Mimic questions

[AlsoWondering]

With mimics appearing in most chests (the only 1 I can think of where is can't appear is the end chest in the Korthos intro where you start on the beach since you have to be level 1 there), when a mimic appears on an airship, how do some people hurt it? A warlock eldritch blast doesn't work, nor do most spells.

What level is it based on (in quests or wilderness areas it is based on the level of the quest or wilderness area)?

And who get a mimic token from it?

[AlsoWondering]

While looking for the hand cannon I have found that mimics don't appear in ransacked chests.

[kanordog]

when a mimic appears on an airship, how do some people hurt it?

1st Run away
2nd Bug report it.

[SocratesBastardSon]

I thought they fixed that bug a long time ago.

Back when that was happening the mimic would spawn with a CR = to the ship level. Hilarity, mayhem and much death ensued on the higher levels ships. I know, because I was on one. We had to wait for several high-level toons to take it down (this was before the level 30 cap), or you clear the ship until it resets.

[C-Dog]

Mimics "should not" be appearing in any public space, inc. airships.

(They used to, and that was back when they were a LOT surlier than they are now - oy, fun times. But as mentioned above, that bug had been fixed at one point; if it's leaked back in, definitely file a bug report!)

[rabidfox]

Mimics "should not" be appearing in any public space, inc. airships.

This time the entire airship is one giant mimic... NOM NOM NOM!

[DnDAdventurer]

With mimics appearing in most chests (the only 1 I can think of where is can't appear is the end chest in the Korthos intro where you start on the beach since you have to be level 1 there), when a mimic appears on an airship, how do some people hurt it? A warlock eldritch blast doesn't work, nor do most spells.

What level is it based on (in quests or wilderness areas it is based on the level of the quest or wilderness area)?

And who get a mimic token from it?

I didn't know Eldritch Blast doesn't work on mimics. It doesn't do any damage at all? Even the fire, acid, sonic, etc. damage that comes with the blast? What kind of spells will damage them? I kind of thought they might be immune or resistant to acid since they have an acid attack, but I haven't read any "official" information about DDO mimics so I don't know for sure.

[Garix]

I didn't know Eldritch Blast doesn't work on mimics. It doesn't do any damage at all? Even the fire, acid, sonic, etc. damage that comes with the blast? What kind of spells will damage them? I kind of thought they might be immune or resistant to acid since they have an acid attack, but I haven't read any "official" information about DDO mimics so I don't know for sure.

They are talking about a bug where a mimic spawns on a guild airship. Because it's a public area most spells and Warlock blasts won't function. It all works perfectly normally within a quest.

[DnDAdventurer]

They are talking about a bug where a mimic spawns on a guild airship. Because it's a public area most spells and Warlock blasts won't function. It all works perfectly normally within a quest.

Oh, I see. Thanks. That's good to know.

[DoctorOfLiterature]

With mimics appearing in most chests (the only 1 I can think of where is can't appear is the end chest in the Korthos intro where you start on the beach since you have to be level 1 there), when a mimic appears on an airship, how do some people hurt it? A warlock eldritch blast doesn't work, nor do most spells.

What level is it based on (in quests or wilderness areas it is based on the level of the quest or wilderness area)?

And who get a mimic token from it?

I've been working the Keep Wilderness farming feathers with my lvl 2 toon and so far I haven't seen one mimic in any of those chests. Can't confirm that there aren't any in those wilderness chests but I have opened probably 30+ and not one yet.

[Mercureal]

I've been working the Keep Wilderness farming feathers with my lvl 2 toon and so far I haven't seen one mimic in any of those chests. Can't confirm that there aren't any in those wilderness chests but I have opened probably 30+ and not one yet.

Mimics don't appear until you're level 3. I can confirm that Borderlands wilderness chests can be mimics.

[Sonoma]

I didn't know Eldritch Blast doesn't work on mimics. It doesn't do any damage at all? Even the fire, acid, sonic, etc. damage that comes with the blast? What kind of spells will damage them? I kind of thought they might be immune or resistant to acid since they have an acid attack, but I haven't read any "official" information about DDO mimics so I don't know for sure.

I have killed a mimic with Consume (warlock 'spell'). Backed off and watched it die. Fun.

[Steeme]

Mimics don't appear until you're level 3. I can confirm that Borderlands wilderness chests can be mimics.

For clarity, mimics don't appear until someone in your group is level 3. I have seen many 1-2 players open a chest and get a faceful of mimic.

[sturmbb]

From what i have seen

Level 1/2 opening/looting the chest, doesn't make mimic appear

Level 3+ opening / looting the chest, the mimic has a chance to appear

i was under the impression that as long as a level 1 or 2 character opened the chest the party was safe from a mimic. Unfortunately i have now seen 4 instances were a level 1 or 2 opened the chest and it was normal, but as soon as a level 3+ looted (the already opened chest) the chest it turned into a mimic. Believe me it was quite the shock as i still was under level 3 at the time and was standing next to the chest when it changed. Thankfully it didn't target me and the higher level characters were able to put the creature to rest. The First time it happened we all decided it must have been lag and that when i opened the chest there was a delay between the chest opening and the mimic appearing. On the third time it happening there was quite a significant time between me opening the chest than standing well back while someone else (level 3+) looted the chest and it changing.

please bear in mind that is from my experiences, not sure if there is a glitch or lag which is causing this to happen and if its working as SSG intended.

Happy to hear everyone else's experience, but at the moment i'm extremely wary of chests, and always turn to a side so i can see if it changes into a mimic before looting

[cru121]

While the Mimic Hunt event is active, any non-raid chest opened by a character level 3 or higher can spawn a Mimic. This includes even non-loot chests (that hold only quest items, etc.) and champion chests, but not Raid chests.

https://ddowiki.com/page/Mimic_Hunt

[beta1]

i was under the impression that as long as a level 1 or 2 character opened the chest the party was safe from a mimic. Unfortunately i have now seen 4 instances were a level 1 or 2 opened the chest and it was normal, but as soon as a level 3+ looted (the already opened chest) the chest it turned into a mimic. Believe me it was quite the shock as i still was under level 3 at the time and was standing next to the chest when it changed. Thankfully it didn't target me and the higher level characters were able to put the creature to rest. The First time it happened we all decided it must have been lag and that when i opened the chest there was a delay between the chest opening and the mimic appearing. On the third time it happening there was quite a significant time between me opening the chest than standing well back while someone else (level 3+) looted the chest and it changing.

I have seen the same thing many times. I have also seen cases where everyone is level 3+ and it is the 4 or 5th person to loot the chest that creates a mimic after the first few people have left the area.

[Bobilar]

I have also seen cases where everyone is level 3+ and it is the 4 or 5th person to loot the chest that creates a mimic after the first few people have left the area.

I've never seen this I have to say

[C-Dog]

I have seen the same thing many times. I have also seen cases where everyone is level 3+ and it is the 4 or 5th person to loot the chest that creates a mimic after the first few people have left the area.

I've certainly seen late spawns where the chest becomes a mimic on one of the last characters to open, after all others have moved on.

I have to wonder if some of this is related to the leveling bug, where the game doesn't (fully) recognize a character that has recently leveled and not re-logged.

[Mindos]

I've certainly seen late spawns where the chest becomes a mimic on one of the last characters to open, after all others have moved on.

I have to wonder if some of this is related to the leveling bug, where the game doesn't (fully) recognize a character that has recently leveled and not re-logged.

Was this at the level 3 threshold?

[Careall]

I have seen the same thing many times. I have also seen cases where everyone is level 3+ and it is the 4 or 5th person to loot the chest that creates a mimic after the first few people have left the area.

This happened to our regular group only yesterday. The toon that opened it was lower level than everyone else that had previously looted the chest, so I have a hypothesis. The die roll for mimic spawn is attached to chest, while the % chance is tied to the toon looting the chest. So, let's say the first higher-level toon opens the chest and has, for example, a 20% chance of a mimic spawning. The roll results in a 32, so no mimic. Then a lower level toon who has a 40% chance opens the chest and the previous roll of 32 triggers a mimic spawn. This would explain why it rarely happens because if the first person doesn't get a mimic, there's only a 20% chance of the lower toon getting the mimic instead of a 40% chance (from the example values, which are not likely actual values).

We've also seen the occasional message about being too high level to spawn a mimic, and maybe that happened but we didn't catch the message.