What is the current definitive answer to spawning Thistle Underbrush?

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I have read literally everything google could give me. Info up until even 2019 has been unhelpful.

I've tried pulling all 4 wandering faerie maidens and then going to his supposed spawn point on the wiki, killed all 4 at the same time, set a stopwatch and when 6:30 minutes rolls around, nothing. 12 minutes roll around, nothing. Nothing spawns. I once actually had a faerie maiden path to the spot, but that was the most exciting part.

Someone said that he spawns and runs to the scouts and goes to his death often? Is that true?

Another says to keep killing trash around gfay zoneline and he will spawn?

The thing that is confusing me is the day i decided to try and camp him I killed the first faerie maiden I saw and boom, he spawned. The Ivy Cords didn't drop but he was definitely not pathed at all at his "spawn point".

Apparently his spawn was messed with sometime back (WHY?) and the Ivy Cords were made less common (WHY?!?!)

Can any trash spawn him? Are faerie maidens still his placeholder? Does he spawn somewhere else now? I guarantee the wiki is wrong now. I haven't tried it on green but as of now I don't think his spawn point works.