SW Apollyon

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• SW Apollyon is a subsection of the Apollyon zone in the Limbus region.
• It is reached via the Teleport-Dem crag entrance to Al'Taieu.
• Can be cleared with a full alliance only taking the Time chest on the 3rd floor.
  • A group of 12 typically only needs to take one Time chest on the 1st or 2nd floor.
  • A group of 7 typically needs to take an extra Time chest on the 1st and 2nd floors, but a melee heavy group can get by with only taking one time chest on the first floor.
  • A group of 4 can clear this by taking 0 time chests and skipping floors 1 and 2 by opening vortex ASAP and going up. The third floor will depend on luck with mimics vs. item/time chests and how much time you have remaining. Keep at least 5 minutes for the final floor if you have 2+ BLM DD or 10 minutes if you have 0 magic DD (to be safe).
• Duoed by RDM and BLM, both skilled and quite lucky - the first mimic chest killed opened the portal, and was killed using Chainspell.
• The Time chests give an additional 10 minutes.
• Drops AF+1 materials for All Jobs
• Typical Ancient Beastcoin yield: 40
• Reward for completion: Charcoal Chip

Drop Chart

Item (Job)	Floor 1	Floor 2	Floor 3	Floor 4
Ancient Brass (MNK)				(28%)
Argyro Rivet (WAR)
Astral Leather (SMN)		(36.4%)
Benedict Yarn (WHM)	(9.1%)
Black Rivet (DRK)	(18.2%)
Blue Rivet (DRG)
Brown Doeskin (BRD)	(72.7%)
Canvas Toile (COR)		(54.5%)
Cardinal Cloth (RDM)				(24%)
Charcoal Cotton (RNG)		(9.1%)
Corduroy Cloth (PUP)				(16%)
Diabolic Yarn (BLM)			(4.5%)
Ebony Lacquer (NIN)		(9.1%)	(63.6%)
Electrum Stud (SCH)	(18.2%)		(4.5%)
Fetid Lanolin (BST)			(4.5%)	(44%)
Flameshun Cloth (BLU)		(9.1%)	(4.5%)
Gold Stud (DNC)				(24%)
Kurogane (SAM)			(4.5%)
Light Filament (THF)				(48%)
White Rivet (PLD)				(12%)
Adaman Ore	-	-	(12.5%)	-
Clot Plasma	-	-		-
Darksteel Ore	-	-	(12.5%)	-
Darksteel Sheet	-	-	(12.5%)	-
Light Steel	-	-		-
Oxblood	-	-	(12.5%)	-
Rainbow Thread	-	-	(12.5%)	-
Shell Powder	-	-		-
Metal Chip	-	-	-
Charcoal Chip	-	-	-	(100%)

First Floor

• Enemies: Fir Bholg x10 (Fomor)
  • About 4250 HP
  • Galka = PLD, Elvaan = THF, Hume = SAM, Tarutaru = BLM, Mithra = RDM
  • The Mage Fir Bholg are highly resistant to magic damage.
  • Each has a chance of dropping an Ancient Beastcoin.
  • Linking by sound.
  • Uses their respective two-hour abilities once each.
  • Susceptible to Lullaby, Sleep, and Repose
  • Summoner pullers need to be very careful, they will link and stay linked at times on pet pulls
  • Like all Limbus mobs, these have party hate: once aggroed, everyone in the alliance will have hate on the ones that aggro, so a sac puller must drop from the party before pulling.
• You can open only one of the three chests.
• The Vortex and Chests come from the same race of Fomor, the same race as the person who first entered the zone.
• The Items chest has 4 Ancient Beastcoins and 1-2 AF+1 material (BRD, DRK, SAM, BLM, WAR, BLU, SCH, WHM, ?).

Second Floor

• Enemies: Jidra x8 (Treants)

Arboricole Beetle

Arboricole Crawler

Arboricole Hornet

Arboricole Opo-opo

Arboricole Raven

Arboricole Spider

Apollyon Sapling

• Killing a Jidra causes one of the other monsters to spawn.
• Defeating the large, leafless Jidra opens the vortex (and doesn't spawn a kid).
  • The large Jidra has the same special attack changes as Cemetery Cherry
  • Leafstorm dispels all effects including food and gives Slow instead of damage.
• The Jidra never drop Ancient Beastcoins, but the others have a high chance to.
  • Jidra can be slept with Lullaby.
• When all enemies are dead, the Time, Items and Restore chests spawn. You can only open one.
  • They actually appear farther south than shown on the map.
• The Items chest has 4 Ancient Beastcoins and an AF+1 material (RNG, WHM, SMN, BLM, WAR, COR, DRG).

Third Floor

• Enemies: Armoury Crate x8 (Mimics)
  • Often drop an Ancient Beastcoin.
  • They only aggro when someone clicks on them to determine whether they are mimics or real chests. They are passive otherwise.
• Defeating one of the Mimics opens the vortex.
• The Time, Items and Restore chests are hidden among the Mimics. You can open all three.
  • They are randomly distributed--they are not in the places marked on the map.
  • You can't tell which chest it is which without opening it; they all look like Items chests.
• Note: Mimics have the Draw In ability, so trying to use a SMN and a pet to find the real chests won't work.
  • It has been reported that Draw In only works within 20'.
• Death Trap (AoE Stun and Poison) has a huge range (>31'). This ability has a somewhat lengthy activation time, so it is easy to stun it.

• The Items chest has 4 Ancient Beastcoins, 0-2 AF+1 materials (WAR, NIN, DRG, BLM, SAM, WHM, BLU, SCH) and a synthesis material (Oxblood, Shell Powder, Light Steel, Clot Plasma, Darksteel Ore, Darksteel Sheet, Adaman Ore, Rainbow Thread).

Fourth Floor

• Enemies: Air Elemental x3

Dark Elemental x3

Earth Elemental x3

Fire Elemental x3

Ice Elemental x3

Light Elemental x3

Thunder Elemental x3

Water Elemental x3

• Often drop an Ancient Beastcoin
• They are susceptible to melee damage, unlike normal elementals. That being said, they still have a higher resistance than normal non-elemental monsters to melee attacks.
• Elementals of the same type link, and will link from a very large distance. They also aggro to magic and have shared party hate.
• A safe place to camp is the northeast corner near the exit portal where the final chest spawns.
• The Dark Elementals are resistant to Lullaby and Repose, and immune to Sleep.
• The Light Elementals are immune to Lullaby and Repose, but susceptible to Sleep.

• Defeating the Elementals corresponding to the in-game day that you entered this floor on (tested on 07/19/09 by killing Dark Elementals after day changed to Fire) causes the final chest to spawn at the exit.
• The final chest has 4-5 Ancient Beastcoins, ~2 AF+1 materials (THF, BST, MNK, RDM, PLD, PUP, DNC), a Charcoal Chip and a possibility of a Metal Chip.

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