Foot of Candlestick not dropping from Unkempt Preservers?

Teddie1056 · #1 07-01-2025, 01:38 AM

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/...16#walkthrough

Passenger · #2 07-01-2025, 10:32 AM

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/20010122...y/chalice1.htm

Quote:

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/20010630...t/partisan.htm

Quote:

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 · #3 07-01-2025, 02:44 PM

I have yet to see this message.

**nilbog** · #4 07-18-2025, 03:41 PM

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

Teddie1056 · #5 07-19-2025, 12:30 AM

Thank you for the response

Teddie1056 · #6 07-24-2025, 08:12 PM

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** · #7 07-24-2025, 10:28 PM

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 · #8 07-24-2025, 11:48 PM

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?