Dire bear

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Dire Bear Creature Levels:     Overall ?     Level Variance -     Natural Attack ?     Weapon Attack ?     Defense ?     Player Estimated - Potential overall skill: ? Skill Cap 100 to 180 Skinnable Yes Has Coins No Has Gems No Has Boxes No Has Other Unknown Uses Weapons Unknown Alignment No Corporeal Yes Construct No Casts Spells No Attack Range Unknown Stealthy No Special Attacks No Special Defenses Unknown Body Type unknown Body Type (Alt) unknown Body Size unknown Located: Rocky Outcrop (5) Premium-Only Unknown

Skinning Details Skin Name bear pelt Skin Weight 12 Part Name bear paw Part Weight 4 Bone Name bear bones Bone Weight 12 Ranks Required ? Max Value ? Max Arranged ?

Manipulation Manipulatable ? Skill Required ? / ? Teaching Cap ?

Description

The dire bear's hypnotic effect of swinging its head from side to side is dispelled when you realize that you have encountered a foe with sharp claws, powerful jaws, and quick reflexes.

In Depth

Approximately as strong as day barghests; but with better spawn.
Bottom cap for offenses around 70
Teaches defenses fine in the 140s.
Dire bears are found in the same area as silver-backed bears, but they are much harder foes. Someone who can dance four silver-backed bears will, unfortunately, die in three to four hits from a dire bear.
Teaches skinning great at 160, but still not getting perfect pelts.
Locking Evasion and stealth good at 158.

Some observations as of 11/22/13 The bears can lock defenses past 190, so the upper cap probably needs adjusting.

Observations from 5/19/2015: Soft cap seems to be around 160 for defenses. Doesn't move beyond "dabbling" past 160 with 4 bears whacking away.

Observations from 5/21/2015: Beware of WANDERING dire bears. They are not as area-restricted as some creatures; they will wander into lower level silver-backed bear or blood wolf areas.