Vana'diel Bestiary: Millenary Mossback  

General Information

• Appears as the boss Notorious Monster on the third floor of the NW Apollyon Limbus zone.

• Upon defeat, an item chest will spawn in the location that it was killed in.

• This item chest will contain up to five Ancient Beastcoins, up to two crafting items, and possibly a single item for artifact armor upgrade.

• Susceptible to Sleep, Bind, and Gravity, but immune to Lullaby and Light Shot.

Millenary Mossback Special Attacks

• Aqua Breath: Frontal cone AoE Water based damage.

• Earth Breath: Frontal cone AoE Earth based damage.

• Harden Shell: Self target Defense Boost (Effect can be dispelled).

• Tortoise Song: AoE Dispel effect (Circle of effect originates from mob).

• Turtle Stomp: Single target physical damage with Defense Down additional effect.

Historical Information

The word millenary is in reference to the word millenium, and mossback is in reference to a very old turtle or tortoise that has allowed moss and algae to grow on their shells. As such, a millenary mossback would be a thousand year old tortoise, which in legend is said to be able to speak with a human tongue and foretell the future.