Had him spawn in the 4 spawn spot by the SK exit. Interestingly he spawns as two versions. When you /con the one, it says "a gnoll embalmer - a rare creature, scowls at you ready to attack.". The other one spawned but when I did /con this time it just said "a gnoll embalmer scowls at you ready to attack." Both dropped the skull, but only the rare one dropped the +Int earring. I'll have to see if the plain embalmer ever drops the earring.
I just did this TODAY, just now, and the embalmer spawns in any place in the entire camp. He does not always have the skull, but I got lucky and he spawned within a couple minutes and had it. He was NOT on the dock.
[Sat Sep 16 13:45:14 2017] Your faction standing with Verish Mal has been adjusted by -25. [Sat Sep 16 13:45:14 2017] You receive 4 gold, 9 silver and 9 copper from the corpse. [Sat Sep 16 13:45:14 2017] A gnoll embalmer is struck by a blazing summer's dew. [Sat Sep 16 13:45:14 2017] You have slain a gnoll embalmer!
The Embalmer is a fairly easy mob overall, He seems to only spawn during the day with the gnolls. As a side note during the night dead things will spawn rather than the gnolls, you can grind freely but you wont find the Embalmer until day
This guy spawns in the gnoll camp right after zoning in from South Karana. He spawned in the ruins where all of the stones are and not by the docks where others have posted. Simply clear the ruins a few times and he'll spawn. Didn't take longer than 45 minutes.
I just got him to spawn next to the tree on the right side if you come in from south karana and he didn't dropd the skull so he doenst drop it everytime just wanted you guys to know.
DUH if anyone has seen him before you would know how only spawns in one place after you enter from SK there is a gnoll camp there and the embalmer spawns on the dock near the boat and stays there till you attack
The Embalmer, Exhumed, and the Zombies all spawn at the Gnoll camp just past the zone line to South Karana. The camp is live gnolls during the day and undead at night. Great exp and loot for level 17 - 22 groups that don't want to deal with PC.
OK been doing this guy around 20 times now...this is my conclusions:
First he got low hp...ok hes green but fairly easy... I got the skull every kill so far. Some gems and a polish bone hoop (mana10).
The trick on him if u got a pet is easy. Just send pet right at him all that will agro go on him and u can nuke him really easy. And as necro I just FD, other case just zone and all will be gone. Remeb to try pull him out of all the gnolls, like cast a really low damage spell so he start to run then send pet. For meele(why meele would need anything from him) its harder. This is a trick me and a friend use to do whitch really often work. Ok get the friend on invis. Place him near the zone... go and hit him some and run to zone all of them will agro right... friend wait untill u zoned and some gnolld went back. Hopefully since u hitted on him he will stay longer. So ur friend can take him out with just maybe one add. And then zone since its killed near zone u can loot without any agro...
STill waiting on that int earing....seem like a rare drop
You asked why a melee would want to kill him... He carries the Skull of Jen'Trah (SP) and that is needed for a Monk quest... any other melee class I have no idea, but that is why a Monk would want him. ;)
If you have a melee character where boosting INT is better than WIS, e.g., Half-Elf Bards, you may want to go after this quest for the golden ear stud. Mostly because you're bored - the Cubert quest is much easier.
As a ShadowKnight I was hunting gnolls in SK and was bound in the Rathe Arena and would have to pass this camp every time.
I was high 30's at the time... I could beat these things with just my DoTs, my vamp embrace and my fists... with a whole 1 pt in Hand to Hand... these things are weak... and once they are gone... FD to get rid of pet.
So my guess is that these things are the toughest because they are a necro... but other than that... the gnoll camp is a weak bunch o doggies
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#Anonymous,
Posted:Aug 21 2001 at 6:22 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Naw i went in there with a lvl 2 Warrior and killed the enire dungeon and everything i killed gave 400pp to 600pp loot EVERY TIME and i got every Epic weapon of every class off a gnoll pup at 1 time and got a enitre set of clothes that all give me 50+ to Everything and 2 earrings that give me 9999+ int each and i gained a 4 lvls every kill so i got to lvll 60 and got all the best stuff the dungeon is pretty easy
#Anonymous,
Posted:Aug 26 2001 at 3:41 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Yes But how twiked were you?
Ummm, I soloed this guy with my lvl 33 Sk. I died in Paw, was running back and a friend asked for that skull... so Doted his pet, beat him down, doted him then, life tap was like me hitting them, I won with mana to spare. Good stuff, more proof SK's rock :P
33rd Shadow Knight Magneus Lee Rallos Zek Vampires of Norrath
Here's how I killed him on 6/16.. I'm a 22 cleric, so he was pretty simple. I just cast root on his pet, then quickly got out of spell range. He comes barreling down the lane, I smacked him bout 5 times with smite (80pt dd) and he dropped. Looted the skull, and was medding when I get smacked by his pet..HIS PET? He's been dead for a minute and his stupid pet charges me..hmm verant.. anyway, 2 144pt undead dd's silenced him..good luck all.
#Anonymous,
Posted:May 15 2001 at 1:40 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Keep your mouth shut and people think your stupid, but open it and remove all doubt.
I wish someone would have told me all of my DOTs were also snares. Hmmm and all this time I thought only my darkness line had a snare effect. Thank you Mr. Anon for clearing that up for all us Necros out there.