Who *really* knows how to spawn Thistle Underbrush?

[Eugee]

I'm in Lesser Faydark, trying to get Thistle Underbrush to spawn, for the rune so I can get ivy-etched chest.

Everything you read says, "Kill the roaming faerie maidens till he spawns."

Here's my drill:

1. Go to faerie village. Murder them all in a PBAE massacre. Spit on corpses.
2. Zig-zag all the way back to Steamfont/GFay corner, killing anything with the word "faerie" in the name on track (3-4 roaming maidens).
3. Go to the "spot" listed on the wiki that's total bullshit since the Dec patch for some reason I still don't understand.
4. Zig-zag all the way back to the village, never see any faeries on track because I already murdered them all.
5. Offer any newbie that can find a faerie in the zone till Gearheart spawns 100p.
6. Repeat.

I've been doing this for over 24 hours over the past two weeks... I have not seen Thistle (or the Bracken guy) not even one time.

Seriously, what the F---.