Junk Beast

[EZ_Slassh]

1 piece off finishing the Secreet of the Planes.. WRU Junk Beast!!

Can anyone help me on how to spawn him, or any idea of his spawn pattern? I checked PoI with a ranger religiously for 3 weeks and never saw him up. I also read on EQmaps (I think) that he has been moved inside the factory....

Baps Edited by: Slassh at: 4/7/03 6:30:58 am

[EZ_Hotcana Wupaz]

I think the JB was taken out of the game. Trains to zone are common in PoI, and Junk's liked to just sit there and wait. I recall the first night of pop, approx 100 naked bodies sitting outside of PoI waiting on GM to fix the JB camper.

[EZ_Haldin Darconis]

About a week ago, we killed several junk beasts. Both times he spawned in the same area. Basically from the Zone-in just follow the left wall... After quite a long time, you'll reach a large area with one of those big doors on your left. This area has probably about 4 "paths" leading in/out of it.

In about 2 hours of farming in that general area for tri-coated casings, we had 2 junk beasts spawn.

[Shadowbladez]

He is still in game allright, killed him last week.

/S

[EZ_Dissistheman]

I've seen him spawn in a couple different places, but each time we've killed him, it's been close to xanamech during the gnome quest.

[EZ_Kulala]

Anyone know the pop time of Junk Beast? I have camped there 2 days and 3 hrs each time but didnt see any Junk Beast spawn =/



Kulala Lv65 Woodelf Shaman in TN
The Walking Vending Machine

[EZ_Undaine]

I've spent a bunch of time here and have heard conflicting opinions. Everything from where he spawns, to if he roams or not ...

Being a level 65 bard with FT15 and various elemental gear, I have the ability to solo pretty much all of Innovation outside the castle. And I have been doing so, clearing nearly half the zone at once. I do this by swarm kiting. I agro everything I want, charm 1 of them, send it on the 50+ others, and it instantly dies. Charm another, send in, repeat.

I keep MOST of the zone cleared this way. Only slowing my pace to kill Archaic's and other summoning mobs.

I've done this for about 4 hours, clearing everything on the "back" side of Innovation, and have gotten ZERO junkbeasts to pop.

I'd imagine that one of the roamers is the junkbeast placeholder. I say this because this one particular one tends to spawn as interestingly named and modeled types. For instance, it spawned once as one of those little spiders that feed Behemoth, so it stands out a bit. Also it looks like it was an "added" spawn with its spawn point being right before Xanamach's room.

My theory is he's the place holder for the junk beast.

When the junk beast SPAWNS, being a bard, I will also have the luxury to gate the damn thing and see where EXACTLY its spawn point is. At which point I will take a screen shot, and post the exact spot here in all its goody goodness.

But I'd really like to know first hand from as many people as possible where exactly I should be hunting. Summoning mobs slow me down, and I loathe clearing over 50 light blue and green mobs every 8 miniutes. If anyone can tell me that he roams, and his exact roaming path, I will tell you its exact spawn point in return in probably less than 24 hours.

Also, I have heard he has a static spawn point as well. If anyone can provide this, I would apprciate it.

Thank you.

[EZ_Kellaen]

Quote:Basically from the Zone-in just follow the left wall... After quite a long time, you'll reach a large area with one of those big doors on your left. This area has probably about 4 "paths" leading in/out of it.
His PH roams from the most strait forward path and then left / right. You'll understand if you can sit there and observe for a while.

[EZ_Sleight of Mind]

My guild was doing the Xanamech event and I was babysitting the gnome outside the door, down the path a bit with the rest of the raid inside. Imagine my surprise when the Junk Beast came strolling down the path.

Sleight

65 Coercer

[EZ_Macc]

he still exists, and if he's like the shade and ratticus, he doesn't have a ph and is a timed spawn. i tracked for 3 days and got him up, don't think anyone was killing stuff back there during that time, too.

Macc Tastic <Rising Ascension>
65 Deceiver
Povar
www.magelo.com/eq_view_pr...num=117518

[EZ_ArkaMadcaster3688]

Junkbeast definitley still exists. Its just... that his encounter is much harder now. He now spawns INSIDE the factory in the room where you can only get to by hailing the Researcher Robot(Endurance Test quest) and say I am ready. The Researcher will then port ONLY 1 group into the room where Junkbeast was. Throughout the fight, little manaetic robots will start spawning and attack. So, bring an enchanter. When Junkbeast dies, loot his corpse and evac since i didn't find of getting out of that room.

[EZ_Londar]

We killed the JB while doing Xanamech last night. He was not up when we started, but when we took a minute to let the rogues drag a few of the late comers, we notice he had popped with the other respawns behind us.

[EZ_Teaamilie]

After reading this I'm confused (not hard to do by the way! )

Is the JB something you spawn by killing placeholders or is it now an event? Or both?

Thanks!
Teaa Edited by: Teaamilie at: 4/24/03 3:14:27 am

[EZ_BRYGUY]

teaa from fennin ro? hi

[EZ_Teaamilie]

No, sorry. Aro

[EZ_Diotrum]

The junkbeast is fine. Here's what you do and why it's confusing to folks about placement.

Zone in and go left all the way to the large intersection (or right and past the place with the vendor gnome). When you go left you will need to pull from the right hand side through the doors. There is one mob in there that cons dark blue to 65 (the rest of the zone is green/light blue). That mob is the PH. Kill it over and over and you will get the JB.

It always spawns right there, everytime. The issue is, the thing has a HUGE aggro area. It can see you when fighting down the valley to the cross section through the wall and it will rush you. It also does still camp corpses. This is why it's sometimes out in the valley instead of in him room. He wipes a group and sits there while the bodies pop back at the graveyard.

[EZ_Fingon Sylverhawk]

Every time I have seen and killed Junk Beast he has been pathing between Xanamech door and the big open area before that. Also the first time we fought him we wiped twice, both times he went back to his pathing, did not camp any corpses.

[EZ_Undaine]

Ok, this thread is fairly full of bad info and I camped this guy for like 40 hours. Finnally found him up on a server up, ran out to him and gated his butt with bard Song of Highsun and instantly FM'ed. I then bound sight on him.

AKA I know the exact location of where the junk beast spawns. This is 100% true no BS "My friend told me" stuff. I did it. I am right. Your friend is wrong. If I seem like I'm angry about this for some reason, I am. I heard way to much total crap from a million sources, none of which were right.

Now that thats cleared up here it is!

From zone in, go to the right towards the house with the gnome that does the walking quest to spawn the PoI dragon. If you're looking at the house, the junk beast spawns nearly directly in front of it. If its NOT him, its a PH. The PH will roam on nearly the exact same path that the gnome walks, all the way into Xanamach's room. It will then stop, and turn around and go back. It frequently pauses for long periods of time on its journey. Long enough to give the misconception that it is a static spawn where ever the heck you encountered it.

Thats it. End of story. Happy hunting. Grats me

[EZ_Veridion]

I think he spawns in the library with the lead pipe...

But if he's holding a candlestick, he'll drop a peanut butter and jelly sandwich...

(The candlestick has not yet been confirmed, it may be a trout...Stay tuned!)

***EDIT***

Gratz Me! Edited by: Veridion at: 6/12/03 1:34 am

[EZ_Javan Transient]

So, with Undaine's information, one way to get the JB is:

Go to the dragons area
Start down the path back to the gnome, killing everything
When you reach the gnome, set up camp killing anything that pops until JB spawns.


If you just stay at gnome, and the ph is making the circuit, it'll take forever and a day to path all that way and then back. This would explain why he's so rare, anybody at a stationary camp isn't going to see the ph very often at all.

[EZ_Baramos1]

Confirmed method.

Went through one round of PH killing and JB popped right in front of the house.

[EZ_CalhoonJugganaut]

This method works. I wouldn't start from the dragons door though, that takes too much time. Thats what we did. You should go down the first hall that the gnome takes and stop at the end before the next opening to the next big open area. Kill any wanderers coming towards you. Most of the time it was an Erratic Model, occasionally a rat, and 2 times we got a busted power carrier(it looks like a spider). Well, after killing these mobs that auto popped at the gnome house each time the former was killed they stopped popping for about 5-10 mins. Then the Junk Beast spawned and came down the path very fast. We died. So we met back up at the GY with the Junk Beast spawned and he went to Xanamech's door and kinda camped that whole area. We went left from the Gy to make it to Xanamechs area faster. We stopped right in the hall before you come to the open area where you go to Xanamech's room. We then pulled the Junk Beast and killed em. Was pretty easy once he was spawned. But he does indeed pop at the gnomes house. I think he only travels the path once though. MY warrior defensive discipline brought his hits for 900 down to 551. Get him slowed and he is cake. The blind isn't even that bad, considering its AoE. JB is a shared spawn. He can pop just like any other model at that spawn point. So you might kill one PH or you might have to kill 30 or more like we did. Hope this info helps you.

[EZ_Javan Transient]

Quote:Thats what we did. You should go down the first hall that the gnome takes and stop at the end before the next opening to the next big open area. Kill any wanderers coming towards you.

The reason I reccomended the dragon as starting point is if you start anywhere else, the PH 'could' be between you and the dragon, so you have to wait for it to path all the way back. Starting at the dragon insures that you will hit any ph that pops. That way you are assured that when you get back to the gnome you are ready for it to pop.

Might also be worthwhile to have someone at the gnomes hut. If they see something pop, the know its a ph, and the clearing group can evac and go get it directly. Should cut 'camp' time.

[EZ_CalhoonJugganaut]

Aye thats what we did, sorry I didn't mention that. We had 2 rogues with SoS running back and forth tailing prospected wanderers. When we finally found the fight PH it kept auto popping on its death. If you have enough people it wouldn't hurt to kill all the way to the gnomes hut, that way you don't have to back track any.

[EZ_AstarothTP]

Just got the Junk Beast to pop yesterday.

For us it did not pop at gnomes hut, popped right in front of xanamech area.

Another thing of note, our tracker noticed that only one busted power carrier was up at a time. could be nothing though.

Good Luck

[EZ_Tradezcat]

I found that if a mob has a multi location of Spawn choices Highsung will send it to random ones. I had this problem before and got some great trains before Fade. It is a spawn point but if there are 2 or more options from spawn points it can still be random...

just FYI, not saying anyone is wrong

[EZ_Soultics]

We pulled JB to a spot, killed him, repop happened and it was Junk Beast again.

[EZ_Solathan Honorshield]

It won't pop

[EZ_KivuliNyamaa]

I've spent over a week, for 10 hours or so every night, just killing every wandering mob that I can find. Nothing. Am I the unluckiest shmuck in EQ or am I doing something wrong?

Usually we start at zone and go right, clearing everything along the path (with particular presence of mind to grab any wanderer we see) until we get to the clearing just before Xanamech's corridor. Then we set up shop in the west chamber of that double-clearing and proceed to slay anything we find. Nothing. Even tried the reverse; cleared everything starting left and ending up at the gnome house. Again, nothing. I've also never seen any wandering mobs that auto-pop another placeholder at the gnome house upon death.

Either Junk Beast is mortally afraid of facing me, I'm doing something wrong, or the information here is flawed somehow. Any new input?

[EZ_oskarbriving]

I scouted around in poi for about two hours and the only roaming mob i could find that sounded like the one described above pathed like I've drawn on the attached image.

I started following him at the dot denoted as 1 in the picture. Every stop he made after that is also denoted with a dot, and numbered in the order he made these stops.

After about an hour my patience was worn out and I left, but from what I can tell, this is the only mob that could be what you decribed.

No other mobs I could find pathed anything like the stretch from the gnome to the dragons lair.

Anyone able to confirm that this indeed the junkbeast ph?

[Tanise Manasponge]

Well based on my exp with JB (2 kills) no that's not his pattern unless you left some pacing out and he really takes his time on it.

First up past this

hem2.passagen.se/purge/junkbeast.jpg

in this window's addy bar then after pic loads hit back and the pic should be loaded instead of the happy little red X.


First time I caught him up was at the big area between points 4 and 5. He was just sorta pacing back and forth in there occasionally going down the hall to the Dragon. I got to watch him for a while cuz my exp group found him up and were looking to get reinforcements (mid 50s group) and he aggro'd us. then we came back (after wiping) and pulled him but combined between these two times I prolly watched him for about say 15 minutes. Pace north/south on that map (if north is up) with the occasional roam down the dragons hall/tunnel. He never came in the time I watched to point 4 till he aggro'd on us (that's where we were standing and he didn't roam there he rain straight for us).

Next time I caught him he was in the big area between points 6/10 and 8. I didn't get to watch him as much since we had a group capable of killing as well as I knew his aggro radius (huge) so I stayed back. But what I did see was once again him pacing ALOT. Back forth back forth then he'd roam somewhere. Dunno where.

So if that is his path on that map he does ALOT of stopping and wandering/pacing before moving on.

My guess is he is on a roamer ph table but has his own set path and spawn spot(s). Think Frog hunter/forager. Both can spawn in multiple spots both have named that can spawn and then roam in different paths etc from their PH.

[EZ_Warble1]

Curious, as I can't see any of the maps posted here. I've raided Xana a couple times but never bothered to notice which way we traveled.
You spawn the gnome at the hut to the right of the GY. At this point, does he travel the long way around the loop? Or, and this migt make less sense, does he travel the shortest path straight to the west in front of the GY and factory?

I don't want to spend time back in the bowels of the zone killing wandering ph if it's not necessary. Completing the circuit with a fairly high dps group was still about a 2 hour affair.

Warble

[Derrict]

Curious, as I can't see any of the maps posted here. I've raided Xana a couple times but never bothered to notice which way we traveled.
You spawn the gnome at the hut to the right of the GY. At this point, does he travel the long way around the loop? Or, and this migt make less sense, does he travel the shortest path straight to the west in front of the GY and factory?


from zone in and taking the right path to lead up to the gnome building/structure, continuing further up is where I've seen the JB. I only saw him wander in a small area in front of the gate, he didn't move much further. I tagged and ran to zone in and had a monk do the rest. Lots of mobs around him when I tagged so expect a big train if you do it that method hehe.

[EZ_iron299wind]

Hmmm I tried this method for about 4 hours last night after clearing all the down the dragon and clearing back up never a saw a roamer pop at the gnome house had a few come from behing on the path to the dragon which we promptly slew? But nothing roamer wise insta popped after being killed.

Is there any possiblity he only spawns when the xenomech is up?

Thanks,

Sir Ironwind Dreamseeker

[EZ_Jice Virago]

I have seen people farm this thing for days and never see it, AEing the entire area. JB is stupidly rare for the complete crap he drops.

[EZ_stehle]

We have been able to spawn him fairly reliably by killing right from the ZI to the dragon door and then working back. A great time to look for the JB is after other guilds are doing Xanamech raids.

[EZ_iron299wind]

Thanks all I got him random pop Saturday night right after I killed Vhaziz

[EZ_ChoppednSkrewed]

For your information folks ....


Junk Beast, atleast on E`ci, has spawned EVERY SINGLE time after Xanamech has fallen in Plane of Innovation. Might want to take this into account next time you hear folks going for their Innovation factory flag. Try tagging along, and I am sure you'll see the Junk Beast.

My two cents ....



[63 Oracle]Swishahouse Slowed`Down <Venerate>
[58 Rogue]Slimm Thugg <Venerate>
E C I E C I

[EZ_Torali]

2 personal experiences with JB:

1) We were fighting right from the zone in and passed the gnome house. Then continued a bit down to that big area (i think near some gates) with lots of spawns in the middle. I'm a druid and JB was not on tracking. He spawned right on top of us and wiped us since we weren't ready.

2) JB was on tracking and we gathered a Xana raid figuring we'd get a 2 for 1. Fought through and he was in the same place where he had spawned on us a previous time. Killed him and kept fighting on. Just as we were turning north to the Dragon gate he respawned on tracking. A ranger was able to run back quickly and pull him to the main group before we tackled Xana. I'm told again he was in that open courtyard area up a bit from the gnome's house. So we got a 3 for 1.

T

[EZ_Tikker]

Junk beast is a myth =\

[EZ_Atlane]

Quote:Junk Beast, atleast on E`ci, has spawned EVERY SINGLE time after Xanamech has fallen in Plane of Innovation

I think you'll find that is true because you have to clear about such a large chunk of the loop to do xana (from gnome to dragon).

If your guild needs him (has a few decent items, like the focus for wiz), just get a raid force together and mass clear all the way around till it pops.

[EZ_Tikker]

I've been camping him simply for the quest peice


No way i'd be able to get raid force together for a quest for a twink

[EZ_Darkmatil]

I've done about three Xana raids plus a few groups and also spent of time of time soloing in Xana's room, bringing most of the mobs in that area, and still have never once seen the Junk beast, and it is the last thing I need for secrets of the planes. Has anyone actually got him to spawn in area near Xana by just killing the mobs in that area? I'm talking from Xana's room down the hallway to the crossroads with the door on the one side, and killing all the wanderers that come through there.

[EZ_Nomenn4U]

We were after JB and it was up .12 of us "cause we heard how tough he was" zoned in went LEFT around passed the factory. Left at the first 4 way intersection. Other paths on the 4 way: Straight leads to Xenos room, Right is a door with some mobs inside. We also noticed a roamer with the name "??? powersouce" that pathed from left to right and back and forth at this intersection it looked like one of MBs spiders. This mob WAS up while JB was up though. He was in a large open yard area and he agroed me "65 monk" while i was in his sight around the corner. Nothing else agroed but him and he was quickly dispatched. Easy fight except for some blinds... but that kinda stuff just builds the excitement.

[EZ_FoldarnManabern]

Been trying to find out a way to get JB to spawn, researching here and other websites, but nobody really knows. Got a theory. I saw someone mention "a broken power carrier". I bust out my ranger and watch tracking. When this mob is up, it's the ONLY one by that name up. Besides the raid mobs, minis, and quest NPCs, it's the only one of the like. Allakhazam's doesn't list it as having any form of a loot table. Unfortunately for me, I cannot snag a group to off him whenever I want to. I'm gonna off him one of these times and see if JB don't pop after it like an immediate PHer of sorts. /shrug

[EZ_Gorgwath]

I got really lucky, was on a Xana raid and we we're just buffing outside his door. All of a sudden half of raid went blind, lol Junk Beast snuck up behind us! On top of that i was lucky enough to win the power source .