Nihniknoovi

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Job: Family: Bird Crystal: Fire Weak to: Ice Notorious Monster

Nihniknoovi

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
La Theine Plateau	14	Van Pendant (100%)		1	A, L
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:

• Chance of spawning from one of the FallenEgg that load at various spots in the zone.
  • (I-6), (J-6), (L-7), (L-10), (L-11), or (K-7) somewhere amongst the trees.
  • Chance of spawning: (???%)
  • May obtain a Bird Egg when FallenEgg is checked.
  • Chance of only getting the message:

    There is a broken egg on the ground here.
    Perhaps there is a nest in the boughs of this tree.

• FallenEgg has a respawn timer of 5 minutes. If Nihniknoovi spawned, it will respawn 30 minutes later.
• Nihniknoovi has an extremely fast attack rate, not far off from Hundred Fists.
• Soloable by level 25 for most jobs.

(see testimonials)

Historical Background

In Native American mythology (specifically the Kawaiisu of Southern California), Nihniknoovi (sometimes called Nihnoovi) is a fierce hawk which snatched people off the land and carried them off to the mountains, where it devoured them. It is commonly known as the “man-carrying bird”. It is unclear what it means, but niwinookaridi means “person-carrying” in the Kawaiisu language.