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 needs to take an extra 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.
- 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).
- 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
AF+1 materials:
| Item (Job) | Item (Job) | Item (Job) | Item (Job) | Item (Job) | Item (Job) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Brass (MNK) | Benedict Yarn (WHM) | Brown Doeskin (BRD) | Diabolic Yarn (BLM) | Kurogane (SAM) | Corduroy Cloth (PUP) |
| Argyro Rivet (WAR) | Black Rivet (DRK) | Cardinal Cloth (RDM) | Ebony Lacquer (NIN) | Light Filament (THF) | Flameshun Cloth (BLU) |
| Astral Leather (SMN) | Blue Rivet (DRG) | Charcoal Cotton (RNG) | Fetid Lanolin (BST) | White Rivet (PLD) | Canvas Toile (COR) |
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.
- Use 2hr 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
- Once aggroed, the alliance will have hate on the ones that aggro, regardless if you sac pull.
- You can open only one of the three chests.
- The Vortex and Chests come from the same race of Fomor, possibly 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, ?).
Second Floor
- 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 and gives Slow instead of damage.
- The Jidra never drop Ancient Beastcoins, but the others have a high chance to.
- 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?).
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.
- Death Trap (AoE Stun and Poison) has a huge range (>31').
- The Items chest has 4 Ancient Beastcoins, 0-2 AF+1 materials (WAR, NIN, DRG, BLM, SAM, WHM, BLU) and a synthesis material (Oxblood, Shell Powder, Light Steel, Clot Plasma, Darksteel Ore, Darksteel Sheet, Adaman Ore).
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.
- Elementals aggro to magic.
- Shared party hate.
- 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 ingame day you engage the first elemental 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, ?), a Charcoal Chip and a possibility of a Metal Chip(???%).
| Limbus Navigation | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
