Dirtchomp  

A little tidbit that isn't really useful in 2020, Dirtchomp is immune to non-magical weaponry.

Conned lt blue to my 39 bard. Tried to melee, fear kite, and eventually chant kited him. Hits very hard for his level. Poison proc is nasty. High resists to magic and fire. Didin't have anything else to try. Couldn't get snare to land. Chants would often be resisted but not always.

Taken him out once, and Gorehorn a couple of times as a 37 bard. I found I stand very little chance in melee, particularly against gorehorn, so I take my time and kite them down less than 1/2 a bub of health before moving in. They do have a lot of health, and I didn't time it, but wouldn't be surprised if it took me 10 minutes or more for Gorehorn and like 5-10 for Dirtchomp.

1. Pulled out drum and used selo's and curtailing chant (both drum based) to get them to 1/2 a bubble of health.

2. Got out weapons and put up an amplified psalm of warmth before meleeing.

anyone know if this procs and at what lvl
also what is the effect?

All right, I have this down to a science. I hope this helps.

Both Gorehorn and Dirtchomp can be found in Hollowshade Moor, right near the Shar Vahl entrance. They always spawn on the RIGHT side of the road (facing AWAY from the city) before the water. If you look on the map of the place, this gives you a little triangle area. I saw Gorehorn spawn at +19, +2142, but I do not believe he spawns in the same place all the time, since his placeholders spawn all over this area.

The placeholders for both Gorehorn and Dirtchomp are the AGGRESSIVE (for newbies, that means the monsters that will attack you on sight) rhinobeetles and rockhoppers. What this means is, every time you see an aggressive rhinobeetle, it could have been Gorehorn. Every time you see an aggressive rockhopper, it could have been Dirtchomp. Most of the rhinobeetles and rockhoppers won’t attack you if they are green to you. Some of them, the AGGRESSIVE ONES, will always attack, and these are the placeholders for Gorehorn and Dirtchomp.

The most effective way to camp both of them is to get yourself a SOW, and run around attacking every rhinobeetle and rockhopper you see (don’t bother with track for this part) and then take them to the Vah Shir Training camp, where the guards will kill them all. At this point, check track for Gorehorn and/or Dirtchomp. You should also check tracking while you are training, just don’t use it to find mobs, it is too slow. Just run around and attack every rhinobeetle and rochhopper you see. I usually take no less than 6 at a time to the guards.

THERE IS NO SET SPAWN RATE FOR EITHER ONE OF THESE TWO! It is completely random. How do I know this? I farmed the area for 16 hours (8 hours, 2 days) and I found both of them to spawn in as little as 30 minutes apart, and as long as 3 hours. Both are random, and not related. I have 4 masks for my trouble (I hunt with 2 characters, and I had to make 2 mules in Shar Vahl. I have collected 2 masks in a row, both times, but I still think it is random each time, and I got lucky. It is my belief if you can spare 4 hours, you have a very good shot at getting at least 1 mask.

I am a level 40 Wood Elf Ranger. I hunt with my 53 Cleric (I have multiple accounts, and I use my laptop for the Cleric). At level 40, I have no trouble with Dirtchomp. With Gorehorn, I always need at least 1 heal from the cleric, sometimes more. Dirtchomp cons light blue to me at 40, and Gorehorn cons dark blue to me at 40. I was hunting there last night with a real life friend who is level 15. For him, the rhinobeetles and rockhoppers coned light blue and dark blue.

Dirtchomp drops a decent whip called a Severed Rockhopper Tail, the only trouble is it has an effect of ROCK MITES that effects the USER, not the TARGET. I have petitioned and got a GM who said he did not know if this was correct, and told me to send in a bug report, which I did. Still waiting on the results, will let you all know.

If you have any questions, please send me a tell in game, my character’s name on FENNIN RO is Iomhair (that is a capital i, not an L), and I will be more than happy to help you out.

Iomhair Othar
40th Level Ranger of Tunare,
Fennin Ro Server

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

PS- If this helps you, please rate it. Thanks. 8)

Just a heads up. Encountered him today with a lvl 52 druid... resisted every root or snare I threw at him (no immunity msg, so I have to assume I COULD have stuck one)... and saved against the vast majority of my Starfire damage... ended up just running him to guards because he was pissing me off... I HATE greens who resist.

I kill this bugger awhile back with my 54 monk and he dropped a tail. Was called something like "Tail of Dirtchomp". Stats werent the best, 7/24 1hs primary only, but it did have a proc: Burrowing Scarabs. Was told it was a DoT, but I cant say for sure since it was no drop and no one looted it on time to test it out. Killed him 2 times since and only had his leg on each drop.