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The Prankster  

Realm:Aht Urhgan
Start Area: Aht Urhgan Whitegate
Start NPC:Ahaadah (G - 6)
Type:Map
Related Areas:Bhaflau Thickets
Min Level:1
Max Level:75
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Items Granted:Map of Caedarva Mire
Last Updated: Thu Aug 20 00:58:37 2009

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Summary

Alcander and Ahaadah want you to help Tinga-Matonga become a respectable citizen.

Walkthrough

Recommended level and party: 6 level 60+ or 3 level 75.

Talk to Ahaadah at the Philosopher's Alley in Aht Urhgan Whitegate to begin this quest.

After this go to (I-11) in Port Al Zahbi (Southern Port). Under the half shack roof you will get another cutscene.

A third cutscene is right on the path above the shack, at (I-12) at the end of the path.

After this, you are sent to find Alcander in Bhaflau Thickets. He is found at (I-8) by clicking on the ???. After another cutscene, a NM Plague Chigoe pops. It's a MNK type mob and hits hard and fast. Kill the NM and check the ??? again.

Return to Ahaadah back in town to receive your reward.


To read the transcripts for this quest, see the The Prankster Spoilers page.

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# May 27 2009 at 1:55 PM Rating: Decent
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First off u don't go to I-11 in Al Zahbi. It's I-11 then I-23 in Aht Urhgan Whitegate. Please correct this.

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Solo-ed as 75 BLM/RDM
# Apr 01 2008 at 6:57 PM Rating: Decent
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I soloed this with blm/rdm. I had full buffs in but it did not matter TOO much.

The mob does NOT aggr on the spot after clicking the "???". you have some time to maximize distance and cast gravity. I had to sleep II (without ES) and rest for 200 mp or so. The last nuke Aero IV resisted, and my mp went down to 15, while the mob's hp went down to 1%. I tried to cast Drain (at 21 mp after a few ticks of refresh from black cloak), but he HITS me and DRAINED ALL my mana. Good thing gravity was still there, i kited it a lil and used Hi-Ether. Of course I could've just 2-h and killed it easily though.

all in all easy fight, sleepable mob, just DON"T LET IT HIT YOU because OOM'd BLM = dead BLM.
solo 75pld/rdm
# Mar 12 2008 at 2:01 PM Rating: Decent
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75 ELV PLD/RDM SOLO

just finished off this lil punk. his hundred fists or w/e you wanna call is pretty crazy since it has drain mp. i thought it was gonna be a problem since it was sucking my mp even with stoneskin but this is where blaze spikes comes in handy. stoneskin + phalanx + sentinel will make you invincible for a good while as the flee will basically kill it self with blaze spikes which did 9 dmg per hit. i was drained of all my mp before i was taking dmg so no cures. it was at 50% when it started going off on me with pokes for 6-7 dmg with a once in a while 13-24 smack. i was able to do 3 vorpal blades 2 for 400+ & 1 for 600+. i had 200 hp or so at the end of the fight. no 2 hr used but i did have a tasty taz taco. no super badass uber gear either and no merits only on lvl 1 chivalry. just the common adaman gear from head to legs and the gallent leggings on feet. i do have a jelly ring thanks to my LS but i dont wanna do the math to see how much that helped.

all in all it was a pretty fast fight. no skill required just defense gear and rdm buffs. blaze spikes will do the rest. if i had to do something different it would have been to equip my shield torque instead of the parade gorget and use the sanction regen. i know this could have been an less dramatic fight had i made those choices. oh and my enhancing is only at 100

well i hope this helps those pld/rdms out there who are too lazy to lvl nin.
stupid shadows wouldnt help in this fight anway.


rdm/blm? rdm/nin? lol
# Feb 19 2008 at 3:09 PM Rating: Good
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For all of you non-rdms out there, this can be soloed easily by any mnk/war.

Just put one at least one piece of relic (preferably feet), eat carbonara, pop CS focus dodge and berserk b4 the cutscene, and I guarantee you'll kill it faster than any rdm (or any other job) can dream of! the only thing you need to do is be quick on targeting/engaging the mob (If your on PC spam F8).

All in all I countered 25 hits, evaded 2, got hit 13 times (One of which was a crit), and hit him 9 times (didnt even have enough time to WS)

Ended the fight with about 600 hp and I'm a hume <.<

Trust me, this will be the most fun 30 seconds of your life! and you'll have a map of Caedarva mire afterwards :D

Oh, and to the poster that made reference to his attacks being more like a KC, over 100 fists, I agree, as the last attack I landed on him was a counter, and it hit for 0 dmg. I may be being hasty in my deliberation but if the mob is already dead but they still attack how can you hit them for any damage? that's probably why it hit for 0 (And it was the only attack for 0 dmg)

EDIT: /PLD would probably work as well, idk (Sentinel + counterstance)

Also, at the time i had 3/4 evasion merits, and capped h2h... no counter merits or +counter gear

Edited, Feb 20th 2008 9:16pm by kairyu
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# Jun 17 2007 at 9:12 PM Rating: Decent
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I solo'd this on SMN, Garuda owned it with 4 Pred. Claws (one missed >.>). But easy fight overall, just keep stoneskin up, and make sure that your avatar has all the hate :)
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# Jun 05 2007 at 8:49 AM Rating: Decent
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WOW! ...that's all I can start out with!

That lil MOFO is really fast and hard along with absorbing your life!

I'm a PLD74 I knew I couldn't solo the "Plague Chigoe", so I found a thf & rdm to make life alot more sweeter.

While the rdm cast its spells and the thf plummeled the thing I tanked( as always, it's my job).

I didnt bother healing myself cus it was done for me but I don't think one was gravity or any other was cast durning the ordeal, I just "Swift Blade" or gave it a good "Vorpal Blade" every 10 sec,lol.

I wish I had its accuracy and speed like that.

Damn sure glad I got it over with before server maint. It was a fun and interesting morning in (I-8) Bhaflau Thickets today. By the way..., Got my map on the spot,lol!
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# Apr 29 2007 at 6:58 AM Rating: Decent
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Last night I soloed this as a 68 Red Mage/Black Mage, sleep bind gravity and nuke, wash rinse repeat, worked like a charm- no resists, and I'm elvaan -.^ Best to have Stoneskin up when popping.
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# Apr 02 2007 at 5:48 PM Rating: Decent
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I brought a mnk friend with me, but he was slow coming out of the cs so i had to deal with this little fireball alone for a bit. Phalanx+stoneskin+blaze spikes were rocking this world. All told the thing had to have hit me for an insane amount of times and my own stoneskin never wore. Mnk finally clued in and decided to hundred fists it back. The mnk would have died if he'd been solo, but i'm fairly certain pld/rdm could handle this. I was wearing koenig shield, joyeuse, bibiki sea shell, valor coronet, parade gorget (didn't do me much good, the chigoe was absorbing all my mp plus i got plagued) knight's earring, buckler earring, haubergeon, valor gauntlets, hercules' ring, sattva ring, gigant mantle, life belt, adaman cuisses and gallant leggings. So nothing spectacular, what's doing the most dmg isn't your sword/enspell, it's the blaze spikes. This little spit-fire hit me 10 times before I hit him once. Happy hunting.
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# Mar 13 2007 at 4:18 PM Rating: Decent
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I did this with RDM/WAR for Vorpal Blade I was teamed up with another RDM75 I tanked it as taru did Ice Spikes Phalanx Stoneskin and Stoneskin wore quickly but depends but the other RDM had to cure me a little bit hope this gives you some idea what you up against over all this NM is one of the easiest fights took it down in about 1 min
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# Feb 01 2007 at 9:34 AM Rating: Decent
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You don't need to return to Ahaadah back in Whitegate for the map, you'll get it after the cut scene when you examine the ???. Also, there is no pause after the cut scene like the guide says, as soon as you first examine the ??? the NM will spawn.

SAM70 PLD71 WHM75 BLM75 absolutely owned this.
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# Jan 12 2007 at 2:18 AM Rating: Decent
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OMG!! Just soloed this as a rdm...shut up already! Who cares that rdm/nin can solo this nm? I mean come on there are like 10 posts in a row where people are trying to brag about soloing this nm as a rdm/nin or rdm/blm. No one needs to know about a rdm soloing this after the first or second post. We can all see after the first post or two that a rdm can solo this nm, what we don't know is how low of a level can you be to solo it?? Big deal,you can solo a nm as 75rdm. Try a different job then post some useful information. Sorry though,just seemed to be a little ridiculous to have so many rdm's posting about soloing the same nm. O_O p

Edited, Jan 12th 2007 10:18am by OneidaNative
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# Jan 04 2007 at 11:36 PM Rating: Decent
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Was bored with nothing to do so i decided to try... did the sleep/bind nuke thing worked fine make sure his gravity as well it helps alot.
I was RDM/BLM I almost died cuz i had no real stradegy just went and do it took me about 10 mins.
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# Jan 04 2007 at 7:28 AM Rating: Decent
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Hello peeps!

I thought I would wave my hand here as I handled this quest and notorious monster faily well. I recorded is on video as seen on google videos and/or my website.

http://mithratales.blogspot.com/2007/01/almighty.html

I was quite proud of that. Good luck to others!
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solo'd this as RDM/NIN in about 2 minutes, Phalanx, Stoneskin and Utsusemi is your friend here
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# Oct 27 2006 at 2:39 AM Rating: Decent
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Just soloed this NM as a 75RDM/37BLM. Surprisingly easy fight, took under 10 minutes. Make sure you buff up before fight... if you can't land Bind OR Gravity OR Sleep as soon as it spawns, you're dead. If you do land one of these, you're golden. Just keep up Bind and Gravity while you nuke it to pieces. When you run out of MP, Elemental Seal/Sleep II it, Convert, Cure IV, and finish it off using nukes.
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# Dec 12 2006 at 5:16 AM Rating: Decent
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ya I just solo'd this as a 72RDM/BLM. Thanks for the tips, this was a super easy fight. Elemental magic uncapped at 212 plus AF hat and ice staff, and my fire 3 didn't get resisted, took off 9% per hit. enfeebling torque and even switched out my AF body for errant, had no trouble landing any enfeebles at all. it drained about 7 MP/hit from me, not horrible but if it hits it hits a lot, so it adds up. Without Phalanx it also hit me for about 50 each time when it took down my stoneskin.
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# Sep 20 2006 at 11:30 AM Rating: Decent
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There went my double post virginity >.>

Edited, Sep 20th 2006 at 3:31pm EDT by Ranzera
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# Sep 20 2006 at 11:26 AM Rating: Decent
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Actually I don't think it has 100 fists. I noticed that when I went to sleep it a few times it hit me an additional 3-5 times after it's asleep. This sounds like something else I'm familiar with. You get the same effect from a Kraken club when you get slept, you'll take the remainder number of swings from your attack round even if you're sleeping. My guess is this bug just has a lot of hits per attack round rather than 100 fists.

This is useful because Slow and Elegy will still affect it's attack speed and Paralyzing it should stop entire attack rounds. Hope this helps someone.
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# Aug 22 2006 at 12:37 AM Rating: Decent
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# Aug 03 2006 at 11:33 AM Rating: Decent
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duod it, my g/f was RDM/BLM, she slept it and grav. i was BLM/WHM (thought i might need reraise, wooo was i wrong). Thunder IV>>Blizzard IV>> and cause i had the MP and it was getting its ass wooped i did Burst II. might have had another nuke in there somewhere. rly ez fight if u just sleep nuke it. and 20-30 mins rdm solo fight? orz no thanks, just bring a BLM u silly RDM.
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# Jul 12 2006 at 5:03 AM Rating: Decent
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I watched plauge chigoe eat a pt of 4 rdm alive, serves those god damn cocky bastards right. As in all chigoes, this NM has the canstant hundred fists effect, but he also has additional effect: MP drain.

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# Jul 09 2006 at 2:57 AM Rating: Decent
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Make sure that when you start the quest you talk to the starting NPC after the first CS again or else you won't get CS's in Port Al Zahbi.
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Just soloed this as 75 RDM/BLM. tried soloing it melee wise first, but his added effect sucked my mp dry so i just died ; ; Luckily a WHM raise 3'd me.

Got back up, and decided to sleep nuke it. Worked fine. Took about 20-30 mins. Bind doesn't last long on it i found, but sleep landed perfect.
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# Jun 17 2006 at 9:44 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm about to go Counterstance this, duo with a WHM friend.



I'll be dead in 5 seconds.


Edit: Ended up bringing a second WHM, counterstance turned out working pretty well actually! Hit me for 100-120 per hit, but I countered half the time.


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It's a Chigoe, ain't it? Wouldn't say, Shield Bash one-shot it?
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# Jun 15 2006 at 9:11 PM Rating: Decent
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We beat him with two 64BST and one 70BST. Used a total of 4 pets. Not that bad. It sounds worse than what it actually was.
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# Jun 14 2006 at 5:21 AM Rating: Decent
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Glee... this NM screams RDM tankage ;)

Edit: killed it as 75 RDM/BLM, although I had to Sleep+Convert it. Sleep-nuking might be better (and faster) then trying to melee it.

The additional effect: Aspir drained 7 MP on every hit. Didn't have any trouble landing debuffs like gravity, bind or sleep.

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# Jun 09 2006 at 3:53 AM Rating: Decent
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PLD or a pet of some kind is best tank here. My party was a 61 WHM, 70 SMN, and 67 THF (me). We planned on letting the avatar tank, but I pulled hate while the WHM was in the middle of casting Paralyze or something, and bam, dead of multiple crits. Short of Flash, Stun, or Sleep, there is no way to recast Utsusemi while this thing is hitting you. It just hits way too fast.
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# Jun 06 2006 at 4:52 PM Rating: Decent
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Ive killed this guy 2x now, once solo as 74pld/rdm and once duo with a 73sam/thf.
Solo:
With Phalanx, Stoneskin, En-spell, Blaze spikes I soloed him down. He was hitting me for 0 90% of the time with phalanx and shield procs kicking in. That other 10% adds up when he hits you 3 times a second though, lol. Just buff BEFORE the cutscene if you are tanking. His mp drain puts a huge hole in your mp tank and it wont last but 30 seconds (i had ~400mp to begin with, all gone in [Short time]). Honestly though, the blaze spikes is what killed him. 8 dmg to himself every time he hit. He still got me down to ~400 hp and no mp (herc ring effects werent gonna keep me alive much longer either ;) )
Duo:
All I can say is have the tank voke or get hate FAST. In the 15 seconds my friend (73sam/thf) had hate (since he popped) he was down to 300 hp or so. If you're gonna straight tank him make sure to have some healing of sorts if you don't have -dmg spells.

As a side note, nin tank wouldnt stand a chance. Though my pld eva is [Too weak], I dont think I evaded once during the entire fight (~300 hits maybe, the dmg taken filled my ENTIRE chat log). So an evasion setup is probably not gonna work. I see a nin tank attempt (without a healer of course) going like this:
*By the time katanas are out and engaged, Utsu ni is gone
*By the time you hit your next shadow macro, your @ 50% health
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# Jun 05 2006 at 11:18 AM Rating: Decent
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I fought this thing solo and won with MNK75/WAR37 but forgot to get cutscene after the fight. Don't forget that part! Especially if you solo it since there is no one to remind you.

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I don't know if this is why any confusion has been cause in earlier posts, but this quest is in Whitegate, not Al Zahbi, although we all basically know Whitegate is part of Al Zahbi. The first CS is by talking to Ahaada at G-6, second one you get by walking to those two barrels in the corner at I-11, right by the boat. The last CS before the NM fight is directly above where the 2nd one is, at I-12. You have to walk around and up the stairs to get there, but once you do, you just walk towards the end and the CS will start, since that is where the CS takes place.
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# Jun 02 2006 at 5:27 PM Rating: Decent
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For some reason i can't get the CS in the port, anyone else having this problem?

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# Jun 01 2006 at 9:36 PM Rating: Decent
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I did the NM fight with about 5 people. We didn't need that much, but I wanted to take whoever needed the Caedarva Mire map. It was a NIN, SAM, RNG, MNK and me (WHM). We beat it in about 60 seconds :)... Just to clarify an error noted here, after beating the mob, you click on the ???, you get the CS with Alcander and the taru and he gives you the map right then and there. You do not go back to Ahaadah to get anything. The quest is done.

Also, as some people are saying, yes he does do Hundred Fists right away so it's best to have more people to beat him faster, it may be a little too tough for one person to tank alone. Or, maybe a 2nd healer would do the trick.
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The NM is fairly easy, I suggest taking the exit from whitegate as it leads straight to thie ??? and only ever get Fomor in the way at night.

Anyways, WHM/NIN(me), MNK/NIN and PLD/WAR was set-up. It hurt a bit, but really, it beating down on the PLD not very hard, fast but not hard =P. Aspir 3 MP a hit a bit annoying but meh, didn't matter. This thing lost health fast. So altho it hits quite fast, it lacks any form of defence what so ever.

3 75s should own this NM no problem =P.
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# May 30 2006 at 1:30 PM Rating: Decent
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I soloed this thing as 74RDM/BLU woulda been easier with BLM sub but I was just passing through and decided to try it. I popped and slept it, gravity, bind, and nuked. Slept right after, rested a distance away, and when it woke up it'd slowly hop towards me and i could stand and sleep it. Took about 20 minutes this way nuking with Blizzard III. I brought it down the fomor path so if you were going to do it this way it'd be best to do it right as day (4) begins. I converted when I could and chainspelled the end to speed things up.
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# May 25 2006 at 7:44 AM Rating: Decent
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I did this one solo with my 70bst. Took about 5pets and boy does his guy hit fast hundred fists on steroids. Good thing he takes damage just as easy like other Chigoe types. Pets in area were all decent challenge so could be done by a little lower lv bst just kinda scary when comes for you.

Stoneskin and blink go down in like 2-3secs so bring along a tank if you cant dish out some damage fast. Each hit will steal your mp so be warned mages.

Edited, Thu May 25 07:42:17 2006
NM annoying, not overly tough
# May 24 2006 at 7:12 PM Rating: Decent
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I just soloed him as RDM75/BLU20. Buffed up with prot/shell/ss/cocoon/phalanx/aquaviel/ice spikes and one taco for some extra defense (about 680 def total). Straight up tanked the pesky little guy. Overall he wasn't hitting for much, took him about 60% of his health to finally beat through my SS. Biggest issue was this SOB aspirs off about 6 MP per hit. Even with 4 MP/tick regen, that's a steady drain on MP. He dragged me down to 0 MP by about his 20% mark, so I'd recommend restoring your buffs at about the 150 MP mark or so rather than wait their durations out as you won't have MP then anyway. This guy also tosses on plague which saps TP and MP as well, so don't count on WS.
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# May 19 2006 at 11:53 PM Rating: Decent
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It is accurate. It just doesn't tell you enough about the port part. Most people would be looking for the npcs. I did. ^^;
Maybe I can help clarify a bit?

In Whitegate go south to Port Al Zahbi. At I-11 there are two barrels under a wooden roof (right by the ramp). There is nothing here to tell you it's part of a quest. It just looks like two barrels under a wooden roof on a dock. >.>;
Just go stand near the barrels and you will trigger a cutscene. Seriously, just walk around it until you can't move and a cs happens.
After this you need to go to the second level of Port Al Zahbi. At I-12 (the little bridge area above the water barrels) there is another invisible trigger for a cut scene.
I hope that helps a little bit. :)



Edited, Sat May 20 00:57:57 2006
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There is no I-11 in Al Zahbi sorry.
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# May 25 2006 at 10:53 AM Rating: Decent
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Not Al Zahbi... PORT Al Zahbi. It's in Aht Urhgan Whitegate.
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wtf
# May 17 2006 at 12:27 AM Rating: Decent
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couldnt get no cutscene in the southern port. think this is false. i zoned and everything tryin to get another cut scene. didnt happen. tried to solo the quest, my ridill let me down.
Hello
# May 11 2006 at 7:23 PM Rating: Default
Hi every one well i need help on sum quest in bastok im lv 16 so hit me up if your new too Cygnusvismund On Bismarck
Soloed as BLM/RDM
# May 10 2006 at 9:37 PM Rating: Decent
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I was able to solo the NM as a BLM/RDM. Fully buff beforehand with Blink (not that it really matters), Stoneskin+Phalanx, Ice Spikes, Aquaveil, Protect/Shell.

Pop it, and immediately Gravity and run away to maximum casting range. Thunder IV alternated with Blizzard IV for nukes. Bind worked poorly wearing off early, but Gravity stuck the whole time. I ES+Sleep II'd it to rest back 200MP and finish it off. In the future, I'd bring a Yag Drink with me to make it easier.

It has approximately 5k HP. My nukes were doing just below 1k damage, a little over once Uggy Pendant activated.
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Soloed as BLM/RDM
# Jan 30 2007 at 11:46 AM Rating: Decent
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LoL the guy above me is right..... too easy!
SMN > Chigoe
# May 06 2006 at 11:53 AM Rating: Decent
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Duo'd with a 73 SMN and me, 75 SMN.

Was very easy. 3 Predator Claws raped it. A Garuda died though. But oh well was easy.
NM fight
# May 04 2006 at 1:01 PM Rating: Default
However you do this NM fight, you need a really good tank (75 PLD is best for it). Without a good tank, it's a hard battle. The NM wipes up mages easily, stoneskin is almost useless.
You can also alliance this NM so up to 18 people can do the quest together.
RE: NM fight
# May 05 2006 at 8:51 AM Rating: Decent
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I was able to solo this as RDM75/BLM37 by DOTing him to death. Make sure you start when Fomors aren't out though. They'll be in your way if they are. You need to bind him off the bat and get away from his attack range. Then just keep Bio/Poison/and 3 elemental debufs on him. Drag him back to the tower behind his spawn point and keep gravity & bind on him while keeping blink & stoneskin on you and just keep circling the tower until he dies. Took about 10-15 minutes for him to die off. I never had one cast resisted. And it didn't look like he gained resistance at all. Pretty easy really.
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Yeah
# May 03 2006 at 3:16 PM Rating: Decent
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Soloed this on my Pld at 74, subbed war,I did need to use invincble, this thing drains your mp when it hits you so use as much of MP as you can at the start. It was a VERY close fight, in fact I wouldnt try to do it alone again.(I got pretty lucky Shield block went off 50% of the time.)
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simple as pie
# May 03 2006 at 1:21 PM Rating: Decent
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this was very easy, 75 mnk, 75 thf, 75 whm. it hit me for 25-40 a shot, wasnt in any serious danger, and the hundred aspir was funny to watch :D
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simple as pie
# May 03 2006 at 1:20 PM Rating: Decent
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i tanked this easy as a 75 mnk, it hit for apx 20-45 a shot, the rest of my pt was a 75 thf, and a 75 whm, its not hard at all, no serious danger. the 100% aspir drain was funny to watch though ^^
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PLD75 and WHM71
# May 03 2006 at 12:02 PM Rating: Decent
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Duo'ed the NM with my WHM friend on my PLD.

Easy fight, refresh is useless for this fight en-aspir is too fast for refresh but with full mp at start I could get a few cures on myself.

Fun fight.
Watch out for Hundred Aspirs
# May 03 2006 at 4:48 AM Rating: Good
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This thing hits like it's got Hundred Fists, and each hit Aspirs the target...Ninja cannot hold this thing, and a solo PLD is going to have problems.

Also, unlike "normal" chiggers, this one is -not- vulnerable to "one-hit" kill moves, like JA's, WS's and Crits, you have to kill it honestly.

Oh, and you don't need the pre-spawn cutscene, so long as you have the quest active to that point, and someone in your party (who also is at that point) pops the bug...make sure to examine -afterwards- and get the "second" cutscene, and your map.


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1st post!!
# May 03 2006 at 2:23 AM Rating: Decent
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RAWR FFXI Players! This quest is handy, seeing that I need ALL the maps possibly for the new areas. I'm always getting lost. lol
1st post!!
# Dec 02 2007 at 12:08 AM Rating: Good
Just soloed this guy as a 67 bst. Sure I eradicated half the zone in the process, but I have map of Caedarva Mire now and that's all that matters. Smiley: grin
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