Vanol is usually found lurking on the ocean bottom near the big white rib cage at 33.5, 52.7 in Oceanus Hesperos. Sometimes he hovers near 34.4, 55.3 instead, and he may have other locations as well. The area teems with deep-chasm sharks, and Kraken is located slightly to the south, so be careful.

There is no need to kill anything to make Vanol pop. He usually respawns within four or five minutes after he dies, but sometimes the delay is longer.

As with all mobs that spawn without anything else being killed, there is no need to wait for Vanol at his camp. If you don't see him soon after you arrive at his location, park a toon there and log it in several times a day to check whether the mob has popped.

Vanol's trophy was introduced on Pendragon in test version 1.69d on March 15, 2004, but the trophy was removed from the game before the patch went live.

Over a year later, Mythic finally put Vanol on live servers in version. 1.76.