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Rhoran's Journal of the Creatures and Monsters of Elanthia
Preface
These are Rhoran's notes on the creatures and monsters of the lands. The first section contains his personal hunting log complete with notes. After that are collections of creatures by specific criteria.
Rhoran's Hunting Log
Rhoran has personally hunted and recommends the following creatures and monsters.
Creature | Min Skill | Skill Cap | Skinnable | Boxes | Undead | Found on map | Notes |
Rat | 0 | 30 | true | false | false | RanikMap1f, RanikMap1h, RanikMap7a, RanikMap30, RanikMap67, RanikMap90, RanikMap150 | Everyone starts here. You can easily train on these until you're an Able Novice. |
Forager goblin | 12 | 34 | true | true | false | RanikMap4 | Forage, Field and Scavenger goblins are all a good way to practice your martial skills along with skinning and locksmithing. |
Field goblin | Forage, Field and Scavenger goblins are all a good way to practice your martial skills along with skinning and locksmithing. | ||||||
Scavenger goblin | 18 | 36 | true | true | false | RanikMap4 | Forage, Field and Scavenger goblins are all a good way to practice your martial skills along with skinning and locksmithing. |
Goblin shaman | 20 | 50 | false | true | false | RanikMap4, RanikMap32 | Goblin shaman are a step up from their Forage, Field and Scavenger kin. You'll want to make sure you're comfortable with the others before trying these. You can't skin them though so you're just looking for treasure and boxes here. |
Grass eel | 25 | 50 | true | false | false | RanikMap4, RanikMap32, RanikMap71 | Grass eels tend to swarm and as such are an excellent way to train your overall defensive skills. |
Ghoul | 26 | 44 | true | true | true | RanikMap7b, RanikMap13 | And easy first step into the practice of hunting the Undead. Be careful, they can inflict disease with their strikes. |
Cougar | 30 | 49 | true | false | false | RanikMap3, RanikMap5, RanikMap7a, RanikMap41, RanikMap60, RanikMap148 | Found in the vinyards with Wood Trolls, Grendels (at night), and Meadow rams. |
Wood Troll (1) | 36 | 53 | false | true | false | RanikMap3, RanikMap7a, RanikMap41 | Found in the vinyards with Cougars, Grendels (at night) and Meadow rams. |
Small grendel | 35 | 50 | true | true | true | RanikMap7a | Found in the vinyards with Cougars, Wood Trolls, and Meadow rams. |
Faenrae reaver | 35 | 52 | true | true | true | RanikMap12 | Found with Wind hounds. Be careful as the Wind hounds swarm and can inflict a lot of damage fast. |
Wind hound | 35 | 73 | false | false | false | RanikMap12 | Found with Faenrae revers. Be careful, these hounds swarm and can inflict a lot of damage fast. |
Meadow ram | 45 | 70 | true | false | false | RanikMap32 | Found in the vinyards with Cougars, Wood Trolls and Grendels (at night). |
Rock troll (1) | 60 | 73 | true | true | false | RanikMap9a, RanikMap68 | Rock trolls have a lot of stamina so they don't die easily. They also have a spell that can knock you down if you don't have the wherewithal to remain steady. |
Suw bizar | 70 | 90 | true | false | false | RanikMap150 | These creatures really are bizarre, but they're an excellent test of skill. They can cast an Ethereal Shield and carry weapons. They also tend to swarm so beware. |
Skeletal kobold headhunter | 85 | 110 | true | true | true | RanikMap64c | These undead menaces carry spears which they will hurl at you. They have no skin, but you can still acquire parts to sell to a tanner. |
Skeletal kobold savage | 85 | 110 | true | true | true | RanikMap64c | These menaces have no skin, but you can still acquire parts to sell to a tanner. |
Moss mey | 90 | 135 | true | true | false | RanikMap61a, RanikMap98 | You must have blessed weapons to strike these creatures. Beware their kiss as it can inflict serious damage. |
Blue-belly crocodile | The hardest challenge of the crocodiles is finding your way out of the marsh after slaughtering them. | ||||||
Giant thicket viper | Beware the viper's venom! It is highly recommended you have an Empath with you, or well-above minimum defenses before attempting to hunt these. The poison can cause a great deal of internal damage, and/or stun you for a decent period of time. If you are stunned, the likelihood of dying before you can recover is very high. | ||||||
River sprite | 140 | 190 | false | true | false | RanikMap60b | These devilish little creatures are spell casters, and they love to hide and ambush their prey. |
Rhoran's Research Notes
The following sections are collections of creatures by specific criteria. Depending on your hunting goals or acquisition needs these may be helpful in determining what creature or monster you'll face next.
Skinnable creatures with boxes | All
As a Cleric, Rhoran hunts a mix of living and undead/cursed creatures with the occasional construct thrown in.
His primary two criteria for hunting targets are that they are skinnable to help his training as an Outfitter, and that they carry treasure chests, boxes, etc. that can be picked and disarmed.
The list below shows the creatures and monsters that fit these requirements.
Skinnable creatures with boxes | Living & Construct only
If you prefer to avoid the undead, however, Rhoran has edited his list for your use.
Skinnable Creatures | Corporeal Undead only
Sometimes, as a Cleric, you need the skin or pelt of an undead or evil creature. Rhoran has provided the list below to help you find what you need.
Non-skinnable creatures with boxes | All
Finding creatures and monsters to skin is fairly easy, but finding treasure boxes... not so much.
If you need to work on your locksmithing skills here's another version of Rhoran's list narrowed to remove skinnable creatures, and just list those known to drop a box - living or dead.
Non-skinnable creatures with boxes | Living & Constructs only
Again, if you prefer to avoid the undead, here is a version of the list above edited to show only the living or constructs.
Undead | All
Just need to smite some Undead and don't really care if they're corporeal or not? Rhoran has a list for that too.