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Spell details for Drain  

Jobs/Level:Black Mage, lvl 12
Scholar, lvl 21
Dark Knight, lvl 10
MP cost:21
Element:Darkness
Scroll:Scroll of Drain
Duration:N/A
Reuse:60 seconds
Cast time:3 seconds
Target Type:Single
Description:Steals HP from the enemy. Cannot be used against the undead

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no way
# Nov 03 2004 at 11:36 PM Rating: Decent
I was in sady so i did the drain quest i then farmed quads for a while in pal. mines i got spells and sold them then i saw my drain scroll go away >< I thought it was only 7k or so and thought eh i can get that much. I happened to look at AH and saw it went for 30k, needless to say im a little mad at myself. so remeber look twice before selling
help on drain?
# Nov 01 2004 at 6:41 PM Rating: Decent
im from windurst. and a BLM lv 12. the most money i have ever really had is 5k. Drain is at the AH for about 23k, and just want to know if it is really worth it. (plain and simple)
Big bucks for Drain
# Oct 11 2004 at 12:50 PM Rating: Decent
I wanted this spell bad and saw it on AH for 30-35k and thought that was kind of steep. I didn't know you could get it from a quest so I saved up the gil ( it cost me 35k )and got it. Wow I guess thats why we have gil so we can buy things we need. I think its worth it cus what else are we gona do with our money right.

Cinder/Fairy
Rank 3/Windy
31WAR/12RDM/10DRK/10THF
Hrmm...
# Sep 25 2004 at 11:09 PM Rating: Decent
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Anyone have a rough formula on how effective drain is for different levels of mobs?

I'm guessing it would be something involving dark skill, int, day, enemy resistance/element and maybe a few other factors.

For both damage and hp restored, if possible.
Drain
# Jul 24 2004 at 3:43 PM Rating: Decent
Im from Bastok and i want to get drain. Im working on getting to fame lvl 3 but do i have to any othere requirements to do the quest for drain?
RE: Drain
# Aug 23 2004 at 5:06 PM Rating: Decent
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when bastok is in control of the region with Saramough go to the person near the Bastok markets / Bastok Mines brigde and buy as many stacks of millioncorn you can. then go to selbina and trade them by 3's to the person near the sheep. Make a second and maybe 3rd trip and you will have rank5 fame in Bastok Sandoria and Jueno.

Quest gives fame for each of those countrys
quest
# Jul 05 2004 at 11:32 PM Rating: Default
only bad thing about question for this if you are not a San d'Orian is that, well you have to have Rank 2 in San d'Oria (or higher) to be abel to receive this quest.

So, you still have to drop about 8k to change your allegance to sandy then back.
RE: quest
# Jul 20 2004 at 3:48 AM Rating: Decent
This is not true.

You can gain access to the Chateau as any other alliegience during your rank 3 missions.

Hinbin - Windurst BLM, rank 5, with a drain he quested for.

Edited, Tue Jul 20 04:49:12 2004
Drain Chainspell Combo?
# May 07 2004 at 4:13 PM Rating: Decent
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I have an idea for a drain chainspell combo for a RDM/DRK and would like some input. My idea is to cast chainspell, then drain over and over until mp is almost gone then Aspir to gain more mp and repeat drain until the enemy is dead. My question is this: Will drain still take HP from the enemy even if my HP bar is full? If anyone has any experience with this please let me know. Thanks
RE: Drain Chainspell Combo?
# May 25 2004 at 9:43 AM Rating: Decent
In my experience, Drain will not take HP out of a critter if your HP bar is full. I'm in a party with two BLM and one WHM that all have Drain (the WHM has a BLM sub, of course), and I have never seen Drain grab HP unless the caster was at less than full health. One of the BLMs actually refuses to let the WHM heal him after one strike just so that he can use Drain. :)

Ack!
RE: Drain Chainspell Combo?
# May 26 2004 at 3:00 PM Rating: Decent
Drain does work even when you are at full hp. It will say "0 hp drained" but in fact still deal damage. Try it out on a low level mob and you will see how you are just drain it to dealth.

A must have spell I must say. Very nice damage/mp ratio. Would recommend questing for it rather than buying. Takes a bit of time but well worth it.
Spell Quest
# May 03 2004 at 3:33 PM Rating: Decent
Im from windy, what guy do i talk to in S D?
Overrated?
# Mar 15 2004 at 8:54 PM Rating: Decent
I am a level 12 BLM on Bismarck and i was wondering: is Drain really worth the 20-25k gil people are selling it for in the AH? And also, is beastman blood easy to drop because i'll just quest for it if need be
RE: Overrated?
# Apr 21 2004 at 6:12 PM Rating: Decent
Its easy to drop if you have treasure hunter 2.

Its also easy to buy if you can get to the San d'Oria auction house.

And no, it certainly isn't overrated, it is a very powerful spell (I pulled off a drain for 70 off a hill lizard in Valkurm Dunes yesterday). 140 HP difference for 21 MP. I wish I was at 1 HP so I could have seen the full effectiveness of the drain, instead of it just filling up my HP bar.

Edited, Wed Apr 21 19:14:00 2004
Overrated?
# Mar 15 2004 at 8:50 PM Rating: Decent
I am a level 12 BLM on Bismarck and i was wondering: is Drain really worth the 20-25k gil people are selling it for in the AH? And also, is beastman blood easy to drop because i'll just quest for it if need be
Where is it found at?
# Mar 11 2004 at 5:31 PM Rating: Decent
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Only place I saw this spell available was at Windurst AH, going for about 19,000 gil, no lie; in Siren server. I didn't buy it because of the steep price, but, don't tell me I will have to travel all the way to San D'Oria, just to get it.... lol!
If anything I will travel there, buy 99 scrolls of it, and then get rich by selling it in Windurst!

Varhalia,
Siren Server
Dark Magic Rating
# Mar 07 2004 at 1:58 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm at L12 blm right now, and I really want to improve my dark magic rating (currently at 5). How do I raise it without groups getting mad at me for skirting my elem spells?
RE: Dark Magic Rating
# May 08 2004 at 9:44 AM Rating: Decent
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Bio.... it does little to no damage but it will raise your dark magic
RE: Dark Magic Rating
# May 01 2005 at 2:46 PM Rating: Decent
It's like dia, except it lowers attack.
?!
# Mar 07 2004 at 12:34 PM Rating: Default
I think this spell works when you got room to heal cause I notice that I drain 0 hp if my hp is full, but I can drain 25 if I get hurts
RE: ?!
# Apr 18 2004 at 7:28 PM Rating: Default
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That's what I was wondering too. I'm a RDM/BLM, so my dark magic skill was VERY low when I started using this spell. I tried using drain once, and it took 0 HP. I figured, I must need to get my dark magic skill up for it to do any damage. However, I noticed on a differend monster that it did some damage (but still very little). The only thing I could think is that you must not be able to drain any HP if you're full. This is kind of crappy for BLMs in parties, since you usually don't get much damage done to you anyways... Good for soloing though (especially if you don't have a WHM or RDM sub)
Drain Scroll
# Mar 01 2004 at 10:13 AM Rating: Default
this is what i did to get the Drain Scroll.

one you need to do more mission to enter the chateau.

2nd, i bought about 8k worth of bat wings, then i traded it to that guy till i gave him all of them. with the money he gave me for the bat wings, i bought more, then traded it to him again, and bought more with the money he gave and etc. i did this until i was no longer able to buy any more batwings after trading them all. that got me enough fame to get the scroll. you may need to spend a bit more, depending on your overall fame before doing this.
Rayo and Taryo
# Feb 27 2004 at 11:08 PM Rating: Default
well for the fame, just kill bats anywhere and get their wings. for every 2 you can trade em to someone wherever the lumber guild is(i forgot the district) just look around for him and talk to people til you find him. every 2 wings give you 200 gil, a very easy way to earn cash if your a low lvl, and it'll give you fame in sandy.

taryo and rayo of Ragnarok, both windurstians
Drain Rocks
# Feb 02 2004 at 8:23 PM Rating: Default
What you talking about I cast it just fine as a 26Red Mage In Khazam, and have no problem casting inbattle...
I think it basically is crap
# Jan 04 2004 at 7:05 AM Rating: Decent
I think it basically is crap for black mages since they arn't supposed to take damage anyhow. But for a dark knight the life point swing can be a huge one.
drain
# Jan 02 2004 at 9:41 AM Rating: Default
Well im so glad i didnt sold it =)

Im courrently working 2 main jobs
15 DRK/WAR
40 BLM/WHM

The drain spell simply rocks, and be cause my dark magic is always caped with my DRK, I usually drain 35-50 HP from the even matches ending with quite a lot of HP.

My DRK has 2 Physical earrings that gives him +50HP, 296 total, plus the drain. I only can cast 1 time be cause I ended with only 22MP but thats more than enough, forget about Decent chellanges, I have almost no down time with those. When fighting in party, its a very difrent story tho, usally draining less than 25 from the VT/IT and some times 50 (not often).

And with my BLM well, I think this spell is particulary more helful for DRK but messing around with Goblin leechers I drain about 115 HP from them at LV40 with 117 Dark magic level.
Money
# Dec 24 2003 at 1:17 AM Rating: Default
As a BLM who currently has the sub of WHM, I'll be doing this quest, but not for the spell itself. I can heal myself fine with my Cures (with less recharge time) - so looks like I could make a good 20,000. :)
This spell Rocks
# Dec 15 2003 at 6:53 PM Rating: Decent
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OMG I love this spell. It was worth the 18k I paid for it. I can solo pretty well Tough-Very tough monsters right now. If I cast Drain at 1/3 of my life I am getting 50-80 HP back.
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drain!!??!? how do u get it
# Dec 13 2003 at 10:21 AM Rating: Default
Ok im a hume Dark Knight lvl 15. i am from bastok and i want drain really bad. i was told it was useful to the fullest. i was told that i need 17 sandorian quests for the guy in the jail to give me the quest. i already have the beastmens blood and im ready to go. i already did 17 quests like the person said to do. but i got nothing yet. do i need mroe fame? and does anybody know how many quests are required to accept the drain quest?
DRK lvl10
# Dec 09 2003 at 8:03 PM Rating: Default
Add DarkKnight Jobs/Level:lvl 10
One of their better spells.
Fame level?
# Dec 08 2003 at 1:32 AM Rating: Default
For non-San d'oria residents: How many quests have you done in San d'oria? I've done most of the low level ones listed in the strat guide and, since I'm not on Bastok mission 6 yet, I don't know how much more fame I need.
RE: Fame level?
# Jul 20 2004 at 12:51 PM Rating: Excellent
As a Windurstian, I did about 15 or 16 various quests in San d'Oria and still didn't have enough fame (need fame 3). Eventually I tried trading large stacks of Bat Wings to Secodiand (F-6 N. San d'Oria; just as you enter the laborman's way from the south). Two or three stacks, I think it took, to get enough fame for the quest. Keep in mind that even if you have the fame, you still need access to the Chateau so you'll need to be at least doing your 2/3 mission to get in.
Once you get into the Chateau, go to the door on the right and down the hall to the stairs, which leads to the Dungeons (Bostineaux Oubliette). Go along the hallway and take the first right. You will find Novalmaugue patrolling that second hall.
Good hunting. Windurstian National Pride!!!
RE: Fame level?
# Dec 11 2003 at 5:20 PM Rating: Excellent
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You need to complete 25 quests to qualify for the drain spell. And you need to be rank 2 to enter the chateu if you are a citizen of San D'Oria. There is a guy outside the chateu to the right, under a tree. His quest requires the same fame so it's a good benchmark
Help on Drain
# Dec 08 2003 at 12:06 AM Rating: Default
I'm from Bastok, I have rank level 2, I am on mission 6 from bastok, I gave the guard at the front the item and he delivered it to the prince for me, I STILL cant get into the chateau. I've done tons of local quests
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