In what general area does this spawn in? Near the boat launch? Near the other water? In the pathways? Ny the Mushrooms? etc. I don't have widescan so I can't go by the notes on Wiki really. I just don't feel like going to change subs right now. Next time I come back I will have widescan.
Been just killing every single Birdtrap here for a very long time and no pop yet...getting annoyed.
Orctrap Placeholder?
Orctrap Placeholder?
I pretty much just killed every one there.
As for the NM itself, it spawns north by the lake.
As for the NM itself, it spawns north by the lake.
the placeholder mostly spawns exactly at the lake but to be sure just kill all of them.
It can spawn down low as well, I believe PH was last on list? idk about that 100%, but I know I killed him WAY south of the dock/lake area a couple times
I've seen both the NM and the PH spawn as far down as the rock near the cave entrance.
Around the lake, and the chute direcly south of the lake until it opens back up again. The PH and NM most definitely spawn in this small chute leading up to the lake so make sure you kill those too. There should be 4 around the lake and 3 in the chute. I've seen it go 3 hours+ kill these 7-8 traps and you'll pop it.
gunna end up wasting alot time w/o widescan, unless you get pretty lucky, they repop fast, and the area it can spawn in is kinda large, even lvl 1 scan would help, the placeholder sticks out like a sore thumb
As far as PH identification goes, its actually pretty easy to find even without knowing exactly what comes before and after it in the list. Example:
If you have widescan up and you see a group of traps, and you notice that there position is around the lake when you scroll through them, then you'll notice another group beneath that, you see that there position is in the chute south of lake. Then the further you go down in WS list you notice that the position of the mobs that you are searching through are gradully moving south, east, and out of the NM pop zone. You'll see traps in the WS list that are way way out of spawn zone to the east, then all of a sudden you'll see a trap though way far down on the WS list, its position is back up in at the lake and the chute. It just screams that its out of place on the list, and this is PM.
I just read this and realize I did a horrible job explaining what I am trying to say, but basically on this WS list, as you go down from the traps at the lake in the list, the further down you go, position of all mobs moves east across the map, then all of a sudden when you get to PH, at lower part of WS list, his position jumps back up to the spawn zone.
If you have widescan up and you see a group of traps, and you notice that there position is around the lake when you scroll through them, then you'll notice another group beneath that, you see that there position is in the chute south of lake. Then the further you go down in WS list you notice that the position of the mobs that you are searching through are gradully moving south, east, and out of the NM pop zone. You'll see traps in the WS list that are way way out of spawn zone to the east, then all of a sudden you'll see a trap though way far down on the WS list, its position is back up in at the lake and the chute. It just screams that its out of place on the list, and this is PM.
I just read this and realize I did a horrible job explaining what I am trying to say, but basically on this WS list, as you go down from the traps at the lake in the list, the further down you go, position of all mobs moves east across the map, then all of a sudden when you get to PH, at lower part of WS list, his position jumps back up to the spawn zone.
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