NW Apollyon
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- NW Apollyon is a subsection of the Apollyon zone in the Limbus region.
- It is reached via Teleport-Dem crag entrance to Al'Taieu.
- The first four floors have 3 Time chests (5 minutes each), 1 Items chest and 1 Restore chest.
- The fifth floor only has an Items chest.
- You can open all chests as soon as you find them (so you can use your 2-hours on all bosses).
- The Time chests and Restore chest are always out. The Items chest is dropped by the level boss.
- Can be cleared with a balanced group of 12 players.
- A manaburn group is very effective. It has been soloed by BLMs, but a good group of 3 BLMs can win with a good success rate.
- The level bosses are weakened by killing all of the lesser mobs.
- Typical Ancient Beastcoin yield: 45-55 (without Treasure Hunter)
- Reward for completion: Magenta Chip
AF+1 materials:
| Item (Job) | Item (Job) | Item (Job) | Item (Job) | Item (Job) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Brass (MNK) | Black Rivet (DRK) | Cardinal Cloth (RDM) | Ebony Lacquer (NIN) | Gold Stud (DNC) |
| Argyro Rivet (WAR) | Blue Rivet (DRG) | Charcoal Cotton (RNG) | Electrum Stud (SCH) | Kurogane (SAM) |
| Astral Leather (SMN) | Brown Doeskin (BRD) | Corduroy Cloth (PUP) | Fetid Lanolin (BST) | Light Filament (THF) |
| Benedict Yarn (WHM) | Canvas Toile (COR) | Diabolic Yarn (BLM) | Flameshun Cloth (BLU) | White Rivet (PLD) |
First Floor
- Enemies: Bardha x7 (Ghosts)
- Drops Ancient Beastcoins (~25%, affected by Treasure Hunter)
- About 8250 HP.
- Susceptible to Sleep, Gravity and Bind.
- Large aggro range to low HP.
- Links with other Bardha.
- Can casts Tier III Ga spells
- Boss: Pluto (Doomed)
- Items chest has 2 Ancient Beastcoins and 0-1 AF+1 material (BLM, BLU, DRG, SAM, SCH, WAR, WHM).
Second Floor
- Enemies: Mountain Buffalo x7 (Buffalo)
- Can drop Ancient Beastcoins (~33%, affected by Treasure Hunter)
- About 9000 HP.
- Immune to Lullaby.
- Susceptible to Sleep, Gravity and Bind.
- Links with other Mountain Buffalo.
- Cannot be Aspired, unlike normal Buffalo's.
- Boss: Zlatorog (Ram)
- Will use Mighty Strikes multiple times.
- Immune to Lullaby.
- Susceptible to Sleep, Gravity and Bind.
- Items chest has 2 Ancient Beastcoins and 0-1 AF+1 material (BRD, COR, DRK, NIN, RNG, SMN, WHM ?).
Third Floor
- Enemies: Apollyon Scavenger x7 (Bugards)
- Can drop Ancient Beastcoins (~50%, affected by Treasure Hunter)
- About 4750 HP.
- Susceptible to Sleep, Gravity and Bind.
- Links with other Apollyon Scavenger.
- Boss: Millenary Mossback (Adamantoise)
- Items chest has an AF+1 material (BST, MNK, PLD, PUP, RDM, THF, ?), and 0-2 crafting items (Adaman Ore, Darksteel Sheet, Darksteel Ore, Oxblood, Light Steel, Rainbow Thread, Shell Powder) and approx 5 coins (not all the time).
Fourth Floor
- Enemies: Gorynich x5 (Wyverns)
- Drops 2 Ancient Beastcoins.
- About 5000 HP.
- Resistant to Lullaby.
- Susceptible to Sleep, Gravity and Bind.
- Very strong against Fire based attacks and magic.
- Boss: Cynoprosopi (Wyrm)
- Weaker version of Fafnir (About 15,000 HP), standing on his forefeet is recommended.
- Horrid Roar dispels one effect.
- Dragon Breath and Hurricane Wing do under 300 damage.
- Very high defense. Takes full damage from Thunder, as a fire based mob, very resistant to Blizzard. Aero works fine.
- If you fight near the Restore chest, you can open it mid-fight if you run into trouble.
- Very difficult unless you kill all the Wyverns first. Run along the west edge to avoid premature aggro.
- Killable by 2 BLMs casting Gravity, kiting and nuking him. Gravity lands easily without Elemental Seal.
- Susceptible to Elemental Seal Sleep, Gravity and Bind.
- Items chest has 7-9 Ancient Beastcoins and 0-1 AF+1 materials (BLM, BLU, BRD, COR, DRG, DRK, MNK, NIN, RDM, RNG, SAM, SMN, ?).
Fifth Floor
- Enemies: Kronprinz Behemoth x3 (Behemoths)
- Has alliance hate. Will target everybody until they're dead.
- Links with other Kronprinz Behemoth and Kaiser Behemoth.
- Drops 5-6 Ancient Beastcoins.
- Immune to Stun and Sleep.
- Resistant to Bind.
- Susceptible to Gravity.
- About 7000 HP.
- Boss: Kaiser Behemoth (Behemoth)
- Has alliance hate. Will target everybody until they're dead.
- Weaker version of King Behemoth (About 15,000 HP).
- He does not have additional effect: Stun on his melee attacks.
- Meteor does just under 1000 damage to everyone in a huge area. The target should run out of range so his casting fails.
- Meteor takes 5 seconds to cast, so it should be possible for melees to run out of range as long as they aren't stunned from Thunderbolt.
- Kick Out does up to 900 damage; only used if someone by his tail gets hate.
- Immune to Gravity, Stun and Sleep.
- Nearly all elements are good on the Kaiser Behemoth, however resistance builds up as multiple spells are cast on him.
- The usual strategy is to kite Kaiser around the center, pausing out of range when he tries to cast Meteor.
- Don't get too far ahead, or he won't ever try to cast Meteor and you won't be able to do any damage. Let him get to about 20' away when kiting, then run to more than 30' away when he starts to cast.
- Melee DD just chase him and hit him while he tries to cast Meteor. Try to hit him from the sides to avoid Kick Out.
- Melee damage and accuracy on him is very, very poor. Weapon Skill damage isn't too bad.
- BLMs chase him and nuke from a distance when he starts casting Meteor, then run away if he turns.
- If he's too far, you can also run the other way and nuke him. Depending on subjob, start casting just as he approaches.
- Two BLMs can duo Kaiser pretty easily if they stay on opposite sides and trade hate.
- A BLM can solo Kaiser with the proper gear and tactics.
- You can check his current target with "/target <stnpc>; /assist <t>; /wait 1; /p Target: <t>"
- The final chest has 5 Ancient Beastcoins, 2-3 AF+1 materials (BLM, BLU, BRD, BST, COR, DNC, DRG, DRK, MNK, NIN, PLD, PUP, RDM, RNG, SAM, SCH, SMN, THF, WAR, WHM), and the Magenta Chip.
- The final chest can also drop Metal Chip(???%).
| Limbus Navigation | |
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| Apollyon Routes: NW | SW | NE | SE Temenos Routes: Western Tower | Northern Tower | Eastern Tower | Central 1F | Central 2F | Central 3F Metal Chip Routes: Central Temenos -1F | CS Apollyon Boss Routes: Central Apollyon | Central Temenos 4F Rewards: Artifact Armor +1 | Homam Corazza Set | Nashira Manteel Set Other: Ancient Beastcoins | Artifact Armor | Sagheera | |
