Dread Horn

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Dread Horn is a corrupted unicorn, the [[Peerless] of the Twisted Weald dungeon. It is best fought with a mage, archer, or tamer. Once you have some experience, you will find that getting the keys is more difficult then the fight itself. Occasionally, Dread Horn teleports people to itself and poisons them. A fast Arch Cure caster or a crate of greater Cure potions will come in handy, since it loves to poison everyone. Orange petals don't seem to work, as its poison is too strong. It has a special ability which will reduce all your stats (strength, dexterity, intelligence) by up to 20, which can be difficult in combination with his magic attacks. Having Resisting Spells is a boon in this instance.

Dread Horn's lair is in the Twisted Weald dungeon, past the twisty quicksand maze near Swoop.

Statistics

Dread Horn Statistics
Spawn Locations Twisted Weald
Fame Level 5 Slayer Vulnerability Fey
Karma Level 5 Alignment Evil
First Seen Mondain's Legacy Pack Instinct None
Loot
Gold Magic Items 16
Special Dread Horn Mane, Peerless Ingredients, Giant Mushrooms, Crimson Cincture, Dread Flute Cut Up None
Attributes
Strength  ? Hit Points 50000
Dexterity 589 Stamina 589
Intelligence 1275 Mana 1275
Barding Difficulty 160.0 Taming Difficulty N/A
Base Damage Preferred Foods None
Skills
Wrestling 92.9 Poisoning 120.0
Tactics 93.2 Magery 110.0
Resisting Spells 110.0 Evaluating Intelligence 110.0
Anatomy 55.0 Meditation 110.0
Detecting Hidden Hiding
Parrying Healing
Necromancy Spirit Speak
Mysticism Focus
Spellweaving Discordance
Bushido Ninjitsu
Chivalry Special Abilities AE Poison Attack
Resists and Damage
Types Physical Fire Cold Poison Energy
Resistances 51 60 56 66 65
Damage 40% 60%


Strategies

For groups of mages, pumping out endless Earth Elementals is a simple but effective way to beat him. He will dispel some, but the elementals deal/take OK damage because of the armor/damage types, and their aggressive AI will usually keep Dread Horn targetting the mages. Two mages with good Mana Regeneration should be able to cast enough elementals to take him down. Tamers will want to take pets with excellent poison resistance and good physical resistance, so as to reduce the amount of pet healing required. The constant poisoning can sometimes make it difficult to heal pets before they die.

Keys

  • Drop the keys on the small statue called "The Statue of the Fey" in the southeast corner of the Twisted Weald dungeon (i.e. the swamp area past the desert).
  • When you have done that, the master "keys" will spawn in your back pack. These keys come with a 10-minute countdown timer, giving you a limited time to prepare your party for the final battle. Double click the master key to send you and your party to Dread Horn's island (located just to the west of the swamp area).
  • Your party has 2 hours to defeat Dread Horn, after which he will simply disappear if you haven't killed him. You depart the island by walking to the boat on the left-hand side.

Resources & Loot

Name Description Frequency of Drop
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Dread Horns Heart
Decorative Uncommon (10%?)
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Pristine Dreadhorn
Used by carpenters to make the Mounted Dreadhorn house add-on Rare (<5?%)
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Dreadhorn Tainted Mushroom
Comes in four types. Decorative Common (50%?)
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Mangled Head Of Dreadhorn
Decorative, cannot be used for a mounted Dreadhorn add-on Common (50%?)
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Horn Of The Dreadhorn
Decorative Uncommon (10%?)
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Dread's Revenge (Kryss)
Fencing +20, Hit Poison Area 30%, HCI 15%, SSI 50%, Poison Damage 100% Rare (< 5%?)
Dreadhorn's Flute 700 Charge Flute with replenishing charges. It plays the deep, melancholy, mourning sound of the undead monster called a spectre. It looks like a bluish horn of the Dread Horn. Rare (< 10%?)
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Dread Horn Mane
Ingredient for Craftable Artifacts Always

Each Mondain's Legacy peerless will drop 8 mixed items (total) from the following group:

File:Corruption.gif Corruption File:Taint.gif Taint File:Blight.gif Blight
File:Putrefaction.gif Putrefaction File:Muculent.gif Muculent File:Scourge.gif Scourge

See Also