a hermit  

Looks like our Hermit friend now has companions... 2 Wolf cubs that have quite a bit of hit points.... and a knockback

Edited, Jul 30th 2009 11:29am by sanna

Fre weeks ago was camping QM for a mage, and all of a sudden theres a shout "The hermit shall be hurt no more" or around like that, and 3 druids popped up. Now I guess either something I've never seen or GM event, because earlier, 3 GMs were in the zone, and when I moved out of spell range druids ducked to interrupt casting. All were lb to 45ish, and when I shouted "I will protect the hermit" they didn't attack...and I and some buds killed him, one dropped Charred Guardian Shield, Blackened Ebony mace (or something along those lines) and something else I can't remember. After that nothing special...apparently the shout about the hermit was heard in PoK too

Hum I do not know him to be easy anymore.
I asked my friends to help me to kill him cause
last time I came to him there was some annoyin Red gnoll. We killed him well but his pups got us, and as he spawn quick it was a hell to run corpse.

Still I confirm he must be 20, as he con blue to me at 21...

I used to camp hermit with my druid 21 4 months ago, so i brough my 20 Wizzy and a friend ranger 22 to camp him - got a nasty surprise!!! He has 2 hounds now and they together killed us in 3-4 mins, couldn't even root any of them. Obviously big changes were made. He is not lvl 20 anymore.

I killed this guy from 20 to 25 no problem with a druid. Snare, Root, Dot, Med, Rince, Repeat.

Just say "Kill You" right next to the chimney and he comes out. His buffs are a joke.

First, what level could a druid 147wis (soon to be more)solo him. second, where is he located. And does he cast if i were to root/dot him or kite him?

I've tanned this guy's butt for a couple of levels now (pal from levs 23 to 25). Easy Exp for sure - don't agree about comments below saying that the loot is good, he has a fine steel sword about 1 time in 10, and the rest of the time you normally get a few gold or silver (occassionally a pp or two). But it is easy and safe levelling, if a little boring, and perhaps outside the spirit of the game. I like to beat him up during the night, and hunt the birds during the day (don't like hunting outside at night much, and his house is always lit). A couple of tips:

- The wandering gnolls are no problem at all as long as you stay away from the outside wall, and hug the house. I've heard them many times, but if they can't reach from outside the wall they wander off.

- It is useful to catch him before he casts his shield. 3 mins after he last died, wait in the corner on the left side of the chimney, tight in as you can and facing the house, and sit and stand repeatedly. That way you can see clearly inside the house, and catch him with a "/targ e_herm" and "kill you" as soon as he pops. You can then wop him throught the wall, and move back at some point to pull him out.

- If you do kill him inside the house, you can use the sit/stand method to loot his corpse.

This guy is a easy camp with only one or two drawbacks. First there is a Gnoll that wanders in to the area randomly it seems and secondly every once in awhile so does shaman rex'ren. those are the only negatives I could see. they are both in the 25 and up rnage I think so they do pose a risk but not much if you are carefull. The hermit spawns exactly three minutes aafter his last death. when he pops he will cast a damage shield but you can pull him before he casts it. I would highly recomend doing this as it will save you a lot of time sitting to heal or mana casting heals.
to pull him target him through the crack in the door or by using /target a_hermit and say "kill you" in any context, which can be very funny. Anyways have fun loot and exp from him is excellent as his spawn time is so short and he is always level 20.

this my friend is the best thing to hunt atL25. i went from L25(soloing warrior) to L26 in less than a hourand a half. the loot aint bad eather, quest sheet music, cracked loot for another quest, 3fs weapons out of 10 kills,occasinal words/runes, and around 1pp per kills sometimes even 3pp. the only thing you need to watch for is a gnoll(L25-29) that wounders into the house ocasinaly, and if you dont know how to target someone there is a crack in the door so you can solect him and then you must sya say/ i will kill you, jsut fyi.

hi, could a lvl 24 war solo him?

I would like to say that this is a wonderful camp! The spawn time for the hermit is around thre minutes, just enough time to med up :) I find it easy to solo him by kiting him. You dont even need to leave the confines of the walls. I've been killing the hermit for a long time now. I'm a lvl 27 druid and get about a full yellow bub of exp in little over an hour. Great camp for the twenties.
If you are interested in better, dont care about faction, and arnt KOS in erudin kill Tol Nicelot at the top of the library. The max cash I got off him was 8pp 11gp. Nice loot for a 20ish MOB and he is hardly ever camped. Good Luck to you all.

Amilee Akabao
27 Druid
Terris Thule

I was camping this guy on the Luclin server today, well, pretty much all day. Excellent exp and loot, but all of the sudden three guys (2 guys and a cute wood elf) with light-blue npc names came up and started harassing me. At first i thought they were regular guys (PC's with dark blue names) until they killed my pet. They claimed to be the "Unkempt Druids" (they were all druids) come to avenge the death of their brother. These guys were obviously GM's with too much time on their hands. I started talking to them, but they never stopped roleplaying saying that they were blessed by tunare to help nature... blah blah blah. they promised not to kill me if i promised not to kill the hermit anymore and to tell the people in the zone not to kill the hermit. i /shouted to tell the people as they wished, and then i shouted to the rest of the zone that there were gm's at the hermits house and a guild called the praetors started attacking them. they could have won but the gm's made it so that pc's couldnt attack them. everyone made up in the end and i made out with a few new friends and a few new nme's. because of my loyalty to teh unkempt druids, one of them even gave me their weapon, a 28/8 emblazed (or something) black mace (pretty nice, but i cant use). well, long story short, gm's have way too much time on their hands.

Raevile
high-elf mage of the 20th inhuman waste of time

Stand outside his house, but inside the wall. Right next to the chimney works best.

/target a_hermit

Pretty easy for a druid to kite from 19 on, exp starts getting slow and boring at around 25. Just make sure to keep Grasping Roots memorized so you can root him back if he roots you.

Easy, good exp, and when I killed him, no faction. Herm, kinda screwy. Anyways, I kited him with no problems at all. He got 3 hits on me, about 28 each, and 3 spells (Burst of fire... yeah, 15 point dd). Only hard part is getting him from his little house out into the open to kite him proper. Anywho, a warrior friend said it was really easy at 19. So, kill this guy alot!

Could a level 20 Ranger solo this guy, bow kiting maybe? =) And if so, what's the nearest place I can get bound? Qeynos?

the best way to kill the hermit is kiting him solo (im a druid) or with a partner (druid, mage, wiz, or chanter work well the way i see it), but you can use your own methods if you like. pulling him using the door crack technique (see above messages) is the safest way, but watch out, cause sometimes he goes from inside the house to instantly right on top of you when pulled from outside. he hits at max from 30s to 40s, depending on if he has a weap. he drops up to 2pp but usually less, and occasionally fs weaps (!) and research pages, and usually drops either or both of: cracked flute and words of karana p1, both for a bard quest. killing the him does not cause faction changes, he only babbles some crap about vengaence. he respawns 2 mins after he is killed, which is why having a partner is good. i easily used almost all of my mana each bout. get some manacrack. he may con lvl 20, but he gives really really good exp, making him one of the best hunting choices at this level.

i hope this info helps you out.
happy hunting - Sariladen, Druid of <WSL>, Morell-Thule

Well, I dont know what happened but if you kill him its GOOD faction with the unkempt druid for some odd reason Ive gotten "considers me kindly" with them(go figure) Im a druid who killed him from like 19-23 or so and hes not been fixed since the beta version of EQ(go figure varent....) So its most of the time really easy for 18-23 or so to get exp from him.....and pulling through walls? NOT illegal according to IG hunting!

Also, all you have to say is "kill you" and you can not have to target him through the crack in the door....just go up to the chimminy nearest to the door and say "kill you"....thats it....hes agroed on me lots of times after I say that....and all you have to do with a druid is snare and root....dot and nuke if ya have the mana ^_^!




Saberyohko Druid of the 38th level Eci server

Watch out, because once you say your gonna kill him, when ever you go near his house after that he'll be KOS to you, at least he was to me....maybe cuz im an Iksar Necro, hmmmmm everyone seems to ALWAYS be KOS to me.....

The key to surviving this experence, is to set your bind point far enough outside the hermits house, so when the gnoll does come you can allow your pet to take the hits, while you make a escape with your gate spell. I have found that i have plenty of time to do this and avoid getting killed by that nasty little gnoll. I always keep my gate spell on my spell bar. I would suggest you do the same. BTW I have been soloing the hermit since 19, and dont plan to stop untill at least 25. ( im 24 now.) The spawn time is great along with the loot. Much better than fighting for aviaks. )

I am a 23 warrior and want to know where this guy spawns

I started camping him at lvl 16 with my mage, he is an easy kill if you do it right. Go up to the front and select him through the door, run back to the wall behind the chimney and tell your pet to attack. While the pet is attacking him he is stuck inside the house and you can nuke him as much as you want, he cant come after you. Make sure to constantly check you pets HP and if it gets to low, run up and take some hits for it. 1.5 easy bubs of xp till lvl 19 or so. Enjoy

I don't know about that, but I tried him once, and got him out by saying "Santa Clause is here to kill you." He got pissed, came out and died quickly.

Vonkaar 21 druid = nameless

Ok this has nothig to do with the hermit..ok but just a littlwe earlier someone said the keywords were KILL and YOU so i was wandering just to be funny could you put in..........."So YOU like to KILL ravenous Hamburgers" would that work?

He is there to kill the hermit from what i saw people get in the way and he will attack if you are there. Sow saved many times being a DE character

I noticed that a Tes Mal Gnoll (or something like it) Will sometimes wander down, stand by the BACK of the wall. Then run inside the castle and stand there for a little while. Then he runs off. A nice little suprise for a low 20's not expecting it. If you are inside and don't know he is there you will be running since they are Yellow to a 24. That make traking all that more useful :). The Gnoll and the hermit will be there together sometimes.

could anyone tell me how high he hits for???i am lvl 18 mag i am thinking of taking him