*UPDATE WITH PICS* cuz pics or it didn't happen right?
While at harpies I found I was killing stuff too fast with my trained warrior so I swapped out for some lower level skills, including 50 swords, just so that I could hit things more often before they died. That added some whifs but overall got me more loot too. At 55 sword skill I moved over to the Tokuno champ spawn area to kill lizardmen and beetles, they die easily to the skill levels you see in the pics so I was raising skills while doing just fine getting the rare items.
More things to note:
- While holding the Smuggler's Edge you only need your left hand free, not both, to steal
- You can get the rare items with less than 120 stealing, though my second thief was already 119.2 so that's not too much lower(see pic)
- By killing creatures that yield honor you don't lose Karma overall despite stealing, you slowly gain(see 2nd pic)
- Balm's seem to be the 2nd most common item after gold though you will see some scrolls/potions/gems too, which I dumped
- You don't need elite gear, as you can see in the pic I used a full virtue armor set so that I wouldn't need to worry about repair
- The rings had STR and DEX but no skill, all skills are real skill in the pics(forgot to click button)
- Decent healing helps, you occasionally get surrounded by lizardmen at the tokuno spawn, you don't need them fumbling your heals. At the level you see in the pics I wasn't fumbling at all, and only getting hit for 3-5 damage per hit with that armor
- The lanterns come in 100 different hues and the same rules apply as for other monster loot with regular stealing
- See more info on monster loot here:
http://www.uoguide.com/Monster_Stealables- The lanterns and tool kits can ONLY be had while fighting with the smuggler's edge equipped
- Value: I think the 400k for the lanterns being mentioned is low, there are never any on Vendor Search so name your price so to speak. Also, I immediately sold the toolbox to a friend for 20m, it creates lockpicks and has 10 charges but like tree stumps it regenerates a charge every day. It's not a common item by any stretch and given that there is no mechanic in game to obtain a smuggler's edge right now if you get a tool box you can set your price and it will be met.
I got both a lantern and a tool box after spending roughly 25 minutes at the tokuno spawn and killing close to 200 lizardmen(they die in 4-8 swings depending on misses)
The pics