Shackle of Copper  

That's right folks, so it has been fortold by tester on the EQ boards.

It is supposedly live on the Test server, so any Swiftails on Test that can verify this.

Last said about this was that it was going to be implemented in the next patch... which of course has no ETA.

He will still be rare, but will not be taken down by roaming MoBs seconds after he spawns.

I had been hunting Kwinn for about a month and a half, never spotted him until last Sunday, Dec 17. On this occasion Kwinn was wondering on the hill leading to giants, he was fairly near a few drolvargs, but didn't seem to be in agro range. I run up to and Hail him to begin the tail quest, no sooner than i hail him the two drolvargs near by agro him... needless to say i they killed Kwinn and myself. Next spotting was Dec 20, I had just zoned in and spotted him just chilling near the dirt hill, this time I waited till there were no dogs and frogs near, i hit him and ran up the valley to swamp where I FD. To my surprise here comes Mister Fizzle running up to help Kwinn, he came out of nowhere. Well the FD worked, they were again non-agro to me, but Fizzle was buffing Kwinn to high hell, next the two of them take off into FV attacking everything in sight... again this ended with Kwinn being KS'd by some frogs and Mister Fizzle just went poof after Kwinn died, these two are obviously related! I spotted Kwinn again the very next night, I swear Kwinn must have been spawning just for me. Took a new tactic, followed Kwinn all the way over to the giants, looked around, all clear not another dog or frog to be seen. I completed the tail quest and got his head to go :) The only thing Kwinn had to say when attacked was:

Kwinn the Outlander says 'Bring it on muckskipper!! I'll show you what for!!


Each of these time I hadn't killed anything or done anything in the zone, there must have been some action I had taken that set my entrance into the zone as the trigger for him to spawn, what that was I have no idea. Hope this helps.

Cloudflyer, Hunters of the Mist
Luclin

Where is this NPC?(Klok Ephmir) All I know is he is on the Island of Merchants.
I figure he must be in FV but dont know where.
If he is in Fv town with all those other merchants I gota alot of goblin killing to do then :)

Can an Iksar get good enough faction with Fv to go into town?

DOH!! I found him in East Cabilis. Ok So call me a dumb lizard:)

Thx
Chopsuey Luey

Can the stats be verified? A few post below they said it was an AC5 Shackle and its a light source. I have searched alot of major web sites and no one seems to have a picture nor a listing for this shackle.

Also can the Shackle of Bronze (AC6 Save Magic 5)quest be completed before doing the Shackle of Copper?

Kryok
39 Iksar Monk - Bristlebane

Okay guys, here's the lowdown on this shackle quest. For one, do NOT follow the loc that guy gave below this post. His description of the spawn point is what you need, not the loc. But if you do want a rough loc, its around 2700, neg 2100. That'll put you close to one of the zones into the swamp. If you're loc deficient, like myself, then go to the swamp zone near the forest giant arbor huts. If you face the zone and look to your right, Kwinn spawns up on that hill. When i saw him he was halfway down the hill and had two red goblins on him...I tried to save him and of course got smacked, and then he never spawned again. Not sure if talking to Klok Ephmir is a trigger for the spawn or not, but check for him around 10am up around that hill. If you're luckier than I you shouldn't have a problem. And due to the area in which Kwinn spawns, id say wait untill around lvl 28 to do this quest. At that lvl you can take down a few frenzied leeches and roaming frogloks and drovlargs if you get bored, and still have enough hps to take some hits from the big guys. Hope this makes the quest a little more clear for ya

Kwinn the Outlander spawns in the north east part of FV, just west of the zone to swamp.

This thread at the Dojo has a map showing where he spawned for me.

http://pub2.ezboard.com/fthedojo73373scrollsofwisdom.showMessage?topicID=505.topic

The forage skill of 50 that iksar monk already have is good enough to get all the items needed for the next quest (Though you might want to have a druid help you forage the ones that are not nodrop). It took me 4 hours to forage the sand coin in TD.

Stats on the Shackle of Copper? =)

Someone over at The Dojo just completed this (by turning in Kwinn's head), and said it yeilds the Shackle of Copper. He also said that the next quest is for the Shackle of Bronze (apparenlty you need 10 rare foraged items from all over Kunark, so start hitting that forage button whenever you get the chance).

Apparently there's a rare spawn barbarian in Fironia Vie named Kwinn the Outlander who drops a head when killed, I'm guessing this is what we're looking for.