Cheap/easy to get magic weapons for pets?

[Kyosho]

My necro is level 11 and I'm really wanting to kill some willowisps, but the fact that my pet can't hit them is a major issue because he can't get any aggro. Are there any extremely cheap magic weapons I can get for them? Or perhaps, repeatable, easy newbie quests that give one in the Qeynos area?

I had one magic weapon to give him that was from a druid/ranger surefall quest. I'd been killing rabid grizzlies in QH whenever I saw them (for exp) and got both parts of the staff, and looked it up to see what they were for. Did the oldschool "drop items on the ground and quickly log into another character" thing to complete the quest and get the weapon back to my necro. But, as far as I know, the rabid bears are semi-rare spawns and not reliable for consistent pet weapons.

I've considered giving my pet my Noclin's Femur (Erud necro newbie quest). It's magic, and the quest is fairly repeatable, but it's all the way over in Paineel. Also, it's my primary weapon. I love the thing, especially now that the proc works on it.

Any suggestions?.



On a side note, was it like this in Classic? Necro pets not being "magic"? I mean, they are bone chips reanimated and held together with magic, aren't they? I never played a necro in classic, but I had a mage. I don't recall running into this issue. Then again, mages can summon magic weapons so maybe that's what I did back then.

[RKromwell]

The parts for the Jagged Pine Crook drop from the Gnoll Hunter, not the rabid bears.

[Reiker]

Your pet won't equip Noclin's Femur because it's no drop. Try to get a mage to summon you a bunch of summoned daggers. You can corpse bank them so you can keep using them after you log out. You can even do it yourself, since it's a level 1 magician spell and if you sell the starter robe, you can buy the spell. Or have a friend create a level 1 mage for you to give you some summoned daggers.

[Haynar]

What I did, was make a level 1 mage. Summoned a bunch of daggers, dropped them on the ground, and relogged with my necro real quick. Kind of a pain, but it was the cheapest way.

Haynar

[Cribanox]

Dont go through so much of a hassle just to kill wisps, your pets become magic'handed at 16 i think, maybe 12.

[Lill-Leif]

It's lvl 16 iirc. I was also surprised that the pet didn't get magical attacks from start but I have no idea if it was classic or not since I started playing in the kunark/velious era.

[Corpsechucker]

The highest level necromancer pet you get at lvl 8 can hit magic and all but the lowest pet you get at lvl 12 can hit magic. Neither of these pets can dualwield so giving them weapons is pointless but its good to note that any non magic weapon given to a pet that can hit magic can still hit magic.

[HippoNipple]

I'm a level 13 necro and my pets can't hit magic mobs right now.

[Corpsechucker]

What does your pet con to you? The lowest level pet you get at level 12 will not be able to hit magical, all other pets will. I leveled from 8 to 14 on my necromancer killing only wisps on Erud's Crossing. The highest level pet you you can summon with Bone Walk is red at level 8 and cons even at 11 so any pet you summon lvl 11 and over can hit magical. Its going to cost you some bone chips to get the right pet. Be certain at level 13 you can summon a pet to hit magical creatures with the spell convoke shadow.

[frefaln]

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

What I did, was make a level 1 mage. Summoned a bunch of daggers, dropped them on the ground, and relogged with my necro real quick. Kind of a pain, but it was the cheapest way.

Haynar

Say, while you're on that topic are you able to disclose how long dropped items stay on the ground before they vanish? I'm always afraid that something will get screwed up in the middle of a cross-toon transfer and that every passing second cuts drastically close to my worst fear.