a guardian wurm  

Some useful info since I didn't see it posted anywhere here...these guys (at least the ones at the VP entrance) are on a 15-20 spawn time. I've been hunting Torpor for my sham for about 3 days for about 6-12 hours a day. The Elder Wyvern's spawn about 85% of the time instead of G. Wurm and even when they do spawn they may not drop spells, when they do however they can drop up to two. The most I've seen spawn at once is two G. Wurm's. Also you can sometimes expect to wait up to 8 hours to even get one to pop in the spawn cycle after killing E. Wyvern's.

Some helpful tips for this zone. I run the zone killing named's I find while I'm waiting for the spawns at VP. So far I've collected every epic item out here except the Burnt Book (pali epic 1.0). For all you monks looking for Immortals go for the Shadow Drake or Black Scar killing three Shadow Drakes they dropped the book every time, Black Scar I killed four times and he dropped once. Enchanters looking for F. Goldenwing she roams only seen her once so bring a tracker. Can't remember what dropped Bard epic (Guts) but if I can recall seen the mob twice he only dropped once. Clerics just mow through mobs for shards collected all four after about the 2nd day. a Ancient Wyvern is static spawn just south of Overthere Zone common drops or the Improved Damage aug and earring. The gnome (mage or wiz epic guy) roams all over the place and aggros other mobs.

Also have a load of room in your bags because spells drop like crazy think I've collected over 40+ and I've only seen about 3 sets of copies. I even had to destroy spells, gear etc to make room.

Here's a note there are a few spots where a ton of mobs path through (I call them aggro hills) if you get caught fighting a single mob here you WILL get up to about 30+ mobs on you in about 5 mins...so keep moving even me a level 71 sham with dog and 71 war merc had a tough time staying alive with so many mobs aggroing at once. Usually only had time to cani AA, cani spell style and spam heals on merc when I was caught on one of these hills, also buffs get constantly dispelled by Chromo's so like me I wouldn't even bother with them if you get stuck here, either run or chain heal.

About Talendor (spelling) like many have said on his spawn info this guy will hit you without you even knowing beforehand. I was running noticed merc had stopped (keep map up, mercs get stuck sometimes) something had been casting on me for about 15 secs (resisted everything) saw dog bolt back toward merc...noticed merc was down to 60% health. I ran back toward his loc on map and there they were two titans of the battlefield locked in mortal combat, dog aggroed and flew into the fray...I was right behind him getting roboboar ready to activate. Merc was down to about 40% when robo popped under me. I had 60% mana so cast heal (Kragg's Mending) then did cani aa (tier one) the tide of battle was turning in our favor, I cast malos then slow (resist), slow (resist), Breath of Wunshi (resist). Gave up on casting (I was casting on top of him, Dragon Rule), turned from offense into a defensive support role spamming heals...had merc back up to 70% health and that's when all hell broke loose...

I was right smack in the middle of an Aggro Hill. 3 mobs added, I threw a slow on 1 before my mercs health spiked down by 7%. Healed...three more mobs aggroed including Chromo's they dispelled everything on merc (only kept two on him Blessing of Replenishment and Focus of the Seventh). I started chain healing (only thing I could do) and in about a minute had 6-9 more mobs on merc...so 12-15 mobs + Talendor...it was all I could do to keep merc from Falling as he was at the very epicenter of a maelstrom of blades, teeth, claws and magic...as a warrior he was bred for war and this make no mistake about it...was war. Merc's health stayed at about 6% due to my chain healing, dog was in a frenzy tearing into Talendor's flank while Talendor was on merc. The merc slaughtered mob after mob...he was a moving whirlwind of steel death as each foe fell he turned to engage another opponent...if he was going to Fall then he would see it done at a price. My mana was at 10% (with canni's)...and the Gods must of been watching my merc's valor on the bloodied slopes of the volcano because just when things looked bleak...Talendor ran...dog lept after him...the merc seeing his greatest opponent trying to flee cut a Wyvern down and followed close behind...I canni'd, healed merc and was the last to follow. Merc and dog threw down their common foe...it's death throe's echoed throughout Skyfire as it screamed in rage before the final blow fell upon its head...the other mobs stood no chance as my merc and dog fell upon them with a savagery that their enemies would never see again.

Talendor dropped Horn, Scales (Bard epic I think),Shield and about 8-10 spells...no Torpor. So the hunt continues...I will post back on how long it takes...

Easy fight at 59 with the following group: 59 warrior, 59 chanter, 59 cleric and 55 druid.

Had to pull him halfway across the zone to insure no adds.

The only problem was that the warrior kept getting knocked far enough to be out of melee range, so I was constantly checking him (I 2-boxed the warrior/druid).

No problems at all in the age of fableds and defiant armor.

These guys have no faction hits

Dropped Rune of Concussion today

Confirmed.. Killed 3 today.. still there

killed one today...they are still there...

These also drop the cleric epic item Pearlescent (Shard, fragment), whatever they are called.
Just had one drop last night for me.
Called out in zone to see if anyone needed it.
Only person to respond told me that a cleric in his guild was heading to get it.
20 minutes later he told me that the cleric was still in a MM. Guess it was not that big of a deal for him.

I swore 2 weeks ago it said here that these dropped Spell: Primal Avatar. Am I imagining things??

Id like to know if a 64 shaman and a 62 necro could kite these relatively easily. Our equipment is average, we are nothing special.... and i just read they summon? if so do they summon every chance they get?

I have hunted Guardian Wurms quite a bit in the past (trying and getting Torpor). The placeholders are indeed any of the Elder Wyrvens.

The easiest method is to concentrate on the VP entrance area although if you have a tracker and time between spawns (since it's kinda a long respawn) go check for the roamer Elder Wyverns (or Guardian wurms). They mostly roam in the area between the Skyfire zone and to the area towards the VP zone.

The Ancient Wyvern always seems to walk near the BW zone area.

As you can see, they have a LARGE loot table of at least 78 spells and on average drop a little less than 1 spell per GW (zero I'd say 50% of the time, one 40%, two 10%), you're looking at a long time trying to get the one you want.

With the ability to combine spells, a bazaar packed with traders and pretty much just twinks after Kunark era spells anymore, you would most likely be better off time wise just buying any of the spells. Probably only Divine Intervention would cost more than 10k (and maybe Pox of Bertoxxulous). Torpor and Malo, the only "big daddies" commonly sell under 10k now.

i four box them with a 61 warr alm 62 62 chanter and 65 druid and a 65 clr , yes i said four box.!!! Dont tell me diff my warr was actlly doing them at 59 and my chanter was 60 and my druid and clr were 65. !! there are easy. and at 65 my druid soloed two of them alm died both times.


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Edited, Wed Mar 31 21:57:01 2004

I don't see here where anyone has mentioned that these babies summon. They do, I got summoned twiced, ganked, and left for dead. What a surprise that was, lemme tell you.

2 x 65 Necros and a 60 druid. We thought we would try a few of these in the hope of a couple of level 60 spell drops.
Without slow these mobs are VERY nasty. The ones we pulled were hitting for 512 a shot and clawing or whatever they do. We struggled to keep the necro pets healed.
So I logged my 55 chanter , tashed and shiftless deeds at the begining of the fight - easy after they are slowed , and poor resists.

shaman solo'in
<== 65 shm with 100+ aa, these are a breeze
hp? not sure, 32k i suppose, max hit 530/double, fire ae 182 max easily resisted with FR buff

1) malo to pull, run a lil, get distance..
2) slow..., pull to ur camp or whatever...
3) cast quiescence/torpor (having SCRM makes this a lot safer and easier)keep this up always!
4) cast ur dots, jukax(another 65 shm) was usin Ultor and BoNife i use Ultor, Pox, epic, pray for no resists
5) keep your hp up, dont get below 40%
6) repeat 4 and 5 till its dead...

have your self completely buffed, maybe even virtue/kei, not needed if ya do it right, but suggested, also have pet fully buffed as well and hasted! if your pet dies, you might as well hang it up and gate, i found that the best place to camp is at RF spawn place, and most wander near the volcano just in front of it, just takes time, at 65.. get 3/4 blue aa per kill, but kills are to far apart to take advantage to this, spell drop rate, about 1:4
that simple ppl

These can't be solo'd by a necro, you'll just get summoned all over the place as they can NOT be feared. Really only 2 classes I would think would even have a chance and that's Mage and of course, Shaman. For a shaman it's VERY tight and you need Malo right off the bat. I say possibly mage because I don't know Mage pet soloing ability.

Shaman, generally, maloXXX it, root it, slow it, insidious decay it, cripple it, cann up, wait for root to break, pull it to your pet, root it, torpor up, RESLOW it, Pox/Epic/Plague and Pet. It can definitely be a close fight and the pet should be alpha'd, but it's a fun challenge that can pay off.

(Add beastlord to that, I don't know Bl's well enough to yay or nay that)

I personnaly watched Vox get soloed by a necro before the encounter got nerfed... Problem is ppl play for a few months and think they know everything =)

Ok these guys are easy. I track them with my ranger once I find them I log him log my SK on and pull to my group which is me, my 56 shaman and my 53 cleric. Yes I 3 box and yes I kill these with ease. Cleric has 60% mana left at end shaman about 60%. If your using pets make sure there at the back of the wurm to avoid fire and repostes. Got Malo woot. Only really good spell so far. Still waiting on torpor to drop. Damn you verant.

OK these wurms update

these wurms outside of vp are random spawns generated by their ph elder wyverns, the 8 hour spawn time is not factual. hunte dthen for 6 hours and got 6 spawns

Heh they aren't that hard to tank. I did it (54 sk) with a 57 mage, a 55 bard, lvl 60 cleric, and a lvl 58 shaman. shaman slowed after i got agro. highest it hit me for was 512. doubles for 200 sometimes. The one i tanked was in Skyfire btw.

4ppl can kill these easily.
i go at least once a week with this group...60 shaman, 60 druid , 60 rogue 60 warrior and we own these things. The druid tracks them down and pulls them, i malosini them and slow them then the warrior gets agro i cast torpor on him. Never had a death although occasionly if i get a couple of resists before he is slowed it can be close. The trick is to kite i around and try to slow it before anyone has dealt it damage so it doesnt summon you. Once slowed its very easy to kill

Had lvl 60 water pet off them, Pox of bertox (uber UBER rare shammie spell) an many others, tough SOBs, get 2 groups at least 1 cleric and slwoer then try them.
Dont drop cash (well not much)

Redorious
Mage 59
Karana