17 poisons....4 life's...around 475 gold.... but I did it... after this whole week trying, bred familiar around 5 am... then (stubbornly) bought more gold... went through more poisons... finally got my itch about an hour ago... then kept going. FINALLY got my zombie at 9:52 am...they said it went until 10, so it was an eternal internal war about whether or not to persist. Now I feel like a champion. ^_^