Eldrig the Old  

Killed around the lava pools until the PH spawned.

This was the rotation that I had:
550, -4085, -159 - a Wyvern
1770, -3850, -167- a Wyvern
1770, -3850, -167 - a mature wurm
550, -4085, -159 - Eldrig the Old

Eldrig the Old dropped the guts and nothing else today

Thanks to all the others that posted some tips. I decided to try to narrow down some of the details, so I focused on Btil's known pathing points and noted them on my map. I parked myself at the NW location of +5260 / +1645 for over an hour and did not see a single mob path by or even near. At most there were 5-6 mobs on tracking, too far away to path nearby.

So, I scrapped that idea and just went to the other two locations mentioned (+1290 / +355, +816 / +171) and drew a small triangle there on my map. Basically, this is the NE "corner" of the giant lava lake in the center of the zone. I killed anything/everything there while I had a druid parked at both of the known spawn points. Killing at this location got the PH to pop at the southern spawn point (+570 / -4020) closest to the OT zone line.

I then started to kill the PHs and stayed there, while watching the other spawn spot. Nothing ever spawned there (I continued to kill anything around the NE lake area just in case). After 3 PHs (a wurm, a mature wyvern, and a bottomless feeder), Eldrig spawned. I followed him for a bit to see his path, but ended up getting aggro and killing him. He made a direct path towards OT, eventually getting fairly high on the wall. He dropped the guts as expected.

Additional info:

I decided to map out the southern spawn's path. I noted some points where they stop and change direction, each time pausing for about 45-60 seconds. Unfortunately at one point I crossed paths with another mature wurm (my PH) so I think I lost track, but up to that point, here's what I can confirm:

@ +570, -4020 PH spawns and turns toward OT zone. Makes an almost straight line and halts at bottom of OT ramp
@ OT ramp, he turns west and makes a straight line to an interesting coordinate
@ 0, +2245 he stops for about 45 seconds before turning NE
@ +730, +250 he seems to cross this point twice - once going NE coming out of the lava lake, and then returning to it a few minutes later after making a triangle path through the aforementioned points from Btil ( +1290 / +355, +816 / +171 roughly)

It's after this that I lost track while taking notes. It took about 15 minutes for him to get from his starting point, to NE corner of the lava lake, where I had been killing earlier.

So, between the known killing areas south and NE of the big lava lake, the two known spawns path through each area respectively but not likely through each others. While the southern guy did enter the lake at the south shore, he didn't go beyond it (entered the lake around -311, +524). It may also make sense just to stand at 0, +2245 and wait for something to pause there.

Good Luck!


Edited, Aug 30th 2019 1:03pm by SubEffect

For anyone wondering if Eldrig can spawn in a dz, I can confirm that yes he can. I got him today on Agnarr after a few weeks of pulling dzs. He spawned at the northern most spawn point of the two listed below. For anyone who wants to get him this way, spam “ready” at the AoC so you can get in the second the dz is available. Eldrig or his ph will idle at the two spawn points for only about 30 seconds before they wander off. If you have patience to pull dzs every three days and not do the needle in a haystack ow hunt, I recommend this method.

All the information is great here. I got him at the 550 -4000 spawn location

I highsun songed mobs until the ph popped there. I found the PH just south of the giant lava lake in middle of zone, just west of the lava river that comes out of the south side of the lava lake.

PHs:
a wyvern
a mature wurm
a wyvern
a mature wurm
a skyash drake
a wyvern
a wyvern
a wyvern
a chromodrac
Eldrig The Old

55 necro helped me 59 bard kill him, it was kind of rough barely victorious. I suggest a shaman and necro for safety in killing him.

Here is my experience of the past few days.

First off, I parked a character at both the spawn locations listed above. I had my ranger kill every skyash drake he could find. - Nothing ever repopped.
Next, I tried killing everything in the area just west of the spawns - Nothing.

Today, I did the trick of using Highsun with my bard. - After Highsun'ing probably 30-40 mobs, I got one to warp back to its spawn location around 587, -4008. It was a skycinder drake.

Every 10-11 minutes, another one would pop at this location. Here is the mob list I went through.
a skycinder drake (the one I warped back)
a wyvern
a bottomless gnawer
a skycinder drake
a mature wurm
a skycinder drake
a mature wurm
a chromodrac
a mature wurm
a wurm
a chromodrac
Eldrig the Old (only dropped the guts for me)

So, the placeholder could be pretty much any mob in the zone. It's all a matter of luck to find the right one.




Edited, Sep 14th 2017 1:31am by GamerGramps

Edited, Sep 16th 2017 10:36am by GamerGramps

I parked some box characters at loc +570, -4020 (north of the OT ramp), then went around with another character mass-killing mobs primarily in the Eastern and Southern part of the zone until "a chromadrac" popped at the camp. You can also do the Highsun (Bard song that force-Gates a mob) method, but due to its low range, and particular my Bard's low Wind skill, it was easier for me to run around sniping mobs with my high-level Ranger instead. I dare say the latter method is really the easiest. Almost all mobs in Skyfire are KoS and will attack even a level 100 character, so your characters at the camp will get aggro. Just remove all damage shields so you don't accidentially kill and poof the corpse while you're running around sniping.

For statistical purposes, I stayed there for a while, here is the data:

PH respawn time: 10 min 40 secs
Total mobs: 68
Total Eldrig spawns: 5
The Gut is a 100% drop rate

So like many other Bards before me, I decided to finally try and get my 1.0 epic, because I wanna own one for collection.

One thing to note, this can be pretty frustrating to do solo, so my advice is either do with a box or a friend. What you want to do is have the box/friend to camp right at the bottom ramp of the OT zone tunnel, while the bard go around with Song of Highsun memmed. Initially I was running around like a headless chicken randomly Highsunning mobs. Just when I was about to give up, one of the posters here below mentioned something about pathing (thank you, you saved my life).

So I did abit more searching around and figured out a way to do it. I had the bard camp around loc -500, -1900. What I did was basically just Highsunning everything that came along close to this spot, because word has it that this spot is part of the path of Eldrig/PH. Your friend/box basically just needs to keep a close eye on anything that jumps on him/her. Because nothing passes by that OT ramp spot except for Eldrig/PH. However when you encounter the mob there, don't kill it right away.

Instead, have your Bard quickly load Selo's and run back to the OT ramp and then, open your Tracking skill and get the mob in your tracks. Once done, use Highsun on it and follow it back to its spawn point via track. When you run into it, keep repeating Highsun until you can physically see it spawning at its spawn point. Then take down the mob and voila, you're on your way to camping Eldrig for the rest of the day. I believe the previous posters have mentioned that there's two possible spawn points, but just getting one of the PH should suffice.

Anyway, here's a picture of Eldrig spawning at one of the confirmed spawn points:

Eldrig the Old Spawn Points

Enjoy camping!

Edited, Jun 26th 2016 5:26pm by feralist87

Previous posters really had this down. Set a char at the +1770, -3850 spawn point, and wander around the rest of the zone killing or Highsun'ing everything you come across. As soon as you see a mob at that spawn point, kill it and then sit back and roast marshmallows. I got very lucky, Eldrig spawned on the next pop at that spot after I dropped the PH. Good luck.

Ok for about a week I tried to spawn this place holder. I killed everything in the graveyard, by the volcano where Talondor spawns at the volcano. Spawned him by accident and quickly learned about him.Did get him to 21% health though with my group but his fear created alot of adds that ended us.

Killed everything by the spires south of the Overthere zone. Killed the whole eastern map.

Finally in the trench that runs to the north along the eastern wall from the Overthere zone all the way north to where the trench ends and a bunch of random tall rocks begin, I found his placeholder. There was a wurm in that area and I knew I had not seen any other mobs in the eastern trench area in the past. They were all much further west. No mobs ever walk that trench.So I killed him and began to camp/track within that area.

Go to loc 1893, -3592 and head a (2-3 seconds) selo paces north of that and face south.His place holder should spawn in front of you. I counted an 11 minute spawn cycle. If nothing spawns there then you have to kill the placeholder somewhere in the zone as the guide mentions. The placeholder could be some kind of drake, a chomodrake, or a wyvern, or wurm from what I saw spawn. Didnt think it was correct because it was further north than most guides say and the spawn cycle was shorter than 13 seconds (11 seconds), but most guides are outdated and I stuck with it. Within an hour of camping and killing placeholders Eldrig spawned. I noticed the placeholders just sit there for awhile after they spawn. I didnt wait for them to start roaming but attacked after a few seconds of spawning

When I first started camping a 63 Bard came whizzing by me and I asked if she was looking for Eldrig. She answered in the affirmative and I told her I found the placeholder and I would hold the spot for her after I got Eldrig. About an hour later I looted and showed her the spot and direction to face. About an hour later she was thinking about logging on to an alt but Eldrig popped and she got him also.

Zastava 53 Bard The Rathe - Prexus

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Parked 2 toons with tank mercs at the 2 spots.

Ran the bard over to the graveyard (dragon skeleton) and high sunned every mob from there to the wiz portal. Any mob that remained on my agro list was tracked and killed. Eventually I high sunned the correct 2 mobs to the spawn points where my toons killed. While the bard was killing everything from Veeshans peak to the wiz portal, he spawned after only 2 ph's at the 560, -3840 location. After looting it and moving the bard to Burning Woods he popped in the other location after 3 ph's.

Location 1770, -3850, -167 , which is the north of the 2 is where I got him to spawn. It seems from the info here, that he can spawn in either spot. The trick is to camp something on each spot, until you finally kill the one that respawns on your spot. I had a chromadrac spawn on first respawn, and I waited until respawn to note what spawned, and it was .. a mature wurm. Once you have at least one spot, you can just kill that spot. The spawn after the initial respawn was Eldrig for me, but it did take me an hour and half to bard track the area and pull. Im thinking that the spawn doesn't path all around the zone possibly, but stays relatively on east/northeast side of zone.

Edited, Jun 16th 2014 2:01pm by Kylwen