Steel man, need some gremlin advice

[Confucio]

hi all
i've a hurtling elementalist who reached the 16th level
(actually my best result in steel challenge)
no more food problem, no more weather problem, now is time to try to make some experience!
i will try to generate a gremlin bomb to get "a lot" of usefull junk
i've found a wand of digging (finally) and a pair of pretty (useless) plain blankets
but still no gremlin...
some suggestion?
i've spend days of time "k"icking mages waiting for a summoned group of gremlin... but no result

do you know if the summoned monster level is somewhat related to the charcter level?
maybe is to late try to obtain a fluff ball this way...

i have also a wand of s.monster with 4 ch. and a lot of booze potions
there is a place who can help gremlin summoning? (i don't wanna waste charges)
Any other suggestion?

TY all for any hint!

[Dudley]

Try readin scrolls of danger, when you have a nice packet.
Technicall, iircc, the monsters generated depend on xp, but may be UNDER that, so if that's the problem you're safe

[JellySlayer]

Gremlins are pretty low DL I think. I've seen them in SMC with level 1 PCs, for sure. I think they're just a fairly rare spawn.

[CheatMan]

Unfortunately, since you have to stay in the wilderness in order to satisfy your steel man challenge, pretty much your only option is to wait for wandering wizards specifically, and instead of kicking them, let them chase you around and they'll eventually summon a bunch of monsters of the same type.

Pray that it randomly chooses gremlins.
Pray even harder that it doesn't randomly choose Lightning/Acid Vortices...

[fazisi]

Gremlins are DL1 so there should be no problem with the wizards summoning them, it is just a matter of time. However, since the wilderness DL is 1, don't expect to get any good items without scrolls of danger.

[JellySlayer]

Wilderness is DL3 isn't it? I think you can find water in the wilderness.

[fazisi]

You're right, my bad. Wilderness DL is 3.

[Confucio]

yes is Dl 3 BUT...
in 1h 98 d 4h of playtime...
still no water
still no gremlin
still no usefull item

now i'm 18 lvl, with waterprof blanket and climbing set
this allow me to walk trough mountains and search giant party and single dragon
the hope is to find some decent item
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[gut]

if you get doomed, you might be able to encounter
more difficult type opponents. Ogre war parties,
gnolls, quicklings. If you have th installed, the items
would add up quickly enough.

[meh]

IIRC, the actual wilderness squares have a danger level of 1. The wilderness map, where nothing relevant ever happens, is level 3.