Guide to Piercing DamageFollow

The following is a guide for Piercing damage weapons, and finding enemies which are weak to them. All the mob (level and location) listings below were taken from Mystery Tour, I've tried to remove BST pets and NM from the list (I may have missed some) as you won't be exping off those. Some of these enemies only appear at night in outdoor zones, so keep that in mind as well. I also changed the level of the enemies outside the city gates to 0, because that's what they are. (if it were one you'd get 100 exp. for them at lvl 1, which you don't, but I digresss...) As a rule of thumb remember these are the mob levels, so plan that accordingly if looking for a camp. For a full party try and find something maybe 6 or 7 lvls above yours.

What is Piercing damage? Piercing damage is done by Daggers, Polearms, arrows/bolts/bullets, and I believe rapier styled swords. As such this is mainly aimed at aspiring THFs, DRG and RNG. Put all three in a party and you'll rape the mobs below. If you're fighting any of these enemies as another class it might be worth trying to switch your weapons out if your skill doesn't suck for your job/level.

So below is a list of mob levels and locations, I haven't tested all of them, some may be infeasible due to too much aggro/links in the area, or simply not a good enough mob density, if anyone has any specific recommendations or un-recommendations please let us know. I'll try and include some notes on each type, to think about when putting a party together.


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Bat Triplets
Weakness: Wind, Light
Use a Detonation, Transfixion, Fragmentation or Fusion SC.

Attacks:
Jet Stream - critical hit, blink tank could be nice but if shadows aren't up could be raped
Sonic Boom - does attack down, this one sucks, make sure you bring a WHM for Erase
Mystery tour also reports a wind attack and Acc. down attack, but I've not seen those.

1 - 3 Ding Bats Zeruhn Mines
1 - 4 Ding Bats North Gustaberg
1 - 4 Ding Bats South Gustaberg
1 - 5 Battue Bats Horutoto Inner Ruins
1 - 5 Battue Bats Horutoto Outer Ruins
1 - 5 Ding Bats East Ronfaure
1 - 5 Ding Bats West Ronfaure
1 - 5 Spectacled Bats Ghelsba Outpost
2 - 5 Ding Bats King Ranperre's Tomb
3 - 5 Wind Bats Ranguemont Pass
6 - 8 Gale Bats La Theine Plateau
6 - 8 Spectacled Bats Fort Ghelshba
8 - 11 Grotto Bats Yughott Grotto
9 - 11 Plague Bats La Theine Plateau
9 - 11 Wind Bats King Ranperre's Tomb
12 - 15 Bat Battalion Horutoto Inner Ruins
12 - 15 Night Bats Valkurm Dunes
12 - 15 Sand Bats Valkurm Dunes
13 - 16 Night Bats Meriphataud Mountains
13 - 16 Night Bats Pashhow Marshlands
15 - 17 Plague Bats King Ranperre's Tomb
15 - 18 Black Bat Pashhow Marshlands
15 - 18 Stink Bats Horutoto Outer Ruins
15 - 18 Stink Bats Maze of Shakhrami
15 - 18 Stink Bats Ordelle's Caves
15 - 19 Bulldog Bats Carpenter's Landing
18 - 21 Bastion Bats Castle Oztroja
20 - 23 Midnight Wings Rolanberry Fields
20 - 23 Midnight Wings Sauromugue Champaign
20 - 23 Wood Bats Davoi
22 - 26 Seeker Bats Korroloka Tunnel
23 - 26 Seeker Bats Maze of Shakhrami
23 - 26 Seeker Bats Ordelle's Caves
25 - 27 Dark Bats Qufim Island
25 - 27 Mold Bats Delkfutt's Middle Tower
25 - 27 Seeker Bats Delkfutt's Lower Tower
25 - 27 Seeker Bats Qufim Island
25 - 28 Seeker Bats Ranguemont Pass
26 - 27 Black Triple Stars Rolanberry Fields
27 - 29 Tower Bats Delkfutt's Middle Tower
31 - 35 Dark Bats Oldton Movalpolos
36 - 39 Undead Bats Sea Serpent Grotto
38 - 40 Undead Bats Fei'Yin
39 - 42 Lesser Gaylas The Sanctuary of
40 - 42 Lesser Gaylas Behemoth's Dominion
40 - 42 Wingrats Garlaige Citadel
41 Wingrats Lufaise Meadows
41 - 44 Wingrats Misareaux Coast
41 - 46 Canal Bats Phomiuna Aqueducts
45 - 47 Canal Bats Toraimarai Canal
46 - 48 Citadel Bats Garlaige Citadel
46 - 48 Greater Gaylas Sacrarium
46 - 49 Greater Gaylas Gustav Tunnel
50 - 52 Underworld Bats Fei'Yin
51 - 55 Funnel Bats Garlaige Citadel
52 - 55 Funnel Bats Bostanuieux Oubliette
58 - 60 Impish Bats Toraimarai Canal
62 - 64 Incubus Bats Delkfutt's Upper Tower
65 - 68 Succubus Bats Uleguerand Range
65 - 69 Succubus Bats Den of Rancor
66 - 69 Nightmare Bats Sea Serpent Grotto
68 - 72 Nightmare Bats Ifrit's Cauldron
69 - 72 Nightmare Bats Uleguerand Range
72 - 74 Nightmare Bats Newton Movalpolos
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Large Single Bat

Weakness: Wind, Light
Use a Detonation, Transfixion, Fragmentation or Fusion SC.

Attacks:
Blood Drain - drain, no biggie
Ultrasoncis - Evasion down, no biggie again, Erase will remove if you don't like it though
Mystery Tour is reporting DEF down and MP Drain attacks, but I haven't seen those used either.

2 - 4 Mouse Bat Zeruhn Mines
3 - 5 Fledermaus North Gustaberg
3 - 5 Fledermaus South Gustaberg
3 - 6 Cheiroptera Ghelsba Outpost
3 - 6 Mouse Bat East Ronfaure
3 - 6 Mouse Bat King Ranperre's Tomb
3 - 6 Mouse Bat West Ronfaure
4 - 6 Blade Bat Horutoto Inner Ruins
4 - 7 Blade Bat Horutoto Outer Ruins
4 - 7 Blade Bat Ranguemont Pass
8 - 10 Acro Bat La Theine Plateau
8 - 10 Cheiroptera Fort Ghelshba
11 - 13 Grave Bat King Ranperre's Tomb
11 - 14 Poison Bat La Theine Plateau
15 - 18 Black Bat Meriphataud Mountains
15 - 18 Black Bat Pashhow Marshlands
15 - 18 Stealth Bat Yughott Grotto
16 - 20 Specter Bat Carpenter's Landing
17 - 19 Tomb Bat King Ranperre's Tomb
17 - 20 Battle Bat Horutoto Inner Ruins
17 - 20 Hognosed Bat Ordelle's Caves
17 - 20 Star Bat Valkurm Dunes
20 - 22 Giant Bat Valkurm Dunes
20 - 23 Combat Horutoto Outer Ruins
20 - 23 Combat Maze of Shakhrami
23 - 26 Moon Bat Rolanberry Fields
23 - 26 Moon Bat Sauromugue Champaign
25 - 28 Wolf Bat Davoi
26 - 28 Ancient Bat Ordelle's Caves
26 - 28 Ancient Bat The Sanctuary of
26 - 29 Ancient Bat Maze of Shakhrami
27 - 29 Ancient Bat Delkfutt's Lower Tower
27 - 29 Ancient Bat Qufim Island
27 - 29 Glow Bat Qufim Island
27 - 29 Stirge Delkfutt's Middle Tower
27 - 30 Combat Korroloka Tunnel
29 - 31 Big Bat Delkfutt's Middle Tower
29 - 31 Bulwark Bat Castle Oztroja
30 - 33 Stirge Ranguemont Pass
33 - 36 Stirge Oldton Movalpolos
36 - 38 Vampire Bat Phomiuna Aqueducts
40 - 42 Vampire Bat Fei'Yin
40 - 43 Siege Bat Garlaige Citadel
42 - 44 Greater Gayla Behemoth's Dominion
42 - 44 Vampire Bat Lufaise Meadows
42 - 44 Vampire Bat Misareaux Coast
42 - 45 Vampire Bat Sea Serpent Grotto
44 - 46 Hell Bat Phomiuna Aqueducts
44 - 48 Hell Bat Gustav Tunnel
46 - 50 Vampire Bat Pso'Xja
46 - 50 Vampire Bat Pso'Xja - Lv.40 -
46 - 50 Vampire Bat Pso'Xja - Lv.50 -
47 - 49 Hell Bat Toraimarai Canal
51 - 54 Camazotz Fei'Yin
52 - 57 Camazotz Pso'Xja
52 - 57 Camazotz Pso'Xja - Lv.50 -
55 - 59 Werebat Bostanuieux Oubliette
59 - 61 Esbat Uleguerand Range
60 - 63 Dire Bat Den of Rancor
60 - 64 Dire Bat Ifrit's Cauldron
62 - 64 Dire Bat King Ranperre's Tomb
62 - 64 Dire Bat Toraimarai Canal
63 - 65 Dire Bat Newton Movalpolos
63 - 65 Succubus Bats Newton Movalpolos
63 - 66 Dire Bat Sea Serpent Grotto
63 - 68 Dire Bat Pso'Xja
64 - 66 Dire Bat Delkfutt's Upper Tower
64 - 68 Dire Bat Pso'Xja - Lv.60 -
72 - 74 Purgatory Bat Newton Movalpolos
72 - 76 Purgatory Bat Pso'Xja
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Bee

Weakness: Ice
Use Induration or Distortion SC

Attacks:
Final Sting - Ends the battle, potential to do big dmg
Pollen - healing ability, royal PITA

0 Bumblebee East Sarutabaruta
0 Bumblebee West Sarutabaruta
0 Huge Hornet North Gustaberg
0 Huge Hornet South Gustaberg
2 - 5 Giddeus Bee Giddeus
2 - 5 Maneating Hornet North Gustaberg
2 - 6 Maneating Hornet South Gustaberg
5 - 8 Giant Bee East Sarutabaruta
5 - 8 Giant Bee West Sarutabaruta
7 - 10 Huge Wasp Konschtat Highlands
8 - 10 Killer Bee Tahrongi Canyon
8 - 12 Huge Wasp La Theine Plateau
11 - 13 Digger Wasp Giddeus
14 - 17 Digger Wasp Carpenter's Landing
15 - 18 Water Wasp Pashhow Marshlands
20 - 23 Davoi Hornet Davoi
21 - 22 Spider Wasp Carpenter's Landing
22 - 26 Death Wasp Rolanberry Fields
23 - 25 Goblin's Bee Rolanberry Fields
30 - 33 Davoi Wasp Davoi
31 - 34 Miner Bee Lufaise Meadows
31 - 34 Miner Bee Misareaux Coast
33 - 37 Death Jacket Yuhtunga Jungle
37 - 40 Death Jacket Lufaise Meadows
37 - 40 Death Jacket Misareaux Coast
37 - 40 Yhoator Wasp Yhoator Jungle
40 - 42 Death Jacket Crawler's Nest
48 - 50 Soul Stinger Crawler's Nest
52 - 55 Wespe Temple of Uggalepih
55 - 57 Wespe Crawler's Nest
60 - 63 Temple Bee Temple of Uggalepih
61 - 64 Volcano Wasp Ifrit's Cauldron
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Bird

Weakness: Ice
Use Induration or Distortion SC

Attacks:
Wing Cutter - Wind Elemental attack
also has INT, MND down STR, VIT down, and stun attack.

2 - 5 Carrion Crow East Sarutabaruta
2 - 6 Carrion Crow West Sarutabaruta
2 - 6 Vulture North Gustaberg
2 - 6 Vulture South Gustaberg
9 - 13 Akbaba La Theine Plateau
9 - 13 Akbaba Tahrongi Canyon
15 - 18 Jubjub Meriphataud Mountains
15 - 18 Screamer Jugner Forest
20 - 23 Zu Buburimu Peninsula
25 - 28 Ba Batallia Downs
36 - 38 Raven Bibiki Bay
38 - 40 Toucan Bibiki Bay - Purgonorgo Isle
40 - 43 Riverne Vulture Riverne - Site #A01
47 - 51 Diatryma Misareaux Coast
50 - 54 Lesser Roc Riverne - Site #B01
72 - 74 Flamingo Ru'Aun Gardens
76 - 81 Abraxas Lufaise Meadows
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Fly

Weakness: Ice
Use Induration or Distortion SC

Attacks:
venom - just poison
Cursed Sphere - AoE attack, not DRG friendly, make sure you have a curaga ready too.
18 - 21 Crane Fly Meriphataud Mountains
18 - 21 Gadfly Pashhow Marshlands
20 - 23 Damselfly Valkurm Dunes
22 - 26 May Fly Batallia Downs
27 - 30 Sadfly Gusgen Mines
32 - 35 Gallinipper Gusgen Mines
36 - 39 Gallinipper Attohwa Chasm
41 - 44 Ogrefly The Sanctuary of
44 - 47 Ogrefly Attohwa Chasm
44 - 48 Hawker Riverne - Site #A01
45 - 48 Hawker Gustav Tunnel
50 - 53 Horn Fly Crawler's Nest
55 - 58 Dragonfly Crawler's Nest
65 - 67 Monarch Ogrefly Attohwa Chasm
72 - 74 Skimmer Boyahda Tree
75 - 78 Darter Boyahda Tree
76 - 79 Darter Dragon's Aery
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Mandragora

Weakness: Fire, Ice, Wind, Lightning, Dark
Use Liquification, Induration, Detonation, Impactation, Compression or any lvl 2 or 3. Probably best
picking the one which has the nukers best nuke.

Attacks:
Wild Oats - single VIT down
Leaf Dagger - single poison
Scream - AoE MND down
Sleep Flower - really annoying AoE sleep, make sure a curer (or 2) stands away from the AoE to cure everyone
Photosynthesis - HP regen (not a big deal, Dispell/Finale will help though)

0 Tiny Mandragora East Sarutabaruta
0 Tiny Mandragora West Sarutabaruta
3 - 5 Mandragora West Sarutabaruta
3 - 6 Mandragora East Sarutabaruta
7 - 11 Pygmaioi Tahrongi Canyon
15 - 18 Sylvestre Buburimu Peninsula
30 - 33 Yuhtunga Mandragora Yuhtunga Jungle
35 - 37 Yhoator Mandragora Yhoator Jungle
37 - 40 Alraune Bibiki Bay - Purgonorgo Isle
62 - 68 Mourioche Boyahda Tree
72 - 75 Korrigan Boyahda Tree
74 - 77 Puck Den of Rancor

No its based on the type of weapon vs. the type of mob.

Another example is blunt damage which is using clubs, staffs or H2H against bones or pots.

47 - 51 Diatryma (Misareaux Coast)
50 - 54 Lesser Roc (Riverne - Site #B01)
57 - 60 Phorusrhacos (Western Altepa Desert)
72 - 75 Peryton (Valley of Sorrows)
76 - 81 Abraxas (Lufaise Meadows)

These mobs are not bird-type mobs, but are instead the Greater Bird family of mobs. Also weak to piercing, but they have different moves.

I'm sure there's also a type of these in Eastern Altepa Desert, but I don't know the name/level range.

I've always wondered, how exactly do we know which weapon does which type of damage? Is there an easy way to tell?

Thanks! ^^

Actually no.

It's widely accepted within the Monk forum that all H2H are blunt, regardless of what they look like.

odd i only heard piecing is good against crab cuz drg lance piece their shells?? o.O

Funny, because the monk forum is where I found that info... I hang out more there than here. People doing Royal Jelly with them and said they actually hit well, which blunt weapons just don't do. It is my perception that the opposite of what you said was "widely accepted" among monks. Guess I'll take another look.

Yea, there IS a greater bird type monster in Altepa...Diatryma, don't know the level ranges or anything, but I had gone to help a friend get her Tele-Altep crystal and as we were leaving, we saw it running around..She got up close and investigated using sneak/invis, but I was like, 'C'mon, let's get the hell outta here <.<' Looked too much like a certain HNM I've seen screenshots of...

Hand to Hand is not Blunt Damage, actually. It's something called Impact Damage which is essentially a more extreme version of blunt damage. Thats why even blunt damage weapons pale in comparison to a MNK on bones.

Er, who says it's called Impact Damage? The first language of the SE game designers is Japanese, so I highly doubt they call it impact damage. Unless you can find an official SE publication in both English and Japanese that refers to it as impact damage, there's no use coming here and acting like you work at SE, making up terms to give you a sense of false credibility.

I REALLY hope you didn't base that statement simply on the fact that you do a lot of damage to crawlers...because EVERYONE does a lot of damage to crawlers.

I'm pretty sure that the reason H2H does more damage than clubs, on skeletons, is not that it's a different type. It's that the only job with good club skill, or good clubs for that matter, is WHM. If a WHM were to cap his club skill, have a WAR sub, and load up on DD gear, he'd probably do similar damage. Then again who'd invite a WHM/WAR.

The next highest skill in clubs was what? a C on PLD and a D on THF DRK BST and WAR? (BST and THF might be E ranked even. WAR might be C, but you get my point.)

I would assume the same with staves, simply because staves are weaker weapons than H2H. (the whole "damage from H2H= H2H skill/ x amount" thing.) That and i'm sure the only nonmage with respectable staff skill was a B+ or A- on PLD and DRG. And how many of them are going to have it capped?

Edit: What in the hell is a "respectangle"

EDIT Again: Oh yeah MNK has pretty good staff skill too, but why in the hell would they use that over H2H, when it means loosing kick attacks and the all mighty WS's.

Edited, Tue Oct 25 17:59:57 2005 by louispv

Edited, Tue Oct 25 18:00:05 2005 by louispv

I never heard that, I heard beetles were though.