Ruins of Kunark
I've spent a while tracking in LOIO and finally understand this guy's spawn cycles. What people have posted below is mostly accurate but not the full picture. There are indeed 4 PHs north of the windmill area. But if you kill the mobs other people listed you won't always have 4 of them up at a time.
The missing info is that there are some mobs that are ALWAYS a PH (group 1) and other mobs that are sometimes a PH (group 2). You will know if you killed a PH because another mob in the cycle will spawn immediately.
I haven't tested this for the 1 PH the roams between west of windmill and fort, but assuming it's the same.
Group 1 -- Always a PH -- Kill these first
a goblin brawler
a goblin skirmisher
a sabertooth cat
a sarnak flunkie
a sarnak youth
an iksar brigand
an iksar marauder
greater skeleton
greater scalebone
Group 2 -- Sometimes a PH -- Kill these last or when convenient
a goblin aggressor
a goblin battlemaster
a sabertooth tigress
a sarnak conscript
an iksar manslayer
lesser charbone skeleton
Edited, Sep 5th 2024 7:55pm by Balbo
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4 posts
Teek Server, 8/1/24.
This is just a summary of other people's comments posted that helped me get my ring. Thanks to all those who have gone before me and posted helpful comments.
Set tracking to 'normal'. This will allow you to see new spawns. If you kill a sarnak courier placeholder, a new placeholder will spawn very quickly (within maybe 5 seconds). Killing one a sarnak courier placeholder starts the cycle of spawning that may ultimately lead to spawning a sarnak courier. You can have multiple cycles running. I have killed couriers back to back. They were either up at the same time or spawned in quick succession. It took around 22 kills for me to get my ring if I remembered to record every kill, which I tried to do.
The courier drops Iksar Left Hand. https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=13095 This is a monk quest item. Once I started my a sarnak courier farming session I'd keep Iksar Left Hand on me and destroy it when I got a new one. Eventually I would see monks running around killing everything and I'd just send them a tell to see if they wanted it then I'd give them Iksar Left Hand for their quest. That way I wasn't messing people over with their quest while I was trying to farm the ring.
The placeholder list I used, taken from these forums was
a goblin brawler
a goblin skirmisher
a sabertooth cat (note: not a sabertooth tiger)
a sabertooth tigress
a greater scalebone
greater skeleton
a sarnak youth
a sarnak flunkie
I got the list from these forums for the ring and a sarnak courier. So, thanks for everyone who posted.
Sometimes the cycle gets broken and a placeholder doesn't spawn. Just like someone had posted. I killed the most recent spawns until a placeholder eventually spawned.
Edit: I farmed between the windmill and the ruins.
Good luck!
Maz
Mazilnaz
Edited, Aug 1st 2024 9:14am by 7sidney7
Edited, Aug 1st 2024 9:52am by 7sidney7
This is just a summary of other people's comments posted that helped me get my ring. Thanks to all those who have gone before me and posted helpful comments.
Set tracking to 'normal'. This will allow you to see new spawns. If you kill a sarnak courier placeholder, a new placeholder will spawn very quickly (within maybe 5 seconds). Killing one a sarnak courier placeholder starts the cycle of spawning that may ultimately lead to spawning a sarnak courier. You can have multiple cycles running. I have killed couriers back to back. They were either up at the same time or spawned in quick succession. It took around 22 kills for me to get my ring if I remembered to record every kill, which I tried to do.
The courier drops Iksar Left Hand. https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=13095 This is a monk quest item. Once I started my a sarnak courier farming session I'd keep Iksar Left Hand on me and destroy it when I got a new one. Eventually I would see monks running around killing everything and I'd just send them a tell to see if they wanted it then I'd give them Iksar Left Hand for their quest. That way I wasn't messing people over with their quest while I was trying to farm the ring.
The placeholder list I used, taken from these forums was
a goblin brawler
a goblin skirmisher
a sabertooth cat (note: not a sabertooth tiger)
a sabertooth tigress
a greater scalebone
greater skeleton
a sarnak youth
a sarnak flunkie
I got the list from these forums for the ring and a sarnak courier. So, thanks for everyone who posted.
Sometimes the cycle gets broken and a placeholder doesn't spawn. Just like someone had posted. I killed the most recent spawns until a placeholder eventually spawned.
Edit: I farmed between the windmill and the ruins.
Good luck!
Maz
Mazilnaz
Edited, Aug 1st 2024 9:14am by 7sidney7
Edited, Aug 1st 2024 9:52am by 7sidney7
Scholar
47 posts
The spawn mechanics of the Sarnak courier are different on Live and P99. I have a video demonstrating both on Youtube Ion Blaze Channel. On P99, you only need to camp 2 static 30sec spawn points after getting the correct PHs killed. On Live, it seems to spawn anywhere out in the field and a tracker is definitely advised.
3 posts
Got the ring after 203 courier kills. Extraordinarily rare; from other zam comments appears to take about 150-200 kills per ring. The PH list on the sarnak courier page is accurate. God speed.
12 posts
After killing 230 couriers over 2 week period I finally got the ring. I killed 4 glowing couriers before I got the 5th to drop the ring. The other 4 had defiant gear on them. I don't know if the defiant gear affects the drop rate or not. I will never hunt for this item again.
There are 5 spawn points for the courier and I was able to keep all 5 spawn cycles cleared. This is a very long camp and if I had to do it all over again I would have 18-22 level alt accounts with a merc tank covering each spawn point while clearing all wandering mobs with a tracking toon. I got all 5 couriers to spawn by swarming all the wandering mobs from lake to windmill to undead ruins to lake (think of it as 1 big square) and by keeping them cleared was able to get the 5 couriers to spawn consistently.
Problems were some mobs; mostly the cats and lower level skels, would get stuck in the lake or graphically get stuck in the mountain and interrupt spawn cycles.
I wish everyone that hunts for this item the best of luck
There are 5 spawn points for the courier and I was able to keep all 5 spawn cycles cleared. This is a very long camp and if I had to do it all over again I would have 18-22 level alt accounts with a merc tank covering each spawn point while clearing all wandering mobs with a tracking toon. I got all 5 couriers to spawn by swarming all the wandering mobs from lake to windmill to undead ruins to lake (think of it as 1 big square) and by keeping them cleared was able to get the 5 couriers to spawn consistently.
Problems were some mobs; mostly the cats and lower level skels, would get stuck in the lake or graphically get stuck in the mountain and interrupt spawn cycles.
I wish everyone that hunts for this item the best of luck
Followed Limecherry's guide and finally got the ring to fall this morning. Approximately 60 couriers.
Wow, I've been playing this game "forever" and I never realize that ANY invis spell breaks charm? Is that right? Clicking this would break charm on a non-animal charmed by an enchanter, bard or necro? Can anyone confirm from experience?
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8 posts
Yes, it worked for my bard on Fippy.
14 posts
This can be a brutal camp: kill, track, kill, track, kill, track.... Not like the camps where you have a 17 minute wait to get some reading in! ;-)
After 5 days, up to 4 hours on the weekend days, the wonderful, brilliantly glowing Sarnak Courier finally appeared. I hope I never have to go back!!!
Note: not all of the posted cycles include the Sabretooth Tigress. She is perhaps the rarest member of the cycle, but she is definitely a part of it. Good luck!
After 5 days, up to 4 hours on the weekend days, the wonderful, brilliantly glowing Sarnak Courier finally appeared. I hope I never have to go back!!!
Note: not all of the posted cycles include the Sabretooth Tigress. She is perhaps the rarest member of the cycle, but she is definitely a part of it. Good luck!
Scholar
19 posts
I just got the ring to drop from the Sarnak Courier after about 6 hours of camping. Killing the mobs in the cycle is definitely the way to do it, although I was flabbergasted when the courier did, in fact, drop the ring because he did NOT glow as I expected.
2 posts
First ring was about 150 couriers. Just got a second one after about 25-30 :)
Scholar
36 posts
Here's the strategy. I'm a level 75 enchanter, but it should be pretty trivial for most anyone.
1) Load pet.
2) Go to the field just north of windmill in loio.
3) Kill everything that moves in between windmill and goblin ruins.
Mobs tend to have about 400 hp. I soe'd pet with druid, and just used level 2 tash to aggro whole loads of them, ran around, and pet took care of the rest. Be warned that the courier will fight any goblins he comes across, and he's a wussy. So if you see a gob and sarnak fighting, just quick nuke the gobby and once he's dead the sarnak's all yours.
Got mine in about an hour. Very nice to have.
1) Load pet.
2) Go to the field just north of windmill in loio.
3) Kill everything that moves in between windmill and goblin ruins.
Mobs tend to have about 400 hp. I soe'd pet with druid, and just used level 2 tash to aggro whole loads of them, ran around, and pet took care of the rest. Be warned that the courier will fight any goblins he comes across, and he's a wussy. So if you see a gob and sarnak fighting, just quick nuke the gobby and once he's dead the sarnak's all yours.
Got mine in about an hour. Very nice to have.
I pretty much agree here.
the mob cycle listed below it not really a cycle, the mobs seem to pop in any order so if you're high enough to do so, general all around killing works fine.
With my druid I can track them so it's a little easier of course. And a couple of the mobs do get in fights with other mobs so your mob can be killed if you just stand around so it's best to just keep running around killing and pay attention to two of the sarnaks killing each other. Usually it's one of the conscripts.
The courier has popped for me twice now and each time he's had the hand. He was by the buildings in the ruins once and the other time near the hills to the east of the ruins.
the mob cycle listed below it not really a cycle, the mobs seem to pop in any order so if you're high enough to do so, general all around killing works fine.
With my druid I can track them so it's a little easier of course. And a couple of the mobs do get in fights with other mobs so your mob can be killed if you just stand around so it's best to just keep running around killing and pay attention to two of the sarnaks killing each other. Usually it's one of the conscripts.
The courier has popped for me twice now and each time he's had the hand. He was by the buildings in the ruins once and the other time near the hills to the east of the ruins.
4 posts
I wasn't entirely sure as to whether or not the courier would glow if the Gazughi Ring was on him, but I can confirm it - he does indeed. I created my Allakhazam account to post this information! The ring is actually a very powerful light source. It is VERY noticeable - you will know if he's your man or not once you see him (at least at night time).
It took roughly 35 couriers and eight or nine hours to get my ring. This was many hours of killing, killing, tracking, and more killing.
Also, don't get too excited if you kill him and he drops a ring. It could be the Spirit Caller which is a very bad ring but is quite rare as well (I got two of these in my time camping him). If he's not glowing, it is not the Gazughi Ring. Best of luck - keep at it and you shall be rewarded.
It took roughly 35 couriers and eight or nine hours to get my ring. This was many hours of killing, killing, tracking, and more killing.
Also, don't get too excited if you kill him and he drops a ring. It could be the Spirit Caller which is a very bad ring but is quite rare as well (I got two of these in my time camping him). If he's not glowing, it is not the Gazughi Ring. Best of luck - keep at it and you shall be rewarded.
I got another one last night. Also kill all gobs that roam and all roamers that roam through gob buildings. I found if you kill the gobs in the building near the roamers you can save a few Snarks from getting killed by the static gobs. Killed 5 before the ring dropped
Byby (Prexus)
Byby (Prexus)
18 posts
Was just wondering when the last time anybody got one of these? I've killed approximately 70 couriers with no ring drop and am wondering if it still drops.
4 posts
Why does this sell for so much?
25 posts
this costs so much because there are very few instant click invis items(that break charm) in the game. the other reason why it costs so much is the fact that you can spend months trying to farm it and if you don't know the right combination you will never spawn the courier...and that's to say that even if you do, the ring is a very very rare drop from him...oh ya and the mobs in the area will ks you when he pops if you can't find him fast enough. I've gotten 3 in my eq carreer so far. if you're on the tribunal send me a gamemail or /tell and I might give ya a few hints
Kill em all, let Cazic-Thule sort them out!!
Because any invis spell breaks all charm spells. In other words, for enchanters and druids and necros, this is a quick way to break charm on a charmed pet, without having to mem invis.
And yes, even for non-animals, invis to animals breaks charm.
And yes, even for non-animals, invis to animals breaks charm.
I can verify this does still drop and believe me in following the spawn cycle with my ranger this drop is rare. I Camped this clown 8 hours for my wifes Cleric. Killed too many to count and looted every thing from this guys loot table from the belt to the cape, the skull looking ring and finally, FINALLY one Clickie Ring, so it is still working. I think this guy is worse than camping Grachnist for the stupid clickie earring!!
24 posts
Ring dropped for me today September 9th, 2004 after three days camped and many courier kills. I knew he had it before I killed him (though I didnt believe it till I looted it) because he was giving off light, kinda like a willowisp in the distance.
Scholar
42 posts
This just dropped for me this morning. About 12 hours total, with about 30 couriers killed. You don't have to have track to do this, just have the visibility slidebar set to 100% and keep targeting the mobs from a distance (Not as fast as tracking, but the ph's are all within a close distance). The cycle does work, with the periodical tigress massacre to reset some of them. I've had up to 4 cycles going. The courier is on the cycle, his death triggers another courier or the next cycle mob. Also, the ring does give off light as I could tell right away the courier had it on em from a distance.
Hope this helps,
Etrivus Rezalot
65 cleric of Erollisi Marr
Hope this helps,
Etrivus Rezalot
65 cleric of Erollisi Marr
2 posts
also the courier is NOT on a cycle... i killed him once and then he spawned near me less than a minute later without me killing anything... either he has a place holder someone else killed or spawns at random times near windmill
20 posts
'Cycle' in this sense just means a group of mobs that can spawn when the previous mob in said group dies.
I just got mine yesterday (41 bard on Maelin) after 76 kills and roughly 24 real life hours camping (over a week). I had a few occaisions where killing the courier spawned another right after. The respawn time of any mob in the 'cycle' is about 3 seconds.
I just got mine yesterday (41 bard on Maelin) after 76 kills and roughly 24 real life hours camping (over a week). I had a few occaisions where killing the courier spawned another right after. The respawn time of any mob in the 'cycle' is about 3 seconds.
2 posts
I killed the courier 5 times ~ no drop... my friend got drop on first kill~ someone i met said he killed it over 100 times with no drop ~ /shrugs guess it just depends on your luck ~ someone told me the sabretooth cat is the spawnholder .... if so he does NOT only spawn near windmill ....i saw the cat REALLY north in LOIO
3 posts
Got one yesterday 06-08-2004. Just running thru LOIO and saw a Courier and dropped a ring.
Edited, Wed Jun 9 17:56:01 2004
Edited, Wed Jun 9 17:56:01 2004
7 posts
I camped this today for about 90 minutes. I got the ring with my bard on the 3rd courier spawn. All I did was kill everything between the windmill and the goblin ruins by the river.
4 posts
Finally got after many hours of spawning the Courier.(~12hrs) Limecherry is right on about the spawn cycle and PHs.. (thanX) Worth the time, unless you have ~18K on Tallon.
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Blauelied 54 years of singing in the Tallon Choir.
Karoke from the Reverand Maynard:
Little angel go away,
Come again some other day.
The Devil has my ear today,
I will not hear a word you say.
2 posts
I got one to drop on may 7, 04 on Bertox. It took about 20 total hours of making Couriers spawn. This was so annoying to get, I wouldn't sell it for 100k. The courier wasn't glowing, but after the dx9 patch you can't trust what you see.
One strange thing was that the Courier that died before this spawn had a goblin skinner 1hs.
One strange thing was that the Courier that died before this spawn had a goblin skinner 1hs.
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