Lobison

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Job: Monk Family: Gnoles Crystal: Dark Weak to:

Lobison Lobison (standing)

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Jugner Forest (S)	80 - 82	Gnole Claw (12%)		10	A, H¹, L, S, Sc??? HP
La Vaule (S)	80 - 82	Gnole Claw (???%)		14	A, H¹, L, S, Sc??? 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:

• Found at E-6, F-6/7 in Jugner Forest [S]
• Can change to standing mode, does not appear to be linked to moon phase. Standing Lobisons seem to have higher attack, lower accuracy, higher defense, and guard more and apparently resistant to sleep. Repose is effective.

• When moon phase is near new moon will not stand up.

• Lobison seem to stand when presented with an extremely large hate spike. Provoke is effective for many players, but when that failed, spamming high-damage Blue Mage spells such as Disseverment, Hysteric Barrage, Frenetic Rip and Actinic Burst were effective in convincing them to stand 100% of the time.
• Using Exuviation whilst under the effect of Diffusion (making the spell AoE) creates a large enough amount of enmity to make Lobison stand.
• Using enmity+ gear heightens chance of Lobisons standing up.

¹ Lobison in Jugner Forest [S] and La Vaule [S] will *also* detect by sound while standing. Otherwise they detect by sight only.

Historical Background

In Argentinian mythology, the Lobisón (or Luisón) was a werewolf-like creature, a black or gray wolf the size of a small horse. According to legend, the 7th consecutive son in a family will become a lobison. They hunt at night under a full moon, preferring to prey on cattle rather than people. The 7th consecutive daughter born to a family will become a witch. This superstition was held into the 20th century, resulting in the seventh-born children being abandoned. The Argentine government passed a law forbidding this practice in the 1920s.