I like doing quests like these, especially ones that are out of date and in fun zones for lower levels (I also torture myself with unsolved quests) lol. This is the second time I have done this quest (both on Bards and had to faction up afterwards).
a Broken Skull Dock guardian (Troll)
The lowest level and easiest mobs to kill are "a Broken Skull Dock guardian," however, this time around I realized that they are rarer to see because they actually have two placeholders, and they are the only 3 mobs that will roam around the Tavern and Fish house. The others static spawns that are in place (even Trolls) are not placeholders. If you get stuck not seeing any Broken Skull Dock guardian's spawning, the placeholders are likely roaming around. The placeholders are:
1. "a dock guardian" (Iksar PH)
2. "a dock patrolman" (Ogre PH)
There are also 2 "a Broken Skull Dock guardian" mobs that spawn elsewhere. One is inside the warehouse roaming underneath the ladder platform, and the other is outside of the warehouse east roaming toward the ship. Both can be a placeholder spawn as well.
a Windscorn Buccaneer (Iksar)
All static spawns on the northern most ship, with another static spawn on the dock leading to the ship itself. They are all Iksars, and the highest was level 50. This can be hard to manage simply because of the higher level and the additional mobs around that can add.
an emissary of hate (Luggald)
Very prevalent in the caves through the invisible tunnel entrance and continuing straight over the bridge. They are lower level in the 40's; the highest I saw was level 46.
an emissary of suffering (Luggald)
These are also in the caves, but there are only 5 static static spawn points, with 1 obvious roamer you will always see frequently with the others. The first 4 and the 1 obvious roamer are when you take the right turn in the middle of the bridge (the only turn). You will see them quickly at the top of a staircase that leads down to other emissary-type mobs. After the initial 5 that are obvious encounters, there is 1 more. There are 2 rectangular rooms below the staircase, the second of which has a pool of water in the middle of it. The final emissary of suffering is a static spawn in the middle of the pool, but you will need to pull him out of the water to kill him. Otherwise you can stay away from him and stick to the 4 and the 1 roamer back at the stairs.
I hope this helps,
Cheers!
Edited, Jan 23rd 2024 9:19am by Ersatz