Monstrosity: Acquiring Species

[stamos]

Just dinged 50 bat, and Colibri is there. 5k infamy

and no mimic.

[stamos]

Apkallu unlocked lvl 30 Colibri

Colibri is rdm/rdm

Apkallu is mnk

[Seol]

lvl 53 Bat/(s) 1 bird, 30 Cockatrice, 1 Roc, no Colibri to buy, probably need a 2nd requirement

[stamos]

50 bird, 50 bat.

Apkallu instinct I = 10 acc, 5% defense, and 3% haste.

8 points

[Khiinroye]

From the FFXIAH thread, finishing up the unlocks:

level 50 colibri you get Tukalibri 15k infamy
its a bard


for apkallu its colibri level 30

Level 1: Yawn (100% TP)
Level 10: Beak Lunge (120% TP)
Level 20: Frigid Shuffle (100% TP)
Level 30: Wing Slap (150% TP)
Level 40: Wing Whirl (150% TP)


level 50 you get InGuza 15k infamy
havent grabbed him yet cuz not enough infamy when i hit 50

got him hes a ninja
and has a skill called whiteout

Can confirm Inguza is NIN/MNK. Doesn't get Mijin Gakure, though. Ninjutsu still requires tools even though you're a mob.

Ok so I leveled from 30-50 without actually checking Teyrnon for anything... but when I went back to him now (as level 50) he says I can buy Sanguiptere for 20000 infamy

Sanguiptere is BLM/WAR and learns Vermilion Wind

My amphiptere is 47 and I can't buy Sanguiptere, so that pretty much confirms it for 50. Only took about 30 min to do 30-47 in Buburimu because Bloody Beak is hax, but then I had to go out for a bit or I would have gone to 50 / 60. Calamitous wind would probably work as well to kill your trains, but it won't give an hp refill unless you level up.

Edit: isn't there a greenish version of cockatrice, or am I just imagining things? And an abyssea version of hippogryph?

[Yeager]

By Crom leveling the slime is painful. Worse the Chigoe. No moves, hits like a feather, and takes damage. Not sure if I have it in me to push it past 30.

I got the Slime up to 62 yesterday. It does take a little bit of damage, but you can fix that by equipping instincts that give DEF like Beetle 1, Sheep 1 and there's one other that I forget, but it's a total +35 extra DEF which comes in handy. For attacking, obviously DRG instinct for the accuracy, and DRK instinct for Attack +50. If you have any extra points to use after those, use ones that add to your attack, like Bee 1, Rabbit 1, etc. It all adds up.

I went to Wajaom Woodlands at 58 Slime, and plowed through Colibri up to 62 with relative ease.

[Khiinroye]

48 min to go from 47 amphiptere to 61 amphiptere in buburimu. This is ridiculous.

No new moves for amphiptere or sanguiptere at 60.

Amphiptere II is +50 Resist Sleep, -7% magic damage taken, Occasionally absorbs wind damage. 10 points.

[dasva]

yeah I went from 30 to 73 on spriggan just running around in a loop on a beech auto attacking anything in site for 6 or so hours

[fantasticdan]

Edit: isn't there a greenish version of cockatrice, or am I just imagining things? And an abyssea version of hippogryph?

Pretty sure no to both of these. Afaik hippogryph only has one model, and cockatrice has two (normal and ziz).

[stamos]

Nothing at 90 bird, 60 bat/apkallu/colibri

Bat II = hp +2%, agi +5, and +15 evasion. 4 points
Apkallu II = int +10, evasion +10, and pdt -5%. 10 points
Colibri II = Wind resist +30, evasion +3, and fast cast +10. 8 points

Like he said, nin/mnk for Inguza(apkallu). Have to bring your own tools to cast ninjutsu. Gets Whiteout does meh damage, sleep, and zombie.

Tukalibri is brd/thf. Gets Tremor tunor. Does meh dmg, tp reset, and all stats down

[dasva]

If you talk to Suibhne as a regular mandy you will get asked for an Ake-Ome spirit which is from new years event. Turns you into a regular looking mandy except instead of a stem coming out of your head leading to a sprout it is an orange. Also it's named new years mandy. It's mnk/nin and I'm not high enough to tell if it has unique moves

Also I just noticed the species names for slime and spriggan are "." lol

[Trumpy]

Yea they are just . . someone did report in the bug forum though already.

[Kainstryder]

If you talk to Suibhne as a regular mandy you will get asked for an Ake-Ome spirit which is from new years event. Turns you into a regular looking mandy except instead of a stem coming out of your head leading to a sprout it is an orange. Also it's named new years mandy. It's mnk/nin and I'm not high enough to tell if it has unique moves

Also I just noticed the species names for slime and spriggan are "." lol

90 Mandy here, it has nothing unique WS wise; same as the other non-Abyssea ones. MNK/NIN as you said; trade cookies or whatever cheap items to the Unicorn leading the herd in a zone to get Ake-Ome Spirit, and you only need 1.

[Malithar]

Did you happen to get a New Year's Gift while trading items? Doesn't really have anything to do with Monstrosity, but with the story concerning the Goblins in Xarca, kinda curious what you get from them. Gotten plenty of spirits out of 200+ items, but no Gift yet.

[Kainstryder]

No, I ended up having a gift on a mule from last year, so I used that, because I couldn't get one after 200+ trades, so I said fuck it. The reward from the Xarcabard Goblin is the new bamboo furnishing, Okadomatsu, and it's fucking HUGE. You trade the gift, then a Kadomatsu furnishing, buyable from a Moogle in the cities.

[dasva]

I ended up getting the gift way before I got the spirit but random luck I guess. Think I actually got it trading the new years cake which doesn't even get used up trading lol

[Myriads]

Hope someone might be able to shed some light on a question I have.

I'd like to get the Pigmy Adamantoise for the sake of having every mob type unlocked, and of course you need a Adamantoise Egg to do that. With the Blue Pondweed being available in the most recent log on campaign, it seems like a good chance to try and get one.

My best job is BLU, I have a 109 sword, and any sub that might best serve. Can I rip the basic NM turtle up solo and have a shot at winning? Or should I grab a few friends and pound it that way?

Any insight? Thanks!

Edit: Note I thought the regular Adamantoise dropped this based on the BGWiki, seems it is probably wrong, and thus the question is stupid. Sorry for the time waste.

[dasva]

You can kill NQ very easy on pretty much anything solo. HQ a single DD may have a hard time overcoming the regen

[fantasticdan]

The nq was soloable at 75 lol.

[Hitou]

The fun part was dragging it away from adds with draw-in so you didn't die and have someone steal it from you.