Did Illusionists stone get nerfed/removed

[Tobius]

https://wiki.project1999.com/Illusionists_Stone
Is in the list of legacy items, but that stuffs removed items right, what happened to this? Is it a mistake, is it gone? Or did it used to be better and got nerfed?

Also does anyone know the recharge cost post the devs breaking recharges to be non classic?

[mcg3]

This still drops, but the spawn mechanic takes a bit to learn. Recharge cost is very cheap. Usefulness is somewhat limited

[Lambparade]

This makes me wanna farm this item to show off in my sky raid

[Cecily]

It's for Fear raids.

[Tobius]

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

It's for Fear raids.

What role does it play there?

[Tobius]

Originally Posted by mcg3 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This still drops, but the spawn mechanic takes a bit to learn. Recharge cost is very cheap. Usefulness is somewhat limited

You don't just hunt and kill the PH's?

[Cecily]

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

What role does it play there?

Angering literally everyone in camp.

[Lambparade]

I've been camping this for the last day and have not gotten Old Dimshimmer to spawn once. Cleared the PH discussed in the wiki. Maybe its just bad luck. I'll post back here if I ever see a spawn.

[Tobius]

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

I've been camping this for the last day and have not gotten Old Dimshimmer to spawn once. Cleared the PH discussed in the wiki. Maybe its just bad luck. I'll post back here if I ever see a spawn.

Thanks, come to think of it, is there a way to search the patch notes all at once, ctrl f the mob or the item?

[Lambparade]

I don't believe old dimshimmer doesn't spawn any more or that the item doesn't drop. I have had people they told me they saw him up recently. Multiple people. I've heard from guildmate druids that have seen this item and were aware of it. The last one was on the EC market in Feb 2025.

I have camped him for about 16 hours. Not one spawn. For the first 14 hours I farm all the hatching lings near the place holders. I also tried just sitting at 0,0 just clearing that section.

near hour 14 I started to believe the hatchlings aren't the place holders or there are more mobs in the spawn group.

I decided to take a look at https://www.takproject.net/allaclone/ datebase it shows more possible PH.

a_fae_drake (40%)
a_fae_drake_hatchling (20%)
a_mist_wolf (15%)
a_wasp_soldier (10%)
a_giant_spider (10%)
Old_Dimshimmer (5%)

I know the tak project is technically out of sync with p99... but its the closest open reliable date source.... considering its locked in Planes of Power era.

I got a little extra nerdy and spun up my own tak database and the data above matched.

I will find this item or my family won't have a Christmas.