Morion Tathlum  

(Edit) - Adjusted grammer so it's easier to read.

I Just killed this thing while leveling in korroloka tunnel. I did it solo as a 31/15 Bst/Whm. I didn't think to record moon phase or day or anything, i was too excited that i was 1/1 on it. Not to mention hitting 31 was my only goal that night.

I figured i should post my strategy just in case anyone else might want to try it. It is definetely possible to solo at 30, provided you are a Bst or /Bst.

First i must say i was located at the first ramp down to the lower central pathway closest to the zeruhn mines zone. This stroke of luck was probably what alowed me to win considering i had plenty of spiders and leeches to throw at it. (I also could've taken the jelly but knowing how horrid the charm rate is i didn't want to ensure my death)

The most danger/dmg i took was spawning the NM itself. I cast barstone before i traded the iron ore just in case. As soon as he poped out of the ground he started casting Stone II, and hit me for 160dmg (with barstone up). I sicked my half dead (EM) pet spider on him and i started spamming silence. 4 silences were resisted before i gave up and had to scope out a new pet. He killed the spider after losing about 1/8th his HP and i sent another (DC) spider in.

While my seconed pet fought i rested, and recovered enough mp to heal to full hp before spider died. I grabbed an (EM) leech and once again ordered the assault, retreated to safety and rested. The leech did AMAZINGLY well, it knocked out the equivelent of 50% of its HP bar and i didn't even Dia the worm. When the leech was dead the worm was down to a tiny sliver of hp, less than 15%. I grabbed another (EM) leech and invited a Thf LS friend who was farming nearby for TH2. Sent the leech in and joined in the melee. Morion Worm died and i got 2 zinc ore and a morion tathlum. I lotted and my friend past it. ^.^

-I should also say the only action the worm took during pet swaps was casting stoneskin. So beyond the initial Stone II i didnt take any dmg.

-I will also say i didn't take any dmg because i stayed well away from the worm during fights. He SPAMS Stonega and tremors like crazy but they were very ineffective against pets and since i was out of range i could heal safely.

If i had to give some suggestions it would be to stay away from the fight and use leeches with spiders as a back-up. Don't bother trying to silence/paralyze him because you will just waste valuable mp. But please don't forget dia it will land and will help your pets immensly.

-Final note when you spawn him with the ore he comes out of the ground claimed(his name is red) so you don't have to worry about someone stealing him like that. But beware swapping pets because he will turn unclaimed if you take too long getting a new pet.

-Happy Hunting

Edited, Dec 18th 2007 10:36am by AchilesCerberus

i hate these!!!!

ok once i finally made enough for one of these, so i got one and got invited to a pt. so i got to the pt and we started killing bats in garlagie citadel when i hit my cure macro, or so i thought...see it turns out a coulple days before this happened i was lvling my SAM so i had my macros set to those, and when i hit the RA macro by mistake and BOOM!!!that damn crystal flew outta my hands before i knew what happened and it missed the stupid bats, so my pt was like wtf i was thinking throwing that thing and for some odd reason they kicked me...I HATE MY LUCK, i wasted like 200k an a miss-fire

wait.. so you can only use this once..then buy another -.- and at 100k thats insane! but realy you can only use it once for the mp drian?!

I wonder what would happen if you threw one of these?

The gilsellers on Leviation camp this thing 24/7, I'm usually in there farming slime oils and once in a while happen to catch them sleeping and get the worm. I have a macro set up /item "Iron Ore" <t> set up which I spam whenever I see the ??? because I know the gilsellers are like 1 step behind me. Despite subbing Thf in 6 kills I've never gotten anything except Tin and Copper Ore. I just get the satisfaction of taking it from the gilsellers once in awhile.

Price on Lakshmi quadrupled in once month thanks to RMTs and excessive gilbuyers. was 125-150k and is now going for 450k. all i can say is... OMFG WTF!?!? ><;;;;;;;;

This has truly being the worst NM i have ever camped. I'm in Fairy and all the time there's a Kof's Gillseller around. They never leave, thank to the end of the summer I have seeing only one, today I got this ******* 6-7 times lost count, didn't loose any money actually gain 30k cause it drop a darksteel ore.. The most common drop is Copper ore go figure. Anyways the drop rate is horrible I mean I got my leaping boots on my 4th try, and my Empress hairpin on my 3th...but this little ******* keeps on making a mockery of me and my Treasure Hunter.

Little hint, while you wait just try to get Iron Ore from the worms around, i have seeing that they drop once the ??? spawns.. Not sure.. Still need to test this little theory of mine.

Oh and just to make myself even more pissed of this goes 100k+ on Fairy...If there was an attempt to bring prices down by SE their plan backfired!
*Sigh*

Edited, Fri Sep 9 00:06:45 2005

If it were like 20k-40k, I'd say, "hey, why not?" but with such a low stat boost, it sounds like just something a truly rich gamer can afford and sport. ((unless of course you farmed it))

I'm a PLD, and thinking about purchasing it just because I wanna fill up my ranged ammo slot. I'm not used to it being empty XD

Well, IMHO. Considering drop rate, level of mob, price of Iron ore, spawn time, and that the less fortunate may "accidently" throw theirs. This pretty little item so precious shouldn't be any higher than 10k. But hey what can you do?

I feel for you other servers that have to pay 100k+ for this item. It is about 65k on mine. Still over priced. I may make an attempt or two to claim the worm. Usually anything under 100k isn't in any gilsellers interest anymore. However, I'm quite sure Goldsmithers camp this guy like it's a religion.


Edited, Fri Jul 8 19:18:26 2005

Iv got to tell u all the morion tathlum really isnt worth the money unless your loaded. I got one but it wasd the last piece of my equip i bought as it is rediculously priced for what it does. a couple montys ago dam it was only like 40k wish i had been playing then. >.< not to mention one slip of the finger and u throw it your 100k + is gohn 4 ever

60k on Odin

a BLM friend of mine wants one of these but the going price is 125k

Well iv had one of these for a while, and dont use bows, so im likely to never thro it, but heres my story on the subject:

Lvl18 in a pt, RNG says
"look, morion worm ???, lets kill it and split for money."

Me:
"If we get the drop, how bouts we make a static and i keep it, i kind of need it."

RNG:
"No, we all need some money, look at our equips."

Me:
"Ur wearing leaping boots, what r u talking about. U and ur boots and ur little beestinger dont need money..."

RNG:
"Everyone needs money"

Me:
"No, I need a talthum."

While were all arguing, a pally in full AF walks over to the ???, kills the worm, and all of a sudden a little bazaar marker is next to his name, with the talthum selling for 60k.


My irl fiance surprised me with this 3 days later. Hes a lvl 62 DRG....so either way, im happy lol

I was out leveling today and was skilling up my bow with a macro.
/equip Range "bow"
/equip Ammo "armmo"
/p Range Attack >> <t>
/wait 6
/eqiup Ammo "Morion Tathlum"

Ang guess what happned ??? well after 3-4 stacks I threw the ***** at a Stone Worm.
It drained 12 hp and did some dmg.
Lucky for me I have 2 stones but its still sad

These have gone up from 60k to 100k.