Redwind  

A ranger returned to the glade to earn my ivy etched armor.
He is in the big pavilion on the eastern side of the rivers.
He was always up for me and I spent lots of time there hunting mammoths.
You can use harmony to pull just him, though once I did have a second orc join in.
Hunting mammoths with Panic Animal is also a safe way to level and earn money.
I kept the tusks in a sewing kit as it fits Giant sized items.

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38 HIE Mage and pet can solo whole lot before I have to sit, med and heal pet. Too easy. Light Blues and Greens.

Stumbled on these guys yesterday with my 40 Paladin, and they aggroed. Redwind HT of course, which took a bit of health from me (scared me for a sec until I realized he was SK). I then proceeded to destroy Redwind fairly quickly. His pet went next, in about 2 hits. Then I took on the Icy Orcs. I couldn't tell exactly which were spellcasters and which were melee at first, so I just started going at it. The casters will cast numerous times on you, and they cast dispells, malaise, and a few other things. The dispells were the biggest nuisance. Anyways, I killed them all for aggroing me, but they did get me down to about 2 bubs of health. Didn't get much cash though, and Rune of Ivy did drop, for anyone that needed it. BTW, Redwind was light blue, rest were green.

.. and he didnt even take 200hp from me. didnt cast anything, and the pet went down in 15 secs. i was expecting him to cast a lot, but nothing. good for me :)

the other day me(31 monk) and my friend(27 druid) were camped here killin em all. just harmony the others and take em out 1 at a time. after that kill em as they pop. piece of cake. oh ya and by the way that rune of ivy drops more like 75% of the time.

Currently I am a 31 ranger, so I need his drop for the Ivy armor quest. However, he still is red to me! This site is guesstimating him at 27, but I think that is off a little bit.

In addition to the Rune of Ivy, Redwind once dropped a "Goblin Ice Necklace". I've searched but am unable to find this item on Allakhazam, and I'm wondering what it's for. It has a 1 copper value to merchants.

Redwind is a shadow knight. He opens the fight with a 271 hp harm touch, which he can do from a distance by the way. As a shadow knight, Redwind's skeletal pet was a twit, unlike a necro's pet which tends to be closer in level to its master. He will cast clinging darkness to snare you, so if you're counting on SoW for your escape, you have been warned.

As a side note, I've never messed with him until I was 41. At that level he was single-pulled from a distance with a stun spell. The other orcs didn't aggro during the distance-pull at level 41. I killed him twice and he dropped the Rune of Ivy both times.

Edited, Wed May 29 18:50:17 2002

hey,

whilst i was going through everfrost killing wolly mamms, i saw this guy, but he was undead to me, and i just looked at the picture then on this site and he is an orc??

anyways.,,, just wanted to kniow if he spawns as a skellie much because if so, he will be alot easier for me to kill due to me being a pally :)


Suspiria 33 pally

can you believe that killed this guy three times and didnt get the damn rune i should have got.People told me i was supposed to get the rune 95 percent or the time thats bull and i almost died wail doing it what a waste of time goddamn it.

Redwind from a Ranger point of view:
Since Redwind drops the rune of Ivy which is needed for Rangers to get Ivy Bracers,
you will see mostly Rangers camping Redwind.

<Ranger with a Healer (Druid, Shaman, Cleric, Paladin)>
When this camp is full you have 4 Icey Orcs, 2 of which are spellcasters, Redwind,
who is also a spellcaster, and his Pet. You don't want to pull all of them at once
unless you really need the excitement since we Rangers do not have a charm or Mez spell.
So you can harmony all of them by walking up the ramp and take about 3 steps toward them
without aggro-ing them. I moved to the front left and front right hand corners of the platform
and edged forward to harmony the orcs in the back row. Once they are all harmonied (except Redwind)
I cast a root and a DOT on redwind, his pet will attack. You will get hit for 270 pts
of damage (harm touch, I believe). His pet is a wimp, so he will drop fast. If you have
a healer with you, now is the time to heal. When the root breaks, Redwind will run down the
ramp and attack. He will also cast spells on you while rooted, but if you have endure
magic, you should be ok. Redwind will only cast the 270 harm touch once, so you should be
ok to drop him. Now he drops the Rune of Ivy 95% of the time. If he drops it. you are done.
If not, then you will have to pull each orc one by one until the platform is cleared. They are much
easier than Redwind, but can hold their own, so don't double up unless you are sure. Med up
and now you can pull Redwind without casting Harmonies. Also it should be noted, that sometimes
he spawns without his pet. I think this happens once you break the camp. If you get into
trouble, root and run directy WEST. The terrain and sow will allow you to make it to the guards.

<Ranger with no healer, but with a partner with at least 400 hit points>
Ok, So you need the rune and feel you can solo Redwind, but you don't have Harmony. First
of all, have a partner sowed. 2nd, target Redwind. Have your partner attack Redwind via a
range weapon or range spell. He will take the 270 points of damage and then draw every orc
including Redwind on him. Once he takes the hit, You root Redwind, and your partner runs to the
guards WEST. Once you root Redwind, you might get the pet on you, but you can take him easy.
If you have a DOT, cast that on the rooted Redwind. Once the root breaks, kill Redwind and get
the rune. Your partner must go slow at first to keep the orcs on his tail, if he outdistances
them too much, they will return to the ramp. Just to be safe, make sure that you pull Redwind
away from the ramp, in case the orcs return.

Ranger solo. If you are a lvl 32 or higher ranger, you should be able to solo Redwind by
taking the initial hit and making sure all Icey orcs are harmonied. If you get into trouble
you can always run to the guards West, since you have sow. I did all of these methods as
a lvl 36 Ranger and my healer was a 34 paladin and another time as a 35 Druid. Good luck, any
specific questions can be emailed to Regnart_EQ@yahoo.com

Redwind gotta pet i went to the stone giant statue cliked around awhile and it said "redwind pet"

I a 26 warrior with a 27 shammy and a 29 ranger took him out very easily.Ranger Harmonized Orcs I walked up pulled bow He hit me for 230 points with the Harm Touch.Then we tore him and his pet to bits in about 30 seconds .The harm touch is nothing when he doesn't get to hit you for anything more than that.