a forest giant ancient  

Been camping the fort for 2 weeks now, looking for Necro pet spell: Minion of Shadows. No luck yet.
Have had Enc, Shm, Dru, & Bst spells drop easily along with 2H Axes plus tunic.
The Named Giants are the only ones that I have had trouble slowing.
What I need to know, is there a cycle that the spells go in
Would like to retier my lvl 48 pet :)

Did they nerf these? Been hunting them for days. All I got was some cheap words and pages and a few weapons.....No spells.....I did however get a Giant Lord's Tunic. What happened to the dpell drops?

I have hunted here with several chars over the years, and today i got a surprise...

A standard forest giant ancient dropped:

Petrified Charred Branch
Magic Item Lore Item No Drop
Weight: 6.0
Class: All
Race: All

Anyone any ideas what its used for ?

Here is some info on the BW version of these MOBs.

Forest giant fort in BW. 2 at the front ramp, can be any type, arbor, ancient, and sometimes the named. Inside are about 6 giants, also can be any including the named. Pathing is a bit odd when trying to pull out of the fort itself if you are trying to swarm kite, so it is best not to try to kite around the berm outside the fort until you get them into a group..The best way I have found is to make smaller circles in front of the ramp to get them all together. Pulling singles is very easy, if you have taken out the ramp spawns, run up and tag one of the giants near the front, and you will not get aggro from the others unless your "friend" runs by one, but I never saw that happen when I was there. The front part of the berm area near the ramp can be tricky because there are quite a few wanderers there, such as the various sarnaks and tatterback apes, so it is best to take your pull around near the back of the fort because it is relatively clear there. All the wanderers I saw were a good distance away so it is pretty safe there. Drops were pretty decent, in fact, I had to destroy quite a few of the vendor fodder weapons like the weighted axe and axe of the ironback because I hade 3 backpacks full of gems or various type, a treeweave, and giant lord's tunic. The giants drop anywhere from 7g to about 5p per. After selling and converting the coinage to platinum, I ended up with about 450p or so for my troubles, but I did keep the treeweave to sell later, so probably around 800p all told. The giants gave around 1% per kill, and the named gave me about 2%
at level 51. Excellent place to hunt, I recommend it highly

My 53 Air pet stuns these pets easily .. 3-4 times a fight and stuns them as soon as i set him to attack he casts a stun.

Unbelivable! Thats what i though when i just came to BW and started soloing these beastly things. I was a poor 47 cleric and these where only the most amazing exp mobs i ever seen but loot was great when i dinged 48 i couldnt kill them they even conned different to me! WTF HAPPENED!

Where can I find the "forest giant ancient"?

Is he always in one particular place?
Does anyone have any information on what to expect when I go hunting him? (ie: place holders, mobs that are constantly with it, etc..)

umm no way it is worth 124pp i mean no one will want to buy something that crappy but a vendor, Am i right or what? Citin 42 Ranger Rodcet Nife

Does he drop star rubys?

I've was hunted in Burning Woods only once but, during my time there, noticed something strange: I was able to mez and/or stun the various Forest Giants there.
No other type of giant or cyclops is able to be mezzed (at least not in my experience) so it leaves me wondering if this just some sort of bug or glitch... Has anyone else tried to mez these guys and, if so, was it successful?

Also, there have been a few patches since I was there so they may have changed it....


Rytellian
47 Enchanter
Torv

I've was hunted in Burning Woods only once but, during my time there, noticed something strange: I was able to mez and/or stun the various Forest Giants there.
No other type of giant or cyclops is able to be mezzed (at least not in my experience) so it leaves me wondering if this just some sort of bug or glitch... Has anyone else tried to mez these guys and, if so, was it successful?

Also, there have been a few patches since I was there so they may have changed it....


Rytellian
47 Enchanter
Torv

I've been soloing these for a few nights now and can take them down fairly easily using a dot combo of; Winged Death x2, Drones of Doom x3, Breath of Ro x1, and one initial Engulfing Roots to keep them still. The total combined DoT effect of the above mentioned is like 4674 dmg (which includes the 160DD on root) in about 4 minutes total. The named giant is closer to 6000 HP's max. All in all I've had zero luck with a Tree Weave (why I'm camping these) but great luck on spells.

Does that seem about right? The ancients seem to have about double what the rest have.