#@*$&% Shar Val hammer quest...

[Xorshaik]

I kill these stupid newbie iohfgs broodlings in one hit every time in Shadeweaver's Thicket, and I have spent multiple sessions sometimes killing every single one I can find, sometimes killing everything that moves.. I have not gotten one, and I can't stand these little level 1 or whatever they are monsters.

Vendor farming in and around Shar Val has been just as ineffective... I haven't seen one bloodling carapace.

I've asked and been told these are the right things to kill.. What is the drop rate here, 1 in 500!? What's the graphic, is it the same as all the other beetle shell looking things?

[windeliane]

you just had bad luck i guess...

[Radasar]

i did the hammer quest

it sucks rocks... but its doable

[Lady Ladinea]

I can't even get the shar vahl quest to do this. Till I figure out a way to gain faction. So I can't skill up on shadow screem even.

<wishes she could>

[Jowjo]

I believe kitty faction can be raised by killing the bandits outside the zone in Shadow Weavers?

[Kheera]

Shar Vahl smithing quest

The beetles in the pit around Shar Vahl do not drop the carapaces you need; the ones that have them are the ones in the newbie area near the PoK book in Shadeweavers. Yes the carapaces are fairly rare... patience grasshopper ^_^;

Kheera
52 kitty shaman on Tunare

[B_Delacroix]

I feel your pain, but you just have to suck it up.

I did this quest some time ago, but I've noticed a lot more people after broodling carapaces recently. Has something developed in the world of smithing that makes everyone want to try this? If its just people looking for a quick way to skill up to 250, they will be disappointed in learning they have to farm the wailing and shreiking bits.

[Xorshaik]

[Xorshaik]

I'd sure feel better if I could just have one carapace, just to know they actually exist.

The hammer is kinda holding me up in making some humming orbs. I'm slightly inclined to park my butt in OOT instead.

[Blaide]

Yeah, the drop rate of these things sucks. Heres another horror story though, I managed (after many hours) to gather up all the carapaces I needed, brought them to the forge, had everything ready to go, hit combine...and failed, thus wasting at least 9 hours of work. See if you can find someone whos done the quest and has the chain tunic to turn in, just give it back to them when you get your hammer. I was lucky enough to have a friend do this for me when I failed my combine. Yes im still bitter about it btw! :evil:

[trethyl]

let the pain be shared

man i litterally spent 9 hours killing these things yes even my druid with centi hammer killed em in one hit. and after 9 hours i had half what i needed and i mean i was doing whole sale slaughter (you start feeling bad when newbies start calling you names for taking their kills)
after all that one fo the newbies felt sorry for me and gave me thiers.
this after i was /auction WTB carapaces 100pp
and i got my tunic and i got my hammer and i made i got all the way to making my luclinite hammer then out of habbit i left my hammer in the forge cause i forgot something in bank.
yes i lost my hammer hehe and the guards chose just then to get some bug where they were multi spawning in the same spot and i kept loosing my quest stuff or it wouln't work blah blah blah
that was a horrible horrible day

[Shaman Arriana]

Your best bet, is to just skip this whole step. It horribly sucks.

Fortunately, I found a friend who already had the tunic. Hand that to Barhkam, and he'll skip you up to the first hammer. You even get the tunic back. Let someone else do the work for you.

[Flabbo McFattyfatfat]

Yeah, the reason why my tunic is safely banked It took me about 4 hours of non stop killing and yowling for newbies to help to get mine. I knew I would eventually go ld in the middle of a combine or something similar. Glad I had planned ahead when the inevitable happened

[BuilderOfCastles]

Yes, it is impossible

In shadeweavers thicket, off to the left (from shar vahl) is the newbie area where these little bugs live.

Now, first, everything over there is a place holder for broodlings.

And second, Those bugs only have two things in their drop table. Both of these items are rare drops.

Third, you need 16 of them. arrrggghhh <-- I didist shout

Fourth, you can't start the quest unless you are a Vahr Shir citizen.
However, you can start it in the middle by buying the carapice
shield frame. (and then another)


The 'other' rare drop on these bugs can make you faction thou.
turn 4 claws into the guy standing next to the clock tower looking
thing, just out from Shar Vahl.

Also turn in to him 4 of the claws you get from Lesser Shades for faction.
And lots of drops off of bandits (which gives you faction) can be turned into him in groups of 4 for faction. Rings, insignia, etc.

In other words, welcome to the club of a rotten camp

Marriel on Fennin Ro
Shaman of the Frozen North, 51 Winters
<hr>Brewing-184 | Baking-191 | Fishing-200 | Fletching-180
Jewelcraft-185 |Pottery-250 | Tailoring-154 | Smithing-194

[Kradlum]

blah

I found it slow going at first, but once I figured the spawn pattern it was easy. The main thing is not just to kill the bloodlings, kill everything in the newbie area and after a while you will either get a whole load of silk worms or a whole load of bloodlings to spawn.

I'm sure there is a "feature" in EQ that works out whatever it is you are hunting for and makes that appear less - when looking for a pristine forest drakeling scale, I never found one. As soon as I bought one and didn't need to find one anymore, I found 4! Go figure.

I think it took me about 4 hours to collect all I needed once I had figured this out.