Minotaur Hero
a rare creature
Level: 35
Expansion:
Expansion:
Minotaur Battle Axe
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Sit on the exact spot on Brewall maps. Got attacked by an earth elemental. Few minutes later got attacked by Minotaur Hero. Took about 10-15 mins of sitting exactly there doing nothing.
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My personal experience (just now): After having been slaughtering the slavers for quite a while, I got bored and let everything re-spawn. I parked my mage on the exact point on the Brewall/Goods maps. I then killed nothing - absolutely nothing - I actually went off to eat breakfast. When I came back, I had killed the Minotaur Hero twice in a row sitting on that spot. Earlier, I had noticed two roaming critters (a Krag Chick and a rebel clockwork) that wandered up and stopped on exactly that spot. I had killed them during my slaughtering spree. My hypothesis is that the caves are meaningless to the Hero spawn. He or his PH's (which do not appear to be slavers) spawns on exactly that spot, unrelated to anything else. (I think my twice-in-a-row kill was just lucky spawns.) If a PH spawns, it may wander half the zone for all I know, so that can make it hard to pin down which is the right mob, except they do apparently come back and park themselves briefly on that spawn point, which is your signal.
I can confirm this, as it just happened to me. Killed 3 brawler PHs in the Brewell's map spot. I went to make some popcorn and when I came back the Hero was beating on my druid.
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On mangler, killed all minotaurs in the mines.
Got 3 Lords during the time.
Once the Hero psawned, it was exactly at the mark on Brewall's map.
Got 3 Lords during the time.
Once the Hero psawned, it was exactly at the mark on Brewall's map.
My experiences do not conform to what is presumed to be the correct way of spawning him.
On Mangler, I killed the lone minotaur slaver at the beginning of the tunnel like people say. Within seconds, Lodrand Dindlenod spawned, though this may be coincidence. Three minutes later, however, the Minotaur Hero spawned in the spot by the tree, as noted on Brewall's map (I should note I had someone killing at the tunnel and someone standing at his spawn point).
Then, without killing anything else (and being the only one in the zone), roughly three minutes later the Minotaur Hero spawned again (nearly seven minutes after the slaver spawn)!
This does not fit any of the theories I've read on this page. Perhaps he is just a rare spawn at that location and I got super lucky? I do have a picture of him alive standing on his own corpse if anyone would care to see it as proof.
On Mangler, I killed the lone minotaur slaver at the beginning of the tunnel like people say. Within seconds, Lodrand Dindlenod spawned, though this may be coincidence. Three minutes later, however, the Minotaur Hero spawned in the spot by the tree, as noted on Brewall's map (I should note I had someone killing at the tunnel and someone standing at his spawn point).
Then, without killing anything else (and being the only one in the zone), roughly three minutes later the Minotaur Hero spawned again (nearly seven minutes after the slaver spawn)!
This does not fit any of the theories I've read on this page. Perhaps he is just a rare spawn at that location and I got super lucky? I do have a picture of him alive standing on his own corpse if anyone would care to see it as proof.
Was headed to DSH and bumped into him at the entrance to the cave near the big sprocket. He immediately engaged me and wiped his whole raid force. Dropped shackles. I checked time 10PM and was standing behind the gnome. Got my hunter achievement! Just lucky today so I'm going to go buy a lottery ticket. Been trying to get this guy to spawn by clearing the whole area and the day I just wander through...BAM. He's there with his back turned. Good Times
I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you thought you heard was not what I meant.
Just kill all roamers outside the cave heading to the sprockets. I found him heading there on the far wall after about ten min of killing roamers.
Confirmed what Zolmazz said. Killed roamers near sprocket, paying attention to any spawn along the wall. Little less than 10 min. of killing and Minotaur Hero spawned.
After about a week camping and many hundred dead placeholders a group mate
finally killed him tonight and we received our Steamfont Hunter achievement.
The PH is the first single "a minotaur slaver" in the tunnel after entering the mines
from the west. He does respawn about every 6 minutes and no other mobs need
to be killed ! However it is rumored that the Hero is on a timer of several days
and can only spawn after this timer has finished. Well, the last Hero spawned
3-4 days before we got this one to spawn.
Right after killing the PH the "Minotaur Hero" can spawn and the place is a tree
outside of the mines near the western wall of the valley to the west.
I spotted his corpse at loc 1156, -1010. From there he wanders to the northern end
of the valley where the skeletons and the big gears are. He does despawn after a
while when being there but i do not know the exact time as it is to riky to test this
on such an ultra rare mob. I will now complete "The Escaped Catman" quest which
does still work so far.
finally killed him tonight and we received our Steamfont Hunter achievement.
The PH is the first single "a minotaur slaver" in the tunnel after entering the mines
from the west. He does respawn about every 6 minutes and no other mobs need
to be killed ! However it is rumored that the Hero is on a timer of several days
and can only spawn after this timer has finished. Well, the last Hero spawned
3-4 days before we got this one to spawn.
Right after killing the PH the "Minotaur Hero" can spawn and the place is a tree
outside of the mines near the western wall of the valley to the west.
I spotted his corpse at loc 1156, -1010. From there he wanders to the northern end
of the valley where the skeletons and the big gears are. He does despawn after a
while when being there but i do not know the exact time as it is to riky to test this
on such an ultra rare mob. I will now complete "The Escaped Catman" quest which
does still work so far.
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Like Barnwyr below, I've camped the Hero on Fippy server for at least as much time as it should've taken to get him to pop. I estimate I've sat in Steamfont for at least 8 hours looking for him, all the while killing the slavers in the hope that he'd show up.
Has anyone seen him on Fippy?
Has anyone seen him on Fippy?
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Camped for 4 hours in steamfont with my 37 paladin on fippy server, killed 100's of slavers, with my wife's 28 druid tracking, he never spawned. Went from apprehensive to max ally with Gnome guards.
Edited, Mar 22nd 2011 12:14pm by BarnwyrGofgallu
Edited, Mar 22nd 2011 12:14pm by BarnwyrGofgallu
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I'm getting bored with high end raiding and was looking to do some old school questing...anyone know if this guy still spawns and if the hero bracer quest is still active? I spent some time trying to get him to spawn with no luck.
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So what is the new way to get him to spawn?
IS it back to killing the single PH and waiting? or is he just set on a 4 hours timer now to pop no matter what?
Anyone know for certain?
IS it back to killing the single PH and waiting? or is he just set on a 4 hours timer now to pop no matter what?
Anyone know for certain?
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This spawn was nerfed not due to platinum generation....it was due to the exp people were milking out of it. I admit I got a great deal of exp out of it....but others made so much more.
At 57th level I was able to get noticeable exp for each turn in of the bracer for hero bracer...and when you applied it to AA it went even faster.
At 57th level I was able to get noticeable exp for each turn in of the bracer for hero bracer...and when you applied it to AA it went even faster.
Sigh - spent an hour trying to spawn him this evening - cleared the mino caves, cleared the fixed spawns around the whole area were he spawns, even slaughtered the wandering mobs - no Hero.
This guy is either on a super long fixed timer now or he's not spawning at all.
This guy is either on a super long fixed timer now or he's not spawning at all.
"hose that are familiar with Steamfont will tell you that he was spawning way, way too often. He is indeed spawning in the proper way now.
Absor"
Words from above - someone noted under this post that the spawn time is now 4 hours - happy camping!
Absor"
Words from above - someone noted under this post that the spawn time is now 4 hours - happy camping!
No ones seen him in almost 2 days. I doubt that it was realted to the PP people made. you could make better pp doing Kei, or prots, or killing HG's. And if any one thinks this is goina make the zone safe for noobs, well, there wrong. Hero is still goina pop eventually, and he is going to be looking for a naice pair of noob legs for his eye of Gnome stew. And no noob in SF will have POTG, or Sow any more, because all the druid are goian be gone. And if your happy they nerfed the hero, well I hope he finally does spawn, and beat you butt to a pulp, and I hope he sits at the cave entrence and waits for you a second time, just to get the point accross. It was the only alt to getting in a group, or running around in circle, hitting fist of Karana. and I could do it with all my friends, reguardless of levevl. And if they relay wanted to fix it, they should have nerfed the milk quest, so people couldn't get their faction up as easily. Just my 2 cP
Froch
53 Warrior Infinite Jest
Dayn
61 druid Black Tower
Xegony
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53 Warrior Infinite Jest
Dayn
61 druid Black Tower
Xegony
I'm glad they changed the spawn. Now I don't have to worry about people chasing me out of the yard in front of the mino caves because they're trying to spawn the hero and spending the whole day there doing it. It's also good because now lowbies levelling there don't have to worry about being ambushed by the hero because someone inadvertently spawned him or was too low to kill him when he popped. To anyone complaining about losing their e-z plat, it's your own fault for exploiting the spawn. The quest was made a little easier for those who were doing it for xp,faction and to have a nice item that they intended to use, not for loot farmers. If so many people hadn't taken advantage, it wouldn't have been nerfed. Now everyone has to suffer. I hope the goblin camps in BBM get nerfed next. :P
Edited, Fri Mar 14 10:47:49 2003
Edited, Fri Mar 14 10:47:49 2003
If you were me and I were you, would we still be friends?
Patch message today -
"- Corrected the spawn times for the Minotaur Hero."
If he won't pop at all or you're finding that he's taking hours to pop, it means that they finally got around to nerfing him.
The funny part is that it's probobly because they think people are making too much plat from selling the bracers for the shackle quest to the NPCs along with the 0-4 plat cash that the NPC pays you for turning in the shackle.
"- Corrected the spawn times for the Minotaur Hero."
If he won't pop at all or you're finding that he's taking hours to pop, it means that they finally got around to nerfing him.
The funny part is that it's probobly because they think people are making too much plat from selling the bracers for the shackle quest to the NPCs along with the 0-4 plat cash that the NPC pays you for turning in the shackle.
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I have to admit I was getting a little more cash than that.... on my way between Qeynos and Ak'Anon I would sell my Hero Bracer for 150pp, I made like 3k in just a few hours... it was sweeeeeet... but now, alas, damn Sony took away my little XP/PP farm, and now I have to earn it the old fashioned way... up until yesterday, the effective method to POP the hero was 2 quick slaver kills in Mino caves, worked EVERY time... last night I killed 12, and waited around for 15 minutes.... NO POP!
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I killed some harpies, elementals, and a couple of minotaur slavers in the caves with my 46 Rogue with total ease.. I looked outside the caves, then behind the gears I saw the Hero. I applied some poison (Kinetic Suppressant, Paralyze II) and snuck up behind him to backstab. Of course, my backstab missed, but I killed him with 3 bubbles of health left. Wasn't buffed and had no help. Got the shackles, and the max he hit for was 60ish.
Xatkin Beeblebroix, 46 Gnome Rogue
Cookbook Balberith, 56 Gnome Magician
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Xatkin Beeblebroix, 46 Gnome Rogue
Cookbook Balberith, 56 Gnome Magician
Quellious Server
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Popping the HEro)
1) Run to mino caves
2) Where the cave splits into 3 tunnels, kill one of the either roaming or static minos there, and kill the one by the ent.
3) Hero will spawn outside somewhere by gears most times.
Killing Mino Hero)
You cannot pure melee the hero until about lv 50 - 55 unless you are very VERY twinked, he hits hard and can triple for 90.
Hero is VERY possible to kill at lv 32. He will be either yellow or red. if he's yellow, kill yellow ones, the red ones will pwn you.
IF you are a ranger / drood, you need to kite him. KEEP HIM SNARED!!!! OMG THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. If snare comes off, you can kiss ur a$$ goodbye. Snare, run around (make sure u got a sow) and just nuke like there's no tomorrow. When he gets below 20pct health , he will run, you can go melee him. IF u go OOM b4 he down below 20pct, then put on some ds's and go melee, HOPE U DONT DIE =). Anyway this is how i kill him. hope that helped.
Kamfdut Earthcaller 32nd Ranger (Fateless)
"Moo."
1) Run to mino caves
2) Where the cave splits into 3 tunnels, kill one of the either roaming or static minos there, and kill the one by the ent.
3) Hero will spawn outside somewhere by gears most times.
Killing Mino Hero)
You cannot pure melee the hero until about lv 50 - 55 unless you are very VERY twinked, he hits hard and can triple for 90.
Hero is VERY possible to kill at lv 32. He will be either yellow or red. if he's yellow, kill yellow ones, the red ones will pwn you.
IF you are a ranger / drood, you need to kite him. KEEP HIM SNARED!!!! OMG THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. If snare comes off, you can kiss ur a$$ goodbye. Snare, run around (make sure u got a sow) and just nuke like there's no tomorrow. When he gets below 20pct health , he will run, you can go melee him. IF u go OOM b4 he down below 20pct, then put on some ds's and go melee, HOPE U DONT DIE =). Anyway this is how i kill him. hope that helped.
Kamfdut Earthcaller 32nd Ranger (Fateless)
"Moo."
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This not true; he's soloable in melee combat untwinked. I've been able to take him out without LoH since 42 - stuns are helpful but not required, root/heal is needed sometimes. At 45 I could solo him without needing magic; he would usually leave me down two bubbles.
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They changed the way Minotaur Hero spawns. At this time any minotaur will spawn him at any time, ..including another Minotaur Hero. Usually one trip through the caves killing slavers will pop him.
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Been debating about letting this loose but have told enough people. Hero place holders are:
- First Mino Slaver in the mino cave
- Next Four are the Mino Slavers at Gorehorn's Camp (loc 1294, 1592)
- Final PH is a roaming Mino Slaver that can be anywhere between the mino cave and gorehorn's camp.
Take a friend to work Gorehorns camp and watch how quickly the Hero pops.
- First Mino Slaver in the mino cave
- Next Four are the Mino Slavers at Gorehorn's Camp (loc 1294, 1592)
- Final PH is a roaming Mino Slaver that can be anywhere between the mino cave and gorehorn's camp.
Take a friend to work Gorehorns camp and watch how quickly the Hero pops.
Kill any slaver and there is a chance to pop the hero. Dosent matter which one. He pops up at a tree across from the caves. For some reason it seems like he pops faster if the slavers are killed near that tree... sounds dumb, and is probably nothing, but try it and see for yourself. I drag them all the way to that tree rather than killing them inside the caves. Bring 2 or 3 and you are almost guaranteed to get the hero.
My lvl 14 Woodelf ranger found this item on a mino that an uper lvl character let me loot. I think it might be no drop so I cant give it to my ogre warrior. So what should I do with it? Do I sell it at the bazzarr or try to do the Escaped catman quest? Can a lvl 14 do the rest of the quest (which involves killing the named catperson)? And if so how is the exp for a lvl 14?
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Well.... You dont have to do the escaped catman quest. All you have to do is raise your faction with Knights of truth, you can do that easy, just takes a little time, then you can turn it in for a nice hero bracer and great XP, see my other post at the hero bracer quest page =)
Unless I am mistaken the named catperson, Nomala, is only level 5 or so... your biggest concern would be adds. While in Erud's Crossing, kill a few wisps and get some exp and maybe a little coin.
As far as turning in the Shackles... just make sure your faction with Grahan Rothgar is high enough (I believe you need amiable or higher) and hand him the shackles after completing the key part of the quest. He will hand you the Hero Bracers (which are not NO DROP) and your Ogre Warrior will be happy =)
For more info go to https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=550 and read some of those posts. All the information you could ever want is there at the touch of a button...
As far as turning in the Shackles... just make sure your faction with Grahan Rothgar is high enough (I believe you need amiable or higher) and hand him the shackles after completing the key part of the quest. He will hand you the Hero Bracers (which are not NO DROP) and your Ogre Warrior will be happy =)
For more info go to https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=550 and read some of those posts. All the information you could ever want is there at the touch of a button...
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I was in Steamfont looking for a few pottery items (stupid stupid stupid ground spawns) and figured I would kill the Hero while I was there. So I was clearing the area in front of the mines (I have better luck getting the Hero to spawn by killing the wandering slavers than just the one in the mine entrace) and pop, there he was (I had NOT touched the one in the mine). I killed that one, then started buffing some 11-12ish Gnomes near the mines. They in turn caused the Hero to spawn (unintentionally) 4 MORE times in about 1/2 hour. So I saw the hero (and had to kill him) 5 times in 1/2 an hour. And he DOES have a level range. He was green 4 of the 5 times (to a 54) but he was lite blue once. I have seen this several times. He probably ranges to 38 or 39.
Just to add my voice to that of Nish'...
I had never seen the Hero pop at any time other than while killing the first minotaur slaver inside the caves. But, just last night, he spawned when I killed a roving slaver near the merchant in the gear (I had just killed the slaver in the cave about 2 minutes prior to this so I know it wasn't a coincidence between my kill and someone elses). I don't know if this is a new development or something that has always happened, but it is the first time I have seen it in the dozen or so times I have camped the hero.
Good luck in your search!
Edited, Fri Sep 6 03:08:34 2002
I had never seen the Hero pop at any time other than while killing the first minotaur slaver inside the caves. But, just last night, he spawned when I killed a roving slaver near the merchant in the gear (I had just killed the slaver in the cave about 2 minutes prior to this so I know it wasn't a coincidence between my kill and someone elses). I don't know if this is a new development or something that has always happened, but it is the first time I have seen it in the dozen or so times I have camped the hero.
Good luck in your search!
Edited, Fri Sep 6 03:08:34 2002
Wulfgarin Dergeistdesmonds
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I am 51 cleric. i helped one 29 bard to kill Hero. That popped soon after i killed firs and second Minotaurs from enter. When i med for mana Hero started hit me and i had to kill that bacause it desturb mine med time. That bard got then part that he was hunting. We got that other part too a little before.
I have killed the hero about 8 times for guildies. Have tried just killing the PH just inside the minos caves, and also clearing all skellies around the clockwork pieces as well as the PH. I have not found a difference in either method.
I have spent upwards of 4 hours waiting, and have had him pop on the first kill before. We had him pop twice within an hour just killing PH on the inside of the caves. My guess is the skellies have nothing to do with him popping, but knock yerselves out just in case <grins Wulfishly>.
Also he has always spawned for me near the hills straight out and across the field from the caves (approx +1400, -1300) and has immediately headed behind the giant clockwork pieces.
At level 45-47 he has always conned from green to dark blue to me. My last kill was just tonight at level 47 and he was dark blue. (Popped after a single kill of the PH... I will always take luck over skill!)
I have found root/dot to be the most effective. Even when conning green he has made short work of my level 44 pet. I would say he is slightly weaker than a Hill Giant from Rathe or Gornit from OOT, with fewer HtPts. Approx 1500 on a rough estimate 2-venom of snake(413 each) and 1-scourge(504) got him running and then assorted piercings left him dead. If you can solo an HG then the Hero should be easily within your grasp.
Just my 2cp... hope it helps n good huntin !
(Edited to add approx LOC of where Hero spawns: +1400, -1300. He is still dark blue to me at 48)
Edited, Tue Jun 18 13:37:32 2002
I have spent upwards of 4 hours waiting, and have had him pop on the first kill before. We had him pop twice within an hour just killing PH on the inside of the caves. My guess is the skellies have nothing to do with him popping, but knock yerselves out just in case <grins Wulfishly>.
Also he has always spawned for me near the hills straight out and across the field from the caves (approx +1400, -1300) and has immediately headed behind the giant clockwork pieces.
At level 45-47 he has always conned from green to dark blue to me. My last kill was just tonight at level 47 and he was dark blue. (Popped after a single kill of the PH... I will always take luck over skill!)
I have found root/dot to be the most effective. Even when conning green he has made short work of my level 44 pet. I would say he is slightly weaker than a Hill Giant from Rathe or Gornit from OOT, with fewer HtPts. Approx 1500 on a rough estimate 2-venom of snake(413 each) and 1-scourge(504) got him running and then assorted piercings left him dead. If you can solo an HG then the Hero should be easily within your grasp.
Just my 2cp... hope it helps n good huntin !
(Edited to add approx LOC of where Hero spawns: +1400, -1300. He is still dark blue to me at 48)
Edited, Tue Jun 18 13:37:32 2002
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