Swift Belt Guide by Ilean

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“This aged book is said to contain the tragic history of the Fomors. However, you cannot read the cryptic characters that fill the pages.”

Fomor Codices are used to spawn the NMs which drop the Swift Belt, you can buy these from bazaars, but they can also be farmed quickly and easily from Tauri in Phomiuna Aqueducts and not so quickly from the ones in Sacrarium.

Tauri

Tauri are demon type monsters, they have true sight aggro but they won't aggro to sound, they link, their only special attack you should worry about is Mortal Ray, a Line of Effect attack that inflicts the Doom status (10 seconds countdown before death). However, Mortal Ray only works if the victims are facing the Taurus, and it takes 2-3 seconds to go off, it can be easily stunned or the target can simply turn his back to it, fighting Tauri unlocked is the safest way to do it so you can turn your back quick.

If Mortal Ray lands just keep using Holy Water one after another until Doom goes away, on average it takes 3 Holy Water to remove Doom, Cursna works too but it isn't 100% effective either.

Fomors

Fomors are undead and as such are immune to Drain and Aspir spells and have high dark magic resistance. They aggro to sound and low HP, their low HP aggro distance range is significantly shorter than of other undead though. They don't link unless they are partied, if that's the case they will move together.

There are just a few things to have in mind about Fomors, melee Fomors are strong, even damage dealer job Fomors have quite high defense. Any Fomor wielding a two handed weapon may use a special move called Grim Halo which is quite a powerful Area of Effect attack and can almost kill Tarutaru mages at full health when used by Fomor Samurais, Dragoons and Dark Knights. Fomor Monks have a special ability called Shackled Fists which is a very powerful single target attack, if you have a Ninja tanking a Fomor Monk keep his health as high as possible.

Fomor Hate

Like the Tonberry, Fomors know how many of them you've killed, if you've never killed a Fomor they won't aggro you at all. Fomors have a couple of attacks that do more damage based on the ammount of hate you have, but they are nothing to worry much about. You will need to have maximum Fomor hate in order to spawn the NMs which drop the Swift Belt, you can check your Fomor hate with Resauchamet on the top floor of Tavnazian Safehold. He will tell you one of the following in his second to last line of text:

“You still have a fairly good head start, but they will not let up until they have found you and filled your heart with poison and pain.” (No hate or aggro)
“They are close… It is only a matter of time before you have fallen within their reach.” (Low hate)
“Can you not feel the hands that reach up from the bottomless depths of hell? Can you not feel the gaze of a thousand eyes, glowing red with anger and hate?” (High hate)
“The grip of evil is tightening on the very essence of what makes you who you are. Be forewarned, as it will not be long before you are confronted with a battle for more than just your life.” (High to maximum hate and may be able to spawn the NMs. To ensure you have maximum hate, check the Stale Draft in Sacrarium for the appropriate message)

Getting maximum Fomor Hate is simple enough, you can do it easily in Lufaise Meadows, or, a bit harder in Sacrarium while farming the subligars required for the JSE 50 body pieces at the same time.

Fomors at these spots only spawn between 20:00 and 4:00 hours in-game time, meaning you have 20 real-world minutes to kill as many as possible, they respawn after 5 minutes so it isn't too difficult, if you kill them all 2 times each for a total of 20 killed Fomor, you should be very close to having maximum Fomor hate, they are partied though, bring your full Swift Belt group here and move together so you kill as fast as possible, then you can move to the other camps while they respawn.

You can clear Fomor hate by killing Orcs and Gigas in Lufaise Meadows and Misareaux Coast, killing Tauri might also reduce Fomor hate.

The Journey...

Phomiuna Aqueducts (Level cap 40)

There are a few Pugils and Slimes between the entrance to the Phomiuna Aqueducts (J-11) and the Tauri camp A. The slimes aggro to sound. In the first camp there are 3 Easy Prey or Decent Challenge Tauri (to level 40 players) and 3 Bats, the Bats are not aggresive. Nothing in the way between Tauri camps A and B aggros but the Tauri in camp B are Very Tough or Incredibly Tough (to level 40 players), still if you have the numbers for it you can kill Tauri non stop moving from one camp to another.

Sacrarium: The Maze (Level cap 50)

Sacrarium is a rather small area and it is much less dangerous than it seems, near the entrance you will find a couple of Tauri, some Gazers, and Bats. Bats don't aggro at all, Gazers aggro to sound and Tauri to true sight as usual. It's better if you kill the Tauri before starting so you don't have to deal with sneaking past behind them.

There are two entrances to the maze, one on north side and another one on the south side, the light-blue walls marked on the map change randomly each game day but it doesn't matter much. The only walls that matter are the ones right after the entrance points, only one entrance is open at a given time but there is always a way to reach exits A and B.

Knowing that walls shift every game day it's better not to go into the maze when the day is about to change, so people don't get separated by the shifting walls. Once you enter the maze just keep going east, from exit A you can only reach the Hume room, from exit B you can access all the rest of Sacrarium, Hume room included. The maze is full of undead, everyone needs to be able to sneak themselves, there is always a good place to recast sneak or use a silent oil, just be careful if the route you are following takes you by the small rooms with Tauri in them, hugging the oposite wall will be enough to avoid aggro, their sight range is actually pretty short.

Sacrarium: The Rooms (Level cap 50)

In the second part of Sacrarium there are 6 rooms, 5 of them belonging each to one race, inside of each one of these rooms there is a Stale Draft spot, this is where you trade the Fomor Codex. If you examine the Stale Draft you will get a message according to your Fomor hate:

“You start to get goosebumps” (Minimal hate)
“Your heart is racing” (Moderate hate)
“Your common sense tells you to leave as quickly as possible” (Maximum hate, able to spawn the NM)

You can check your Fomor Hate in any room, but you can only spawn the Swift Belt NM in the one corresponding to your race.

In the map each room is marked with the initial of its corresponding race, there are two spots where a Taur just sits there and walks around changing the direction it's facing, be patient, there are partied Fomors around so it would be very dangerous to get Tauri aggro. If you get aggro around the Tauri you can go to the 'Emergency Camps' marked on the map, fight in the corridor where 6 skeletons are standing, they won't attack you if you don't attack them first.

If you need to build Fomor hate inside Sacrarium you should do it in the safe camps spots marked in blue, if you fight in the middle of the hallway, on the stairs you will be safe from low HP aggro, both from the Fomors in the room and the ones in the corridor. The best place to build Fomor hate inside Sacrarium is the camp outside the Tarutaru room, Fomor Black Mages and Fomor Summoners are very easy to kill once silenced.

The fight...

The Notorious Monsters

Once you have maximum Fomor hate you can spawn the NMs which may drop the Swift Belt, drop rate is around 30%. A note to the wise: DO NOT POP ON DARKSDAY UNLESS YOU ARE IN A BIG ALLIANCE! <- His EVA and 2hour are plain evil on this day.

Hume: Balor (RNG/MNK)

Balor is the easiest of the five NMs, he will use Eagle Eye Shot when you get him down to around 2/3 HP, as long as your tank survives or you have a spare tank the fight will be a breeze. A Ninja tank will do better here, as Eagle Eye Shot may kill a full health and well equiped Paladin.

Mithra: Caithleann (RDM/NIN)

She will use both Ninja spells and Red Mage spells, along with Chainspell.

Elvaan: Luaith (THF/WAR)

Luaith is hard for Ninja tanks, he hits hard, and has both Double Attack and Triple Attack, bring a Paladin tank for him.

Tarutaru: Lobais (SMN/BLM)

He is bad news, will use both Summoning Magic and Black Magic, worse, his special attack is 'Astral Flow'. He wields a staff so he can use quite a powerful Grim Halo.

Galka: Indich (BRD/PLD)

Uses Bard songs and Paladin spells, watch out for Lullaby, his special is Soul Voice.

Once someone with maximum Fomor hate trades a Fomor Codex to the Stale Draft spot inside the room of his race, the corresponding NM will spawn and his Fomor hate will be reduced to the minimum. The Stale Draft will appear again 15 minutes after the NM dies.