Harbinger Dronik  

Just did the forager cycle for at least 20 hours spread over several 60-120 minute sessions and it took me 86 named to get him. Started as lvl 52 on a 3 box and got 3 entire levels doing it. Takes about 6 foragers to get 1 named so it would be over 500 foragers killed.

Maybe I was extremely unlucky but it seems like this guy is a bit more rare than the other named on the cycle. That's over the equivalent of 5 full cycles and there's a bunch of named I got to kill 8-10 times before I got this guy. It would track with the fact that most illusion masks are a pain the butt to get.

Edited, Dec 14th 2023 1:12pm by Goregasmic

Kill foragers to spawn named mobs.

Killing the named mobs has a small percent chance to spawn Harbinger.

80 Bard, 16+ hours camping TT zone. GL!

Forager's don't actually spawn Harbinger. Forager's spawn the named mobs which do spawn the Harbinger. I popped two of them at once after killing foragers exclusively until all but 1 were left. I had around 15 named mobs up. I started killing all the named and got two Harbingers up at once. Both spawned within tracking range of river.

Good luck,

Sethx

Just like this post http://eqbeastiary.allakhazam.com/search.shtml?id=5066&page=1&howmany=50#m10213326886755 but Add Thruke to the list of PH's

Took me four hours to get this blasted mask as a 65 bard (230 AA)... Go do the FoS mask if you're high enough level--it's faster, better exp, and a subquest for the only iksar skeleton illusion.

65 is really a convenient level to get this mask at, track-wise, although it'd still be faster at 85 with better DPS. The nice thing about 65 is that all the forager and named PHs are green (except two-ish on the spawn table, which are light blue), while all other mobs are gray, so they stand out on track. Harbinger Dronik himself is light blue so he really stands out.

I'm too impatient to sit still in one place so my strategy was to track the topmost forager on track (since it updates based on newest spawn), kill it where I found it, then go and track the next one. Maybe not the best idea, but definitely don't try pulling them elsewhere, especially if you're playing selos because you'll lose aggro. Keeping them in one spot chances that another forager will pass by and save you the trouble of tracking it as well. But I'd definitely suggest standing by the river instead of tracking all over the place, it's probably why it took me so long to get my mask.

TAKE NOTE: If you're not seeing foragers on track they're in the SE part of the zone, as a post below stated, but the nameds (and I assume also Dronik) CAN spawn there...

The mask takes you up to indifferent with all iksar IF and ONLY IF you are Agnostic. My Veeshan-following Enchanter couldn't even get to dubious with collab and illusion (which is natural, since Veeshan/Dragonkind are the Iksar's enemy)

Dropped Complex Platinum Silvered Rune a few hours ago. I have no idea what it's for.

This is an easy camp. I did it with a 72 ranger and myself a 69 rogue. What we did was posintion ourselves in about midway between the lake and the end of the zone on the river. We killed alll the froglock foragers we seen and all the named mobs we seen, plus we killed all the adds. We did this for about 45 minutes with the ranger checking track frequentlly. After about 45 minutes he appeared on track and we found and killed him. He droped the mask the first time we killed him. :) hope this helps

--Shankz Shadowfiend

took me 20 mins to get this mask, too long for me

just soloed him today with only virtue on, with my 62 monk, mildly geared dropped da mask, my bard can deff use it.. woot

I camped in TT for a number of days...3-4 hours at a clip killing off Foragers and every named that pops. It appears that a named appears ever 4-5 Foragers.

Took a REAL long time to get this guy to pop...there are a number of nameds in the Forager cycle. All of them are wimps to my 58 Ranger and 51 cleric box.

When he did finally pop he was just WNW of the North Tip of the lake and he was HARD compared to the other nameds in the cycle. I was originally gonna just cheal at 40% but his nukes were so bad I had to keep spamming Remedy heals on myself to keep up my HP at a safe level. Total fight took a little less then 1.5 minutes and was a little nervous a few times when health dropped to below 20% but managed to get this sucker and the mask drop for a friends bard.

When confronting him make sure your group knows where the puller is as he was able to root my Ranger quiet easily and I had to run my cleric to him rather then the ranger to the cleric. Also, when I did finally run the cleric to the ranger I got a whole bunch of roaming adds...would have loved to have pulled him to a safe spot instead of playing on his terms.

Added (Quick notes):

Do not attempt with out a tracker
Make sure you can self heal or have a healer if your HP is less then 5KHP (I had 3.5K with Virtue)
Best camp spot I found was at the north tip of the lake right on the shore
Watch out for adds if you can't pull him to your safe camp.
Have patience...Allow lots of time for pop :)

Edited, Sun Jun 12 20:44:08 2005

Thought I would post a small guide on how to get your Iksar Hide mask. It's meant primarily for bards, but hopefully others will find it helpful also. First, check out my map. It's an EQAtlas map that I have drawn on a little to help me explain things. I'm not a graphic artist though, so excuse the kindergarten drawing skills. Now, on to the guide:

The foragers typically spawn from two positions, roughly marked with my A and B on the map. The corresponding colored lines are their estimated pathing routes. The "Valley" that I have marked on the map is where I tend to kill them, as A. it's close to part of forager A's pathing, and B. it's relatively safe. Other then the ruins with spectrals, mobs very rarely go there.

Killing the foragers is pretty straight forward. Just chant them down in the valley. As soon as one dies, either another forager or a named will pop in it's place (at the spawn point).

You will notice that many posts refer to Harbinger Droniks nukes, and how much they hurt. Well, they do. But to avoid that (and this works with the other named, especially Zoglic, it's good to get him to waste his HT) I would charm him and sic him on another mob. He'll blow as much of his mana as he can, then go to melee. If he's still casting a lot when the first mob dies, sic him on another. Continue doing so until his casting has all but stopped. While he is charmed, keep your Elemental chorus running, just in case charm breaks early and he tries to nuke you. After he has blown his mana, recharm and drag him to the "Valley". Now it's a simple chant kite. I would keep Elemental chorus running, just in case he tries to root you, but that won't happen very often. This tactic is very important when fighting Zoglic, as you want him to blow his mana AND his HT on something other then you.

If all goes well, you'll have your Ikky mask, and possibly an Ikky BP, very shortly. Good luck and I do hope this helps some of you.

PS The mask DOESN'T give any regen. It is for RP purposes/faction (if you're agnostic) only.

EDIT: Also, if the foragers stop popping and there's no named up, head to the SE part of the zone and look for a forager. After you kill that one, they should start popping normally again. Just be careful down there, as there are a few higher level mobs there that will cast on you and ruin your day if you're not careful.

Edited, Wed Nov 10 22:31:22 2004

Must be my lucky day, first he pops and 2 spawns later Zoglic does :)))) He's part of forager cycle (for those of you who don't want to scroll) and as stated below he does indeed pop as much as any other mob on the cycle (including Zoglic). I can imagine that after hours and hours of doing the cycle and having neither pop that it can seem as if they are more rare but I've done this cycle often and its jst a matter of luck and jst keeping at it. This, aswell as the ikky bp, sells well and on AB I usually get rid of both for between 5k and 10k very quickly.

does this guy have a week spawn rate??

killed this guy today and he dropped the mask. I was on the river traveling to sebilis and this dark blue guy crossed my path so I decided to kill him (a joke for a 65 Monk) and see what he was all about.

Please, can you tell me if a 58 Ranger or a 58 Mage could solo him? Not together but either one - Im really want this mask hehe - Thanks