Xalgoz  

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Uploaded August 11th, 2007 by Glue
Updated February 6th, 2016

Necromancer

The top monster within Kaesora. undead.

Category: EverQuest
This page last modified 2008-04-29 23:34:15.

Level: 40
Expansion: Ruins of Kunark
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Respawn Time
# Jul 31 2023 at 8:53 AM Rating: Excellent
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His respawn time is 24 minutes. Worth noting that he can dual wield the Xalgozian Fang and drop two at a time. With Oakwynd's 125% loot modifier as of Ruins of Kunark, he can occasionally drop three at time.

Edited, Jul 31st 2023 8:53am by Venril
"Ultra Rare" drop is an understatement
# Jan 29 2016 at 1:31 AM Rating: Excellent
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I hunt rare mobs/rare drops for the fun of it, so I decided to try for this staff. It does still drop, mine dropped on a regular server January 28th 2016, but the amount of named you have to kill in order to see the staff is unreal. I did not do a tally like Healeyu did on the post below, but I would guess it had to be about 80 to 100 named before I saw it drop. Not phers...100 NAMED. I couldn't believe how rare this thing is and how long it took. Almost a month of checking it many times a day. It must be a 1% chance drop rate or some crazy number like that. Xalgoz will pop almost every other time so it is not hard to get him, it's just that he drops (2) 1hander swords and a medallion , or (1) 1hander, (1) 2hander, and the medallion almost every time. When the staff dropped it was with a 1hander and a medallion as usual. This was more rare than Raster or any of the other named/drops I have done, even the vocal chords from Chardok drop more often than this staff imo.
Still drops staff of the Dreaded Gaze! 2/18/13
# Feb 18 2013 at 9:44 AM Rating: Excellent
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A few weeks ago, I made it my goal to get the staff to drop, because I had a feeling it still DID drop, even though Alla said it doesn't.
The thing is, it's VERY RARE and I could see how people could get the idea that it doesn't drop anymore.

I had it drop for me once before (2008 or 2009) and it wasn't nearly this long of a camp. Foolishly, I sold it ($15k or so I think).
This time, I decided that I wanted to get it again and hang onto it.

Well, here are my notes for the spawns. Keep in mind that I may have a missed writing a few down here and there, but the spawns are all mostly there.

Here us my ongoing notepad from the camp:
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day 1: ph, x, ph, ph, x, ph, x, ph, x, ph
day 2: ph, ph,(patch) ph, x, ph, ph, x, ph, x, x
day 3: ph, x, x, ph, ph, ph, x, ph, x
(a week passage or more)
day 4: ph, x, ph, x, ph, ph, ph, x, ph, x, x, ph, ph, ph,

ph, DRI/x, x, x, DRI/ph,
Day 5: ph, x, x, ph, ph, x, ph, ph, ph, x, x, x, ph
Day 6: ph, x, x, x, x, x
Day 7: ph, ph, x, ph, x, ph, ph, x
day 8:(2/16) ph, x, ph, x, x
day 9:(2/17) x, ph, x, ph, ph, x, x, ph
day 10: x(STAFF)
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Not all of these days are consecutive. In fact, most aren't, but since there was literally NO ONE (well, maybe once) in the zone during the entire time I camped this, I felt pretty confident that I was the only one killing spawns.

Here's the totals in case you're interested:

Spawn timer: 24 min (for Xalgoz's spawn)
Total spawns: 88
Total placeholder (ph) spawns: 46
Total Xalgoz spawns: 42
Percentage of Xalgoz spawns: 47.7%
Staff drop: 1/42 = 2.38%

DRI = dungeon rot infected (This was the mob that started out as either ph or Xalgoz, but when he got to a certain %health, he changed into me - shape-shifter)

I'm totally excited that the staff dropped for me and that it still DOES drop.

PLEASE update Allakhazam's info, since it still drops. It's just very rare.
A RARE drop off a mob on a 24 min spawn timer, but Xalgoz doesn't even spawn half the time (at least for me).

Good luck. This camp sucks!
I am one happy necro today.

FWIW, the camp isn't all bad. I got bags full of defiant gear to sell in bazaar, a bunch of vender trash (runes mostly) and a fair amount of coin.

**Edit: This was done on the Tunare server **


Edited, Feb 18th 2013 10:45am by Healeyu

Edited, Feb 18th 2013 10:47am by Healeyu

Edited, Feb 18th 2013 11:25am by Healeyu
Staff drop
# Mar 17 2010 at 5:26 PM Rating: Decent
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Killed today 20100317
Drop:
Fabled Blade of Xalgoz
Xalgozian Fang
Shrunken Iksar Skull Necklace
Staff of the Dreaded Gaze

first kill after PH

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Xalgoz
# Jan 20 2010 at 6:48 PM Rating: Default
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Hello all:

We just killed Xalgoz act druid lvl 40 with merc killed him. and he dropped two Fang's and a Shrunken Iksar Skull Neckless, was easy kill db to lvl 40 druid. had to fight the add next to him as well doe.
Dropped ornate defiant wand
# Nov 26 2008 at 12:43 AM Rating: Decent
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Been camping this guy a good chunk of the day for the staff. He finally dropped something I've not seen on him before.
It's not even in the known loot on this site.
I was there when he popped and no one else in zone, if you're thinking it was planted on him. Nope.

Useable by Clr, Dru, Shm, Nec, Mg, Wiz, Ench (all races)
PRIMARY
10 dmg / 25 dly (1 hand blunt)
hp 33
mana 52
end 52
str 2
sta 7
int 14
wis 19
agi 10
dex 5
cha 9
Magic 5
Fire 8
Cold 9
Dis 6
Poi 4

The only catch is that it's Req level 26 and Rec level 40.

-Healeyu
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Edited, Nov 26th 2008 12:04pm by Healeyu
Dropped ornate defiant wand
# Nov 26 2008 at 9:12 AM Rating: Excellent
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Healeyu wrote:
Been camping this guy a good chunk of the day for the staff. He finally dropped something I've not seen on him before.
It's not even in the known loot on this site.
I was there when he popped and no one else in zone, if you're thinking it was planted on him. Nope.

Useable by Clr, Dru, Shm, Nec, Mg, Wiz, Ench (all races)
PRIMARY
10 dmg / 25 dly (1 hand blunt)
hp 33
mana 52
end 52
str 2
sta 7
int 14
wis 19
agi 10
dex 5
cha 9
Magic 5
Fire 8
Cold 9
Dis 6
Poi 4

The only catch is that it's Req level 26 and Rec level 40.

-Healeyu
Lv 71 Cleric of Bristlebane



Edited, Nov 26th 2008 12:04pm by Healeyu


Please upload this to Lucy.
Dropped ornate defiant wand
# Dec 01 2008 at 10:33 PM Rating: Decent
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Is Lucy the Admin? Sorry, not sure how I would go about uploading this to her. Paste the URL and email to admin?
Dropped ornate defiant wand
# Dec 02 2008 at 12:09 AM Rating: Excellent
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Healeyu wrote:
Is Lucy the Admin? Sorry, not sure how I would go about uploading this to her. Paste the URL and email to admin?


This page has a link to the Item Collector. If you run it in the background as you play, it will automatically detect new and updated items you come in contact with and upload them to Lucy. You help build the site and even get your name in the credits if you're the first to upload an item.
Dropped ornate defiant wand
# May 12 2012 at 6:20 PM Rating: Default
This is not normal loot but rather a random world drop not consistent with Xalgoz. Defiant gear can be aquired from almost anywhere and almost anything and the drops are roughly level requirements close to the level of the mob that dropped it.

Thought it should be said here before people start trying to farm him for items such as this and get frustrated after spending weeks and not seeing it drop from the specific mob.
Cleric soloed
# Nov 25 2008 at 8:57 AM Rating: Decent
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Did the Invoke Fear potion of this item always have a recommended level of 40?
I camped this guy back in 2003 or 2004 (before I quit) for quite a few hours and he never dropped the staff. Would have loved it for my low level necro.
I'm going to go back and give it a whirl though, for old times.
Unless they revamped the zone (doubt it), I soloed him easy with my 65 cleric at the time...he has decent gear, but keep in mind that I'm speaking in terms PoP and prior era (Velius dragons and quest gear, etc). He still has the same gear, but it Lv 71 now with about 8300 hp (buffed) and 7500 mana (unbuffed).

Edited, Nov 25th 2008 12:04pm by Healeyu
Undead!
# Mar 18 2008 at 12:54 PM Rating: Decent
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My holy blade sayeth so!
EASY WE R UBAH
# Jan 26 2008 at 9:48 AM Rating: Decent
65 WARRIOR *MYSELF* and 70 monk both of us Ubared out to the EXTREME just DUOED this CREATURE!!!! The fight lasted maybe long enough to target the MOB! We used our Attack and slash Method and He went down like a hot pile of rocks! we are both UBER VERY UBER and I personally as a 65 warrior have 12k hp unbuffed the monk has about 16k hp unbuffed so we could of practically taken the entire zone while we did we are both UBER it was so easy for us to do this OH MY GOD! we are good yes! congrats
EASY WE R UBAH
# May 26 2009 at 9:45 AM Rating: Decent
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wow...yeah....real uber.... i just soloed this guy and his 2 adds with my lvl 40 druid..... 65 warrior and 70 monk....huh real uber...
DS kill
# Jan 01 2008 at 3:03 PM Rating: Decent
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my bard singing his DS songs just killed him in like 60 sec just dont try this one if you dont cause damage by swinging at him the corpse goes POOF!! maybe the second time around i will get my drop
blech
# May 11 2007 at 3:08 PM Rating: Good
took me 5 seconds with half the zone helping him....
getting him on target was the hardest thing when surrounded by so many
hp
# Feb 24 2007 at 9:38 PM Rating: Default
hes got less than 3862 hp fo sho nuked him dead in like a millisecond =-)
Boring
# Oct 23 2006 at 9:30 PM Rating: Decent
Sure is boring camping this guy.Came in and PH was up.Second pop was also a PH.Pretty sure a 75 shammy can take him down. LOL!!
oooooooo arnt we uber $$$ peeps
# Aug 21 2006 at 8:43 AM Rating: Decent
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i just thought i'd be cool like everyone else and tell you how fast i droped him, 2.5 secs, crit nuke :)
Wow no loc.
# Jul 28 2006 at 2:48 PM Rating: Decent
Ok i dont see a loc for this guy, and to get to him is kinda a pain if you havent done it before, look on your map, drop down the "hole to lower level" in the S.W. corner of map.

Loc, looking at his spawn point is neg 36, pos 557, neg 292

If you are anywhere near the library you arent even close :-) its totally the other side

As a matter of fact, if you are looking at the map and you see the words "Hole to Floor Below" , just to the right of the words "Below", is where you will be when you get to where you are going :-)...

He spawns in the pulpit.
Easy, once you find him
# Jul 27 2006 at 10:51 AM Rating: Decent
As a rogue I didn't have to deal with clearing half the zone. Here is the important stuff:
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Snuck down to him, went down ramp behind altar. Killed downstairs greenies and got a Dusty Ransacker's Pack as a bonus. Used freshly cleared downstairs area to pull him to. *I recommend this if you dislike adds* Easy pull at level 58.

Fight went like this: (He was Light Blue)
He casts a lot. Boiling Blood & Screaming Terror are his favorites. He couldn't land anything on me, and my resists are all around 90. That fear spell would have been a problem if it had landed though.
I didn't backstab, since I was solo. Just whacked him a lot and he went down easy (I was at 75% out of 4kHP when it was over). No disciplines, no poisons, just straight-up fighting. Took rougly 80 seconds.

Fought him twice in hopes of a Staff of the Dreaded Gaze. Instead, I saw:
(3) Xalgozian fangs
(1) Blade of Xalgoz
(1) Shrunken Iksar Skull Necklace


Advice:
1) If you're worried about adds, get down the ramp (or jump down the pit on the right side of the church) and clear out the 4 undead down there. Pull Xalgoz down the ramp and you will have a much easier time.
2) Get a Magic Resist buff. If his fear sticks, you'll be fairly screwed.
3) Take your time getting to him! Kaesora is confusing, fairly large, and full of potential adds, especially near the church.
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# Jul 15 2006 at 5:20 AM Rating: Decent
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I took all my gear, everything off, went to bare fists and took him down in a minute tops. He took me down to about 79% health.
DoTed me two times, was cake, I didnt even Flying Kick.

Dropped Sword, Necklace and a Fang.
Happy hunting, he's a peice of cake.
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Dead
# May 26 2006 at 1:40 PM Rating: Default
Killed 26th May 2006, 19:39 GMT.

Dropped necklack, fang, sword.
ive always gotten 2 fangs
# Mar 29 2006 at 8:09 PM Rating: Default
2 fangs for key to HS 1 hour to get em to pop wasnt bad timer put doggie on patrol and went afk came back and he was dead
easy mob
# Feb 10 2006 at 2:31 PM Rating: Default
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A real gimp for a level 70 beast with almost 400 aa. He lasted maybe 30 seconds top before he dropped 2 fangs and a necklace. Rot timer on corpse is 8 min so if no one is in zone when you kill and there's extra fang, it will rot anyway so bring a friend.

Took me about an hour clearing trash mobs and ph's before he popped.
RE: easy mob
# Apr 26 2006 at 2:20 PM Rating: Default
wow you are so uber taking on a level 40 mob with those stats.I wanna se you hand to hand him with no gear or spell use toughguy!
RE: easy mob
# May 26 2006 at 10:57 PM Rating: Default
Me too.I want to see you fight hime with nothing more than your thumb
RE: easy mob
# Jan 28 2007 at 11:43 AM Rating: Default
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75 Bsty. 550 aa's, no gear, no buffs, no pets, no disc's.. he lasted less then 3 seconds.. could be off by a few ms.

once your atk is 1700 gearless/buffless/weaponless and max crit hits.. he wont last long.

there you go
Dead as fried chicken.
# Jan 29 2006 at 4:22 PM Rating: Default
took him down buffless. Had half life when I was done. Xalgoz doted me a couple of times. Every time he started to cast I'd get behind him and nail a backstab.
Pet Solo'd
# Jan 07 2006 at 1:45 AM Rating: Default
70sk 250aa.. pet solo'd him for fun, drop'd 2 fangs... guess 1 or 2 is random.
LVL 46 Cleric Solo
# Dec 07 2005 at 11:18 AM Rating: Decent
Took him down solo, 6 DEC on Stromm. Had all self buffs on to include all saving throws, frenzy from my fabled screaming mace, Elixr of Speed VI, Elixr of Clarity VI and strengthen. Took it slow through the zone and was able to get single pulls all the way to the pit. I cast Celestial Healing on myself and jumped in. Killed the 4 mods at the bottom with Soulstipper and banish undead then moved out to the church and pacified and single pulled mods back to the pit to thin things out. Xalgoz was the only one to put up a real fight; I just kept hitting him with Banish undead (which worked ever though he is not listed as undead) until he dropped.

http://www.eqatlas.com/kunark/kaesora.html



Edited, Tue Dec 13 13:42:14 2005
spawn time?
# Nov 19 2005 at 3:22 PM Rating: Decent
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camped him for 2 hours never saw him once
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PH Spawns
# Dec 21 2005 at 6:47 AM Rating: Decent
Just camped site for 2 hours, got the PH's 4 times at 30 minutes each time and ground trash at 20 minutes, so not sure if there is a different timer for Xalgoz himself, sorry =/
spawn time
# Feb 05 2005 at 2:50 PM Rating: Default
Xalgoz is on an 75min spawn timer...you just need to keep the church area clear of all mobs.
I did the quest very easy with my 59 paladin. he was light blue to me and undead spells work on him...he ussually drops 2 fangs so if your buddy needs one also you should bring him along. the fangs are no drop/lore item.
spawn time
# Nov 25 2008 at 11:13 AM Rating: Decent
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Not sure if anything has changed since 2006, but he is definitely NOT on a 75 min timer. Dropped him twice and it was about 20 apart.
Dropped same loot both times (necklace and 2 blades)
spawn time
# Aug 28 2006 at 7:20 PM Rating: Decent
Been camping him for a couple days in a row now, but I have farmed him many times for Friends to get HS key Fangs. He is a 30 min Cycle. Usually drops 1 or 2 Fangs and always the Shaman Cudgel Quest ( 8th) Necklace, sometimes drops the 2hs, but I have yet to see the staff.
The Mobs around his Spawn point are on 20 min timers.
What has worked for me, is just standing in the pulpit( opposite the bench), against the pulpit itself, not on it andjust stay there, if you are in the middle of it and with back against the wall ( will be basically on the Crack on the square floor tiles) You will get o adds as the other mobs can't see you. Mind you if you are lower level and the mobs con LB or DB and Xalgoz is close to your level or red, they will agro, but this should be common sense to anyone.
I have done this for hours on my Bst and never get adds. I have had Xalgoz pop 14-17 times in a row, no PH's doing this, not killing anything else in area. I'm not sure if there is a particular setup of mobs needed to get him to pop so much or if I was just lucky, but I hope this Info helps those in need.
spawn time
# Jan 07 2007 at 5:58 AM Rating: Decent
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after 7hrs of clearing the church and surrounding area and no xalgoz, i read this post and thot id give your method a try. I went and sat exactly where you said, and within literally 2mins, there he was! i dont know if it was just coincidence, or if there really is something to this, but, it worked! Thanks!
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RE: spawn time
# Jun 18 2005 at 11:50 PM Rating: Decent
You are correct. Xalgoz/PH are on a 30min spawn time which is different than the area. When we first came here, he was here and dropped one fang and the rare item blade. After 4 times of his PH spawning, he spawned again on the 5th time and had again one fang and the rare item blade. Never saw him drop 2 at one time.
RE: spawn time
# Apr 02 2005 at 7:12 PM Rating: Decent
Xalgoz/PH are on a different spawn timer than the rest of the mobs in the area. It's something like 30 minutes iirc, whereas the rest of the area is 20 or so.
RE: spawn time
# Mar 01 2005 at 7:38 PM Rating: Decent
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Wrong. Just keep the room clear and he will pop, got him to pop twice in an hour so 75 min timer is incorrect.
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