Monstrosity Species Guide
Monstrosity Species Guide
There is currently a Manticore running around Asura. I didn't think to ask them how they unlocked it though. Was level 60 in crawlers nest yesterday.
According to the JP wiki, Manticore is unlocked with Ram Lv. 70, but it's unknown if more is required. Lv. 50 Manticore gets the Kirin model via a quest of 20 seals of any of the 4 gods.
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Just hit Ram 70 and Manticore is definitely a thing. It's a straight unlock too, so no Infamy required. Also a thing to note is that it's a medium-sized mob and not a large one.
edit: OH MY LORD THIS THING RUNS LIKE RAPTOR.
TP moves:
Lv 1 - Tail Swing 120 TP - Physical Damage + Bind
Lv 10 - Tail Smash 120 TP - exact same move as Tail Swing except you swing your tail from the opposite direction.
Lv 20 - Riddle 100 TP - inflicts Max MP Down, unlike the Max HP Down attacks, this one is selectable and probably is because it's completely useless against other mobs.
Lv 30 - Heat Breath 100 TP - Behaves strangely for a breath attack, likes to stay at a consistent high damage when at yellow or above then begins dropping quite a lot when it starts turning orange. (e.g. with ~5000 Max HP it hit for ~500 damage and continued to hit for ~500 while as low as ~3900 HP and didn't drop until ~3500 HP where it did ~400.)
Lv 40 - Great Sandstorm 120 TP - Single target weak wind damage + Blind.
Lv 50 - Great Whirlwind 120 TP - Weak wind damage + Choke.
Lv 60 - Deadly Hold 100 TP - Finally a decent physical attack to use when Heat Breath isn't cutting it.
At level 50 Suibhne asked for 20 Seiryu scraps.
edit: OH MY LORD THIS THING RUNS LIKE RAPTOR.
TP moves:
Lv 1 - Tail Swing 120 TP - Physical Damage + Bind
Lv 10 - Tail Smash 120 TP - exact same move as Tail Swing except you swing your tail from the opposite direction.
Lv 20 - Riddle 100 TP - inflicts Max MP Down, unlike the Max HP Down attacks, this one is selectable and probably is because it's completely useless against other mobs.
Lv 30 - Heat Breath 100 TP - Behaves strangely for a breath attack, likes to stay at a consistent high damage when at yellow or above then begins dropping quite a lot when it starts turning orange. (e.g. with ~5000 Max HP it hit for ~500 damage and continued to hit for ~500 while as low as ~3900 HP and didn't drop until ~3500 HP where it did ~400.)
Lv 40 - Great Sandstorm 120 TP - Single target weak wind damage + Blind.
Lv 50 - Great Whirlwind 120 TP - Weak wind damage + Choke.
Lv 60 - Deadly Hold 100 TP - Finally a decent physical attack to use when Heat Breath isn't cutting it.
At level 50 Suibhne asked for 20 Seiryu scraps.
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Any word on unlocking Cerberus?
There are a lot of enemies either not implemented or not unlocked yet:
Beast:
Cerberus
Yztarg
Plantoid:
Yggtreant
Leafkin
Snapweed
Vermin:
Twytherim
Mantid
Chapuli
Apian Beast
Lizard:
Matamata
Working hard on leveling monsters every day so if I do find something new I'll post it here (unless someone beats me to it!) ;)
Beast:
Cerberus
Yztarg
Plantoid:
Yggtreant
Leafkin
Snapweed
Vermin:
Twytherim
Mantid
Chapuli
Apian Beast
Lizard:
Matamata
Working hard on leveling monsters every day so if I do find something new I'll post it here (unless someone beats me to it!) ;)
Just unlocked Kirin skin, it's a RDM/BLM with Chainspell as its 1hr.
Found Cerberus!! I have no idea how I unlocked it, but I did.
Current Large Beast/Sheep levels: Sheep 66, Ram 71, Dhalmel 75, Manticore 71, Buffalo 60, and Marid 60.
TP moves:
Lv 1 - Lava Spit 100 TP - Weak AoE fire damage centered around the target.
Lv 10 - Sulfurous Breath 100 TP - Breath attack similar in behavior to Heat Breath.
Lv 20 - Magma Hoplon 120 TP - Stoneskin + Blaze Spikes.
Lv 30 - Ululation 120 TP - AoE Paralyze centered around user.
Lv 40 - Gates of Hades 250 TP - Damage seems poor and the Burn doesn't seem that great either. Fire based AoE centered around the user.
Traits:
Highly resistant to damage and status effects even from VT+ mobs.
This isn't very important, but I thought it was neat enough to share; when your target is in melee range, but is standing directly to the side of you, your other heads will use their own attack animation.
Nothing new at 50.
Found Cerberus!! I have no idea how I unlocked it, but I did.
Current Large Beast/Sheep levels: Sheep 66, Ram 71, Dhalmel 75, Manticore 71, Buffalo 60, and Marid 60.
TP moves:
Lv 1 - Lava Spit 100 TP - Weak AoE fire damage centered around the target.
Lv 10 - Sulfurous Breath 100 TP - Breath attack similar in behavior to Heat Breath.
Lv 20 - Magma Hoplon 120 TP - Stoneskin + Blaze Spikes.
Lv 30 - Ululation 120 TP - AoE Paralyze centered around user.
Lv 40 - Gates of Hades 250 TP - Damage seems poor and the Burn doesn't seem that great either. Fire based AoE centered around the user.
Traits:
Highly resistant to damage and status effects even from VT+ mobs.
This isn't very important, but I thought it was neat enough to share; when your target is in melee range, but is standing directly to the side of you, your other heads will use their own attack animation.
Nothing new at 50.
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Phoenix.Gameesh said: »
There are a lot of enemies either not implemented or not unlocked yet:
Beast:
Cerberus
Yztarg
Beast:
Cerberus
Yztarg
DarkBEWD said: »
Found Cerberus!! I have no idea how I unlocked it, but I did.
Current Large Beast/Sheep levels: Sheep 66, Ram 71, Dhalmel 75, Manticore 71, Buffalo 60, and Marid 60.
Current Large Beast/Sheep levels: Sheep 66, Ram 71, Dhalmel 75, Manticore 71, Buffalo 60, and Marid 60.
Also, did it cost 10k infamy or was it a straight unlock?
Also.. Anyone else notice for Buffalo the tp move "Rabid Dance" is actually mispelled: "Rapid Dance?.."
I think that's the second ever mistake I noticed myself since "Moo Ouzi the Swiftblad"
Since the update, I leveled Dhalmel first to 75, then Ram to 70 for Manticore then leveled Manticore to 71, went to call it a night, checked infamy exchange NPC and saw Cerberus for 10k infamy.
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Cerberus is WAR/WAR unfortunately.
Orthrus version should have blm
Currently unlocked Behemoth, any other people that unlocked this know if this evolves into Elasmoth at a later stage?
no, but it's in the dats. probably unlocked at NM infamy rank or something
I feel like something has gone terribly wrong.
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DarkBEWD said: »
Since the update, I leveled Dhalmel first to 75, then Ram to 70 for Manticore then leveled Manticore to 71, went to call it a night, checked infamy exchange NPC and saw Cerberus for 10k infamy.
So with 66 sheep, dhalmel might not even be needed for cerberus, or it could be a combo of all of them 60+.
I don't have buffalo / marid at 60, but I have 75 sheep / 70 ram / 82 dhalmel, and will check at 65 / 70 manticore to see if it's available
DarkBEWD said: »
Since the update, I leveled Dhalmel first to 75, then Ram to 70 for Manticore then leveled Manticore to 71, went to call it a night, checked infamy exchange NPC and saw Cerberus for 10k infamy.
how do you unlock manticore? Just Ram 70?
I'd like to say yes, but I had everything at 60 to begin with. So I'd say just level Ram first and if that doesn't do it then try Dhalmel next and so on.
edit: got Cerberus to 75 and no new unlocks so far. Gonna take a break from leveling it for a while before I try getting it to 90.
edit: got Cerberus to 75 and no new unlocks so far. Gonna take a break from leveling it for a while before I try getting it to 90.
I'd like to confirm and say that Manticore is a straight unlock from 70 Ram (no infamy needed to buy). I did have Sheep at 60, so I'm not sure if it's connected. All other creatures were at 50 at the time.
Bismarck.Khiinroye said: »
DarkBEWD said: »
Since the update, I leveled Dhalmel first to 75, then Ram to 70 for Manticore then leveled Manticore to 71, went to call it a night, checked infamy exchange NPC and saw Cerberus for 10k infamy.
So with 66 sheep, dhalmel might not even be needed for cerberus, or it could be a combo of all of them 60+.
I don't have buffalo / marid at 60, but I have 75 sheep / 70 ram / 82 dhalmel, and will check at 65 / 70 manticore to see if it's available
I just unlocked Cerberus, but however did NOT have to get Manticore to 70. I checked just in case at 68 when I was switching instincts and found it waiting to be bought. Obviously, it looks like Dhalmel doesn't need to be 70+ because mine is currently only 60.
Unfortunately, this still doesn't tell us if Dhalmel is even required or not. And I'm not entirely sure, but I THINK I checked after I got 60 on Manticore but didn't see it. So.. Maybe Cerberus is 65 Manticore with a possible addition of other large beasts?
Sad to say I'll no longer be able to help with the requirements for Cerberus, but I'm here to definitely confirm it was undoubtedly lower than 70 Manticore and/or Dhalmel.
I will say that I tend to minimize the game window and go do other things when leveling is going slow (such as 50-75 grind), so chances are I unlocked it much earlier and completely missed the message for it.
Sorry if this is off topic, but I have seen mention of TP attacks, so~...
Anyone have an idea of when Adamantoise learns Testudo Tremor? ><;
Anyone have an idea of when Adamantoise learns Testudo Tremor? ><;
So I got Dhalmel and Manticore to 70 today: no Cerberus available to buy with infamy.
Bunny 60, Tiger 60, Sheep 60, Buffalo 60, Marid 50, Ram 70
So there's more to it then just having the first two at 70 it seems...
Bunny 60, Tiger 60, Sheep 60, Buffalo 60, Marid 50, Ram 70
So there's more to it then just having the first two at 70 it seems...
Try getting Marid to 60.
bd wiki says
Buffalo, Manticore, Marid, Sheep, Dhalmel, Lv.60 (10k Infamy)
Buffalo, Manticore, Marid, Sheep, Dhalmel, Lv.60 (10k Infamy)
Just unlocked Antlion and so far I'm not very impressed with it.
Lacks any damaging TP moves and it's areas are limited due to it's size. Has anyone gotten it higher and can let me know if things start looking up? Does it get access to Gravitic Horn?
Lacks any damaging TP moves and it's areas are limited due to it's size. Has anyone gotten it higher and can let me know if things start looking up? Does it get access to Gravitic Horn?
I am working towards getting Cerberus. Still a long way ahead but I have to say I am having the most fun leveling Buffalo. This thing hits like a truck and being a PLD takes very little damage. Ram was painful to get just to 50, not looking forward to getting it to 70 but it has to be done for Manticore.
I have almost all species available at level 30+, just missing the big bosses, peiste, gnat, coerul, Goobbue, Marid, Wivre, Manticore, opo opo, gnole and antlion
I am having so much fun overall with Monstrosity and it is the only thing I do in-game currently. There is something about unlocking species and trying the different TP moves plus the pvp system coming up. I just got tired of waiting for shouts and not getting drops for gear that becomes obsolete after 3 months. Not like I had much to show anyway.
I have almost all species available at level 30+, just missing the big bosses, peiste, gnat, coerul, Goobbue, Marid, Wivre, Manticore, opo opo, gnole and antlion
I am having so much fun overall with Monstrosity and it is the only thing I do in-game currently. There is something about unlocking species and trying the different TP moves plus the pvp system coming up. I just got tired of waiting for shouts and not getting drops for gear that becomes obsolete after 3 months. Not like I had much to show anyway.
Alright so I rode my hype mobile into the Feretory to see what goodies I could get and so far I got Orthrus for 25000 Infamy, Vermillion Wamoura for 15000 and Sibilus for 15000. My Cerb is 88, Wamoura 81, and Peiste 60.
My 82 Adamantoise has the option to buy Ferromantoise for 20,000 Infamy.
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