corrupted barracuda  

Monster

Level: 43
Expansion: Ruins of Kunark
NPC Added: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
NPC Last Updated: 2019-12-13 17:50:57

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Yelinak TLP Luclin Era
# Dec 23 2022 at 12:31 PM Rating: Good
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Just want to add my experience and corroborate some of the information found here. I camped the ~60s spawn for about 4 hours, never saw a single tainted. Came here looking for more info, found the 3 spawn points noted in other posts here, which were all 6 min spawns

-824, 143
-900, -830
-1351, -761

Over the course of ~6 hours, I had killed probably 7 or 8 tainted barracudas, and all of them were light blue to my Druid (50 Druid), but the tainted that finally ended up spawning the corrupted barracude was dark blue (level 46 specifically), and spawned at the -900, -830 ish location. Of all the tainted/corrupted spawns in the epic, this one took me the longest BY FAR at roughly 6 hours. Definitely the most annoying one I had to deal with.

Yelinak TLP, Luclin Era
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8 barracuda spawns
# May 24 2020 at 12:52 PM Rating: Decent
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just got it, seems like there are 8 barracuda spawns that can be either deepwater barracudas or bloodgill barracudas, so might be best to just swim around veksar clearing all of them. when the tainted/corrupted spawned he was to the southeast of veksar, but not sure if he can spawn at other barracuda spots or not.
Tainted lvl
# Jun 11 2015 at 6:23 PM Rating: Decent
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Just got it after about 30+ mins of play, second time I've done this as I did it back in the early 2000s when I originally played a Dru. For those getting confused with the "fake" tainted cudas, the real one conned green to me at lvl 64, so if you are at or around that lvl (or lower) then you'll know if you got the real one. The corrupted spawned as normal and was gray. Hope this helps. Also if it means anything I did do the whole "3 locs" deal and got the real spawn on the SE one (with 2 fakes on the N one).
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Corrupted not always spawning ?
# Jul 18 2014 at 6:18 PM Rating: Decent
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Camped the 3 mentionned spots, got 3 tainteds to spawn, every time i killed them so far, no corrupted.
Is there a problem or am i out of luck ?
Tainted Spawn
# Sep 27 2011 at 3:37 PM Rating: Decent
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when the tainted barracuda spawned it was white to me at lv 46 with my druid....corrupted popped as usual after it died.

coords below for #1, #2, and #3 are accurate and you should only camp those 3 coords.
3 LOC'S
# May 17 2010 at 2:43 PM Rating: Decent
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Thanks to the below posts, was very helpful.
I started without reading the posts for the first two hours as I was working on another computer so just killing the spawn at the 40sec spot as it respawned (which you dont do) had no luck as to be expected.

After reading the below posts I marked the three location on my map
-824, 143.............6 min
-900, -830............6 min
-1351, -761..........6 min
as per beregond's post

Also barkwillow listed them if you want to add them to your map txt file to appear automatically

This makes it easy to travel to each location and wait there for the spawn. I went to the three location killing the PH's in an anti-clockwise direction (this doesn't matter you can go to them in any order)
took about 3-4hours, also had killed 5 tainted before the six tainted spawned the corrupted.

It spawned for me on loc -824, 143
Also it was the same as another person said, all the previous tainted conned grey to me, this six one conned green at level 63 (so was a higher mob than the prev)
good luck..
Easy Spawn
# May 09 2010 at 6:23 PM Rating: Decent
Killed 4 deepwaters and 1 bloodgill and got tainted to pop. Conned green to level 64, killed tainted and corrupted spawned only conned gray? Dropped my water and now I only have Faydedar to kill then this epic is FINALLY over!

Hardest kill: Corrupted Seahorse (zone is crazy spawned in wrong Loc found by tracking, uses complete heal ran out of mana) or Ulump Puljuk (resists a lot ran out of mana chased him across zone for 15 mins to take off last 8% health)

Longest Spawn: Corrupted Shaman (Two logons at 2 hours a pop)

Most Annoying Part: Foraging (multiple zones)

Worst Part: Not killing the Dark Elf Corrupter fast enough and having to do first part of epic all over.

Was it worth it? Sure why not HAHHAAAHA
Level
# Mar 31 2010 at 8:02 PM Rating: Decent
The Corrupted was dark blue to me at 44 and was a bit tougher than the regular barracudas so I'd put him in the early 40s but definitely not 44 all the time.
A Faster Swim
# Jan 25 2010 at 3:24 PM Rating: Decent
I cannot speak for everyone out there, but I seem to have swam faster in Wolf Form.

I *hated* this part of the epic. I think I was under water for close to 6 hours, swimming from fish to fish. At some point, it goes from challenging to stupid. Throw in a false tainted and I was ready to kill someone by the time the corrupted actually popped.

Adrin

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Guild: Chaotic Apocalypse

Edited, Jan 25th 2010 4:24pm by AdrinRyerNy
Update
# Aug 27 2009 at 3:51 AM Rating: Decent
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I did this today, here are my observations:

There are eight deepwaters but only three are of interest. Start with the 'cuda at loc -824, +143. Then swim SE to loc -1351, -761, then North to loc -900, -830, and finally swim West back to loc -824, +143. This will take about 3 mins, so wait for 3 mins for the fish to pop and repeat the cycle.

The fish are on 6 min timers and when a fish pops it has aprox 95% chance of being a deepwater, if it's not a deepwater then there is an equal chance of it being a bloodgill, a low level tainted or a high level tainted (numbers are estimated)

This gives you an overall chance of 1 in 20 (5%) of getting a tainted each time you kill all three deepwaters as above. So, on average it will take about two hours to get your corrupted. But it's random like roulette. you could get lucky on your first pop - or it could take you days - but if you stick to the method above, you will get lucky eventually.



stick to the 3 loc!!
# Dec 15 2008 at 7:23 AM Rating: Decent
Ok i will say this, in one of the posts yes this is prob the hardest part of the epic, i say this because if you do not stick to the 3 locations (in other words if u do not stick to the 3 corrupted fishes popin at least 5 mins u will not get the tainted's to pop i spent 2 days nuking 1 of the 5 mins pop's and got nothing). I finish to save u alot of time stick to the 3 loc's
-900,-900
# Sep 13 2008 at 10:00 AM Rating: Decent
Hey did the 3 spots listed had 2 "fake green con to a 55 druid" tainted spawn tht did not pop corrupt. It finnaly did happen at the -900,-900 spot. Took like 2 or 3 hours.
Spawns
# Jun 11 2008 at 11:02 AM Rating: Decent
Just an update for you folks hunting them..
The three locations listed for the spawns are the right ones.
But heres the kicker. got the tainteds to spawn 4 times before i got a currupted to follow.
At lvl 60 the ones that didn't con to me did NOT spawn a corrupted. I had to wait till, after 2 hours, a light blue one popped. That spawned a corrupted that was green. And that one does not summon. is root/snareable and dropped my lakewater.

Thought you might like the update..
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# Jul 18 2007 at 10:46 PM Rating: Decent
Here are the locations and re-spawn times on each of the barracudas.
-824, 143.............6 min........I had a tainted spawn here
-900, -830............6 min........I had a tainted spawn here
-1351, -761..........6 min........I had a tainted spawn here

its soo right i killed each spot once then i got corrupted on -900 and -830
it took 20 minutes
corrupted
# May 13 2007 at 10:23 AM Rating: Decent
got my corrupted on the first bloodgil spawn, in actuality, the hardest part of this stupid epic quest is getting the chick in GFAY to spawn.
My experience
# Mar 13 2007 at 8:10 AM Rating: Decent
Had the tainted pop -1351, -761 dunno how long spawn was because I was killing all the spots but the corpse of the PH was still there lol. Was the first one I had pop and was hunting it for about 30 minutes. Just root rotted like all the other tainted mobs in epic. Was scared it would be fake tainted and when it died...out came corrupted so guess I was lucky. I did not pull it on land or any such nonsense.
Cuda's Spawn loc and rates
# Jan 16 2007 at 3:04 PM Rating: Decent
Here are the locations and re-spawn times on each of the barracudas.
+282, +296..........40 sec.
-824, 143.............6 min........I had a tainted spawn here
-900, -830............6 min........I had a tainted spawn here
-392, -655............40 sec
+265, -530...........40 sec
-1139, 794...........40 sec
-1351, -761..........6 min........I had a tainted spawn here

I have killed so many of these Cudas that the Pirates of Gunthak are now sending me X-mas cards.

Maver the White Wiz





Edited, Jan 16th 2007 6:48pm by lewacker
Cuda's Spawn loc and rates
# May 18 2009 at 2:15 PM Rating: Decent
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Thanks mate, after 12 tainted spawns and no corrupted I was getting annoyed.
for others here's the info for your map file. I got mine at the #3 spawn location.
Once thing i did notice the so called fakes were green to me at 55 where the corrupted spawned from a light blue.

P -145.8673, 823.4098, -144.2710, 0, 240, 0, 2, Corrupted_Barracuda_#3
P 769.5827, 1354.8442, 39.7031, 0, 240, 0, 2, Corrupted_Barracuda_#2
P 831.7036, 903.6237, -1.2815, 0, 240, 0, 2, Corrupted_Barracuda_#1


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Cuda's Spawn loc and rates
# Mar 28 2008 at 10:37 PM Rating: Decent
Perfect set up and ty vm for posting it:)
Once I started leaving the 40 second spawners alone, had the tainted and corrupted in just 3 spawn cycles.
can the real tainted please stand up?
# Nov 12 2006 at 2:38 PM Rating: Decent
Okay so Ive gotten 4 tainted at the loc -900, -900 spawn point and one at another spawn point and all have been fake, I dot then try to pull them to shore and none will follow. I thought the -900, -900 spawn was suppose to give the real tainted every time....not take at least 5 tainted....is it broken?
can the real tainted please stand up?
# Nov 27 2006 at 10:14 PM Rating: Decent
It's not broken... nor do you have to pull the mob up onto the beach... the only tainted that will spawn the corrupted is a higher level than the others... I'm not sure which level but if the tainted is green or light green... and no corrupted spawns... that means a dark blue one will be the one you want. Mine took a few tainted... and the -900 loc is the one that has the best chance in my opinion by what I've experienced over the years.
not happening
# Sep 17 2006 at 11:43 AM Rating: Decent
I have been at this for days and have only got fake tainteds. I am on progression server and people assure me quest is working, but I am starting to get annoyed? Any clues hints ideas? I've been reading this forum and nothing people have hinted here has helped.

Same as everyone else
# Sep 04 2006 at 10:09 PM Rating: Decent
It took me about 2 hrs to do this. Me lvl 56 and a 50 chanter. The tainted spawned at -900 -900. We hunted every deepwater barracuda on track until the tainted spawned. It can be done solo but the fishies are bad about interupting your casting if you are just trying to blast away and it was a good chance to chat with a friend so the back up was nice. I pulled the tainted on land and rooted...it broke my root. When the corrupted poped I rooted it and the root held. I got lucky and only had to kill one tainted to get the corrupted.
Annoying Camp
# Aug 19 2006 at 2:06 AM Rating: Decent
This is probably one of(if not the)most annoying camp(s) in the entire epic.

Here is what you do to spawn him:

A little southeast of the Veksar ent ruins is a barracuda that is on a 5 min spawn timer. Repeatedly kill it until tainted spawns. This tainted WILL spawn the corrupted! It is not false, as I spent DAYS camping this sucker and came across the false tainted in several other spawn locations. I'm not good with loc myself, all I can say is head a southeast of the Veksar ent ruins and find the lone cuda. This camp isn't so bad, once you know what to do. I spent days trying to spawn the tainted at other locations and always wound up with a false one. After about twenty minutes after me and a 58 mage started camping it, it spawned the tainted and the corrupted. After that I turned my stuff in to the gnome in OT and Xanuusus in NK for my SHINY NEW Nature Walker's Scimitar!!
Spawn points.
# Aug 14 2006 at 9:04 AM Rating: Decent
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I camped the three spawn points. The - 900, -900 one, the -1350, -770 one and the one near -825, +150.

Tainted popped at all three spawn points.

Corrupted didn't pop after 3 or 4 tainted pops.

The Tainteds I did get to spawn did not follow me onto land.

A Bloodgill Barracuda spawned at the -825, +150 camp instead of a Deepwater Barracuda on one occasion.

Will add any other info I get as and when.

Edited, Aug 14th 2006 at 10:28am EDT by Superfasteddy

Edited, Aug 14th 2006 at 10:56am EDT by Superfasteddy
Corrupted Barracuda
# Jul 30 2006 at 2:55 PM Rating: Decent
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Killed Corrupted today with my 59 Druid camped him at -900, -900 for about an hour and a half. just sat at that spot the whole time and only killed ph's that poped there finely DB tainted poped pulled him to land and rooted him and doted him with bugs until dead, Corrupted poped LB and was easy kill got pure lakewater.
Tainted Barracuda
# Jul 02 2006 at 6:30 AM Rating: Decent
I killed the tainted several times with no corrupted pop. After reading reports on this spawn I decided to pull the tainted onto the land as suggested. The corrupted pop on the first try. If you want the corrupted you can only get it by killing the Tinted on land.
fake tainted
# Jun 18 2006 at 12:54 PM Rating: Decent
I have spent over 2 hours today (june 18 2006) and finally get a tainted to pop and it was a FAKE no corrupted spawned and now I am to start all over WARNING FAKE TAINTEDS STILL EXIST. Sent in /bug report but this is a problem that looks like it has gone on for YEARS so I doubt SONY will ever fix it
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