a wurm  

These have hella hitpoints, and not worth the effort. Although I was in no danger of dying they just took a lot of mana. 1 Plague, 2 Envenomed Bolts, 2 Turgurs + pet damage.
And he dropped the grand total of 8 gold....WOOHOO, I'm rich.

Edited, Fri Jul 18 11:40:05 2003

Number 1.. Having played more than one druid through 52nd+ you dont kite one at a time IF and only if you are going to kite them to begin with. As at 51st, 52nd and even 53rd level you really only have one spell that will touch these every time without being resisted in part or full. That is Lightning Blast (49th lvl spell / 477 non-melee dmg MAX.). To make it worth the mana spent seeing as LB costs 234 mana quad kiting is preferable. Number 2 see Number 1. I can quad kite these and could since 51st. But I dont suggest unless you have a Kei and have at least 251 wis + about 400 to 600+ in mana items which is what my druid has. If you disbelieve me and any of you are on Fenin Ro.. Gimme a tell sometime and come watch. Its quite simple. The only reason I suggest a Kei (is not because it cant be done without it) is because should something go wrong during the pull (such as aggro'ing a Sarnak Extremist or someother non-wurm mob) you need a recourse.

Cheers,
Sepulturagi - 53rd Druid - Fenin Ro

I was soloing these at 47 with my Beastlord, standing toe-to-toe with them. Depending on where your killing them at will determine if you can kill them easy or hard. I was near DL zone just out past the clearing. Pulled one and he fell rather easy, however I did use alot of mana keeping pet alive and healing myself. The wurm was hitting me for around 113 for a high hit. I was exploring near Chardok area and pulling these at 50. They are higher level the closer you get to Chardok. They were hitting between 123 for low and 145 high highest hits depending on their level. I can't kill these w/o having at least 50 to 60% mana. Takes a lot of heals on my pet.

Hello all
I have been soloing the wurms in burning woods for the last 3 days went from 49 to 50 killing these guys.Have had no problems with resist.I use darkness then pull to pet.Set pet on wurm hit with fear throw in a bonds of death if low on hp's and sit and let pet take him down.Most fights last around 2 to 3 minutes tops.I have used dot's on them but seemed a waste of mana.The dot's I used had no resist at all.In all the wurms I have killed I have not seen one spell drop yet.Looking forward to killing more and getting lvl 51 off these guys

Planetrulr lvl 50
Necromancer
Karana server

i read all message's, i find hanging with cleric, he fearing me hitting good combo...my question is how often do they drop spells i am looking for firestrike...

51 ranger
zbar-servent of the void

Does anyone know what the drop rate on spells is in BW.
I have only been there one night(4hrs), but didn't see one spell drop.
Was wondering if that is normal or /shrug.
Any info out there that can help would be appreciated.

Do any of these mobs give bad CoV faction?

I got a Wurmscale off of one of these in BW.
Everyone is telling me these are not the scales for Wurmslayer. They are Dragon scales.
I'm not sure what the wurmscale is for. Anyone know?

Thanks.

Aayden Fidelis
48 Paladin
Council of the Lost Dragon
Torvonillous

YOU GIVE THEM TO ME!(not realy:))you give them to some guy and he gives you a wurmslayer(a weapon that i want very much!) it's stats are:25/40,1H slashing, ac:5 and it can be used by all races and i forget what classes but i think there are about 6 classes that can use:)

I soloed one last night with my 51 necro. The one I got was probably around 45, since it hit me for 144 a couple of times. Landed darkness, asytole, ebolt and splurt, but ignite blood was resisted four times in a role. Took all of my mana and only had one bub of health left at the end. Droped a chunk of meat and a wurm scale. It was definitely one of the more exciting fights I have had by myself.

Khun Wraithbone
51 Human Heretic
Torvonnilous

44 necro, my idiot group wasnt paying attention and i soloed one to about 2%hp and i used aystole VoS and chilling embrace... of couse necros know scourge is crap. it conned blue ant it was pretty easy with fear and quad 47 ing pet :D *flexes wimpy necro muscles*

i'm a 46 necromancer and these wurms definitely offer the best fights you can ever get in norrath.
the safest way to solo these are to set camp near the giant fort and wait till you spot one.
i'd suggest having a jboots on you since they can be really nasty when not darknessed. it's really a matter of luck. if you happen to pull a high level one (45 to 47) you'll definitely spot a difference in the way they resist your spells. i've had darknessed resisted 4 times flat before it caught up on me and pummeled me all the way to dirt. could never forget that moment *sigh*. anyway, when you pull with darkness and it DOES stick, you just gained victory. dark, fear and apply asystole. oh dont forget to augment your pet beforehand as it will deal roughly 30-40% more damage than when it doesnt. watch out for wandering mobs. as i've said before the best place to fight these creatures is just around the giant fort. open, clean and clear. apply fear ever 20-30 seconds. if you let fear to worn off before re-appying again, you just made a fatal mistake. these bad boys hit for 140+ and can definitely kill your pet within seconds (imagine if fear worn off, you re-cast fear, it resisted, again, resisted again..) . your pet is the one doing the bashing and kicking and it WILL be your last line of defence. dont forget to re-dark the wurm every 1 minute. expect a long fight.
dont bother stacking venom of snakes, scourges or other dots. your mana wont be enough for all of these (unless you got some top-class equipments lol) i killed one with 192 int, jboots, and a 45 hitting pet. it's all possible.

There seem to be to different types of wurms with the same name in Burning woods the 42 level and below that hit for around 115 can be hit with fire spells and the 41 and above level that hit for 130 plus are completely fire resistant. 46th level wizard here, No way to tell the wurms appart besides letting a tank get hit first to tell you how much they are doing

Level 39 wurms have around 4400 hps I'd guess. Level 43-44 wurms have 6,000-6,500 hps. Level 47 wurms have around 8,000 hps. I know this from experience on kiting almost a hundred of them (Level 55 Wiz). You can tell what level they are if they happen to hit you. The top level wurms(47 seems right) hit for max 149 damage.

Oh btw, I don't use Ice Comet anymore. I just load up Voltaic Draught and pepper em with this when kiting (I got jboots). It is more mana efficient than IC. Load up your gear on mana items all the way. Level 47's can take up to an average of 15 Voltaic Draughts to kill. Make sure you have full mana when starting cause your gonna have to root at the end and collect mana (via harvest) if ya get a 47 wurm. Level 43-45's can be done with just a full tank. Use Immobilize to root cause its the quickest root spell, hehe don't let em hit ya. Also use Bonds of Force to snare em first, it seems to be never resisted and uses less mana than Spectral Shackles.

The SW area of the (from the hornet nest to DL path to FG Fort to meteor crater west of FG Fort) zone DOES have the highest wurms. To the left and NE of the FG fort spawns the named ones. The area towards Chardok (NE) have the lower level ones (mostly green to me in this area now).

Well good luck, i can post more info if your interested.

If you have good Ring of Scale faction. ie A Wurm kindly considers you.. will they still agro?

Solo'd several wurms recently. As someone stated, north of FM zone tunnel the worms are green and low blue to me (lvl 53), however, I fought several at the west crater (near the giant fortress), all were blue to me and hit from 131, to 141...had to run from that one as I just couldn't get off my last spell. They drop about 4 to 6 plat. I probably killed 6 or 8 and didn't see anything other than a wurm scale which is not stackable and sold for a plat. The ones near the crater are very fire resistant, however magic based hit with no resist. Oh, and they probably run slower than your average mob.

I was in a full group of 35-40s yesterday near the FM tunnel to the zone. All of the Wurms we fought (of about 4-5) conned even to yellow to our level 40 ranger.

I could land spells on these at 35 with tashani, and didn't get a single resist (even on the highly resistant enchanter DD).

They usually drop about 4-5 plat in cash, and I think we got a gem or two.

Vacoac Dl'arion
Renegades of Norrath
35th Enchanter

The level of the wurm is dependant on where you find it. Certain areas of the zone have higher levels of the same version of mobs. Coming down the trail from dreadlands, if you turn right at the bottom and run a ways, you will find some of the lower level mobs, including the lower level worms, which have around 4500 hps (takes four ice comets to kill one). However if you go further into the zone, near the giant fort, the wurms are higher level. I hit one with 5 ice comets once and it could have taken two more at least, so it must have had around 7500-8000 hps. Nasty to say the least. I had to run hehe