tainted hill giant  

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This mob is the trigger for the corrupted hill giant, as the corrupted immediately spawns after he is killed.

  • This mob spawns at the NE corner of Rathe Mountains at 3380.78, -1646.23, 121.37, on top of a hill with Orcs and Lizardmen.

Categories: EverQuest | Templatized
This page last modified 2019-05-30 03:58:10.

Minimum Level: 37
Maximum Level: 40
Expansion: Original
NPC Added: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
NPC Last Updated: 2019-05-04 22:14:20
Known Loot:
icon Lambent Stone

Known Habitats:
  The Rathe Mountains

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# May 26 2019 at 10:59 AM Rating: Excellent
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Found the Tainted Hill Giant in the NE corner of Rathe Mountains at 3380.78, -1646.23, 121.37, on top of a hill with Orcs and Lizardmen. He spawned after killing six Hill Giants (and about 10 orcs and lizardmen).

Killed him with my 61 Druid and WAR Merc. The Corrupted spawned immediately. Killed him with no problem.

Dru
Guild Leader of Greener Pastures
Prexus (The Rathe)
Another quick camp
# May 19 2014 at 5:45 AM Rating: Good
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Two tainted's were up when I got to the plateau. Killed them both. A minute later a corrupted spawned, but not close to either corpse. Took longer to port to Feerott and run to Rathe Mts than the camp itself.

Laugh's on me anyway as I couldn't loot the Ancient Rock since it turns out my druid alt had one already in the bank, sitting there for years prolly. Smiley: lol

Edited, May 19th 2014 7:47am by Sippin
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Spawn
# Jul 06 2010 at 11:13 PM Rating: Decent
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Everything on this hill excluding the orcs at the encampment are ph's. Kill everything even the fire beetles. Took me about 2 hours / 200+ hill giants and I collected about 8kp. I think I was very unlucky, hope this helps.
Spawn
# Jul 07 2010 at 6:22 AM Rating: Decent
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I think so too. I found him to be the easiest to spawn of all the epic mobs.
Druid 1.0
# Jun 05 2009 at 1:53 PM Rating: Decent
Hill Giants have been relocated the the plateau around Location +3265, -1585 (NE corner of map)
Tainted is still around
# Feb 18 2008 at 2:49 PM Rating: Decent
I killed the tainted today (2/18/2008), and the corrupted took its dead corpse place, so yes, it still spawns.
still spawn?
# Feb 14 2008 at 11:23 AM Rating: Decent
does tainted still spawn after revamp in rathe? have hunted hgs a bunch since revamp and now that my druid is actually needs for epic cant find at all. about to petition guess try here first nothing posted here in almost 2yrs so not sure.
Tainted HG
# Aug 29 2006 at 5:18 PM Rating: Decent
Does the tainted have PHs or is he a random spawn? If he has PHs then what are they?
additional info
# Apr 11 2006 at 10:45 AM Rating: Decent
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As allready mentioned a few messages above, I am confirming, that he can spawn multiple times. As the corrupted himself just drops this epic thing, I wasnt in the mood to waste mana on him. So I let him stay alone, after killing the tainted. At the same time there was a second up, and I killed that one too, but THIS time NO corrupted spawned upon him.
So .. tainted able for multiple spawns .. corrupted only be able once in zone.
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corrupted anti add =)
# Feb 04 2006 at 3:42 AM Rating: Decent
Just a little hint for low casters...
If when this mob is at low health you move out of standard agro range before it dies, when the corrupt pops with no-one in agro range it tends to de-spawn within 30 seconds.
Can also confirm that the Tainted does on occasion have drops.
Fabled mobs
# Mar 20 2004 at 6:40 AM Rating: Decent
Heard this now spawns as a Fabled mob and he drops a fabled lambert stone, for the event bard armour.. Anyone know if he summons and the details of this mob? Been campnig him for the past few hours... Made a few 1000pp but no FAbled=(

If i see him i'll post back, seing how this 'event' is gonig to last a few weeks.
Whats Spawn time
# Nov 27 2002 at 8:48 AM Rating: Decent
Whats the Spawn time on him
diff in $$$?
# Mar 09 2002 at 4:24 PM Rating: Decent
Anyone know if there is a diff in the drop off $$$ between these THG's and regular HG's?
#Anonymous, Posted: Nov 19 2001 at 3:50 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) his level is -1, conned blue to me at level 1, took him down with some root and fear. dropped a couple of plat.
RE: -1
# Jan 15 2002 at 3:41 PM Rating: Decent
Gotta love these posters that spew some lie like this, and post anon at that. Fought him today, lvl 39, was blue. The resulting corrupted that spawned right after was yellow to me.

Calalily - 39 wizzie Morrel-Thule Server
Tained 33 -36
# Dec 21 2000 at 10:14 PM Rating: Default
I have fought the Tainted Hg for several weeks leveling from 28 to 35. I started fighting Hgs at 28 and soloing them at 30. I can tell you first hand that the Tainted HG is 33 to 36 in level. He first conned even to me at 33 and has still coned yellow to me some times at 35. I have seen 2 of them up at one time and both conned different collors. Although I have not encountered one as high as 40 I will not be dogmatic and insist that it is not possible. HOWEVER, this is just the banana peal. He peals off like a banana skin to reveal the Corrupted HG.
a consistant 40. If you melee the Tainted to death or you are standing near the tainted as it falls the corrupted will agro you (althogh one I saw a warrior run back just as he fell and luck man didnt get chased). If you stand off and kill it whith a bow or a spell then you can med up and heal. while it just stands there. Expect some greedy bum to loot the Tainted while you fight the Corrupted less you can do it.


Peach Grove
Druid 35 Blue moons
Luclin
RE: Tained 33 -36
# Jan 08 2001 at 5:54 AM Rating: Decent
The tainted mobs never have loot, not even money. The Corrupts, however, drop items used in the Druid Epic.
RE: Tained 33 -36
# Jan 04 2002 at 6:28 PM Rating: Decent
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I just looted 9pp, HG toes and a FS Great Staff from a Tainted Hill Giant.

Of course, being OOM I had to Fear away the Corrupted and then emergency camp after looting :-)
Lvl 40 Tainted/Corrupted
# Oct 17 2000 at 11:11 PM Rating: Default
Well met all,

The tainted is lvl 40 as he was black to the 40 tank (hey Jorm) in our HG killin group. A 40 druid kited this guy past us, and when the corrupted popped he was oom so we killed the corrupted (also 40 and black to the tank).
Being a druid I took the stone as it is for the Druid Epic quest.

Kernalin Forestguard
36th druid on Lanys
Not lvl 45
# Oct 14 2000 at 4:09 PM Rating: Default
The other day while me and some others were fighting HG's we came across a Tainted Hill Giant. We were all 35'ish and we took him on pretty easily. He was a solid red though and hit a little harder then a normal HG. Immediately after we took him out the corrupted Hill Giant popped in his place and we were already weakened from the last fight, we were forced to "ping pong" him between tanks while the healers tried to keep us healed. After numerous minutes of this we finally took him out, and he dropped an Ancient Rock. I'm not quite sure what it's for, but some people in my group said it was for a Ranger quest. Being the only Ranger in the group, I looted it, but am not quite sure what quest it's for. Any feedback you can post on it would be greatly appreciated
#Anonymous, Posted: May 12 2001 at 9:59 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Did you even bother reading the previous posts you idiot.. that question was answered
#Anonymous, Posted: Sep 26 2001 at 9:05 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) lOOK AT THE DATES AND THEN FEEL HUMBLED. WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE TO POST STUFF LIKE THIS ANYWAY, ITS A FORUM TO ASK QUESTIONS, NOT A PLACE FOR YOU TO SHOW US WHAT AN *** YOU ARE
withered treant in NK asks for 3 signs of corruption
# Oct 13 2000 at 10:03 PM Rating: Default
you need two other "signs" of corruption, one comes from something in Lake Rathe, Rathe Mountains, and something in Everfrost.
i dont know what you get for giving him the 3 items /shrug
RE: withered treant in NK asks for 3 signs of corruption
# Jan 08 2001 at 5:52 AM Rating: Decent
This is a piece of the Druid Epic. Kill the corrupt Mammoth in Everfrost, the corrupt Aquagoblin in Lake Rathe, and the corrupt Hill Giant in Rathe Mtn. The loot off these three mobs must be taken to the Withered Treant and the Druid will receive the Cleansed Spirit of Antonica, one of 4 pieces needed to complete the NatureWalker Scimitar.
wrong level
# Oct 09 2000 at 7:00 PM Rating: Default
Tainted was blue to me at 38. It was also blue to a 37 I believe. The corrupted that spawned from it was yellow to me, and red to the 37, so I'm assuming it was level 40.

The stone from the corrupted is for the Druid epic quest, I believe.
RE: wrong level
# Oct 12 2000 at 7:24 PM Rating: Default
yes, was white to me at 40
#Anonymous, Posted: Oct 12 2000 at 7:24 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post)
Suttoy Vonump
# Oct 08 2000 at 11:42 AM Rating: Default
I was camping Hill giants in rathe mountains when i came upon a tainted one i killed him and the corrupted spawned..i got the corrupte giant to he drops a accient stone no drop not sure what it is for but would like to know.. a 45 druid can solo them easy with roots and dots..
RE: Suttoy Vonump
# Oct 11 2000 at 3:34 PM Rating: Default
It for one of the FA quests. Probably Druid, although there is some arguement about it possibly being Ranger too.
Incorrect lvl
# Oct 06 2000 at 11:06 AM Rating: Default
This giant is not 45. It conned blue to me at 42. However at the time I did not know that his death would spawn the corrupted giant so that was quite a shocking suprise and I had to beetle for zone.
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