02-09-2010, 05:50 PM
A good hunting tip for monsters out in the world (like xtreme skeletons), is to take a boat with you, place it by the coast, lure a monster towards it and then hop on the boat and close the gang plank. This way you can cast an ev on the shore from the boat, let it attack the skeleton and you can fire away at the xtreme skeleton with a bow or crossbow from the boat. This gives 2 advantages over fighting from land;
1) Your EV won't go nuts and try to kill you instead of the xtreme skeleton since it can't reach you.
2) The xtreme skeleton won't kill you in 2 hits while you try to run from it since it can't reach you either.
Supplies:
Take about 500 arrows, an elven bow, regs, etc and you should have enough to kill 2-3 extreme skeletons before you have to go back to town to restock on arrows. You don't necessarily need armor when you hunt like this since a monster will rarely melee you. That said, you might want to take some just in case since xtreme skeletons pack a mean punch and they might get a hit in while you try luring them to your boat.
Other tips:
-There are generally some other little monsters around xtreme skeletons like giant snakes, and you can use provocation to make them fight each other. You won't be able to make two xtreme skeletons fight each other though.
-You can also use discordance on an xtreme skeleton to lower it's defense ratings.
Rewards:
-From an extreme skeleton I get on average between 1k and 1.5k. You also have a very low chance to get a piece of xtreme armor, I think xtreme skeletons have the lowest drop rate of all xtreme monsters so don't expect a piece of armor every time.
-If you kill some of the smaller monsters around xtreme skeletons like snakes, rats, lizardmen, etc you can make a few extra gp. If you cut the bodies of snakes and rats you can get some hides. It's really heavy so make sure you have a pair of scissors on you to cut it to leather.
1) Your EV won't go nuts and try to kill you instead of the xtreme skeleton since it can't reach you.
2) The xtreme skeleton won't kill you in 2 hits while you try to run from it since it can't reach you either.
Supplies:
Take about 500 arrows, an elven bow, regs, etc and you should have enough to kill 2-3 extreme skeletons before you have to go back to town to restock on arrows. You don't necessarily need armor when you hunt like this since a monster will rarely melee you. That said, you might want to take some just in case since xtreme skeletons pack a mean punch and they might get a hit in while you try luring them to your boat.
Other tips:
-There are generally some other little monsters around xtreme skeletons like giant snakes, and you can use provocation to make them fight each other. You won't be able to make two xtreme skeletons fight each other though.
-You can also use discordance on an xtreme skeleton to lower it's defense ratings.
Rewards:
-From an extreme skeleton I get on average between 1k and 1.5k. You also have a very low chance to get a piece of xtreme armor, I think xtreme skeletons have the lowest drop rate of all xtreme monsters so don't expect a piece of armor every time.
-If you kill some of the smaller monsters around xtreme skeletons like snakes, rats, lizardmen, etc you can make a few extra gp. If you cut the bodies of snakes and rats you can get some hides. It's really heavy so make sure you have a pair of scissors on you to cut it to leather.