Frontier Mountains

I know that a lot of people hunt here, but honestly, I didn't think this place was that great for experience. (If you're just hunting there for the forest loop or other items, then this doesn't apply.) For the same amount of work, and better experience, I would suggest OverThere, Cazic Thule, or Rathe Mountains. However, there is something to be said for almost always being able to find a group in Frontier Mountains.

Crysandra Healwind
Priestess of Tunare
Dragon Warriors - E'ci

Posting this as Anonymous cuz i don't care to be tagged a tattletale but since i've seen it happen twice in 3 days in FM, thought i'd share it so you can look out for not only this person but others that may do it, as well.
Had a full, solid group pulling to outside the fort entrance and our primary puller (not mentioning names, SCOTTHOTT) was looting before the giant even hit the ground and did this after REPEATED requests to share loot. We were rolling on the axes, blades and caps just fine, though. This person (again not mentioning names, SCOTTHOTT) kept losing the rolls but kept saying "it's ok as long as i win the roll for a forest loop," which is understandable, right? Well, we had 3 on us, it was kinda chaotic and when the first one fell, this person (not mentioning names SCOTTHOTT) looted it right away when there was one on our cleric. that bad enough, right...except for the fact that he immediately sat down and camped. We looked back after the fight and saw that he looted the coin, disbanded from the group(so we could see no items looted) and camped. This person came back on (not mentioning names, SCOTTHOTT) and claimed LD even there was no log of it and left shortly after to join another group inside the fort. A good friend of mine was in that group and she told me he wouldn't shut up about a Forest Loop he had just gotten outside.

Beware of the 'instant-looters' for i saw him doing the exact same thing the next night and after a couple tells to his group, found out that he had just 'disband-loot-camped' on them and claimed LD again. Again, i'm not mentioning any names, SCOTTHOTT.

Just beware of those that seem to loot before the mob hits the ground.

Does anyone know where the new melee bind point is in this zone? Am told it is near some ruins somewhere but none are sure its exact loc. Many thanks for your advice and time.

I heard this drops off the sarnak assassain, but i dont know if he drops it any more. Stats are 2 20 piercing procs careless lightening. If anyone can tell me if it drops, if it is rare, or if it is common loot please reply. I would also like to purchase one if you have one on the fennin ro server.

Tanadak Stonecrusher, 22nd ranger of tunare

looted one of these recently from a Burnyai miner, any idea what this if for No drop lore.

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Hail this is a little method Used By our Guild for hunting the Giant Fort

the groups consists of one
Ranger(puller/secondary Tank)
Warrior(tank Primary)
Cleric(primary Healer-buffer)
Druid (Nuker+DoT)
Druid(Back Up Healer)
Shaman(Back up Healer/Buffer/Back up Tank)

heres how it works
med and buff everyone up then grab your first pull of One when he starts running let warrior finish off and go grab 2 (no Braes or Craigs in this rotation) Repeat except finish 1st one off then when second starts running go back and grab one during this pull let primary healer and the nuker druid med and back up healer and shaman take up there brunt pull one again this time let all 4 med through fight then start pull cycle over sans buffs keep SoW's up on everyone and keep this cycle going until buffs begin to wear off (depending on level of group about 30 minutes)
when buffs begin to fade finish off current pull(s) and then take 5-10 minute meditate rebuff break when everyone is back at one hundred percent (mana and hp's) start the cycle over again this will production Hellatious XP and Loot (had 2 loops drop in 4 hours not a bad ratio) plus to 30th's ding outta hell level 1 the main trick to this method is good communication don't panic and ALWAYS have a SoW if you get in situation you can't handle don't try to be brave run and lose em or zone this works best to be on the left side of the door where the pull run is slow and your out of the main traffic way
hope this helped yall in your pulling and hunting expeditions

Necro's...Giants are the thing...I've solo'd them fairly well from 33 through 38. Use Doom drag up the hill past the 2nd tree then Fear em...the reason to go past 2nd tree will become apparent if you don't. The giant will run back towards the Fort...and agro anything else that happenes to spawn at the gate.



You get tired of this...Go to Nurga with a group and hunt spiders....Nurga is a great little dungeon...it's loot poor but exp rich...very manageable with the right group. If done right a group of 4 people can get 11 mobs into a 12 minute spawn rotation. The spiders are all clumped in 2's or three's. Have someone feign pull or fear one and have someone Root one....then as you kill the first one let the second one linger for 30 seconds longer ...Voila...broken spawn. Once you've got 3 spawn rooms broken....go to the Burynai at the other end of the Dungeon. Pull those two....then pull a room of 3 spiders. This will complete your rotation of 11. You can make the exp roll in faster here than most places as well as get a Kunark Dungeo bonus on exp.

The Giant Fortress (at 0, -1450) in the Frontier Mountains. Oh how I love it. The spawn rate is
insanely fast, and it supports multiple groups with a seemingly endless supply of giants to fry. It can be hunted successfully by one group outside the gates, and a good puller can keep pulling singles all night long.

But the choice real estate is inside the Fort itself, setting up against one of the walls. You may
never be at full mana once you start, even with an Enchanter, but the stream of giants can be kept constant for a long time.

There are also the mine tunnels at the back of the fort, but I have not tried these yet. I am told
the exp is even more awesome there.

In the past week, I have gone from 31 to 34 (died once, & played six nights out of seven, avg: 6 hrs per night). I was always in a full group. Levels of group members ranged from 28 to 35. In the best group of these (great puller, alert cleric, nobody panicking & running) I was gaining exp at the rate of one bubble per hour With two tanks, we were able to handle pulls of up to 4 giants at a time - not including Craigs but including 2 Brae's on several occasions.

Finding a spot in a group never took long. If there are no spots, you can always shout in FM or the Lake next door to start a group, and in no time you will be on your way.

Levels/Hit Points of Giants as follows:

Hillock: 24 - 31, 1250 to 1550 hps
Tump: 27 - 31, 1450 to 1550 hps
Brae: 30 - 34, 1800 to 1900 hps
Craig: 33 - 37, 2450 to 2550 hps

Enjoy the hunt

ok, two of the posts already here deal with the burning woods zone line, so i won't go there - however!

at about lvl 28, i suggest you leave the lake of ill omen and come to the mountin giant fortress in this zone - pickup groups are incredibly common, and despite the sheer numbers of giants, pulling them is fairly easy, since they have a low aggro radius. the giant fort's entrance is set up quite nice for pulling as well. to either side of the entrance, there is a hillock or tump spawn, and occasionaly one that is patrolling inside the fort will walk out the gates, stop, stay for a min , and head back into the fort.

pulling from the fort just about requires a sow, but that you can get from your local (and hopefully group) shamen or druid. going in, there is on the right wall, a line of three houses - each of these has a spawn, just outside the door, and the middle one has a spawn inside the door to the house as well - so watch it, you'll pull two from that one half the time. my suggested pulling route for these is to run along the wall behind the cottages - to reduce the chance of a train from the center mass of giants. in the center, there are 7 or 8 spawns, ranging from hillock to craigs - the craigs ALWAYS spawn near the entrance to the mines. on the far wall of the fort - another line of houses. the first, nearest the entrance, has one spawn in front, and another behind the house, so watch out on that one. the next farthest usually has a tump, sometimes a brae spawn in it. the house in the corner usually has a craig in it, along with at least one other giant. i always, if possible, suggest you run along the walls of the fort to make pulling multiples a rarer occurence. outside - your group should be standing around waitng on the hillside near the entrance. kill, loot, repeat. =)

ok, for those who don't want to do exclusivly giants - at low lvls, there is a nice flat spot against the zone wall, to the right of the ill omen zone/canyon, that works great for pulling. mobs vary for that one, but usually nothing too nasty.

at higher levels, repete this at the tunnel to burning woods.

ok, if you are hunting giants, but don't want to go to the fort. between the zone for droga/overthere andthe fort, there is a really rockey feild. low hills, all rocks, but mostly flat - a LOT of the wandering craigs in zone spawn at this area

note - one bonus on hunting the giant fort - the cash is excellent, and you have a chance of getting that nice (if ultra-rare) drop of a forest loop.

happy hunting
siacay
cazic-thule

Near the Burning Woods zone is an excellent place for a wiz in the low 40's to solo. Lot's of blues all over, and a place to run if it gets bad. Mountain Giants and Brutes root well, and Lightning Shock takes them down fast. Be careful of the goblin and burynai casters though - whatever spell they throw will clear your Steelskin and take down a bubble of health per shot. They would still be killable, if not for the fact that they also throw you back a few feet, interupting your attack. If I get aggro's by one of these by mistake, I will try too stun and root, then I head for the zone.

Grouping for those classes that need to group will get you from level 30 to 36 minimum.

Bug solo classes like necro, druid, mage can easily reach 43 in frontier mountains.

39-43 is quick and godly near the tunnel to burning woods where the best mobs walk by.