Vaniki
a rare creature
This rare mob can be found at the chetari rat area near Zlandicar's lair in Dragon Necropolis.
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Level: 66
Expansion:
Expansion:
NPC Added: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
NPC Last Updated: 2020-08-05 16:41:18
NPC Last Updated: 2020-08-05 16:41:18
Known Loot:
Black Marble
Dingy Grey Stone
Flawless Diamond
Pristine Emerald
Scroll of Power
Spell: Arch Lich
Spell: Gift of Brilliance
Spell: Ice Spear of Solist
Vaniki's Heart
Willsapper
Black Marble
Dingy Grey Stone
Flawless Diamond
Pristine Emerald
Scroll of Power
Spell: Arch Lich
Spell: Gift of Brilliance
Spell: Ice Spear of Solist
Vaniki's Heart
Willsapper
Factions Increased:
Paebala +25
Paebala +25
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This dude is not hard do not lets people fool you i didnt think he was an undercon at all... 80 sk-21k hp unbuffed 4100 ac and 2600 aa's i never went below 97 % lol
lol And tell us friend, Did you have to use your epic to kill him? Congrat's on the kill. Your Legendary now Sir.
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ShadowSoldier
Antonius Bayle
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ShadowSoldier
Antonius Bayle
You haven't been playing EQ very long have you?
Spawned in Druzil Ro on June 12 2008 4:40am in Warmaster ledge....Nor Warmaster or any other npc not her PH, "she have its own spanw points so don't bother kill any mob there in order to make her spawn"..Took me 6 weeks to get it. Thanks to kids and friends who helped me....
When I found her,she was there WITH "a chetari warrior"(Warmaster ph) behind her. So I killed both...
He was easy to kill so I don't know why they say he is underconed.... >;-/
When I found her,she was there WITH "a chetari warrior"(Warmaster ph) behind her. So I killed both...
He was easy to kill so I don't know why they say he is underconed.... >;-/
Scholar
27 posts
Was a undercon when I had less gear and AA points . If I ever see it up again its gonna die fast . Is a Undercon if you dont have much aa or armor LOL .
when i went after this mob, it was resistant to everything. its basically done like a newbie guard. ungodly HPS, resists everything, and is just much harder than everything else. it also heals itself by lifetapping you (if i remember correctly).
this thing is the perfect example of undercon, especially if you try to solo it. the fact that you had people help you shows that you dont have a proper grasp on the situation.
this thing is the perfect example of undercon, especially if you try to solo it. the fact that you had people help you shows that you dont have a proper grasp on the situation.
Scholar
27 posts
Ok So I camped him about 10 days straight since patch was done. I finally found him standing near where warmaster or warmarshal pops. Which was in the rat city up the big ladder to the left. Was standing in the middle over looking ledge. I had 1 rat add and a dragon construct on me. WARNING he is a under con . He is very soloable but . I am a 80 pally. .I Think i had like 19 to 20k hp and 3100ac atm with self buffs. Had to use 1 heal potion and burnt threw my 13.1k mana without c8 . Had 20 percent mana left when he died. didnt use lay hands. But he is abit tough. Zlandicar is easier then him . I only have like 280aa so maybe if your aa are high he will be easier for you. I did get a heart and a WillSapper . : )
Just posting if you think he gonna be easy and you a lower lvl.. Bring a alt or back up.
Here is a tip. I avoided having him run by keeping my hp at around 40 percent.
He stayed and fought and didn't run . Maybe cause I had the 2 adds on me not sure. But GOOD LUCK . Was slowing bloodmoonkeep mobs and SHIP mobs with the THING ....WOOOT
Just posting if you think he gonna be easy and you a lower lvl.. Bring a alt or back up.
Here is a tip. I avoided having him run by keeping my hp at around 40 percent.
He stayed and fought and didn't run . Maybe cause I had the 2 adds on me not sure. But GOOD LUCK . Was slowing bloodmoonkeep mobs and SHIP mobs with the THING ....WOOOT
i got completely owned trying to kill this mob. it resists everything just about besides poison based spells.
i used over 20 LoN healing potions to get this guy to 17%.
then he ran.
i couldnt snare him.
i had him to 11%.
then i FDed the 35 adds that i got.
then he immediatly healed to 40%. then immediatly to 100%.
70 sk. compeltely owned.
i used over 20 LoN healing potions to get this guy to 17%.
then he ran.
i couldnt snare him.
i had him to 11%.
then i FDed the 35 adds that i got.
then he immediatly healed to 40%. then immediatly to 100%.
70 sk. compeltely owned.
A long time coming...I finally got my rat :)
As irony would have it, I'd just finished my pet-project track-bot I'd been working on last few weeks; she arrives just in time to get to zone and find Zlandi up :) Ran over and kilt him. Checked track again, and Vaniki is on track!! Check the direction, and he is right near the Hoarders, a few feet from where Zlandi met his demise. Think I should buy a lotto ticket tonight :D
Not that it matters much, but spawned around 12am gametime for me.
edit*- killing Paebala is bad, if u want Neb's Warbone. Took me 2 days continuous trash plowing vs Chetari/Chelaki to get back to dubious from Scowls.
Also- cut from Otsego's post. I can verify the markers originally labelled Vaniki_(guest).
P 698.3076, -583.0579, -199.9042, 0, 0, 0, 3, Vaniki_(guest_1)
P 567.2540, -478.1564, -259.9041, 0, 0, 0, 3, Vaniki_(guest_2)
P 1241.6764, 388.3428, -259.9041, 0, 0, 0, 3, Vaniki_(guest_3)
P 612.0004, 506.0521, -249.0298, 0, 0, 0, 3, Vaniki_(guest_4)
These 4 markers are actual verified locs for Van. For me, I killed him at both the Hoarders (guest_4), and the pond (guest_3). The pics and reports at the pond are (guest_2), and the ledge spawn is (guest_1).
Edited, Nov 22nd 2007 11:06pm by Aegishopi
As irony would have it, I'd just finished my pet-project track-bot I'd been working on last few weeks; she arrives just in time to get to zone and find Zlandi up :) Ran over and kilt him. Checked track again, and Vaniki is on track!! Check the direction, and he is right near the Hoarders, a few feet from where Zlandi met his demise. Think I should buy a lotto ticket tonight :D
Not that it matters much, but spawned around 12am gametime for me.
edit*- killing Paebala is bad, if u want Neb's Warbone. Took me 2 days continuous trash plowing vs Chetari/Chelaki to get back to dubious from Scowls.
Also- cut from Otsego's post. I can verify the markers originally labelled Vaniki_(guest).
P 698.3076, -583.0579, -199.9042, 0, 0, 0, 3, Vaniki_(guest_1)
P 567.2540, -478.1564, -259.9041, 0, 0, 0, 3, Vaniki_(guest_2)
P 1241.6764, 388.3428, -259.9041, 0, 0, 0, 3, Vaniki_(guest_3)
P 612.0004, 506.0521, -249.0298, 0, 0, 0, 3, Vaniki_(guest_4)
These 4 markers are actual verified locs for Van. For me, I killed him at both the Hoarders (guest_4), and the pond (guest_3). The pics and reports at the pond are (guest_2), and the ledge spawn is (guest_1).
Edited, Nov 22nd 2007 11:06pm by Aegishopi
Got him again just now. Not sure if there's any trend to his spawns, but seems he can be up again 10 rl days later :)
the other day this dropped a dingy grey stone for me.... https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=67699 isnt on the charts or allas either..but im checking what i was told that he was dropping one every time??? hes a easy find, just follow map to zandiclars and hes the right tunnel on the stretch before you turn the final right into zands lair..... thats all i remember didnt get a loc sorry,,if i do get to it again tonight, ill edit post...have a great day!
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Since this zone is currently a hot zone, the aug can drop off any mob and is in no way isolated to Vaniki.
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Otsego said:
Also to note, for those wasting their time killing rats; Vaniki has NO placeholder.
He spawns in one of four spots.
1) In front of closest pool to ladder that leads to ledge in rat city.
2) At the edge of ledge of rat city, NEXT to wavemaster named.
3) Before Vilefang's lake on the way to Zlandicar's lair.
4) After Vilefang's lake, before Zlandicar's lair, on the ledge the Chetari Horders are on. He will spawn behind the left horder.
No PH spawns in those spots ever, every 4-6 hours the spots have a "chance" to spawn Vaniki, if they dont, they remain empty.
Determining when that check is, is nearly impossible from what I can tell.
Good luck, but don't bother killing rats when you don't have to.
Otsego said:
Also to note, for those wasting their time killing rats; Vaniki has NO placeholder.
He spawns in one of four spots.
1) In front of closest pool to ladder that leads to ledge in rat city.
2) At the edge of ledge of rat city, NEXT to wavemaster named.
3) Before Vilefang's lake on the way to Zlandicar's lair.
4) After Vilefang's lake, before Zlandicar's lair, on the ledge the Chetari Horders are on. He will spawn behind the left horder.
No PH spawns in those spots ever, every 4-6 hours the spots have a "chance" to spawn Vaniki, if they dont, they remain empty.
Determining when that check is, is nearly impossible from what I can tell.
Good luck, but don't bother killing rats when you don't have to.
Or you could just read it all below. =P
The Fabled Vaniki spawned this morning on Saryrn at 7:50am in rat city in front of the pool. (picture)
Level 75 beastlord tanked, says that he hit a lot for 369, once for 1100 and max for 1569. He didn't seem to lifetap at all, proc or casted. He did waste his time casting Pyrocuror and Word of Souls.
Our first attempt at duo with just me and Beastlord failed. Beastlord died with Vaniki at 20%, I chain nuked till 11%, then Vaniki gated.
Second attempt fighting him at his spawn point was a success (picture) and got us:
Willsapper
Fabled Willsapper
He also dropped:
Black Marble
Flawless Diamond
Spell: Torpor
Spell: Gift of Brilliance
Vaniki's Heart
Finally got an upgrade to the normal willsapper. :)
Level 75 beastlord tanked, says that he hit a lot for 369, once for 1100 and max for 1569. He didn't seem to lifetap at all, proc or casted. He did waste his time casting Pyrocuror and Word of Souls.
Our first attempt at duo with just me and Beastlord failed. Beastlord died with Vaniki at 20%, I chain nuked till 11%, then Vaniki gated.
Second attempt fighting him at his spawn point was a success (picture) and got us:
Willsapper
Fabled Willsapper
He also dropped:
Black Marble
Flawless Diamond
Spell: Torpor
Spell: Gift of Brilliance
Vaniki's Heart
Finally got an upgrade to the normal willsapper. :)
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since the 16th no vaniki has spawned on maelin that im aware off any info is appreciated
Try reading the thread below yours, or reading in general before asking. ;)
I finally got Vaniki today, at 8am est on December 25, 2006.
Max hit was not even 250 and his dd/lifetap was for 1015.
After weeks of camping him nearly-nonstop, I left zone to help a few people with epic kills in the Hole. When I came back over 6 hours later, Vaniki was up.
He does NOT spawn at any of the 6 normal named PH spots.
He was just sitting at the two Chetari Horder/Packrat spawn points outside Zlandicar's lair. (picture)
I know someone may have pulled him there, but I doubt it since I was the only one in zone for hours on end for weeks, except for the occasional epic fight or Zlandicar kill (he still isn't due for another day and a half).
Plus, both the named placeholders in Zlandicar's lair near the serpents were spawned, as well as all four rat city named placeholders.
There were no other named up on the 6 spots, just common rats (PH's), but I will note that the 6-hour spawn in Zlandicar's lair was a Whelp Kidnapper.
In case anyone was wondering, I did follow the PH system on the named spawns and killed them almost the second they spawned each day. I also cleared other rats since some exp is better than none.
I marked all 6 named PH's on map (2 in Zlandicar's lair + 4 in rat city), they are marked as "Named (PH)".
I also marked 4 of the spots I believe Vaniki to spawn at, they are marked as Vaniki (guest).
I say guest because those 4 spots do NOT have normal rats spawn there, you can sit on any of those spawns all day and may not see a single thing spawn there. Yet when Vaniki spawns, he's always on one of those four spots (from my personal experience).
I no longer bother marking traps on the map, since they still seem to be random, specially the bugged ones that show up as <D352>.
If you want to add my markings to your in game map, go into:
C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\maps\necropolis_1.txt
And add these lines to the bottom of the file, each on their own line.
P 368.7399, -248.4826, -219.9042, 0, 0, 0, 3, Named_(PH)
P 166.6371, -953.5338, -259.9042, 0, 0, 0, 3, Named_(PH)
P 698.3076, -583.0579, -199.9042, 0, 0, 0, 3, Vaniki_(guest)
P 709.6192, -585.4594, -199.9042, 0, 0, 0, 3, Named_(PH)
P 670.6749, -466.6321, -259.9042, 0, 0, 0, 3, Named_(PH)
P 567.2540, -478.1564, -259.9041, 0, 0, 0, 3, Vaniki_(guest)
P 1241.6764, 388.3428, -259.9041, 0, 0, 0, 3, Vaniki_(guest)
P 612.0004, 506.0521, -249.0298, 0, 0, 0, 3, Vaniki_(guest)
P 1197.3794, -235.5104, -197.4825, 0, 0, 0, 3, Swarm_Spiders
P 1017.0345, 206.1416, -259.6395, 0, 0, 0, 3, Named_(PH)
P 1001.3575, 202.0251, -259.6663, 0, 0, 0, 3, Named_(PH)
Edited, Mar 23rd 2007 12:26pm by Otswego
Edited, Mar 23rd 2007 12:28pm by Otswego
Max hit was not even 250 and his dd/lifetap was for 1015.
After weeks of camping him nearly-nonstop, I left zone to help a few people with epic kills in the Hole. When I came back over 6 hours later, Vaniki was up.
He does NOT spawn at any of the 6 normal named PH spots.
He was just sitting at the two Chetari Horder/Packrat spawn points outside Zlandicar's lair. (picture)
I know someone may have pulled him there, but I doubt it since I was the only one in zone for hours on end for weeks, except for the occasional epic fight or Zlandicar kill (he still isn't due for another day and a half).
Plus, both the named placeholders in Zlandicar's lair near the serpents were spawned, as well as all four rat city named placeholders.
There were no other named up on the 6 spots, just common rats (PH's), but I will note that the 6-hour spawn in Zlandicar's lair was a Whelp Kidnapper.
In case anyone was wondering, I did follow the PH system on the named spawns and killed them almost the second they spawned each day. I also cleared other rats since some exp is better than none.
I marked all 6 named PH's on map (2 in Zlandicar's lair + 4 in rat city), they are marked as "Named (PH)".
I also marked 4 of the spots I believe Vaniki to spawn at, they are marked as Vaniki (guest).
I say guest because those 4 spots do NOT have normal rats spawn there, you can sit on any of those spawns all day and may not see a single thing spawn there. Yet when Vaniki spawns, he's always on one of those four spots (from my personal experience).
I no longer bother marking traps on the map, since they still seem to be random, specially the bugged ones that show up as <D352>.
If you want to add my markings to your in game map, go into:
C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\maps\necropolis_1.txt
And add these lines to the bottom of the file, each on their own line.
P 368.7399, -248.4826, -219.9042, 0, 0, 0, 3, Named_(PH)
P 166.6371, -953.5338, -259.9042, 0, 0, 0, 3, Named_(PH)
P 698.3076, -583.0579, -199.9042, 0, 0, 0, 3, Vaniki_(guest)
P 709.6192, -585.4594, -199.9042, 0, 0, 0, 3, Named_(PH)
P 670.6749, -466.6321, -259.9042, 0, 0, 0, 3, Named_(PH)
P 567.2540, -478.1564, -259.9041, 0, 0, 0, 3, Vaniki_(guest)
P 1241.6764, 388.3428, -259.9041, 0, 0, 0, 3, Vaniki_(guest)
P 612.0004, 506.0521, -249.0298, 0, 0, 0, 3, Vaniki_(guest)
P 1197.3794, -235.5104, -197.4825, 0, 0, 0, 3, Swarm_Spiders
P 1017.0345, 206.1416, -259.6395, 0, 0, 0, 3, Named_(PH)
P 1001.3575, 202.0251, -259.6663, 0, 0, 0, 3, Named_(PH)
Edited, Mar 23rd 2007 12:26pm by Otswego
Edited, Mar 23rd 2007 12:28pm by Otswego
ya, that's where I got mine too.
The named tend to pop in the same spots, but they don't technically have ph's.
Even up on the ledge in the large rat room, a named (or maybe just vaniki) and normal rat can be up in the same spot at the same.
The named tend to pop in the same spots, but they don't technically have ph's.
Even up on the ledge in the large rat room, a named (or maybe just vaniki) and normal rat can be up in the same spot at the same.
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I walked in to find Vaniki up. He was on the ledge which is immediately before Zlandicar's Lair. His melee DPS is not too bad. He casts the following spells for damage which can get you.
[link] https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=995 [/link]
[link] https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=1617 [/link]
And also casts:
[link] https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=549 [/link]
and a few other spells which scrolled off, presumably another DoT which I resisted.
He buffs himself with:
Banshee Aura
Grim Aura
Manaskin
The life tap is unresisable and goes off non-stop. He would be relatively easy for a reasonably geared level 70 character but don't count on soloing him any time soon unless you have massive AA's and Raid gear or are just real slick. I will try to kill him until either some friends log on or he depops. Good luck to any of you that go after him.
Oh yeah, the twin bladed hand to hand looking thing is the Willsaper and procs when he fights you with it.
Also Casts:
devouring darkness, blast of venom, insidious retrogression
My buddy logged in and was en route. Some raid spec six box walked in and kill stole him from me. Its a shame how low some people are.
Edited, Sep 28th 2006 at 1:36am PDT by GeniiXerarch
[link] https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=995 [/link]
[link] https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=1617 [/link]
And also casts:
[link] https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=549 [/link]
and a few other spells which scrolled off, presumably another DoT which I resisted.
He buffs himself with:
Banshee Aura
Grim Aura
Manaskin
The life tap is unresisable and goes off non-stop. He would be relatively easy for a reasonably geared level 70 character but don't count on soloing him any time soon unless you have massive AA's and Raid gear or are just real slick. I will try to kill him until either some friends log on or he depops. Good luck to any of you that go after him.
Oh yeah, the twin bladed hand to hand looking thing is the Willsaper and procs when he fights you with it.
Also Casts:
devouring darkness, blast of venom, insidious retrogression
My buddy logged in and was en route. Some raid spec six box walked in and kill stole him from me. Its a shame how low some people are.
Edited, Sep 28th 2006 at 1:36am PDT by GeniiXerarch
bah
Edited, Sep 28th 2006 at 2:45pm PDT by GeniiXerarch
Edited, Sep 28th 2006 at 2:45pm PDT by GeniiXerarch
Bah
Edited, Sep 28th 2006 at 2:44pm PDT by GeniiXerarch
Edited, Sep 28th 2006 at 2:44pm PDT by GeniiXerarch
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Pristine Emerald x2 summons as well
Edited, Jul 18th 2006 at 11:25pm EDT by knightbane
Edited, Jul 18th 2006 at 11:25pm EDT by knightbane
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Just found him up in the big round room,was next to the first ladder on the left.
Got him to 50% before he killed me. used infusion,didnt resist some of his taps.
Happy to of just seen him though.
Got him to 50% before he killed me. used infusion,didnt resist some of his taps.
Happy to of just seen him though.
Ok this is a really old question. Searching through the net looking for informaiton on this guy on how to get him to spawn has been a fruitless ordeal. I've gone so far as to read news from guilds from the days of Velious. Seems they always were lucky to "have him up on the way to Zlandicar" . So I decided to go down there and try to figure this thing out. From what little information I did find I pieced together that he spawns in certain areas. People have found him behind the waterfall to Zlandicar, Wandering the hallway from the "Rat City" on the "ledge" near the pools of water in the Rat City. So I started out with the "kill rats till my eye's bleed tactic to absolutely no avail; countless hours went by with nothing. After hours of that I got some sleep and came up with a different strategy. I had my ranger in the zone so I was constantly tracking to see what was up. There was a post mentioning that certain level 60 "named" rats will spawn, stay up for 4-6 hours, then despawn for 4-6 hours. So one morning I noticed a few named rats on track, I believe it was Warmaster Utuara and Dominator Yisaki, could of be Seeker Bulava as well though, anyway I went down and killed them. I noticed something, the places I killed them didn't re-spawn like other mobs did, hours went by and they didn't repop. It was some 4 or so hours before the finally respawned with normal rats in their place. I promptly killed them again, and again they didn't respawn for roughly the same amount of time. So, I figured that if Vaniki was going to spawn the best bet he was going to spawn where the named rat's had spawned before. So what I did was went around and marked every single static spawn in the rat tunnels, from rat city to the lava area, to Zlandicar, I counted and marked every single wandering mob as well. Then, I killed every Rat in the tunnels and waited. What I found was no less then 6 spawn points where they didn't re-pop after the 20 or so min respawn time. I figured these 6 spawn points would be my best bet for Vaniki to spawn in. Instead of wasting whole days down there killing countless rats with little or no chance of having them spawn on normal rat spawns, and the best chance spawned once ever 6 or so hours I decided to watch, and learn. At first I thought it was best to NOT kill the PH's spawn point as I thought maybe they would re-cycle faster that way. But I found this to not be true.
After the patch a few days ago I went down to hope to find him up, no luck on Vaniki but my necro finally has his ST key... one dead Dragon.. I noticed something though. One PH at server up was a normal rat, then less then two hours later it de-spawned and instantly spawed Dominator Yiskai. Another Spawn point was up for 3 hours, and then despawned, it was another 4-6 before anything re-popped in its place. So with this bit of information I think that killing these "PH's" would be more efficient then waiting for them to re-cycle by themselves as the mob will be up for 3-4 hours, then down for 3-4 hours or more in some cases. By killing the PH as it spawns I knock off 3-4 hours of a re-spawn (I hope).
These are the Spawn points I have seen named at:
1.) 248, -368 Wrap around tunnel area in Rat City, in a small room in the back .
2.) 467, -667 Bottom of the East Ladder in Rat City (he wanders periodically, quite far to towards Zlandicar's lair)
3.) 585, -709 Up and around from the East ladder, this is known as the "Ledge" he is on the edge alone in a lookout-type room.
4.) 954, -165 North Cave room from Rat City, between a dragon skull and a rat bunker
5.) -201, -1001 Waterfall area very near Zlandicar's lair. (Actually two spawns here)
Some of these spawn points act very funny and irregular. It seems sometimes they will refresh in a few hours, where is sometimes they go on for 6+ Take the second spawn near Zlandicar's lair. They are almost on top of each other, but there are TWO spawns here, as I have seen them both up at the same time. One will repop ever 4-6 hours, yet the other is almost never up. And the wandering Spawn in Rat City pops in roughly 2 hours, yet it’s been longer sometimes.
There are other named in this Zone, a Chetari runemage, Chetari Warlord, Chetari Darkling, Chetari Loremaster, ect... But in my opinion they have nothing to do with Vaniki's spawn cycle. They pop from normal rats and I believe in the same spot each time. There is also the Welp Kidnapper a level 65 Named rat, I believe he is used in a Veeshan's Peak quest, he is also in my opinion not linked to Vaniki as he seems to pop randomly from any rat in the zone, and you can have multiple ones up at the same time. I’ve also seen Phase Spiders spawn in the Rat tunnels, I'm not quite sure what this is all about, they seem to make their own spawn locations and do not take the place of a Rat's spawn point. Any information on Phase spiders in this area would be great.
Also, I'd like to point out that I've yet to see Neb on track at all as well, not sure if he is linked to Vaniki at all.
The point of this post is to gather actual information, not random hearsay. I've spent many hours in this zone trying to figure out its secrets and it’s become extremely frustrating at this point. I'm not opposed to time sinks or long camps, heck it took me 29 named in Plane of Fire to finally get my paladin his Spear of Fire; so long camps are nothing new to me. My problem with this camp is there seems to be no real rhyme or reason to it. What I would like to know is if you saw him up, give a good location, to the best of your ability. I've heard many things like "he spawned out of nowhere by the pool of water in rat city" the problem with this comment is there are in fact two pools of water, and there is no known PH near those pools of water. Now this could be completely true based on what I have seen in this crazy zone. But I find it rather strange that a Raid Boss of the era of this expansion would be a completely random and SUPER rare spawn, it makes no real sense, and then again neither does this zone.
Here are some questions I'd like people to answer if they are able:
1.) when you saw him up, what was his general location?
2.) When your raid went to kill Zlandicar was Vaniki up, and if so were?
3.) What other named where up when you saw Vaniki up? Was Neb?, Vilefang? Zlandicar? Level 60 Named Rats? ect..
4.) Was Vaniki in any of the spawn location I mentioned?
5.) Have successfully camped and spawned Vaniki, if so how?
6.) Do you know how to make him pop? If so how for the love of god how do you do it!
Any information on this guy would be greatly appreciated. I know many people would love to get Willsapper, and this expansion is so old now I am surprised no real information is currently available on how to get him to spawn. I have spent many, many hours down in DN so far looking for this guy, and I am almost to my wits end, no mob should be this rare. Any Dev input would be great, throw us a flipping bone here! LOL thanks guys hope this information helps someone, and I hope we can compile some decent information on this mob. This will be posted on the EQforums and at Allakhazam's Bestiary under Vaniki.
After the patch a few days ago I went down to hope to find him up, no luck on Vaniki but my necro finally has his ST key... one dead Dragon.. I noticed something though. One PH at server up was a normal rat, then less then two hours later it de-spawned and instantly spawed Dominator Yiskai. Another Spawn point was up for 3 hours, and then despawned, it was another 4-6 before anything re-popped in its place. So with this bit of information I think that killing these "PH's" would be more efficient then waiting for them to re-cycle by themselves as the mob will be up for 3-4 hours, then down for 3-4 hours or more in some cases. By killing the PH as it spawns I knock off 3-4 hours of a re-spawn (I hope).
These are the Spawn points I have seen named at:
1.) 248, -368 Wrap around tunnel area in Rat City, in a small room in the back .
2.) 467, -667 Bottom of the East Ladder in Rat City (he wanders periodically, quite far to towards Zlandicar's lair)
3.) 585, -709 Up and around from the East ladder, this is known as the "Ledge" he is on the edge alone in a lookout-type room.
4.) 954, -165 North Cave room from Rat City, between a dragon skull and a rat bunker
5.) -201, -1001 Waterfall area very near Zlandicar's lair. (Actually two spawns here)
Some of these spawn points act very funny and irregular. It seems sometimes they will refresh in a few hours, where is sometimes they go on for 6+ Take the second spawn near Zlandicar's lair. They are almost on top of each other, but there are TWO spawns here, as I have seen them both up at the same time. One will repop ever 4-6 hours, yet the other is almost never up. And the wandering Spawn in Rat City pops in roughly 2 hours, yet it’s been longer sometimes.
There are other named in this Zone, a Chetari runemage, Chetari Warlord, Chetari Darkling, Chetari Loremaster, ect... But in my opinion they have nothing to do with Vaniki's spawn cycle. They pop from normal rats and I believe in the same spot each time. There is also the Welp Kidnapper a level 65 Named rat, I believe he is used in a Veeshan's Peak quest, he is also in my opinion not linked to Vaniki as he seems to pop randomly from any rat in the zone, and you can have multiple ones up at the same time. I’ve also seen Phase Spiders spawn in the Rat tunnels, I'm not quite sure what this is all about, they seem to make their own spawn locations and do not take the place of a Rat's spawn point. Any information on Phase spiders in this area would be great.
Also, I'd like to point out that I've yet to see Neb on track at all as well, not sure if he is linked to Vaniki at all.
The point of this post is to gather actual information, not random hearsay. I've spent many hours in this zone trying to figure out its secrets and it’s become extremely frustrating at this point. I'm not opposed to time sinks or long camps, heck it took me 29 named in Plane of Fire to finally get my paladin his Spear of Fire; so long camps are nothing new to me. My problem with this camp is there seems to be no real rhyme or reason to it. What I would like to know is if you saw him up, give a good location, to the best of your ability. I've heard many things like "he spawned out of nowhere by the pool of water in rat city" the problem with this comment is there are in fact two pools of water, and there is no known PH near those pools of water. Now this could be completely true based on what I have seen in this crazy zone. But I find it rather strange that a Raid Boss of the era of this expansion would be a completely random and SUPER rare spawn, it makes no real sense, and then again neither does this zone.
Here are some questions I'd like people to answer if they are able:
1.) when you saw him up, what was his general location?
2.) When your raid went to kill Zlandicar was Vaniki up, and if so were?
3.) What other named where up when you saw Vaniki up? Was Neb?, Vilefang? Zlandicar? Level 60 Named Rats? ect..
4.) Was Vaniki in any of the spawn location I mentioned?
5.) Have successfully camped and spawned Vaniki, if so how?
6.) Do you know how to make him pop? If so how for the love of god how do you do it!
Any information on this guy would be greatly appreciated. I know many people would love to get Willsapper, and this expansion is so old now I am surprised no real information is currently available on how to get him to spawn. I have spent many, many hours down in DN so far looking for this guy, and I am almost to my wits end, no mob should be this rare. Any Dev input would be great, throw us a flipping bone here! LOL thanks guys hope this information helps someone, and I hope we can compile some decent information on this mob. This will be posted on the EQforums and at Allakhazam's Bestiary under Vaniki.
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He was in the little room this evening 11:00p.m, mst. The room where the water fall is, there is a little room up there, three named were up so I ended up training him out of the tunnels with FD. I bet I blew over 100 hours of camping him, went there randomly and he was up. When I did camp him I killed everything and nothing spawned, he spawned on his own without killing anything. Hope it helps. Thank you Shedax babe u rule!!!!
Edited, Fri May 12 01:13:15 2006
Edited, Fri May 12 01:13:15 2006
Been working DN for the last week straight, I mean staying in the zone logged in and checking everywhere all the time. Well not 24hrs a day but pc on, allways in zone, and check in every now and then and scout it out. Absolutely no luck cycling the few 'named' ph spots, not sure on the 3rd near shade door, but definitely know the one in the big rat cave and behind the falls to Zland room... possibly 2 'named' spots there? one near fall, and one right outside Zland's room?
Any advice on getting this guy to pop would be fantastic. Quite frustrating guy to hunt.
Any advice on getting this guy to pop would be fantastic. Quite frustrating guy to hunt.
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Spawned right by the door to Shade.(Sleeper Key turn-in NPC) Had a roamer spidy passin by now and then. Group was all bazaar geared, 70 war, 67 shm, 66 mage, 59 cleric, 55 shd. Stupid mob was easy. Fought him in his spawn, and he did not DT whoever said he does when he is by that door. I ch'd the war 2 times. fight lasted maybe 4min. He's got some hp but he's not NEAR as hard as I have heard people say. My 55 shd that was there could have tanked him. Max hit was 205 from him. Dropped willsapper, heart, spell: spirit of oak, a 300 mana 1.2k wiz dd spell, flawless emerald and that was it, you can see the willsapper in his hand if he has it. Conned even to our 66 mage, and for real, this guy was cake.
Oh and about when he is up. Like all other named in the zoned except the new 2.0 epic mobs, he is a random spawn at any spot in the zone, anytime, anywhere just about. So just go and kill
Edited, Wed Dec 15 06:56:15 2004
Oh and about when he is up. Like all other named in the zoned except the new 2.0 epic mobs, he is a random spawn at any spot in the zone, anytime, anywhere just about. So just go and kill
Edited, Wed Dec 15 06:56:15 2004
You say you're 55 Sk tanked him, but how much hps/acs your War tank had?
And how much Defensive aas and aas along those lines did he have...?
I really doubt your 55 Sk could've tanked him, Vaniki would've probably been hitting your Sk for about 300-400 probably.
Just me, I know I could tank him.
And how much Defensive aas and aas along those lines did he have...?
I really doubt your 55 Sk could've tanked him, Vaniki would've probably been hitting your Sk for about 300-400 probably.
Just me, I know I could tank him.
You need to learn to read a little better. He said his SK *could* have tanked him. Your point on AA's is still valid though.
Dropped the cleric spell Divine intervention tonight on Bristlebane
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Couldn't find any information on spawns on the web for this guy, so parked my ranger tracked in DN for 3 weeks to find this guy up. Here's the deal: There's 3 possible "named" spawns where the Warmaster, Seeker, Dustbinder, or Dominator. The three spawns are 1) Behind the waterfall just before zlandicar's lair, 2) Inside the large cave with the two small pools, 3) Wanderer going along the tunnel near the cave.
Know first hand, Vaniki is not on a timer, he is a VERY RARE SPAWN on any of these spots. He spawned in the large cave for my kill, have seen him behind waterfall before. The level 60 named mice will randomly spawn every 4-6 hours at the spots listed above. They will stay up for 4-6 hours and then DESPAWN and start over. So while it is possible for Vaniki to spawn by simply doing nothing, it may be faster if you're capable of invis down and quickly killing the level 60 ones so the respawn timer starts up immediately.
Vaniki himself is a Level 66 Necromancer, he corpse camps, and you WILL get DTed if you pull him near Jaled Dar's Shade. Either expect your puller to die in front of shade door and have second one pull him closer to zone in before DT refreshes, or kill him at some point farther in. His fight stats: very magic resistant, you'll want to Malos + Tash. He is snareable and slowable after you lower his magic resist. He melees for less then 250, but flurries and has a 500dd unresistable proc that lands every round (Reported as NOT BEING A LIFETAP).
Did him with 1 group, BRD BRD CLR WIZ MAG RNG. Mala + Malosinia, then I proced tashania on him with orb and had ranger snare him. Then rooted and had bard slow him, and begin dotting for aggro. He has INSANELY high regen, so we had to simply engage him full dps to drop him below 97% so bard can start kiting. One Strike of Solusek dropped him about 7% so I would estimate his total hp (excluding regen) to be around 45k hp. Was easiest just to have him kited so he only gets 1 or 2 attack rounds in when he summons while the rest burn him down. After that, congrats on being a wizard that can proc slow :D
Dropped: Willsapper, Vaniki's Heart, Flawless Diamond, Black Marble, Spell: Gift of Brilliance.
Know first hand, Vaniki is not on a timer, he is a VERY RARE SPAWN on any of these spots. He spawned in the large cave for my kill, have seen him behind waterfall before. The level 60 named mice will randomly spawn every 4-6 hours at the spots listed above. They will stay up for 4-6 hours and then DESPAWN and start over. So while it is possible for Vaniki to spawn by simply doing nothing, it may be faster if you're capable of invis down and quickly killing the level 60 ones so the respawn timer starts up immediately.
Vaniki himself is a Level 66 Necromancer, he corpse camps, and you WILL get DTed if you pull him near Jaled Dar's Shade. Either expect your puller to die in front of shade door and have second one pull him closer to zone in before DT refreshes, or kill him at some point farther in. His fight stats: very magic resistant, you'll want to Malos + Tash. He is snareable and slowable after you lower his magic resist. He melees for less then 250, but flurries and has a 500dd unresistable proc that lands every round (Reported as NOT BEING A LIFETAP).
Did him with 1 group, BRD BRD CLR WIZ MAG RNG. Mala + Malosinia, then I proced tashania on him with orb and had ranger snare him. Then rooted and had bard slow him, and begin dotting for aggro. He has INSANELY high regen, so we had to simply engage him full dps to drop him below 97% so bard can start kiting. One Strike of Solusek dropped him about 7% so I would estimate his total hp (excluding regen) to be around 45k hp. Was easiest just to have him kited so he only gets 1 or 2 attack rounds in when he summons while the rest burn him down. After that, congrats on being a wizard that can proc slow :D
Dropped: Willsapper, Vaniki's Heart, Flawless Diamond, Black Marble, Spell: Gift of Brilliance.
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Having decided to add Willsapper to my collection of toys I reviewed all posts and decided that your perception of Vaniki's unusual spawn cycle could explain why it has been so hard for everyone else to make sense of it. After a few days of camping, though, I can say that I've observed (although only once) Dominator Yisaki and Dustbinder Grakina up at the same time. This would cast doubt upon any theory that places them in a shared spawn cycle.
Actually, if you pet pull him with a crappy pet, then you can thus not get hit by the DT; have done this as a SK puller - It really does help, I mean, it's just my pet that dies (lvl 9 one) so when the fight begins DT is already used and the Shammy and whoever can Malo, Slow, etc.
Chanters are really helpful since they can mezz any adds that come by; I do like Mages too for their Banishment hehe =P.
Hope that helps, am aiming to get his Willsapper.
Chanters are really helpful since they can mezz any adds that come by; I do like Mages too for their Banishment hehe =P.
Hope that helps, am aiming to get his Willsapper.
Sorry for double post... *eek o_O*
Edited, Fri Apr 1 05:35:18 2005
Edited, Fri Apr 1 05:35:18 2005
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heard a rumor that Vaniki has been buffed up, anyone able to confirm this?
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how does he spawn anyone know for the last time?
just killed him and he dropped Vaniki's Heart, its not listed as an item or as something he drops, anyone kno what its used for?
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