The Hunt for Tantor

[halfer777]

Hey everyone. I'm interested in hunting the mythical beast known as Tantor, and was wondering if anyone was willing to divulge information about bringing down the beast.

The trophy hunter is an enchanter, and I was willing to be a madman in the icelands smashing the animal mobs together until he spawned. Using the pet track method, the plan would be to then panic if he or Strong Horn were up until I could find him, and throw as many animals as possible into him until I bring the colossus down. Because this is an insane idea, the hope is that no trackers would be actively looking around and get an FTE on them before me.

Then I thought a little more deeply; the information on his wiki page is quite sparse, and.. What if he is really magic resistant? roots won't work, slows won't work, i'm not sure if there are enough animals to kill him before i start trying to throw wyverns and gravid drakes at him.

What if Strong Horn spawns? If he runs faster than regular speed like other kunark rhinos and is also highly MR, i'm also going to be in a bad spot to be throwing stuff at him while keeping control as well. Since i'm running at Jboot speed, I might not really even be able to kite him, cast a fast charm, and keep him off without eating a lot of damage.

Googling around Tantor threads basically netted me that he and Strong Horn are stupid rare, and Tantor will break your heart by not dropping the tusk. They ostensibly spawn between the two canyons leading to DL and ToV.

I used to think I could try to look for them after an earthquake, but I guess those don't happen anymore?

For anyone who doesn't know about Tantor and Strong Horn, they're big animals that drop cool weapons.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Tantor

https://wiki.project1999.com/Strong_Horn

And yes, Tantor's Tusk is 50/60. As someone whose favorite item that they will never have is a Rod of Annihilation, this is a very intriguing Tusk that I would like to wield.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Rod_of_annihilation

Thank you for any information you are willing to share, if you know about these secretive beasts.