wall, and i've never actually seen them spawn near the brownie village, which is odd, because you would think they would need to report there...but let's not give them any ideas. I mean, have you ever noticed that we never actually see D'vinn's caravan taking him to Crushbone through Gfay?
Anyway, if you haven't seen it yet, look on the lfay discussion. there is a great map link for the brownie scouts. It's been true to my experience on quell server.
But what do those shadow dudes have to do with DRUIDS?
Anonymous
Hmm, only did the title, let's try that again. I found an Essence of Shadow off a shadowed man the other day, its not no drop nor is it no rent, just magic. Anybody know what this is for?
Anonymous
It is used for making dark elf armor. check under blacksmithing recipes
Anonymous
Can anyone tell me where the smallest camp is for these things? Is there one with just a couple or 3 or are they always in large groups of 5 or more?
Anonymous
Nektolous Forest has 3
Anonymous
I was just at Nektolous Forest, 2 right by the obelisk, 2 a little off to the side. You couldnt see all four unless you knew they were ther. Didnt pull one but im pretty sure they were all close enough to "hear" each other.
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