Breath of Draton'ra #9: Strengthening the Blood
Status: Incomplete
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This task unlocks after completing the previous task in the series and gaining level 45.
All dragons give the same quests. Every five levels you may obtain the task to receive the next level of innate breath, up to level 75. You say, 'Hail, Draton`ra, Master of the Void' Dialogue needed. Collect 1 Branch from Refugiu 0/1 - Goru`kar Mesa Refugiu is a rare spawn just west of the tunnel leading to the western valley in Goru`kar Mesa. A rotwood strangler is the PH. Deliver 1 Branch from Refugiu to Draton`ra, Master of the Void 0/1 - Crescent Reach You receive the ability to cast Breath of Draton'ra (level 9). Need all dialogues, /loc of quest mobs, faction hits if any, hand-in emotes, any other missing information. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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11 posts
I found him already spawn, I tracked him to around 1730, 1979
1 post
Spawn in Game Time is between 3 and 4 a.m.
25 posts
For me, Refugiu, spawned at 10:25 PM, EST. I forgot to check the game time.
Scholar
22 posts
mob was up when I came lookin for him with my 85 drak warrior just tryin to get breathe quests done. Easy and over in no time flat was roaming at bottom of path leading from the giants to griff/harpy area.Took me about 1 1/2 hrs to do the 6-9 breathe quests guess I was just lucky, or they made these spawn faster since last patch.
Thus far, this quest in the series is the most tedious. I tend to do them at the minimum required level so that at least I get x.p. while I'm waiting for a pop.
Indeed, the Rotwood Strangler PH is a lot harder to take down than Refugiu. His AE effect is annoying. Sadly, more often than not, someone had taken out Refugiu shortly before I logged my toons in (I used a 49 HEF Ranger and a 45 Drakkin Enchanter...no way my chanter could solo this!) I would check for higher level toons in zone and /ooc with "Did anyone take down Refugiu?" and often got a "Yes, just killed him." <sigh>
As stated above, the safest place to pull to is the mouth of the pass leading from the Dromrek area.
At any rate, if you want him, you have to be patient, end of story. I generally don't whine about such things (unlike some people...see first post above) but SOE might want to look at this one. I've camped epic mobs in less time.
I wish luck to my fellow Drakkin.
Indeed, the Rotwood Strangler PH is a lot harder to take down than Refugiu. His AE effect is annoying. Sadly, more often than not, someone had taken out Refugiu shortly before I logged my toons in (I used a 49 HEF Ranger and a 45 Drakkin Enchanter...no way my chanter could solo this!) I would check for higher level toons in zone and /ooc with "Did anyone take down Refugiu?" and often got a "Yes, just killed him." <sigh>
As stated above, the safest place to pull to is the mouth of the pass leading from the Dromrek area.
At any rate, if you want him, you have to be patient, end of story. I generally don't whine about such things (unlike some people...see first post above) but SOE might want to look at this one. I've camped epic mobs in less time.
I wish luck to my fellow Drakkin.
6 posts
Ok.....been doing this quest line for a couple of days now. I have gotten all items up to the Vergalid Mines guy. In between going and killing all of the other items I come back every 80 minutes and kill the PH. I've done this for 20 something kills.
I'm going to snap. It wouldn't be so bad, except I'm not getting any xp when here....not doing anything "productive".
I came back to EQ after 4 years when SoD came out and have been in heaven due to the massive amount of good content. Challenging, yet able to be accomplished. It's these types of quests that caused me to leave in the first place.
I've played a chanter my entire EQ "career" and HATED the Plane of Hate portion of my epic for this very reason. I made a Drakkin Mage to keep my chanter company.
Seriously...I cannot believe that this hasn't been fixed yet. If you're going to make it an absurdly rare mob, at least make the spawn timer 20 min.... You only have 18 chances per 24 hours to spawn this guy. That is just sick. FU SOE!!
I'm going to snap. It wouldn't be so bad, except I'm not getting any xp when here....not doing anything "productive".
I came back to EQ after 4 years when SoD came out and have been in heaven due to the massive amount of good content. Challenging, yet able to be accomplished. It's these types of quests that caused me to leave in the first place.
I've played a chanter my entire EQ "career" and HATED the Plane of Hate portion of my epic for this very reason. I made a Drakkin Mage to keep my chanter company.
Seriously...I cannot believe that this hasn't been fixed yet. If you're going to make it an absurdly rare mob, at least make the spawn timer 20 min.... You only have 18 chances per 24 hours to spawn this guy. That is just sick. FU SOE!!
OK now I must also say.. this quest is purely stupid. Camping it for days, killed PH surely 20 times, no named. Cleared the area for two days 6h and 10h in a row... no named.. logged in often enough in between, killed PH... no named... complained at SoE about a bug... there is a difference between difficulty with playing and difficulty with boredom... and that is plain stupidity... it is not difficult if you even cannot do it with a lvl 76 cause this crappy guy does not spawn!
This is one of those ugly, ugly quests that makes one quit EQ. Rare spawn in my opinion a poorly chosen location. Too much traffic in this area. The guy spawns in the area that sees a lot of pass-through traffic. Any tracker on the way to Blackfeather Roost or The Steppes will pick this guy up on track if he is up. Whack he's gone. Heck, you don't even need track if you are on your way to Blackfeather.
So you are forced to camp him out and login every hour to be in position to kill the PH every 73 minutes. Ughh. I was logging in every 90 minutes on Sunday and killed the PH 5 times. But twice he never showed up so I suspect that Refugiu may have spawned and someone said "hey, there's a named up here. I wonder what he drops?" Whack.
So you are forced to camp him out and login every hour to be in position to kill the PH every 73 minutes. Ughh. I was logging in every 90 minutes on Sunday and killed the PH 5 times. But twice he never showed up so I suspect that Refugiu may have spawned and someone said "hey, there's a named up here. I wonder what he drops?" Whack.
9 posts
got the quest, Mob was up, got the drop, and the task update, but the dragon that gave me the quest responds with "im sorry, i have no need of this" and gives it back, sent a bug report, will update
Hookah Bolbernz 78th Ranger of Tunare
Nameless Server
Hookah Bolbernz 78th Ranger of Tunare
Nameless Server
12 posts
I had this problem with the Stinger turn in for the 7th part. Reported it to game developers. Waited a couple weeks. Finally my dragon took the turn in. Hope I don't have the same problem with the next parts.
Zynfandel of the nameless
Zynfandel of the nameless
I am having same problem with part 7 the Enchanted Shrubbery's vines turn in. Same problem, please update when you figure out whats wrong.
8 posts
Okay, first you have to kill the PH which is the Rotwood Strangler. He (it?) wanders around the area to the west of the pass (+1100 +1750). He's tougher than he cons (light blue to my 55 mage, but I couldn't solo it in 3 tries). Once he dies, either the PH or Refugiu will spawn in the same area right around first light of dawn, but not until then. I found killing Refugiu to be easier than killing the PH, my mage was able to do it at 56, though it was a close fight.
There is no need to clear any of the other mobs. The only thing that causes Refugiu to spawn is killing the PH which is the Rotwood Strangler and nothing else. The spiders won't agro on you. But the griffins and harpies will attack you, so either clear them, or just stand near the base of the pass out of their agro range and deal with Refugiu.
Edited, Mar 10th 2008 8:11pm by Sojourners
Edited, Mar 10th 2008 8:22pm by Sojourners
There is no need to clear any of the other mobs. The only thing that causes Refugiu to spawn is killing the PH which is the Rotwood Strangler and nothing else. The spiders won't agro on you. But the griffins and harpies will attack you, so either clear them, or just stand near the base of the pass out of their agro range and deal with Refugiu.
Edited, Mar 10th 2008 8:11pm by Sojourners
Edited, Mar 10th 2008 8:22pm by Sojourners
Hi all,
After posting my message, I tried something. Was standing right below where the Griffons are sitting, on a rise. Looking acrost the valley, there was a reddish spot on the ground. More than likely, desperate for the drop, I figured to go stand over there.
Sure enough, within 2 minutes, roughly, a PH popped, killed it, then sat and waitied. A little over an hour later, another PH. I also kept the general area clear of mob pops. I kept my sk in the area of +1776, +1267, and did not move her away.
About an hour later, Refugiu popped right in front of me. Killed him, and got the branch! It appears that, you must be near spawn point for him to pop. I camped this 5 times prior, only standing on the rise below the Griffons, no Refugiu, lots of PH's
Message me on the Luclin server if you need further clarification
Shadowdark Altru
Lvl 52 Shadowknight
Proud member of Saviors of the Pale Rose guild
After posting my message, I tried something. Was standing right below where the Griffons are sitting, on a rise. Looking acrost the valley, there was a reddish spot on the ground. More than likely, desperate for the drop, I figured to go stand over there.
Sure enough, within 2 minutes, roughly, a PH popped, killed it, then sat and waitied. A little over an hour later, another PH. I also kept the general area clear of mob pops. I kept my sk in the area of +1776, +1267, and did not move her away.
About an hour later, Refugiu popped right in front of me. Killed him, and got the branch! It appears that, you must be near spawn point for him to pop. I camped this 5 times prior, only standing on the rise below the Griffons, no Refugiu, lots of PH's
Message me on the Luclin server if you need further clarification
Shadowdark Altru
Lvl 52 Shadowknight
Proud member of Saviors of the Pale Rose guild
8 posts
Actually, the PH is the Rotwood Strangler that spawns in the area to the west of the pass. It does roam around the area with the spiders, griffens, and harpies. I've seen it spawn when no one was standing on the red patch of dirt, that patch is just one of the places it gets near when it roams. The PH is underconned at lighblue to my 55 mage, but in 3 tries I was unable to solo it. It has a vicious 200dmg rapid fire spell that really saps your health. So bring a healer with you.
Also, the spiders will not agro, but the PH, griffins, and harpies will, so it's best to either keep the area clear of griffens & harpies or wait on the wall to until the PH or quest mob spawns. It may be that the PH/Quest mob spawns at local dawn around 6am and then stays up until sometime in the night. If it only spawns once a day, that would explain the hour wait after each kill.
Also, the spiders will not agro, but the PH, griffins, and harpies will, so it's best to either keep the area clear of griffens & harpies or wait on the wall to until the PH or quest mob spawns. It may be that the PH/Quest mob spawns at local dawn around 6am and then stays up until sometime in the night. If it only spawns once a day, that would explain the hour wait after each kill.
Hi all,
I have camped this mob for a very long time. First time, killed everything in the area, including 5 instances of the PH, no mob. Am I missing something? My Drakkin Sk has camped this with my 68 Wood Elf Ranger. The ranger has been doing the killing. I'm wondering is it the affected drakkin that needs to do it. Have killed the ph, all told 10 times, on 2 different sittings. No mob. Is there a step I'm missing? She has all the breath weaps to this point. Any help would be appreciated
I have camped this mob for a very long time. First time, killed everything in the area, including 5 instances of the PH, no mob. Am I missing something? My Drakkin Sk has camped this with my 68 Wood Elf Ranger. The ranger has been doing the killing. I'm wondering is it the affected drakkin that needs to do it. Have killed the ph, all told 10 times, on 2 different sittings. No mob. Is there a step I'm missing? She has all the breath weaps to this point. Any help would be appreciated
7 posts
Anyone have more specific directions on where the drop is?
45 posts
Bottom of hill in (southeren) pass to west side of zone. Kill place holder...kill MOB. Long time between pops. Not to mention if you kill the place holder, there's no gaurantee the MOB will pop. Most likely it will be the place holder again...and again...and again. <sigh>
Edited, Sep 7th 2007 10:40am by BarflingLotsofBeer
Edited, Sep 7th 2007 10:40am by BarflingLotsofBeer
16 posts
I killed hte PH and so far over and hour and no respawn of PH. I am wondering if how much more i have to clear for respawn. I am clearing only the immediate 5-10 mobs in vicinity.
Canyousay 90th Cleric Triality
Elana 90th Shaman Triality
Spellit 90th Druid Triality
Elana 90th Shaman Triality
Spellit 90th Druid Triality
14 posts
Came upon him today at /loc +1275 +1761. I assume thats his usually spot. He wasn't roaming.
Scholar
35 posts
The Breath of Atathus does about 160 fire DD, along with a few ticks of an 80 point DoT, on top of lowering fire resistance.
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