Puroboros

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Job: Warrior Family: Bomb Crystal: Fire Weak to: Fire Resists: Ice, Wind, Earth, Lightning, Water, Light, Dark

Puroboros

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
The Eldieme Necropolis	42 - 44	Bomb Arm (???%) Bomb Ash (???%)		3 Respawn:14 minutes	A, S, M
Garlaige Citadel	43 - 45	Bomb Arm (???%) Bomb Ash (???%)		2 Respawn:14 minutes	A, S, M
Crawlers' Nest	45	Bomb Arm (???%) Bomb Ash (???%) Oracle's Belt (???%)		2 (I-10) Respawn:1-3 hours	A, S, M
Sanctuary of Zi'Tah During foggy weather	47 - 49	Bomb Arm (???%) Bomb Ash (???%)		4 Respawn:5 minutes	A, S, M
Yhoator Jungle During foggy weather	51 - 54	Bomb Arm (???%) Bomb Ash (???%)		2 Respawn:5 minutes	A, S, M
Crawlers' Nest (S)	72 - 73	Bomb Arm (???%) Bomb Ash (???%)		6 Respawn:14 minutes	A, S, M
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

Historical Background

In Late Roman and Medieval Folklore, the Pirobolus (plural Piroboli) were gendered rocks (male and female) which if they were brought close together, they would burst into flames. They were reported to only be found in the East. They appear in Physiologus (200s- 300s CE) by Unknown. Other names for them: Lapides Igniferi, Lapides Piroboli, Cheroboli, Terrebolen, Terroboli, Turrobolen, Deus Perres, Douze Pierres. All of these names mean "fire stone" (it is possible the best spelling of this would be Pyrobolus). Puroboros is apparently a misspelling of the name originating from Final Fantasy V & Final Fantasy X, which had Bomb monsters with this name.