Foot of Candlestick not dropping from Unkempt Preservers?

[Teddie1056]

I've killed upwards of around 100 of these guys with no drop. I find it hard to believe that it is this rare. This is beginning to feel like the goblin caster beads all over again.

Am I super unlucky, or is this broken?

https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=116#walkthrough

[Passenger]

Have you encountered any unkempt preservers that yell "Long live the green!" when attacked? It seems as if that is the one that actually drops the Foot of Candlestick.

- https://web.archive.org/web/20010122060800/http://www.cazic-thule.com/replay/chalice1.htm
4.7.2 Q – Where do I find this odd druid?

A. – The odd druid is a rare spawn located around the druid camp in Rathe Mountains. The druid is labeled as a ‘unkempt preserver’, but when attacked, will shout “Long live the green!!” You must continually clear other unkempt druids and animals around this area to get the odd druid to spawn.

- https://web.archive.org/web/20010630224833/http://www.red3.com/eq/Quest/partisan.htm
9. Head back to the Rathe Mountains to the Unkempt Preservers. Kill druids until you hear a druid screaming "Long live the green!!!". This is the one you want to kill.

I haven't completed this quest myself, so I can't say if it's fully implemented.

[Teddie1056]

I have yet to see this message.

[nilbog]

This works. It has a low percentage chance of spawning the correct unkempt preserver though.

[Teddie1056]

Thank you for the response

[Teddie1056]

I finally got it after 211 kills.

A note, though, the druid did NOT yell "Long live the green!"

So there is a bug to be fixed!

[nilbog]

This was a really strange edge case.

Fixed, pending update


Also, if people find any evidence of rough spawn percentage chance please let us know.

[Elroz]

the magelo captures i have, there's 46 total observed loots and 4 of them had foot of the candlestick (adding Unkempt Preserver + unkempt preserver together). So if foot is 100% drop from the specific one that says "Long live the green!" (which is usually a death emote on unkempt druids in other zones, makes me think this might be too), maybe around 5-8% spawn chance?