Vana'diel Bestiary: Ga'Bhu Unvanquished  

lol i just killed him right now and got the drop lvl 61 thf/30 nin =p

his chain spell is kinda tough though

My friend had been borrowing my Walk mask for an age so i decided to rope him into helping us with this guy.

Was only going to hang around the spawn for about an hour, but he popped after about 30 minutes of just wiping out all of the Quadav on that shelf there. I'm aware that they're not all placeholders, but we needed something to do.

Got him with no competition around, and luckyily for me it dropped first time :)

i rate that as incredibly lucky given the drop rates i've been reading.

My friend is 67 PLD and i'm 60 DRG/23Thf(i'm working on it). but i think i could've duoed him pretty easily with my NPC and, if sh!t hit the fan, Spirit Surge was always an option.

I did 'waste' a TP wing too on him, even though we were in no danger of loosing, but it resulted in a nice 320 self skillchain. My one and only so far :) All and all a nice little outting.

I got him twice, 0/2 [Edit:(0/4)][Re-edit:{0/5}][Re-Re-edit:<0/7>][Re-Re-Re-Edit:[1/8]] valkyrie's mask, 2/2 [Edit:(4/4)][Re-edit:{5/5}][Re-Re-edit:<7/7>][Re-Re-Re-Edit:[7/8]] Duel rapier -.-
he spawned way out of that circle on the peninsula the first time, the 2nd was in the corner on the top right, third in the top left corner happy hunting
I also noticed (may just be random), but when i killed the PH on the top, he spawned right after, just thought maybe it would be something

{Re-edit: THIS NM SUX ASS}
<Re-Re-edit: THIS NM STILL SUX ASS>
[Re-Re-Re-edit: Finally...]

Edited, Sep 17th 2007 10:47am by ErikTheCleric

Just killed him, only drop was Dual Rapier. Was killing all quadav in the area as NIN64/WAR32. He popped at (K-6) near a large rock with trees around it Here is a screenshot of it: {http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/42/img0002wg4.th.png}
Which is not show on the map above, but he did pop here and almost killed me because I linked 3 mobs ~_~

Does anyone have a better idea on his spawn rate? I just killed him the first time 65NIN/32RDM and he bairly touched me. 1/1 on the mask! and its about 1.8M on garuda atm

Edited, Sun May 14 17:02:16 2006

I was getting a Red Mage testimonial one day when I saw this guy. I was in an NA party of four, and we teamed up with a JP party of 3 also in Beaudeux. The JP party leader was also the leader of the alliance.

So we were coming out and I was the first person to spot this guy. So I run over to him and I didn't recognize the name so I asked my LS what level he was and what he dropped. I guess everyone was sleeping cause no one said anything. So the JP WHM comes over and casts Silence on it and waits for the JP THF75 to come over and take it on with her, I'm guessing, for TH2. So I see the JP WHM start taking hits so I buff up and start it, seeing he couldn't have been too high of level. I kill it after awhile and see I got a Valkerie's Mask drop. I was excited then, I didn't know he dropped that, so I immediately lotted on it. Well, it took me a little while after the incident to realize this, but apparently the Silence that the JP WHM cast on the guy was a psuedo-claim. Well, the THF comes over a minute after I killed the NM and puts Quartermaster on him, so he gets the drop. So I start yelling at him. It was totally not fair. I didn't know what the NM was so I didn't cast on it, but I was still there first. The JP THF then reacts to my yelling by training a crapload of higher tier Quadav to me. It didn't kill me, I escaped, but this was definitely not a very good experience for me. I'm not the richest person in the world, so that 700k would have helped me quite a bit, while that THF probably had 100k stuffed in his mog couch.

Camped him for about an hour and a half alone the whole time as a DRK68/WAR34, moon was at 5% new moon. Got the mask first try and used blind bolts so he only hit me once or twice. i would say if you have blind and bloody bolts use them cause when he uses Chainspell it don't feel to good XD but seeing as how guillotine silences he only got a couple spells off =P

Edited, Mon Mar 20 11:05:09 2006

[Black]i am 2/4 on this NM 0.o i got the first kill and 4th kill, my freind and i were very happy since we both got the masks we wanted ^^ w00t

I took Brim's advice below, although I still need to test this theory more, looks as though this hold true.
Kill the Emerald that runs down the lower level. Ga'bhu should spawn next.

0/9 on drop but I'm using my time farming coins, leveling NPC(31-39 from this zone) and getting skill ups on Markmenship.

nah sneakk is still origional player and is a very cool person so screw u

Just killed him as BRD60/WHM30.
I claimed him with Carnage Elegy and hit him with Spirits Within for 470 DMG. He was really easy and could barely even hit me, i guess it was the 183 +16 Evasion.
When he was halfway dead he used Chainspell. Spammed Fire on me for some reason.. RDM dont have the highest INT i guess, Fire did 6-10 DMG each hit ; ;.
Anyways i got a pretty new Duel Rapier....

Oh yeah and i camped for about an hour.. some people were mad at me for getting the claim.. said they had been there for 3+ hours killing Emerald Quadavs.

has anyone gotten the Valk mask to drop off this guy? no one has even mentioned getting the drop on this thread, maybe it doesn't really drop it and could be a misprint.

It spawned within 30 mins of camping with no other people camping him. Fought him as a Lv62 war/nin with about 95% life. I had to rampage him 3 times to kill him and his chainspell knocked me to about a 400 hp. When he started poking me for about 60 dmg each hit. Killed him with last rampage and only got a crummy rapier.

just walking to 4-doors area to help with af key, he was standing there uncamped. i stuck an acid bolt in his head, and wailed on him (im a 61thf/30nin) he didnt even hit me until he 2-houred, and continued to hit me with chainspell/fire for 6 dmg....one bloody bolt, i was at full health, one dancing edge, he was dead.
only dropped a deul rapier.
boo.
:drop:

been camping this guy 25+ hours now i'm 0/6, so annoying, they definetly changed his spawn area, it's huge now, drop rate sucks, I'd say his spawn rate is like 2-5 hours, i've seen him take about 5 hours to spawn sometimes.

Edited, Tue May 31 07:52:34 2005

During the update congestion I was the only person in Beadeaux for close to 4 hours. I ended up leaving with a V Mask, Holy Phial, 2 Dodge Earrings, 1 Dual Rapier, 1 Marine Hat, a Power Crossbow and a bunch of other crap. Pretty good, close to 700k in items.

Oh, and the Dual Rapier is NOT a 100% drop. I killed Unvanquished 2 times in I'd guess 3 hours, and once I got just a V Mask, the next time I got just a Dual Rapier.

Soloed him twice so far at 58bst. I send a pet/mob at him then heel once it gets some hate to train him to a safe spot (where the slimes are) then release pet(like carby pulling) and call a jug pet(I use funguars). Jug pet solos him with no problem but 0/2 so far ; ;.

Edited, Sun Apr 17 23:09:51 2005

has maybe 3500 hp. I had to 2hr to finish him off. Uses chainspell, and it's kind of a pain.

dropped dual rapier for me ; ;

Edited, Fri Apr 15 23:44:25 2005

Me a 50 rdm/blm and two LS friends 43drk/war and 50mnk/war camped this NM for a few hours. We managed to get the claim despite competition.

It started to rain during the battle. Somehow a broo agro'd and a Water Elemental agro'd from the magic. Two high levels, a DRK and a THF killed the broo but watched as we nearly killed the NM but the elemental (DC at 50) ended up taking all my MP for cures and killing us all.

Then the THF claims the NM and finishes it off. I think the THF (name: Sneakk) is a JP player, but has enough english knowledge to understand the pleas for help with the elemental that they could have easily dispatched. Not to mention this same THF earlier asked me for cures and I helped out.

Thnx for nothing Sneakk. If you're on fairy don't expect help from that mithra.

edit for better structure

Edited, Sun Apr 3 03:19:22 2005

I normally look on this website for the majority of my research when it comes to info on quest and NMs, I have to say I am sorely disappointed in the infromation given by posters :(.

Here's my story: My Dragoon LS member says to me "It would be awesome if I could get a Walkure Mask". "Walkure's Mask eh?" I say "That's a BCNM drop, good luck with that... But hey! I got an idea, lets go camp Ol' Ga'Bhu Unvanquished and get a Valkyrie's Mask(@400k on Cerberus) and sell it, then with the funds we can buy you a Walkure Mask(@300k on Cerberus) So you can have your mask, and we get a profit in the meantime!". Sounds all good, I come on here to find that he is a "2-4 hour pop" based on the information I gather, and that he has two place holders that pop on the east and west of the circle where he "does not pop in, but close to" Oh well, we figure we'd camp his for 2-4 hours and see if we cant get lucky.

We head to Beadeaux. Getting to the area shown clearly marked in the map above, to find a lvl 75MNK/THF standing near the wall at J5. Like most NM campers I've seen, he stands still and never moves to the left or to the right. I myself like to remain mobile. We start killing the placeholders, wondering why the MNK himself isnt killing them, after about 2 or 3 times of this we notice that the only time he even moves is when an Iron Quadav pops Infront of him, he runs over and kills it, runs back to his spot and waits another 15 min to repeat, we find this odd, as we read only Emerald Quadav's are the placeholders.. Oh well! We continue to kill placeholders for about an hour, our LS members decide to show up and help us out so we add a lvl 56 RDM and 56 DRK to the fray, I myself was a lvl 70 RDM and the DRG 55. We kill the place holders one last time, My DRG friend decides he will kill the Broo that wonders around in the area, I was resting for MP along with the other RDM, when I noticed that the DRK's health was decreasing, I walked over to see what had agroed him only to find that the Iron Quadav the MNK had been killing every pop had Agroed him, and to my suprise I see Ga'Bhu right behind him, but not for long as the name flashes purple and I give a /wave "Did you get him" They asked "No, you guys were too busy messing around." Oh well, maybe next time. To my surpise, looking at the map, he spawned right inside the circled area which "he does not spawn in, but near". I decide to log for about and hour because he's a "2-4 hour" pop, and me and the DRG meet back for another try, we do the same as before, the MNK had left and didnt seem to come back, after exclaiming before he ran off "I got a dual rapier". So we had the whole place to ourselves, we killed everything in sight and waited, after killing the Broo for fun we were making our way back over to the west side to check for Emerald spawns, to our surprise there was Ga'Bhu standing there, unclaimed he had once again spawned inside the "circle he does not spawn in, but near" 2 hr's from when he died, on the dot. I was ready for a hard battle, I had already prebuffed, and pulled him to us with a Silence, which did stick. What a pushover! I dont know how a lvl 75 could be getting whooped by such a wimpy NM. We continued to kill him finishing him off with a Penta Thrust for 504 damage, when the screen flashed: You find a Valkyrie's Mask on Ga'Bhu Unvanquished. Hurrah! I cast lots and obtain the mask, using the funds to buy my LS member the coveted Walkure Mask, I was talking to my dad about our luck when he decides he needs one for himself(yes, my dad does play FFXI) so off we go back to Beadeaux, we arrive at the spawn point(yes, inside the circle) not 2, but 1 hour to the T later, and guess who we see? Ga'Bhu standing there, but alas he was already claimed, we thought something was going on when we didnt see any Emeralds in the area, Poo. We decided we could camp him one more time, and so we started to clear links again, My dad being a 75WHM/THF(for TH) 2 hours later to the T, we see a NIN in the area, near the east side, my dad decides he will camp near him so he walks towards the NIN when low and behold who should pop inside the circle he doesnt spawn in but near? Ga'Bhu, my dad Flashes him and gets the claim before the NIN can bat an eye. We kill him quickly, my dad using Club and Hexa Strike. But alas, the victory was bitter sweet, A daul rapier dropped and that was that, maybe tomorrow.

So in that fact I submit to you that A) He does pop IN and around the area marked clearly on the map. B) He is not a hard kill and C) His spawn is more like 1-3 HR's not 2-4.

Some food for thought however, I believe the spawntime can be quickened if you kill not just the two Emerald Quadavs, but all the Quadav in the Area, Meaning all the Spinal, Iron, Emerald and Elders, There is about 4 Emerald's in the near area, we made it a habit to keep them clear(me and the DRG) this practice was voided when it was me and my dad however, and the pop was 2hrs instead of 1hr. I also noticed that the sun in the area became very bright before he popped, these are just observations though, not that they influence anything.

Edited, Thu Mar 24 05:03:33 2005

i've killed this guy 6 times, gotten a rapier everytime, and 0 valk masks ; ;

This guy is driving me crazy. I wish I would have never sold my valk mask when i first quit the game.

his spawn isnt 1hour too 1 1/2 it's longer. 2-4 hours is what i'v noticed. And also, were it's circled on the map were he spawns... i'v never seen him spawn there. heh, close, but never there. think the sword is 100% drop aswell, tobad it only goes for 6-7k.

Edited, Tue Feb 22 20:55:16 2005

Ok. first things first. His spawn area has been changed, but only slightly. He still only spawns in J6-J7 but it can be ANYWHERE in that area (dont use the little circle on the map as a guide)

His place-holders are 2 Emerald Quadavs(RDM). One spawns at the west side of J6-J7 and the other at the east (sometimes just outside the boundries of J6-J7). Additionally within this area will spwawn 3 sets of monsters, made up of an Iron(PLD), Elder(WAR) and Spinel(Blm) in each set. If you do want to clear the area try and kill the monsters as soon as they spawn. The Emerald and Iron Quadavs have the habbit of going around and casting protect3 and shell and themselves and their fellow davs.

I have not timed it exactely but he seems to spawn within about 1 - 1.5 hrs if the placeholders are always killed.

What level is he? I'd tend to agree with him being lvl 48. He's essentially not that different from the lvl48 emeralds except for having heaps more hp and attack strength. Haste (lvl 48 for rdm) is the highest spell I have seen him cast.

As to the question "Can I take him at my level?", I can only relay my own experiences as a 61 rdm/whm. First thing. I can sometimes be the only one camping him, this means that I am never able to completely clear the area all the time and the possability of links exists (everything is boderline ep-tw to me). I try to avoid links as much as possible but if need be I have the mp to fight him and keep a couple of links asleep at the same time.

My agility is 48+14 and i have close to capped Eva. These helps alot plus blind helps him to miss even more. A combination of Protect3 + Phalanx + Bio2 means that he hits me for 10-30 with crits at 70-80. My own attack power is pretty weak and i dont cast dmg spells on him either so its generally a kinda slow fight. I just make sure that bio2, silence and blind are always on him and phalax in always on me and he's and easy kill. As a rdm/whm I have divine-seal + cure 4 for a good 700+ hp restore if he manages a few too many crits and convert if i'm really unlucky with add-ons.

I summary. I'd say that most lvl 60 jobs should take him alone with the right spells or medcines, however being able too keep him silenced in very usefull. if you get add-ons then the fight becomes significantly harder and unless you have the ability to sleeps the links or the def/hp to take their hits you might not make it.

On a final note, 2 having 2 ppl will greatly increase your chances of beating any competition as you can each cover one of the emerald's spwans points and hopefully snag Ga'Bhu when he pops. Pretty much evertime i have been beaten is when i'm killing the emerald on one side and he pops on the other while i'm busy. Oh, and Broo's agro to resting.

My record: 0/3 (3 duel rapiers to show for my effort)

Edited, Tue Jan 18 21:51:17 2005

EDIT : this was a mistake post, i didnt clikc the button but once, sorry for the inconveince

Edited, Wed Jan 5 15:13:35 2005