This instance is part of the In Their Absence set (directions on how to find the instance to unlock it are on that page).

Contents 1 Non-boss mobs 2 Legbarthil 3 Úmheryn the vile cauldron 3.1 Challenge Mode 4 Boars & Goblins 5 Thadúr the Ravager

Non-boss mobs

Level: 65 (65)		Tier 1
Greenfields Trapper
File:Greenfields Trapper.jpg
Genus: Spiders and Insects		Species: Spider
Alignment: Evil		Type: Elite
Combat Effectives: Melee Def: Average Tactical Def: Average Ranged Def: Average Conjunctions: False Stun/Mez: False Root: False Resistances Cry: Fair Song: Fair Tactical: Fair Physical: Fair		Max Morale: 20,168 Max Power: 2,572 Mitigation: Common: Superior Fire: Superior Frost: Superior Shadow: Superior Light: Good Ligntning: Superior AncientDwarf: Superior Beleriand: Fair Westernesse: Superior

Level: 65 (65)		Tier 1
Grass-stalker Tracker
File:Grass-stalker Tracker.jpg
Genus: Ancient Evil		Species: Wolf
Alignment: Evil		Type: Signature
Combat Effectives: Melee Def: Average Tactical Def: Average Ranged Def: Average Conjunctions: False Stun/Mez: False Root: False Resistances Cry: Good Song: Fair Tactical: Fair Physical: Fair		Max Morale: 9,264 Max Power: 1,029 Mitigation: Common: Good Fire: Fair Frost: Good Shadow: Good Light: Good Ligntning: Good AncientDwarf: Good Beleriand: Good Westernesse: Good

The Greenfields Trapper elite spiders have a 50% corruption damage buff which can be knocked down to 25%, then to nothing, with damage removal skills.

Legbarthil

Level: 65 (65)		Tier 1
Legbarthil
File:Legbarthil.jpg
Genus: Spiders and Insects		Species: Spider
Alignment: Evil		Type: Elite Master
Combat Effectives: Melee Def: Average Tactical Def: Average Ranged Def: Average Conjunctions: False Stun/Mez: True Root: True Resistances Cry: Fair Song: Fair Tactical: Fair Physical: Fair		Max Morale: 103,961 Max Power: 8,818 Mitigation: Common: Remarkable Fire: Superior Frost: Remarkable Shadow: Remarkable Light: Superior Ligntning: Remarkable AncientDwarf: Superior Beleriand: Fair Westernesse: Remarkable

Basically a tank and spank, Legbarthil is a lot like the final boss in Skumfil. Legbarthil spawns poison clouds that inflict extremely DoT every few seconds, making kiting a necessity for survival. It will also root a random player, leaving them helpless if they get caught in the poison cloud; if a player is rooted, have the tank pull Legbarthil away at once before it releases a poison cloud. When its health reaches 80k, 45k, and 15k, it will spawn egg sacs that release spiderlings if the egg sac is not destroyed quickly. The spiderlings will try to heal Legbarthil as soon as they appear; if they succeed, Legbarthil will recover approximately 30k of its health. They can be killed before they reach Legbarthil, but they move very quickly and are not aggroed easily. Ranged DPS is valuable here, as the egg sacs may spawn in a poison cloud, making them dangerous for melee attackers to hit. Gladiola Famer is rescued here.

Úmheryn the vile cauldron

Level: 65 (65)		Tier 1
Úmheryn
File:Úmheryn.jpg
Genus: Object		Species: Siegecraft
Alignment: Evil		Type: Elite
Combat Effectives: Melee Def: Average Tactical Def: Average Ranged Def: Average Conjunctions: True Stun/Mez: True Root: True Resistances Cry: Fair Song: Fair Tactical: Fair Physical: Fair		Max Morale: 39,938 Max Power: 2,057 Mitigation: Common: Remarkable Fire: Feeble Frost: Remarkable Shadow: Remarkable Light: Remarkable Ligntning: Remarkable AncientDwarf: Remarkable Beleriand: Remarkable Westernesse: Remarkable

Thadúr is up on a rickety wood tower with Úmheryn (a vile cauldron) which is about to bubble over and destroy pies! This introduces a timed element to the fight. Players who have Thadúr's eye on them (big green eye above your head) will drop poison clouds wherever they move to. Hobbits will run out and try to eat the poisoned pies and will need to receive a /slap -- bind that to a hotbar with "/shortcut ## /slap" where ## is a number. 1-12 is your regular hotbar, 13-24 is your Ctrl+ hotbar, 25-36 is your Alt+ hotbar, etc. You must be in close proximity to a Hobbit to slap it successfully, and you must slap most (not all) of the Hobbits in order to even complete the fight - if too many reach the table, the fight will instantly end. Once you destroy the cauldron (all the poison in it apparently evaporates when it is destroyed?), Thadúr runs off.

Challenge Mode

Challenge mode simply involves NOT using the following: There is a small bucket on the porch that will become active a few moments into the fight. It will have a white swirling line around it to show that it is active. If you click on it and run it over to the fire, you will put out the fire, which helps keep the poison from cooking properly. As a result, you will get fewer of the green eyes that cause poison clouds and you will have more time to finish the fight.

If, instead, you attempt to do Challenge mode, you will need to destroy the Caudlron within a limited amount of time. You will receive a 1 minute warning in this mode saying that the poison is almost finished.

Boars & Goblins

Level: 65 (65)		Tier 1
Long-grass Tusker
File:Long-grass Tusker.jpg
Genus: Beast		Species: Boar
Alignment: Neutral		Type: Elite
Combat Effectives: Melee Def: Average Tactical Def: Average Ranged Def: Average Conjunctions: False Stun/Mez: False Root: False Resistances Cry: Good Song: Fair Tactical: Fair Physical: Fair		Max Morale: 19,969 Max Power: 2,057 Mitigation: Common: Superior Fire: Superior Frost: Superior Shadow: Superior Light: Superior Ligntning: Superior AncientDwarf: Superior Beleriand: Superior Westernesse: Superior

These long-grass tuskers will drop boar meat which can be turned in to Parr Chopley. He'll finally have some boar meat from Evendim!

Level: 65 (65)		Tier 1
Gramsfoot Waylayer
File:Gramsfoot Waylayer.jpg
Genus: Orc-kind		Species: Goblin
Alignment: Evil		Type: Normal
Combat Effectives: Melee Def: Average Tactical Def: Average Ranged Def: Average Conjunctions: False Stun/Mez: False Root: False Resistances Cry: Fair Song: Fair Tactical: Fair Physical: Fair		Max Morale: 4,529 Max Power: 588 Mitigation: Common: Fair Fire: Fair Frost: Fair Shadow: Fair Light: Poor Ligntning: Fair AncientDwarf: Fair Beleriand: Fair Westernesse: Fair

Level: 65 (65)		Tier 1
Gramsfoot Warrior
File:Gramsfoot Warrior.jpg
Genus: Orc-kind		Species: Goblin
Alignment: Evil		Type: Elite
Combat Effectives: Melee Def: Average Tactical Def: Average Ranged Def: Average Conjunctions: False Stun/Mez: False Root: False Resistances Cry: Fair Song: Fair Tactical: Fair Physical: Fair		Max Morale: 19,969 Max Power: 2,057 Mitigation: Common: Remarkable Fire: Superior Frost: Superior Shadow: Superior Light: Fair Ligntning: Superior AncientDwarf: Remarkable Beleriand: Remarkable Westernesse: Remarkable

Level: 65 (65)		Tier 1
Gramsfoot Spear-master
File:Gramsfoot Spear-master.jpg
Genus: Orc-kind		Species: Goblin
Alignment: Evil		Type: Signature
Combat Effectives: Melee Def: Average Tactical Def: Average Ranged Def: Average Conjunctions: False Stun/Mez: False Root: False Resistances Cry: Fair Song: Fair Tactical: Fair Physical: Fair		Max Morale: 9,264 Max Power: 1,029 Mitigation: Common: Good Fire: Good Frost: Good Shadow: Good Light: Average Ligntning: Good AncientDwarf: Good Beleriand: Good Westernesse: Good

Thadúr the Ravager

Level: 65 (65)		Tier 1
Thadúr the Ravager
Genus: Ancient Evil		Species: Gaunt Man
Alignment: Evil		Type: Elite Master
Combat Effectives: Melee Def: Average Tactical Def: Average Ranged Def: Average Conjunctions: False Stun/Mez: True Root: True Resistances Cry: Fair Song: Fair Tactical: Good Physical: Fair		Max Morale: 123,518 Max Power: 10,581 Mitigation: Common: Remarkable Fire: Remarkable Frost: Remarkable Shadow: Remarkable Light: Superior Ligntning: Remarkable AncientDwarf: Superior Beleriand: Good Westernesse: Superior

Thadúr does a distributed damage attack and he drops poison clouds that do AoE damage if you stand in them. This version of Thadúr has more morale/power than the level 65 version in The Great Barrow but he is only an Elite Master instead of a Nemesis.

• "Divided you shall fall." Distributed damage attack, group up.
• "I shall unleash a gift upon those that face me." Get behind him or get killed in one hit.
• "Poisonous vapors shall grant me strength." Remove his corruption (or suffer through it).
• "You shall behold the power of Dark Thorn." Get away from him! He's about to drop a poison cloud on himself.
• "This poison shall have a most interesting effect." He will poison a random player, inflicting a status effect. The exact effects are unpredictable, but can include a stun or fear.

The best technique is to have Thadur facing the tank while the DPS and healer stand behind him. Doing so will allow the fellowship to avoid the one-hit kill attack while also letting them mitigate the damage from the distributed damage attack.