Picnic Cancelled Due to Ants!

It is certainly no picnic to encounter THESE ants. Some the size of a bear and proportionately strong - so don't let them get hold of your PC!

No one is certain the source of these giant ants, but sages in the city suspect a mound of some sort effively an entrance to the lair or colony might be found nearby.

Adventurers are warned to be wary, where there is one ant there are more. It is easy to be overwhelmed by the giant ants.

Talk in the taverns grows with each telling, but you can rely on one fact here, ants the size of dogs or bears can carry most lone PCs off in little time. Be wary, this is not one foe but rather an entire colony!

Can anyone confirm the rumored infestation of Giant Ants?

Has anyone found their source?

Beware! These ants are the size of COWS and capable of lifting a full wagon over their heads! A bite from these mandibles can seriously hurt!

I found them. They killed me. It hurt. =(

yeah.. I found them as well... died.. went back and killed all I could find.. 4 of them

Maybe some players should group together and clear out them ant's!

Bah, wait until I can get back online with my old PC and I show those ants what being roasted really means! Muahahahaha....hmmm...roasted Ant...with a bit honey maybe.

Investigating the rumors of these giant ants I managed to track them to one of their mounds. It is located to the east of the road between Dohral City and the Tivook inn, although not easilly acceccible directly from the road. Further investigation of the mound reveals it is indeed one of their breeding grounds as I not only encountered worker and soldier ants, but larva aswell. It seemed as though the tunnels may extend further but I was not able to investigate all the tunnels due to local cave-in (Transisions were not active). I also found it impossible to climb back up the entrance to the mound.
I suspect there may be another exit somewhere if only the rubble from the cave-in could be removed. Considering the number of worker ants in the mound I would not be surpriced to find the tunnels cleared the next time I investigate.
I managed to leave the mound useing a magic portal with my emergency teleport wand. I only checked this one ant mound but there may be others.

- Astrali Lynx, Ranger of Tivook

Absol 13 wrote:Maybe some players should group together and clear out them ant's!

Oh you can clear em but they come back.....

Hehe, I just learned that

The ant hills appear randomly in certain areas and will usually spawn ants until the hole is caved in, the ants are rather annoying to some but are harmless to most players unless they are new arrivals, inside the holes however is another story entirely, be careful going in

yep a regular maze and not all the transitions worked but I did report them with the blue spider.