Megapod Megalops

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Family: Crab Crystal: Water Weak to: Ice, Lightning Notorious Monster

Megapod Megalops

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Labyrinth of Onzozo				1	A, H
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

• Spawned during the quest "Bugi Soden" by checking the ??? at (I-5).
• Melee attacks deal around 150 - 250 damage.
• Uses normal Crab special attacks.

• Bubble Shower deals around 100 - 200 damage.

• Can be defeated by a party of 3 characters at level 75. Soloable by Red Mage, Ninja, and Beastmaster at level 75. (see testimonials)

Historical Background

Megapod means having large feet and Megalops refers to the larval stage of a crab. Thus, a megapod megalops (which has no scientific usage) would be a larval crab with large legs. It makes sense to apply this name to a gigantic Crab which Megapod Megalops is.