After getting mad after some stole this mob after I had killed it half way. I have never seen a mob drop red while you are fighting it.<self edited rant>..
here is the sequence of spawn over 12.5 minutes
Bronze Quadav
Silver Quadav
Garnet Quadav
Zircon Quadav/Zo'Khu Blackcloud
Zo'Khu Blackcloud spawns every 4 to 8 cycles.
UPDATE
ok there isn't a sequence. just each mobs spawns 12.5 minutes after killed. so 12.5 mins after Zircon quadav is killed Zircon Quadav/Zo'Khu Blackcloud will spawn. every 4-8 cycles
Edited, Fri Jun 18 18:24:05 2004
Vana'diel Bestiary: Zo'Khu Blackcloud
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Ok luigi, i wont take him, if you dont steal my Evileye, deal ;)
Deitrich - Midgardsormr
Deitrich - Midgardsormr
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19 posts
^.~* I'll be on all weekend... I'll see you in Beadeaux!!
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I have fought ol' Zo'Khu a total of 11 times, and each time I've gotten the Marine Hat... (3.5k*11hats=38.5k gil) but I will not be discouraged!!
I've camped this NM on 3 separate nights, keeping track of the times that he spawns and such. He will pop one to two hours after the previous pop. i.e. if he spawns at 4:00pm, then the next time he will spawn is somewhere between 5:00pm and 6:00pm. So after you kill him, you have an hour before he'll respawn (which you can use to go back to Jeuno and sell junk, or to camp the WHM nm, Ge'Dha, right next to him)
His place holders are Zircon Quadavs (BLM Quadavs), and there is only one in the area for it to spawn. They respawn about 5hours and a few minutes after the last one is killed (Vana'diel time), so I use this time to kill off the other Quadavs in the spawn area (Bronze, Silver, and Garnet). There are only one of each in that area, so if you keep the cycle going every 5 Vana'diel hours, then you should be able to prevent some links during the Zo'Khu fight.
What I have noticed though, that on occasion he will completely skip a spawn time... for instance last night I killed him at 4:25pm, and he didn't respawn until 7:45pm... as if he skipped a spawn time. I had a tight-watch on the area, so I know that nobody else killed him, but it's just something that happens sometimes (the first two nights I've camped there, I gave up after he didn't spawn for two hours (I should've waited that next hour!)). So just be patient. The most number of times I've killed him on a regular spawn schedule is 5 times... and then the 6th time got skipped. >.<
The spawn area is a bit wider than is shown on the map. It reaches as far east as the third barrier to the east of the house-type-thing, and as far north as those couple of rocks north of the house. There is another set of Quadav's to the east of the barriers, and north of the rocks, but they will not come over into the spawn area, unless they link to another Quad you're fighting near by, so don't bother killing those Zircons. The spawn area is above ground, and not in the little room below ground, so don't worry about that Zircon down there.
When you're actually fighting Zo'Khu, he likes to cast spells a bunch, and he'll use Manafont when he's at about half life. The Manafont visual event will look like a big whirlwind which goes out pretty far from his feet (you'll hear it too). What I usually do to prevent his big spell onslaught is just putting him to sleep (so I don't use debuff's like Bio, Poison, and Shock on him before he does this, all which would prevent him from being able to sleep). Sleep II works fine, I'm sure an Elemental Seal > Sleep would work cool too. I'm not too sure how well Silence works on him (as I fight as BLM/THF) so maybe an ElemSeal > Silence would work, but I wouldn't know.
One last note... if you are on Midgardsormr server, and you see a Tarutaru named Waluigi sitting around the area... please don't camp Zo'Khu, because I was so kind to tell everybody everything I know about this guy... and I need that shield... Thanks! ^.~*
[Update: I killed him a total of 17 times, and I finally got the Faerie Shield. I started keeping track of weather, and he spawned regardless of the weather (rain, clear, lightning). I was pt'ed with a 60DRG/30SAM (where I was 57BLM/20THF) and the 3rd Zo'Khu we fought together dropped the shield. I don't know if our teamwork had anything to do with it, but it was cool nonetheless. Happy hunting!]
Edited, Sat Apr 17 15:53:21 2004
I've camped this NM on 3 separate nights, keeping track of the times that he spawns and such. He will pop one to two hours after the previous pop. i.e. if he spawns at 4:00pm, then the next time he will spawn is somewhere between 5:00pm and 6:00pm. So after you kill him, you have an hour before he'll respawn (which you can use to go back to Jeuno and sell junk, or to camp the WHM nm, Ge'Dha, right next to him)
His place holders are Zircon Quadavs (BLM Quadavs), and there is only one in the area for it to spawn. They respawn about 5hours and a few minutes after the last one is killed (Vana'diel time), so I use this time to kill off the other Quadavs in the spawn area (Bronze, Silver, and Garnet). There are only one of each in that area, so if you keep the cycle going every 5 Vana'diel hours, then you should be able to prevent some links during the Zo'Khu fight.
What I have noticed though, that on occasion he will completely skip a spawn time... for instance last night I killed him at 4:25pm, and he didn't respawn until 7:45pm... as if he skipped a spawn time. I had a tight-watch on the area, so I know that nobody else killed him, but it's just something that happens sometimes (the first two nights I've camped there, I gave up after he didn't spawn for two hours (I should've waited that next hour!)). So just be patient. The most number of times I've killed him on a regular spawn schedule is 5 times... and then the 6th time got skipped. >.<
The spawn area is a bit wider than is shown on the map. It reaches as far east as the third barrier to the east of the house-type-thing, and as far north as those couple of rocks north of the house. There is another set of Quadav's to the east of the barriers, and north of the rocks, but they will not come over into the spawn area, unless they link to another Quad you're fighting near by, so don't bother killing those Zircons. The spawn area is above ground, and not in the little room below ground, so don't worry about that Zircon down there.
When you're actually fighting Zo'Khu, he likes to cast spells a bunch, and he'll use Manafont when he's at about half life. The Manafont visual event will look like a big whirlwind which goes out pretty far from his feet (you'll hear it too). What I usually do to prevent his big spell onslaught is just putting him to sleep (so I don't use debuff's like Bio, Poison, and Shock on him before he does this, all which would prevent him from being able to sleep). Sleep II works fine, I'm sure an Elemental Seal > Sleep would work cool too. I'm not too sure how well Silence works on him (as I fight as BLM/THF) so maybe an ElemSeal > Silence would work, but I wouldn't know.
One last note... if you are on Midgardsormr server, and you see a Tarutaru named Waluigi sitting around the area... please don't camp Zo'Khu, because I was so kind to tell everybody everything I know about this guy... and I need that shield... Thanks! ^.~*
[Update: I killed him a total of 17 times, and I finally got the Faerie Shield. I started keeping track of weather, and he spawned regardless of the weather (rain, clear, lightning). I was pt'ed with a 60DRG/30SAM (where I was 57BLM/20THF) and the 3rd Zo'Khu we fought together dropped the shield. I don't know if our teamwork had anything to do with it, but it was cool nonetheless. Happy hunting!]
Edited, Sat Apr 17 15:53:21 2004
Anonymous
noone will tell you how to spawn him cuz they're all greedy foos, well i'll tell u guys how. yuou simply kill zircon quadavs. take that u greedy foos
Anonymous
This guy definitly sucks i killed him three times a total of 6 hours and only marine hats! Is there any trick to getting this shield please help!
Edited, Sun Feb 22 18:10:47 2004
Okay, I've gotten about 5 Marine Hat's now.
No Shield.
How often does the shield drop????
-p
No Shield.
How often does the shield drop????
-p
#Anonymous,
Posted: Feb 11 2004 at 9:50 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) This mob nukes sooooo much, if u do go there bring a potion of silence along, ive killed him 3 times with th2 and still no drop :X
That is because part way through fighting him, he will use Manafont.
Why would we want to silence ourselves? Surely a better course of action would be to silence the monster :P
Anonymous
how often does this guy spawn!!? and is it triggerd by anything??
Soloed it easily today twice at level 56. He dropped the Marine Hat both times :\
how can you get up to the top part where he spawns...im stuck at the bottom
Anonymous
Has anyone fought this mob? At what level and how many in party. What do you think minimum level to fight solo is as Black Mage?
17 posts
I would assume, since its a level 36-38 Mob, you can solo it SAFELY as a BLM around level 52-55 ish. I havent tried it, but usually thats the case.
Hope that helps.
Hope that helps.
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