Where to get 53 pet?

[Torvail Daylarone]

I have finally found a few places where the 53 minion of shadow spell drops, but wanted some advice on where would be my best bet for getting it to drop.

[splurticus]

It's a Kunark spell, right? I think it's random in certain Kunark zones with the level of the spell is also tied to the level of the creature who drops it. Kite the higher-lvl wurms / wyverns / etc. in Skyfire zone. Or, get a group and kill mid-50's MOBs in Howling Stones or Sebilis.

There's also a Kunark spell turn-in that might return it to you randomly, turn in a scroll you don't need, hope for one you do. Not sure.

[Torvail Daylarone]

Ok cool, didn't know anything about the spell turn in stuff, I have a couple spell drops i can't use. I know there are a couple mobs in burning woods, that drop the spells. But BW is a bit of a challenge to solo with the amount of the roamers there. I have done it, I found a nice little spot by the giant fort ;), but I almost need a small group for that place, amd I would rather solo if I have a choice.

[Aryse Andenter]

Here's a link to the quest mentioned: Necromancer Spells (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=196). It is in OT so for some faction may be a problem, but you can always create an alt or borrow a friend to do the turn ins if necessary. And the posts on that page say the same quest is available in Cabilis.

There is one little quirk about the quest that is worth noting. If you hand in the spells one at a time, the spell you get back is random. However, every time I handed in four spells at once (if I remember correctly they can be the same even, as long as there is four), I got four different spells back. So I usually tried to have four to hand in at once (I used to do this quest to sell the rarer spells).

[splurticus]

Originally posted by Torvail Daylarone@Jan 27 2006, 04:27 AM
Ok cool, didn't know anything about the spell turn in stuff, I have a couple spell drops i can't use. I know there are a couple mobs in burning woods, that drop the spells. But BW is a bit of a challenge to solo with the amount of the roamers there. I have done it, I found a nice little spot by the giant fort ;), but I almost need a small group for that place, amd I would rather solo if I have a choice.
If you're having trouble at the BW giant fort at lvl 51-53 then you need to stay where you're at for a while and master playing your character.

BW is the easiest zone you're going to get Kunark spell drops. And the giant fort is the easiest spot in the zone to get them.

There's a large stretch of territory around the giant fort with no roamers. I always liked the stretch to the east of the fort, along that hillside with the logs and stuff. Plenty of room to kite there with no roamers. You should be able to see where the roamer pathing ends and where it begins at the base of that slope, close to where the burnt trees and ground begin.

You can kill MOBs that are lvl 45+ and hope for spell drops... for example: wurms, forest giant ancients, scoriae hornets, and greater warbone skeletons

There's enough roamer-free open ground around that giant fort to be able to easily fear or aggro kite any of the above-mentioned MOBs. The giant fort obviously has static spawns which sometimes produce fg ancients and the nearby undead ruins has static spawns for skeletons and undead apes. You can grab the occasional roaming wurm or scoriae hornet and drag it into non-roamer territory also.

I don't think any of them are going to drop a lvl 53 spell for you though. Could be wrong but I remember a lot of lvl 51 spells being dropped by the MOBs in this zone, probably due to their low level. Splurt, upheaval, that kind of crap.

You may be best off farming some cash and hitting bazaar actually.

[Duke Roger]

Burning Woods was terribly fun for me at 53. I would roam immediately south of the fort, fearkiting any live mobs and slowing+pet tanking any undead mobs I saw. I could easily engage 3-4 mobs at a time in this fashion.

[Torvail Daylarone]

The only place I found that I could do anything was around the giant fort, after looking at the way I wrote it I can understand why you thought I needed a group there.

The place just east of the fort is where I kited stuff when I was there, but I was there at 48-50 ish, can't remember the exact lvl. I was trying to get splurt actually lol. But I was just affraid to go all the way over there, and not have the mobs I need roaming there. The areas I might have needed a group are the woods and hilly areas. I am 55 now and haven't been there since I found splurt.

But I have the spell I needed via the spell quest. Now I am just playing around in skyfire. ;)

[Nigyl]

Yeah, I just bought copies of Splurt and the undead charm spell in the Bazaar for a few plat each and handed them in. Took less than a dozen to get the pet and shadowbond, and I made a few pp selling the extras in the Bazaar.