a griffawn
Animal
Minimum Level: 13
Maximum Level: 15
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Maximum Level: 15
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NPC Added: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
NPC Last Updated: 2020-06-21 03:18:31
NPC Last Updated: 2020-06-21 03:18:31
Bloodstone
Bloodstone Ring
Carnelian
Complex Etched Rune
Fine Feathers
Fresh Meat
Golden Earring 
Griffenne Blood
Griffon Feathers
Silver Ring
Simple Defiant Chain Boots
Simple Defiant Chain Tunic
Simple Defiant Cloth Wristwrap
Simple Defiant Shortsword
Anonymous
I group with my friends (I'm a 15 Warrior, they're a 16 Paladin and a 16 Wizard) and kill these things. They even give good exp in groups considering how easy they are to kill with a Wizard blasting them and me and my Paladin buddy whacking away at them. In fact I just got done doing that roughly over an hour ago.
Anonymous
I'm a 17 wizard who got there from grouping in EK. after I hit 17 no one in EK felt like grouping anymore...so I went to NK by the Gyspies and decided to solo a bit.....Saw a griffawn and decided to try it.....EASY!!!....they are very good exp. when the con even to me
Anonymous
Griffawns suck
This is what makes N. Karana great for solo types. Casters, specifically Wizards, can start soloing Griffawns at 14. These mobs are more vulnerable to root than those beetles. Unfortunately for the beetles who love resisting my root, they are too sloww... so even a wizard without SOW can kite them.
Great EP is all I can say. If you can't spot a Griffawn, you'll see a Beetle. Almost within 15 seconds after medding I am able to spot a potential kill. Made 14 to 20 in 12 hours.
If you play a Wizard, get Lightning bolt as soon as you make 16 and you'll just laugh at these Griffawns while it gives you almost a full blue bubble after each kill.
Great EP is all I can say. If you can't spot a Griffawn, you'll see a Beetle. Almost within 15 seconds after medding I am able to spot a potential kill. Made 14 to 20 in 12 hours.
If you play a Wizard, get Lightning bolt as soon as you make 16 and you'll just laugh at these Griffawns while it gives you almost a full blue bubble after each kill.
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While bonking gorge hounds trying to get from 17 to 18, I con'd one of these at med. blue and figured "What the heck?" Especially since myself and the two druids in my group had SOW on and we were at the entrance to the Beholder zone.
Anyway, I pull it to the group and start whacking it. The griffawn responds with double attacks of 29-45. "OW!" I say, but keep whacking away. The 16 druid heals while the 13 druid nukes. I hear the 16 druid say "OOM!" but I kept whackin. Then my PGT procs, providing me protection from two more hits. The griffawn then turns, I score a critical hit, and it falls.
I look at my health...3.5 full bubbles. "Easy!" I say.
The next Griffawn was due to a solo idiot lvl 15 Druid who could not control his pulls. This griffawn was light blue and aggro'd on our 16 druid after it tried to help the solo fool. I went over and taunted off and began whacking. This one goes down quicker, but not before scoring two hits of 50 points. This time, the dru's did not go OOM and I once again dispatched the griffawn with 3.5 bubbs left.
So, if you are going to beat on Griffawns, make sure they are blue and have a healer with ya.
The PGT helps a bit too. :)
Anyway, I pull it to the group and start whacking it. The griffawn responds with double attacks of 29-45. "OW!" I say, but keep whacking away. The 16 druid heals while the 13 druid nukes. I hear the 16 druid say "OOM!" but I kept whackin. Then my PGT procs, providing me protection from two more hits. The griffawn then turns, I score a critical hit, and it falls.
I look at my health...3.5 full bubbles. "Easy!" I say.
The next Griffawn was due to a solo idiot lvl 15 Druid who could not control his pulls. This griffawn was light blue and aggro'd on our 16 druid after it tried to help the solo fool. I went over and taunted off and began whacking. This one goes down quicker, but not before scoring two hits of 50 points. This time, the dru's did not go OOM and I once again dispatched the griffawn with 3.5 bubbs left.
So, if you are going to beat on Griffawns, make sure they are blue and have a healer with ya.
The PGT helps a bit too. :)
Anonymous
Don't mean to brag here... I was level 14 when I took my first Griffawn out... solo. It conned even. I play a wizard though so that may have helped. Griffawns are very vulnerable to root and shoot. Thanks to these mobs, I made it to level 20 in roughly 12 more hours of gametime.
OK, moral of all these posts (including my own, below--"Had the pleasure, thanks") is to save yourself a lot of aggravation and don't try to tank these things. They open up an armored warrior like a tin of kippers and are *very* hard to hit from close-in.
Luckily for my self-esteem, my secondary's a shaman, one of the truly ideal classes for griff-kiting. Root, retreat, DOT, DOT, DD, med, rinse, repeat. It's a little less daunting opening up a fresh can on one of these buggers when it's down to 30-40% of its original hp. :)
Only real trick is making sure you end up with one--and only one--griff. All too often, their buddies wander by and exercise that massive aggro radius of theirs on your medding self. Keep an eye out, and yer SoW up.
Luckily for my self-esteem, my secondary's a shaman, one of the truly ideal classes for griff-kiting. Root, retreat, DOT, DOT, DD, med, rinse, repeat. It's a little less daunting opening up a fresh can on one of these buggers when it's down to 30-40% of its original hp. :)
Only real trick is making sure you end up with one--and only one--griff. All too often, their buddies wander by and exercise that massive aggro radius of theirs on your medding self. Keep an eye out, and yer SoW up.
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You are damn skippy, They Whacked my well armored self something fierce and would turn back to me no matter how much damage was dealt by someone else as soon as I attacked again... My best advice is to have a Druid make him his pet than use him to kill other stuff for you.
Anonymous
Do these things have high, low or medium magic resistance?
Anonymous
It takes a Druid of Tunare to master the Plains of Karana.
I charm these guys just like the other Druids said below. Its great fun.
I am 16 now, am going to use 'fawns to kill Crag Spiders until Crags green out to me.
Nuther
16 WE Druid
Nameless
I charm these guys just like the other Druids said below. Its great fun.
I am 16 now, am going to use 'fawns to kill Crag Spiders until Crags green out to me.
Nuther
16 WE Druid
Nameless
Anonymous
I soloed several of these yesterday, mem selos and bellow, yell at it till it starts running, and do the usual kiting jazz, no problem
Anonymous
I'm doing them as a 13 Bard. Even cons hit for 28 and some of the reds hit for up to 34. They also have double attacks. That means that they can take an entire bubble off your health if you get stunned once. Be patient and you should do fine.
Anonymous
I solo these guys with my level 16 wizard, how about that? Root then nuke with Bolt of lightning at will.
A SoW did save my life quite a few times though, when they resist they resist for a lot and they will claw you good with those last 6 pixels of their health...
(:grumbles)
A SoW did save my life quite a few times though, when they resist they resist for a lot and they will claw you good with those last 6 pixels of their health...
(:grumbles)
Anonymous
Very True Statement....lvl 16 wizard is not that hard. (as long as your root spell works). I have noticed, if I root them from behind, they don't resist my root spell as much. Also, try using your Flame Bolt spell. The Griffawns do not resist this spell as much and it is more mana efficient.
Anonymous
You can actually start killing them at 14 with Lightning shock. It's tricky from 14 to 16 since you have to pull with your Fire bolt to lure them near the zone in case things get ugly, you can always zone out. Great EP from 14 thru 20. Gives up almost a full blue bub everytime, although it decreases as you level. Once you hit level 18, it becomes a joke. No need to lure to the zone. Your root becomes almost full proof against these guys and lightning bolt hits for full damage 90% of the time.
Anonymous
Get someone to charm a griffon then sic it on it's offspring this proves that griffs do eat thei young. I was just thinking that these guys are just like griffons and grifeenes they hit hard da lots of hp str around 250 all that stuff you know
Anonymous
Well, let's see, after a corpse run to Eastern Karana (stinkin' cyclops), the 19th-level warrior in the group persuaded me (a 17th lvl paladin) and the 23rd level paladin in the group to stick around and hunt, to get his level back after getting killed by the same cyclops. The first two things he pulled were griffawns--first was blue, took me and the warrior down to 1 bub. Second was white, killed the warrior, and then finished me off in short order with numerous double hits for 36, even after a Lay Hands. The level 23 was forced to take off for the border.
The moral of this story seems to be, bring someone to nuke these things, cause they'll shred your melee types, even at substantially higher levels.
The moral of this story seems to be, bring someone to nuke these things, cause they'll shred your melee types, even at substantially higher levels.
Anonymous
The level range on these is from 14 to 18. At level 17 I can kite them easily and I still see a yellow one evern now and then. If you run out of mana on one of these don't even bother trying to melee it. The best thing to do in this situation is to 1.zone or 2.snare, DOT and run in one direction for about 20 seconds sit and med. You will know when he is close by watching the griffawns life meter. When he close stand up and run and med again. When using this technique I always try and dot after medding. This will help keep him from regaining hitpoints while you run him around.
Dollo
Hafling Druid of the 17th Mystic Dawn
Dollo
Hafling Druid of the 17th Mystic Dawn
Anonymous
all these posts say the same stuff! geez people, don't make millions of pointless posts!
shulgarth, all types of griffons KoS you.
shulgarth, all types of griffons KoS you.
Anonymous
I'm a level 13 mage on the rathe server, my 13 necro friend and I have come to NK to hunt and I was wondering if any types of grff's attack you on sight or if they r indifferently, thanks.
Anonymous
Hehe its great to charm these things. I spend a day charming these and killing crag spiders, gorge hounds, and other griffawns. I never had to cast anything but charm. Just make sure you have SoW =O).
Jynks 21st enchanter eci
Jynks 21st enchanter eci
Anonymous
Today i was just sitting in EK, happily practicing my fletching and went afk for a bit. When I return, a fawn had walked through the wall, and beat me soundly about the face and neck. I had just enought time to stumble out the door to a gaurd that did NOTHING!
Soporo-17 rogue/professional beating dummy- In a Rook
Soporo-17 rogue/professional beating dummy- In a Rook
Anonymous
Archery and Rogues don't mix, you should use throwing stuff instead (Rogues can get crits/deadly strikes with shurikens and stuff)
Just a hint
Tober - Level 19 Rogue
Xegony Server
Just a hint
Tober - Level 19 Rogue
Xegony Server
Anonymous
Just another example of how tough these guys are. At level 18 I charmed a griffawn, gave it quickness and used it to kill Broon. :)
Only the highest con griff would even attack Broon though. And I was damn lucky that the charm didn't break on the quickened griff.
Only the highest con griff would even attack Broon though. And I was damn lucky that the charm didn't break on the quickened griff.
Anonymous
I ventured out in to NK around 14 where I found griffawn hunting to be great fun and a good way to make some cash too. The great thing about this is there are a TON of these SOB's in NK and sinse meele classes can't solo them there are always some to kill. Iim a druid and lvled from 14 to 19 ( after that they just arnt worth it and your missing some great EXP and loot in SK!) But I made sure to come back at 22 for Griffenes!
Anonymous
I have had the opportunity to tangle with these critters in the Northern Plains of Karana recently, and I'd like to share my experiences and observations with all of you.
First, let it be known that griffawns are fearsome in combat, averaging 20-36 points of damage per blow. They also double hit, and seldom miss. As if that wasn't bad enough, they are extremely difficult to hit in melee. Consider yourself warned!
On the positive side, my 18th level magician, accompanied by his air elemental pet, can solo blue /con griffawns on a regular basis. Just get the griffawn's attention, send in the pet, drop a fire shield on it, and then nuke the griffawn into oblivion. It resists spells ocassionally, but not enough to cause one great worry. Just be certain to have your back to a guard tower (and make sure the guards are there!) or a zone border in case things go horribly wrong. I didn't take such precautions the first time I fought one of these beasts, and it cost my character his life. Running to the Northern Plains of Karana from Qeynos to retrieve your corpse is NOT fun.
Treasure consists of a mixture of gold, silver, and copper pieces, and ocassionally includes griffon feathers. These feathers are stackable, fetch approximately 6 gold pieces each from a merchant, and are a needed item for the magician Broom of Trilon quest (an air elemental focus item).
First, let it be known that griffawns are fearsome in combat, averaging 20-36 points of damage per blow. They also double hit, and seldom miss. As if that wasn't bad enough, they are extremely difficult to hit in melee. Consider yourself warned!
On the positive side, my 18th level magician, accompanied by his air elemental pet, can solo blue /con griffawns on a regular basis. Just get the griffawn's attention, send in the pet, drop a fire shield on it, and then nuke the griffawn into oblivion. It resists spells ocassionally, but not enough to cause one great worry. Just be certain to have your back to a guard tower (and make sure the guards are there!) or a zone border in case things go horribly wrong. I didn't take such precautions the first time I fought one of these beasts, and it cost my character his life. Running to the Northern Plains of Karana from Qeynos to retrieve your corpse is NOT fun.
Treasure consists of a mixture of gold, silver, and copper pieces, and ocassionally includes griffon feathers. These feathers are stackable, fetch approximately 6 gold pieces each from a merchant, and are a needed item for the magician Broom of Trilon quest (an air elemental focus item).
Anonymous
I was in NK the other nite and killed these babies with my 16th Level mage and earth pet...and not once did my pet die..just sic pet and blast with shock of fire.
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They also drop assorted lower (<1 pp) gems on occassion.
Anonymous
I was just minding my business when a griffawn suddenly attacked me.I thought I could take him but when I saw the damage he did I ran.When my SoW wear off he was still very close.He conned blue to me and I'm 21.I think these Griffawns are more like 13-20.These suckers hit even harder for their lvl then D'Vinn and Dorn if they are indeed 13-16.My advice don't med near one of these when you're OOM :)
Anonymous
Good idea to be a balls-to the wall caster when fighting these suckers
Anonymous
16th mage+brand new yellow water pet+Shield of Fire+Shock of Flame=one dead Fawn. Works on blues and black, haven't tried yellows yet. Mana is down to about 40% and pet is at about 30% health, but you just whacked a black Fawn, got decent coinage, and some Feather. Not bad.
Anonymous
My level 21 Iksar monk soloed a griffawn today...sort of. It did take a Level 13 druid using all his mana on healing me, me using a mend, and surviving with 7hp. :)
Anonymous
Congrats!
My 14 Wizard has solo'd them too. Mind you I need a 14 druid who helped with a sow.
;)
My 14 Wizard has solo'd them too. Mind you I need a 14 druid who helped with a sow.
;)
Anonymous
As a lvl 18 bard I am practicing on these so I'll be ready for Griffiens in another 5 levels. They are surprisingly slow for a winged creature. Twisting selos without a drum I kept having to wait to keep it in Belo range. Plenty of druids around just pay for SOW you dont have to use Selos. Then you can twist denons and belo for more damage. Alternate between melee and running with belo and heal song to finish it off more quickly.
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