A giant plague rat in Black Burrow

[Manticorea84]

There is a giant plague rat in the starting area pathing around in blackburrow. I cannot identify its lvl due to it being that high. (im lvl 7) and its causing havoc among the lower levels that are trying to hunt there. we got a high lvl wizard to kill it last night but its back again. the is no giant plague rat in the wiki either. so if you plan on hunting in bb keep your head on a swivel and run like hell if you see it near you.

[Darkwulf58]

Plague Rat is mentioned in EQ Atlas Blackburrow; types of monsters.

https://msu.edu/~oconne53/eqatlas/blackburrow.html

[Muerte]

Yeah the other day I was there with my enchanter and yes, havoc!!

I saw it slaughter other low level players.

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[Scrumtick]

There is also a named gnoll that occasionally roams the top as well. It may be that the rat is his PH. I suspect these appeared post-patch because I’ve leveled many toons there and never seen these until recently.

[Ennewi]

Originally Posted by Scrumtick [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There is also a named gnoll that occasionally roams the top as well. It may be that the rat is his PH. I suspect these appeared post-patch because I’ve leveled many toons there and never seen these until recently.

https://web.archive.org/web/20000229090549

--Submited by: Calaf On: 7/1/1999 1:09:13 PM
Sometimes a grizzly bear replaces the plague rat in Blackburrow

https://web.archive.org/web/20000229073309

--Submited by: Kamorf of Brell Serilis On: 9/7/1999 4:30:47 PM
IMPORTANT!
Do NOT kill the giant plague rat. EVER. At ANY level. Tranixx Darkpaw spawns immediately upon his death, thus virtually cutting off passage from Halas to Qeynos. Even if you plan to kill Tranixx as soon as the plague rat is dead, chances are he will nab two or three victims before you can take him out.

--Submited by: Faerun On: 9/14/1999 7:19:01 PM
....this is confirmed? Once the rat dies - Tranixx is gaurenteed to spawn? Hmmmm - this could be fun. I've been waiting for that Gnoll dirt-bag for days....

--Submited by: Jeskola Corpseshredder On: 9/16/1999 11:14:58 AM
ok.. I was bored so i decided to test out the plague rat/tranixx theory while helping the BB people with their trains. This is what transpired:
Killed the Plague Rat.. waited about an hour or two, a Grizzly Bear spawned. Killed the grizzly, waited another hour or two, a Brown Bear spawned. Killed the brown bear, waited another hour or 2, Tranixx spawned. I'm not sure if its ALWAYS like that, or if it is Random who spawns in that place between those 4 (rat, grizzly, brown bear, tranixx)

By an "hour or two" I assume the player is referring to in-game hours. Also, even though it's already been confirmed, the same site lists the plague rat as being non-hostile.

Aggressive Tendencies:
None

[stebbins99]

Oh man, a mysterious new rat in blackburrow? I'm intrigued!

[Pootle]

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=20134

Level 12.

[DMN]

The "Gynok Moltor" of blackburrow.

[bigjeff100]

Originally Posted by DMN [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The "Gynok Moltor" of blackburrow.

[Silken]

There is also a Grizzly bear PH.