Thorbin #3: Goos Gone Wild  

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Level:85
Maximum Level:95
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Task
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Era:Underfoot
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Group Size:Solo
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:6
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Entered: Sat Dec 12 16:32:27 2009
Modified: Sun Feb 28 21:44:14 2021
This shared task (1-6 players) is the third of three tasks that begin with Thorbin the Elder in the Cooling Chamber. He is located near -170, -320, -25.

You say, 'Hail, Thorbin the Elder'

Thorbin the Elder says 'Ah, you've come back! Good fortune for me. Our chemical [troubles] may not have ended, and someone may have [figured] out how to recreate those wards. I know that you've taken a lot of risks trying to help us out. Thanks for that, But the water is still not cooling properly. This time, though, I have a real solid idea about what's wrong. The [goos] have become a real problem.'

You say, 'What goos?'

Thorbin the Elder says 'The goos are very important to us. They have several purposes. The obvious one is that they dig tunnels when we need them, though that's not all that important to us since the chambers were completed. We've expanded at times, and at those time we really needed their help. But they also provide us with important chemicals for the water cooling process. When used the right way their, um, discharges can be highly effective at lowering the temperature of water. And [usually] they are quite passive.'

You say, 'Usually?'

Thorben the Elder says 'Yes. But lately they have a tendency to attack their tenders. The tenders are refusing to go near them until someone fixes their attitudes. I've explained to them that controlling the goos is their job, but they insist that fighting with the goos is not. I can't understand what's got them so riled up. You obviously have a talent for this sort of thing, can you [find out] what's going on for us?'

You say, 'I will find out.'

Thorbin the Elder says 'I am grateful. Please be careful, these goos can eat stone.'

You have been assigned the task 'Goos Gone Wild'.



  • 1. Crush the aggressive goos and deliver some samples of their ooze to Thorbin for testing 0/6 (Cooling Chamber)

    Level 86 goos drop the Goo Ooze ("a rock destoyed goo" confirmed). These are pre-lootable. Note that goos seem to be aggro-linked.

    Your task 'Goos Gone Wild!' Has been updated.

    Thorbin the Elder says 'Well this certainly smells odd. ' Thorbin stops sniffing the foul ooze and looks at you earnestly. Tainted! They are somehow digesting some sort of... of bad rocks or something! This is definitely not the substance we need. Perhaps they are attacking people because their poor stomachs are upset. Not that they have stomachs, they ARE stomachs! No wonder they are so unhappy! Speak with Thelga Muntik, she's the supervisor of the goo trainers. She can use one of her special goos to track this smell. Find whatever they are eating and get it out of here.'


  • 2. Speak with Thelga Muntik, head of the goo tenders 0/1 (Cooling Chamber)

    "a cool goo" spawns nearby after hailing Thelga.


  • 3. Find the source of the unhealthy taint in the goo diet 0/1 (Cooling Chamber)

    Hail the goo, say "hunt" and follow it to a goo cave on the opposite wing, area of -1795, -1585, -388.


  • 4. Defeat the Bellikos 0/1 (Cooling Chamber)

    A red-con "a bellikos infiltrator" appears. Say 'creature', triggering its attack. The cool goo will also aggro, but is not necessary to kill. The other goos do not assist these two.

    You say, 'creature'
    A bellikos infiltrator says, 'I didn't know Slime could speak common. Go back to the sewer before I lose my temper.'
    Your task 'Goos Gone Wild!' has been updated.

    You have slain a bellikos infiltrator!
    Your task 'Goos Gone Wild!' has been updated.


  • 5. Return to Thorbin with the news 0/1 (Cooling Chamber)

    You say, 'Hail, Thorbin the Elder'

    Thorbin the Elder says, 'Well that's terrible. Those goos don't deserve to be treated that way. Hopefully there aren't any more of those rotten Bellikos in our chambers.'

    Your task 'Goos Gone Wild!' has been updated.
    You have received a replay timer for 'Goos Gone Wild!': 0d:5h:28m remaining.
    Thorbin appears pleased with your help, but is concerned that you might not have stopped the problem completely.
    You have successfully been granted your reward for: Goos Gone Wild!



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    # Feb 23 2021 at 4:01 AM Rating: Excellent
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    Return to Thorbin with the news 0/1 (Cooling Chamber)

    (Closing dialogue?)



    You say, 'Hail, a bellikos infiltrator'
    A bellikos infiltrator says, 'I wonder how much I could get for the tongue of a blithering fool? Leave before I decide to find out for myself.'
    You say, 'creature'
    A bellikos infiltrator says, 'I didn't know Slime could speak common. Go back to the sewer before I lose my temper.'
    Your task 'Goos Gone Wild!' has been updated.
    You have slain a bellikos infiltrator!
    Your task 'Goos Gone Wild!' has been updated.
    You say, 'Hail, Thorbin the Elder'
    Thorbin the Elder says, 'Well that's terrible. Those goos don't deserve to be treated that way. Hopefully there aren't any more of those rotten Bellikos in our chambers.'
    Your task 'Goos Gone Wild!' has been updated.
    You have received a replay timer for 'Goos Gone Wild!': 0d:5h:28m remaining.
    Thorbin appears pleased with your help, but is concerned that you might not have stopped the problem completely.
    You have successfully been granted your reward for: Goos Gone Wild!
    Bellikos
    # Apr 02 2019 at 2:06 PM Rating: Good
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    For Bellikos Say Creature to her to get her to activate.
    Bellikos bugged?
    # Jul 07 2018 at 12:40 PM Rating: Decent
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    I got all the way up to the step where you spawn the Bellikos and I'm supposed to hail it. She just spats out some rude comments in say but will not attack and I'm not able to attack her. Doesn't matter if I leave the room and let her despawn and respawn again. I restarted the task a second time and the same thing happened.
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    Bellikos bugged?
    # Aug 24 2018 at 5:19 PM Rating: Decent
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    It failed for me the first time, the second time I had my Wiz hail, and he got the highlighted word "CREATURE"" to reply and that started the fight. If you're bugged try that word, otherwise it may be faction. I didn't check faction for the hail.
    Bellikos bugged?
    # Jul 14 2018 at 1:08 PM Rating: Decent
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    Lady Desstinee wrote:
    I got all the way up to the step where you spawn the Bellikos and I'm supposed to hail it. She just spats out some rude comments in say but will not attack and I'm not able to attack her. Doesn't matter if I leave the room and let her despawn and respawn again. I restarted the task a second time and the same thing happened.


    What does she say back to you?
    I died quest broke
    # Dec 25 2013 at 1:34 PM Rating: Decent
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    well with a million adds i tried to take her down and failed i died and returned to find her still up and the cool goo still there i did this on christmas eve and after reading and trying 'another' and 'creature' word triggers i decided to sleep on it came back the next day christmas and she was still there goo was still there triggers still did not work .... i have to do the quest over from the start yay after server reset whenever that is
    Ooze
    # Nov 10 2012 at 1:36 AM Rating: Decent
    As mentionned below, hail the npc from the bottom of the stairs or the ooze will be stuck and won't move at all.

    I had another problem, once the ooze reached the trigger point and spawned the Belikos, it wouldn't aggro or respond to hail or anything. I had to say "creature" to him so he would aggro, as mentioned below, it isn't really obvious.

    Well, kinda buggy but in the end it worked.
    Hardest Part
    # Oct 07 2012 at 2:46 PM Rating: Decent
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    The hardest part is actually gathering up the goo ooze. -- It took me three days, roughly 18 hours or so, killing the dang ooze to get six. And it doesn't seem to be on a spawn timer, I got two within minutes of each other, then nothing for hours. I didn't keep count, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that I killed a thousand of the things.

    Goo ooze is pre-lootable. It would greatly help your task timer to have it before you get the task.

    Following the cool ooze is tricky. It did not path us through any undead, but it did dump us in a room full of ooze. We got jumped by a chain of 3 when the Bellikos popped. And the cool ooze jumped in as well - so it was a five mob fight, but we prevailed.

    Also, need to be univised when hailing the cool ooze. Like a dork, I had on invis and was trying to hail it, but as soon as I took off invis, the cool ooze got right on it and tracked away. ... If it gets too far ahead of you, it'll stop and let you catch up, then you just tell it to "hunt" again, and it'll take off.
    2nd post
    # May 01 2012 at 6:32 PM Rating: Good
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    The goo gives a new location every time you get a new one. You must be at the bottom of the stairs when request 'another' one because he will get "stuck" and not 'hunt' when you prompt him to do so.
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    lame
    # May 01 2012 at 3:30 PM Rating: Good
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    I dont know if the paths are different, but there were NO undead when we follwed the goo.. secondly we ended up in a cave full of goos. the aggressive ones DOOOOO agro. somone posted that they wouldn't. i dont know why i beleived that.
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    drop
    # Jan 17 2012 at 7:25 AM Rating: Decent
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    a rock absorbed goo dropping the Goo Ooze too
    drop
    # Jun 05 2013 at 8:38 PM Rating: Decent
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    Also a Rock Consumed Goo.

    It seems that if the name ends with a D before the Goo part, it will drop what is wanted.
    Shared Task
    # Jan 14 2012 at 4:59 AM Rating: Good
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    Takes a while to get the Goo Ooze drops so being a shared task with a 6 hour timer, I wouldn't request the task until having the goo first. Took me a few hours killing hundreds of oozes and the goo drops from a "rock destroyed ooze" which are uncommon spawns. Add that they only drop the goo about 20 percent of the time.

    Edited, Jan 15th 2012 6:27pm by Inisk
    Opening dialog
    # Oct 31 2011 at 9:58 PM Rating: Good
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    You say, 'Hail, Thorbin the Elder'
    Thorbin the Elder says 'Ah, you've come back! Good fortune for me. Our chemical [troubles] may not have ended, and someone may have [figured] out how to recreate those wards. I know that you've taken a lot of risks trying to help us out. Thanks for that, But the water is still not cooling properly. This time, though, I have a real solid idea about what's wrong. The [goos] have become a real problem.'
    You say, 'goos'
    Thorbin the Elder says 'The goos are very important to us. They have several purposes. The obvious one is that they dig tunnels when we need them, though that's not all that important to us since the chambers were completed. We've expanded at times, and at those time we really needed their help. But they also provide us with important chemicals for the water cooling process. When used the right way their, um, discharges can be highly effective at lowering the temperature of water. And [usually] they are quite passive.'
    You say. 'usually'
    Thorben the Elder says 'Yes. But lately they have a tendency to attack their tenders. The tenders are refusing to go near them until someone fixes their attitudes. I've explained to them that controlling the goos is their job, but they insist that fighting with the goos is not. I can't understand what's got them so riled up. You obviously have a talent for this sort of thing, can you [find out] what's going on for us?'
    You say,'i will find out'
    Thorbin the Elder says 'I am grateful. Please be careful, these goos can eat stone.'
    You have been assigned the task 'Goos Gone Wild'.
    Opening dialog
    # Nov 01 2011 at 11:12 AM Rating: Good
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    Your task 'Goos Gone Wild!' Has been updated.
    Thorbin the Elder says 'Well this certainly smells odd. ' Thorbin stops sniffing the foul ooze and looks at you earnestly. Tainted! They are somehow digesting some sort of... of bad rocks or something! This is definitely not the substance we need. Perhaps they are attacking people because their poor stomachs are upset. Not that they have stomachs, they ARE stomachs! No wonder they are so unhappy! Speak with Thelga Muntik, She's the supervisor of the goo trainers. She can use one of her special goos to track this smell. Find whatever they are eating and get it out of here.'
    Opening dialog
    # Nov 01 2011 at 11:25 AM Rating: Good
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    Your task 'Goos Gone Wild!' Has been updated.
    You say, 'Hail Thelga Muntik'
    Thelga Muntik says 'Oh! Eating something tainted? Well we can't have none of that! Ok, I'll give you one o' my pets. It'll track down that stuff you found sure as I'm the most beautiful Coldain you ever met! Just tell it to [Hunt] and it'll go after what you need. Don't lose him, I'm not likely to loan you [another].'
    Opening dialog
    # Nov 01 2011 at 11:51 AM Rating: Good
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    You say, 'Hail, a cool goo'
    You say, 'Hunt'
    a cool goo burbles pleasantly.

    {After following the goo to the cave}

    a bellikos infiltrator appears, yelling, 'Get this thing off of me!'
    a bellikos infiltrator says, 'Ah! So, this is your pest. Get it away from me before I am forced to destroy it. What is this [creature] doing anyway?'
    You say, Hail, a bellikos infiltrator'
    You say, 'creature'
    a bellikos infiltrator says, 'Since you've brought this tiny pest here. I think I'll use it to my advantage, Here's a snack, little one!'
    a cool goo hisses.

    task update

    Thorbin the Elder says 'Well that's terrible. Those goos don't deserve to be treated that way. Hopefully there aren't any more of those rotten Bellikos in out chambers.'
    little buggy...
    # Nov 19 2010 at 11:38 PM Rating: Decent
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    The little goo that is supposed to escort you through the caves is a little buggy. You'll want to hail the NPC that spawns the goo while standing in the small stream of water that cuts through the room. Otherwise, the goo will spawn in a location in which it will not move. The goo does despawn the less you hail it - The more you hail it the longer it will remain up.
    a good rule of thum for respawning a cool goo
    # Aug 21 2010 at 3:47 AM Rating: Decent
    When you re-spawn an another cool goo, you should better to stand at where the first goo was poped so that he can find a right path to cave.
    If you respawn a cool goo near the NPC, they can not find a path to cave when you directed to "hunt".
    And I found another cool go keep his way even if whole group get invisi while in following.

    Edited, Aug 21st 2010 5:48am by homeless
    Goos Gone Wild
    # Jul 03 2010 at 10:19 AM Rating: Decent
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    Did this task last night and there's a couple key points too it.
    - Goo was extremely sporadic on drops
    (3 during the first half of the day and 3 in the afternoon including others in zone helping me loot)

    - You can taskadd others up to 5 during this task although its solo to get it
    I got my Goos by the afternoon and turned them in, logged out for a bit, and came back and invited toons to finish the fight

    - Important note about Mr. Cool Goo; he's going to go down a tunnel and it can be at the very bottom meaning bring someone
    who can invis and invis vs undead for the whole group (almost lost the grp before even getting there but grp invis vs undead was up

    - Move the entire group to the spot where the ooze stops because you wont clear all the others fast enough
    (mine went to a semi clear corner and I left the mage a bit too far back...loading please wait)

    SK worked well for this due to the quick invis vs undead and FD ability
    Once you have a dead bellicos all that is left is the hail so dont worry about dead people not getting credit if they're in the guild hall

    just my 2cp
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    Random cave
    # May 24 2010 at 7:01 PM Rating: Good
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    This is a shared task for 1-6 people (or is it 3-6?).

    One time we did this task the goo hunted right away, another it took 3 tries of waiting for the cool goo to despawn and trying to get it to "hunt" again before it finally decided to move. Try having the person who got the task, or the task leader, be the one who says "hunt" to it.

    The cave that the cool goo travels to is random each time, it is not one specific location. It may end up in a cave with either goofy-aggro rock goos, or undead.

    When the Bellikos spawns, you have to hail it and say 'creature' to activate it. It will attack. Sometimes the Bellikos insists that only the person who triggered the cool goo speak to her.

    After spawning, the Bellikos will regularly despawn after a minute or two if not aggroed, but then quickly reappear. Not sure why it does that.

    The good news is that it seems to give you enough time and chances to get the mission done without having to restart it.

    Edited, May 24th 2010 9:02pm by nytmare

    Edited, May 24th 2010 9:05pm by nytmare
    That dog won't hunt!
    # Feb 10 2010 at 10:25 PM Rating: Decent
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    Everything went well until we spawned the "a cool goo" and said "hunt" to it. There was an emote that it "burbled pleasantly" but it wouldn't budge. We tried many phrases but nothing worked. We tried a whole host of things and eventually there was an emote that it was bored! At that point it despawned!

    However Thelga's text mentioned something about "another" so we said that word and another "a cool goo" spawned! But just like the first one it wouldn't hunt! Again we kept trying things like bringing the whole group in close proximity and ensuring that no one was invis, but nothing worked. This 2nd goo then eventually also got bored and poofed.

    We told Thelga "another" yet again and this time that little bird dog actually hunted! He took us to the room with Bellikos and everything worked normally from that point on.

    I don't know why it took 3 tries to get a working goo but I wonder if we screwed ourselves by pre-clearing the room full of goos where Bellikos spawns? Of course by the time we got back down there it was full pop again.
    Might be bugged
    # Jan 17 2010 at 1:57 AM Rating: Decent
    wHEN WE SAID "HUNT" THE THING DID NOTHING, THEN i SAID "HUNT AGAIN AND IT DISAPPEARED. WE HAD NOTHING ON TRACK AND WE WENT TO THE CAVE, NOTHiNG THERE scuze the caps, nothing I said to the NPC got "another" one.......not sure if its a bug or we just did something wrong.
    Might be bugged
    # Jan 17 2010 at 3:06 AM Rating: Decent
    Well, our zerker found the cool goo someplace, and followed it and the named popped, and we won......so all is well in Norrath! Apparently it warped out of sight.
    a cool goo
    # Dec 30 2009 at 4:44 PM Rating: Decent
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    to activate "a cool goo': say "hunt" to it.
    Steps are....
    # Dec 19 2009 at 6:09 PM Rating: Decent
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    Crush the aggressive goos and deliver some samples of their ooze to throbin for testing 0/6

    (Yellow Con a rock destoyed goo can drop the Goo Ooze... they are pre-lootable)

    Speak with Thelga Muntik, head of the goo tenders. 0/1

    (Hail her... spawns "a cool goo" nearby)

    Find the source of the unhealthy taint in the goo diet. 0/1

    (Hail the goo and follow it to a goo cave on the opposite wing area of n1794 n1583 n388)

    Defeat the Bellikos

    (A red con "a bellikos infiltrator" appears. Speak to it and be ready for a fight. It hits hard. Kill it (a cool goo will also aggro... but you don't have to kill it to beat the task) (the other goos did not assist). 0/1

    Return to Thorbin with the news. 0/1

    (Hail)



    Edited, Dec 20th 2009 7:19am by GOMN
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    Goos seem aggro linked
    # Dec 16 2009 at 6:10 PM Rating: Decent
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    When I was pulling these, I always got 3, even when I split them far apart from each other and let aggro clear, once I reaggroed the KoS one, the other 2 would come running.

    Also the KoS one aggroed my Pet.

    I was invis, my pet was on hold. The KoS goo and his 2 friends aggro me, I think. I FD and the KoS one attacks my pet, who does nothing. This is not normal, so I thought I would mention it.
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