Dyllin Starsine  

WOOT!!! Mere seconds ago I slaughtered that blasted Dyllin (who was about 7 and a half hours spawn time). I was concerned that since all the posts talked about using careless lightning and dizzing wind, that the old reliable ingite would be laughable. Not so, I took the chance of wasting almost 3 hours of my life (I had found when he was last killed and got there a little eary), and went for it anyway. Since I had the time...as you should if you are not lucky enough just to run into him, then I was able to watch the patterns of the smugglers enough to time exactly the time of each and his round. I was ready...and then Dyllin spawned...I freaked, so afraid that he would disapper as soon as I touched him, I harmonied the evil red smuggler right next to him, and went to town. Leading with a root, and then stinging swarm, I proceeded to ingnite his skin over and over again, pausing long enough to root him again. This went on for about 1 and a half minutes...just in time for the harmony to wear off and the smuggler to happen by...I was pulped, and I lost my level - went down to 15 =( . But I was smart enough to bind myself right at Dyllin's feet! So as he finished rubbing his eyes and looking at me...then my dead body...then me again, I blasted him agian with another round of ignites. To my horror he took off like a lightning bolt in search of his friends, but to my luck came right back with one that conned blue to me. So as I sent the last ingite into him, he hit the ground hard (got my level back too =) ), I looted his body, as I was afraid to leave my prize alone and unguarded, I took off for the zone to the keep, and fell to the floor exshausted...and yet deeply satisfied, clutching my page # 30 to my chest.

Ellessar

Druid of the 16th Circle (Thanks to Dyllin)
Tunare

It all started one rainy day, April 1st, 2001. I went for a swim, and found myself in a hidden chamber, surrounded by smugglers. Who knew how long they had been there, and I dared not ask for fear of being attacked as a spy. I walked around for a while, staying clear of everyone, when I came across a friend by the name of Lydain. We talked, and he explained that he was here to take down the leader of these smugglers, a man by the name of Dyllin Starshine. Unfortunately, my new friend had to leave, so I gave my word that I would stay and fulfill his quest. I sat for an hour, contemplating nature in all Her glorious beauty, when a lovely lady by the name of Valaury came to me with a story of murder and revenge. It seems she had a personal score to settle with this Dyllin character, and offered my 500 platinum and a Springwood Club, if I allowed her to exact revenge. Not one to stand in the way of revenge, I took her up on her offer.
A short time later, a message arrived, telling me that Valaury had been succesful, and that I could, if I wanted, fulfill Lydain's quest. So off I went.
I arrived at 10:30 pm, and I sat. And I sat. And I sat some more. Only the peaceful solitude of the area kept me from leaving the area. I fell asleep under the stars.
I was awakened by a man's voice, booming orders. I knew this was my man. I waited for his underlings to walk away, then I rooted him to the ground. I blasted him with fire, and set insects to attack him, all the while attacking with my new Club.
Unfortunately, he snapped the roots holding him to the ground, and ran to find help. I was no match for him and his two helpers, and quiclky fell to their combined might.
But my god was with me, and brought me back, right behind this evil man. With patience, I waited for him to make his rounds, finally attacking at the water's edge. It was here that Dyllin Starshine finally met his maker.
A few notes to help any others who would kill this man 1: bind yourself in the area-if you die, you can come back right behind him, and attack him when he goes down to the water
2: root him or snare him, so he can't get to help. If he does get to help, you are probably going to die (see point 1)
3: he is not that difficult. I took him down at level 17, with no help. If he hadn't broken my root spell, I would have killed him without even losing 2 bubbles of health (again, see point 1).

Ever helpful,
Yours truly,
Habbun,
17th Circle Druid
April 2nd, 2001

I "just" got my final page today. I camped this guy for HOURS.. Anyways. Here are some tips for those of you just starting out. Dyllin is a 7½ to 8 hour spawn. Almost like clockwork. He spawns over in the smugglers den. Most (if not all) of the smugglers con Amibly and will not attack unless provoked. The actual spot he spawns is the only tent in the entire place. It has a Kiln, Oven and a Pottery wheel. (use them while you wait.. you'll be there for a while LOL).

Area Info: all the information you hear about that Red Con smuggler is true.. he HITS HARD and runs fast. He is a patrolling "guard" smuggler you can say and has a 3 minute circle loop he walks. You should see him walk past the open area first and head up to the cove overlooking the castle entrance. (stop 1) 15-30 seconds later he walks back down to the open area and stops near the Oven where Dyllin spawns (stop 2) From there he continues on his patrol and repeats back to Stop 1. You'll have 2 minutes 25 seconds to kill Dyllin before he returns.
Also Note that every 30-45 minutes a lower level smuggler will perform a long patrol of the open area. He stays within agro radius for about 5 minutes and its suggested that you DON'T attack at this time. Dyllin will remain up for more than 10-15 minutes (I've timed), so just be patient... its painful to watch your prize just sit there... but its better than dieing.

Camp Spot: There is a bunch of barrels next to the tent that you can sit on. This is the suggested spot that you camp to avoid any agro'ing Smugglers that may appear nearby. Don't Attack from across the wall across from the tent. Also, I was a level 20 Druid with Track and Dyllin did NOT appear on track. Nether do any of the smugglers.

Killing Dyllin: ROOT!ROOT!ROOT! first.. then Nuke!.. Don't let him walk away.. thats when the danger happends.

Lastly, Unlike any previous posts, DO NOT ATTEMPT to run to the guards for help if a smuggler is on your butt. They will attack you as well which makes the matters worse. I attempted a test of this and almost died even though everyone was Amiable to me. Your best hope is to make it to the zone IF you can..

Best of luck to you.
If your level 18 or higher and planing to camp Dyllin, Make sure you talk to the guy thats currently camping him... find out when he spawns then set your Timer.. re-sign back on 7 hours later and hope no one else is camping him at that time. Its a sure hit.
Ohh.. FYI, if you DO kill him. Make sure you shout it out because the other "campers" in the area will know just in case some other unlucky EQ'er decides to wait the entire 8 hours because he didn't know that Dyl just spawned recently. =)

Hi my name in Tineytim and i am on the Fennin RO server i was camping dylin for 4 and 1/2 hours he popped up i walk up to him and a level 30 druid killed him he druid's name is Jackk so please give him hell for doing this

Where exactly should I be camping him? On the ledge above the guard area? Or in the big open area?

heres what ya do: there are smugglers GUARDING all over, but only TWO that WANDER by, so if u fight dylin in the opening and harmonize the big murdering hard one while maybe killing the easier one. then just blast the hell out of dyllin as fast as you can. me level 19 and my 30 guild member(both druids)took less then half bubble damage and 2 gaurds jumped us ( he was to close to tunnel gaurds) and it was easy, dyllin can only take about 2 dizzying wionds and a careless lightning so he probably has about 300 or so HP's

p.s. i had to wait the full 8 hours it takes him to spawn, but i LOVE of my testament of vanear :)

Is the page Dylin drops, no drop?

I completed the quest last night, and all in all camped him for about 5 hours before he spawned. During this time, at least 5 or 6 people showed up, hoping that the camp was open, so if you REALLY want this book, you're gonna have to go park your butt and not move. One of the ppl who kept stopping in said she's been doing so for a couple hours. She was grouped killing stuff, but kept coming back to see if he'd spawned or not. If you want this thing, you're gonna have to stay and be bored for a while, unless you get lucky and happen to have him spawn early. This is one of the earlier LVL mobs that is frequently camped, was my first camping experience. Unfortunately, I expect this will be a more recurring thing for me, as I intend to get some nice things and not want to pay for them out the @$$. Anyway, that's just my 2 cp. =P

this guy attacked me im walking threw this place and he came up and hit me . he conned greeen i was like wtf? i beat him senseless with melee (im a magician) and some druid begged me to loot was willing to pay me 5pp. lol . i let im loot for free and also payed for his port to nk. i was only 52 at the time


lvl 54 mage (hell lvl)

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So here I am at L39 bored about to go to sleep and
I thought hmm I think I'll go check on that Starshine guy. I roll in and WOW he is up and no one is camping him. So pow firestrike 282. Hes got nothing left but I notice MY hitpoints are at 2 bubs. I look at the damage after I died and notice a smuggler pierces me for 117, 117, and backstabs me for 369!!!! So after grabbing a friend with a L53 monk we head back to CR and kill ole Starshine. After Starshine goes down we set our sites on that smuggler. Cons blue to the 53 and red to me. He is the one with the spear. I fully buff the monk and med to full mana. We decide to jump him when he wanders to the water away from everyone. He hits the 53 monk for 117 a pop and goes down only a sliver and hundreds and hundreds of hitpoints damage. Finally with the monk at 2 bubs health after mend and some Gheals we evac out. There was NO chance of us taking this guy. So if you camp starchine beware and wait to kill him until that smuggler with the spear is wandering to the water and out of site.

39 Druid of Brell

Well, I had a very good expierince getting this for my friend. First we went to Qeynos, and got the container and first page. He gave the Jester on the first try. Then we went to Highpass Hold, and Dyllin was currently camped. So we went to go play other characters. Later we came back to check on the spawn, no one was camping, but no Dyllin. So I ran off to kill a gnoll out of boredom, and when I got back, there he was. So I slaughtered him, seeing as thats what 30s do to mid teen mobs, and all was well.

He conned white to me when I went after him with my 16 Shaman.