West Karana

Want to see a patch of WK you've never before seen? Head towards Qeynos Hills, and just before you zone turn right (north) and climb the zone wall. You'll find a spot where you can go up and over, falling for about 600 of non-melee. Do a /loc and you'll see you're at -128. BTW, if you're not a porter you're now really, really stuck. A guild member was running on autopilot to QH tonight and ran through the hole but didn't know it until he came back from AFK. I showed up but from above, on normal zone ground, I couldn't port him out, even when I picked the lowest spot in the zone and he was directly under. The only thing that worked was me seeking out the hole and falling in with him, then porting us both.

Have you guys seen these humans standing somwhere? their names are !!!!! and they do not drop anything i don't know about experience tho, and has anyone seen like a mob i the karanas that sorta looks like pegasus? I might be seeing things but i saw it before on a cr.

Does anyone know if these mobs still show up in WK or NK? I spent some time in NK over the last few days and didn't see them. Have I missed my chance to solo this big beetle and her brood?

I did manage to kill the Swarm Mother at one point tho. Myself a 30th Ranger and a 35th druid managed to kite the swarm mother and the swarmlings arround long enough to kill the mother. After that the swarmlings were easy pickings. I think the swarmlings are 12th level or so.

Okay, a night or two ago a insane druid friend o mine (you know the kind 'hey, I'm gonna zap the SG at level 15 and see if i can outrun him too zone!') decided to pull one of his goofball tricks and i noticed somthing.

Now the zone was near empty (like 9 people, most mid teens, 4 in our group high 20's mid 30's).

Up pops the swarm queen.

So what does my friend do.

Zap. Run. It's like a turn on for that insane ******* or something. Seeing which high level mobs he can zap and survive gettting away from (credit too him though, he's only died once and that was due to both Lag and the fact he tried hsi stunt in Kithicor at night at level 21).

Now i'm back a ways watching and i notice something. The Queen runs faster then her little babies and kiddies. Now NOT SoW fast mind you, at least that i could see, but at least normal running speed as opposed to normal bettles which run slightly slower then normal unencumbared running speed.

This is just kinda a heads up to all that might fight her and need to run.

Ow and as for her having any summoning abilities, my friend made it so i don't THINK she can summon (was pretty sure only very high level stuff did that). On the other hand he just cast 'entangle' or something on her and it failed so don't take this as a fact statement, just a educated guess.

For those of you less concerned with faction (yeah, you evil guys) I have a great tip that I'm surprised isn't already here, as most people seem to know about it. Misty Storyteller is a bard that spawns every 5 or so minutes at the little village near the Qeynos zone. Her level ranges from about 13 to 17. She is rather easy to kill as, like all bard NPCs, she doesn't use songs. Even red I usually have very little trouble with her, and if you do a zone is right nearby. She gives a phenomanal amount of exp and drops a mandolin each time which sells for about 1pp depending on charisma. At level 12 or so 1pp is some pretty good loot. That's in addition to the few silver and the occassional piece of rawhide armor she drops. Faction hits are Guards of Qeynos, League of Antonican Bards, and Knights of Truth. Think you get faction pluses with Mayong Mistmoore and a couple other evil types. She can take you to at least 16. Good hunting!

I hate giving up the secret but Scarecrows are the way to go in this sector between levels 17-21. They give good experience, have a small agro, Hill Giants do not come on the Miller farm and best of all are not camped a lot. They are tough though, require a magical weapon and do not give up a lot of loot. But the nifty thing is that while you are on Miller's farm there is Hay! Give the Hay to Heniane (usually in the Hut on the East side of the field but she does wander) and you will receive a pittance, good faction and exps. Heniane will also buy you rusty loot for a good price and even has food occasionally. You can only pick these items up one at a time but there are at least 4-6 drops a day and as you hunt the scarecrows do not forget to pick up the hay. Do not kill any of the Millers, particularly Furball the Gnoll who has been adopted. Tiny or Cleet Miller are a handfull if you **** them off!

While the Hill Giant does not come on the field or by the water I once medded just off the field to the West and sure enough the Hill Giant had me for lunch before I could even stand up. Med near the water and you are safe from everyting.

If you need more than eating money go hunt bandits for a while then come back. You can advertise for a bandit group while medding from the scarecrows. There is a rarely camped badit camp east of the Miller Farm along the river as well as ogres if you have a strong group. Good Hunting!

is the ogre altar in wk the place that drops large bronze?

I'm a lvl 16 pally that has been in Freeport area since 10 so i'm new to Bandit hunting. Anyway my first day here i couldn't find a group so i soloed the farm w/ bandits and made out great pulling one or two at a time. But when I came back the next day i couldn't help pulling 3 even when using lull I died 3 time in a row. Is that the easiest spawn or is there another that would be easier to get 1 or 2 at a time?

Does harmony work on these Ogres? I attempted to cast it and immediately brought the Chief and shamans upon myself. If not any suggestions as to how to camp them successfully? thanks