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Thread: here's a tip for widow searchers.
this works EVERY time for me. i ALWAYS find at least one or two widow lairs each attempt.
first you'll need a vehicle. that's a given. saves loads of time and prevents you from being mauled by the..."less hospitable" wildlife.
secondly, go to the endor research outpost. waypoint the center of the outpost. that will be your point of reference.
third, travel away from the outpost, 500m, in any arbitrary direction.
next, travel in a complete circle around the research outpost, using the waypoint as a frame of refrence. if you get too close or too far from the wp, adjust your heading. continue until you make a complete circle around the outpost.
stop for any red dots on your map that you see, TABbing through them to see if there's any widows or queens.
stop for any large yellow square on your radar. if it's an earthen mound, get within 80m and wait until the mobs near it spawn, and TAB through them, and if it's not a widow/queen, move on. if the lair is anything BESIDES an earthen mound, move on, as no arachne will spawn from them.
continue until you make a complete circle around the outpost, then move to 800m away from the outpost, and repeat. then 1.1km. then 1.4km. and, if you wish,1.7km, perhaps even 2km, but it gets time consuming as you get farther away.
it's **edit**-near impossible to not find at least one lair doing this. i've found as many as 3, but no less than 1.
if you don't know what to do if you find a widow/queen lair, then you have bigger problems than finding a baby. you shouldn't be reading this.
now, finding a baby from the lair is a matter in itself that no real strategy can be developed. just hope the force is with you.
I've never had a problem finding widow lairs if I head straight SE from the Research Outpost. It never fails. Circling is a good idea, but a waste of time in my opinion. I've never been to Endor and not run into a widow or screecher lair SE of the outpost. I suggest only doing the circle tactic if you don't find lairs SE.
Folks I hunt on Endor very often, but I'm just a novice so I can't tame those babies. If you play on Eclipse put here your name and I'll send you a tell if I see a lair with babies...
By the way, of it's possible that I can't find a wrix baby anymore? I used to find them in the lairs when I wasn't a CH, but now I always find Mottled wrix babies. No trace of a normal wrix baby.. yesterday I have destroyed 8 wrix lairs. 8! As far as I know it should be a common baby, isn't it? I don't like it in particular, but I've been told it's the best pet for a novice CH...
enigma_writer wrote:
Here is a better tip
I found on average of a lair an hour by heading any direction south from research and going about 1000 meters. I also checked near the ewok villages because that was a fairly reliable spawn site.
I found my widow after 128 lairs.
Good luck
Milteck the Beastmaster
Radient
better tip indeed.
it's not always the southern areas that they spawn. i've found them all around the outpost in general.
and yeah i got one after 3 lairs. your point?
Yo BHM I am on eclipse my in-game name is voco
email me someitme when you find some rare spawns(coords or static spawns)