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Kunark expansion info: The forest giants of Kunark are unique in that they are susceptible to stuns, including the mesmerize line of spells from enchanters. Ancients drop a number of items including Giant foremans Tunics, Giant Lord's Tunics and various large axes. The ones who are higher then level 44 also have a chance to drop level 50+ spells.

Category: EverQuest
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Minimum Level: 43
Maximum Level: 46
Expansion: Ruins of Kunark
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Faction
# Aug 20 2014 at 10:27 AM Rating: Good
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Defiant gear
# Sep 10 2008 at 4:31 PM Rating: Good
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He dropped Flawed Defiant Chain Coif today. Inside the giant fort
Ancients
# Apr 03 2007 at 8:21 PM Rating: Decent
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 :)
New Drop
# Jul 20 2005 at 1:28 PM Rating: Decent
killed today and dropped:
Axe of the Iron Back
Magic Item
Primary
Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 37
Dmg: 16
End: +20
Wt: 12.0 Size: Lg
Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BER
Race: ALL
slot 1, type 4: empty
NERFED??
# Jun 25 2004 at 10:53 AM Rating: Decent
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?
Dropped A Weighted Axe
# Apr 07 2004 at 11:53 PM Rating: Decent
He dropped "A Weighted Axe"
New drop from old mob ?
# Oct 10 2003 at 12:50 PM Rating: Decent
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 ?
spells
# Aug 19 2003 at 12:48 AM Rating: Decent
Killed one of these and got canabalize 3 off of it. Not sure on how common it is but its a nice spell.
Good cash
# Jun 23 2003 at 11:08 AM Rating: Good
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
Spell loot
# Mar 19 2003 at 9:04 PM Rating: Decent
I also had one drop Yaulp IV today on Brell
bah
# Feb 13 2003 at 11:40 AM Rating: Decent
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.
RE: bah
# Dec 19 2003 at 12:17 PM Rating: Default
I saw a post under one of the beastlord links that made a comment that pets that stun can stun mobs that are otherwise immune to stun. Anyone confirm that?
RE: bah
# May 14 2004 at 3:20 PM Rating: Decent
Yes, it can stun unstunnable mobs, but not stun immune mobs.

It's all at http://forum.magecompendium.com/viewtopic.php?t=14203
Wrong
# Jan 31 2003 at 8:18 AM Rating: Default
All Giants are unmezzable and unstunable. They can be charmed rather easy though. Even the giants in Frontier Mountains are unmezable/unstunable and they are 10 or so levels below these. About the 51 mage being able to solo these, yes you can. I have a 51 Beastlord and these drop rather easy. Good cash loots off them as well as pp drop.
RE: Wrong
# Mar 06 2003 at 5:09 AM Rating: Decent
Hmmmmm dont kno if I am just a fantastic Chanter but I can Mezz the Giants in BW!! Seems to be the chase in FV as well, but not the giants in FM and DL tho.
RE: Wrong
# Nov 17 2003 at 9:56 PM Rating: Decent
You CAN stun these guys, I think they're the only stunnable giants, not sure though, i could be wrong :O
Yipe
# Dec 13 2002 at 11:02 PM Rating: Decent
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!
ancients
# Sep 23 2002 at 11:56 AM Rating: Decent
had an ancient con even to me today at 55 is this bogus never seen one that high before
where does he spawn?
# Apr 18 2002 at 10:05 AM Rating: Decent
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..)
RE: where does he spawn?
# Aug 05 2002 at 9:42 AM Rating: Decent
48 posts
Spawn at the Giant Fort in Burning Woods (along with the verdant and arbor variety). Very common spawn, just keep killing to keep the cycle going. (pardon the spelling)
GIANT LORDS TUNIC
# Nov 22 2001 at 1:11 AM Rating: Default
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
#Anonymous, Posted: Oct 29 2001 at 9:26 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Someone asked if Mage can kill these at 51. I am a 50 Mage, and I kill Ancients and Verdants all day. BIII and DS pet. Send in. Wait 5 seconds. Cast a Bolt. Sit and let pet finish fight. all done.
#Anonymous, Posted: Oct 21 2001 at 3:01 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) all i've really heard is druids getting this stuff and i meet a lvl 54 rogue and i was thinking isnt this good for rogues and would it be easy for a rogue to solo 1 of these i mean with RB (ragebringer) you can hit for a LOT of dam like about 251 in 1 hit. well if anyone has 1 to give away my name is Rinolis on Prexus server give me a tell.
doh
# Oct 12 2001 at 7:07 PM Rating: Default
Ya mean (from what i hear about the 46 rangers, necro, and druid below) that a 51 mage can't drop this guy? darn =P
star ruby
# Oct 03 2001 at 9:43 AM Rating: Decent
Does he drop star rubys?
Sorry fir the Spam
# Sep 21 2001 at 1:38 AM Rating: Default
Sorry for repeating my post 3 times - hehe first time posting here and it didn't think it got added to the forum =)
Forest Giants and Mez?
# Sep 21 2001 at 1:36 AM Rating: Decent
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
RE: Forest Giants and Mez?
# Mar 27 2002 at 10:48 AM Rating: Decent
Yes you can Mezz them and Stun them.
Been there for 2 days killing whatever walks by and we have mezzed and stunned these big brutes a number of times.
Really would like some spells to drop though. :o)
Just my Experience.
not sure about mezzes but stuns i do know...
# Dec 30 2001 at 9:46 PM Rating: Default
i have seen them mezzed/stunned.. or so the message says "A forest giant has been stunned"... the probelem is that they really arent... it just makes them more mad at you.... im not that sure if they're mezzable... they might be and the message might say they're mezzed.. but I really doubt they reall are.
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not sure about mezzes but stuns i do know...
# Dec 30 2001 at 9:46 PM Rating: Default
i have seen them mezzed/stunned.. or so the message says "A forest giant has been stunned"... the probelem is that they really arent... it just makes them more mad at you.... im not that sure if they're mezzable... they might be and the message might say they're mezzed.. but I really doubt they reall are.
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Forest Giants and Mez?
# Sep 21 2001 at 1:36 AM Rating: Decent
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
Forest Giants and Mez?
# Sep 21 2001 at 1:35 AM Rating: Decent
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....
RE: Forest Giants and Mez?
# Feb 14 2002 at 3:28 PM Rating: Decent
Some giants you might be able to mess. My experience in DL is that forest giant craig's are immune to mez.(this spell will not take hold on target) weird maybe it is certain zones.
RE: Forest Giants and Mez?
# Apr 23 2002 at 11:13 AM Rating: Decent
As a cleric I use my stun damage spell when the darkness runs out so the sk can recast, and they do get stunned for a fair amount of time also. The only resist a few times. Been camping the fort in BW a long time and only a few spells drop. I've had better luck for spell drops in SF zone right by BW.

Winterdai Snowflake
53 Vicar <Controllers of Chaos>
Quellious Server
4600 Hp's
# Jul 24 2001 at 2:06 AM Rating: Decent
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.
RE: 4600 Hp's
# Sep 25 2001 at 7:31 AM Rating: Default
hmmm call me a newbie, but since druid dots take about 1.5 to 2 mins to complete, how can you dot it 7 times with a magic dot in 4 mins????

i didnt think they stacked, that would make ES vambs WAY WAY too powerfull.......EI: keep on casting the dot till mobs was dead more or less

if you realy got 7 dots in in 4 mins id say that a nice trick and id like to learn it for my low lvl druid so when he gets higher ill be able to kill everything in the world :)
RE: 4600 Hp's
# Sep 30 2001 at 2:39 PM Rating: Default
Our dots take 1 min., he put 2 of his higher lvl dots and 2 of his lower dots, ro stacks with drifting~Winged series.
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