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Ambuscade History

Volume 1

2016
January	February	March	April	May	June
N/A	N/A	N/A	Orc	Quadav	Yagudo
July	August	September	October	November	December
Goblin	Gigas	Mamool Ja	Poroggo	Troll	Soulflayer

2017
January	February	March	April	May	June
Lamiae	Velkk	Fomor	Gigas	Antica	Tonberry
July	August	September	October	November	December
Fomor	Sahagin	Qiqirn	Qutrub	Poroggo	Meeble

2018
January	February	March	April	May	June
Mamool Ja	Dullahan	Moogle	Orc	Goblin	Antica
July	August	September	October	November	December
Yagudo	Soulflayer	Lamiae	Velkk	Troll	Qutrub

2019
January	February	March	April	May	June
Quadav	Qiqirn	Tonberry	Meeble	Dullahan	Gigas
July	August	September	October	November	December
Sahagin	Poroggo	Fomor	Moogle	Mamool Ja	Goblin

2020
January	February	March	April	May	June
Antica	Soulflayer	Velkk	Orc	Orc	Dullahan
July	August	September	October	November	December
Qiqirn	Mage Mamool Ja	Quadav	Troll	Mamool Ja	Qutrub

2021
January	February	March	April	May	June
Lamiae	Iron Giants	Tonberry	Meebles	Mage Mamool Ja	Gigas
July	August	September	October	November	December
Sahagin	Fomor Summoner	Poroggo	Fomor	Iron Giants	Moogles

2022
January	February	March	April	May	June
Goblins	Corse	Antica	Quadav	Mage Mamool Ja	Qutrub
July	August	September	October	November	December
Goblin	Fomor Summoner	Dullahan	Lamiae	Iron Giant	Meeble

2023
January	February	March	April	May	June
Moogle	Corse	Sahagin	Goblin	Orc	Quadav
July	August	September	October	November	December
Yagudo	Gigas	Mamool Ja	Troll	Poroggo	Soulflayer

2024
January	February	March	April	May	June
Lamiae	Fomor	Velkk	Antica	Tonberry	Sahagin
July	August	September	October	November	December
Qiqirn	Meeble	Qutrub	Dullahan

Volume 2

2016
January	February	March	April	May	June
N/A	N/A	N/A	Dragon	Taurus	Antlion
July	August	September	October	November	December
Greater Bird	Acrolith	Gnole	Orobon	Belladonna	Course

2017
January	February	March	April	May	June
Flan	Adamantoise	Pixie	Beast	Pteraketos	Slug
July	August	September	October	November	December
Treant	Morbol	Wyrm	Fomor	Dvergr	Harpeia

2018
January	February	March	April	May	June
Fenrir	Snoll	Wivre	Treant	Imp	Wyvern
July	August	September	October	November	December
Craklaw	Mannequin	Scorpion	Fomor	Morbol	Iron Giant

2019
January	February	March	April	May	June
Raaz	Hecteyes	Hippogryph	Bugard	Gallu	Magic Pot
July	August	September	October	November	December
Hydra	Citrullus	Mantid	Fomor	Sea Monk	Porxie

2020
January	February	March	April	May	June
Slime	Coeurl	Harpeia	Treant	Treant	Pteraketos
July	August	September	October	November	December
Spider	Rafflesia	Matamata	Undead	Bomb	Heartwing

2021
January	February	March	April	May	June
Buffalo	Demons	Leeches	Shadow Dragon	Fly	Aquans
July	August	September	October	November	December
Funguar	Citrullus	Cockatrice	Fomor	Lizards	Arcana

2022
January	February	March	April	May	June
Tiger	Taurus	Treant	Beasts	Pteraketos	Doll
July	August	September	October	November	December
Antlion	Morbol	Hydra	Fomors	Mantid	Harpeia

2023
January	February	March	April	May	June
Flan	Demon	Porxie	Dragon	Fly	Uragnite
July	August	September	October	November	December
Funguar	Arcana	Vermin	Dvergr	Heartwing	Flan

2024
January	February	March	April	May	June
Doll	Taurus	Treant	Beast	Pteraketos	Hecteyes
July	August	September	October	November	December
Lizards	Morbol	Hydra	Fomors

Volume 1 Archives

Antica

Volume 1, November 2024, Antica

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Consul^(WAR) ⁽⁾ Sabotender Dulce^(WAR) Summons (x3): Bozzetto Stalwart^(WAR), Bozzetto Hunter^(RNG), Bozzetto Magister ^(BLM), Bozzetto Stalker ^(THF), Bozzetto Valiant^(PLD)	Bozzetto Consul: Has ~1,400,000 HP Sabotender Dulce: 10,000 Needles. Has ~140,000 HP
Difficult	Bozzetto Consul^(WAR) ⁽⁾ Sabotender Dulce^(WAR) Summons (x2): Bozzetto Stalwart^(WAR), Bozzetto Hunter^(RNG), Bozzetto Magister ^(BLM), Bozzetto Stalker ^(THF), Bozzetto Valiant^(PLD)	Sabotender Dulce: 4,000 Needles.
Normal	Bozzetto Consul^(WAR) ⁽⁾ Sabotender Dulce^(WAR) Summons (x1): Bozzetto Stalwart^(WAR), Bozzetto Hunter^(RNG), Bozzetto Magister ^(BLM), Bozzetto Stalker ^(THF), Bozzetto Valiant^(PLD)	Sabotender Dulce: 2,000 Needles.
Easy	Bozzetto Consul^(WAR) ⁽⁾ Sabotender Dulce^(WAR) Summons (x1): Bozzetto Stalwart^(WAR), Bozzetto Hunter^(RNG), Bozzetto Magister ^(BLM), Bozzetto Stalker ^(THF)	Sabotender Dulce: 1,000 Needles.
Very Easy	Bozzetto Consul^(WAR) ⁽⁾ Sabotender Dulce^(WAR) Summons (x1): Bozzetto Stalwart^(WAR), Bozzetto Hunter^(RNG), Bozzetto Magister ^(BLM)	Sabotender Dulce: 100 Needles.

Notes:

Only the Bozzetto Consul needs to be defeated in order to win. It and a Sabotender Dulce are present initially upon entry.
The Bozzetto Consul will summon additional Antica (varying with difficulty) approximately every 15~120 seconds.

Adds must be defeated in order to win, even if done so after the Bozzetto Consul is.
Adds are likely called at certain HP percentages with a max wait between summoning of a minute. If the Consul's HP is rapidly dropping it will chain summon adds. .
Defeating the summoned adds will significantly increase the attack of the Bozzetto Consul with each one defeated.
Adds will use their job corresponding 1-Hours near at the start of a fight.
Adds are called in the order of WAR → RNG → BLM → THF (E+) → PLD (N+)
Adds are immune to sleep.

The Sabotender Dulce will flee around the battlefield and will eventually run into range to do needles move, the damage being dependent on the difficulty chosen:

While the Sabotender Dulce is out of range, the Bozetto Consul will take less damage.

Tomahawk will help to decrease this effect.

The Sabotender Dulce itself is weak, but takes -99% AoE damage.

Using Konzen-ittai will cause the following WS to miss.

Adds will not be summoned after the Sabotender Dulce is defeated. The message "The call goes unheeded!" will be displayed.

All Antica use the following TP Moves:

Jamming Wave: (AoE) Damage and Silence.
Magnetite Cloud: (Conal) Damage and Gravity.
Sandstorm: (AoE) Inflicts Blind.
Sand Shield; Gains Defense Bonus.
Sand Trap: (AoE) Damage, Petrification, and resets Enmity.
Sand Veil: Gains Evasion Bonus.
Shoulder Slam: Damage and Knockback.
Spikeball: Damage and Poison.

Bozzetto Consul:

Uses Mighty Strikes.
Takes double damage while summoning adds.
Resists and .
Immune to Bind and Gravity.
Additionally has the following nonstandard and enhanced version moves:

Sand Rush - (AoE) High damage. Absorbable via 3 shadows.

This move was previously known as Sodstorm when first introduced in May 2017.

Fettering Tackle: High Damage and Knock Back.

Sand Rush and Fettering Tackle will inflict heavy damage to players, especially while the Consul has Mighty Strikes active.

Using an enhanced Geo-Wilt and/or moves like Sentinel's Scherzo are recommended.

Thornball: Damage, Paralysis, and Poison.
Sand Shroud: Gains Evasion Bonus.

Bozzetto Consul Resistances

100%	100%

60%	100%	60%	70%	70%	20%	60%	20%

Sabotender Dulce:

Weakest to and elements.

Bozzetto Stalwart

Uses Mighty Strikes.

Bozzetto Hunter

Uses Eagle Eye Shot.

Uses this 1-Hour soon after damaging a Hunter.

Thus AoEing will cause each Hunter to use Eagle Eye Shot which may cause significant damage.

Bozzetto Magister

Uses Manafont.

Bozzetto Stalker

Uses Perfect Dodge.

Bozzetto Valiant

Uses Invincible.

Setups and Strategies: Very Difficult:

TANK, GEO, COR (or DD), SCH/WHM, BLM x2
COR provides Wizard's and Warlock's rolls.
Indi-Acumen, Entrust (onto SCH) Indi-Malaise, Geo-Focus (after pull). Malaise may or may not proc due to the Cactuar running very quickly in and out of range. Geo bubble is mainly to help absorb needles (but it should not go off if your group is prepared).
Tank runs in to pull main boss at center; party follows; GEO casts Geo-Focus on self for quick setup. SCH opens with Gravitation and BLMs should be able to take out the Cactuar in a single volley of Elemental Sealed Death (from each BLM). Manawall/Convert if you need to and finish off the Cactuar if you got unlucky with resists. Done right, there should be no adds, or at worst just a single set of adds.
Tank should grab boss (and any adds) to zone-in corner and mages should stand at typical backline job distance.
GEO should keep Indi-Acumen and now use Geo-Malaise. If there are adds, take them out with AoE spells.
For quick finish, have SCH use SP and create Fragmentation to burst wind-based spells.
For slower finish (no SP), have COR self-SC (or SC w/ tank) when SCH's stratagems are down.
SCH/WHM should help tank stay un-enfeebled.

Difficult:

Normal:

Players can just bum rush the Bozzetto Consul and kill him first so his attack isn't raised, then defeat the adds to clear this Ambuscade. Save the THF (Stalker) and PLD (Valiant) for last. You can ignore the Cactuar entirely. A tank to hold the adds becomes preferable here. Even Valaineral trust can hold the adds long enough for a solid DD or two to skillchain down the Consul, then move to the adds. Just have party leader swap to them for a moment so he gains hate on them all.

Easy:

Players can just bum rush the Bozzetto Consul and kill him first so his attack isn't raised, then defeat the adds to clear this Ambuscade. You can ignore the Cactuar entirely.

Very Easy:

Players can just bum rush the Bozzetto Consul and kill him first so his attack isn't raised, then defeat the adds to clear this Ambuscade. You can ignore the Cactuar entirely.

Key Item Suggestions:

Quicksand Caves UNM warp.
Proto-Waypoint warp to Quicksand Caves.
Voidwatch warp to Quicksand Caves, enter and run down the ramp.
Western Altepa Desert UNM warp. Go down the ramp into the ruins and follow the caves. Enemies there occasionally spawn high enough.

Corse

Volume 1, November 2024, Corse

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Pishogue ^(BLM/DRK)	Summons Bozzetto Warder x4
Difficult	Bozzetto Pishogue ^(BLM/DRK)	Summons Bozzetto Warder x4
Normal	Bozzetto Pishogue ^(BLM/DRK)	Summons Bozzetto Warder x4
Easy	Bozzetto Pishogue ^(BLM/DRK)	Summons Bozzetto Warder x4
Very Easy	Bozzetto Pishogue ^(BLM/DRK)	No adds. No Doom. Casts elemental -ga III spells, Ice Spikes.

Notes:
Bozzetto Pishogue:

Can use Blood Weapon and Souleater in conjunction. Will hit for 20k+ when both are active.

As of the Feb. 2023 Update changes, Will now remove all debuffs from Bozzetto Pishogue (Boss) and Bozzetto Warder (adds).
It will only use the two abilities in conjunction when adds are alive while using the SP ability.
(On Normal) Summons 4x Bozzetto Warder Adds at 90% HP and a second wave at 35% HP.
(On Normal) Bozzetto Warders appear to boost the damage of the Blood Weapon/Souleater combo to 20k-50k per auto.
- If the Warders are dead then Blood Weapon/Souleater does normal damage.
- Unconfirmed There may be a distance mechanic between the Bozzetto Pishogue and the Warders when it comes to the use of Blood Weapon/Souleater

Uses the following TP Moves:

Final Retribution: Deals physical damage + Stun.
Envoutement: Deals damage + Curse.
Memento Mori: Gains Magic Attack Bonus.
Quelling Seal: AoE Silence.
Hecatomb Macabre : AoE Charm (15 seconds) and Doom (20 Seconds).
- If multiple targets (players or pets) are in range, it will miss one of them.
- The Doom effect is not present on the Very Easy difficulty
Gambol Macabre : Single target Charm (29 seconds) and Doom (3 seconds). If you are very quick you can get one cursna off in the window.
- As of the Feb. 2023 Update changes, Will no longer use this move if killed all Bozzetto Warder but will use it if main target is further than 10 yalms and will land regardless.

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

Not Defeating the Warders

Jobs: MNK, BLU, BRD, COR, PLD, WHM

COR: Crooked Chaos, and Monks rolls. DDs wont need to worry about SB beyond TPing in SB II thanks to Monks.
BRD: March, Minuet, Minuet, Madrigal. Wind Threnody the Corse.
BLU: A good Club, and magic accuracy recast set. Set Feather Tickle and Reaving Wind. Advisable to also set Battery Charge and Retinal Glare.
WHM: Silence the Corse. Auspice, Barblind, Dia, and keep Banish effect active.
PLD: Cap block rate with a shield that isn't Ochain, provide Holy Circle.

Strategy:

1) MNK engages the mob, and gets it down to 90%. Adds then spawn. BLU uses Feather Tickle and Reaving Wind.
- Do not skillchain past this point as it will heal the mob. So victory smite between the Savage Blade and Black Halos.
2) Party should all defeat one single Bozetto Warder. This seems to prevent the usage of Blood Weapon/Souleater going off and massacring the party. We had an issue with this regularly, and it completely stopped happening from then on.
- PLD should get AoE hate on the Warders with Banishga and then a JA or something of the sort. Despite being ambuscade, enmity is a bit odd with these after initially spawning and they will run around beating people without some intervention.
3) Party then TPs on the Warders and WSes the Pishogue.
- BLU should Black Halo as well, but use Feather or Reaving if it is up before WSing.
4) When the second round of adds spawns around 35%, defeat one just to be safe, and then continue until the fight ends.

Wind Threnody will likely affect the success rate of Reaving Feathers. Magic accuracy food isn't required at all when it is on for a well geared BLU, but you will resist regularly without either active.
- This is with Maxentius and Thibron as a ML 30+ BLU. So that should put you in the ballpark for how to anchor your magic accuracy requirements. If you need to, Sakpata's Sword is a solid choice to offhand to solve any issues.

The fight should take around 5.5 to 9 or so minutes (including buffing) depending on the group.

Defeating the Warders

Jobs: MNK, BLU, GEO, BRD, SCH, SMN

MNK 4 Step SC's, Be prepared to turn to wait for BLU and SMN to pull down the TP of the Corse. Try to not It push under 38%-/+ so Bloody Weapon is not active at the time of the pops of the second set of Skeletons. Once both sets of skeletons are done it is just managing the TP with the team to victory.
Blu Reaving Wind, Feather Tickle Top priority, Carcharian Verve, Help kill the skeletons when popped
GEO Attack, Frailty, Help heal, and any other debuff you can land helps.
BRD Minuet/Attack/ACC songs Ballads on Mages, Help Heal, and any other debuff you can land help. You can also Magic Finale the ice spikes.
SCH Pro/Shell, Regen V, Refresh, Phlanax, Adloquium, Stoneskin Reapply whenever needed, Removed Blinds and stat down effects and Heal
SMN Apogee: Ecliptic Howl, Ecliptic Growl, Then Hastaga II, Crystal Blessing. Once engaged Mewing Lullaby in conjunction with Blu's TP down spells, Can use Shock Squall to stun all the skeletons after the initial pop and support with Whispering Wind as the skeletons go down reset yourself up for Mewing Lullaby.

When the skeletons pop they have what seems to be a very strong enmity lock on specific party members, so be away you may have to be vigilant with healing on mages until they are eliminated. It isn't hard to manage but you can have bad luck SC/MB on anyone and it lights out. As long as it wasn't during a Bloody Weapon you should be able to recover and still win.

About 18~22 min In and out.

Difficult:

Same as VD just quicker

15~17 Min in an out

Normal:

Same as D just quicker

Easy:

Both AOE and single target charms can be avoided by running out of range as they are cast.

Very Easy:

Solo: Prepare for AoE nukes and either bring a trust healer that outranges the AoE silence (Yoran-Oran, Apururu), or uses AoE healing job abilities (Ingrid II, Iroha II, Arciela, Lilisette I/II, Selh'teus). Once its HP is below 80% it may start using Hecatomb Macabre which is avoidable. Once you're charmed it will despawn your Trusts, then you have powerful buffs for 3 minutes to try to defeat it.

Key Item Locations:

Fei'Yin Home Point #1, Wekufe to the south of the HP.

Dullahan

Volume 1, November 2024, Dullahan

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Retributionist ^(PLD/DRK) Bozzetto Charger ^(THF)
Difficult	Bozzetto Retributionist ^(PLD/DRK) Bozzetto Charger ^(THF)	The Difficulty between Easy and Difficult is moderate at best. If you can follow avoid all the High Damage moves and instant K.O.s your looking at largely a stats difference. No additional mechanics are introduced.
Normal	Bozzetto Retributionist ^(PLD/DRK) Bozzetto Charger ^(THF)	The Difficulty between Easy and Difficult is moderate at best. If you can follow avoid all the High Damage moves and instant K.O.s your looking at largely a stats difference. No additional mechanics are introduced.
Easy	Bozzetto Retributionist ^(PLD/DRK) Bozzetto Charger ^(THF)	The Difficulty between Easy and Difficult is moderate at best. If you can follow avoid all the High Damage moves and instant K.O.s your looking at largely a stats difference. No additional mechanics are introduced.
Very Easy	Bozzetto Retributionist ^(PLD/DRK)

Notes:
Bozzetto Retributionist:

Enhanced Shield Block rate from the front, but not 100%.
Casts Absorb spells, Bio III, Aspir III, Stun, and Dread Spikes

Retaliates against magic with Absorb-TP.

Possesses a high resistance to dark. A light based dispel such as Finale will be required to dispel.

Boss States

Normal: Boss can be damaged normally with no cause for alarm. The Boss starts in this State and returns to it after using a TP move associated to the Other States.
Charging Up: Assumedly Charges Atramentous Libations or Atramentous Oblation
Boiling Over: Gains an aura that grants players a regain effect. Any damage taken by the boss after this move will increase the damage of Nether Castigation, Atramentous Libations or Atramentous Oblation
Miasma: Boss gains a weak Dread Spikes effect. You have about 5~15 seconds to deal enough damage to Force him to switch modes before he uses Eisenschneider
When the Boss uses Charging Up It will change its state and the chat log will be accompanied by one of the following Messages:

The Boss begins charging up. (Entering Charging State)
The Boss's rage is beginning to boil over. (Entering Boiling Over State)
The Boss begins to emit a noxious miasma. (Entering Miasma State)
The Boss's miasma dissipates but is rage is beginning to boil over. (Boiling Over State)

It's worth noting that if you throw 1 too many Weapon Skills to drop the Miasma state you may overcharge the Boiling Over State.

Uses the following TP Moves:

Charging Up: Initiates a State Change from Normal to Charging Up, Boiling Over or Miasma.
Atramentous Libations: 20' AoE Drain . Damage may vary depending on damage received during the "Charging Up State".

This is a similar mechanic to Glassy Thinker's "Pain Sync".

Atramentous Oblation: Dispels (possible Abosrbs?) 1 Buff (20' AoE), Damage may vary depending on damage received during the "Charging Up State".
Nether Castigation: 20' AoE damage; amount of damage based on damage received after "Boiling Over state".
Eisenschneider :30' K.O Ability. Requires Boss to be in "Miasma state"

Bonuses like Migawari: Ichi will not stop this from inflicting KO.
Players may use /heal in order to convert this move to damage instead.

Infernal Bulwark: Stoneskin (can be dispelled)
Noahionto : Inflicts significant AoE dark damage based off of the damage the enemy has received. Used at low HP % (<5% HP on Normal)
Dread Spikes: Casts AoE Dread Spikes at low HP.

Bozzetto Charger:

Absorbs damage while readying TP moves.

Absorbing damage will increase the power of the Charger's Scintillant Lance.

Uses the following TP Moves:

Scintillant Lance: 20' Conal damage.
Grace of Hera: Restores HP and removes status ailments; can be forced by using about 4 or more debuffs

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

Tank DD BRD/WHM + 3 (SMN or BST or any form of non-pet DD)

Tank MUST pull to zone-in spot!
The tanks holds both the boss and charger; DD focuses on charger. During this time BRD should just use songs that help DD produce fast/high damage. DD should avoid healing the charger during TP moves (i.e. do not WS during charger's TP moves). BRD should Elegy, Dia II, Threnody, and Requiem -- this will force Grace of Hera as opposed to damage TP moves
During boss phase, DD should stop all WS damage if they see the "charging" message. If you bring lots of DD, it may be a good idea to pull all but one DD off the boss and use white damage to push the boss into Atramentous Libations. Once this TP move is used, all DD can continue to dish out damage. BRD should always maintain Hymnus on all DDs and the tank when charging/boil/miasma messages appear.
Upon seeing the "boiling" message, all damage must stop immediately. Use Dia at maximum casting distance to push the boss into a TP move (Nether Castigation). Once this TP move is used, return to regular attack mode and continue to watch out for any charging/boiling/miasma messages.
If the "miasma" message appears, everyone should dump TP / use SC's to dish out high damage and force the boss back into boiling mode (might need to set TP order to prevent damage overspill into "boiling" phase). Once TP is dumped, everyone run far away. Basically, if the tank is holding near the zone-in location, then anywhere BEHIND farthest pillar is safe. If the tank dies, immediately put Hymnus back on and let the tank get hate before continuing damage or healing. There is a fairly long delay between the "miasma" message and K.O. move (if it does go off) so only the tank is ever really in danger of dieing.
BRD should always keep Ballad III, and Hymnus on the tank since boss will Aspir (up to Aspir III). No healer is really needed aside from Curaga II from BRD if DDs get hit with AOE.
As the boss gets lower in HP, it will often start "charging" and immediately switch to "boiling" rather frequently. Watch those trigger-happy WS fingers! It will also cast Death Spikes on a very regular basis, so make sure DDs turn and dispel/finale the spikes.
The boss can cast other spells (both single and aoe form) such as Stun and Bio.

Normal:

Tank (not required), 2 DDs, 1 BRD/WHM

Buff DPS with Haste Songs and any additional Attack songs you can get
Buff tank with Haste Songs and Ballad
Buff BRD with either your highest Ballad or multiple Ballads if possible
Your Bard and Tank should be able to heal the group assuming you don't get floored from Weapon Skilling at the wrong time
Doesn't really matter where the boss is fought though the starting corner is as good a place as any.
Focus the Horse first. If he readies a TP move wait till he throws out his next Auto-Attack before resuming damage. If you want you can save your TP for right after he uses a TP move and throws his 1st Auto. That is a pretty safe window.
When fighting the Dullahan you'll want to have the tank face them towards a wall to minimize knock back. The tank needs ballad to avoid running out of MP. The Boss' Aspir spells will drain out the MP otherwise.
DPS can ideally setup a skillchain and goto town until a Charging Up is used.

Once he charges up turn around.

If its Miasma continue Damage and have each DPS (1 at a Time) use a Weaponskill to force him to switch to Boil Over
If its anything else back off to 20' and have the tank just Auto-Attack the boss till it uses its TP move

BRD/WHM should be healing from as far back as possible (Max Heal distance to target is 21.5')
Notes: If you don't have a tank then during Charge Ups that are not miasma the BRD/WHM can just spam Dia while the DPS have their back turned.
Notes: The Benefit of this 3/4-man strat is you have room for a few extra jobs to pad things out. Bring a Healer or another Buffer. I'd caution against stacking too many DPS as there is more mishaps that can go wrong with more DPS. That being said technically if all DPS are paying attention the fight should go quicker.
Notes: You can scale this up to Difficult if you are wiping the floor with the moves or scale it down to Easy if your having trouble. Mechanics don't change just the mobs stats do.
Strategy is from the 2024-10-12 iteration of this fight.

Key Item Locations:

Inner Ra'Kaznar HP -> Teleport (K-9) -> Dullahan Axegrinder (L-10)
Inner Ra'Kaznar HP -> Cirdas Caverns (J-8) -> Imposing Dullahan (H-7)
Ceizak #1 -> Sih Gates (G-11) [Rock Teleport] -> Unrelenting Dullahan (I-7)
Morimar #5 -> Moh Gates (H-5) -> Somatophylax Dullahan (I-8)

Fomor

Volume 1, November 2024, Fomor

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Deathsinger ^(RDM) 8 Random Fomori: Aegis^(PLD), Amanomurakumo^(SAM), Annihilator^(RNG), Apocalypse^(DRK), Bravura^(WAR), Claustrum^(BLM), Excalibur^(PLD), Gjallarhorn^(BRD), Gungnir^(DRG), Guttler^(BST), Kikoku^(NIN), Mandau^(THF), Mjollnir^(WHM), Ragnarok^(DRK), Spharai^(MNK), Yoichinoyumi^(RNG)	The Fomori are resistant to Elemental Seal sleep at this difficulty. A BRD using abilities such as Troubadour is recommended/required.
Difficult	Bozzetto Deathsinger ^(RDM) 6 Random Fomori	The Fomori are susceptible to Elemental Seal sleep from a GEO from this difficulty and easier.
Normal	Bozzetto Deathsinger ^(RDM) 4 Random Fomori
Easy	Bozzetto Deathsinger ^(RDM) 3 Random Fomori
Very Easy	Bozzetto Deathsinger ^(RDM) 2 Random Fomori

Notes:
Bozzetto Deathsinger:

Posseses very low HP.
Immune to sleep.
Susceptible to most other enfeebles including Stun.
Cast Aspir, Curaga, Death, Drain.
Uses Chainspell at 75%.
Spams Death during chainspell if players have not defeated all Fomori.
- If all formors are defeated then the Deathsinger will not chainspell death.
Pulling the Deathsinger away from the group is recommended as curaga will ruin the fight if it wakes the Fomori. Landing addle will make stunning curaga easier if desired.

All Fomori are susceptible to sleep and stun.

On Difficult difficulty and lower a GEO may use Elemental Seal Sleepga.

The Fomori will resist this at Very Difficult, and require a BRD to sleep instead.

Once awoken the Fomori gain drastic sleep resistance.

This is removed upon a complete wipe.

All Fomori may parry/shield block, recommended to fight from behind.

Aegis^(PLD):

Uses Invincible

Amanomurakumo^(SAM):

Uses Meikyo Shisui

Annihilator^(RNG):

Uses Eagle Eye Shot

Apocalypse^(DRK):

Uses Blood Weapon

Bravura^(WAR):

Uses Mighty Strikes

Claustrum^(BLM):

Uses Manafont

Excalibur^(PLD):

Uses Invincible
Possesses a powerful Enlight additional effect on melee hits for 25% of Excalibur's current HP.
- This may do thousands of damage depending on the difficulty chosen and easily KO players.
- This may be mitigated via abilities such as Sentinel's Scherzo, Earthen Armor, Sentinel, Battuta, Slow, Paralyze, etc.

Gjallarhorn^(BRD):

Uses Soul Voice

Gungnir^(DRG):

Uses Call Wyvern
Will gain a Shock Spikes aftermath.

Guttler^(BST):

Uses Familiar
- This will charm the player who has hate.

Kikoku(NIN):

Uses Mijin Gakure

Mandau^(THF):

Uses Perfect Dodge

Mjollnir^(WHM):

Uses Benediction

Ragnarok^(DRK):

Uses Blood Weapon

Spharai^(MNK):

Uses Hundred Fists

Yoichinoyumi^(RNG):

Uses Eagle Eye Shot

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

Groups on easier difficulties can get by on a player /BLM using sleepga, but BRD is the recommended sleeper for Very Difficult as Horde Lullaby II + Troubadour should grant 5+ minutes of sleep.
After the mobs wake up from the first sleep they will no longer be susceptible.

PLD or RUN, DD, DD, GEO, BRD, WHM

PLD or RUN gains hate on all the adds, the BRD JA horde sleepgas, and then the tank pulls the eye away.
Two DDs then go to town taking the adds down. Save NMs like Excalibur or Mjollnir for last, and the eye last of all.
If your group struggles at this then consider doing Difficult instead of Very.

Fomor Summoner

Volume 1, November 2024, Fomor

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Doppleganger ^(SMN)
Difficult	Bozzetto Doppleganger ^(SMN)
Normal	Bozzetto Doppleganger ^(SMN)
Easy	Bozzetto Doppleganger ^(SMN)
Very Easy	Bozzetto Doppleganger ^(SMN)

Notes:
Bozzetto Doppleganger:

Cataclysm: AoE Moderate/Low Darkness Damage
Shattersoul: Single Target Moderate Damage with Magic Defense Down
Garland of Bliss: Single Target Moderate Damage with Defense Down

Avatar's and their moves:

Shiva : Sleepga (use Poison Pots or El. Pachira Fruit) NOTE: Remove poison before Odin is summoned, Heavenly Strike
Garuda : Whispering Wind (AoE Heal, used rarely), Predator Claws (Dangerous Single Target Damage), Wind Blade
Titan : Earthen Ward (AoE Stoneskin), Mountain Buster, Geocrush
Ifrit : Meteor Strike, Flaming Crush
Leviathan : Spring Water (AoE Heal, uses frequently), Grand Fall, Tidal Roar (AoE Attack Down, Spams)
Carbuncle : Healing Ruby II, Carbuncle has very low HP
Fenrir : Impact (Blood Pact) (all stats down, moderate damage), Lunar Roar (AoE dispel 2 buff removal), Heavenward Howl (gives him En-Drain)
Alexander : Perfect Defense
Odin : Zantetsuken

Shock Spikes can be dispelled via the following:
- Shield Bash with PLD's Relic +2/+3 Gauntlets
- BLU Spell Osmosis
- THF Aura Steal
- THF Larceny
- BST Jug Pets Attentive Ibuki or Swooping Zhivago's Molting Plumage
- COR Runeist's Roll is good at mitigating the effects of Stun from the Shock Spikes as is Barthundra / Barthunder
Stunga resets Hate
Thunterspark is single target
Skillchains of a matching element will heal the Avatars i.e. Ramuh is healed by Impactation, Fragmentation, Light and Radiance skillchains.

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

PLD (with Reforged Relic +2/3), BRD/BLM, SCH (or WHM), COR x3.

The name of the game is Earth Shot and Savage Blade. Rolls are Warlock, Wizard's, Fighter's, Chaos, Samurai and Tactician's. Scholar should throw in Regain, Barthunder and Sandstorm. When ready, Paladin goes in and Shield Bashes Ramuh to knock off Shock Spikes. Unload into Ramuh with blades and earth shot as he becomes more deadly and TP move happy as his health decreases. Once he's fallen, the Doppleganger will appear with a free avatar in one of the four corners. One Corsair should Random Deal at this moment, while the Bard needs to run up and Elemental Seal Lullaby to remove him from the picture temporarily. The avatar should be dealt with immediately, then a coordinated set of Earth Shots vs. the Doppleganger should put him down ending the fight. If you don't move fast enough from the first Earth Shot to their demise, they will Astral Flow and pull out either Odin or Alexander, the former will one-shot anyone not healing, the second extends the fight possibly allowing more avatars to appear and making victory impossible.

If Shiva shows up at any time, reset the fight.

Alternatively, bring a BLU with Absolute Terror. Have them use it on the Summoner right before you wake him up. Assuming your DPS are decently geared he'll die before he can do anything at all.

Normal:

DPS (Ambu +2 gear is fine, Pulse or better weapon preferred), Yoran-Oran, BLU (For Osmosis)

The fight starts off vs Bozzetto Ramuh who casts Lightning Armor (Shock Spikes) on himself. This is fairly potent. Make sure you have decent Magic Evasion or a way to dispel these or your gonna have a long fight ahead of you. BLU Osmosis seemed to work. Remove the spikes and goto Town on Bozzetto Ramuh. At some point he'll SP (which I'm assuming is akin to Astral Conduit he will spam Volt Strike which stuns for a bit. He may Sprinkle in some Stungas or a Thunderspark's. The latter of those is only single Target so only 1 person will end up getting paralyzed.

After you dealt with Bozzetto Ramuh the Bozzetto Doppleganger Summoner will spawn and summon up 3 avatars over time. If you have enough DPS you can kill each one one at a time. If not you may end up with Wrangling 2-3 mobs at a time. Upon Summoning the last Avatar the Bozzetto Doppleganger will join the fight as well.

With it's 3 WS's he will form some Skillchains which can drop a DPS or healer into Low HP fairly quickly. At some point he will summon Alexander or Odin after he Astral Flows. Alexander Will lengthen the fight with Perfect Defense where the Bozzetto Doppleganger will take reduced damage (most hits are reduced down to 1-2 damage some WS's hit for 100). Odin will use Zantetsuken which you can /heal through if you disengauge. There are accounts of being able to outrun its range though I have not tried this as resting is far easier. After the Bozzetto Doppleganger and all summoned Avatars are dead the fight ends.

Gigas

Volume 1, November 2024, Gigas

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Enceladus ^(SAM) Bozzetto Marshall^(WAR), Bozzetto Swiftshooter^(RNG), Bozzetto Fistfighter^(MNK) x2, Bozzetto Trainer^(BST)	~1400 accuracy for melees to cap
Difficult	Bozzetto Enceladus ^(SAM) Bozzetto Marshall^(WAR), Bozzetto Swiftshooter^(RNG), Bozzetto Fistfighter^(MNK) x2
Normal	Bozzetto Enceladus ^(SAM) Bozzetto Marshall^(WAR), Bozzetto Swiftshooter^(RNG), Bozzetto Fistfighter^(MNK)
Easy	Bozzetto Enceladus ^(SAM) Bozzetto Marshall^(WAR), Bozzetto Swiftshooter^(RNG)
Very Easy	Bozzetto Enceladus ^(SAM) Bozzetto Marshall^(WAR), Bozzetto Swiftshooter^(RNG)

Notes:
Bozzetto Enceladus:

Preforms TP moves in order to to greate a multistep darkness skillchain on the target.
Uses the following TP moves:

Daunting Hurl - (1P) ranged damage and petrification. Absorbed by 1 shadow.
Glacial Bellow - (Conal) damage, weapon removal, encumbrance, and stun.

Given the usage of Barfira for Muzzling Wallop, players will tend to resist the weapon removal and encumbrance.

Mercurial Strike - (AoE) deals a random amount of fixed damage.

This move is not affected by -DT.
This move is capable of hitting 99,999 damage to the primary target.

Mercurial Strike can and will hit for capped damage if performed during a skillchain window (Magic Bursted). If you can stop or mitigate the Bozzetto Enceloados from creating/closing a skillchain, Mercurial Strike will not Magic Burst, therefore hitting for "normal" damage.

Muzzling Wallop - (AoE) damage, knockback, reduces MP by ~x5s the damage dealt, and inflicts silence for a few seconds.

This may be mitigated by reducing the damage via Stoneskin, Diffusioned Magic Barrier, Barfire, and Valianced Unda runes.

Bozzetto Enceladus Resistances

100%	100%		100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	70%	5%

All Gigas use their corresponding 1-hour abilities and possess Regain.

The Bozzetto Trainer has no pet and instead uses Charm as it's 1-hour ability.

All Gigas have half the usual amount of magic defense bonus, encouraging skillchain and magic burst strategies.

Due to their given SDT values, they are immune to dark based sleep, and guaranteed to resist light based sleep as well as bind or gravity.

Bozzetto Gigas Resistances

100%	100%		100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

30%	30%	30%	20%	30%	30%	100%	5%

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

DDing RUN, DDing COR, BRD, GEO, WHM, and any DD

Buffs: Barfira, Unda Vallianced, March, Fire Carol, Madrigal, Chaos/Sam roll, Frailty, Fury, and entrust w/e. Could use wilt to grant the RUN more offensive gearing flexibility.

Pull to the corner, take out the Enceladus as quickly as possible. Then the Fistfighter → Fistfighter → Marshall → Swiftshooter → Meghan-tubs-Trainer.

Key Item Locations:

Valdeaunia Front → Xarcabard (S) HP #1
Qufim → Upper Delkfutt's Tower HP #1

Goblin

Volume 1, November 2024, Goblin

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Don ^(RDM/BLM) Bozzetto Ravager^(WAR), Bozzetto Deathbringer^(DRK), Bozzetto Incanter ^(BLM), Furious Bozzetto Bomber ^(Pet), Baby Bomber^(Pet)	Bozzetto Don: ~560,000 HP 1332 Evasion 214 Magic Defense
Difficult	Bozzetto Don ^(RDM/BLM) Bozzetto Ravager^(WAR), Bozzetto Deathbringer^(DRK), Furious Bozzetto Bomber ^(Pet), Baby Bomber^(Pet)
Normal	Bozzetto Don ^(RDM/BLM) Bozzetto Ravager^(WAR), Bozzetto Deathbringer^(DRK), Furious Bozzetto Bomber ^(Pet)
Easy	Bozzetto Don ^(RDM/BLM) Bozzetto Ravager^(WAR), Bozzetto Deathbringer^(DRK), Furious Bozzetto Bomber ^(Pet)
Very Easy	Bozzetto Don ^(RDM/BLM) Bozzetto Ravager^(WAR), Bozzetto Deathbringer^(DRK), Furious Bozzetto Bomber ^(Pet)

Notes:
Bozzetto Don:

Uses Chainspell and spams Ancient Magic tier 1s.

The use of shadows, One for All, etc will completely remove the threat from this.

Casts Ice Spikes and Enblizzard.

Bozzetto Don Resistances

100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

30%	30%	30%	40%	30%	30%	30%	20%

The Don, Ravager, and Deathbringer gain auras when within 20' of each other, which power them up considerably.

Strategies generally have players separate the Goblins in some way to reduce or eliminate the threat of auras.
The Incanter which appears during "Very Difficult" does not gain any aura.

All goblins except the Bozzetto Incanter are immune to sleep.

All Goblins Use the following TP Moves:

Goblin Rush: Single Target 3-Hit Damage and knockback.
Frypan: AoE 10' Damage and stun effect.
Bomb Toss: AoE 10' Damage to players in range.
Paralysis Shower: Conal Potent paralysis to players.
Barblizzard and Barparalyze are recommended due to the potency of this.
Smokebomb: Conal Inflicts a potent Blind. -100+ Accuracy.
Crispy Candle: Conal Damage.

Furious Bozzetto Bomber

Appears at set intervals depending on the difficulty chosen:

Very Difficult: Every 20 seconds
Difficult: Every 30 seconds
Normal and below: Every 50 seconds
Dirty Bomb: 6,000 Damage split between the number of targets.

Baby Bomber

Summoned by the Bozetto Don periodically to use either of the following moves:

Blasting Bomb: Deals 1,500 damage per each person in range.
Dirty Bomb

Disappears after use of either TP move.

Furious & Baby Bombers have a separate job priority-based hate list.
- This still needs full verification but they target in order:
  - WHM
  - RDM or SCH
  - BRD or GEO
  - PLD or RUN
  - COR
  - Every other DD

Bozzetto Ravager

Vulnerable to Bind
Uses Mighty Strikes.

Take care as Goblin Rush coupled with Mighty Strikes will severely damage or simply K.O. players without shadows, depending on Difficulty, etc.

Bozzetto Deathbringer

Vulnerable to Bind
Uses Blood Weapon.
Casts Dread Spikes and Absorb spells.

Unlike the typical Dread Spikes which seem to immediately K.O. a player after an attack round, these are much less threatening and will not inflict serious damage.

Is equipped with the equivalent of a Kraken Club which delivers weak, but frequent attacks.

Possess an en-effect on each melee hit that will change between absorbing HP or TP.

Bozzetto Incanter

Uses Manafont.
Uniquely uses Goblin Dice which has the typical effects found in Dynamis and elsewhere in the game including AoE plague, Sleep, Silence and Slow, or Damage, and even a Benediction effect.
Susceptible to sleep.
Casts Elemental AoE T3s.
Has a percentage chance to remove all status ailments from itself when the Bozzetto Don reaches certain HP thresholds.

This Ambuscade has undergone an number of adjustments as of the July 22, 2022 version update. See the official posting for more details

Setups and Strategies: Very Difficult: DD, DD, PUP, COR, BRD, WHM

Buffs:
WHM: Barpara, Barblizzard, Regen IVga, and standard buffs otherwise.

COR: Chaos and Samurai.

BRD: March X2, Minuet, Madrigal.

PUP: Sub WAR and use a standard Valoredge frame setup with strobe and flashbulb, optic fibers, repair kit, and other standard flare. The puppet is not in any danger ever. Master wears no pet oriented gear.

Strategy:

PUP sends the automaton after the Ravager (WAR) to hold it and start the fight. They then immediately provoke the Deathbringer (DRK) and separate it to remove the aura. I favored using a few counter pieces such as Mpaca body, Bathy Choker R15, and Cryptic earring over a offense oriented DT set. As the Deathbringer rapidly attacks with low damage club and you can counter them up as a PUP. The PUP shouldn't be in any danger of dying with Regen on as the Deathbringer has weak attacks.
The PUP should then solo multistep SC. I'm partial to String Pummel to Howling Fist to double Victory Smite for lights.

The rest of the party goes after the Don. Then the Incanter, which doesn't need to be slept as it just wakes up. Then the Ravager. Unless there are some unlucky stuns or paralyze procs then the PUP should be able to finish or nearly finish their Deathbringer.

The WHM should stand out of range of AoE range of and to die from the Baby Bomber once or twice as the Don rapidly eats the floor. Keep reraise on and get back up.

That's it. Simple month. Rinse and repeat.

Lionheart RUN x2, COR/WAR, GEO/WHM, BRD/WHM, WHM or g

Buffs: March x2, madrigal x2, Chaos/Sam. Fury/frailty on RUN 1, entrust frailty on RUN 2.

1) RUN 1 goes in and pull Don to starting corner, RUN 2 pulls Ravager to far left corner. COR provoke pulls Deathbringer to far right corner. BRD sleeps Incanter. WHM or RDM cast reraise, silence Don then position themselves in the middle of battle field, away from the other members. Geo entrust frailty on RUN 2 after everyone position themselves.

2) RUN 1 and RUN 2 use battuta and zerg Don and Ravager. COR holds Deathbringer, WS with Savage Blade and cures himself with sangine blade. BRD move between the battlefield and cast stona, paralyna and blindna on RUN 2 and COR. GEO baby sits RUN 1 with cures, blindna and paralyna.

3) If bomb kills WHM or RDM, they must get up immediately and cast Reraise or Goddess's Hymnus on them again.

4) After Don and Ravager is dead, RUNs kill Deathbringer next and Incanter last.

Note: Clear time with setup above is about 4.5 min to 5 depending on buffs and support. RUN 2 can be replaced with a PLD, RUN 1 can be replaced with another DD using entrust Wilt, COR can be replaced with any DD with hate tool and PDT- set.

DD, DD, RDM, COR, BRD, WHM

Buffs:

RDM: Haste II, Phalanx II, standard RDM stuff.

COR: Crooked Cards Chaos Roll / Samurai Roll.

BRD: Honor or Victory March / Minuet V / Minuet IV / Madrigal

WHM: Barparalyzra / Barblizzara / Boost-Str / Regen IV-ga / Auspice

Strategy:
The Warrior and Dark Knight Goblins can be bound without aggroing the Don and Incanter. To do this, stand at maximum casting distance (typically hugging the wall) when casting Bind. As Red Mage, be certain you are using Spontaneity and Saboteur with Bind. Once one is successfully bound, move around the front without aggroing the Goblins to Bind the other. The group may then pull the Don and Incanter to the entrance.

Bard can Lullaby the Incanter while the rest of the group murders the Don. Dispel from Finale or Dark Shot is a must to remove the Don's Ice Spikes. Silence on the Don can help reduce its threat during SP. With proper DPS output, a group can kill the Don before the Furious Bozzetto Bomber spawns. The White Mage should still stand away from the group in case you are not fast enough.

Once the Don is dead, move on to the Incanter. If your Red Mage has properly controlled the Warrior and Dark Knights, they should still be bound. Incanter will melt. You can then choose either of the two remaining Goblins to gang up on. Once the third is dead, finish off the last one.

If your Red Mage fails to Bind the first Goblin without aggroing everything, all is not lost. Do not panic. Bring the Goblins to whichever is Bound so the Red Mage can Bind the second one with its brother. You can then continue the strategy above without any issues.

Difficult and lower:

TANK X2, BRD/WHM, WHM/BLM, DD X2

So long as the goblins are separated (removes aura), the tanks will hardly take damage when using -DT gear. Some Regen on the tanks before starting will but is not necessary (bring along Remedies, though). Each tank pulls the ravager and deathbringer to the wall near their respective spawning positions. The DDs should target the Don and provoke. WHM should ES Silence (although silence can land after ~3 attempts without ES). You may choose to not engage until the Don's spikes have been Finale'd but a good WHM (with helping BRD) should be able to keep paralyze off until the spikes are removed. This month seems to favor heavy-armor DDs but any well-geared pair of DDs should be able to take out the Don before silence wears off. WHM, BRD, and two DDs should form a square around the Don to prevent conal damage from hitting everyone. As soon as a bomber is spawned, WHM should be ready to Curaga IV (or higher). Solace, -DT gear, and SS all help.

Once the Don is dead, the party should then take down each add (fights should be very straightforward hereon out).

Tanks do not have to be PLD or RUN; in fact any DD with /RDM sub and phalanx on should be able to hold the two side goblins.

Solo Red Mage Strategy for Difficult:

As of the April 2023 version of this fight, it is completely soloable (with trusts) by Red Mage.

Job: Red Mage / Ninja. This was done at Master Level 24.

Weapons: Naegling / Thibron

Trusts: Joachim, Ulmia, Monberaux (I did not pay him), Selh'teus, Qultada

Buffs: Haste 2, Phalanx, En-Whatever-Day-It-Is, Aquaveil, Temper 2, Refresh 3, Barblizzard, Barparalyze, Stoneskin, Blink, Gain-STR, Protect/Shell V. I did not buff any of the trusts. Ate Grape Daifuku.

After buffing, Spontaneity and Saboteur. Bind the rightmost Goblin from max distance. You should not aggro the others. If you do, it's fine, simply Bind the other Goblin and pull the Don away. Silence immediately, then Distract 3 and Dia 3. Press Savage Blade every time you have 1000+ TP. Position yourself within all of your trusts to soak the split damage from the Furious Bomber. Ideally Selh'teus will Rejuvenation, but you may need to help spot heal. You have 30 seconds between bombs to deal damage. The third bomb will be the Baby Bomber, just run away from it. Repeat the process, re-positioning after each Baby Bomber as needed. If Bind wears off the other Goblins, stop to re-apply. Once the Don is dead, pull whichever Goblin has the shorter remaining Bind duration and Dia 3, Distract 3, and kill it. Repeat with the final Goblin.

This strategy requires that you be very well-geared. TP set consisted of Malignance and R30 Bunzi pieces. Savage Blade set consisted of R25 Nyame and Empyrean +3.

Key Item Suggestions:

Newton Movalpolos Home Point #1: Moblins all over the place.
Cape Teriggan Home Point #1, mount and hug the right wall. Proceed through the tunnel until you reach various goblins in the open.

The survival guide is also an option.

Bibiki Bay Unity warp.
Gustav Tunnel Unity warp puts you right by the crabs and goblins.

Iron Giant

Volume 1, November 2024, Iron Giant

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Frostnought & Blazenought ⁽⁾
Difficult	Frostnought & Blazenought ⁽⁾
Normal	Frostnought & Blazenought ⁽⁾
Easy	Frostnought & Blazenought ⁽⁾
Very Easy	Frostnought & Blazenought ⁽⁾

Notes:

~~Keep HP of both mobs at similar percentages to avoid typical Iron Giant TP moves. Instead, they will spam Cyclone Turbine (aoe dispel + damage).~~ This was an old strategy that is no longer as reliable as of the Nov 2022 Patch that limits physical and magical damage to 33% for both Giants when both are active. Creating a 15% HP difference between both Giants will deactivate one. Upon deactivation all damage dealt is reduced to 0 and is given a regen effect.
When Blazenought is deactivated, Frostnought takes 300% physical damage taken, up to 600% after "the magical energies dissipate" message appears.
When Frostnought is deactivated, Blazenought takes 300% magical damage taken, up to 600% after "the magical energies dissipate" message appears.
The giants use the following TP moves:
- When both giants are active:
  - Cyclone Turbine: Area of effect damage, dispel's 3 buffs, <20 range
- Blazenought only
  - Big Seismic Impact: AoE Slow, Terrorize, high damage, hate reset
  - Fire Arm Cannon: AoE fire damage, Max HP/Max MP down
  - Eradicator: AoE damage, weakness, <20 range
- Frostnought only
  - Ice Incinerator: Conal fire damage, burn
  - Scapula Beam: AoE damage, all stats down
  - Ballistic Double Kick: Conal damage, hate reset, Encumbrance

Setups and Strategies: Very Difficult: Ranged Setup: RUN, COR, COR, BRD, WHM, GEO.

Two shooty boys, one doing Last Stand on Frostnought and the other doing Leaden Salute on Blazenought. (Which is weird because the attempt prior, the magic and physical resists of both were reversed?)

Keeping them similar HP negated ALL of the mechanics. The two only spammed Cyclone Turbine the entire time. No Eradicator. No chat messages. No two-hours. No blizzaga. No invulnerable. No regens. Nothing.

Cyclone Turbine over and over. Despite the RUN being buffless the entire time, it was pretty non-threatening.

The problem? It took 15 minutes and our COR's are geared to the teeth with full REMA buffs from the BRD and GEO.

If the intended method of doing this is keep them close in HP, then that leads to unending Dispel spam, then melee is absolutely not an option. Even in full m.eva gear, it would be a matter of seconds before you lose every buff you have.

Difficult and lower:

Key Item Suggestions:

Fei'Yin Home Point #2: Weapons right in front of Crystal
Upper Delkfutt's Tower Home Point #1: Lots of pots if you drop down a floor
Ifrit's Cauldron Home Point #1: Bombs in front of Crystal

Lamiae

Volume 1, November 2024, Lamiae

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Freyja ^(RNG) Bozzetto Skathi^(RNG) x1, Bozzetto Frigg^(RNG) x1	Gains aura after breaking enmity for ~4 seconds.
Difficult	Bozzetto Freyja ^(RNG) Bozzetto Skathi^(RNG) x1, Bozzetto Frigg^(RNG) x1
Normal	Bozzetto Freyja ^(RNG) Bozzetto Skathi^(RNG) x1, Bozzetto Frigg^(RNG) x1
Easy	Bozzetto Freyja ^(RNG) Bozzetto Skathi^(RNG) x1, Bozzetto Frigg^(RNG) x1
Very Easy	Bozzetto Freyja ^(RNG) Bozzetto Skathi^(RNG) x1, Bozzetto Frigg^(RNG) x1

Notes:
Bozzetto Freyja:

Weak to piercing damage.
At lower HP, a Lamia will gain a regain effect.
If the Skathi and Frigg are defeated before the Bozzetto Freyja they will respawn.
Every 25% HP lost on the Freyja will cause all enemies to simultaneously use Eagle Eye Shot.
If the target with hate turns their back and breaks gaze contact for ~4 seconds then the Freyja will gain an aura.

This causes the Freyja to begin ignoring enmity and changing targets.

The new target should bring the Freyja back to the tank and reestablish a gaze on the target will remove the aura and return enmity to normal.

Uses the following moves:

Tail Slap: Conal damage and Stun.
Pinning Shot: AoE damage and Bind.
Shadow Thrust: Single target damage.
Draw In: Used against players which cast offensive magic (enfeebling magic, geomancy, etc) on Freyja. This draws all players in.
Petrifactive Dance: AoE Terror and hate reset if directly facing Freyja.
Petrifaction: Conal Petrification if directly facing Freyja.
Impaling Disregard: AoE 15' Petrification and 5-count Doom if not directly facing Freyja.

Bozzetto Skathi:

Weak to blunt damage.

Uses the following moves:

Tail Slap: Conal damage and Stun.
Shadow Thrust: Single target damage.
Calcifying Deluge: Conal damage and Petrification.
Divine Retribution: AoE 15' Damage, Petrification, and hate reset.
Blight Dance: AoE Petrification and 300/tic poison if directly facing Skathi.
Petrifaction: Conal Petrification if directly facing Skathi.
Impaling Disregard: AoE 15' Petrification and 5-count Doom if not directly facing the Skathi.

Very Easy - Difficult:

Defeating the Bozetto Freyja will cause the Bozetto Skathi to spam Blight Dance.

Normal - Very Difficult:

If the target with hate turns their back and breaks gaze contact for ~4 seconds then Skathi will gain an aura.

This causes Skathi to begin ignoring enmity and changing targets.

The new target should bring Skathi back to the tank and reestablish a gaze on the target will remove the aura and return enmity to normal.

Very Difficult:

The Bozzetto Skathi will repetitively use Blight Dance regardless of the Freyja being defeated or not.

Bozzetto Frigg:

Weak to slashing damage.

Uses the following moves:

Tail Slap: Conal damage and Stun.
Luxurious Dance: AoE 15' Gaze charm and Burn if directly facing Frigg.
Chastening Disregard: AoE 15' Amnesia and Mute if not directly facing Frigg.

Very Easy - Difficult:

Defeating the Bozetto Freyja will cause the Bozetto Frigg to spam Luxurious Dance.

Very Difficult:

Has an additional effect "Petrification" on auto-attacks, last for 1~2 seconds maximum. Cannot be dispelled.
The Bozzetto Frigg will repetitively use Luxurious Dance whether Freyja has been defeated or not.

Will use it much more than the rest of her abilities, therefore using a pet to tank it is more safe.

If the target with hate turns their back and breaks gaze contact for ~4 seconds then Frigg will gain an aura.

This causes Frigg to begin ignoring enmity and changing targets.

The new target should bring Frigg back to the tank and reestablish a gaze on the target will remove the aura and return enmity to normal.

Beware that this will also work on pets, so if you're using a PUP tank strategy, make sure the puppet face it before pulling it into a corner.

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

Tested last night with this setup, 6 minute clears

Setup: PLD/BLU RNG/WAR RNG/WAR COR/RNG BRD/RDM WHM/SCH

Buffs: COR: SAM / Chaos BRD: Honor March / Archer Prelude / Minuet x2 WHM: Barstonra / Barpetra

Strategy: Party move 20+ from start and always stay 20.1+ from all three. PLD pulls them to start and faces them to party.

PLD turns away on: Petrifactive Dance, Petrifaction, Blight Dance, and Luxurious Dance. Kill order: Freyja > Skathi > Frigg Dia II followed up with light shot x2 Just before Freyja goes down PLD uses Fealty.

Alternate Setup: Tank, CORx2 (or COR, RNG), BRD/WHM, WHM, PUP

Samurai / Chaos rolls, and Tactician / Hunter if using second COR. Honor March, Minuet x2, Archer's Prelude (or second Minuet if CORx2 and only 3 songs available). Scherzo on tank.

PUP tanks Frigg far away while tank pulls to where party zones in. Tank turns during gaze moves, and faces Freyja and Skathi during any Disregard moves. BRD prioritizes Poisona if tank misses turning or facing a special move while WHM prioritizes Stona. Kill Freyja, then Skathi, and finally Frigg (let the puppet tank Frigg). As long as no one casts a debuff directly on Freyja (causing Draw-in), and the tank can at least avoid Doom (face target during Imperiling Disregard), this should be a very easy battle.

Key Item Locations:

Assaults (Ilrusi Atoll):

Survival Guide - Arrapago Is. - Caedarva Mire, zone back into Arrapago Reef, and follow the path to the boat with Lamiae on it.
Arrapago Staging Point - Scattered around the area.

Mage Mamool Ja

Volume 1, November 2024, Mamool Ja

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Sextuple Razool Ja ^(BLM) Sextuple Razool Ja ^(BLM)x5
Difficult	Sextuple Razool Ja ^(BLM)
Normal	Sextuple Razool Ja ^(BLM)
Easy	Sextuple Razool Ja ^(BLM)
Very Easy	Sextuple Razool Ja ^(BLM) Sextuple Razool Ja ^(BLM) x2	Can sleep with Lullaby or Sleep.

Notes:
Sextuple Razool Ja:
Can sleep with Lullaby or Sleep. Each one will cast just one element and they will absorb damage from that same element. Need to deal with Manafont+Chainspell if you don't silence them, or Mijin Gakure if you do silence them. May be possible to silence them right after they start Manafont to avoid both the damage during Manafont and Mijin Gakure.

Other Mamools:

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

Setup: PLD/RUN DDx2 BRD/COR RDM WHM

Tank, DD, and RDM should sub NIN
Tank should run in and establish aggro then drag all 6 Mamool to a wall
Designate one DD as the target selector and have the other DD /assist
RDM should keep up addle 2 on current target as it removes their ability to instantly cast spells
When the current target uses manafont (as early as 80%), RDM silences immediately
- After silence, Mamool will focus enmity on RDM and use Hurl Anathema, applying Mute, Slow, Paralyze, and Virus. Keep shadows up to avoid TP attacks. Gravity 2 may alleviate this issue.
WHM should keep up the appropriate barspell for the target being fought and reapply shell if dispelled by TP move Ward Breach
- Order of Mamool Ja's elements is: (Back Row): Water, Wind, Earth. (Front Row): Fire, Ice, Thunder.
In Very Difficult only, when a Sextuple Razool Ja is killed, other Sextuple Razool Jas under the effect of Sleep will awaken 33% of the time.
If a target is killed with no staff, the other targets will gain a stacking physical damage up buff indicated by the text 'The warrior's prowess flows through you.'.
Tank, DD, and RDM must keep shadows up to avoid TP attacks after staff is thrown as many of the attacks are potentially lethal after 3-4 staffless targets are killed.

Note1: Each target can absorb a specific element. i.e., do not create a light skill chain on the fire, lightning, and wind Mamool

Note2: Recommended to silence first 4 Mamool and leave the other 2 unsilenced to reduce risk of death from TP attacks. Paralyze and addle 2 make the spell casters relatively harmless.

Note3: Silencing a Mamool Ja before it has used Manafont can cause it to use Mijin Gakure for high damage.

Note4: RDM alternatively should sub SCH to Manifestation + Sleep II, and use Blink to avoid Hurl Anathema

Easy:

Solo NIN with trusts of WHMx2, AATT, BRD, RDM. AATT can keep them slept for a small while at least. Then just skillchain to death avoiding element they absorb while keeping shadows up. Mijin Gakure will cause issues if they decide to use so I tried to get a good skillchain off when a mob is low on health.

Key Item Locations:
Bhaflau Thickets Home Point #1

Mamool Ja

Volume 1, November 2024, Mamool Ja

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Autarch ^(NIN) Bozzetto Lancer ^(DRG) Bozzetto Protector ^(PLD) Bozzetto Moraingist ^(BRD/MNK) Bozzetto Erudite ^(BLM)	3-4 SC procs to remove aura
Difficult	Bozzetto Autarch ^(NIN) Bozzetto Lancer ^(DRG) Bozzetto Protector ^(PLD) Bozzetto Moraingist ^(BRD/MNK) Bozzetto Erudite ^(BLM)	2 SC procs to remove aura
Normal	Bozzetto Autarch ^(NIN) Bozzetto Lancer ^(DRG) Bozzetto Protector ^(PLD) Bozzetto Moraingist ^(BRD/MNK) Bozzetto Erudite ^(BLM)	1 SC proc to remove aura
Easy	Bozzetto Autarch ^(NIN) Bozzetto Lancer ^(DRG) Bozzetto Protector ^(PLD) Bozzetto Moraingist ^(BRD/MNK) Bozzetto Erudite ^(BLM)	1 SC proc to remove aura
Very Easy	Bozzetto Autarch ^(NIN) Bozzetto Lancer ^(DRG) Bozzetto Protector ^(PLD) Bozzetto Moraingist ^(BRD/MNK) Bozzetto Erudite ^(BLM)	1 SC proc to remove aura

Notes:
Bozzetto Autarch:

High defense and evasion.
Posses a high -DT effect. This effect is reduced each time an aura from one of the other Mamools is removed.
Possesses all Ninjutsu spells (Including Utsusemi: San).
If the player with hate runs out of range the Autarch will draw them in.
Uses the following TP Moves:

Decussate: AoE TP move (absorbed by 2 shadows)
Miasma: AoE Poison TP move (removes shadows) and causes Plague (MP/TP drain)
Tyranic Blare: Conal TP move (absorbs up to 5 shadows)
Hemotoxin Wheel: Single Target ranged multi-hit TP move, deals heavy damage.

Autarch's counter move to magic, used on the player casting magic against it.

This includes Geomancy and magical weapon skills, but excludes en-damage, spikes, runes etc.

Can Charm

Mijin Gakure: AoE which is capable of doing upwards of 99,999 damage to players.

Mijin Gakure will be used after the Autarch performs the elemental Ninjutsu wheel. ( Katon → → → → → Hyoton)

The wheel is performed at 75% → 50% → 25% → 15/10%
The Autarch will not skip a cycle if it's HP drops off below another tier and then DPS stops. Each hp % will be carried out.

You may prevent access to Mijin Gakure by removing the aura from the Autarch.

Aura is removed via Light and/or Dark skillchains.
Each HP% interval of Autarch's elemental Ninjutsu Wheel phase requires progressively higher Light and/or Darkness Skillchains.

Other Mamools:

Each Mamool has an aura which may be removed by either critical hits or the correct form of skillchain damage.
- Critical hits are an easier, but less reliable way to remove auras.
  - Every critical hit or skillchain regardless of the damage inflicted has a chance. Thus you may proc during Invincible.
- Performing a skillchain while the enemy is not performing an action seems to increase the proc rate significantly. Time the closing weaponskill.
- Auras will return after a certain time if the monster is not defeated.
- Enemies will use their TP moves as a counter to being targeted with magic.

Includes all magic. White Magic, Black Magic, Songs, Ninjutsu, Blue Magic & Geomancy (Geo- spells).
Will not counter while their aura is down.

Lancer (DRG) - Summons 3 wyvern pets upon engaging. All 3 wyverns despawn when Lancer is defeated.
- Uses Assault in response to magic. damage. Additional effect: silence and amnesia for 2 minutes.
- Aura is removed via Distortion skillchain.
Protector (PLD) - Immune to sleep and uses Invincible.
- TP Moves:
  - Cyclonic Flame: Conal fire damage. Additional effect silence and amnesia.
  - Blazing Angon: strong AoE fire damage.
- Aura is removed via Gravitation skillchain.
Moraingist (MNK/BRD) - Uses Hundred Fists.
- Hydroshot will reset hate.
- Uses Fatal Flood in response to magic: damage. Additional effect: 200/tic poison + pushback.
- Aura is removed via Fragmentation skillchain.
Erudite (BLM/WHM) - Immune to silence. Low HP and defense, uses Manafont.
- Favors Shock Spikes.
- Has access to Elemental Seal, Poisonga, Paralyga, Slowga, Blindga, Graviga, Sleepga II, and Bindga in addition to the usual high tier Elemental magic.
- Aura is removed via Fusion skillchain.

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

Setup: PLD, DD/NIN X2 or NIN X2, WHM, BRD, COR or GEO
- BRD buffs with March X2 and Minuet (or Madrigal if needed), COR or GEO does their usual buffs, WHM should buff Barvira and Barfira.
- RR items are very helpful and a must only for BRD (use /WHM).
- PLD pulls and waits for wyverns to pop to before spiking hate. BRD uses Horde for crowd control.
- Kill order should be PLD > DRG > MNK (fish) > BLM > Boss
- WHM needs to have continuous Poison until BLM is dead to counter Sleepga. Afflatus Solace helps for adds phase, but Misery could arguably be better for the boss to prevent TP/MP loss from Plague
- BRD should stay well away from PT during boss phase in case of Mijin so that they can RR and quickly horde the boss for recovery.
- Use Dark and Light skillchains to remove auras (use appropriate SC based on aura color).
  - If gear is too high level to remove auras without killing the mob, use 1 dmg weapons and do not weaponskill. You can proc to remove the aura with critical hits (even if they do 0 damage) and then swap weapons to kill when the aura is down.
- When the PLD mamool uses Invincible, hate can go crazy (most likely to go after BRD due to entrance buffs and horde) so use PDT set. PLD should stay put, while hate target should move into position for Cover.
- Do not cast on the boss when it is awake; feel free to cast if he is slept. (Not sure if this applies to BRD songs aside from Horde.) Before fighting the boss, sleep it and Finale it completely before engaging. Use appropriate Light/Dark SC based on aura as soon as he begins casting elemental wheel spells. If boss uses Mijin, BRD should RR and immediately Horde while WHM raises PT.

Key Item Locations:
Bhaflau Thickets Homepoint

Meeble

Volume 1, November 2024, Meeble

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Breadwinner ^(MNK)
Difficult	Bozzetto Breadwinner ^(MNK)
Normal	Bozzetto Breadwinner ^(MNK)
Easy	Bozzetto Breadwinner ^(MNK)
Very Easy	Bozzetto Breadwinner ^(MNK)	No Housemaker; no Urchins

Notes:
Bozzetto Breadwinner:

Summons 1-4 Bozzetto Urchins throughout the fight.

Bozzetto Urchins roam the arena invisible, any Warble move summons them to appear and fight.
Urchins may be slept with Lullaby, but wake up every time the Breadwinner uses a Warble move.
Urchins will use Hundred Fists and Souleater.
Urchins are strong, but have low HP.

A good couple of weapon skills or a skillchain should be enough to take one out.

If silenced, the Breadwinner's range on any Warble will be reduced, thus calling in less, if any Urchins at all.

A WHM or GEO with magic accuracy food/equipment is suggested for landing silence.

Uses the following moves:

Hundred Fists: Used once at 50% health. Lasts 45 seconds.

Gale Spikes: Become active during Hundred Fists. Reflects damage dealt and inflicts a potent Slow effect on any player who physically strikes the Breadwinner. The Slow effect is strong enough to overwite Haste II.

Thrashing Assault: 4-hit damage and Defense Down. Absorbed by 4 shadows.
Drill Claw: Damage, Max HP Down (-75%), and Max TP Down.
Fire Meeble Warble: AoE Damage, Plague (-50 MP and -300 TP/tic), and Burn (-50 HP/tic).
Blizzard Meeble Warble: AoE Damage, Paralysis, and Frost (-50 HP/tic).
Aero Meeble Warble: AoE Damage, Silence, and Choke (-50 HP/tic).
Stone Meeble Warble: AoE Damage, Petrification, and Rasp (-50 HP/tic).
Thunder Meeble Warble: AoE , Stunning them and inflicting Shock (-50 HP/tic).
Water Meeble Warble: AoE Damage, poison, and Drown (-50 HP/tic).

Any Barspell of the corresponding element will negate the damage and status effects of the Warbles.

At some point in the battle, Bozetto Housemaker will run out from it's corner/edge, TP move the party, and run back (usually well below 50% on Bozzetto Breadwinner)

Uses Earthshaker, which deals 1000 damage per player hit by it (this includes pets, trusts, and luopans).

Ignores Damage Mitigation. Has a significant charge time so possible for everyone to escape its AoE. Also has an additional effect of paralyze (very potent).

Once the Housemaker comes out, it will continue to run back in at semi-regular intervals to use the same move. Speculated to be triggered based on time elapsed.
Bozzetto Housemaker will always target whoever has the most "hate" from casting AoE Barspells. Have one person be dedicated to using Barspells on the party (best if done by support job using /WHM and not the main healer). Make sure to have someone else use Paralyna on this person because the paralyze effect is very potent.

Bozzetto Urchins may be slept, but will wake up every time any Warble is used by the Bozzetto Breadwinner.

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

WHM/SCH, BRD, GEO (Idris), RUN/SAM, DDx2
BRD Buffs, depending on what they have, honor and advancing march, mad x2.
GEO uses Frailty and torpor depending on the DDs acc. Better to go with fury and two mads than torpor and min x1. Entrust wilt.
RUN tanks and DDs, save battuta for the fisting.

If your RUN is not putting out damage then you should likely do D instead of VD.
A buffed and geared Epeolatry RUN should have little trouble doing 20k+ Resolutions.

DDs fight. SCing is cool, but it is also fine to just go nuts and not care.
WHM or GEO should keep the mob silenced. This is important to limit any adds.
If not switching bar spells depending on monster ability keep barstonra up to block petrify from landing.
- Esuna or more conveniently Yagrush the debuffs off.
The WHM needs to run if/when the Housekeeper runs at them. Damage from it's TP move is 1k per player in range.
- The target can't outrange it, but you can prevent it from hitting anyone else.
Fight with well geared players should take ~4-6 minutes.

Difficult:

WHM/RDM, BRD/WHM, GEO/WHM, PLD/WAR, DD X2
BRD uses Nightingale/Troubadour: March, Minuet X2, Madrigal for melees and Ballad X3 for mages at the start of the battle
- Once the battle begins, BRD's duty switches to Barspell duty.
- When Housekeeper comes, BRD runs away from the group.
WHM should use Afflatus Misery and Esuna if Warble happens to land. Erase to remove HP-down from Drill Claw
GEO should help w/ Erase and cures after GEO spells are done. Paralyna on BRD after Earthshaker? goes off. Good M.Acc set needed to silence the Breadwinner.
Fight near the starting location; everyone should be in range of barspells.
Only one person should focus on barspells so that your party knows who the Housekeeper will target.
If Urchins pop, kill them fast; BRD should obviously sleep them.
Sub-duties for BRD and GEO can be swapped if one person happens to be more capable of catching the Warble move better than the other.

Key Item Locations:

Elshimo Uplands → Den of Rancor → HP#1 Worms are through the gate, up the hill, and mixed in amongst the Tonberry.
Home Point to Adoulin, and use the Waypoint to "Go to an Enigmatic Device" → Cirdas Caverns. Once you warp in, the right fork in the road leads to 5 worms.
Home Point to a Survival Guide, such as Northern San'd Oria #1 (E) or Ru'Lude Gardens #2 (M) and take it to Gustaberg → Zeruhn Mines. Turn the corner left, and walk to the worms.
Escha - Zi'Tah #3, run NE towards (G-8), worms turn from too weak to incredibly easy prey.

Moogle

Volume 1, November 2024, Moogle

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Voyager Moogle ^(???) Bozzetto Steward x2 ^(???)
Difficult	Bozzetto Voyager Moogle ^(???) Bozzetto Steward x2 ^(???)
Normal	Bozzetto Voyager Moogle ^(???) Bozzetto Steward x2 ^(???)
Easy	Bozzetto Voyager Moogle ^(???) Bozzetto Steward x2 ^(???)
Very Easy	Bozzetto Voyager Moogle ^(???) Bozzetto Steward x2 ^(???)

Notes:
Bozzetto Voyager Moogle:
Uses the following TP Moves:

Invite Over: Summons Bozzetto Steward, which has a short-ranged aura consisting of extremely potent Dia and elemental(?) DoTs
Washtub: AoE damage and stun
Mogsplosion: AoE damage with knockback
Contaminated Concoction: Disease
Somnic Shell: short-timed AoE sleep
Crystaline Flare: AoE light-based damage with flash and stun effects
Bill Toss: conal gaze terror
Can use any of the SP moves available to the starter jobs (e.g. Chainspell, Perfect Dodge, Mighty Strikes, Benediction, Manafont);
This code and information has been copied verbatim from the BlueGartr Wiki.
usage seems to be dependent on HP; number of uses available varies according to difficulty; will have a visible white aura

Bozzetto Steward:

has extremely potent Dia and elemental(?) DoT
Does not move
Will despawn over time (approx 1 minute)

Moogle:

Does not move on Normal and lower difficulty; will roam on Difficult and Very Difficult
Provides an aura that will counter-act the Voyager Moogle's aura but also gives amnesia; aura only activated when boss uses SP

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

Setup: SMN x3, GEO, THF/PLD, RDM

Strategy:

RDM gives Protect & Shell to the THF.
GEO uses Bolster and Entrusts Indi-Languor on THF, Indi-Frailty on themselves and will use Geo-Torpor once the boss moogle is in position.
SMN's have Ramuh's out and ready.
THF will run in, Perfect Dodge, Flash & Sentinel. Moogles will move, if they remain close to the boss moogle in the center, then the THF will need to bring the boss moogle away from the helpers.
RDM will Stymie Silence & Dia 3 then cast cures as needed.
SMN will Astral Flow/Astral Conduit right out the gate at 100% HP once the RDM has debuffed. This is the only real way you can kill him if he uses Benediction as his first 1-hour, and even then it's not guaranteed.
At 85% HP, THF will Larceny once the 1-hour animation goes off on the boss moogle unless it's Benediction. If it's Benediction, THF will need to Larceny if he uses Perfect Dodge, but you will most likely wipe unless your SMN's are stacked and can kill it before the aura becomes active and tick's twice. If the second 1-hour is Benediction, it's a wipe.

Alternate Strategy (not luck-based):

PLD, BRD/WHM, COR X2, RNG (or COR), WHM
Rolls: Hunter's and Monk's (for Subtle Blow), Samurai's and Chaos
Barsilencera and Auspice (along with Subtle Blow will help reduce the chances of Invite Over)
If the boss uses Invite Over, PLD should move a few steps away to avoid the spawn's aura.
Boss uses SP at 85%, 65%, 45%, 25%, and 10% HP. Reduce boss HP down to 88%, 68%, etc. and stop all damage. Then look for a nearby moogle. Wait until that moogle starts moving and then drop the boss HP down to the trigger level. The idea is to make it to the safety moogles right as they are about to stop. (If the boss has an SP aura up and the moogle starts moving, there is a good chance death). No damage during this waiting phase so as to avoid AoE damage and Invite Over. Spam Curaga IV and Curaga V (WHM needs Eber's Pantaloons +1) to ensure that no one dies if the boss happens to use an AoE spell or ability that everyone can still survive. Using any type of bind effect on the moogle can be helpful.
Save Rampart and Sacrosanctity for Chainspell; spam Finale to prevent the boss from self-curing.
If anyone dies, stop damage just before the next SP trigger level and wait out the weakness before forcing the SP move on the boss. Do NOT get up near a steward or when an aura is out -- wait until nearby stewards despawn and/or SP auras to drop.
This method is a sure way to win (unlike the SMN burn method) and does not require the use of SPs. Moreover, it is very easy on support jobs since only the PLD is ever in range of more dangerous moves such as Crys. Flare (high damage to non-tanks even with Shell V), Washtub and Atra. Lib. (stun/terrorize) followed by SP aura.

Difficult:

Tips:
For D+ the regen moogles will roam around and not stay stationary.
Boss will 2-hour at 85%, 65%, 45%, 25%, and 10% hp.

It helps to DPS during the periods the boss has not used 2-hour and you do not have amnesia.

When boss uses 2-hour everyone should run to either regen moogle and stay close during the whole time amnesia is on.

It helps to slow down damage before a trigger point and pull boss close to a regen moogle, just depends how alert everyone in your party is.

Keep using dispel to remove pro/shell on boss, this keeps boss from curing himself.
The stewards will randomly spawn around the boss while you are DPSing.

Just move a bit away from them when that happens.

Silence during 2-hour phase helps. D and VD can easily be melee burned.

Normal:

Solo-able on BLU/WAR using healer trusts that do not spread out (e.g. Koru-Moru, King of Hearts, Ferrous Coffin, etc).

Cherukiki and Apururu are usable as well, but they will require some additional management (by way of disengaging and re-engaging). Cherukiki can cast Silence
Required BLU spells include Silent Storm, Subduction, Blank Gaze (or Geist Wall), Magic Fruit, Occultation
Pull with Silent Storm and dispel with Blank Gaze (Geist Wall); keep Silence on to avoid Cure VI during Chainspell (can heal around 68k)
The gimmick is simple: when the boss uses Invite Over, move your party away from the Steward to avoid the potent DoT aura. When it uses its SP move (any one among those from the starter jobs), the boss itself will have the same aura (visible on the boss itself). At this point, move toward one of the two Moogles who themselves have a beneficial aura that will counteract the aura from the boss. Additionally, the Moogles will have an amnesia aura during this time. Avoid engaging the boss if possible so that it does not gain TP and use Invite Over during its SP (because you will be forced to run to the other Moogle and may possibly die, or your NPCs might die). Use Occultation and Magic Fruit to stay alive. If you need healing from your NPCs, engage to get healed, and then disengage until the boss' aura is down (otherwise they will waste MP trying to Erase and use healing spells to remove aura effects). Try to fight away from the Moogles so you will always have a safe spot during the boss' aura. On Normal, there should only be 4 (?) uses of SP.
Re-apply silence when necessary even at the cost of possibly losing one of the Moogles (but do not kill both of them). Best to fight along the outer walls and move in a circle when Stewards are spawned.
When/if you are out of MP (including NPCs), use Subduction and run to the opposite side of the arena to rest (or to simply stand still) to allow the NPCs to recover MP/HP.
Other NPCs that might work well: Selh'teus and Arciela as they both provide AoE healing; Selh'teus also replenishes MP

Very Easy:

Solo-able on almost any job. Do not kill the Moogles that appear at the start. Summon NPCs and fight on top of the Moogle on the right (as viewed when zoning in).

Key Item Locations:
Can be obtained from any experience yielding monster.

Orc

Volume 1, November 2024, Orc

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Crusader ^(PLD) ⁽⁾ Bozzetto Pugilist ^(MNK), Bozzetto Warlock ^(BLM), Bozzetto Duelist ^(RUN), Bozzetto Tamer ^(BST), Bozzetto Reaver ^(DRK)
Difficult	Bozzetto Crusader ^(PLD) ⁽⁾ Bozzetto Pugilist ^(MNK), Bozzetto Warlock ^(BLM), Bozzetto Duelist ^(RUN)
Normal	Bozzetto Crusader ^(PLD) ⁽⁾ Bozzetto Pugilist ^(MNK), Bozzetto Warlock ^(BLM)
Easy	Bozzetto Crusader ^(PLD) ⁽⁾ Bozzetto Pugilist ^(MNK), Bozzetto Warlock ^(BLM)
Very Easy	Bozzetto Crusader ^(PLD) ⁽⁾ Bozzetto Pugilist ^(MNK), Bozzetto Warlock ^(BLM)

Notes:

Monsters will take double damage during their one hour abilities.

Bozzetto Bozzetto Crusader:

Can use Invincible multiple times, likely at key HP thresholds. Appears to be 75/50/25 for Very Difficult.

Uses the following TP Moves:

Manic Dance: Single target Charm. May be resisted.
Veil of Chaos: damage + knockback + Amnesia. Resets hate.
Veil of Disaray: Used under 25%, damage + stun. Resets hate.
Orcish Counterstance

Bozzetto Warlock:

Chainspell
Can also cast Death; likes to cast Sleepga I/II

Bozzetto Pugilist:

Hundred Fists

Bozzetto Reaver:

Blood Weapon
Can cast Break, Dread Spikes.

Bozzetto Tamer:

Can use Fanatic Dance, an AOE charm move if its Hecteyes pet is killed. Will not use it if its pet is kept alive until the Tamer dies.
Bozzetto's Hecteyes
- Can cast Paralyga, Silencega, Slowga.

Bozzetto Duelist:

Elemental Sforzo
Can cast Shock Spikes.

Setups and Strategies: Very Difficult:

2023 Edition: MNK WHM BLU GEO BRD RUN

Geo-Malaise / Indi-Acumen, Honor March / Minuet x3, Light Carol I/II RUN, Diffusion Mighty Guard.

Pull everything to the start. Silence the Warlock and the Reaver to prevent Death, Sleepga, and Break. The Hecteyes pet uses annoying AoE debuffs, but will die in one AoE from the BLU. MNK focuses on the Crusader, using Formless Strikes when Invincible goes up. Be sure to WS from behind if the Crusader starts to glow in order to prevent Charm. BLU and GEO AoE everything else down. Entomb, Spectral Floe, Anvil Lightning, and Horde Lullaby to constantly lock down the Orcs. Geist Wall / Dispelga to remove buffs if desired. When only a couple mobs remain, single-target nukes from the BLU will do work. <4min clears if properly performed by a well-geared group.

Big note, the Tamer can use a charm move (Fanatic Dance) if the pet is killed. May want to be careful to kill the Tamer, then kill the pet.

Setup: TANK, BRD, HEALER, DDx3 (or 1 DD replaced by GEO or COR)

Strategy: Usual buffs at the start, with Light Carol and Light Carol II for the tank. On the pull, BRD should Night/Troub Horde Lullaby II the adds. Have the tank pull the the corner where everyone warps in. It is fine to keep the adds slept in the center (so the boss has less of a chance of buffing the adds). One DD has the sole job of attacking the boss from the back, and using a physical weaponskill every time the boss raises his aura. This aura is the start of the charm cycle (2 rounds of Veil of Chaos followed by Manic Dance). To prevent charm, simply remove the aura to reset the boss. The other DD(s) should focus on the adds. It is best to take out the Warlock first (please note that it can and will cast Death). An Elemental Seal'ed Silence should be more than enough to stop the Warlock from casting death. If possible, try to use a skillchain during the add's SP moves as they seem to take extra damage during their SP duration. The Reaver should be handled with care since it can cast Dread Spikes. The BRD should focus on debuffing the adds while waiting on sleep timers. Once the adds wake up and beeline for the tank debuffing can become a major pain because something like spikes buffs might be buried several layers deep. BRD should try to keep double march songs (Tenuto) full time to help with Finale recast timers. After all the adds are killed, go for the boss. The boss appears to use Invincible at fixed HP levels (75/50,25?) -- it is possible to still remove his aura even when weaponskilling for 0 damage; save TP and plan accordingly. (Avoid killing the boss before the adds; otherwise the adds will gain a large damage reduction)

Difficult:

Normal: For soloing, the VE strategy can be used but the fight will be very long. For PT setups, see the VD setup.

Easy:

Very Easy:

For BLU, this is very straightforward. AAEV, Cornelia, Arciela 1, Koru-Moru, and Apururu make a solid team of trusts. When soloing, however, it is best to kill the boss first. Sleep the adds with Dream Flower during the pull. Avoid using Aggressor, Warcry, and Berserk when attacking the boss so that AAEV can maintain hate (and never be charmed). Use Sudden Lunge when the boss uses Invincible. Once the boss is dead, the threat of charm is over. Attack the Warlock next and use Sudden Lunge during its SP or during spells. After the Warlock is dead, the only thing to worry about is the Pugilist using 100-fists. Simply Sudden Lunge to stun, disengage and sleep with Dream Flower. Your NPCs will auto-regen/refresh during this downtime. After about 30 seconds have passed, finish the Pugilist off for the win.

Key Item Locations:

Jugner Forest (S) Survival Guide.

Poroggo

Volume 1, November 2024, Poroggo

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Necronura ^(BLM)	Casts Firaga, Waterga IV , and -ja as well Kaustra Gains access to Death under certain conditions.
Difficult	Bozzetto Necronura ^(BLM)	Casts Fire and Water V and -ga III as well as Impact and Kaustra
Normal	Bozzetto Necronura ^(BLM)	Casts Fire and Water V and -ga III as well as Impact
Easy	Bozzetto Necronura ^(BLM)	Casts Fire and Water IV / V as well as Impact
Very Easy	Bozzetto Necronura ^(BLM)	Casts Fire and Water III / IV

Notes:
Bozzetto Necronura:

Immune to Gravity, Stun, and Geomancer Luopans.
Casts Fire and Water spells based on the tier of the fight, and uses Chainspell.
Summons 5 Frog adds after the use of Providence, each one with an en-effect on their melee such as slow or paralyze.
- These adds must be defeated even after the boss is defeated.
- These adds may be slept, stunned, bound, and weighed down.

Seems to only begin casting Kaustra or Impact at under ~50%. Is able to use these spells multiple times.

Accuracy requirements are low, even on VD. DDs with 1250 acc are pretty much capped.

Gains access to death on VD under unknown conditions.

Using Larceny to steal Chainspell has reported in seeing Death cast afterwards.

Bozzetto Necronura Resistances

100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

5%	70%	100%	70%	70%	70%	5%	70%

TP Moves

Frog Cheer - Gains an AoE Defense Boost and Regain . This defense boost overwrites, and prevents Defense Down effects such as Angon.
Frog Song - Inflicts AoE gravity on players instead of charm
Magic Hammer - Single target , inflicts magic damage and magic defense down effect.
Providence - Recovers a HP and summons adds, not HP dependent so it may not be used if you are lucky. Will wake up sleeping adds within 30' if reused. Possibly removes debuffs as well.
Quenching Hammer - AoE (~30') Damage, Full Dispel, and Aspir. Damage is increased based on number of buffs on targets including Runes and Geomancer spells.
Excludes food, Maneuvers, and SP Abilities.
- This move is only used if either RUN, PLD, DRK, or BLU are in the party or the player has songs, rolls, or geomancy bubbles on.
Water Bomb - AoE magic damage, inflicts attack and magic attack down.

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

SMN x4 PUP, RDM

RDM does dia and distract, PUP tanks. Wait for a spell to go off, then Astral Conduit with Ramuh and kill it. One minute clears, go reset 1Hs in Abyssea or MMM and feel good that you beat FFXI.

PUP x2 COR

Buff up, Overdrive, and stand in a corner until victory.

SMN, MNK or SAM, GEO, COR, BRD, RDM

Buff up the melee to cap Haste and TP gain. RDM silences and SMN spams Mewing Lullaby. Melee self-skillchains Light.

Easy:

DDx5, RDM

With some fast DDing you can take the frog down quickly. Chainspell will hurt though.

Key Item Locations:

Marjami Ravine #2
Foret de Hennetiel Frontier Station warp.

Qiqirn

Volume 1, November 2024, Qiqirn

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Pilferer ^(THF) Bozzetto Scoundrel ^(THF) x5	Bozzetto Pilferer uses Blood Weapon, Hundred Fists, or Perfect Dodge at random.
Difficult	Bozzetto Pilferer ^(THF) Bozzetto Scoundrel ^(THF) x4	Bozzetto Pilferer uses Blood Weapon, Hundred Fists, or Perfect Dodge at random.
Normal	Bozzetto Pilferer ^(THF) Bozzetto Scoundrel ^(THF) x3
Easy	Bozzetto Pilferer ^(THF) Bozzetto Scoundrel ^(THF)
Very Easy	Bozzetto Pilferer ^(THF)

Notes:
Bozzetto Pilferer:

Immune to sleep.

All enemies must be defeated in order to be victorious.
All mobs are immune to Break, highly resistant to Stun and Gravity, and have high magic defense.
- Gravity will land with Stymie.
Bozzetto Scoundrels are susceptible to Sleep and Bind, but immune to Lullaby.
- Bind resistance will build quickly however sleep resistance is never an issue, even on VD for a well geared RDM.
If any Songs, Rolls, buff Geomancy bubbles, or Avatar's Favor is on the party then the Bozzetto Pilferer and Scoundrels will use Essence Steal.

Debuff Geomancy bubbles do not trigger Essence Steal.
Essence Steal is move which heals them to full HP and levels them up every time they land a melee hit on a player or Trust.

If the Qiqirn are close together, they appear to synchronize this move whenever one lands a hit.
Level will cap eventually, but they will still heal to full HP when they land a melee hit on a player.

Was hit rate floored in VE @ 1283 accuracy once it's level was capped.

Stoneskin does not prevent this from occurring. Getting hit for 0 still triggers this.
Absorbing melee swings with shadows does prevent this from occurring.
This effect was tested multiple times to only happen when a GEO COR or BRD buff is present when the player is hit. (Multiple self tests were made as well as testing [1])

The Bozetto Pilferer will drop a Mine every 60 seconds which explodes after ~10 seconds if not defeated.

All sleeping Scoundrel's will proc blue and wake up when the mine explodes unless you defeat the mine when it spawns.

When a mine explodes hate resets on all monsters. This will cause the adds to go after random players after waking up from sleep.
The mine's name tag may not display, or be untargetable, depending on camera angle and/or distance from it.
If the Pilferer is defeated while a mine is out then it will despawn without going off.

Kibosh from the Bozetto Pilferer will inflict high damage.

Kibosh is absorbed by shadows.

Other moves used include:
- Cutpurse - Encumbers one random piece of equipment.
- Faze - gaze terror (~10 seconds).
- Sandspray - Conal blind, -100 accuracy .
- Dead Eye - Conal defense and magic defense down.
- Also uses HP Theft, MP Theft, and TP Theft, which causes whomever is hit by it to lose half of their max HP, MP, or TP.
- Steal Attribute - Inflicts a single massive random stat down on the target which will leave them at -100.
- Steal Ability - Resets one ability at random.
- Steal Support - After leveling up, will remove all rolls and songs from target.
Scoundrels will randomly use Perfect Dodge and like to spam Faze while running around. Mages should have their backs turned.

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

DD,DD,DD,RDM/SCH,BLU,WHM
BLU Diffusion + Mighty Guard just before engaging (for party haste).
RDM uses Saboteur + Manifestation + Sleep II and casts on the leader to open the fight. Dia + Distract kill targets.
DDs go to town on the Pilferer.
DDs should defeat any bombs before they go off.
RDM or WHM can pull/wake subsequent targets with dia and bring them over to the DDs.

Difficult:

Tank, RDM/blm, WHM, BLU x2, DD x1

-or-

RDM, WHM, BLU x2, DDx2

BLU are required so that DDs are able to cap delay. DDs should have no accuracy issues when food or distract are on.
RDM uses Saboteur and sleepgas to aggro.
DDs go to town on the Pilferer and the RDM debuffs.
- DDs should defeat any bombs before they go off.
Have the RDM and WHM turn their backs to avoid terror from adds waking up and spamming faze. That is about it.
Finish with the Scoundrels, Sleep II can start being used over Sleepga to extend sleeping duration.

Easy:

Agustus Trust, Apururu(U) Trust, WHM, DDx3
Enter and attack the scoundrel after buffing. WHM should ensure that Apururu does not die while DDs focus on scoundrel. Afflatus Solace is very useful. Apururu is great for removing stats, but that leaves melees vulnerable while he is casting *-na spells. Did not sleep Pilferer.
Switch target to bomb whenever possible.
Take out Pilferer when Scoundrel is dead. Again, WHM should ready Cure V for Kibosh and let Apururu deal with status ailments.
Multi-step skillchains are key (e.g. we used CDC > Evisc. > Rudra )
This setup works, though there are likely better setups.

Key Item Locations:

Lebros Cavern, Private 2nd Class Assault: "Excavation Duty"
Lebros Cavern, Chief Sergeant Assault "Egg Conservation"
Caedarva Mire HP #1 outside Nashmau has Qiqirns during the Daytime 4:00-20:00.
Alzadaal Undersea Ruins (15 minute respawn timer)
Aydeewa Subterrane, scattered through zone, try the Voidwatch and UNM warps.

Quadav

Volume 1, November 2024, Quadav

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto High Vicar ^(WHM/WAR) Bozetto Berserker^(WAR), Bozetto Devout^(PLD), Bozetto Elementalist^(BLM), Bozetto Disruptor^(RDM), Bozetto Defiler^(DRK)
Difficult	Bozzetto High Vicar ^(WHM/WAR) Bozetto Berserker^(WAR), Bozetto Devout^(PLD), Bozetto Elementalist^(BLM), Bozetto Disruptor^(RDM), Bozetto Defiler^(DRK)
Normal	Bozzetto High Vicar ^(WHM/WAR) Bozetto Berserker^(WAR), Bozetto Devout^(PLD), Bozetto Elementalist^(BLM)
Easy	Bozzetto High Vicar ^(WHM/WAR) Bozetto Berserker^(WAR), Bozetto Devout^(PLD), Bozetto Elementalist^(BLM)
Very Easy	Bozzetto High Vicar ^(WHM/WAR) Bozetto Berserker^(WAR), Bozetto Devout^(PLD), Bozetto Elementalist^(BLM)

Notes:
Bozzetto High Vicar:

Immediately begins the battle with Imperfect Shell Defense which will grant the Bozzetto High Vicar an aura.

Will use the following TP moves:

Imperfect Shell Defense: Grants a damage taken reduction -98%, attack increase, and removes status ailments and gains shell aura.

Disappears during each TP move or spell cast and reappears after one is completed.

During this window, the Bozzetto High Vicar will take +200% damage.

Wail of Gu'Dha: 30' AoE draw-in, damage, curse (-75% HP/MP), and plague (-50 TP/-500 MP /tic)

Used once after the defeat of the Bozzetto Elementalist.
Players may run out of range of this ability and leave one player with hate in range to trigger it.
The curse affect will always land on players in range. Not even Asylum prevents this.

Torment of Gu'Dha: AoE damage, petrify, and hate reset.

This move is used exclusively after the use of Wail of Gu'Dha.
The petrify effect lasts for ~45 seconds and is only able to be resisted via abilities such as Asylum, Perfect Defense, and Divine Caress.

Evasion and Defense of the additional Bozzetto Quadav are considerably low.
Adds are immune to sleep and petrify.
All adds use their corresponding 1-hour abilities
The Bozzetto Berserker possesses counter with an enhanced activation rate.
After the appearance of the Bozzetto Elementalist, the Bozzetto High Vicar will begin casting Cure on them when the Elementalist is low on HP.

Players may use this as a method of defeating the Bozzetto High Vicar without having to deal with the AoE petrify spam from Torment of Gu'Dha if they so choose. Every time the High Vicar casts Cure, his Imperfect Shell Defense buff will drop for a moment, making him a much softer target.

Setups and Strategies:

Normal:

Same general strategy as Very Easy.

Easy:

Same general strategy as Very Easy.

Very Easy:

Engage the Bozetto High Vicar, who will spawn two adds.
Build TP on the Bozetto Berserker, who should die pretty swiftly.
Dump the TP on the Bozetto Devout in an attempt to skip his Invincible.
Re-engage the Bozetto High Vicar and beat on him until he uses Benediction and summons the Bozzetto Elementalist.
Carefully melee the Bozzetto Elementalist down to 25-50% HP and then cast Silence on him if available.
Re-engage the Bozetto High Vicar, apply debuffs, and wait for it to cast Cure on the Bozzetto Elementalist. When it does, it will drop his Imperfect Shell Defense momentarily. Dump your WS damage on him during this moment and repeat until he is dead.
Finish off the Bozzetto Elementalist.

Key Item Locations:

Daily KI can be received quickly near Palborough Mines Home Point.
EXP-yielding KIs can be received easily in Pashhow Marshlands (S). There are numerous eligible Quadavs near the Survival Guide, which is likely to be the most busy location to obtain them.

Qutrub

Volume 1, November 2024, Qutrub

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Bigwig ^(THF/NIN) Summons: Bozzetto Astrologer^(BLM) x2, Bozzetto Tormentor^(DRK) x3	Gains access to Spin the Tables. Susceptible to Sudden Lunge.
Difficult	Bozzetto Bigwig ^(THF/NIN) Summons: Bozzetto Astrologer^(BLM) x2, Bozzetto Tormentor^(DRK) x2	Susceptible to Sudden Lunge.
Normal	Bozzetto Bigwig ^(THF/NIN) Summons: Bozzetto Astrologer^{(BLM) x1}, Bozzetto Tormentor^(DRK) x2
Easy	Bozzetto Bigwig ^(THF/NIN) Summons: Bozzetto Astrologer^(BLM) x1, Bozzetto Tormentor^(DRK) x1
Very Easy	Bozzetto Bigwig ^(THF/NIN) Summons: Bozzetto Tormentor^(DRK) x1

Notes:
Bozzetto Bigwig:

Posses Draw-In

will use the following TP moves:

100~80%
- Animating Wail, Mangle, Leaping Cleave
80~60%
- The Bigwig's weapon will break, summons adds, and uses Hex Palm as well as Spinal Cleave.
60~30%
- The Bigwig equips it's secondary weapon. Gains en-death while adds are out wand will use Unblest Jambiya as well as Gen'ei Ryodan
  - Unblest Jambiya - AoE shadow removal.
  - Gen'ei Ryodan - Conal damage, stun, and a dispel (removes 5 shadows). Dispels a buff for every hit not blocked by shadows (e.g. no shadows = 5 buffs dispelled).
50%
- Uses Perfect Dodge
30~0%
- Weapon breaks again, resummons any defeated adds, and casts Utsusemi: San frequently. Loses the en-death effect while adds are out and will use Phantom Whorl as well as Turn the Tables.
  - The Bigwig may be silenced to stop the Utsusemi spam, but this will require an immunobreak to land.
  - Genku Bakken / Phantom Whorl - Very high damage single hit attack, absorbed by shadows. Has a short range (~'10)
    - This move will generally 1-shot players. It is recommended to shadow tank the NM at around 30% HP and under as even with Indi-Wilt and Damage Taken equipment the move will still do ~3-6k damage.
      - You may also run out of range of this move.
  - Spin the Tables / Turn the Tables - drain based on the current player's HP; Spin the Tables is 15' AoE drain. This move can not drain more HP than the player has, and returns more HP than is drained.
    - Frequent use of this on players with high HP will render the Bigwig undefeatable. Players must fight with a lower HP to return less to the Bigwig when it is used. However, with the June 2022 update, any player with less than 10% of their health will die instantly.

Adds are immune to sleep.
Adds will use their respective 1-hour special abilities and standard Qutrub TP moves.

The Astrologers will cast typical BLM spells including, T4 nukes, Sleep II, Poisonga, and Ice Spikes.

The Astrologers are susceptible to silence.

When the Bigwig is at 30% or lower the adds will gain access to a move named Triple Reversal.

Triple Reversal - Drains HP from the target based on unknown conditions. This effect can be seen draining over 30,000 HP from a player.

Caused by having 3 or more adds (including the Bigwig) on a target at a time. Player may outrun this move if kiting.

The rate of activation on the Bigwig's endeath effect increases the more players continue to damage the Bigwig.
The effect is removed once the adds have been defeated.

Kiting Tip: Run closer to the walls and corners rather than the pillars to avoid Triple Reversal while kiting.

Running closer to the pillars causes mobs to path worse and split more; increasing the chances of a cross route into a K.O from Reversal.
The mobs will still break their pathing here and there, but unless you are way too far ahead they will regroup as you go without splitting up at a pillar and crossing over your route.

The kite path essentially is an isosceles triangle, you want to almost run into the corners and gauge/adjust your distance to the mobs at each corner if needed. This should reduce group wipes by a lot.

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

This month has 3 different strategies.

1) Mewing strategy: This is the most reliable strategy, with reasonable clear speed.

PLD or RUN, DD/NIN or NIN/WAR, RDM/NIN, COR/NIN, BRD/NIN, SMN.

DD pulls NM to the corner and the PLD or RUN kites adds around the pillar when they spawn. BRD does March, Mad, Mad, Min and keeps elegy on Bigwig.

DD keep shadows up to prevent endeath kill, rdm keeps dia3, slow II on megaboss, silence on astrologers when they pop, then dps when they are not casting. SMN cure the tank.

At 30% tank stop kiting and hold all mobs away from megaboss in one place so mewing lullaby can land on all the adds, smn spams mewing lullaby on cooldown to prevent Triple Reversal fires off. Rdm will need to recast silence on Astrologers as soon as silence wears off.

At 30% when NM spams Turn the Tables, just let the DD sit at single digit HP. Nin should toss some vokes before wsing to help the lesser shadow DDs eaten by a potential multi attack.

2) Kiting strategy: This strategy is potentially faster than mewing strategy, with more flexibility on dps job types, but they are a little bit less reliable because Triple Reversal has a chance to look tank if party doesn't kill fast.

PLD or RUN, DD/NINx2, BRD/NIN, COR/NIN, RDM or healer

This strategy is identical to mewing strategy except the tank kites all the adds from start to finish, no mewing lullaby used. Healer will need to silence the adds.

3) Kill adds strategy: This strategy is the slowest strategy but most reliable of all. Instead of kiting adds, DDs will kill all adds that spawned. There are 2 waves of adds total. Once adds are dead, NM will no longer us endeath nor triple reversal, therefore removed all the potential possibility to wipe.

Normal:

BRD/RDM, RDM/NIN, DD/NIN (x3), PLD
Can use similar strategy for Very Difficult. However, reversing the roles also works -- i.e. rather than having the PLD kite the adds, the PLD tanks the adds and someone else with /NIN kites the NM. We found that killing the adds makes the fight much safer (but prolongs the whole fight; limit points and capacity points make for a decent consolation prize, though).
BRD should double March and Madrigal until the adds pop. Switch to double March and Hymnus for the pops. Make sure to silence (easy to land) the Astrologer. PLD should try to grab hate on all the adds. At this point, someone (RDM) should kite the main NM. A simple weapon skill should be enough (or self-light using CDC if you need even more damage) to get the NM's attention. Elegy, Slow II, and Paralyze II should make the kiting process super easy (esp. with /NIN sub). BRD can then switch to double March and Minuet to kill the adds once the NM is away. The adds can be easily dispatched with double-light skillchains or better (we had BLU, SAM, WAR, and used four-step skillchains). With the NM being kited, the BRD can easily main heal (not much healing needed for /NIN).
When the second set of adds pop, use double March and Hymnus for safety until the NM is separated from the adds. Then switch to double March and Madrigal (or Minuet). If BRD can play more than 3 songs, even better. Same strategy as above. Use Troubador/Nightingale to speed this part up and get back to the NM.

Normal Half Kiting Strat:

PLD/WAR, PUP/NIN, DD/NIN, BRD/NIN COR/NIN, WHM

Strategy: Start with Boss then kill all adds (BLM then both DRK) while Pet tank Boss, then zerg Boss till its dead while pld kite adds near 30% hp.

Pet was full DD set (VE head/SS body), Strobe must be equiped, PUP should use Light, Fire and Wind Maneuver. BRD used double March and double Minuet, but can use Acc song too if needed. COR used SAM and WAR rolls.

Have Pet or BRD pull boss with elegy to the corner where we started. All engage on Boss except PLD and WHM, PLD wait for adds in the middle, they usually came when we dropped Boss to around ~76% HP.

Once Adds are up , DDs swap to them, the person who still have hate from Boss must wait till the pet get hate back and let it solo tank, PUP should swap to pet enmity set (especially before Strobe) until the pet have enough enmity from Boss. Pet doesn't need a Tank set, as long as you can keep a Light maneuver on it for Auto-repair kit.

Kill order for adds: BLM then DRK(x2), WHM should silence BLM to make it easier, BRD dispel Ice spikes if needed. Once all dead swap back to Boss, except the PLD who stand back in middle. At 50% Boss will use Perfect Dodge and around 30% HP he will pop adds again, PLD must grab all of them and kite around the 3 pillars using his enmity abilities. DDs ignore adds and zerg the Boss, it shouldn't take long with a few Skillchains.

The idea of this strategy was to supress the Boss' En-death from killing any DD/NIN and not making a Ninja mandatory in every runs. Also the PLD doesn't have to kite the adds and risk of dying in the process, only at the end before the last 30% HP but they never lived enough to cause troubles. Worked like a charm with little to no risk and each run took around 8~10 mins. Now go enjoy your wins. Easy:

NIN or DD/NIN (x3), BRD, SMN, Apururu(U)
Very safe strategy
March x2 + Hymnus to help with Utsusemi recast; Hymnus is just in case the main NM sneaks in a move during recast of shadows so we don't have to deal with raising mid-fight or MP issues. If you can cast more than 3 songs, have at it.
When adds pop, whichever DD has hate kites NM while the others focus on Astrologer. The SMN then focuses on the Tormentor.
When adds are dead, group back up on the NM.
SMN can probably be replaced by 4th DD who would kite Tormentor until the Astrologer is down. SMN can optionally do spike damage on NM during kiting phase so that the DD kiting the NM can rejoin in taking down the adds.

Key Item Locations:

Survival Guide → Caedarva Mire

May be tricky to get to the survival guide. Use the Dvucca Isle Staging Point and exit to Caedarva Mire. Run to Arrapago Reef entrance at (H-8). Use this map . Make sure to kill some Lamiae along the way to get a Lamian Fang Key needed to pass through the gates at (F-8)

Dvucca Isle Staging Point

Chief Sergeant Assault: Operation: Snake Eyes

Sahagin

Volume 1, November 2024, Sahagin

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Songstress ^(BRD) Bozzetto Wavefist ^(MNK) x2, Bozzetto Flowspear ^(DRG) x2, Bozzetto Hydrophile ^(WHM), Chirurgeon^(WAR)	Defeat 8 Sahagins to deplete the Songstress' HP. Regen effect of ~15+% a tic while silence is off. The Songstress is capable of using Maiden's Virelai on this difficulty.
Difficult	Bozzetto Songstress ^(BRD) Bozzetto Wavefist ^(MNK) x2, Bozzetto Flowspear ^(DRG) x2, Bozzetto Hydrophile ^(WHM)	Defeat 6 Sahagins to deplete the Songstress' HP. Regen effect of 5% a tic while silence is off. Bio aura is ~70/tic
Normal	Bozzetto Songstress ^(BRD) Bozzetto Wavefist ^(MNK) x2, Bozzetto Flowspear ^(DRG) x2	Defeat 5 Sahagins to deplete the Songstress' HP. Regen effect of 3% a tic while silence is off.
Easy	Bozzetto Songstress ^(BRD) Bozzetto Wavefist ^(MNK) x2, Bozzetto Flowspear ^(DRG)	Defeat 4 Sahagins to deplete the Songstress' HP.
Very Easy	Bozzetto Songstress ^(BRD) Bozzetto Wavefist ^(MNK), Bozzetto Flowspear ^(DRG)	Defeat 3 Sahagins to deplete the Songstress' HP.

Notes:
Bozzetto Songstress:

Only sings Mambos until using Soul Voice.

Then the Songstress will sing Mambo → Minuet → March → Carol → Finale → Threnody → Requiem or Virelai (VD only)

Stands in the middle of the arena with a bio aura, taking no damage, and does not move.

Defeating other Sahagins will progressively remove HP from the Sonsgstress.
Silencing will remove the bio aura and regen effect from the mobs.
The Songstress possesses a high regain effect and will use Cleansing Bubbles to remove all debuffs from itself and any nearby mobs (~20') as well as waking them.
Progressively enfeebling the Songstress will grant different messages:

The boss's throat is parched - 1 total debuff
The boss's begins to sing off key - 2 total debuffs
The boss's voice begins to crack -3 total debuffs
The boss's can barely croak the words out - 4 total debuffs. Enables silence to land.

Defeating all monsters will remove the invincibility from the Songstress until monsters are respawned.

Fighting adds away from the Bozzetto Songstress reduces the damage they take considerably while fighting as close to the Songstress as possible will increase their damage taken.
All foes besides the Bozetto Songstress are susceptible to sleep of either element.
Each foe will use their respective 1 hour abilities.

Benediction from the WHM which appears on Difficult+ will also heal the Songstress.

After silence is on the Songstress, Sahagins will level up after it uses a weapon skill.
- Monsters will not level up during weapon skills if the Sonsgstress is not silenced.
- The Sahagins will begin leveling down once the Songstress is no longer silenced and they are standing within the Bio aura.
The Songstress will resummon defeated Sahagins shortly after their death.

Monsters will use standard Sahagin TP moves.

Including Hydro Shot which resets hate on the target and Spinning Fin (AoE) which inflicts stun for up to 15 seconds.

Spinning Fin may be evaded with two shadows.

Bozzetto Wavefists have a high rate of counter and will use Suckerpunch which inflicts high damage to one player and resets hate on the target.

Very Difficult:

Chirurgeon is a manta with an avoidance down aura, and is immune to sleep.

Uses Inject Ink which is a conal knockback with super gravity.

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

WAR/SAM (Chango), WAR/DRG (Naegling), COR (DD, not leech), BRD (DD, not leech), GEO/WHM, RDM/SCH
This composition and strategy assumes that everyone in the group is well-geared and very familiar with their roles. This instance's VD is relatively more challenging than many other months.
Due to the strong Regen present, burst damage from Skillchains is integral to success
Outside use of buffs such as Barthunder/Barparalyze/Regen V/Protect V/Shell V will reduce buff time in instance. Regen V in particular is extremely important to overcome the constant damage auras
Upheaval > Savage Blade (WAR) > Upheaval for Light > Radiance, with BRD, COR, and RDM using Savage Blade at the end of the Skillchain
- Kraken > WHM > MNKx2 > DRGx2 > Wyverns > Songstress
COR Crooked Cards Samurai Roll > Dancer's Roll
- Light Shot Dia IIIs, Savage Blade at the end of the Skillchain, Random Deal to reset Warcrys/other JA
GEO Blaze of Glory / Ecliptic Attrition Geo-Frailty > Indi-Wilt > Entrust Indi-Regen
- Main heal Curaga III, babysit Luopan
BRD Marcato > Honor March / Lightning Carol II / Valor Minuet V / Blade Madrigal
- Apply Horde Lullaby after Manifestation Break, reapply Lullaby if mobs wake up from Benediction or other means, Savage Blade at the end of the Skillchain
RDM Haste 2, Distract III / Dia III / Paralyze II / Slow II
- Open with Manifestation Break, Dispelga several times to wipe songs, begin debuffs on mobs in kill order. Wait until Songstress is a few songs into its cycle, roughly around Threnody, then apply Silence
  - Silencing Songstress will cause adds to begin leveling up. If Skillchains and burst damage is being performed correctly, no more than a few level ups should occur before each mob dies.

Difficult:

DDx2, COR (DD, not leech), BRD, GEO, WHM
This is likely the fastest way to farm if you have no seals left.
Bard sings lightning carol x2 and march X2.
Don't silence the Songstress.

This method is a zerg where you defeat all the mobs before any respawn so that you can just defeat the Songstress.

DDs run in, and use some enmity move, such a warcry for hate. This controls the mobs so that they may be slept by the BRD and not run around.

A DDing RUN excels in this strategy for DPS with hate control.

Fight on top of the Songstress and start with the WHM mob.

Resleep the mobs after Benediction wakes them all.

Proceed to rapidly take down the others mobs, split up your targets if you can. When they are dead the songstress can then take damage and quickly dies.

Worst case scenario the WHM mob repops and you just wait for one more DRG or MNK to respawn to defeat and end the fight.

Very Easy:

THF Solo
With Trust Yoran-Oran (UC), Valaineral, Joachim, Koru-Moru, Iroha II.
Start Attacking DRG after WS change to MNK after WS change again do so until both are dead. Make sure they die at roughly the same time.
When both are defeated, attack the BRD, easy win.

Soulflayer

Volume 1, November 2024, Demons

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Master Manipulator ^(BLU) Bozzetto Imp^(BLM) x8
Difficult	Master Manipulator ^(BLU) Bozzetto Imp^(BLM) x7
Normal	Master Manipulator ^(BLU) Bozzetto Imp^(BLM) x5
Easy	Master Manipulator ^(BLU) Bozzetto Imp^(BLM) x?
Very Easy	Master Manipulator ^(BLU) Bozzetto Imp^(BLM) x3

Notes:
Master Manipulator:

Is a Soulflayer.
Casts Mighty Guard at the start of the fight.

Casts the following spells:

Benthic Typhoon - Conal damage, physical and magical defense down.
Paralyzing Triad - Threefold attack and paraylsis.
Subduction - AoE damage and -76% movement speed gravity.
Rail Cannon - Conal damage.
Blistering Roar - AoE Terror.
Crashing Thunder - AoE damage.
Dream Flower - AoE Sleep.
Droning Whirlwind - AoE Dispels 7 enhancements.
Embalming Earth - AoE damage and 25% slow.
Mind Blast - lightning damage and potent paralysis.
Nectarous Deluge - AoE damage and dispel.
Polar Roar - AoE damage and bind.

Uses the following moves:

Immortal Shield - Gains a visible shield with TP absorbing spikes, and silence aura, and a potent phalanx-esque effect while active.

Subsequent use while a shield is active will grant a second shield.

1-Shield active: Immune to physical damage, but not to critical hits or melee weaponskills.
2-Shields active: In addition to the previous effects, a complete damage immunity to a random weapon type (, , or / ) is gained.

The shield does not resist blood pacts, ranged attacks, or pet special moves which may break it with sufficient damage.

The shield may also be broken similar to Caturae's with a random melee damage type.

Immortal Mind - Gains Magic Attack Bonus and Magic Defense Bonus.
Immortal Anathema - Inflicts Curse.
Mind Blast - Conal damage and potent Paralysis.
Mind Purge - Dispels all positive status effects, including food.
Reprobation - (AoE) Dispels all positive status effects, including food.
Tribulation - (AoE 10') Inflicts Blind and Bio.

The Bio effect will vary depending on the difficulty (up to -1,000 HP/tic on VD). The DoT potency may also be linked to Immortal Shield being active .

Bozzetto Imp:

Casts -ja elemental spells.
Imps grant a damage immunity effect to the boss, and must all be defeated to remove it.
Imps possess a -99% damage taken from AoE abilities. The move will hit the primary target for full damage, and the rest will take -99%.

Use the following moves:

Buggle Call - (AoE) Bio and Haste effect.
Dark Recital - (AoE) Damage, full dispel, and paralysis.
Grating Tantara - (AoE) Damage and amnesia.
Stifling Tantara - (AoE) Damage and silence.

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

Setup: RUN/PLD (or PLD/BLU), COR, COR (or RNG), SMN, GEO, BRD/WHM.

Buffs:

GEO: Fury/Frailty entrust wilt on tank.

COR: Chaos/Sam/Rogues/Allies roll, flurry if one of the mage /RDM.

SMN: Crystal Blessing, Ecliptic Growl,

BRD: On ranged DD - Honor march, prelude x2. On tank - March x2.

Strategy:

Tank runs in and pull everything to the corner, use all the aoe hate ability that hits every member.

COR, RNG and SMN take down imps one by one. Using ranged WS and volte strike.

CORs rotate Random deal to reset triple shot if necessary.

SMN, BRD and GEO main heal the tank and cast erase/-na.

SMN could rotate Mewing Lullaby in for AoE TP reset, which makes tank and healer's life easier.

Once all the imps are dead, DDs take down the Master with ranged WS.

For the sake of efficiency, SMN could hold BP and only use volte strike if shields are up, so the party doesn't have to wait for BP recast when shields are up.

Key Item Locations:

Caedarva Mire Home Point #1
Xarcabard (S) Home Point #1
Castle Zvahl Keep (S) Home Point #1

Tonberry

Volume 1, November 2024, Tonberry

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Monarch ^(THF) Bozzetto Rascal^(SMN), Bozzetto Chaser^(THF) x2, Bozzetto Slicer^(NIN), Bozzetto Defiler^(BLM)
Difficult	Bozzetto Monarch ^(THF) Bozzetto Rascal^(SMN), Bozzetto Chaser^(THF) x2, Bozzetto Defiler^(BLM)
Normal	Bozzetto Monarch ^(THF) Bozzetto Rascal^(SMN), Bozzetto Chaser^(THF) x2
Easy	Bozzetto Monarch ^(THF) Bozzetto Rascal^(SMN), Bozzetto Defiler^(BLM)
Very Easy	Bozzetto Monarch ^(THF) Bozzetto Rascal^(SMN)

Notes:
Bozzetto Monarch:

Upon defeat of the Bozzetto Rascal, a Bozzetto Monarch will spawn.

The Monarch's is a THF, but will receive a random job's 1-Hour per fight: WAR, MNK, THF, or DRK.

The corresponding 1-Hour ability will be assigned to the Bozzetto Monarch.

Possesses -50% potency against Geomancy debuffs.

Uses the following moves:

Light of Condemnation: Single target Gravity, Bind, and TP reset.
Vertical Slash: 1-hit damage and accuracy down.
Lateral Reap: 1-hit damage and -75% defense down.
Everyone's Wrath: Single target damage equal to your Tonberry Hate x20.
Everyone's Revenge: 25'+ (AoE) Damage is equal to your Tonberry Hate x100.
Everyone's Virulence: Deals 99,999 damage regardless of Tonberry Hate.

It is somewhat unclear what exactly triggers this move, but it seems that if one player is hit with a Distortion skillchain and then loses hate causing the Bozzetto Shade to go after another target then Virulence becomes a potential follow up.

Sigh: Grants ~+400 evasion.
Slash Vitals: Single target critical damage and hate reset.
Words of Bane: Single target -50% HP/MP Curse.

Light of Condemnation is always proceeded by either Vertical Slash or Lateral Reap creating a Distortion skillchain.

Immediately after this, a Bozzetto Shade appears and will attempt to perform a sneak attack on the target and close a Darkness skillchain.

Players must turn to avoid taking severe damage from behind when this occurs.

Everyone's Wrath, Revenge, and Virulence are not affected by Earthen Armor, Sentinel's Scherzo, or Migawari: Ichi.

Bozzetto Rascal:

Uses Astral Flow multiple times, dealing either water or ice damage.
Possesses -25% potency against Geomancy debuffs.
Possesses a potent Regen.

Bozzetto Defiler:

Uses Manafont.

Bozzetto Slicer:

Uses Mijin Gakure.

Bozzetto Chaser:

Uses Perfect Dodge.

Tonberries have high Light Resistance, so Magic Finale will be resisted whereas dark based removal spells will not.

E.g. Dispel, Dark Shot, and Geist Wall.

Players will need to reset their Tonberry Hate after a max of 2 or 3 fights via the quest Everyone's Grudge if they do not Call for Help.

Using Call for help on all of the Tonberries will avoid building Tonberry Hate in Ambuscade. You will not lose Hallmarks or Gallantry.

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

Suggested kill order is SMN>BLM>NIN>THF&THF>Monarch.
The Rascal (SMN) can use multiple Astral Flow, so it is best to take it out as quickly as possible before it can do more than one.

Melee Strat VD

RUN, WHM, GEO/RDM, Savage BRD/NIN, Savage COR/NIN, DD

Pre Fight Setup

WHM - Barblizzard, Barsleep
RUN - 3X Sulpor runes (Use valiance RIGHT before you start/pull to give water resistance to entire party)
GEO - Fury/Frailty (I use entrust STR, but anything to help boost your dmg here would work depending on your group, precision or torpor would also be a possibility)
COR - Chaos/Sam
BRD - Marcato HM, Mad X2, Minuet (Doing madrigal X2 as the boss at the end has high evasion even if you are dispelling his evasion boost when he puts it on)

Fight Strategy

Part I

This fight is essentially won or lost in the first couple minutes, and comes down to killing the first mob (SMN Tonberry called Bozzetto Rascal) who is present when you first enter. Your goal is to try and kill the Rascal SMN as quickly as possible. While fighting the Rascal several things occur, the first of which are his astral flows. For this strategy you let the astral flows hit you (which should be survivable) as long as you have barblizzard from the WHM, sulpor / valiance from the RUN, and finally your RUN's One for All (OFA) up. I wait about 15 seconds AFTER pulling the Rascal before the RUN does OFA in order to increase the amount of time it's available to help reduce astral flow damage (In other words, when used too soon it's wasted as the Rascal doesn't use astral flow until about 20-30 seconds into the fight).

Also, while fighting the Rascal several adds will spawn followed shortly after by the boss. In order to deal with these spawns and allow the Run to perform a quick AoE hate grab (Geist Wall or whatever), I would highly suggest having EVERYONE grouped together within ~5 yalms. Most of the newly spawned mobs will run right into your camp (if everyone is grouped together) allowing the RUN to cast an AoE hate spell on them quickly.
For the Bozzetto Defiler (BLM) you will need to flash or blank gaze to grab hate as he will initially remain at casting distance.

With all this in mind, everything comes down to quickly killing the SMN (Bozzetto Rascal) as quickly as you can. Get Dia II on it and use anything else that will help you kill it before your Sulpor/Valiance and One For All buffs wear off. After you have successfully defeated the SMN then this is a relatively easy fight.

Part II

After the SMN, proceed with the following kill order. Make sure to have your GEO cast Dia II, Distract, and Dispel on all of these mobs. Magic Finale will not work, as Tonberries have high Light resistance.

1: Engage and deal damage to the first Bozzetto Chaser (THF) until he uses Perfect Dodge at which point you will disengage and go to the next mob

2: Engage and deal damage to the second Bozzetto Chaser (THF) until he uses Perfect Dodge at which point you will disengage and go to the next mob

3: Engage and kill the Bozzetto Defiler (BLM)

4: Engage and kill the first Bozzetto Chaser (THF)

5: Engage and kill the second Bozzetto Chaser (THF)

6: Engage and kill the Bozzetto Slicer (NIN). Have your Whm put Sacrosanctity up.

Part III

Now it's time for the Boss, the Bozzetto Monarch. You will want your GEO to swap their spells to Geo-Frailty / Indi-Precision / Entrust Torpor.
The Monarch can and most likely will use a +400 evasion boost move named "Sigh". You will want your GEO to dispel this, along with keeping Dia II & Distract up throughout the fight.
The boss is a cake walk except for a couple things. The first thing to watch out for is the ethereal (translucent) mob that spawns anytime the Bozzetto Monarch uses Vertical Slash or Lateral Reap. Whenever this ethereal Tonberry is summoned, he will try to Sneak Attack and close a Darkness skillchain on whoever currently has the highest hate level on the Boss which will likely one-shot players. To combat this, all you need to do is have the Tank (or whoever has hate) turn and face the ethereal mob any time they spawn.
This can get tricky with your damage dealers when the Bozzetto Monarch uses the hate reset move called Slash Vitals. If the monarch uses this hate reset move on the tank it will result in the monarch changing his focus to the DD with the highest hate resulting in the necessity for this DD to turn and face the ethereal mob if/when it spawns. Usually the tank can get hate back relatively quickly all things depending, but make sure if a DD has hate they are prepared to turn when the ethereal mob spawns.

Lastly, you will need to reset and keep your Tonberry hate as low as possible, due to a couple of the Bozzetto Monarch's moves doing x20 and x100 whatever your current Tonberry Hate is at. You CAN call for help on every mob in this ambuscade and still receive ALL the Hallmark and Gallantry rewards for this fight. By calling for help on all the mobs you will build less tonberry hate which also results in fewer deaths from moves that multiply damage based on Tonberry Hate. I had to reset my hate every few fights as you still build up hate from killing the mobs for the KI.

Strategy by Tayana (Asura)

Key Item Locations:
Elshimo Uplands > Den of Rancor > Home Point #1

Troll

Volume 1, November 2024, Troll

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Bruiser ^(MNK) Bozzetto Justicar ^(PLD) x2, Bozzetto Sharpshooter ^(RNG) x2, Zahhak ^(WAR) x1
Difficult	Bozzetto Bruiser ^(MNK) Bozzetto Justicar ^(PLD) x2, Bozzetto Sharpshooter ^(RNG) x2
Normal	Bozzetto Bruiser ^(MNK) Bozzetto Justicar ^(PLD) x1, Bozzetto Sharpshooter ^(RNG) x1
Easy	Bozzetto Bruiser ^(MNK) Bozzetto Justicar ^(PLD) x1, Bozzetto Sharpshooter ^(RNG) x1
Very Easy	Bozzetto Bruiser ^(MNK) Bozzetto Justicar ^(PLD) x1, Bozzetto Sharpshooter ^(RNG) x1

Notes:
Bozzetto Bruiser:

Posses Draw-In

Uses the following moves:

Hundred Fists
Diamondhide: (AoE) Gains a potent Stoneskin.
Overthrow: (Conal) Damage (based on enemy's remaining HP) and Knockback.
Haymaker: (Conal) Damage, Amnesia, and Knockback. Absorbed by multiple shadows.
Head Snatch: Critical damage (-90% HP) and resets enmity. Ignores shadows.
Incessant Fists: 5-hit damage. Absorbed by five shadows.
Sledgehammer: Damage, Petrification, and Knockback. Absorbed by multiple shadows.

Uses the following moves only while aura is active:

Pleiades Ray: (AoE 10') Damage and Bind, Blind, Gravity, Paralyze, Plague, Poison, Silence, and Slow.
Supersonic: (AoE) Gains an undispellable magic absorption shield and regen effect.

Also uses the following move while the aura is active on Very Difficult:

Head Seize: Enhanced version of Head Snatch. Reduces target HP to 1% and resets enmity. Ignores defense, stoneskin, etc.

~15 seconds after aggroing the monsters, each will gain an aura.

The aura will reduce damage taken and provide regen to the trolls.

The potency of this will increase based on the difficulty of the fight.

Removing the aura from both of the trolls will remove the aura from the Bruiser:

The Bozzetto Justiciar's aura is removed via preforming magical weapon skills.
The Bozzetto Sharpshooter's aura is removed via preforming physical weaponskills.

Defeating the Sharpshooter or the Justiciar before the Bruiser will mean the Bruiser may no longer have it's aura removed.
The aura will return in ~30 seconds.

Once the Bozzetto Bruiser has been defeated the auras will cease.

Bozzetto Justicar ^(PLD):

Uses the following moves:

Invincible

Uses the following Spells:

Bozzetto Sharpshooter ^(RNG):

Uses the following moves:

Eagle Eye Shot
Quicklime: Damage and Amnesia.

Very Difficult Only:

Zahhak ^(WAR):

Silencing the Zahhak will prevent the use of "song" TP moves.

Uses the following moves:

Body Slam: AoE (15') Damage.
Petro Eyes: Conal gaze, inflicts petrification.
Nullsong: AoE Dispels all buffs and inflicts damage based on the number of enhancements dispelled.
Voidsong: AoE Dispels all buffs.

Setups and Strategies:

Key Item Locations:

Troll Fugitives Superior Private (Rank 3) Assault.
Survival Guide (Mamool Ja Savagelands) to Wajaom Woodlands at (C-8).

Velkk

Volume 1, November 2024, Velkk

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Regent ^(PLD) Bozzetto Servitor ^(DRK) x1, Bozzetto Servitor ^(PLD) x1, Bozzetto Servitor ^(BLM) x1
Difficult	Bozzetto Regent ^(PLD) Bozzetto Servitor ^(DRK) x1, Bozzetto Servitor ^(PLD) x1, Bozzetto Servitor ^(BLM) x1
Normal	Bozzetto Regent ^(PLD) Bozzetto Servitor ^(DRK) x1, Bozzetto Servitor ^(PLD) x1
Easy	Bozzetto Regent ^(PLD) Bozzetto Servitor ^(BLM) x1
Very Easy	Bozzetto Regent ^(PLD)

Notes:
Bozzetto Regent:

Auto attacks have an en-bind effect.

Uses the following moves:

Coming Through: Conal damage. Absorbed by 2 shadows.
Croctastrophe: 30' Powerful AoE damage.
Galumph: 15' AoE damage, stun, and attack down
Nobless Oblige: All foes will level up and restores 15% HP to the Regent.

This move is caused by either of the following events:

Defeating a Bozzetto Servitor.

Will level up for each Servitor defeated.

Dealing 25,000+ damage in a single attack or skillchain to the Bozzetto Regent.

After the defeat of a Bozzetto Servitor the threshold increases to 40,000+ damage.

Merciless Mauling: Conal damage. Absorbed by 2 shadows.
Sovereign's Edict: Gains a Magic Shield for 15 seconds. Also resets enmity for all Bozzetto Servitors and activates their 1-Hours.
Velkkan Ambush: Single target 4-hit damage and dispel foreach hit. Absorbed by 4 shadows.

Casts the following spells:

Protect IV
Shell IV
Flash
Banish II
Cure IV

All monsters possess a shield block mechanic that will reduce damage dealt from the front of them.

All Bozzetto Servitors:

Susceptible to debuffs such as Sleep, Slow, Paralyze, Silence, Bind, Gravity, etc.

Uses the following moves:

Death Spin: AoE damage, knockback and defense down (-25%).
Glutinous Dart: Single Target damage and bind. Absorbed by 1 shadow.
Velkkan Pygmachia: Single Target 4-hit damage and dispel.

Each hit may land a dispel.

Bozzetto Servitor ^(PLD):

Additionally uses the following moves:

Invincible
Saurian Slide: Conal damage, encumbrance, removes main and sub weapons. Absorbed by 2 shadows.
Jungle Wallop: High AoE damage, bind, silence, and amnesia.

Bozzetto Servitor ^(DRK):

Additionally uses the following moves:

Blood Weapon
Saurian Slide: Conal damage, encumbrance, removes main and sub weapons. Absorbed by 2 shadows.
Jungle Wallop: High AoE damage, bind, silence, and amnesia.

Bozzetto Servitor ^(BLM):

Additionally uses the following moves:

Manafont
Jungle Hoodoo: AoE damage, bind, and slow. Removes Shadows.

Casts the following spells:

-ja tier spells
Death

Keep in mind you may silence the BLM.

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

RUN COR COR BRD RDM WHM

Honor March Valor Minuet V Valor Minuet IV Scherzo

Chaos Roll Samurai Roll Fighter's Roll Gallant's Roll

Strategy:

RUN pulls all Velkk to the starting corner. RDM uses Saboteur and binds Bozzetto Regent, sleeps the PLD Servitor and DRK Bozzetto Servitor and silences BLM Bozzeto Servitor. At this point, it's recommend that the party stack together in the corner. This will prevent problems from adds running off to a distant WHM during hate resets. As such, all mages should idle in a DT set. Ninja subjob is recommended for melee players to prevent AoE dispels, amnesia, and damage.
CORs and RDM start by burning down the BLM Bozzetto Servitor.
RDM should be careful to dispel any buffs from each target, apply Distract III, Dia III and Addle II, and resleep any Bozzetto Servitors that wake.
Once the BLM Bozzetto Servitor is defeated, the party should attack the Bozzetto Regent with Savage Blade.
- Care needs to be taken to not exceed the 40k damage threshold due to excessive TP overflow or skillchain damage.
- If the Bozzetto Regent is allowed to level up several times, a wipe becomes very likely.
Once the Bozzetto Regent is eliminated, the remaining adds can be taken out without much trouble.

Note: This strategy will work with most other DD Jobs in place one of the CORs, but care should be taken to use Weapon Skills that will not create a skillchain that exceeds the 40k damage limit. PLD can also easily tank this battle.

Key Item Locations:

Marjami Ravine Bivouac #1 or #2.

Yagudo

Volume 1, November 2024, Yagudo

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Conjurer^(SMN) ⁽⁾ Bozzetto Stormbringer^(BLM), Bozzetto Lyricist^(BRD), Bozzetto Swordsman^(SAM), Bozzetto Brawler ^(MNK), Bozzetto Shinobi ^(NIN)
Difficult	Bozzetto Conjurer^(SMN) ⁽⁾ Bozzetto Stormbringer^(BLM), Bozzetto Lyricist^(BRD), Bozzetto Swordsman^(SAM), Bozzetto Brawler ^(MNK)
Normal	Bozzetto Conjurer^(SMN) ⁽⁾ Bozzetto Stormbringer^(BLM), Bozzetto Lyricist^(BRD), Bozzetto Swordsman^(SAM)
Easy	Bozzetto Conjurer^(SMN) ⁽⁾ Bozzetto Stormbringer^(BLM), Bozzetto Lyricist^(BRD), Bozzetto Swordsman^(SAM)
Very Easy	Bozzetto Conjurer^(SMN) ⁽⁾ Bozzetto Stormbringer^(BLM), Bozzetto Lyricist^(BRD), Bozzetto Swordsman^(SAM)

Notes:

All Yagudo use the following TP Moves:

Move -

Bozzetto Conjurer:

Uses .
Additionally has the following nonstandard and enhanced version moves:

Kamaitachi: Enhanced Sweep move that has incredibly wide range and very high damage. Coupled with Howl, can easily do 2500 damage.
Howl: Warcry

Bozzetto Conjurer Resistances

		50%

50%	5%	50%	50%	100%	5%	50%	50%

Bozzetto Mob:

Setups and Strategies: Very Difficult:

TANK BRD/WHM HEALER DDX2 COR or GEO
Buff with usual CP party buffs. Tank pulls and BRD uses Nightingale + Troubadour to sleep the adds and boss. With NiTro still up, buff DDs with Honor March, Madrigal, and Minuet. Fourth song, if available, is situational. For adds, a second March or Minuet is fine so long as BRD is on point with Finale during boss phase. For avatar and boss, Scherzo is preferred.

Kill order should be BLM (Stormbringer) > BRD (Lyricist) > SAM (Swordsman) > MNK (Brawler) > NIN (Shinobi) > Garuda > Boss (Conjurer).

Always kill Garuda first before attacking the boss.

Once target changes to Garuda, make sure to use Baraera. BRD should double check that Protect, Shell, and Baraera should be on the DDs until healer can reapply stronger versions.
The Conjurer has the ability to dispel buffs, but it appears that songs are always intact.
Howl MUST be removed or the party could potentially wipe (if Scherzo is not available) to Kamaitachi.
The Conjurer has a tendency to summon Garuda right around 1-2%. Impatient DDs who try to finish off the boss rather than kill Garuda will likely wipe to the spikes that the Conjurer gains while Garuda is out.

DD RUN, BRD, WHM, DD, COR, GEO
Buffs:Fury/Frailty entrust wilt. Chaos/SAM roll, march x2, madrigal x2.

1) RUN pulls everything to the corner and brd sleep them all.

2) WHM silence Stormbringer.

3) DD and COR kill Stormbringer, DD RUN solo DD swordsman. Brd and geo dispel spam on anything thats being engaged.

4) After Stormbringer and swordsman dead, DD, RUN and COR engage Brawler, Shinobi and Lyricist.

5) Before DDs engage Shinobi WHM could use Sacrosanctity and RUN could use One for All to prevent Mijin Gakure from Shinobi one shot everyone.

6) After all the adds are dead, kill Garuda then Conjurer.

Notes:

The setup above takes less than 3.5 min to clear from start to finish, including buff time. Actual engage time is about 2 min +/- 10 sec. Because the fight is so short, it is ok to use entrust wilt from start.

For groups without the firepower to clear before entrust wilt wears, it is better to save entrust on conjurer. Conjurer tp moves can be very deadly without wilt.

Brd and geo must spam dispel for brd songs and Howl.

From our experience, Sacrosanctity works well for Mijin Gakure, thus WHM recommended.

Scherzo is not necessary as long as wilt is up, howl dispelled and Sacrosanctity used for Shinobi.

Our RUN engaged different mob from other DDs just to save engage time, thats it. It is alright to have all 3 DD engage the same add, or have each DD solo their own add with multi step SC. As long as backline can handle the cures/dispels and Sacrosanctity used before Shinobi, adds kill order doesn't matter that much.

6 Box: SAM GEO BRD WHM COR PLD
Buffs: Indi-Attunement, Entrust Indi-Vex, Geo-Frailty, Sam Roll + Runeist Roll, Honor + Victory March + Scherzo + Ballads on support/tank, Replace Ballads with DD songs (either madrigal or minuets or etudes depending on gear/job), Baraera.
PLD pulls back to starting corner, BRD sleeps with NT, I had to use Horde Lullaby on the main group, then Foe Lullaby on the BLM who stands too far out. Kill order for me was MNK SAM BRD BLM NIN. Dispel adds as you fight them. BLM can be silenced but doesn't really matter, they die in 3-4 WS anyway.

After killing all adds, kill Garuda before touching boss.
Boss has potent spikes effect if Garuda is up. Once Garuda is dead, zerg the boss until he re-summons Garuda. He will then proceed to Astral Flow multiple times, but with attunement/vex/runeist roll and baraera.

This seems to do less than 100 dmg on VD, and with scherzo there as a backup in case it randomly doesn't resist.

As soon as it re-summons Garuda, switch to and kill Garuda. Switch back to the boss, finish zerging and it's an easy win.

Difficult:

Normal:

Easy:

Very Easy:

Key Item Suggestions:

Volume 2 Archives

Acrolith

Volume 2, November 2024, Arcana

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Quirinus ^(WAR) Overpowering Acrolith, Studious Acrolith ^(RDM)
Difficult	Quirinus ^(WAR)
Normal	Quirinus ^(WAR)
Easy	Quirinus ^(WAR)
Very Easy	Quirinus ^(WAR)

Notes:
Quirinus:
Only this mob needs to be defeated.

Setups and Strategies:

Adamantoise

Volume 2, November 2024, Adamantoise

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Adamantoise ⁽⁾
Difficult	Bozzetto Adamantoise ⁽⁾
Normal	Bozzetto Adamantoise ⁽⁾
Easy	Bozzetto Adamantoise ⁽⁾
Very Easy	Bozzetto Adamantoise ⁽⁾

Notes:

Starts with Protect and Shell
Tucks into shell every 25% and starts to regen (High regen rate)
- Does not take ANY damage when tucked in shell.
  - Have tested phys and magic, but not quickdraw etc.
- Spawns an additional mob:
  - Lizard (75%)
  - Eft (50% Uses Geist Wall & dispels buffs) - High Evasion
  - Raptor (25%)
Comes back out of its shell when the additional monster dies
- Has Protect and Shell again
Has a gravity aura
Uses other [Category:Adamantoise] moves.
- Tortise Stomp gives a significant defense down.
- Hard to erase with gravity aura

Setups and Strategies:

Antlion

Volume 2, November 2024, Antlion

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Februus ^(WAR) Antlion Whelp, Antlion Whelp, Buzzing Fly x 3	Spawns 3 mixed groups of adds Februus Abilities: Panzerfaust, Blitzstrahl, Panzershreck, Berserk, Typhoon, Kartstrahl Whelp Abilities: Mysterious Light, Mind Drain Buzzing Fly Abilities: Stunbolt
Difficult	Februus ^(WAR) Antlion Whelp
Normal	Februus ^(WAR) Antlion Whelp
Easy	Februus ^(WAR)
Very Easy	Februus ^(WAR)

Notes:

Setups and Strategies:

Key Item Locations:
The Boyahda Tree HP #1, Mount Zhayolm HP #1

Arcana

Volume 2, November 2024, Arcana

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult
Difficult	Ironclad Reoriginator
Normal
Easy
Very Easy

Notes:
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Uses the following moves:

Eradicator: AoE damage, 5 second Weakness, and knockback.
Scapula Beam: AoE damage and all stats down for around 20 seconds.
Incinerator: Front conal fire-element damage.
Seismic Impact: AoE damage and Terror.

Casts the following spells: None observed.

Setups and Strategies:

Difficult:

Appears to use three different modes, switching between each with a 1hr dust cloud and a "Mode Change" text. Observed modes:
Eradicator mode: Will spam Scapula Beam to give all stats down, and Eradicator to cause Weakness. Appears to have Regain during this mode to some degree.
Incinerator mode: Gains a potent Blaze Spikes effect.
Seismic Impact mode: Gains a very strong Stoneskin effect.

Key Item Locations:

Avatar

Volume 2, November 2024, Avatar

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Fenrir & Bozzetto Carbuncle ⁽⁾
Difficult	Bozzetto Fenrir & Bozzetto Carbuncle ⁽⁾
Normal	Bozzetto Fenrir & Bozzetto Carbuncle ⁽⁾
Easy	Bozzetto Fenrir & Bozzetto Carbuncle ⁽⁾
Very Easy	Bozzetto Fenrir & Bozzetto Carbuncle ⁽⁾

Notes:

Fenrir absorbs Dark elemental damage (includes en-effect and skillchains) and is weak against Light elemental damage.
Carbuncle absorbs Light elemental damage (includes en-effect and skillchains) and is weak against Dark elemental damage.
Both Avatars have access to the full range of their special moves, including their Astral Flow abilities. (Searing Light seems to average 800+ dmg to everyone in range on normal difficulty.)
- Fenrir and Carbuncle use their Astral Flow abilities multiple times throughout the battle with usage becoming more frequent as their health declines.

Setups and Strategies:

Beasts

Volume 2, November 2024, Beast

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Symbiotic Beasts ⁽⁾ Marid Dhalmel Buffalo Tiger Coeurl Rabbit Opo-Opo
Difficult	Symbiotic Beasts ⁽⁾ Marid Dhalmel Buffalo Tiger Coeurl Rabbit
Normal	Symbiotic Beasts ⁽⁾ Marid Dhalmel Tiger Coeurl Rabbit
Easy	Symbiotic Beasts ⁽⁾ Marid Dhalmel Tiger Coeurl
Very Easy	Symbiotic Beasts ⁽⁾ Marid Dhalmel Coeurl

Notes:

Aggroing the larger mobs will cause all mobs to aggro and may result in decreased dmg taken by all mobs. Mobs can be pulled one at a time and away from the group in order from left > right, smallest to largest to avoid this mechanic.
- The mobs will have to be pulled with ranged/magical/DoT damage, as Provoke/Flash will not cause them to move and just claim the mob. They have to take damage before they will begin to move.
Mobs will take damage and use abilities in line with their respective creature type. At 1% health, the engaged mob will continue to stay alive until it uses the TP move Succession. The exact outcome of the use of this ability is undocumented.
Mobs can aggro without the preceeding mob being beaten if the party takes too long to kill the engaged mob.
Suggested order for fighting mobs is to start with the Rabbit, and work your way toward the center - once the Coeurl is defeated, jump to the tiger, then work your way back to the middle. The final mob should be the Marid.

Setups and Strategies:

Key Item Locations:

Ashen Tigers and Cicatricose Raaz near the Kamihr Drifts Home Point.
Moss Eaters in The Boyahda Tree.

Belladonna

Volume 2, November 2024, Plantoid

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bohun Upas ^(Job?)
Difficult	Bohun Upas ^(Job?)
Normal	Bohun Upas ^(Job?)
Easy	Bohun Upas ^(Job?)
Very Easy	Bohun Upas ^(Job?)

Notes:
Bohun Upas:

Gains slow aura after using Umbral Pull (a 20 yalm slow draw in)
- Remove aura with strong/double light (needs confirmation)
Doesn't have Charm or Beautiful Death.

Setups and Strategies:

Bomb

Volume 2, November 2024, Bomb

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Bomb Bozzetto Snoll Bozzetto Cluster Bozzetto Djinn Bozetto Cluster (sometimes Bozzetto Golden Bomb) ^(Job?)
Difficult	Bozzetto Bomb Bozzetto Snoll Bozzetto Cluster Bozzetto Djinn Bozetto Cluster (sometimes Bozzetto Golden Bomb) ^(Job?)
Normal	Bozzetto Bomb Bozzetto Snoll Bozzetto Cluster Bozzetto Djinn Bozetto Cluster (sometimes Bozzetto Golden Bomb) ^(Job?)
Easy	Bozzetto Bomb Bozzetto Snoll Bozzetto Cluster Bozzetto Djinn Bozetto Cluster (sometimes Bozzetto Golden Bomb) ^(Job?)
Very Easy	Bozzetto Bomb Bozzetto Snoll Bozzetto Cluster Bozzetto Djinn Bozetto Cluster (sometimes Bozzetto Golden Bomb) ^(Job?)

Notes:

Only a single enemy is present at a time.
The order is always Bomb -> Snoll -> Cluster -> Djinn -> Cluster.
The last Cluster has significantly higher HP than the previous Cluster.
A Golden Bomb may spawn after each enemy is killed, thus you may encounter multiple Golden Bombs in a single run.
Each Golden Bomb increases the reward by 100 Hallmarks.

Setups and Strategies:

Key Item Locations:
Arcana (Dolls, Pots) in Ru'Aun Gardens

Buffalo

Volume 2, November 2024, Buffalo

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult
Difficult
Normal
Easy
Very Easy

Notes:

Setups and Strategies:

Bugard

Volume 2, November 2024, Bugard

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult
Difficult
Normal
Easy
Very Easy

Notes:
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Uses the following TP Moves:

Casts the following spells:

Setups and Strategies:

Key Item Locations:

Citrullus

Volume 2, November 2024, Mandragora

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult
Difficult
Normal
Easy
Very Easy	Vengeful CitrullusX1, Tiny LycopodiumX2	Tiny Lycopodiums must be taken out before damage can be dealt to the Vengeful Citrullus. When adds are absent very potent Blind Aura is active. There will be a text in the log that calls on the player(s) to /clap and /point. /point-Removes Vengeful Citrullus's Blind Aura temporarily, possibly till adds are resummoned /clap-Temporarily inflicts Paralyze on Vengeful Citrullus

Notes:

/point and /clap

Setups and Strategies:

Coeurl

Volume 2, November 2024, Beasts

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult
Difficult
Normal
Easy
Very Easy

Notes:

Setups and Strategies:

Course

Volume 2, November 2024, Undead

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Enigmatic Hypnotist ^(BLM)
Difficult	Enigmatic Hypnotist ^(BLM)
Normal	Enigmatic Hypnotist ^(BLM)
Easy	Enigmatic Hypnotist ^(BLM)
Very Easy	Enigmatic Hypnotist ^(BLM)

Notes:
Enigmatic Hypnotist:

When it uses Horrifying Presence it will spawn a Lunatic Ghost.
- The person tanking will be terrorized for 1 minute & hate is lost.
When it uses Torpid Presence it will spawn a Slumbering Ghost.
- The person tanking will be put to sleep.
Uses Silence Seal (AoE Silence), Envoutment (Main Target Curse), Final Retribution (AoE Stun), & Memento Mori.
Casts Ice spikes Tier III Stonega & Blizzaga, has strong Aspir.

Setups and Strategies:

Craklaw

Volume 2, November 2024, Craklaw

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Carcinus ⁽⁾ ?
Difficult	Carcinus ⁽⁾ ?
Normal	Carcinus ⁽⁾ ?
Easy	Carcinus ⁽⁾ Calappa Calappa^(???) x2
Very Easy	Carcinus ⁽⁾ Calappa Calappa^(???) x2

Notes:

Areas to find Aquans

Kuftal Tunnel - Survival Guide, Robber Crab
Cape Teriggan - Survival Guide, use mount, go east to Twilight Beach and go after Robber Crab and Terror Pugil

Carcinus:

Uses standard Craklaw Abilities

Riptide Eupnea - AOE damage
Rending Deluge - AOE damage, Dispel
Sundering Snip - Large AoE damage, Defense Down, Magic Defense Down
Viscid Spindrift - Damage, Attack Down, Magic Attack Down, Gravity
Impenetrable Carapace - Magic Defense Bonus

Setups and Strategies: Easy:
99RDM/NIN with trusts: Amchuchu, Apururu [U], Iroha II, Qultada, Shanototto II Took all of 6 minutes post buffs. Amchuchu was a better tank for this than AA EV. Killing Calappa Calappa restores MP (not sure if all or a %age, but it returned 333 to Iroha, 268 to Amchuchu, and 425 to Apururu, so that was a plus)

Fairly easy fight, went much better with Amchuchu and Valiance. I could probably swap out Qultada, but I get lazy with the Dispels, so someone has to do it...

General recommendations: Make sure to have Barwater on all in AOE range, if you can use shadows (and keep 2-3 up) they will help mitigate AOE damage, save TP to kill Calappa Calappa when it spawns. Make sure you've got someone to dispel/finale/dark shot it - it likes to use Magic/Physical Defense Boosts. I think you can be fairly flexible with party set ups. You can go with Tank, WHM, support (RDM, BRD, COR), 2 DD, 1 BLM or SCH for MB. Buff, run in, smash it's face.

Very Easy:
99RDM/NIN wit AA EV, Apururu [U], Iroha II, Qultada, Shantotto II

Has a few AOE moves - only one that did a lot of damage (700-800 to trusts was Sundering Snip, the others did about 100-200 damage to trusts) Two times during the fight it spawned a Calappa Calappa, a crab, which went down with 1 WS (12k Savage Blade on one and a 5k on the other, chat log never said I defeated it, just said "Calappa Callapa falls to the ground" there was no DOT on it, and I never disengaged the Boss - so I'm not entirely sure what made it go away.)

General recommendations: Make sure to have Barwater on all in AOE range, if you can use shadows (and keep 2-3 up) they will help mitigate AOE damage, save TP to kill Calappa Calappa when it spawns. Make sure you've got someone to dispel/finale/dark shot it - it likes to use Magic/Physical Defense Boosts. I think you can be fairly flexible with party set ups. You can go with Tank, WHM, support (RDM, BRD, COR), 2 DD, 1 BLM or SCH for MB. Buff, run in, smash it's face.

Dragon

Volume 2, November 2024, Dragon

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Sombra Dragon ^(WAR)
Difficult	Sombra Dragon ^(WAR)
Normal	Sombra Dragon ^(WAR)
Easy	Sombra Dragon ^(WAR)
Very Easy	Sombra Dragon ^(WAR)

Notes:
Sombra Dragon:

Begins the fight by using Thornsong and a breath move.
- Will change the type of breath it uses after every use of Thornsong
- Has extremely high magic damage resistances.
- Resistance to element of magic damage changes depending on the type of breath it last used.
  - eg: Poison Breath results in a heightened weakness to , Heat Breath results in heightened weakness to , and so forth according to the Elemental Wheel.
Uses Voidsong at ~20% to remove all buffs
- Resets hate.
Petro Eyes also resets hate.

Setups and Strategies:

Demon

Volume 2, November 2024, Demon

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Hunky ^(WAR) Spunky^(WAR) Clunky^(BLM) Funky^(BLM) Summons: Nauseating Gargoyle, Dampening Gargoyle, Misdirecting Gargoyle
Difficult	Hunky ^(WAR) Spunky^(WAR) Clunky^(BLM) Funky^(BLM) Summons: Nauseating Gargoyle, Dampening Gargoyle, Misdirecting Gargoyle
Normal	Hunky ^(WAR) Clunky^(BLM) Funky^(BLM) Summons: Nauseating Gargoyle, Dampening Gargoyle, Misdirecting Gargoyle
Easy	Hunky ^(WAR) Clunky^(BLM) Funky^(BLM) Summons: Nauseating Gargoyle, Dampening Gargoyle, Misdirecting Gargoyle
Very Easy	Hunky ^(WAR) Clunky^(BLM) Funky^(BLM) Summons: Nauseating Gargoyle, Dampening Gargoyle, Misdirecting Gargoyle

Notes:

Obtaining Key Item= Castle Zvahl Keep HP 1
All enemies must be defeated.
The battle is centered on team vs. team combat. With multiple foes each playing a specific role, the key to victory lies in deciding which one to defeat first. You might find things a bit easier if you bring a lot of area of effect attacks.

Hunky (Kindred) - Highest HP. Physical Damage Dealer
- Condemnation (Cone AoE Damage + Stun)
- Quadrastrike (High Damage)
Clunky (Ahriman) - Magic Damage Dealer.
- Starts with 50+ shadow images
- Casts Ancient Magic
- Binding Wave (AoE Bind)
- Hypnosis (Sleep)
- Eyes On Me (AoE Damage)
- Magic Barrier (Temporary Magic Immunity)
Funky (Imp) - Enfeebling
- Starts with 50+ shadow images
- Dark Recital (AoE damage, fully Dispel, Paralyze)
- Abrasive Tantara (AoE Amnesia)
- Deafening Tantara (AoE Silence)
- Bugle Call (Spawn a Gargoyle)
Gargoyles: Effectively a Fetter. Has enfeebling aura. Remains in stationary form and does not attack.
- All damage received is reduced to 1 damage.
- Total of 20 HP ^Difficult
- Nauseating Gargoyle - Disease aura
- Dampening Gargoyle - Magic Accuracy Down aura
- Misdirecting Gargoyle - Accuracy Down aura
Spunky ^{On D and VD only.} (Taurus) - Tank.
- High rate of Counter (~25%)
- Frightful Roar (AoE Defense Down)
- Triclip ( Damage)
- Unblest Armor (Shell)

Setups and Strategies:

Doll

Volume 2, November 2024, Arcana

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Archytas ⁽⁾ Overseeing Eye x1, Sturdy Decanter x1
Difficult	Archytas ⁽⁾ Overseeing Eye x1, Sturdy Decanter x1
Normal	Archytas ⁽⁾ Overseeing Eye x1, Sturdy Decanter x1
Easy	Archytas ⁽⁾ Overseeing Eye x1, Sturdy Decanter x1
Very Easy	Archytas ⁽⁾ Overseeing Eye x1, Sturdy Decanter x1

Notes:
Archytas:

Archytas takes reduced damage from all sources until the other two are killed.
- Once they're dead, Archytas takes normal damage from piercing and magic damage.

Uses typical Doll TP abilities.

Overseeing Eye is very evasive and takes single digit damage from all sources, but has low HP.
Sturdy Decanter is resistant to all damage types except blunt damage.

Both use typical TP abilities for their families.

Setups and Strategies:

Dvergr

Volume 2, November 2024, Dvergr

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Ronove ^(BLM)	4 Tomes
Difficult	Ronove ^(BLM)
Normal	Ronove ^(BLM)	3 Tomes
Easy	Ronove ^(BLM)	2 Tomes
Very Easy	Ronove ^(BLM)	1 Tome

Notes:
Ronove:

Trait: Absorbs Light and Dark damage.
- Ars Espiritus enables this trait. Trait is sealed after defeating the tome.
Trait: Reduced Physical Damage Taken . (VD:-85%?).
- The Immovable Object enables this trait. Trait is sealed after defeating the tome.
- Treatise on Arms enables this ability. Ability is sealed after defeating the tome.
TP move: Bilgestorm Deals physical damage + Defense Down + Attack Down + Accuracy Down.
- Treatise on Letters enables this ability. Ability is sealed after defeating the tome.
Spell: Silencega
- Libram Quietus tome enables this spell. Spell is sealed after defeating the tome.
TP move: Cackle Inflicts Magic Attack Down + Magic Defense Down + Magic Accuracy Down.
- Memoirs of a Madman tome enables this ability. Ability is sealed after defeating the tome.
- The Memoirs of a Madman takes 1 damage from attacks and spells, but this tome can be instantly defeated by abilities that deal damage.
TP move: Thundris Shriek Deals physical damage + Terror.
- Healthy Living enables this ability. Ability is sealed after defeating the tome.
- The Healthy Living can be instantly defeated by abilities that deal damage.
- Speedreading Primer enables this ability. Ability is sealed after defeating the tome.
- The Speedreading Primer takes 1 damage from attacks and spells, but this tome can be instantly defeated by dealing a critical hit.

At low HP, can cause players and trusts to become Intimidated.

Only Ronove must be defeated to win.
Tomes are spawned as soon as the battle commences.
- Each tome affects a specific trait on Ronove and the Tomes.
- The number of tomes active changes based on the chosen difficulty.
- Defeating a tome will cause it to be replaced with another tome.
- The tomes do not attack.
- Tomes are susceptible to sleepga.

Setups and Strategies:

Key Item Locations:

Demons

Elemental

Volume 2, November 2024, Elementals

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Turgmam ⁽⁾ Blazing Effigy x
Difficult	Turgmam ⁽⁾ Blazing Effigy x
Normal	Turgmam ⁽⁾ Blazing Effigy x
Easy	Turgmam ⁽⁾ Blazing Effigy x
Very Easy	Turgmam ⁽⁾ Blazing Effigy x

Notes:
Turgmam:

Posseses an undispelable Blaze Spikes effect.
Uses all Great Sword weapon skills and may self-skillchain.
Casts AoE fire magic.
Summons multiple Blazzing Effigy fire elementals.

These effigies do not posses a physical damage resistance like typical elementals.

Setups and Strategies:

Key Item Locations:

Ru'Aun Gardens has plenty of elementals.

Flan

Volume 2, November 2024, Flan

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Goes ⁽⁾
Difficult	Goes ⁽⁾
Normal	Goes ⁽⁾
Easy	Goes ⁽⁾
Very Easy	Goes ⁽⁾

Notes:

Has three different auras:
- Slow, Evasion Down & Defense Down
- Evasion Down, Defense Down & Magic Defense Down
- Regen, Refresh & Regain (His nukes hit hard during this phase but he is very weak to physical attacks)
Refer to Asida
Has Spikey Head & Smooth Head Mode.

The trigger for the Golden Bombs to appear seems to be Magic/Skillchain damage after 50%, observed up to thee in one run.

Setups and Strategies:

Key Item Locations:

Foret de Hennetiel Home Point #1

Fly

Volume 2, November 2024, Fly

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Gwas-y-neidr ^(WAR/WAR) Summons Putrescent Fly
Difficult	Gwas-y-neidr ^(WAR/WAR) Summons Putrescent Fly
Normal	Gwas-y-neidr ^(WAR/WAR) Summons Putrescent Fly
Easy	Gwas-y-neidr ^(WAR/WAR) Summons Putrescent Fly
Very Easy	Gwas-y-neidr ^(WAR/WAR) Summons Putrescent Fly

Notes:
Gwas-y-neidr:

Abilities: Can use all Category:Fly TP moves.
- Cursed Sphere AoE Dark damage
- Venom Conal Poison.
- Somersault Single Target Physical Damage
- Debilitating Drone Applies a random status effect.

Boss spawns Putrescent Fly x1, Putrescent Fly x2, Putrescent Fly x3 at certain intervals.
- For each add that is alive, Boss takes increased damage and deals increased damage.
- Adds have low HP, and can be defeated quickly with AoE attacks.
Leaving adds alive makes the fight go quicker, but risks heavier incoming damage and additional debuffs from multiple Debilitating Drone going off simultaneously.
Bozzetto Golden Bomb 1: Perform X number of skillchains while adds are alive. Grants +100 Hallmarks.
Bozzetto Golden Bomb 2: Perform X number of magic bursts while adds are alive. Grants +100 Hallmarks.

Setups and Strategies:

Key Item Locations:
Category:Vermin

Funguar

Volume 2, November 2024, Funguar

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Yartsa Gunbu ⁽⁾
Difficult	Yartsa Gunbu ⁽⁾
Normal	Yartsa Gunbu ⁽⁾
Easy	Yartsa Gunbu ⁽⁾
Very Easy	Yartsa Gunbu ⁽⁾

Notes:

Matsui-P's hint on the forums reads:

Normal features a battle against mushrooms. When fighting them, it’s best to remember that darkness is best banished using light
so how you handle the dark elemental present will be key. After all, mushrooms grow best where it’s dark...

This relates to the fight. When the fight first starts, only Yartsa Gunbu will be there. After a timed amount, a dark elemental will spawn. The dark elemental allows smaller funguars called Skullcaps to spawn. Both the dark elemental and skull caps start with random hate. It is easy to have a trust party overwhelmed with adds. If the dark elemental is not defeated within enough time a second elemental will spawn, causing even more adds. All funguars will use their respective familial abilities.

When a dark elemental is defeated, a light elemental will spawn and take no actions against you or Yartsa Gunbu. At this time, the boss becomes very weak to light elemental damage.

It is possible to brute force defeat Yartsa, however it is not recommended unless properly geared.

Setups and Strategies:

Easy:

BST + Trusts

Mainly running ambuscade gear with no gear swap using Scissorleg Xerin, with trusts Rahal/Zeid II/Shantotto II/Koru-moru/Kupipi. iLVL 119 Start the fight engaging Yartsa Gunbu. When the dark elemental spawns, kill it quickly. Your jug pet's TP moves will kill adds in sufficient time. Once the dark elemental is defeated, switch back to Yartsa Gunbu. I had to repeat the process twice before being able to burn the boss down for the last push. Adds will kill your trusts in no time, so watch out and use AoE from your pet if you can.

It is possible to intimidate Yartsa Gunbu, making killer instinct even better than just damage and damage reduction. Just remember for the bonus of Killer Instinct, you must use a vermin-class jug pet.

Gallu

Volume 2, November 2024, Gallu

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult
Difficult
Normal
Easy
Very Easy

Notes:
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Uses the following TP Moves:

Casts the following spells:

Setups and Strategies:

Key Item Locations:

Gnole

Volume 2, November 2024, Gnole

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Lycaon ^(MNK)
Difficult	Lycaon ^(MNK)
Normal	Lycaon ^(MNK)
Easy	Lycaon ^(MNK)
Very Easy	Lycaon ^(MNK)

Notes:
Lycaon:

Has extremely high HP.
Will periodically and seemingly randomly swap stances.
- Standing: takes regular damage
- On all 4s: takes reduced damage
Dark elemental damage of any sort it will heal it.
- This includes Darkness and Umbra Skillchains

Setups and Strategies:

Greater Bird

Volume 2, November 2024, Greater Bird

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Chorister ^(THF)
Difficult	Chorister ^(THF)
Normal	Chorister ^(THF)
Easy	Chorister ^(THF)
Very Easy	Chorister ^(THF)

Notes:
Chorister:

Spawns adds at 66% and 33%. On Very Difficult mode, adds will spawn at 75%, 50% and 25% instead.
- Adds must be defeated as Chorister gains an extremely large damage taken term while they are alive. (Roughly -99% DT.)

- All adds have a damage type weakness, all other damage types deal minimal damage.
- Apkallu x2
- Weak to Magic damage.
Sandbag Cockatrice - Cockatrice
- Weak to Blunt damage.
- Colibri x2
- Weak to Slashing damage.

Setups and Strategies:

Harpeia

Volume 2, November 2024, Harpeia

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Ibong Adarna ⁽⁾
Difficult	Ibong Adarna ⁽⁾
Normal	Ibong Adarna ⁽⁾
Easy	Ibong Adarna ⁽⁾
Very Easy	Ibong Adarna ⁽⁾

Notes:

Setups and Strategies:

Hecteyes

Volume 2, November 2024, Hecteyes

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	All-Watcher ⁽⁾ Ferrogazer, Terragazer, Naturagazer, Ignisgazer, Aquagazer
Difficult	All-Watcher ⁽⁾
Normal	All-Watcher ⁽⁾
Easy	All-Watcher ⁽⁾
Very Easy	All-Watcher ⁽⁾

Notes:
All-Watcher:
Uses the following TP Moves: Death Ray, Petro Gaze, Hex Eyes. Standard Hecteyes moves.

Casts the following spells: Fire IV, Firaga II

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

Boss takes reduced damage until adds are dead. Focus adds, then kill boss. Adds cast tier III single target magic (e.g. Water III) but are otherwise harmless.
Ferrogazer dies to a single critical hit while Terragazer has high physical damage resistance. Terragazer is weak to .

Key Item Locations:
Den of Rancor HP #1 Worms

Bostaunieux Oubliette Survival Guide Warp Leeches.

Hippogryph

Volume 2, November 2024, Hippogryph

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult
Difficult
Normal
Easy
Very Easy

Notes:
':
Uses the following TP Moves:

Casts the following spells:

Setups and Strategies:

Key Item Locations:

Hydra

Volume 2, November 2024, Hydra

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Alluttu
Difficult	Alluttu
Normal	Alluttu
Easy	Alluttu	Used: Nerve Gas, Pyric Blast, Polar Blast, Barofield
Very Easy	Alluttu

Notes:

Setups and Strategies:

Key Item Locations:

Bhaflau Thickets Puks & Wyvrns
Riverne - Site B01 Drakes (Through North Displacement)

Leech

Volume 2, November 2024, Leech

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult
Difficult
Normal
Easy
Very Easy

Notes:

Setups and Strategies: Key Item Locations:

Elshimo Uplands → Den of Rancor → HP#1 Worms are through the gate, up the hill, and mixed in amongst the Tonberry.
Home Point to Adoulin, and use the Waypoint to "Go to an Enigmatic Device" → Cirdas Caverns. Once you warp in, the right fork in the road leads to 5 worms.
Home Point to a Survival Guide, such as Northern San'd Oria #1 (E) or Ru'Lude Gardens #2 (M) and take it to Gustaberg → Zeruhn Mines. Turn the corner left, and walk to the worms.
Escha - Zi'Tah #3, run NE towards (G-8), worms turn from too weak to incredibly easy prey.

Lizard

Volume 2, November 2024, Lizard

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	3x Swarming Lizard, 3x Swarming Eft
Difficult
Normal
Easy
Very Easy

Notes:

Setups and Strategies:

Magic Pot

Volume 2, November 2024, Magic Pot

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Rigid Porcelain ^(???) Glistening Cazuela^(RDM), Mystical Terracotta^(BLM)
Difficult	Rigid Porcelain ^(???) Glistening Cazuela^(RDM), Mystical Terracotta^(BLM)
Normal	Rigid Porcelain ^(???) Glistening Cazuela^(RDM), Mystical Terracotta^(BLM)
Easy	Rigid Porcelain ^(???) Glistening Cazuela^(RDM), Mystical Terracotta^(BLM)
Very Easy	Rigid Porcelain ^(???)

Notes:

Setups and Strategies:

Matamata

Volume 2, November 2024, Matamata

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Chelone ^(???)
Difficult	Chelone ^(???)
Normal	Chelone ^(???)
Easy	Chelone ^(???)
Very Easy	Chelone ^(???)

Notes:

One mob only. Does normal matamata moves including bite that ignores shadows, frontal AoE bite, and AoE spin move. In addition, he does the following:

Scalding breath: frontal breath move

Tail Thwack: AoE, up to 20' range

Embalming Earth: AoE damage, takes all shadows. Up to 30' range. Erases all debuffs.

Debilitating Spout: Conal damage, hate reset, full dispel

Cranial Thrust: Conal damage, ignores shadows

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

PUPx2 plus anything else. Two DD automatons with auto-repair IV and armor plate IV. Stand out of range and let the automatons do everything; firex2 and lightx1 maneuvers.

Alternative is two tanks in melee range and everyone else out of AoE range. Two tanks is due to hate reset of debilitating spout.

Key Item Locations:
Lizards next to the Outpost in Cape Teriggan. Easily reachable via Survival Guide.

Mantid

Volume 2, November 2024, Mantid

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Thillloab ⁽⁾
Difficult	Thillloab ⁽⁾
Normal	Thillloab ⁽⁾
Easy	Thillloab ⁽⁾
Very Easy	Thillloab ⁽⁾

Notes:
Thillloab:
will use the following TP moves:

Phlegm Expulsion: Deals damage and applies Virus. Circular AOE
Mantodean Reprisal: Deals damage and fully dispels target. Conal.

Seems to get a defense reduction as its HP is reduced

Setups and Strategies:

Key Item Locations:
Ceizak Battlegrounds Home Point #1

Morbol

Volume 2, November 2024, Morbol

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Popular Penelope ⁽⁾
Difficult	Popular Penelope ⁽⁾
Normal	Popular Penelope ⁽⁾
Easy	Popular Penelope ⁽⁾
Very Easy	Popular Penelope ⁽⁾

Notes:

It's a Morbol, it hates you and everyone you love. If you listen closely you can hear a Taru Paladin asking for Haste from somewhere between it's teeth. Ohh yeah and all Morbol abilities.

Setups and Strategies:

Morbols

Volume 2, November 2024, Plantoids

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Bozzetto Jody ^(???) Bozzetto Julika^(BRD), Bozzetto Vivian^(DNC)
Difficult	Bozzetto Jody ^(???) Bozzetto Julika^(BRD), Bozzetto Vivian^(DNC)
Normal	Bozzetto Jody ^(???) Bozzetto Julika^(BRD), Bozzetto Vivian^(DNC)
Easy	Bozzetto Jody ^(???)
Very Easy	Bozzetto Jody ^(???)

Notes:
Bozzetto Jody:

Bozzetto Jody takes substantially reduced damage until Julika and Vivian are defeated.

Uses the following moves:

Ternary Flourish: Vivian
Box Step: Vivian
Shining Breath: Julika, Vivian
Bad Breath: Jody (Only seemed to use once both others were dead)
Vampiric Root

Casts the following spells:

Victory March: Julika
Valor Minuet V: Julika

August 2024 version has the following bonus Hallmark mechanic. Performing the following actions will spawn Balloons from each NM. Each Balloons grants 100 Hallmarks upon defeat.

Bozzetto Julika - Silence.
Bozzetto Jody - Stun a TP move.
Bozzetto Vivian - Lose a food buff to the ability Vampiric Root.

Setups and Strategies:

Key Item Locations:

Orobon

Volume 2, November 2024, Aquan

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Mnyiri ^(DRK?)
Difficult	Mnyiri ^(DRK?)
Normal	Mnyiri ^(DRK?)
Easy	Mnyiri ^(DRK?)
Very Easy	Mnyiri ^(DRK?)

Notes:
Mnyiri:

Has MP, but casts no spells.
Has very high rate of TP gain.
Has large -DT.
- Breaking the lanterns will remove the DT.
- Stunning Hypnic Lamp or Bewitching Lantern will break the lanterns.
Unique TP move: Bewitching Lantern - AoE charm + crab costume
- Ignores Vex/Attunement and other Meva buffs.
- Used only when lanterns are up.

Setups and Strategies:

Pteraketos

Volume 2, November 2024, Pteraketos

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Natsilane ⁽⁾	Moves seen May 2024: Deep Sea Dirge, Caudal Capacitor, Depth Charge, Blowhole Blast, Echolocation, Baleen Gurge, Waterspout, Angry Seas
Difficult	Natsilane ⁽⁾	819,000 HP.
Normal	Natsilane ⁽⁾
Easy	Natsilane ⁽⁾
Very Easy	Natsilane ⁽⁾

Notes:

Can spawn a Bozzetto Golden Bomb which immediately explodes for trivial damage and increases hallmark rewards by 100 on VD.
Physical Damage Phase
- After using Waterspout, Natsilane gains an Addle/Drown/Plague aura.
- During this phase, Natsilane takes significantly increased physical damage.
- Will use water-based TP moves.
- This phase ends after Angry Seas is used, which has an animation where Natsilane flips over on its back and slams the ground with water. Stunning this move can keep Natsilane in the phase.
Magical Damage Phase
- After using Caudal Capacitor, Natsilane gains an undispellable Shock Spikes.
- During this phase, Natsilane takes significantly increased magical damage.
- Will use thunder-based TP moves.
- This phase ends after Blowhole Blast is used, which has an animation where Natsilane flips over on its back and slams the ground with electricity. Stunning this move can keep Natsilane in the phase.
Baleen Gurge is an AoE draw-in that will drain moderate HP from all affected.
Echolocation is a frontal AoE cone that inflicts Silence.
Only thing that changes is HP/DMG
Weak to Ice and Darkness.
Has MP and is susceptible to Aspir.
Natsilane's abilities are modified versions of Pteraketos abilities, with most of the status effects removed or changed.

Setups and Strategies:

Key Item Locations:
Elshimo Uplands > Den of Rancor > Home Point #2

Raaz

Volume 2, November 2024, Raaz

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Khalkotaurus ^{(WAR or MNK most likely)}
Difficult	Khalkotaurus ^{(WAR or MNK most likely)}
Normal	Khalkotaurus ^{(WAR or MNK most likely)}
Easy	Khalkotaurus ^{(WAR or MNK most likely)}
Very Easy	Khalkotaurus ^{(WAR or MNK most likely)}

Notes:
Khalkotaurus:
Uses the following TP Moves: Sweeping Gouge Zealous Snort Terrifying Snap Thump Punt

Casts the following spells:

Seemed to follow a pattern of casting Zealous Snort on himself for Haste, followed by Sweeping Gouge, Terrifying Snap (10 second-ish stun), Thump (minor knockback), Punt (large knockback). After Punt, hate seemed to reset for primary aggro target, and go to next highest. It bounced off my August trust and myself the entire time. One of his abilities appeared to be a frontal AOE since other trusts were getting hurt by something.

Setups and Strategies:

Difficult:

Decent amount of HP. CDC's were doing 15-20k with the same in Light skillchains, and he went down pretty slowly. Was probably an 8-10 minute fight in BLU/WAR just meleeing and CDCing him down with trusts.

Key Item Locations:

Rafflesia

Volume 2, November 2024, Plantoid

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Elecampane ⁽⁾ Boss - Elecampane. Adds - Rhizome, Stolon, Bract, Rosette, Anther, Cotyladen	Killing adds will level up boss but also remove boss buffs. Rhizome is a defense boost, Anther is physical damage immunity, Stolon is magic defense boost. Unsure of others. Credit to NextGames [2] for info.
Difficult	Elecampane ⁽⁾
Normal	Elecampane ⁽⁾
Easy	Elecampane ⁽⁾
Very Easy	Elecampane ⁽⁾

Notes:

Only Elecampane has to be defeated to win but defeating adds will remove some boss buffs.

Setups and Strategies:

Very Difficult:

DD strategey. NIN with trusts. Used tank, BRD, WHM, RDM, COR trusts. Run in and engage Elecampane so trust tank gets enmity, then switch to killing Rhizome, Anther and Stolon to get rid of defense boosts and increase skillchain damage; leaving the other 3 adds alone. Switch back to Elecampane and kill for clear. I'm sure the same strat can be used with any DD job.

Sea Monk

Volume 2, November 2024, Sea Monk

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	??? ⁽⁾
Difficult	??? ⁽⁾
Normal	??? ⁽⁾
Easy	??? ⁽⁾
Very Easy	??? ⁽⁾

Notes:

Setups and Strategies:

Slime

Volume 2, November 2024, Slime

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult
Difficult
Normal
Easy
Very Easy

Notes:

Setups and Strategies:

Snoll

Volume 2, November 2024, Snoll

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Khione ⁽⁾
Difficult	Khione ⁽⁾
Normal	Khione ⁽⁾
Easy	Khione ⁽⁾
Very Easy	Khione ⁽⁾

Notes:

Setups and Strategies:

Spider

Volume 2, November 2024, Spider

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Aurantia x 1
Difficult	Aurantia x 1	normal spider moves (sickle slash, AoE slow, etc.). Can cast dispel, bind, silence and some -ga II spells. Can switch between resistant to magic and skillchain damage to resistant to physical damage. Seems like every 10% health or so.
Normal	Aurantia x 1
Easy	Aurantia x 1
Very Easy	Aurantia x 1

Notes:

Setups and Strategies: Pretty basic spider fight. On Difficult, I went NIN with all support trusts (BRDx2, RDM, WHMx2) and just self-skillchained it to death. Trust and NIN enfeebles (blind, slow, paralyze) seemed to stick ok.

Was able to tank easily with MNK/WAR and SAM/WAR on difficult as well.

Taurus

There are two different Taurus encounters in Vol 2: Taurus+Ahriman+Imp and Taurus+Demon.

Volume 2, November 2024, Taurus

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Atabex ^(MNK) Jukihu (Ahriman) ^(BLM), Juracan (Imp) ^(BLM)
Difficult	Atabex ^(MNK) Jukihu (Ahriman) ^(BLM), Juracan (Imp) ^(BLM)
Normal	Atabex ^(MNK) Jukihu (Ahriman) ^(BLM), Juracan (Imp) ^(BLM)
Easy	Atabex ^(MNK) Jukihu (Ahriman) ^(BLM), Juracan (Imp) ^(BLM)
Very Easy	Atabex ^(MNK) Jukihu (Ahriman) ^(BLM), Juracan (Imp) ^(BLM)

Notes:
Atabex:

- Back Swish - AoE Damage and Knockback
- Unblest Armor - Shell
- Triclip - Single-target 3-hit attack, DEX down
- Mow - Physical AoE attack
Jukihu
- Airy Shield - Gains a temporary immunity to ranged attacks
- Eyes On Me - Single-target Dark Damage
Juracan
- Bugle Call - Inflicts AoE Bio and gives the Imp substantial Haste.
- Stifling Tantara - Inflicts Silence and AoE damage.

Jukihu spawns based on Atabex's HP. While active, has an Attack Down and Magic Attack Down aura.
- When Jukihu's HP drops to 1, will become Petrified and its auras will no longer be active.
Juracan spawns based on Atabex's HP. While active, has a Defense Down and Magic Defense Down aura.
- When Juracan's HP drops to 1, will become Petrified and its auras will no longer be active.
Jukihu and Juracan will periodically be restored to 50% HP.

Setups and Strategies:

Volume 2, November 2024, Taurus

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Anaximander ^(MNK) Anaximenes ^(DRK)
Difficult	Anaximander ^(MNK) Anaximenes ^(DRK)
Normal	Anaximander ^(MNK) Anaximenes ^(DRK)
Easy	Anaximander ^(MNK) Anaximenes ^(DRK)
Very Easy	Anaximander ^(MNK) Anaximenes ^(DRK)

Notes:
Anaximander:

- Unblest Armor - Shell
- Triclip - Single-target 3-hit attack, DEX down
- Frightful Roar - AoE attack, Defense down
- Mow - Physical AoE attack, substantial increase in power if Anaximenes is dead
- Mortal Ray - Single-target gaze attack, inficts Doom (target can turn to avoid)

Defeating either will result in the other using an 1-hour animation, resulting in a large increase in power: Physical for Anaximander, Magical for Anaximenes.
Anaximenes
- Hecatomb Wave - Cone attack magical (wind) damage + Blind, substantial increase in power if Anaximander is dead
- Soul Drain - Single-target Drain, also much more powerful if Anaximander is dead
- Dread Spikes - HP Drain spikes, also much more powerful if Anaximander is dead. Rapid physical attacks (Hundred Fists, highly-buffed dual-wielder, et. al.) against Anaximenes with Dread Spikes up (after Anaximander is dead) can cause a near-instant K.O. to an unprotected attacker.
- Condemnation - Physical cone attack + Stun
- Quadrastrike - Physical 4-hit single-target attack

Setups and Strategies:

Treant

Volume 2, November 2024, Treant

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Splendid Sakura ⁽⁾ Languishing Larch, Hibernating Hickory
Difficult	Splendid Sakura ⁽⁾ Languishing Larch, Hibernating Hickory
Normal	Splendid Sakura ⁽⁾ Languishing Larch, Hibernating Hickory
Easy	Splendid Sakura ⁽⁾ ?
Very Easy	Splendid Sakura ⁽⁾ ?

Notes:

Splendid Sakura:

Has a 20' Plague aura.

Uses the following TP Moves:

Pinecone Bomb: Area of effect Sleep and damage.
Drill Branch: Frontal cone Blind and damage.
Pollenstorm: Area of effect Paralyze and damage.
Chelate: Removes food effects, potentially has a detrimental effect on the boss (affecting the Plague aura or its damage taken).

Languishing Larch:

Has a 20' Amnesia aura. Very resistant to sleep.

Hibernating Hickory:

Has a 20' Silence aura. Very resistant to sleep.

Fight starts with just Splendid Sakura, but she will spawn in Languishing Larch and Hibernating Hickory on top of herself individually at specific HP thresholds (66%, 50%, 20%, maybe more). If damage is high, multiple will appear at the same time. On Difficult and Very Difficult, it seems to spawn both adds simultaneously at the final HP threshold.

Setups and Strategies: It's important to defeat the adds quickly, with priority going to the ones that affect your job more. Languishing Larch will spawn in on top of the boss once sufficient damage is dealt, immediately inflicting Amnesia to everyone nearby, making ignoring it difficult in favor of just killing the boss quickly. Healer trusts such as Apururu will generally stay out of range of Pinecone Bomb and wake people up, but Splendid Sakura uses it very frequently and will sometimes sleep the healer based on positioning, which can lead to a bad situation. If Hibernating Hickory is up, it will prevent your trusts from healing at all unless it is moved away or dealt with quickly, generally making it a higher priority to kill unless you aren't using trusts.

The only real differences on higher difficulties noticed were the double add spawn at low HP (which could potentially be attributed to burst damage just knocking it down two HP thresholds) and perhaps more frequent use of Pollenstorm. Beyond that, the stats of the enemies are just higher.

Tigers

Volume 2, November 2024, Tiger

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult
Difficult
Normal
Easy
Very Easy

Notes:

Setups and Strategies:

Tulfaire

Volume 2, November 2024, Birds

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult
Difficult
Normal
Easy
Very Easy

Notes:

Setups and Strategies:

Undead

Volume 2, November 2024, Undead

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Lancer Jack ^(DRK) Spooky Skeleton x3, Spooky Hound x3, Spooky Ghost x3
Difficult	Lancer Jack ^(DRK) Spooky Skeleton x2, Spooky Hound x2, Spooky Ghost x2
Normal	Lancer Jack ^(DRK) Spooky Skeleton x2, Spooky Hound x2, Spooky Ghost x2
Easy	Lancer Jack ^(DRK) Spooky Skeleton x1, Spooky Hound x1, Spooky Ghost x1
Very Easy	Lancer Jack ^(DRK) Spooky Skeleton x1, Spooky Hound x1, Spooky Ghost x1

Notes:
Lancer Jack:

Susceptible to silence.
Summons Spooky monsters through the battle in the following order: Skeleton, Hound, Ghost.

There is no specific HP threshold for these but a range:

The first summoning occurs at ~95%+, the second ~65%+, and the third ~35%.

Possesses a -50% Damage Taken trait.

Banish Spells will decrease this DT trait.

Uses the following moves:

Trick or Treat: Silence, terror, amnesia, and buff absorption.
Double Thrust 2-hit damage.
Raiden Thrust damage.
Penta Thrust: 5-hit damage.
Leg Sweep: 1-hit damage and stun.

All of these moves are single target.
Each has their native skillchain attributes, are able to skillchain with each other.

Casts the following spells:

Absorb-Attri: Absorbs a buff from the target.
Absorb-TP: Absorbs TP from the target.

Spooky Monsters:

All Spooky monsters are susceptible to light based sleeps, but not dark based ones.

Spooky Skeleton:

Hell Slash: 1-hit damage.

Spooky Hound:

Dirty Claw: 1-hit damage.

Spooky Ghost:

Terror Touch: 1-hit damage and attack down.
Dark Sphere: damage and blind.

Setups and Strategies:

Easy:

This was ridiculously easy.

NQ Sulevia PLD, roll-only COR, decently geared PUP (1200 JP) with Ohtas and Taeon (-DMG, MEVA, +Regen) with Valor/Valor Automaton, Kupipi (no Apururu this week b/c I apparently haven't done any Unity stuff, oops), Qultada, Koru Moru

At the start it was Culler Jack and 2x Spooky Wheezers. I sent the Automaton after the Culler Jack and had the PLD take down the 2 Spooky Wheezers. Then sent everyone after Culler and it popped more Spooky Wheezers around 50% and again at 25%. I think that I could have just focused on Culler Jack and ignored the Wheezers because the didn't affect my ability to kill the Culler.

VD Solo (2024 version) PUP/RDM, Trusts are Valaineral (He uses AOE to gain Enmity from all mobs) Amchuchu, King of Hearts, Cherrukiki, Sylvie. Cast Stoneskin, Blink, Phalanx, Regen and burn down the 4 adds before killing Lancer Jack.

Key Item Locations:

Fei'Yin HP 1, Wekufe to the south of the HP

Uragnite

Volume 2, November 2024, Aquan

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Kauri ^(PLD)
Difficult	Kauri ^(PLD)	110k HP
Normal	Kauri ^(PLD)	85k HP
Easy	Kauri ^(PLD)
Very Easy	Kauri ^(PLD)

Notes:
Kauri:
Uses the following moves:

Suctorial Tentacle: Damage and Muddle.
Painful Whip: damage.
Gas Shell: AoE Poison.
Venom Shell: AoE Poison.
Palsynyxis: damage and Paralyze.

This month's Normal Ambuscade features an uragnite. The uragnite’s damage taken will be reduced to 1 while it’s in its shell, so it might help to bring jobs and alter egos that can deal multiple hits in quick succession. Additionally, there is a way to deal extra damage even while it’s sheltered if you meet certain conditions, so be on the lookout for that.

Bonus Damage mechanic
- Kauri gains increased resistance to physical and magical damage based on the damage type it is taking.
- When physical/magical damage taken is balanced, it will do an animation, players will have a large amount of HP/MP restored, and its damage reduction will be reduced.
- If damage taken weighs more heavily toward one type, it will use Venom Shell when going into its shell.

When it goes into its shell, all damage is reduced to 1. It will pop out after a certain amount of damage is dealt (~30).

Setups and Strategies:

Difficult:

NIN tanking is preferable: Uragnites attack slowly and deal critical damage with Painful Whip which can one-shot trusts.
Melee hits with Enspell damage make it easy to compare physical and magical resistance.

Key Item Locations:

Aquans

Kuftal Tunnel - Survival Guide, Robber Crab
Cape Teriggan - Survival Guide, use mount, go east to Twilight Beach and go after Robber Crab and Terror Pugil

Vermin

Volume 2, November 2024, Vermin

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Beetle, Chapuli, Wamoura
Difficult	Beetle, Chapuli, Wamoura
Normal	Beetle, Chapuli, Wamoura
Easy	Beetle, Chapuli, Wamoura
Very Easy	Beetle, Chapuli, Wamoura

Notes:

The order in which monsters are defeated affect the name and strength of the next monster. Each iteration is stronger than the last and gaining different traits/abilities.

Monsters do not seem to have enmity between fights. Allowing you to summon trusts between each one.

Setups and Strategies: Recommended to fight the Wamoura Last, with an order of Beetle → Chapuli → Wamoura.

Wivre

Volume 2, November 2024, Wivre

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Scithiraptor ⁽⁾
Difficult	Scithiraptor ⁽⁾
Normal	Scithiraptor ⁽⁾
Easy	Scithiraptor ⁽⁾
Very Easy	Scithiraptor ⁽⁾

Notes:

Setups and Strategies:

Wyrm

Volume 2, November 2024, Wyrm

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Gudjewg ⁽⁾
Difficult	Gudjewg ⁽⁾
Normal	Gudjewg ⁽⁾
Easy	Gudjewg ⁽⁾
Very Easy	Gudjewg ⁽⁾

Notes:

Setups and Strategies:

Wyvern

Volume 2, November 2024, Wyvern

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Kulshedra ⁽⁾ ?
Difficult	Kulshedra ⁽⁾ ?
Normal	Kulshedra ⁽⁾ ?
Easy	Kulshedra ⁽⁾ ?
Very Easy	Kulshedra ⁽⁾ ?

Notes:

Seems to gain an elemental breath related to skillchain damage it takes.

Setups and Strategies:

Cockatrice

Volume 2, November 2024, Cockatrice

Difficulty	Foes	Notes
Very Difficult	Sowl Devourer ⁽⁾ Sowl Devourer
Difficult	Sowl Devourer ⁽⁾ Sowl Devourer
Normal	Sowl Devourer ⁽⁾ Sowl Devourer
Easy	Sowl Devourer ⁽⁾ Sowl Devourer
Very Easy	Sowl Devourer ⁽⁾ Sowl Devourer

Notes:

If the current target has any buffs besides food, the Cockatrice will be able to use a TP move that absorbs those buffs. Players could load a tank up with garbage buffs of no consequence (Bar spells opposite of the SC being used, etc.) to trigger it to continually use this move. It is recommended to have one character/trust try to tank the Cockatrice so that other characters may be buffed and fight it.
The Cockatrice appears to take heavier damage the more buffs he absorbs. It's possibly the number of times he's absorbed a buff and not the unique number of buffs on him - needs verification. He will start taking very heavy skillchain damage, which can be used to more quickly reduce his massive HP.

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