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Dolalin
01-22-2020, 10:30 AM
Evidence:

1) Not listed in this spawn dump from a pre-revamp Runnyeye:

http://nkeq.tripod.com/html/r_to_s.htm


2) Its Everlore entry says it was 'New since the "rebirth" of RunnyEye':

http://web.archive.org/web/20011122131000/www.everlore.com/bestiary/beastdetails.asp?BID=447245&mode=show


3) Everlore bestiary for RunnyEye did not have the Mimic until 2001:

http://web.archive.org/web/20001120075100/http://www.everlore.com/geography/default.asp?mapID=1517
vs.
http://web.archive.org/web/20010719094423/http://everlore.com/Geography/default.asp?mapID=1517


4) No newsgroup posts about it until after the Runnyeye revamp:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/group$3Aalt.games.everquest$20mimic$20runnyeye


Additionally, all the evidence I see from these links says that it drops no loot. I do not see any justification for its current loot table.

Dolalin
01-22-2020, 11:27 AM
Also of note, its Magelo is empty (5 observed loots and no items):

https://eq.magelo.com/npc/45249

I heard in Discord that people have been farming these for research drops.

Glasken
01-23-2020, 12:00 PM
Currently on Project 1999 the mimic has a single item on its loot table: Words of Psyche.

I believe it is a leftover mob from the original EQEmu fork that just never got any attention.

Dolalin
01-24-2020, 07:17 AM
The NPC spawn list I found here (late 1999, post-sol-ro-patch but pre-splitpaw revamp (November maybe?)) does not have the mimic in it for the runnyeye zone dump:

https://www.project1999.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3073385&postcount=1

nilbog
08-25-2021, 11:13 AM
Fixed, pending update