Grand Herbalist Mak`ha  

Want to confirm I found his placeholder stuck in the ceiling of the bank near the herbalist shack.

The named is easily solo-able by my 71 necro 600+ AA's. That's a no brainer. However, I have only seen the named 2 times in what is now 10 hours of camp time. He has failed to drop the herb in the 2 times I have slain him. If you are planning on attempting this camp bring something to do to kill the time between the 16 min spawn timer and the loooong time between when the named actually spawns. I understand them wanting to keep a challenge in the 1.0 epics, but rare spawn with "rare" loot? That's a bit much if you ask me! Revamp the fights, take out the tedious!!!

been camping named for a while...on a 16 min timer.he is easy to solo on my 68 nec...I camped inside the hut invis'd.... dropped snare and let pet tank PH & Named while i cast dots and call for blood.. only dropped Parrying Blade 3 times so far!!!
As for maps go to map fiend and get the newest maps the Chardok map shows the PH on the map!

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Took my lvl 55 necro there today. The Dizork herbalist was there, killed him, and Grand herbalist spawned next. Very easy kill with a lvl 55 necro and 58 pally. Dropped the herb right away.

Well based on reading the other posts I would say I got pretty lucky on this one. I got the Manisi Herb last night (July 5th, 2007) with a raid force of 16 toons (by the way, 16 people is way overkill, but with 2 previous attempts of 6 people, failed attempts i might add, whipped at hut, we figured to be on the safe side) comprised almost completely of fellow guild mates of 'Unobjectionable Tag' we arrived at the herbalist hut to find the grandmaster waiting for us. Killed him with no trouble and also no herb on him. Next spawn was again the grandmaster and he indeed dropped the herb that we had worked so hard for! Now just a few more full raid forces to kill mobs in Lake and retrieve items from Plane of Fear, Plane of Hate, and Plane of Sky..... great, sounds like.... fun. Sorry to bother you fellow UTag members, but there is much more work to be done.

For everyone, like me, who didn't get this done before pet pulling was nerfed, this can still be soloed pretty easily. Best strategy I found was to lev above the little lake next to the halls of betrayal zone line, and make sure you can see inside the hut from where you're floating. Either hit him with some sort of aggro spell, or hit one of the adds around him with snare. You'll probably get 3-4 adds depending on what's up. Run over to the HoB zone and when he gets close to you, snare him. Zone in to HoB, wait about 30-40 seconds, zone back, and he should be sitting there by himself. Rinse and repeat with PHs until the real one spawns.

You could probably just FD instead of zoning, but I found that since a lot of his adds are spellcasters, I tended to have my FD broken since they continue to cast after you feign. Good luck.

Okies, firstly , he is not a 1hr spawn.. i have had him spawn now 4 times in a row, but no herb yet cry...

Had some idiot come and train me and my entire group(alts) and with 15+ mobs.. hasted etc was way too many for me to care to try to take..

Came back and he was up again

Swords/Ring no herb yet..

Common gimpy mob.. glad its spawning but common.

solo'd him and his ph's tonight, level 60 with 18 AA's and virtue (definately need virtue)... took 2 pops before he dropped it... 18 min spawn time... easy to single pull, just use the level 48 pet spell and pull him to the Halls of Betrayl zone in with it, you won't get any aggro...

thanks to Fcseven for the instruction and aid ;)

Sage Morodeth
60 Necro
Seventh Hammer/Lanys

Can anyone give me more detailed info on this mobs specs... hit points, how much damage he does and such? any info would be greatly appreciated.

Been camping this guy for a few days now and it is extremely to solo for necro at 69... this can be done at 65 as well as long as u have CoB or Lost Soul... Have screaming terror up and mez the 2 that stand next to herbalist... kill herb with pet with an occasional DoT.. it takes patience but you can break the spawn... I had each spawn separated by about 5 mins each and made camp super easy for pet to solo almost... Hasn't dropped herb yet but have killed about 4 Grand Herbalists, have gotten sarnak parrying dagger, jiva spell, and various trade skill stuff

1. Take the "back route" to get to him. From just near the exit of the zone back to Burning Woods DMF and then walk back to the zone so you are about 100 feet off the ground. You can enter a tunnel there that is MUCH easier to follow than trying to go through the mainentrance.

2. Did this with only two people. Me, 56 Necro with so-so gear, and 65 BL wiht good gear and over 300 AA. We made an awesome team. I tap and Bond of Death Duration tap and heal him with Shadowbound. Pets were pure carnage. Just mind your pulls. We had two bad pulls but managed them. He swapped mobs to hold agro. I kept him alive with heals and taps. Pets added the DPS to get mobs down. I used the Monk Pet.

3. It takes 2 hours to get him to spawn (or more) and he has the freaking herb about 1 time in 4. DEAL WITH IT. He is an even con at 56. He tends to have one 56 even con friend pop with him.
Get to the Herb House (6) on map and clear everything near it. Respanw is not too bad but clear the room before you touch the house. Room, House, Room ,House, Wash Rinse Repeat for 6 hours.

Good hunting. If on Rathe send me a tell I will gladly help you get to the location if you can get a group that is competent together. I may gate off after we get there but I will show you the way gladly.

Dropped "Flake of Lodestone" tonight - used in tradeskills

Soloed him last nite. Have a mage CoTH you to the safe spot by Char B. I was able to pull this mob last and all the placeholders with a 56 monk pet! I pet pulled a boatload of mobs to the charB zoneline. Did a Layhands on pet...Rooted Herbalist and zoned. Wait 60 seconds zonback in and Wha La!! Hes all alone Its almost the same strategy as killing the Freeport Captain Valon(Soulfire)

Finished a 7 hour camp with him only popping 3 times. He never dropped the herb.

Did a second 4 1/2 hour raid. He was up when we got there. Didn't drop it. Waited 4 hours and he finally popped again. Guess what, he didn't drop it again.

My guild and I went and camped this guy for about 4 hours today. The pulls down there are real tough even for a monk to get them split.
Usually had 2-3, not really a problem with a 52nd and 56th level chanter along.
Druids charming the dog creatures didn't hurt either.
We actually only had high level druids for healers :LOL, but other then the Monk didn't have a death, and I was able to rezz him the one time he died.
We were just about to give up and call it, when he popped and we took him out super easy.
Dropped the herb and I'm on to the next part of my epic.
Found really good info in the chat area of http://members.fortunecity.com/eqa/
It has some nice info and one of the messages there has a link that has a good map to the Herbilist area

camped him for four hours last night and all we kept seeing was the place holder, a dizok herbalist. the respawn time on the ph is eighteen minutes not eight. was a good grind though, got 1.5 bubs of yel exp, it was nice= ) anyone know any tricks to getting him to pop? or is it all just luck of the draw = )

the mansini plant is a part of the necro epic quest

could someone post where to find a map to this zone please

Killed this guy in the mines today and he dropped the no drop, lore "Manisi Herb" which is used for the Necromancer Epic Quest! (at least I hope it is the right herb, correct me if I'm wrong)

Does this mob replace the royal sarnak herbalist since the Chardok revamp or something? he is found in the mines, in a house surounded by 7 Apprentice Herbalists...

Venomia.