I've been running two cycles for about 2.5 days now on and off. I've killed around 100 couriers (ruined my Ally Di'Zok faction) and no ring yet. Somewhere between 2006 and 2009 they must have completely changed the drop rate as I should have seen at least one if not two rings by now. The post below details an absurd amount of couriers killed also so I am left to believe that the drop rate is now around one ring for every 150 couriers. There are indeed two cycles from the windmill going north towards the Firiona Vie stream. Mobs can spawn as far south as the windmill up to the lake and as far north as almost to the Firiona Vie stream, just near the lake edge. The only mobs that will show up on these cycles are as follows:
A Sarnak Courier (of course)
A sabertooth tigress (uncommon)
A Goblin Brawler (common)
A Goblin Skirmisher (sommon)
An Iksar Marauder (not so common but more common than tigresses)
An Iksar Brigand (same for marauder)
Greater Scalebone (common)
Greater Skeleton (common)
A Sarnak Youth (not as common as iksars)
A Sarnak Flunkie (not as common as iksars)
A Sabertooh Cat (common)
If anyone is familiar with MQ2, you can use this to keep the cycles moving very fast. It's handy if you know what you're doing, much in the same sense as Quillmane. Also, I've noticed that there is indeed a third cycle from the windmill to the Sarnak fort than can be ran with a box or a friend helping. On top of that there are FOUR to FIVE more cycles in the large open field north east from the Sarnak Fort. I have had up to four couriers spawning on different cycles in that area. I discovered it using MQ2 and killing yard trash in that area. I noticed four A Goblin Skirmishers on my MQ2 map and proceeded to start running the cycles to see if they pop couriers and they indeed do. The PH repop time is exactly 3 seconds from the death of the previous MOB on the cycle. The courier does show traits of the items he's carrying as he can wield any weapon he carrys including the Goblin Skinner. Since my ring has yet to drop, I cannot verify that he glows when he has the ring but someone below mentioned that he does. If he has the cloak, his backplate will be slightly discoloured. If he has the belt or if he's going to drop any random piece of defiant gear, his hands will be slightly discoloured. Other than that, all I can say is that this is the nastiest camp I have ever attempted in my 10+ years of playing Everquest. I am a BETA veteran and I've never seen a mob with such a sh*tty drop rate.
EDIT: Today (4-24-09), I finally got my ring to drop. I am on the Seventh Hammer server. So, a sigh of relief as this item does drop. It requires a huge amount of time to sink into the camp and if you don't consistently stick with it he could potentially spawn with the ring and be bashed by a gobby. So, stick with it, keep the gobbies off him as you're tracking him down and you WILL get a ring. Persistence is key.
Edited, Apr 24th 2009 12:02am by iamtheghost
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a Sarnak courier
Monster
Uploaded July 24th, 2007
This rare Sarnak also drops the Left Fist, required for the shackle of rock quest.
Info from: Alig Booyakasha
Category: EverQuest
This page last modified 2008-01-02 15:02:45.
Minimum Level: 13
Maximum Level: 14
Maximum Level: 14
Known Loot:
Bloodstone Ring
Goblin Gazughi Ring
Goblin Spirit Catcher
Iksar Left Hand '=|-'
Scaled Wolf Hide Belt
Scaled Wolf Hide Cloak
Bloodstone Ring
Goblin Gazughi Ring
Goblin Spirit Catcher
Iksar Left Hand '=|-'
Scaled Wolf Hide Belt
Scaled Wolf Hide Cloak
Known Habitats:
Lake of Ill Omen
Lake of Ill Omen
Opposing Factions:
Legion of Cabilis
Legion of Cabilis
Quests:
Shackle of Rock
Shackle of Rock
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It does still drop. (4-11-09) Not sure how many hours, but after about 150 couriers. Finally!
I had better luck getting courier pops with my druid(tracking)than mass killing with my enchanter. There are 2 cycles that range from just south of the mountains about even with the windmill to almost the river by FV zone. You can keep them both going at once. There is also another cycle that covers a range from the windmill to the sarnak fort. My druid tracking doesn't extend far enough sometimes, especially on the southmost cycle.
Mobs in the cycle:
a sabretooth cat
a sabretooth tigress
a goblin brawler
a goblin skirmisher
greater scalebone
greater skeleton
an Iksar marauder
an Iksar brigand
a Sarnak youth
a Sarnak flukie
a Sarnak courier
I had better luck getting courier pops with my druid(tracking)than mass killing with my enchanter. There are 2 cycles that range from just south of the mountains about even with the windmill to almost the river by FV zone. You can keep them both going at once. There is also another cycle that covers a range from the windmill to the sarnak fort. My druid tracking doesn't extend far enough sometimes, especially on the southmost cycle.
Mobs in the cycle:
a sabretooth cat
a sabretooth tigress
a goblin brawler
a goblin skirmisher
greater scalebone
greater skeleton
an Iksar marauder
an Iksar brigand
a Sarnak youth
a Sarnak flukie
a Sarnak courier
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I finally got this ring after 17 hours and roughly 50 couriers.
Scholar
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8 posts
Thank you very much Samm, followed your spawn table with a ranger to help me, and the courier spawned within fifteen minutes. He dropped the hand I needed for my shackle quest, AND the ring! Woot! Also, here is some new info- his spawn point was right around NEG1000, NEG2500. Good luck on this guy!
add silver ring to loot bleh.
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Dropped words of the spoken today
Sabarak
<Oathsworn>
Butcherblock
Formerly:
Auridan D'Vlysent
<Twists of Fate>
Povar
<Oathsworn>
Butcherblock
Formerly:
Auridan D'Vlysent
<Twists of Fate>
Povar
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I've been killing everything from goblin ruins to windmill and back and no sight of courier yet. Was hoping that someone could post a loc of where they were instead of past this or that. A little confused not sure from which direction you are saying if you go past the river to ent to FV too far going north or south? im assuming North since the windmill is south of that and one set of the goblin ruins. any info greatly appreciated
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nm lol found him bout 10 min after this post =P
here is the list of mobs with exact spelling that i found on the cycle:
a sabretooth cat
a sabretooth tigress (rarely, and lots of tigresses around that are not on the cycle)
a goblin brawler
a goblin skirmisher
greater scalebone
greater skeleton
an Iksar marauder
an Iksar brigand
a Sarnak youth
a Sarnak flukie
a Sarnak courier
hope it helps
you need to keep killing the newest (up on the list with "normal" sorting) spawns that match these and you will get a courier every 15 mins or so.
after 7 hours of camping (and about 30 or 40 courier kills) i finally got my Goblin Gazughi Ring)
He also dropped this ring earlier:
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=1654
hint: stay between the ruins and the windmill, if a cat or marauder appears on track and is not in the near vicinity, it is not from your cycle.
on another note: after a while, i noticed a 2nd goblin skirmisher on track, and killed both, after that i had 2 cycles running (for much quicker killing), looks like there is more than 1 slot on that cycle there.
Edited, Tue Aug 5 19:17:02 2003
a sabretooth cat
a sabretooth tigress (rarely, and lots of tigresses around that are not on the cycle)
a goblin brawler
a goblin skirmisher
greater scalebone
greater skeleton
an Iksar marauder
an Iksar brigand
a Sarnak youth
a Sarnak flukie
a Sarnak courier
hope it helps
you need to keep killing the newest (up on the list with "normal" sorting) spawns that match these and you will get a courier every 15 mins or so.
after 7 hours of camping (and about 30 or 40 courier kills) i finally got my Goblin Gazughi Ring)
He also dropped this ring earlier:
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=1654
hint: stay between the ruins and the windmill, if a cat or marauder appears on track and is not in the near vicinity, it is not from your cycle.
on another note: after a while, i noticed a 2nd goblin skirmisher on track, and killed both, after that i had 2 cycles running (for much quicker killing), looks like there is more than 1 slot on that cycle there.
Edited, Tue Aug 5 19:17:02 2003
This is a GREAT post I followed it to a T, and I am getting 2 - 3 courier about every 15 minutes. I have killed 20 of these and no ring yet, I am logging for tonight but starting tomorrow.
P.S. Do exacly what Samm says it works much better than mass killing, I mass killed and got about 1 currior every 30 minutes.
EDIT after a couple days of farming this, a total of about 6 - 8 hours, I finally got it. It ended up being a total of 45 - 50 killed to get the ring. BTW there is 2 spawn cycles. Oh and for those that can't wait the 10 seconds to kill it, the Courier glows if it drops the ring.
Edited, Jun 2nd 2007 6:08pm by lowjak
P.S. Do exacly what Samm says it works much better than mass killing, I mass killed and got about 1 currior every 30 minutes.
EDIT after a couple days of farming this, a total of about 6 - 8 hours, I finally got it. It ended up being a total of 45 - 50 killed to get the ring. BTW there is 2 spawn cycles. Oh and for those that can't wait the 10 seconds to kill it, the Courier glows if it drops the ring.
Edited, Jun 2nd 2007 6:08pm by lowjak
Scholar
41 posts
Well, the cycle is pretty good, but it fails at times. After camping this ring for 3 days with my bard I discovered that ANY sabertooth and ANY skeleton can be a place holder. There were times when killing the PH's mentioned above started spawning Sabertooth Tigers, and at night would spawn Lesser-type Skeletons. Time of the EQ day had something to do with what spawned, Sabertooths during the day, and leaning more towards Lesser-type Skeletons at night. So, if the PH's your tracking start getting replaced by skeletons or sabertooths, run around and kill all the cats, then kill all the skeletons, and you'll see a bunch of the mobs in Samm's post start re-appearing on track. I suspect the Goblin Battlemasters, and Iksar Manslayers occasionally get into the spawn cycle as well. The Couriers do seem to spawn more often after the mobs Samm named in his post, but everything moving is part of the spawn cycle. I suspect Couriers are just tabled into the spawn cycle of everything moving, and are more likely to appear during the EQ night, though they can pop anytime. At one point I had 5 couriers spawn one right after another in the space of about 10 minutes, then went 2 hours with nothing. I think what confuses the issue is that there are two or more spawn tables on the cycle, kill a mob from spawn table #1, and a new mob is resurrected from table #2 if its daytime, or table #3 if its nighttime. Kill that mob and you get a spawn from table #4 or table #1, etc. And of course the Sarnak Courier is only on two of those tables... Very rare on the daytime table that he appears on, and a bit less rare on the nighttime table. (Although that rareity during the day may be because I ignored some of the daytime spawns, like Sarnak Conscripts and Goblin Battlemasters.) But what I'm driving at is he only pops after the mobs Samm named because those mobs trigger a new selection from a table that includes the Courier as well as several other mobs, like lesser skeletons or Sabertooth tigers, then you have to kill those spawns, and what spawns right after them to get back to the table that contains the Sarnak Courier.
In short your best bet is to kill everything Sammigaile named first, but as those options start to dwindle, kill everything moving to get as many shots at the courier as possible. In particular, kill any Sabertooth Tigers or Tigresses, or anything skeletal. I've got the ring to drop twice now, both times it dropped the Courier who dropped it spawned near the glowing pillars by the zone wall. A friend got the GG ring drop near the Sarnak Fort (though he wasn't trying for it, just in the right place at the right time).
In short your best bet is to kill everything Sammigaile named first, but as those options start to dwindle, kill everything moving to get as many shots at the courier as possible. In particular, kill any Sabertooth Tigers or Tigresses, or anything skeletal. I've got the ring to drop twice now, both times it dropped the Courier who dropped it spawned near the glowing pillars by the zone wall. A friend got the GG ring drop near the Sarnak Fort (though he wasn't trying for it, just in the right place at the right time).
I agree this cycle is just about perfect. I got a courior to spawn within 10 minutes and it dropped the hand I needed for the monk quest...
Bordon (lvl 51 Monk)
Bordon (lvl 51 Monk)
8 posts
i have been doing ask you said for 2 hours and not one couier has poped
Scholar
49 posts
This cycle description is perfect! I followed it exactly and got as many as 4 cycles going at one time where I had couriers spawn back to back within a minute. After 10 hours of camping I finally got my ring today. I used my bard tracking to look for the mobs and easily killed them off with a little melee and one dot using Thunderous Drums of Karana. Best Christmas present to myself in EQ ever!!
I would suggest for anyone else doing this cycle to clear the goblin ruins near the shore periodically so that they don't kill the courier when it spawns near them. I lost several couriers to the goblins in the ruins. Also, I damaged any roaming goblins like aggressors to near death. That way, because they were low on HPs, they would run away from me when near and would not agro any courier spawns.
I would suggest for anyone else doing this cycle to clear the goblin ruins near the shore periodically so that they don't kill the courier when it spawns near them. I lost several couriers to the goblins in the ruins. Also, I damaged any roaming goblins like aggressors to near death. That way, because they were low on HPs, they would run away from me when near and would not agro any courier spawns.
The cycle is indeed very good, but I just wanted to comment that I found many of the mobs, and indeed the courier too, north of the windmill and very few of them in between the ruins. It saves quite a bit of time instead of waiting for him to wander into that valley. Hope this helps somebody.
*Major correction on that*
Thought he meant the "undead ruins" which just so happened to be labeled on my map, didn't realize that he meant the line of statues to the north of the windmill, that is definitely the best spot to do it.
Edited, Fri Mar 4 12:18:32 2005
*Major correction on that*
Thought he meant the "undead ruins" which just so happened to be labeled on my map, didn't realize that he meant the line of statues to the north of the windmill, that is definitely the best spot to do it.
Edited, Fri Mar 4 12:18:32 2005
If a druid tanks in a forest, and nobody is around to see it, is he uber?
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add lesser icebone skeleton as well so far I have kiled the courier about 9 times all the left hand no ring what a pain. I also learned that the cycle can get way more reliable if you have a partner just killing all in site, I even had 2 cycles running perfectly for a while.
Ok, here are some facts/tips/info on obtaining the Goblin ring the Courier drops.
-=HUNTING GROUND=-
Varies - Generally the hunting ground for all the PH's and the Sarnak Courier is between the Windmill and just past the Goblin ruins.
If you go pass the River mouth (Newbie area) near the zone to FV you've got too far. Those mobs are normal spawns and are not PH's.
-=WHAT ARE THE PLACE HOLDERS(PH)?=-
The place holders are 95% of the time one of these MOB's.
A Goblin Brawler
A Sabretooth Cat
A Greater Scalbone
A Sarnak Youth
A Sarnak Flukie
A Goblin Skirmisher
Greater Skeleton
A Sarnak Courier
...all in no particular order.
Once a PH or courier is killed, another will instantly (3 second delay) pop in its place somewhere in-between windmill and Goblin ruins kinda near the river mouth to FV.
NOTE: Sometimes the cycle gets glitched where nothing appears on track. This happeneds from time to time but its easy to fix. At this point kill the top 7 things on track to restart cycle.
NOTE PART TWO: It IS possible to see 2 to 3 (rumors of 4) place holders up at the same time. that means you have 4 chances of spawning the Courier at once.
-=I SEE THE COURIER=-
Great, you'll probably see 10 or more of him during the course of your stay. The Goblin Ring is his RARE drop and its not uncommon to see 30 Courier's killed with no ring. Expect a 2-5 hour camp of doing nothing but killing left and right.
You will know you have the right Courier when he is illuminated with a Greater Lightstone around him. At this point celebrate as your wacking/nuking away cause your hard earned time hasn't been wasted.
-=RUMORS AND MYTHS=-
-"1800pp? for this ring? isn't that hight?" No, thats actually low. The Goblin ring can be worth to as much as 5K - 10K depending on the server. Charm classes like Necros, Chanters, Bards and Druids use this ring to "Break charm" in a hurry to prevent death so they can kill it themselves. Worth its weight in gold when in the hands of someone that knows how to use it.
-"The Courier is nerfed. I've killed XX Couriers and not one ring has dropped" Relax! - he still drops the ring. Its VERY rare so expect a long camp.
-"Can a non-tracking class try to get the ring?" You can try, but without Track its next to impossible to find the next PH spawn in a time-friendly manner. Not recommened unless your a Ranger/Druid/Bard.
-"The PH spawn is broken. Haven't seen one PH spawn in a long time!" The Courier cycle is glitchy at times. Going on a killing spree sometimes jumpstarts the cycle back into full swing.
Good luck to everyone who is going to camp this. its a long and tedious camp but well worth it in the right hands.
-=HUNTING GROUND=-
Varies - Generally the hunting ground for all the PH's and the Sarnak Courier is between the Windmill and just past the Goblin ruins.
If you go pass the River mouth (Newbie area) near the zone to FV you've got too far. Those mobs are normal spawns and are not PH's.
-=WHAT ARE THE PLACE HOLDERS(PH)?=-
The place holders are 95% of the time one of these MOB's.
A Goblin Brawler
A Sabretooth Cat
A Greater Scalbone
A Sarnak Youth
A Sarnak Flukie
A Goblin Skirmisher
Greater Skeleton
A Sarnak Courier
...all in no particular order.
Once a PH or courier is killed, another will instantly (3 second delay) pop in its place somewhere in-between windmill and Goblin ruins kinda near the river mouth to FV.
NOTE: Sometimes the cycle gets glitched where nothing appears on track. This happeneds from time to time but its easy to fix. At this point kill the top 7 things on track to restart cycle.
NOTE PART TWO: It IS possible to see 2 to 3 (rumors of 4) place holders up at the same time. that means you have 4 chances of spawning the Courier at once.
-=I SEE THE COURIER=-
Great, you'll probably see 10 or more of him during the course of your stay. The Goblin Ring is his RARE drop and its not uncommon to see 30 Courier's killed with no ring. Expect a 2-5 hour camp of doing nothing but killing left and right.
You will know you have the right Courier when he is illuminated with a Greater Lightstone around him. At this point celebrate as your wacking/nuking away cause your hard earned time hasn't been wasted.
-=RUMORS AND MYTHS=-
-"1800pp? for this ring? isn't that hight?" No, thats actually low. The Goblin ring can be worth to as much as 5K - 10K depending on the server. Charm classes like Necros, Chanters, Bards and Druids use this ring to "Break charm" in a hurry to prevent death so they can kill it themselves. Worth its weight in gold when in the hands of someone that knows how to use it.
-"The Courier is nerfed. I've killed XX Couriers and not one ring has dropped" Relax! - he still drops the ring. Its VERY rare so expect a long camp.
-"Can a non-tracking class try to get the ring?" You can try, but without Track its next to impossible to find the next PH spawn in a time-friendly manner. Not recommened unless your a Ranger/Druid/Bard.
-"The PH spawn is broken. Haven't seen one PH spawn in a long time!" The Courier cycle is glitchy at times. Going on a killing spree sometimes jumpstarts the cycle back into full swing.
Good luck to everyone who is going to camp this. its a long and tedious camp but well worth it in the right hands.
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The post by LimeCherry is wonderful. It took me about 6 hours but I finally got the ring. As of December 11,2005 it does still drop and this post works perfectly.
I do want to add this, Iksars, all of them in the area described above appeared to be in the cycle too. Marauders were the most common to pop, but also saw a couple others.
Bring a tracker and this is just a time sink. There is no "if" to it. When you do the above descibed method all you need is time to get your ring. I frequently would get 10 couriers every 30-45 minutes.
The ring did not drop for hours, but eventually right when I was about to give up for the evening there it was. Thanks Lime!
I do want to add this, Iksars, all of them in the area described above appeared to be in the cycle too. Marauders were the most common to pop, but also saw a couple others.
Bring a tracker and this is just a time sink. There is no "if" to it. When you do the above descibed method all you need is time to get your ring. I frequently would get 10 couriers every 30-45 minutes.
The ring did not drop for hours, but eventually right when I was about to give up for the evening there it was. Thanks Lime!
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I got the ring today in about 40 minutes using the spawn table tips described here. 2nd Courier had it.
Thank you very much =) Great work.
Thank you very much =) Great work.
Migsy 75 Bard <Shattered Destinies>
7th Hammer
7th Hammer
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This strategy works perfectly, got the courier to pop twice within half an hour tonight. However, noticed one oversight, several times I noticed that "an Iksar marauder" popped in the middle of the PH chain, and the chain continued after it was killed every time. So add "an Iksar marauder" to the list of placeholders for this mob ;)
Phurrin Swiftpaw, Vah Shir Lord of Beasts
i Had success with this method.......i got the ring on like the 7th courier. The spawn seems to break more often then i like, i will have to try adding the iksar maurader-->im trying to get another ring for an alt
the merauder is too at the cycle
This method works. Period. I've done the shackle quests twice now (My first Shackle of Tynnonium had to be turned in to get my Whistling Fists) and both times I've used this method.
A tip. Hang out around the ruins, near the windmill. The big huge ones with the long line of pillars. When you find a named up, kill it. If you're a tracker, have track sort in Normal mode. Normal mode sorts by how "old" the mob is, or how long since it's spawned. New spawns pop up on top of the list.
So kill the PH and hit track. Memorize the top 4 mobs, and when track repops, hit it again. Whichever mob is new on/near the top is probably another PH. I originall fought everything ground-zero the first time for 2 hours. Once I got this method and had my bard tracking for it, I got it in 25 minutes.
About to do it for the 2nd time.
Good luck!
A tip. Hang out around the ruins, near the windmill. The big huge ones with the long line of pillars. When you find a named up, kill it. If you're a tracker, have track sort in Normal mode. Normal mode sorts by how "old" the mob is, or how long since it's spawned. New spawns pop up on top of the list.
So kill the PH and hit track. Memorize the top 4 mobs, and when track repops, hit it again. Whichever mob is new on/near the top is probably another PH. I originall fought everything ground-zero the first time for 2 hours. Once I got this method and had my bard tracking for it, I got it in 25 minutes.
About to do it for the 2nd time.
Good luck!
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I tried the cycle as listed above once before and thought it was broken. I was finding multiple mobs - in the direction of Cabilis so I gave up.
While camping the Chancellor (for key to Charasis), I noticed one of the cycle on track, so I started it again. I can absolutely confirm that this system worked on this date. Within 20 minutes I kille dtwo couriers (shouted for monks to loot the left hand). I haven't had a ring yet (which is what I want), but I am sure its only a matter of time now.
While camping the Chancellor (for key to Charasis), I noticed one of the cycle on track, so I started it again. I can absolutely confirm that this system worked on this date. Within 20 minutes I kille dtwo couriers (shouted for monks to loot the left hand). I haven't had a ring yet (which is what I want), but I am sure its only a matter of time now.
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I was helping a monkey friend of mine with this one. Basically just sat near the water close to mill while he slaughtered anything that moved. Then he said something about checking my track for these following creatures:
A Goblin Brawler
A Sabertooth Cat
A Greater Scalebone
A Sarnak Youth
A Goblin Skirmisher
A Greater Skeleton
*A Sarnak Courier*
As soon as I saw one on track, I would run to it, he would kill and right after he looted I hit track. As soon as track refreshed, I clicked it again to find ONE of the above mobs towards the top of the track screen. We did this for a good 15 mobs until finally I had the Sarnak Courier on track. Hope this helps!! GL!
A Goblin Brawler
A Sabertooth Cat
A Greater Scalebone
A Sarnak Youth
A Goblin Skirmisher
A Greater Skeleton
*A Sarnak Courier*
As soon as I saw one on track, I would run to it, he would kill and right after he looted I hit track. As soon as track refreshed, I clicked it again to find ONE of the above mobs towards the top of the track screen. We did this for a good 15 mobs until finally I had the Sarnak Courier on track. Hope this helps!! GL!
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Good day!!!
I've been in LOIO for awhile, Soloing, getting goblin bracers, etc... (I love this zone!!!) and for fun ,and karma, I've been helping some monks look for this retard. Every time I've helped a monkie, We've never been able to get him to spawn. I was informed of a cycle that was involved and saw it posted here (in case you missed it, here ya go http://pub35.ezboard.com/fmonklybusiness43508frm2.showMessage?topicID=1014.topic ). If he is in fact on a cycle this seems to be logical as I've seen plenty of the PH's up around Cab, but only one of them at a time between the lake and the mill, but everytime we went through a cycle another random mob on the same cycle list popped (I hope that made sense). In the time I've been here I have seen this puke one time (yesterday actually). He was walking across the ruins starting on the side closest to FV and continuing towards the goblin ruins. I snagged him before any other mobs might get 'em, then shouted to any monks in the area. Luckily there was a monk in the area so his loot wasn't left to rot. And on a side note, karma does pay off sooner or later. I recieved 25plat and some nice buffs just for icing this guy (thanks Skydd
). Sorry for the rambling, and I hope this makes sense.
I've been in LOIO for awhile, Soloing, getting goblin bracers, etc... (I love this zone!!!) and for fun ,and karma, I've been helping some monks look for this retard. Every time I've helped a monkie, We've never been able to get him to spawn. I was informed of a cycle that was involved and saw it posted here (in case you missed it, here ya go http://pub35.ezboard.com/fmonklybusiness43508frm2.showMessage?topicID=1014.topic ). If he is in fact on a cycle this seems to be logical as I've seen plenty of the PH's up around Cab, but only one of them at a time between the lake and the mill, but everytime we went through a cycle another random mob on the same cycle list popped (I hope that made sense). In the time I've been here I have seen this puke one time (yesterday actually). He was walking across the ruins starting on the side closest to FV and continuing towards the goblin ruins. I snagged him before any other mobs might get 'em, then shouted to any monks in the area. Luckily there was a monk in the area so his loot wasn't left to rot. And on a side note, karma does pay off sooner or later. I recieved 25plat and some nice buffs just for icing this guy (thanks Skydd
). Sorry for the rambling, and I hope this makes sense. 3 posts
i had the courier spawn rite in front of the explorer tower,then he proceded to walk rite towards the entrance to the tower i killed him just before he got near this place fearing they would kill him before me ,it spawned at 3:00 am
it maybe timed and probably gets killed so fast that it makes him a rare spawn,i went on the fact that this mob is only 14th lvl makes sense it would spawn near the newbie area more then over near the mill where there higher lvl,but who knowscould be random area spawn, dropped the hand first time too
it maybe timed and probably gets killed so fast that it makes him a rare spawn,i went on the fact that this mob is only 14th lvl makes sense it would spawn near the newbie area more then over near the mill where there higher lvl,but who knowscould be random area spawn, dropped the hand first time too
I just read this post today, and I think anyone looking for this mob should have this info:
http://pub35.ezboard.com/fmonklybusiness43508frm2.showMessage?topicID=1014.topic
http://pub35.ezboard.com/fmonklybusiness43508frm2.showMessage?topicID=1014.topic
Canto Wolfheart, 65th season Druid of Tunare, Quellious server
3 posts
I hate Lake of Ill Omen, I have been Camping this Dam Thing for 6 Days. Don't even want to complain about every place, and mob I have killed to trigger it. SOMEONE PLEASE hold a GM Ransom or something so this thing can POP.
Senvaul Design
47 Iksar Monk
PoVaR Server
<Primal Blood>
Kill or be Killed
47 Iksar Monk
PoVaR Server
<Primal Blood>
Kill or be Killed
33 posts
My group and I saw this thing and decided to kill it, we were just bored. I thought I'd heard something of it, but didn't know it was so rare, neither did the rest of my group. It just got pulled and we were a lvl 20 group so it was an easy kill, but only dropped an Amber so I looted it to sell later in the Mill.
Not much of a great mob! Easily killed, my group ripped it to shreds within 10 seconds! My group was just an Ogre SK, a Vah Shir BS, and myself an Iksar Necromancer. It went down so fast my Heat Blood hit the corpse! No great loot either.
After that we found another one 15 minutes later (that's exact because I had to camp in 15 and it was the last thing I kiled), but it had nothing to our interests on it so we let it decay.
And if this is a triggered spawn for the quest...well I hope those monks get it quick 'cause I've seen a few of these (not so very rare apparently), but it was horrible experience so I never killed it, the only reason group killed was that it added to a Sabertooth.
Not much of a great mob! Easily killed, my group ripped it to shreds within 10 seconds! My group was just an Ogre SK, a Vah Shir BS, and myself an Iksar Necromancer. It went down so fast my Heat Blood hit the corpse! No great loot either.
After that we found another one 15 minutes later (that's exact because I had to camp in 15 and it was the last thing I kiled), but it had nothing to our interests on it so we let it decay.
And if this is a triggered spawn for the quest...well I hope those monks get it quick 'cause I've seen a few of these (not so very rare apparently), but it was horrible experience so I never killed it, the only reason group killed was that it added to a Sabertooth.
The Necromancer of the 50th Season, Carnox Darkrazer! Dogs of War of Tarew Marr!http://www.magelo.com/eq_view_profile.html?num=611349
24 posts
Im sick of hearing these stories of first time lowbies zoning in and getting the ring!! Ive been trying to get it for at least 10hours in RL and NOTHING!!!
#Anonymous,
Posted: May 06 2002 at 3:50 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Where or how the F do u get this to spawn...
15 posts
i want 1 of these for my ranger, do these drop anymore
prackatoss
33rd ranger of zebuxoruk
prackatoss
33rd ranger of zebuxoruk
Anonymous
yes they do
Anonymous
Be someone that can track, like my lvl 23 ranger.)
Go near mill and track, i found him all the time!!!
Go near mill and track, i found him all the time!!!
36 posts
is the ring nerfed?
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12 posts
i just looted one this morning, i was on my way back to FV and just killed it for fun, it was an extremely easy kill and dropped ring on first try, so the ring is definately not nerfed.
#Anonymous,
Posted: Feb 23 2002 at 10:56 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) If any 1 wants to know how to spawn him, send me and email at Basiliskboy89@aol.com and leave a subject so i know its about Spawning the Courier, i've proved this to work every time it works, i got him 2 spawn twice in a row with this and i can find him easy
Anonymous
So if you know how to spawn him, just post it. That's what these boards are for. To get and give help...
#Anonymous,
Posted: Jan 19 2002 at 11:28 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Yesterday i was hunting in a group and i'm new to zone. So the tank pulls 2 of these guys. I dont think they're rare
Anonymous
What ur tank probably pulled was a Sarnak Conscript not the courier. i have been hunting for a while in Loio and i have seen this guy twice the fist time is when i followed him all over the zone refer to my previous post. The second was tonight Jan 22 at 1:17 Am EST. im a lev 18 wiz now (switch chars) and he was no problem for my group he had the left fist on him for th eiksar monk only shackle quest. we where just on the pillar side of the mill when we pulled him i hope this might help in narrowing him down as last i posted i followed him all over the zone but only did it once so i couldnt say if that is a set route he takes we did pass the mill the first time but not as close as he was this time
Anonymous
I’ve made a few observations about this much sought after mob.
1. The fist he drops is one of the left fists (there are 2) of Talon Southpaw, a legendary Iksar monk.
2. This fist is used in the Iksar Monk Shackle of Rock Quest.
3. Master Niska who gives the quest will not respond about the Shackle of Rock unless you have completed the Shackle of Stone quest.
4. When she does and you ask “what are the Fists of Talon” she directs you to the Court Chronicler who sells a book called “Talon Southpaw” which is NO RENT.
So what I am wondering is if this could somehow be a Triggered spawn either by starting the quest and going to the Lake of Ill Omen, or by having the book on you when you zone into the lake. Any comments or Ideas are appreciated. My Brother and I have camped for this guy for more than 40 RL hours and he’s never spawned. Yet when I was camping the Mill with my 20th Wizard back when Kunark started, I remember seeing him very frequently. Makes me think that due to the relative lameness of this particular shackle series, that less people are doing it, and therefore if it is triggered, it is being triggered less.
Gilaa Bloodbrood 22 Iksar Shaman
Xilaa Bloodbrood 22 Iksar Monk
1. The fist he drops is one of the left fists (there are 2) of Talon Southpaw, a legendary Iksar monk.
2. This fist is used in the Iksar Monk Shackle of Rock Quest.
3. Master Niska who gives the quest will not respond about the Shackle of Rock unless you have completed the Shackle of Stone quest.
4. When she does and you ask “what are the Fists of Talon” she directs you to the Court Chronicler who sells a book called “Talon Southpaw” which is NO RENT.
So what I am wondering is if this could somehow be a Triggered spawn either by starting the quest and going to the Lake of Ill Omen, or by having the book on you when you zone into the lake. Any comments or Ideas are appreciated. My Brother and I have camped for this guy for more than 40 RL hours and he’s never spawned. Yet when I was camping the Mill with my 20th Wizard back when Kunark started, I remember seeing him very frequently. Makes me think that due to the relative lameness of this particular shackle series, that less people are doing it, and therefore if it is triggered, it is being triggered less.
Gilaa Bloodbrood 22 Iksar Shaman
Xilaa Bloodbrood 22 Iksar Monk
#Anonymous,
Posted: Jan 11 2002 at 2:59 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) some1 offered 100pp for ring and i didnt know value till i saw now)im happyi got )
Anonymous
While i was in LOIO the courier attacked me, i killed it but it dropped a Goblin Gazughi Ring. Its stats are 1 AC 5 save magic and an everlasting effect of invisability vs. animals. So it doest only drop the cloak.
Sytto Tosscobble
27th Druid of Tholuxe Paells
Sytto Tosscobble
27th Druid of Tholuxe Paells
#Anonymous,
Posted: Dec 17 2001 at 3:51 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) sorry i understand this is not the place for this but beaware of megunna he is a lv 32 dwarf warrior on the innuruk(parden spelling if wrong) server. he is a thief and cannot be trusted stole nearly all i had the other day. and dont go tellin me this is just a game dont get so worked up because i am not i just dont want him to do this to another guy. and, i will get the plat back butnot the time i spent getting it.
Anonymous
today i saw this guy by the cablis newbie zone. he walked right through. being the red con that he is to a lev 9 i lef him alone i shouted to the three newbs that attacked him i think they said they were level 5 or something, well any way after they got there bodies ( yeah all three of them ) i desided to follow this guy at a Big distance. we waled all over the zone i guess i just got lucky nothing attacked me well anyway as i said we walked the zone ( THE WHOLE THING) Took a while to do it too. when we got to the mill a second time a high level was there i asked for help to kill it so i could get the fist well low and beold what happend ( no i didnt die)
we killed it took a little less than 3 minutes he high lev couldnt hit it very well for some reason., he let me loot it and well guess what I GOT JACK not one item nothing nothing at all next time i see this guy if he can pray he better do it fast cuz this litle lev nine monk is power leveling just to be high enough to trash this guy. man i hat it when you do something for a long time and have nothing to show for it.
Any way the poin is that yes he does wander the entire zone so he could be anywhere or spawn anywhere just keep looking. Povar server.
we killed it took a little less than 3 minutes he high lev couldnt hit it very well for some reason., he let me loot it and well guess what I GOT JACK not one item nothing nothing at all next time i see this guy if he can pray he better do it fast cuz this litle lev nine monk is power leveling just to be high enough to trash this guy. man i hat it when you do something for a long time and have nothing to show for it.
Any way the poin is that yes he does wander the entire zone so he could be anywhere or spawn anywhere just keep looking. Povar server.
Anonymous
I need to know if he is a caster because i plan on going down and killing him next chance i can get.
15th Season cleric
Poggins <Dark Knights of Valor>
Terris-Thule
15th Season cleric
Poggins <Dark Knights of Valor>
Terris-Thule
nope, not a caster, and as a cleric even, if you have your melee skill maxed, you could solo melee this guy.. he's a wuss.
Arranor Mistwalker
65 Hunter of Tunare
Aedien Windwalker
52 Druid of Tunare
Mendakon Loremaster
61 Enchanter
Xegony Server
65 Hunter of Tunare
Aedien Windwalker
52 Druid of Tunare
Mendakon Loremaster
61 Enchanter
Xegony Server
18 posts
I was fighting at either the Mill or the Pillers, half dead and on my way back to FV, when I saw this guy and thought that I could take him. During the melee, a Goblin joined the fray and I ran. Trained them to the FV zone, into the waiting hands of a group at the zone. I zoned, bandaged myself, and returned to find it's corpse.. which I promptly looted the ring from. I sold the ring today for 930pp. Oh, what a lucky day...
"Did you hear somethin'?"
14 posts
My first time in LOIO was today. Was walking to the mill with my 25 pally when i saw one of these guys running aorund. killed him took the ring and the hand!! Ring is awesome AC1 SV Mag+5 right Click effect Invis vs Animals!
#Anonymous,
Posted: Oct 01 2001 at 11:28 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) i have 3 f days in this ! can some expliment whay a low quest have to be so f hard .
Anonymous
Lol! Wow these things are suppose to be rare?? One day, hunting by the mill I just happen to find this lil guy. Being a little new, not knowing how rare this guy was, I thought "hey theres something new to kill!" I riped him in half and if you think that wasnt enough, I got a Goblin Gazughi Ring as well!!! Talk about luck! I happen to find this guy 2 more times, but no ring drop. But hey, thats cool.
Scholar
23 posts
Two days ago I was lucky enough to finally find one of these Couriers. Not with my monk but with my level 14 Mage. It conned even to him so he and his pet killed the Courier, then I switched to get my Monk on and luckily the corpse was still there. :)
The loc where the Courier finally went down was pos 1900, pos 1400. I was fighting near lake but that time was just a bit away from the shore towards the hills when this Courier came walking from east (FV side) to west (goblins fort).
I just can't say if that's a usual path for him.
The loc where the Courier finally went down was pos 1900, pos 1400. I was fighting near lake but that time was just a bit away from the shore towards the hills when this Courier came walking from east (FV side) to west (goblins fort).
I just can't say if that's a usual path for him.
Anonymous
I've have yet to see this mob, can anyone give me a loc on it plz?
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Anonymous
well im a 21st iksar monk and i have been fighting at the windmill since 19 and i have never seen this guy before last night, then i saw him 3 times in about 5 hours of playing time, every time he dropped at least the fist, and the one time that i could kill him he dropped the gazughi ring. so to all you monks out there, just fight near the windmill and pray this mob comes a long. and if it pops once, there is a good chance it will pop again soon near the same area, unless verant felt nice yesterday and made a rare spawn drop a rare item 3 of 3 times.
Anonymous
people say the mill, the mill and the mill but what is its spawn place i need the shackle
Anonymous
I got a scaled wolf hide belt off him, +3 vs disease AC 3, so I think he can drop any random piece of Scaled Wolf Hide Armour
#Anonymous,
Posted: May 24 2001 at 10:53 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) you had a leather belt at 20??? jeeze i had a purity belt i got off a vender at like 13!
Anonymous
I'm a level 20 paladin and I saw this guy by the mill and I had never seen him before so I killed him for fun and he dropped a Sarnak Hide belt that looks really cool, AC+3, SV poison +3, a lot better than my leather so I was like "hell yeah"
Anonymous
u cant see belts?
Anonymous
ahhh...when u inspect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
2 posts
I swear I saw one of these guys wandering around in the far northern newbie zone outside of Cabilis. Of course, I was around 6th or 7th level at the time and he conned red, so I didn't go near him. Now I'm 22nd and have been hunting for a couple of days looking for him and the fist he carries. If he wanders the entire zone, like I think he might, I'll probably be hunting for a bit longer....:)
Scholar
48 posts
Yah, I saw him wandering by the mill once...I've spent alot of time in Ill Omen, and only came by this Sarnak that one time. Good loot luck, though, as he dropped the Goblin Gazughi Ring. Heh...it's rare drop off of him, I found out; clickable unlimited invis. vs. animals on it- only use I could think of for it would be for chanters to kill their pets with, and that's exactly who I sold it to.
Fetched 1,300pp for it in EC tunnel to a 50-something chanter. Not a bad score for a lvl 13 mob.
Fetched 1,300pp for it in EC tunnel to a 50-something chanter. Not a bad score for a lvl 13 mob.
-Flib Flop, 65 Wizard
Insurrection of Justice
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Anonymous
A good use for this would be for anyone who meds....like when your in oasis(for example) and 1 of those anoying puma attacks you...or in EC/WC when the kodaiks and cats jump you.....thats just a few put i think a permenat invis would be cool...you dont have to wear a ring to ue it!!!!it would make a great item to just carry around
Anonymous
He drops one of four components required for the right fist in actuality not a whole fist.
Anonymous
My apologies :( Ignore my above post because it does indeed drop one of the two left fists. Don't know what I was thinking when I posted that.
Anonymous
Anonymous
duh, i dunno try the monk shackle of Rock quest...
12 posts
Found one for the first time today and killed it. It dropped the Left Fist and also a Goblin Gazughi Ring.
Parsons
Back-in-the-habit Necrophiliac
Back-in-the-habit Necrophiliac