A Burrower Parasite  

Also drops the Ring of Living Ore
url=http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=12927

Dropped Brilliant Stone Ring among other things tonight http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=13679

Edited, Fri Nov 14 23:45:01 2003

Since I didn't find this info anywhere else I thought I'd post it. The entire fight takes the better part of an hour after you reach the burrower room. Not counting the time it takes you to get from zone in to his room.

The fight consists of 8 waves. Three waves of 12, three waves of 6, one wave of 2, and the final fight. The waves are timed. If you don't kill the preceding wave fast enough, the next wave will spawn. This usually results in a wipe. This is a pure melee brawl, no casters in the lot. Come prepared for a marathon battle.

The first three waves consist of Rock Burrowers, Spiny Rock Burrowers, and Stone Carvers. Of these, only the Rock Burrowers can be mezzed or slowed. We usually use AE tactics on the first 3 waves.

The next three waves are all Core Burrowers. From here on none of the mobs can be mezzed or slowed. Have the raid stand on the ledge by the entrance tunnel. When the 6 worms pop, only 4 of them will be in agro range. Put MT and assisters on one worm and off-tank (or tank mez or whatever you call it) the rest. You will need up to 5 extra tanks so come prepared. Kill the first one as quickly as possible, because the 2 that did not initally agro will jump in as soon as you start pushing the others around with melee attacks and pets. Have MT assist off-tankers and kill the others one by one. Watch your casters and clerics closely during this battle as they can gain agro from adds and won't last long with one of these guys chewing on them.

Wave seven is 2 parasite larva. Same deal with these guys. MT calls one, everyone assist him except for the off tank. Very important to keep both tanks alive as these guys hit hard and fast.

Final battle is the Burrower Parasite. It takes us about 20 minutes to kill this guy. He quads for up to 1100 and flurries. This will eat your tank for lunch so have a good CH rotation and several patch healers. Good Luck.

Some things to note. The event starts when you walk into the room, so prepare outside in the hall. There is a zonewide message when the event starts; something about the ground moving and shaking. If you get wiped the event will depop and reset in a few minutes so you can start over. For this reason, you have to engage the mobs in each wave within a minute or two after they pop, or they will despawn and you will have to start over from the beginning. Once you get the hang of this battle it goes pretty smooth and you can add this beast to your farm list.

Some loot he drops that I haven't see mentioned in other posts: Song: Ervaj's Lost Composition, Spell: Moonfire, Spell: Blessing of Aegolism

MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: HEAD
AC: 40
STA: +20 WIS: +15 HP: +100 MANA: +100
SV DISEASE: +10 SV COLD: +10
Effect: Truesight (Worn)
WT: 5.0 Size: SMALL
Class: CLR DRU SHM BST
Race: ALL

MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: CHEST
AC: 50
STR: +10 STA: +15 WIS: +10 INT: +10
HP: +50 MANA: +50 SV FIRE: +8 SV DISEASE: +8
SV COLD: +8 SV MAGIC: +8 SV POISON: +8
Effect: Flowing Thought V (Worn)
WT: 1.0 Size: LARGE
Class: CLR PAL RNG SHD DRU BRD ROG SHM BST
Race: ALL

MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: RANGE PRIMARY SECONDARY
Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 19
DMG: 14 AC: 20
Bane DMG: Humanoid +1
STR: +15 DEX: +10 STA: +15 HP: +75
WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL
Class: SHD BRD ROG
Race: ALL

MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: CHEST
AC: 50
WIS: +20 INT: +20 MANA: +80 SV FIRE: +10
SV DISEASE: +10 SV COLD: +10 SV MAGIC: +10 SV POISON: +10
Effect: Flowing Thought V (Worn)
WT: 2.0 Size: MEDIUM
Class: NEC WIZ MAG ENC
Race: HUM ERU HIE DEF GNM IKS

MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: FINGERS
AC: 15
INT: +15 MANA: +75 SV DISEASE: +5 SV COLD: +5
SV MAGIC: +5
WT: 0.1 Size: TINY
Class: ALL
Race: ALL

MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: FINGERS
AC: 10
STR: +10 INT: +10 HP: +35 MANA: +35
SV FIRE: +3 SV DISEASE: +3 SV COLD: +3 SV MAGIC: +3
SV POISON: +3
Effect: Flowing Thought II (Worn)
WT: 0.1 Size: TINY
Class: ALL
Race: ALL

MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: FINGERS
AC: 20
STR: +10 STA: +10 HP: +85 SV DISEASE: +5
SV COLD: +5
Effect: Deadeye (Must Equip. Casting Time: 10.0)
WT: 0.1 Size: TINY
Class: ALL
Race: ALL

MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: RANGE
AC: 10
STA: +12 WIS: +12 INT: +12 HP: +65
MANA: +65 SV FIRE: +5 SV DISEASE: +5 SV COLD: +5
SV MAGIC: +5 SV POISON: +5
Effect: Flowing Thought III (Worn)
WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL
Class: ALL
Race: ALL

50ac 20wis 20int 80mana 10 to all saves FT5
bile drenched robe

Ring of the Depths
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
AC:20
STR: +10 STA: +10 HP:+85
SV DISEASE: +5 SV COLD: +5
Effect: Deadeye (Must Equip. Casting Time: 10.0)
WT: 0.1 Size: TINY
Class: ALL
Race: ALL