Ladon

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Job: Family: Wyverns Crystal: Wind Weak to: Dark Strong to: Fire, Wind Immune: Light

Ladon

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Kuftal Tunnel	80 - 82	Wyvern Skin (???%) Wyvern Wing (???%)		4 Respawn:16-20 minutes	A, S ??? HP
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:

• Gives 23% more Experience Points than normal for a mob of its level.
• Easily duoed by 75BRD/NIN, 75RDM/RNG. BRD tanks with elegy and spamming other songs for hate, while RDM keeps Ladon debuffed with the occasional nuke or barrage; makes for quite the skill-up party.

Historical Background

A dragon in Greek mythology which guarded the Golden Apples in the Garden of the Hesperides, an island located out on the extreme western fringe of the world. It is sometimes described as having 1 head and other times as having 100 heads. One of Hercules 12 labors was to get the Golden Apples. He slew the dragon. Ladon was the offspring of the monsters Echidna & Typhon. Ladon's siblings were: Cerberus, Sphinx, Chimera, Nemean Lion, Lernaean Hydra, Ethon (the eagle that gnaws at Prometheus' liver), and Orthrus (2-headed guard dog). Hera memorialized the dragon as the constellation Serpens.