How do I get to the Steel Casing vendor?

[Cerpicio]

I know he is in PoI, but how do I get to him? Anyone have a handy map of PoI, too?

The steel casings are still non-stackable and cost about 45p each, correct? Do they weigh much or should I stack up on WR bags?



Thanks,
-- C.
aka Fenbin Dazzlebright
52 Enchanter

[Zallarenya]

Grab a group, zone in and fight your way to the right.

Not far down the valley, you'll see a building with Nitram (the merchant) inside.

Casings cost 42pp each and aren't very heavy (0.5 wt I think). They don't stack, of course.

Archaic models, by the way, can't be slowed and hit hard :)

[Lothay]

Please also note that most things in this zone see Invis.

~Lothay

[Lilosh]

Archaic Models also are Immune to run speed changes. :-(


-Lilosh

[PinyonTreedotter]

He's not too far down the path, but it is very hard to get there solo. I've had a careful monk get there and buy with few problems. The mobs are spread out very well, so you should only aggro one at a time, and sneak will get you around most of them.

It's hard to get back, since you don't want to train the zone line -- but if you fail, all you have to do is wait 15 minutes and collect your Steel Casings at the graveyard.

It's definitely safer to take a group down, as well as being more fun. Before you take the trip, you might want to ask if anyone is doing the Factory quest (tinkered dragon). When that happens, the vendor is absent -- or, if you get them just as they are starting, you should be able to convince them to tag along and make your purchases before they trigger the event

[Cerpicio]

Ok, great! Thanks for the info. One more question though...are the casings NO DROP? They must not be if someone had a monk buy for them, but I was under the impressions they couldn't be traded.

Oh, I do have one more question. I've seen recipes call for a ball bearing. While fighting in PoI I've seen steel ball bearings drop. Is this what I need? Is there such thing as just a "ball bearing?"


Thanks again.
-- C.

[splunge]

Yes, Steel ball bearing. Nothing else in EQ it called anything close to that. Thats what you need.

I would put a few tink bags on my 58 monk and feign-flop him down to the merchant. When i get to him, i usually have a nice parade behind me waiting to kick my butt. Wait a few mins, get up, open merchant window and FD again. Buy buy buy buy buy. Flop my way back. Havent died yet. Came close once tho, ended up with like 100hp. Eep.
/hug mend and monk /discs

[Heimdall]

Another way to do this if check on bazaar to see who sells minimizers, and ask them to let you tag along next time they go to re-stock. I usually make a run for it with 1 or 2 friends and would not mind helping a fellow tinkerer. Naturally, any coils and ball bearings during the trip are mine :)

[Vivere]

Course... if yer a gnome rogue, or have a rogue friend or Alt. Just use SoS and walk back to the gnome, buy the casings and walk back out ;)

~Z

[Beldhyr]

If you are taking the path to the right, towards Mr. Anizok, you will not have single creatues, except maybe the wanderers. Almost every clockwork from the zone in to Nitram is in a knot of 2 or 3. The left path is a different story...and if you're 62-65, you'll probably be getting just one...but for the rest of us, it's a short but difficult trip :)

One of these days, I'll get my map of PoI finished (in-game map that is ;) )

[Fizgit BAE]

Another option is find a trusted monk buddy. they like to flop down to the vendor for me and buy the casings. Can usually get about 40 or so depending on bag/bank space. They flop down, buy the casings ( and any bearings, coiled springs ) off the vendor then flop back and zone out. You can even stay outside the zone, no fear of getting hit by a train ;o)


Fizgit MezLicious
60 BAE
<Fell Omen>
<Sacred Band>
Karana
;)

[Cerpicio]

Ok, I was in a group, we crawled down the right-side path and around a corner. I saw a big door and opened it only to find most clockworks inside (they didn't agro us though). I didn't see any merchant. And this was right before what looked like an intersection.

Is this too far? Not far enough? I don't remember seeing any other kind of building before that.


Thanks.
And if there is a map of PoI out there somewhere, could you post a link?
-- C.
aka Fenbin 55 Enchanter, 195 Tinker

[Lothay]

The vendor is on a rise in a tower.

He's all the way down the right-hand lane.

~Lothay

[Astroshak]

Depending on the mob spawns there, a ranger or druid (using Harmony of Nature) or a paladin/cleric/enchanter (lull line, whatever's best in it) might be able to make it down to the vendor.

Only problem is the archaics and the obsoletes cannot be Harmonied (dunno about the lull line, I play a ranger).

[gnormy]

For what its worth, the enchanter spell MINOR ILLUSION moves you to indifferent with mobs. So while you can't move, this may give you added time to complete you purchases.

[Smyrt]

I bought some while feigned as my group waited outside and took care of repops. I haven't gotten around to questing for my Comatose spell yet, but when I do I'll probably try feign-flopping to the vendor. The regular FD spell seems to fail too often to make it worth the risk without having a backup.

[Cerpicio]

I finally made it to the merchant in PoI (I keep forgetting his name). The first try we were about 2/3 of the way there, got two adds, my mez failed, and we wiped out. The second try we made it in, but on the way out got an add from behind I couldn't mez quickly enough, then more adds and we wiped again. But thanks to the new group XP modification everyone ended up gaining XP anyway. And I was happy because we at least made it there first.

And also thanks to the shared bank space I was able to clear enough room so I could take seven empty 10-slot bags to fill up. 70 steel casings at 42p each is a bit costly though. But I'm glad I dont' have to worry about finding a group to get back there anytime soon.

I just wish I would have known "vial of gasses" was only sold there too. Now I can't make any Maximizing devices until my next shopping spree in PoI.

So let that be a warning to anyone making their first shopping trip into PoI, don't forget to buy "vial of gasses" too!

Anything else that is only sold there?


Thanks for your help everyone,
-- C.

[gnormy]

You will encounter some mobs along the route that are unmezzable.

[splunge]

Soooo so much easier to hire a high level monk. Probably even some crazy necros or SKs would do it. Monks would complain about the weight too much. Heck, i run my 57 monk there all the time at 2500hp, 100+ weight with 7-8 non-tink bags and 3000p. Havent died yet.

&lt;3 Feign Death. Wish my ranger got it instead of the real thing. =)

[Knomercy]

I just walk right to him when I need stuff...

/shrugs

Wonder if it has anything to do with me being a rogue tho..