Roc

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Job: White Mage/Bard Family: Rocs Crystal: Light Weak to: Ice Notorious Monster Title Obtained: Roc Star

Roc

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Sauromugue Champaign	55	Crimson Blade (100%) Damascus Ingot (6.5%) Dryad Staff (13.8%) Reraiser (100%) Vile Elixir (100%) ~30,545 gil		1	A, S
Nyzul Isle Floors 41 - 59		??? Polearm * Nyzul weapons (???%)		1	A, S
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:

• Spawns around I-10 from the back exit of Garlaige Citadel approximately every 21-24 hours.
• Four people are needed to open the Banishing Gates in Garlaige Citadel.
• If you have installed the Wings of the Goddess expansion, it is possible to enter Sauromugue Champaign (S) and take a trip through Garlaige Citadel (S). You can pass through Garlaige Citadel (S) solo and the requirement for 4 people to open the Banishing Gates is not applicable. Once you pass through Garlaige Citadel (S), you can use the Cavernous Maw located at (K-9) to return you to the present, very close to the Roc spawn point.
• Special Attacks: Benediction, Massacre Elegy, Horde Lullaby, Draw In.

• Still uses Benediction in Nyzul Isle.

• Rages after 20 minutes.
• Has around 30,000 HP.
• Susceptible to all enfeebles except dark based Sleep, making it possible to be kited with Bind and Gravity for rest. Light based sleeps Lullaby, Light Shot, and Repose do work.
• Lower defense than its counterpart.
• Killable by: 12 characters level 60; 2 characters level 75. (see testimonials)
• Nyzul Isle: The Armoury Crate it leaves behind contains a ??? Polearm, which may rarely appraise into a Dryad Staff.

Historical Background

In Persian mythology, the Roc (also spelled Rukh) was a gigantic bird of such strength, it preyed on elephants for food. It was a large, white-feathered bird. The Roc is most well known from Sindbad the Sailor's encounter with one in One Thousand and One Nights. Some scholars think the Roc is a distorted account of the Aepyornis (also known as the Elephant Bird), a giant (now extinct) 9 foot tall flightless bird from Madagascar, as some early explorers reported these creatures and thought them to be the chicks of larger, yet unseen birds.