Dread War Horse
A ridable mount that requires 3 control slots, similar in appearance to a Nightmare yet slightly more powerful then a Dragon. Players are reporting a requirement of 110 to 120 Animal Taming/Animal Lore to control them reliably.
These were originally seen with Vanguard Controllers astride, during the Vanguard invasion of 2008. Killing the rider left the steed available for taming.
During the early stages of the invasion a far easier method was to throw a bola at the Controller, causing him to fall off. The mount could then be led away to a relatively safe location for taming.
However, eventually a change was implemented which caused the warhorse to disappear if the Controller was dismounted before death.
Saying "trick" causes the steed to cast an area effect spell of unknown effect; this creates a large black cloud on the screen (only visible in the 2D client). One rumour was that it affected The Six.
(The symbol:+/- shows the attributes of a few in game creatures. It does not reflect the entire possible spread.)
| Dread War Horse Statistics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Spawn Locations | Papua, Nujel'm, Cove, Not currently spawning | ||
| Fame | Slayer Vulnerability | ||
| Karma | Alignment | Evil | |
| First Seen | Vanguard event Spr 08 | Pack Instinct | none |
| Loot | |||
| Gold | Magic Items | ||
| Special | Cut Up | ||
| Attributes | |||
| Strength | 502-551 | Hit Points | 555-648 |
| Dexterity | 89-123 | Stamina | 89-123 |
| Intelligence | 100-159 | Mana | 100-159 |
| Barding Difficulty | 103.4-107.7 | Taming Difficulty | 105 estimate |
| Base Damage | 20-26 | Preferred Foods | meat |
| Skills | |||
| Wrestling | 95.6+/- | Poisoning | 0 |
| Tactics | 109.1+\- | Magery | 42.4+/- |
| Resisting Spells | 92.6-96.4 | Evaluating Intelligence | 30.5-41.8 |
| Anatomy | 0-13.9 | Meditation | 28.5-32.6 |
| Detecting Hidden | Hiding | ||
| Parrying | Healing | ||
| Necromancy | Spirit Speak | ||
| Mysticism | Focus | ||
| Spellweaving | Discordance | ||
| Bushido | Ninjitsu | ||
| Chivalry | Special Abilities | Area effect | |
| Resists and Damage | |||
| Types | Physical | Fire | Cold | Poison | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistances | 65-75 | 20-40 | 20-40 | 50-60 | 40-50 |
| Damage | 40 | 20 | 40 |
I myself can say that it takes 108.0 taming for a dreaded warhorse to bond. Please see my post here: [1]