Paw of Opolla  

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Level:24
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Quest
Quest Goal:
  • Loot
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Era:Original
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Group Size:Solo
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:1
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Entered: Tue Dec 5 20:40:17 2000
Modified: Thu Mar 14 20:36:11 2024
In the Fish Ale pub in South Qeynos there is a man named Micc Koter standing at the bar. His companion (whose name I forget) will occasionally mumble about someone "foolish going after the Paw of Opolla". When you ask the companion about it, he tells you to mind your own business, but Micc will tell him to behave. Ask Micc about the Paw of Opolla and he will tell you it is a magical item and it belongs to "some gnoll bitch". He will offer to tell you where to find it if you buy him a brandy. I had to buy 2 to get him to talk. He then says that someone calling himself Caninel went to find it in the Plains of Karana.

Caninel is located in West Karana, along with two named gnolls, along the mountains near the border with North Karana. When you talk to Caninel, he will demand 3 gems (a Moonstone, a Bloodstone, and a Star Rose Quartz) before telling you about the Paw of Opolla. He will then tell you about how when the humans from Everfrost first met the Blackburrow Gnolls, the Shaman Opolla greeted them warmly and had her hand cut off by Gynok Moltor. She placed a curse upon the Moltor descendants, the last of which can be found in under Qeynos. He tells you to ask him about the paw and also about the rings on the paw.

When you find him (Vin Moltor), he will demand 3 Bottle of Kalish and a Rat Ear Pie for the paw. He will deny any knowledge of the rings and say that his father probably sold them, mentioning his father's travels in Odus. You can get the pie through a quest in Qeynos Hills, or you can kill him to get the Severed Paw. This is not the actual item, since it seems it is the rings that activate its magic.

There are four rings that need to be put in the paw container and combined to get the true paw: Platinum Ring, Gold Ring, Silver Ring and Copper Ring. Look for rings with a XXX: +1 CHA: -1 stat.



All four rings are known to drop from a mummy named Gynok Moltor in Befallen.

The Copper, Silver, and Gold Rings can be obtained through the Shiny Rings quest in Toxxulia Forest which involves camping a fungus mutant in Upper Guk.

The Silver Ring also appears in the lake in Blackburrow.

Need all dialogues, /loc of quest mobs, missing quest items, faction hits if any, any other missing information.

Reward:
Paw of Opolla
Submitted by: Esmeraude and Herky
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wheres the vin
# Jun 03 2001 at 4:08 AM Rating: Default
i have all the rings for the quest now all i need is to find vin moltar and snuff him but i cant seem to find him or anyone that knows where he spawns if anyone can help please do
RE: wheres the vin
# Jun 06 2001 at 3:41 AM Rating: Default
hey Vin is in Qeynos Catacombs you have to walk through a hidden wall ... watch out for the necros and Spectres down ther... i found him with in 3 minutes of being in the place he is also a roaming spawn.... there you go
Ask Rogues
# Jun 02 2001 at 4:12 AM Rating: Default
Been working on lock picking with my 39th rogue. I am killing maybe 1 mob (who wonders though the door, interrupting my perfecting Lockpicking) ever spawn cycle.

I have seen this guy 3 times so far. 2 plat rings and 1 gokd. It is nice.
3/4s
# May 29 2001 at 8:10 PM Rating: Decent
i have recently camped gynok for the 2nd time and my friends have done it many and as far as we can tell no phs on the first floor pop him but all the creatures that scream somethign about suffering that pop at entrance are his phs it seems that after 3 of these gynok spawns thats my 3/4s theory and on the 4th time he has always ahd the plat ring

so to put it simply seems that you have to kill 3 thing that scream of suffering and he will be the 4th to pop and have the plat ring from 2 of my experiences and many of my 3 friends
hope this helps some of you

34 shaman Sol Ro
plat ring in 3 hours and 30 mins
Even more dumb luck..
# May 27 2001 at 11:01 AM Rating: Decent
Tee-hee, it happened again! I ran in to buff my low level guildies who were hunting inside, and he popped a few minutes after I'd zoned in. Another plat ring! Being lore, I had to log in my alt to loot it... but hey.

It's the gold one that's causing the most trouble for me too, as most people here have stated. I've given up on getting it in Guk. The fungus room is just not okay for a soloing shaman who is leery of dungeon zones to begin with.

So I'm going to sit in Befallen until it drops. Befallen is one of my favourite zones - I like the quiet and the lack of stupid people shouting moronic things through /ooc.

If you're on Brell and want to save yourself the camp for the plat ring, I'll sell one of mine. Open to trades too. (Mostly cleric gear, including a NS wreath. Or some small crafted pieces.)

Coquetta Wanton - Hellfire's Crew
Brell Serilis
37 Barb Shaman
I got extremely lucky
# May 26 2001 at 1:48 PM Rating: Default
I started camping for Gynok in Befallen at 2pm, and at 8pm he popped. Being a cleric, he wasn't hard at all. The undead DD made quick work of him. To my surprise, he had the Gold Ring! There were 2 of my guildmates in befallen at the time, a 40 rogue and a 9 druid. After I got the gold ring, I decided to go buff my lvl 9 druid friend in another room in Befallen. While I was with him, Gynok popped AGAIN, the spawn immeidately after the first one. My guildmate (the lvl 40 rogue) killed him, and he had the plat ring. He gave it to me, so I got both gold and plat rings within 20 minutes of each other. I consider myself very lucky...
I finished the quest later that night, after getting a bracket mildew from a 56 Necro camping the Fungus Mutant in Upper Guk. Turned it in for the copper ring, combined them all, and got the Paw. I finished the entire quest in 2 days. You could probably guess how excited I am :)

25 Cleric
More dumb luck...
# May 25 2001 at 11:56 PM Rating: Decent
Funny story.

(Actually, if it happened to anyone else besides me I'd be pissed off, and jealous. But it's funny to me.)

So, I'm sitting in Befallen, camped out facing the corner where Gynok & his little PH buddies spawn. I've got a pet up, just because it's so much easier to just let my pet eat the greenie mobs instead of getting up. And PH after PH after PH after PH after.. well, you get the idea, spawns.

Then a monk stuck on the 3rd floor asks for help in /ooc - he can't find the keys to get up. So I decide to leave my camp to help him out, end up falling for the hole-in-the-floor trick while getting the 2nd floor key. We try, unsuccessfully for awhile to get the key for him, and then decide that I'll just buff him and watch his back for a while while he fights and we wait for an SK to spawn.

And then, while the monk is beating down the elf skellie, who should wander in but lovely Gynok himself! Root, nuke, nuke and he's down. And he's carrying the platinum ring! What are the odds?

Someone mentioned something here about dumb luck. I'd say that's what this was. And I'm not about to complain.

Coquetta Wanton - Hellfire's Crew
Brell Serilis
37 Barb Shaman
Camping
# May 25 2001 at 12:44 AM Rating: Default
Ok, I didn't camp too long for the plat ring. Maybe 1 hour at the most. From what I've read that makes me lucky. It's the gold ring no drop item that's giving me the problems here.. I've camped the fungus mutant in upper guk for about 3 hours now and he only gave me the no drop for the bronze ring.. 16 minutes spawn time absolutely stink!!


Gmonie Lev40 Cleric
Tholuxe Paells
RE: Camping
# Jun 10 2001 at 4:23 AM Rating: Default
Keep in mind, Dylinn ALWAYS has the page you need.
The Fungus mutant NEVER has the Degenerated Weed.
I took over a camp for guy who went to bed. He camped for 9 hours, no weed. I camped for 7 hours, 2 mildew (copper ring) and still no weed. It has to come up eventually.....
RE: Camping
# Jun 06 2001 at 11:57 AM Rating: Default
16 minutes????? you are whining about that, what about the 6 hour 55 minute spawn for Dyllin Starshine who give you the page for the greatest book in the world of Norrath. (At least that I know of now)
RE: Camping
# May 25 2001 at 1:08 AM Rating: Default
Get a grip. 16min is a sweet spawn time esp when compared to say Babbinsbort in beffalen for the Cleric gauntlets who is on a 4 hour, or Trazdon in Najena for the crafted greaves who is on a 20 min with a magician placeholder poping instead about 3 out of 4 times.
16 Miniutes isnt bad at all
#Anonymous, Posted: May 22 2001 at 4:56 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) WTF is with that 11 druid who supposedly killed gynok and got the plat ring?
FACTS on Gynok
# May 21 2001 at 7:34 PM Rating: Decent
Well I have camped Gynok a couple of times for friends and it took me aboout 8 hours or so.. The other day I did if for myself it took me 30 1/2 hours of straight camping to get him to pop. I petittioned a couple times because of the time it was taking. Finally one of the Guides told me contrary to the rumors behind Gynok he is a random spawn. So I stopped clearing the first floor and he popped after about 6 hours. Just got unlucky and had a long wait. Good Luck to everyone on this quest it is long but I do think the paw is worth it
#Anonymous, Posted: May 21 2001 at 2:01 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I was ready to sell my rings cuz of this annoyance of gynok. I bound myself in Befallen just because. I gated in late Sunday night and went over to kill the first skeleton and gynok appeared. Zone was empty, nothing had been killed. Just accept that it's a random (R A N D O M) spawn with no triggers, etc. A random timer is very easy for programmers to make, they just put a minimum amount in (like 6-72 hours...).
#Anonymous, Posted: Jun 23 2001 at 10:15 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) /flame on
#Anonymous, Posted: May 21 2001 at 2:05 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Oh, sorry. I have the complete paw.
Gynok Spawn.
# May 21 2001 at 11:22 AM Rating: Decent
I camped Gynok this weekend for a total of about 8 hours. The person that was there before me, gave me the camp and right after he left there was Gynok. I am a level 30 druid so killing Gynok was very easy for me to do. But he dropped the Copper ring, not the Plat. I camped another 4 hours that night and did not see him again. The next day I went to camp him again and there was someone else camping him. I told her that I read somewhere that if you kill all the mobs around the first floor that helps his spawn rate. Sure enough, next time up he popped and she got the Plat. ring.

I took the camp then. I invited some friends over to clear the first floor for me to try my theory again. Took them some time to get there. Then when they got there they were not too interested in keeping the first floor clear they went right to the heart of the dungeon. SO after about and hour and a half I went out and again cleaned up the entire floor. (And hoped no one would come along to claim my camp). Now, when I say clear the first floor. This is what I mean. There are four doors off the main room just inside where you enter. You can open three of these doors. The fourth one is locked and you need a key. (Or a locksmith.) Just kill all the skele's and rats in the main area, then go through the doors that WILL open and kill EVERYTHING behind those doors. Dont worry about what is behind the locked door. I went to all the rooms again a few times to make sure no new mobs spawned. IF they did, I just killed them too.

After clearing the entire floor, i went back to my spot to wait and "BOOM" there was Gynok, the next spawn. Killed him again and claimed my Plat. I am not sure that this is a surefire way to get Gynok to spawn. THis is just what worked for me. Now I am off to kill fungus boy. Wish me luck.


Querkus Warhawk
Druid of the 31st Ring
Morell-Thule Server
#REDACTED, Posted: May 20 2001 at 8:50 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) heh i zoned in ran to go camp him and guess what? he was there! no long camp for me!! hehe suckers
RE: suckers
# May 23 2001 at 12:35 PM Rating: Decent
Interesting as there is no 'run to go camp him' from the zone.....and also i would LOVE to watch you take out a similar level creature at 11 ;)
Gynok
# May 20 2001 at 4:00 AM Rating: Default
This quest took me a day to complete. The longest part was camping Gynok. I waiting 11 hours for that sucker to pop up. I don't know if storming off on a rampage killing everything on the first floor had anything to do with it, but he spawned after that. Good luck to everyone who does this, and I hope you don't have to wait as long as me.

Seryne Cahotage
45th Cleric of Rodcet Nife
Zizzer, Tunare server
Getting the Guk Weed
# May 18 2001 at 7:44 AM Rating: Default
My friend told me that he camped the Mutant 3 times and said that each time he camped it he got the guk weed at 9:11 pm pst. So when I camped it at 9:11pm pst. The Mutant dropped the Guk Weed.
Vin spawn
# May 16 2001 at 2:13 AM Rating: Decent
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How often does Vin spawn? I waited to camp Gynok (he popped 8 hrs, 15 minutes after someone else killed him) and got the ring luckily; spent 6 hours killing that damn mutant (dropped 3 mildews and 1 weed) and am currently residing in the Catacombs of Qeynos waiting to kill this sob. Does anyone know how long it takes Vin to spawn and would killing the beggars help 'pop' him?
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Brakiss Dooku (retired)
Archon of Vazaelle
<Walkers>
Adalric Brandl <Walkers>
Deathspeaker of Innoruuk


help!?
# May 15 2001 at 7:56 PM Rating: Default
ahhh!!! So many people filling my head with lies. Is there a princess mitty in karra isle that dtops the gold ring. Plz tell me i need to know!
=(
RE: help!?
# May 16 2001 at 2:18 AM Rating: Decent
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Princess Mitty used to drop a couple rings but that was patched. You unfortunately have to camp that piece o &*$@ fungus mutant in guk top to get degenerated guk weed (for gold ring) and bracket mildew (copper). Turn those in along with faerix spores (if you don't already have the silver ring from bb) to Melixis in Kerra Isle. She'll give you rings for those items.
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Brakiss Dooku (retired)
Archon of Vazaelle
<Walkers>
Adalric Brandl <Walkers>
Deathspeaker of Innoruuk


#Anonymous, Posted: May 15 2001 at 3:55 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) WILL PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, AND PLATINUM RINGS! i'M ON THE QUELLIOUS SERVER SO E-MAIL ME AT gizamon33@hotmail.com TO DISCUSS PRICES.
can i do this?
# May 15 2001 at 10:16 AM Rating: Decent
i have quite a bit of money can i buy the components?
curious
# May 09 2001 at 3:39 AM Rating: Default
who are the mummys ph?
I'm going insane...
# May 02 2001 at 9:14 PM Rating: Excellent
23 posts
I've camped the fungus mutant for 14 hours total now and I've seen plenty of mildew drop, but no Guk Weed! This is crazy. We got the platinum ring in about 5 minutes. Am I just paying for the ease of geting my platinum ring? I'm going to go mad! *sighs*
Interesting..
# May 01 2001 at 11:08 AM Rating: Decent
Hmm was reading all the posts and wondered how I got the plat ring so easily..I remember now that I was bored and killed the place holders and then went to other rooms to kill a few more..came back to entrance and spawned on me. Got Plat Ring. Hmm. Maybe instead of camping Guk for Gold Ring, I should do it here. Cause that Degenerated Weed is nowhere to be found (Innourk)
RE: Interesting..
# May 19 2001 at 12:03 AM Rating: Default
can you tell me what you were killing? I just spent 2 days on him, 6 hours one day and 9.5 the other, and no spawns
Check this out :-(
# Apr 24 2001 at 1:05 PM Rating: Decent
I'm working on the paw quest. I usually port to WC and check out Befallen to see if it's camped for the Plat ring. Usually it is. If not I stick around for 30 min to an hour hoping for Gynok to spawn. Well recently I met someone who camped him for 16 hours over a two day period without a single spawn!! This guy petitioned a GM to ask if it was broken. The GM said no. The guy camped a third day for 4 more hours and no spawn. He petitioned again. This time the GM told him there were 4 place holders on the first floor you must kill for Gynok to spawn not just two by the entrace. So this guy buffs and heals some newbies and they keep the first floor clear. Sure enough Gynok spawns and he gets the ring. Super I say. I go the following day and as usual the ring is camped. I tell the guy camping him about the 4 place holders. I figure the faster he gets the ring the sooner I can get the camp. I proceed to clear the floor for him while he waits by the door. Again I want the camp :-). Sure enough within 20 minutes Gynok spawns YEAH!! Well this guy (lvl 30 druid I think) shouts Forgot to mem my spells help!! He then shouts don't kill him, zoning to mem spells and he zones out. Ok I think and I continue smashing skellies and rats (I was bored). Then Gynok comes after me!! I did not go for him. I have my spells mem'd and proceed to kill him. He took half my HP's and did not have the plat ring. In fact he had NO RING :-(, just a couple of plat, rusty weapon, and cloth armor. Well the druid zoned back and shouts who killed him. Someone told him I did. The guy demands I give him the plat ring it's a guaranteed drop!! First off it's not a sure drop as I did not get it. Second why the hell should he think he has a right to the ring. He is the one who did not have the proper spells memed and zoned. It's not like he was fighting it and I came up and stole the kill by outdamaging him. He zoned and I was attacked. I just want others opinion. If the plat ring had droped would you have given it to him?? Would you have even killed Gynok?? Maybe I should have zoned?? Anyway, I was pissed at the guy so I left him to clear the floor for himself. He got some newbs and healed & buffed them while they cleared the first floor. Sure enough within 20 minutes Gynok spawns, he gets the kill and plat ring. I know this cause he kept pestering me via tell as to weather I really did not get the ring and told me when Gynok respawned. I congradulate him and say I'm on may way there for the camp. He then says sorry, its taken and informs me he's heading to EC to auction the ring for 1k plats but would gladly sell it to me!! AAAARRRRGGGHHHHH!!! Here I actually congradulated a damn farmer!! I came back to Befallen anyway. There were in fact two people there for Gynok. They did not stay very long though and after about an hour of camping I got Gynok to spawn and he had the plat ring this time. Now I just need to camp guk for the Copper & gold ring components :-(. To bad the stupid greenies in that Mutant room want to agro me!! Guess I will need some guild help there. Wish me luck!!
RE: Check this out :-(
# May 21 2001 at 3:38 AM Rating: Decent
I think you did it just right. It was his own ignorance causing him to zone so the spawn is then up for grabs. No I wouldn't have given him the ring if I had gotten it and would have had plenty to say to him if he tried taking out his frustrations on me. Congrats you got it yourself.
Gynok Moltor
# Apr 22 2001 at 10:59 AM Rating: Default
Camped Gynok for 14 hours yesterday. He dropped the gold and copper ring =P no platinum, so I guess I have to sit there some more, at least I don't have to camp the Fungus Mutant =). Just my 2cp.

Vitolos
30th Cleric of Darkholme
Saryrn
Gold Ring Help
# Apr 16 2001 at 5:22 PM Rating: Decent
I have been trying to get the gold ring for this quest forever and a day. I dont get to sit in game for vey long when I manage to get in and everytime I try to take fungus room alone I die.
I cant seem to find help to do this and when I have I never get to stay longer than a few spawns, during which he never drops the guk weed.
I am a lvl 30 Druid on the 7TH hammer server so if anyone can help send me a tell.

Dalinor
30th season Druid of Tunare
Paw was worth It!
# Apr 16 2001 at 1:21 PM Rating: Default
As of April 15, 2001 my level 30 druid finally got his Paw. Hey guys, this is a slow quest, but a great way to get to know ppl. I reccomend bringing along guild buddies. Skip all the stupid details, go camp Fungus for the copper (bracket mildew) and for the gold (degenerated weed)... pick up the silver in the blackburrow lake, and then go check on gynok moltar every time your in West commons...just hit up befallen. I know he is rare, but one day you will get lucky! Hey, i am on the Brell serellis server (Aenuvian), if you want help, just send a tell! This shot my wisdom up to 182!! Major Uber combo when you have the easy to attain "Testament of Venier" . Dont lose hope! This item was well worth it. P.s. i recommend doing this at level 28 and taking a level 35 warrior because he can go pull froglock warriors in UGUK for you and you can get great EXP while you wait for FUngus to drop. GOOD LUCK
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