Talk:Hopping Vampire

Necromancers
These monsters are necromancers.. i have gotten 3 necromancer tomes so far from them

Yep, dropped a few tomes for me, their Necro's no doubt. They also gain energy from soul reaping, I'll check how much they gain in Hardmode. Solus  00:53, 14 May 2007 (CDT)

SR
they may have 20 or 10 SR, didn't doublecheck whether it was gained from a teammate dying or a spirit (hard mode) &mdash; Skuld 12:55, 14 May 2007 (CDT)
 * They have 20 sr, I'm sure of that. Foo 05:43, 15 May 2007 (CDT)

Farming?
This may be a stupid idea, but coulddn't these be really easily farmed? i mean a monk with prot spirit (if it works) or something to that effect would allow them and the thought stealers to suicide and give drops, yet not die yourself. Dragon&#39;s fury 20:16, 17 May 2007 (CDT)
 * They don't deal damage, so you're going to have to bring spirits and a run skill and force aggro off of you and onto the spirits so that the spirits die, and so do they. --Kale Ironfist 21:15, 17 May 2007 (CDT)
 * They're ridiculously easy to farm. Just take a look at the hordes of primary and secondary rangers and ritualists currently in Urgoz's Warrens... Bring 5 or more Nature Rituals or Binding Rituals, put down the spirits in a semi-circle against the wall, trigger the spawn and hide behind the spirits. One such round takes about 1 to 1.5 minutes. There's nearly no risk involved (every once in a while you'll be targeted instead of the spirits, so not a good idea for survivors, but then, as mentioned, you can use running skills for that) and no skill required. It's even more boring than most other farming scenarios and the loot isn't great, if it wasn't for the possibility to find special skins like Zodiac weapons, Straw Effigies, Vertebraker, etc. Just make sure you do this in Hard Mode. ;) --84-175  (talk) 11:36, 20 May 2007 (CDT)

oh, thats interesting. couldnt you also use shadow form? or would that not work. Dragon&#39;s fury 17:18, 25 May 2007 (CDT)
 * Can't farm them anymore, they don't give xp or loot. --Kale Ironfist 19:38, 25 May 2007 (CDT)