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From the Recollections event.

Town Crier tells you, "A proliferation of 'Dire Champions' have been causing trouble in the Direlands. The Queen has enlisted the help of a Tumerok huntsman in Ayan Baqur to deal with the threat. He has hunting experience you may find useful in honing your skills."

Town Crier tells you, "I found a funny orange coin while practicing my fighting skills in the Direlands. It's probably nothing."

Hi Maggie,

Great site :) Running through the dires I came across some banderling aggressors. After hitting a few a Dire Champion Banderling spawned. On it, it had a Dire Champion Token. I gave this to Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden in Ayan and he awarded me with 5 Million XP and the title of Banderling Bully. Not sure if it's new or not but couldn't find on your site! Please see attached pics :)

All the best

Incontinentius
Harvestgain

You give Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden Dire Champion Token.
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "These tokens seem to represent the Dire Champions prowess."
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "Do you see the resemblance the token bears to the coins found in the Colosseum? I think that the Colosseum has been as instructive to the other inhabitants of Dereth as it has been for us."
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "Here is a small reward for your service."
You've earned 5,000,000 experience.
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "I see that you have killed your first Dire Champion Banderling."
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "Congratulations! I award you the title Banderling Bully."

The First Playa of SC reports: "Hey just logged in for the patch kinda late, went out for a quick round outside Ayan, killed about 5 Peerless/Cabalist/Bloodletters and this spawned....

Warning, this guy happens to have the level 7 life bolt spell, and he has 1800 health, have never seen damage, only the lifestone when he uses it lol :P"

You've earned 2,000,000 experience.
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "I see that you have killed your first Dire Champion Drudge."
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "Congratulations! I award you the title Dire Drudge Decapitator."

Autunm's Dawn of MT reports: "Love your site Maggie!!

I killed a group of Diamond golems and a group of skeletons (Armored Skeletons and Skeletal Heroes) and a Dire Champion spawned (golem for the golems, Skeleton for the Skeletons). The Dire Champions all drop a Dire Champion Token (stackable, sharable xp).

Tokens are given to Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden (Ayan Baqur)."

You've earned 5,000,000 experience.
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "I see that you have killed your first Dire Champion Skeleton."
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "Congratulations! I award you the title Anthropologist."

You've earned 5,000,000 experience.
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "I see that you have killed your first Dire Champion Golem."
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "Congratulations! I award you the title Gold Farmer."

Validus of Morningthaw reports: "Hi Maggie! I was out near Teth and killed a few Monougas: Bloodthirsty, Merciless, and Pugnacious... Suddenly, a level 107 Dire Champion Monouga appeared. I killed it and on its corpse was a Dire Champion Token.

The token stacked with another similar token I had retrieved from a Dire Champion Golem. I gave one token to Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden in AB at 60.7S, 88.0W and got XP and the title for the Golem I had killed first. Then for the 2nd token I got credit for the Monouga. The XP from the tokens will be shared with your fellowship.

You've earned 5,000,000 experience.
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "I see that you have killed your first Dire Champion Golem."
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "Congratulations! I award you the title Gold Farmer."

You've earned 5,000,000 experience.
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "I see that you have killed your first Dire Champion Monouga."
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "Congratulations! I award you the title Third Eye Blinder."

I have attached a few screenshots for your enjoyment. Thanks for the great site!

Validus of Morningthaw sends this update: "Hi Maggie! I ran into another Dire Champion Golem and grabbed an action shot and the creature's stats for you.
I had already turned a token in for the golem title. This time, I got the XP but of course no new title. Thanks!"

You give Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden Dire Champion Token.
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "A Dire Champion's token. Very good. Here is a small reward for your service."
You've earned 5,000,000 experience.

Hiya Maggie - Another update: After I killed several Lugians out near Ayan Baqur, a Dire Champion Lugian spawned.

Dire Champion Lugian tells you, "You have made a fatal mistake human."

I looted the Dire Champion Token from its corpse and turned it in for a new title: Renegade Hunter!

You give Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden Dire Champion Token.
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "A Dire Champion's token. Very good. Here is a small reward for your service."
You've earned 5,000,000 experience.
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "I see that you have killed your first Dire Champion Lugian."
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, "Congratulations! I award you the title Renegade Hunter."

Thanks!
Validus of Morningthaw

Hi Maggie - It's Validus of Morningthaw, reporting in again from out in the dires. After killing a bunch of Drudges out here, one of the Bloodletters finally spawned a Dire Champion Drudge. I looted its token and handed it in for the Dire Drudge Decapitator title!

You give Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden Dire Champion Token.
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, 'These tokens seem to represent the Dire Champions prowess.'
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, 'Do you see the resemblance the token bears to the coins found in the Colosseum? I think that the Colosseum has been as instructive to the other inhabitants of Dereth as it has been for us.'
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, 'Here is a small reward for your service.'
You've earned 5,000,000 experience.
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, 'I see that you have killed your first Dire Champion Drudge.'
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, 'Congratulations! I award you the title Dire Drudge Decapitator.'

Validus reports again: "Hi Maggie - I was out in the dires hunting for more Dire Champions and I ran across a group of Hollow Hinions, a Rampager and some Virindi. When I killed the Virindi Adjudicator, a Dire Champion Virindi appeared. I looted its token and handed it in for a new title: Xenophobic! Thanks again for the great site!"

You give Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden Dire Champion Token.
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, 'These tokens seem to represent the Dire Champions prowess.'
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, 'Do you see the resemblance the token bears to the coins found in the Colosseum? I think that the Colosseum has been as instructive to the other inhabitants of Dereth as it has been for us.'
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, 'Here is a small reward for your service.'
You've earned 5,000,000 experience.
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, 'I see that you have killed your first Dire Champion Virindi.'
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, 'Congratulations! I award you the title Xenophobic.'


Sanddh of WE sends this summary: "Eyas Maggie, After running around the Dires killing almost anything on my way, I found in total 8 sort of Dire Champions. Since after the 8th different Champion I got a new title (see screenies) for tracking these 8, I guess this is it.

Usually, I had to wait for the spawn to fully develop. However, I didn't need to finish the spawn completely before the champion spawned. Single creatures of the same species never gave me a champ.

Since even after killing 5 or more fully developed spawns of the following critters, I guess they don't give champions (yet): grievvers, shrets, tummies, sclavii, mossies, dillos, olthoi, guruk & burun, undead (tried the mu'miyads and the phantasm/darkmaster ones), moarsmen, and the critters that usually spawn alone, such as wisps, zefirs and crystals.

My list :)

Dire Champ Bandie
Found around: AB
Spawned after killing a bandie-only spawn of Agressors and such
Title: Banderling Bully

Dire Champ Virindi
Found around: AB
Spawned after killing a mixed spawn of virindi, hollows and tuskers
Title: Xenophobic
(Utterly btw, as an archer I hated this one, did very little damage, and took ages to kill because of his armor and his heal and drain spells)

Dire Champ Drudge
Found around: AB
Spawned after killing a drudge-only spawn of Bloodletters, Peerless & Cabalists
Title: Dire Drudge Decapitator

Dire Champ Lugie h)
Found around: AB
Spawned after killing a lugie only spawn of Titans and Juggernauts
Title: Renegade Hunter

Dire Champ Shadow
Found: near Dires coast between AB and CK, close to withered tummie area
Spawned after killing a shadow-only spawn of Abyssal, Sinister, Tenebrous
Title: Shadow Sunderer

Dire Champ Golem
Found: near Teth
Spawned after killing a golem only spawn of Gold Golems
Title: Gold Farmer

Dire Champ Skellie
Found: coast east of Teth
Spawned after killing a skellie only spawn of armored skellies and skeletal heroes (I guess the Dark Myrmidon was a coincidence ;) )
Title: Antropologist

Dire Champ Monouga
Found: northeast of Teth
Spawned after killing a monouga-only spawn of Bloodthirsty, Pugnacious and Insidious
Title: Third Eye Blinder

Hopes this helps, and thx again for your site!"


Podrill of LC reports: "Dear Maggie - Thanks for running your site all these years. Dire champion token experience seems to be based on level. My 95th level archer gets a 2 million exp reward, while my 67th level mage gets 1 million. Both characters were alone when beating the champion and turning in the token."

Anna adds, "Hi, Maggie! Just wanted to add to the Dire Champion information. In addition to the mobs that others have mentioned, I've gotten the Dire Champions from Insidious and Merciless Monougas, Gold Golems and Vapor Golems. The Golem Champions cast a killer Fire spells, so make sure to fire bane/protect. At level 106 I was getting 2.6 million XP for each of those tokens."
 

Dire Huntsman!

Hi once again Maggie - this is Validus of Morningthaw! When I gave Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden the eighth Dire Champion Token, I received a new 'Dire Huntsman' title. Thanks!

You give Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden Dire Champion Token.
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, 'A Dire Champion's token. Very good. Here is a small reward for your service.'
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, 'You have achieved much prowess in your hunts.'
Aun Javhalrea waves a feathered ceremonial stick to your left and right and taps you on the chest.
Aun Javhalrea, the Game Warden tells you, 'You are now a Dire Huntsman and must uphold this honor by killing only those who threaten you or the thoughtless beasts you must hunt for food.'