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1 year ago This seems to be related to the quest "The Night Watch" which had slightly different objectives:
The Night Watch (1) From: Commander Elthea Ebonlocke (Darkshire) Description: Kill 6 Skeletal Warriors, 6 Skeletal Mages, and 6 Shambling Skeletons Reward: 18 silver, 78 copper Class: All
The question remains which patch changed the quest. None of the patch notes past 0.5.3 mention Duskwood changes.
Allakhazam also lists them to be present in Tranquil Gardens Cemetary, Duskwood at level range 20-21. However, the same site also lists the quest shown above with the new requirements (but also lists Shambling Skeleton as being related ...)
Pretty sure the quest in it's original form was present in 0.5.3 until at least patch 0.5.5. Due to the NDA Allakhazam couldn't have published info before 0.5.3 so it must have remained unchanged until the NDA was lifted in I think 0.5.5.
Update:
This seems to be approximately the location the first screenshot was shot at so it's likely the Shambling Skeletons were located in the area before the Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages OR they shared a spawn with these mobs. Right now the Warriors and Mages each have their own spawn points in the DB but to the best of my memory this would be wrong; they spawned at random.
My proposal:
- re-implement Shambling Skeleton, using the same stats and loot tables as Skeletal Warriors but adapted to level 20-21
- make the Shambling Skeletons, Skeletal Warriors and Skeletal Mages share spawn points
- change quest 56 "The Night Watch" to again require 6 of each Shambling Skeleton, Skeletal Warrior and Skeletal Mage as well as change the reward to 18s78c
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Missing mob in Duskwood, probably entry 200, Shambling Skeleton, seen on an e3 image from 2003 and listed on the warcry map. Probably level 20-21 https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/700043968892764300/1058193917817933914/king_day03_1215.JPG https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/700043968892764300/1058193917364936764/image.png