Drop Change in Steamfont Brownies

[Aaneras]

Apparently they no longer drop brownie parts; instead it's "A Brownie Torso" which is a stackable nodrop item.

Look for the ingredients in MTP to get pricier - haven't checked if the same change applies to the brownies in LFay.

Aaneras, druid of the 44th season

Fennin Ro

196 baking
194 pottery
140 jewelcrafting

[Froni Thunderpaws]

The Steamfont brownies have dropped a variety of things besides brownie parts since the newbie armor quests were added to Ak'Anon. Brownie parts were never a guaranteed drop from them but they are pretty common. I forgot if the GFay ones were changed as well to have more in the loot table. Nillipuss will always drop a brownie part.

[Aaneras]

There is a new item...

The Torso is new, never saw it before on any brownie. And the parts do not appear to ever drop in Steamfont now.

I also don't think that the Iron Oxide ground spawn exists - appears to have been replaced with a mossy drake scale - but that may just be a consequence of regular farming.

Aaneras

[hyelaw]

Re: Drop Change in Steamfont Brownies

Originally posted by Aaneras
Apparently they no longer drop brownie parts; instead it's "A Brownie Torso" which is a stackable nodrop item.

Brownie Torsos have in deed been around for a while. I remember seeing them last year when I would farm for brownie parts in Steamfont. I used to get a lot of brownie legs too. The other half of your statement may be true though about the parts being nerfed. I haven't been there lately to know.

[Lithien]

Was there a couple of days ago. Killed 3 brownies and got 3 brownie parts. Luckier than usual, but they still drop... you probably just got a bad run.

And the iron oxide spawns do exist. That is why I was there. Respawn time is 22.5 hours , so they are just hard to catch. Try do a search in the Pottery forum and you can find loc's and explanations on how to find them.

[Maevenniia]

Re: There is a new item...

lol

It never ceases to amaze me how people will jump to conclusions on so little data.

Brownies in Steamfont have had a number of items on their drop tables ever since they introduced teh newbie quests: A Brownie Leg, A Brownie Brain, A Brownie Torso (no drop), Brownie Parts, An Arrow, misc pieces of rawhide…

As for Iron Oxide, with all the resent patches, I've not been able to find thegroundspawns, however rather than assume the groundspawns were nerfed or bugged, I think someone must be camped there and logging in right after the patches.

[Aleksandros]

Brownie drops in Steamfont

Some good news for young Rangers everywhere with some patience. The arrows that drop from these brownies seem to be the same ones for the Ranger Ivy Etched Armor quest. Requires 6 different ones, and they normally drop from the Brownie Outcast in Lesser Faydark, each one Lore and No Drop.

[Nairn Niteraven]

Nillipuss will always drop a brownie part.

Actually, that isn't true anymore; I've killed him twice recently with no Brownie Parts.

[RawdTP]

Re: Re: There is a new item...

Originally posted by Maevenniia
lol

It never ceases to amaze me how people will jump to conclusions on so little data.

Brownies in Steamfont have had a number of items on their drop tables ever since they introduced teh newbie quests: A Brownie Leg, A Brownie Brain, A Brownie Torso (no drop), Brownie Parts, An Arrow, misc pieces of rawhide…

I was in Steamfont 2 days ago gathering supplies and I can confirm what you said. I spent there ~2 hours and I've seen all of the drops you listed including 2 pieces of rawhide. Brownie parts was still by far the most frequent drop with A Brownie Torso being the distant second.

[Aaneras]

Mea Culpa

Yup, you're right. I found the Iron Oxide ground spawns, and I've now gotten Brownie Parts from the Mountain Brownies again. I did have a truly wierd string of identical drops of torsos alone; must have been fun with random numbers.

One other question: Is there some different loot code that sets in when mobs drop too fast? A sort of "mass slaughter" penalty? Because I have noticed a greater tendency to get no loot when I use AE spells to take down placeholders for mobs that I need something from...

cheers,

Aaneras

[Froni Thunderpaws]

/cries not Nillipuss too. He was my best source until the mountain brownies moved into Steamfont, and it is just plain pleasurable killing him after he steals the jum jum from Reebo's farm. I am sure Reebo would give him some if Nillipuss would just ask nicely. And sigh, I killed him after the bad news and got only a brownie brain - he didn't even steal any jum jum.

[Aamdor]

Iron Oxides drop from mobs in The Hole (now Ruins of Old Paineel). A 3 hour session recently resulted in quite a few O/I and Drops of Mercury also.

[Kakg]

Iron Oxide still drops as a ground spawn in Steamfont (Iron Oxide = Rust)

It normally drops on or around the large cog lying on the ground just north of the mino caves. I've seen it spawn in the centre hole, on top of the cog and down the side in the teeth. There is a single spawn in that area and the respawn rate is about the same as the mossy drake scales which also spawn two each, in the two steam plumes in the same area. (This I took from the fact that they popped at the same time for three consecutive spawns)

However - I have noticed that after a while the iron oxide appears to stop spawning. This I suspect is because it has spawned in a location where I can't get at it, probably inside the cog's mesh. From then on and until the server resets I can't find any in that area.

[Tweedledea]

Stonegrabbers in ML drop iron oxide.

[Corker]

ML?? I am unsure what zone you mean.