Magnakilro's Guide to the Hand of Nilganihmaht Mount!

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Magnakilro's Guide to the Hand of Nilganihmaht Mount!

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Hello hello mount collectors! Today I will be teaching you how to get the Hand of Nilganihmaht mount...one of the four disembodied hands we're forcing into a lifelong servitude of carrying us to our own deaths somewhere in the middle of some forest or canyon...or a hole we didn't see in front of us.

See...among the multitude of mounts added in 9.1, 4 of em are giant hands. There is even an in-game book that gives us lore as to why these hands are here! (In Short: On their home planet, these giants were absolutely HORRIBLE beings and rulers. The WORST. So when the Legion invaded and killed them, they were delivered to the Maw without any question. The Jailor, clearly enjoying these giants' past lives of douchebaggery, decided 'You guys aight. Hook up with me!'. But the giants, full of pride and malice, plotted behind Baldie's back, planning to usurp his armies. But...Jailor has his own personal narc on hand...the Eye of the Jailor. Because of that...the giants were found out, their hands cut off as trophies, and the rest of the giants destroyed, with their souls living on in their hands.)

Fun!

The 4 hands are:

Hand of Bahmethra: Drops from the goodie box you get for your first Tormentor of Torghast (an event in the Maw similar to Wrath of the Jailor) kill each week.

Hand of Salaranga: From the Korthia meta-achievement 'Breaking the Chains'

Hand of Hrestimorak: From the Sanctum of Domination raid's 'Glory of' meta-achievement.

and the subject of this guide: Hand of Nilganihmaht.

Nilganihmaht is essentially a 'secret' mount though the secret has ALREADY been found out....good for us, huh? It is a unique golden colored hand. To obtain it, we need to find his 5 rings scattered across the Maw..,..then return them to him.

In order to get these rings, you'll need to get a few things first:

1: Unlock Ground mounts and remove the Eye of the Jailor mechanic. Not FULLY necessary but makes life easier.

2: Get the Grappling hook upgrade from Ve'nari. It'll make one of the rings easier to reach.

3: Must have at least 2 Repaired Riftkeys or Collapsing Riftstones. We need to be able to enter the Rift for two steps of this mount. Riftkeys can be bought from the Archivist Codex vendor at rank 4. Riftstones can drop from the Zovaal's Vault chest. The Riftstones are preferable as it allows you to spawn a useable rift portal anywhere you want.

4: Need a Domination's Calling, or know someone that has one. The rare spawned by this item is necessary. I'll explain more on that step.

5: Necrolords MUST be assaulting the Maw. As of the time of writing, this assault is active but you'll have to wait 2 weeks if you don't complete this before Tuesday.

Once everything's in place we can begin!

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Ring 1: The Golden Ring: This one is just lying on the ground. This ring is why the Grapple Hook is useful.

At the coords 18.9, 38.0.....there is a grapple point that'll allow you to start climbing the westernmost mountain of the maw. You need to get to the highest point of it to find the Gold Ring just sitting there for you to take. Ring itself is at 19.1, 32.2.

This is the easiest one.

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Ring 2: The Runed Ring: This one drops from the rare mob Torglluun. 100% drop chance.

Torglluun is located in the Tremaculum area....he has the same exact spawn point as the special encounter 'Cyrixia' that hangs out there. The difference? Torg can ONLY be seen and fought in the Rift. To access the rift, either use a Collapsing Riftstone and enter the portal you create (preferable as this allows you to spawn a portal right where he is), or go to Korthia and use a Repaired Riftkey on one of the available rift portals there then run to Torglluun in the Maw. Note you only get 15 minutes in the rift!

Once you've found him/he's spawned...kill him to get your ring!

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Ring 3: The Signet Ring: This one drops from the rare mob Exos, Herald of Domination. 100% drop chance.

Remember the Domination's Calling item I said was needed? This is why, as this item spawns Exos. To get a Domination's Calling, you must craft by combining 3 specific items: Dominion Etching: Grief, Dominion Etching: Loss, and Dominion Etching: Pain. These items drop from the three Convocation rares in the Maw, which all require like 3 or 4 people to summon. Once you have all 3 etchings, combine them into the Domination's Call.

Once you have it, run over to the Altar of Domination area of Perdition Hold, and go inside the open building there (its the same place where you kill a named mob for a weekly in which you hafta break jars or kill mobs to feed a spirit some stygia to power it up then kill a named mob). Once inside, use the Domination's Calling on the big circle on the ground to spawn a portal. This portal takes you to the roof, where Exos is waiting. Bring a group: He's tough. Kill him for the ring.

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Ring 4: The Silver Ring: This one is tied to the Desmotaeron area...specifically Helgarde Keep. The ring is contained inside a chest behind one of the staircases there....but the chest itself is locked in a cage with 4 locks. These locks require Seal Breaker Keys to open. You need 4 keys and each one drops from a different source.

Key 1: open Helgarde Supply Cache chests throughout the area till it drops. Getting the Swagsnout Gromit from Archivist's Codex can help you find them. NOTE: THE CHESTS DON'T HAVE A SHOWY OUTLINE AND DON'T SHOW ON THE MINIMAP!

Key 2: Rare drop off elite Maldraxxi enemies in Helgarde Keep. The rare Maldraxxi, Traitor Balthier, that spawns here can drop it too.

Key 3: Looted from a Keyring found on a wall inside one of the rooms you can enter in the keep. You'll know you are in the correct room if you see a bunch of dead golden Valkyr lying around and a named quest target in the back. The keyring is next to the named mob. You'll have to kill the mob first as you can't loot it while in combat.

Key 4: This one drops off the rare helhound Yiva. Bring a group as Yiva is quite powerful. On death, she drops the 'Feeder's Hand and Key' item...which can be opened to get the key.

Once you have all 4 keys, find the caged chest and open it up to get the ring!

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Ring 5: The Stone Ring: This one REQUIRES the Necrolord assault to be active or else you can't get it.

Once Necrolords Assault the Maw, join the assault. Look for the quest to go help the Kyrians. This will chain to a quest in which you must gather some centurion parts for Mikanikos. Once done, you'll gain access to an Overcharged Centurion vehicle you can ride. Once you get that, we can start getting this ring.

The Stone ring has been broken into 4 pieces called 'Quartered Ancient Ring'. We need to find all 4.

Piece 1: Use the Centurion's ability to jump up walls to reach Mawsworn Caches that are located up there. Open them until you get the first piece.

Piece 2: Continue opening Caches until you get the Defense Map item which starts a quest. All you need to do is destroy 6 of the pylons on the wall using the centurion's 2nd ability. Hand in the quest to Mikanikos for the 2nd piece.

Piece 3: With the Centurion's job now done, we can go after the last two pieces. This one will be lying on the ground somewhere in Perdition Hold. The spawn point is random. I found mine in the cave under where Draka is when she goes into the hold proper after starting the assault.

Piece 4: The final piece is held by a minor Abomination called the 'Maw Mad Construct'. This is a neutral mob that does nothing more than ran through the hold and scream about not wanting to give up his precious item. Keep an eye on your chat log for his yell...then find him and kill him for the final piece.

Once all 4 pieces are in your bag...go to Zovaal's Cauldron and use any of the forges there to combine them into the Stone Ring!

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Final Step: Getting a Hand:

With all 5 rings acquired, we now need to find Nilganihmaht himself and return them to him. He is hiding in a cave located at 25.70, 32.53 in the Maw (this cave also has the book that gives lore on the 4 Giants' origin). However...remember when I said you needed TWO Riftkeys/Riftstones? This is where the second one comes in as Nilganihmaht is hiding in the Rift. Enter the rift, find the cave then find Nilgy in the back of said cave. Place his rings on each of his five fingers and he'll offer you the quest 'Gotta Hand it to Ya' which can be handed in straight away to earn the mount.

And there you have it! Enjoy your very own gold-plated hand mount! I love his run animation personally.

I hope this guide was handy! :headbang:
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