a large kodiak  

I have killed the kodaks here for 2 days now, using tracking to keep them all down. There have been periods where no kodiaks were in zone for up to an hour or two at a time. It's pretty clear to me the PHs for the large kodiak may sometimes be something else, I suspect the shadow wolves because as I killed kodiaks and their numbers decreased, the number of shadow wolves increased.

I found the 'a large kodiak' as a static spawn today at 690, 540, just NW of the 'Old Brewer's House' on Brewall's maps.

I had been killing around the map for a while, but don't remember killing in that spot, and no one else had been in the zone for a while. I thought he might be a roamer, but after watching him for about 5 minutes, I decided he must be static in that spot, so I killed him.

found it today after about 8ish hours or so of camping. found it at -335 +2176. it would pause here then venture out for a short time and head back to the same spot. One note - after so many hours I tracked some relevant npc's that we hadn't killed and found some mobs were stuck on rooves and in tree trunks. It spawned shortly after killing them.

For having a non-descript name, those not familiar with this beast will most likely make some unfortunate assumptions when taking this monster on, like it's just another kodiak!

Fear cast from fthis mob cast is not AE directional, it's radial and has a large radius. Best way to contend with him is get a tank that has the 'Fearless Discipline' which is a lvl 40 disc for warriors, maybe level 50 for SK, unsure, but it's the ticket. All others expect to be sent a walk'n.

Key here is 'walk', remove sow/soe or any other speed travel buffs, set yourself to walk, then if, or when, you are feared, you will not go far. if you go to far and your tank is not properly equipped, then the fearless disc does not matter much as they will be dead from the melee this monster can put out.

Other than that, you can try pulling him to coves and other areas, but if you are feared and in melee range, does not matter if you don't run far, you will be summoned one by one to your death.

The upside to a failure with this mob is that you can outrun his summon's range as it's not 'zone wide' like seen with other mobs throughout Norrath.

Mob does see invis, but if you are one of the earth, Karana / Tunare and have not been marked KOS by Bears, then you should not get agro by simply running by the mob.

I have seen this bear spawn more times than any other named in the zone. I have seen him spawn in the far west of the zone (south of highpass zone), behind Darvin's house, to Greyhawk regimen. Possibly he has other spawn spots I am unaware of.

In the several encounters I have had with him, the Mounted Ursine Fang seems most common.

sees thru invis had a grp member killed while invisable

he popped twice and both times he was level 78

Dropped bearfang fists.

Spawned by Tonn Ermis