Talk:Panzer Percival

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Easy, if somewhat long solo as DNC27/NIN13. Two Stag Beetles linked about halfway through the fight, used them to build more TP. Definitely could have done it without the Beetles, but the extra TP helped quite a bit. Entered fight with ~280 TP and didn't bother with shadows, even with the links. --Yondaime86 20:46, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

I just killed this mob solo as DRK34/WAR16, with no Blood Weapon available. There was a point in time where I slept the NM, stepped back, and rested for HP, and another point in time where I slept him just to wait out the recast on Drain. It wasn't easy, and if you're not lucky, smart, or both, he will kill you. But this NM is confirmed soloable at level 34. --Sakaki22 14:49, 15 May 2007 (CDT)

Soloable by 23BST/WHM. Great if you're exping in the area, just familiar a tough Tiger to start, then use whatever you can find to finish it off. --Tigerlilyb 20:50, 19 August 2007 (CDT)

Solo'd this mob at around 32-33 WHM/NIN. Nin wasn't even properly leveled. I was only helping a friend out. Got a link and had to benediction to win but without that I would of probably been fine. --Grizzle 13:52, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Took Percival apart on DNC/NIN 35. Gear was nothing spectacular. Didn't bother with shadows and entered fight with 95% TP. Drain Samba II did a fair job of keeping up with his damage. Stacked Box Step to Lvl 5 to counter the natural beetle defense. Even was able to snap off a Viper Bite around 50% so that poison would help deplete him. --Linoth 04:34, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Solo'd without much trouble as THF29/RNG13 with liberal use of bloody bolts. Had a link, used Perfect Dodge and drained the link to death which may have actually helped. :) --Talraen 01:11, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Very Easily solo'd as 37 RNG/NIN. At this level this NM will barely even hit you if you have any sort of evade or parry skill, even when he hits with his Evasion Down status attack. Regular XP gear, nothing to write home about, and Horn Arrows. He does have a good deal of HP, so use Barrage to speed things up a bit.--Szkol 06:26, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Solo'd in 30 seconds as TaruTaru 32WAR/THF. Opened fight with Sneak Attack >> Mighty Strikes >> Sturmwind for 400 damage. Hit with Acid Bolt for Def. Down. Crit. Crit. Crit. Another Sturmwind. Dead beetle. Drop Neckchopper. =D In hindsight, Mighty Strikes wasn't necesary by any means.--BootHimself 20:51, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Solo'd as galka BST22/BLU11 with one Brutal Sheep, Stag Beetle (Familiar), and three more Stag Beetles. Tough fight but got the win. I figured If BST can solo BCNM 20 Wings of Fury then one Beetle NM shouldn't be a problem. Beetle Jaw FTW. Madtech - Cerberus.

Killed NM, the next repop for normal Stag Beetle took 15min instead of the normal 5min. FYI .--Mbout 05:53, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

-Solo'd as a BST24/WHM12, Used 2 Beetles and 2 Funguar (one T Funguar was Familiar'd), When i did get hit by Panzer he only hit me for about 20~30 DMG, probably could have survived easily fighting with my pets.

Report: Panzer popped twice in a row!

I'm planning on leveling my 18 WAR, so I went to Jugner Forest (as 66 BST/THF) and killed Panzer Percival once, using the wide scan method. I killed the placeholder on the eastern side, and Panzer spawned on the northern side. The Greataxe did not drop. So I decided to go for another run, noticing that it's been known to repop within 15 minutes and having a little bit of confidence. When I went back to the eastern side of the forest, Panzer was there again! I couldn't believe my eyes, but went ahead and killed it. Neckchopper dropped. ^^ Just wanted to report that it CAN spawn twice in a row, without killing another placeholder. It would be nice if this information is added to the main page for Panzer Percival. --Ngrmile 14:06, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

All these reports of popping twice in a row but at different locations or popping within 15 min in different locations seem to indicate that those two spawn areas are indeed spawn points for two instances of the mob. So that each spot has its own lottery. This seems to indicate that there could possibly even be two NMs out at the same time. Someone would need to confirm this though. Zaphor 12:20, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Clarification: Yes, there are two spawn areas, but there can only be one placeholder in either location, so there can't possibly be two Panzers out at the same time. --Ngrmile 23:44, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Is it possible Panzer is a placeholder itself? In which there's a small chance just like normal beetles that another Panzer will spawn when Panzer is killed? Myzou 23:09, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

The placeholders do have the tendency to switch which spawn point they want to go to. ^_^ You have a very good point there Myzou, it is very plausible. --Kienis 11:10, 24 December 2008 (PST)

It popped twice in a row for me. 1/7 I killed it in east camp, then went directly to north camp and there Panzer sat. Killed and got the axe.--Atropa [Quetzalcoatl] 14:32, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Respawn time of Stag Beetles

Can anyone confirm that the respawn time for Stag Beetles is 5 minutes? I can't find any information like this anywhere. Vaire 17:06, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Confirmed it myself using Scavenge recast: respawn time for Stag Beetles is 5 minutes. Vaire 17:33, 20 October 2008 (UTC) Bold text