Demonic Tiphia

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Job: White Mage, Black Mage Family: Bee Crystal: Wind Weak to: Ice, Notorious Monster

Demonic Tiphia ‎

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Crawlers' Nest	60	Royal Jelly (???%) Tiphia Sting (???%)		1	A, L, S 9,000~10,000 HP ??? MP
A = Aggressive; L = Links; S = Detects by Sight; H = Detects by Sound; HP = Detects Low HP; M = Detects Magic; Sc = Follows by Scent; T(S) = True-sight; T(H) = True-hearing; JA = Detects job abilities; WS = Detects weaponskills; Z(D) = Asleep in Daytime; Z(N) = Asleep at Nighttime

Notes:

• Lottery Spawn from a Wespe around G-6 to G-7 on the second map every 2-8+ hours.
• Placeholder is the bottom Wespe of the four Wespes within the area on Wide Scan.
• Resistant to Magic Damage, but is susceptible to Silence, Sleep and Paralyze.
  • Builds a strong resistance to Silence and light-based Sleep. More easily slept with a dark-based sleep.
• Casts Cure V (often below 50% health), Erase, Sleepga II, and Paralyga.
• Has limited MP, thus, will eventually stop casting.
• Pollen will restore up to 4000 HP, creating a very long fight if unprepared to counter.
• Uses Final Sting versus Sharp Sting when below 25% HP.
• Its Attack & Accuracy slowly increase over time
• Soloable at level 75 for a few select jobs. (see testimonials)

Historical Background

Demonic means pertaining to demons or extremely cruel or having qualities one would associate with demons or Hell. Tiphia is the name of a type of wasp, the Tiphia Wasp (Genus Tiphia) which is known as a grub parasite, a wasp which implants its eggs into grubs which then hatch into larvae and devour the grub from the inside out. The Tiphia Wasp is almost entirely black in color, not yellow like this monster's model in the game. We can infer that the Crawlers of Crawlers' Nest are the prey for Demonic Tiphia's larvae.