[guineapig]

I remember it. Didn't have to be the docks though, there weer also 2-3 camps of them to the left of the docks along the shoreline.

It was because of the backbones and Tibias that they added for the newbi armor quests. They dropped pretty commonly and were worth a few platinum each. That combined with the fact that there are multiple merchants extremely close to these camps made it a bit too lucrative for mobs as low as levels 9-11.

Of course seeing that kind of platinum on such a low level mob isn't unheard of (whisps with GLS come to mind). But these types of mobs tend to be roamers, not in one camp and the valuable drop tends to be rare.

I remember finding out about this pretty late and I only spent maybe an hour or two there on an alt.