Gorehorn  

Don't hunt for the 2 beetle roamers where it is marked on the map...unless you want to. Head to the south west wall, around -2165.40, 1031.03, and you will find beetles.

When finishing out your Hunter achievements, just clear the rockhoppers and beetles south of the Shar Vahl entrance until he spawns. Worth noting that Gorehorn and the mobs here do NOT respawn when the War resets, so you need to clear them out manually.

Gore Covered Horn AND MASK DROPPED. BUT HE NEVER DROPPED BATTLE SCARRED WINGBLADE. AND WE KILLED HIM THREE TIMES IN AN HOUR AND A HALF !!

I assume i just got lucky as hell? i was just strollin through the zone and i saw this guy on track...figured it was a named green so i'd take it and see if it had anything good. Dropped mask; i'd seen mask before but never knew what dropped it. Nice i guess =)

I want to know if my 39 SK could solo him.

Kited him a few times with my 37 bard. He resists a lot, and has quite a few hps, but eventually those dots wear him down.

Seems to work quite well for me, since no matter how much he resists I don't run out of mana. Was worried for a bit that he might have high regen as well, but apparently that isn't the case.

Seen mask drop twice and horn drop twice, didn't know he had a 1hs as well until just now.

With my 52 druid, doing the cleaning using guards at fort, Gorehorn can usually be spawned in about 30min.

Snare takes couple of tries but will stick.
Root is not worth the mana as it will be resisted or broken in a couple of seconds for me.
dot work well as he usually resists dd enough to use up the dot effeciently.
DD is the way though resisted a lot. Have had him resist 612 completely or down to 300s or even down to 25s.

Taking him down as fast as possible uses from 2 to 3 bubs mana min and max 4bubs on the tough one. Could prob kite him around but can sit and med after kill safely before spawning him again.

If adds while kiting... be sure is snared.... and run adds to guards then go back to Gore.

Has dropped the mask more often than not for me, next being the horn, and less often the wingblade.

Have the horn on my necro for meleing stuff if needed and the mask on my war and monk.

Sell the masks if need the cash for around 800pp.
Give the horns away to low lvl casters.

He is not an easy guy to beat but has nice drops for the time takes.

I took him down today with an untwinked 45 ranger (he's my main, and since I'm always helping others his own gear is actually under par for level 45), it took all of my buffs and my own DS and he had me down to about 1 bubble and a half when it was over, I was nuking 99DD nonstop the whole fight as well. He conned light blue.

Ok i have a lammy and a Greenjade Broadsword.
9/19 Lammy
12/25 GJB

I fought gorehorn at lvl 37. He conned Darkblue and i fought him i thought what the hell. So his lvl is ALOT lower then 38 hehe more like 34-38 anyways. He hits very hard. For his lvl. About 53 a double hit. Which sounds about right for his lvl. But its that he hits very fast. I was hitting for about 32 average on hits. I got him to half life. He wacked me down to 100+hp left over. While he was at half. =( he is hard. So oh well.
My stats
HP=1542
ac=757
atk=837

All right, I have this down to a science. I hope this helps.

Both Gorehorn and Dirtchomp can be found in Hollowshade Moor, right near the Shar Vahl entrance. They always spawn on the RIGHT side of the road (facing AWAY from the city) before the water. If you look on the map of the place, this gives you a little triangle area. I saw Gorehorn spawn at +19, +2142, but I do not believe he spawns in the same place all the time, since his placeholders spawn all over this area.

The placeholders for both Gorehorn and Dirtchomp are the AGGRESSIVE (for newbies, that means the monsters that will attack you on sight) rhinobeetles and rockhoppers. What this means is, every time you see an aggressive rhinobeetle, it could have been Gorehorn. Every time you see an aggressive rockhopper, it could have been Dirtchomp. Most of the rhinobeetles and rockhoppers won’t attack you if they are green to you. Some of them, the AGGRESSIVE ONES, will always attack, and these are the placeholders for Gorehorn and Dirtchomp.

The most effective way to camp both of them is to get yourself a SOW, and run around attacking every rhinobeetle and rockhopper you see (don’t bother with track for this part) and then take them to the Vah Shir Training camp, where the guards will kill them all. At this point, check track for Gorehorn and/or Dirtchomp. You should also check tracking while you are training, just don’t use it to find mobs, it is too slow. Just run around and attack every rhinobeetle and rochhopper you see. I usually take no less than 6 at a time to the guards.

THERE IS NO SET SPAWN RATE FOR EITHER ONE OF THESE TWO! It is completely random. How do I know this? I farmed the area for 16 hours (8 hours, 2 days) and I found both of them to spawn in as little as 30 minutes apart, and as long as 3 hours. Both are random, and not related. I have 4 masks for my trouble (I hunt with 2 characters, and I had to make 2 mules in Shar Vahl. I have collected 2 masks in a row, both times, but I still think it is random each time, and I got lucky. It is my belief if you can spare 4 hours, you have a very good shot at getting at least 1 mask.

I am a level 40 Wood Elf Ranger. I hunt with my 53 Cleric (I have multiple accounts, and I use my laptop for the Cleric). At level 40, I have no trouble with Dirtchomp. With Gorehorn, I always need at least 1 heal from the cleric, sometimes more. Dirtchomp cons light blue to me at 40, and Gorehorn cons dark blue to me at 40. I was hunting there last night with a real life friend who is level 15. For him, the rhinobeetles and rockhoppers coned light blue and dark blue.

Dirtchomp drops a decent whip called a Severed Rockhopper Tail, the only trouble is it has an effect of ROCK MITES that effects the USER, not the TARGET. I have petitioned and got a GM who said he did not know if this was correct, and told me to send in a bug report, which I did. Still waiting on the results, will let you all know.

If you have any questions, please send me a tell in game, my character’s name on FENNIN RO is Iomhair (that is a capital i, not an L), and I will be more than happy to help you out.

Iomhair Othar
40th Level Ranger of Tunare,
Fennin Ro Server

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

PS- If this helps you, please rate it. Thanks. 8)

As a 29 bard... "Eh, look, it's another rhino beetle... HOLY CRAP! OW OW OW!"

THEY can gore you for 80-170dd killed my 24war 4.4444444444444444 seconds they are way under conned

he also spawns just to the right of Paludal Caverns zone in. I think all Rhinobeatle's hold his spot as they spawn there also.

for what it's worth...

just got done killing this guy with my 44 monk. it was not what i'd call an easy fight, but not terribly difficult. i was at full health when i started and did use mend, though i *may* have been able to take him without it. what can i say i'm a wuss. my monk is modestly twinked, with 2 kd's, 1300 hit points and over 800 ac (not a ton, i know). never hit for over 75, but he hit often.

i added up my damage and he has approx. 2k hitpoints.

dropped the mask (thank god...didnt want to have to do that again :P) and some other junk. all in all it was definately a well spent hour as this mask is a very nice item for the lvl of the mob it drops off of.

Edited, Fri Mar 15 08:49:16 2002