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Vana'diel Bestiary: Dune Widow  

Family:Spider
Found in:Eastern Altepa Desert
Level:50
Flags:
  • Notorious Monster
  • Not Aggro
  • Not Linking
  • Based on Earth
  • Weak against Ice
Drops:
Stolen Items:
Updated: Mon Jan 12 16:01:12 2009

Dune Widow Picture

'''Regular Nyzul Isle NM

'''    Regular NMs inside Nyzul Isle need to be defeated in order to complete the objective 'Defeat all enemies' but will never be a 'Specified Enemy/Enemies'.

'''NM Drop Appraisals

'''    Drops a crate containing a ??? item which may appraise into Spider Torque.

''' Appears on Floors:

'''    61 - 80 (G8 Eastern Altepa Desert, > 1h 20 min after Placeholder was killed)

This page last modified 2010-09-22 17:10:47.

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# Dec 11 2005 at 2:06 PM Rating: Decent
1/1 on her ^-^ THF65/NIN w/ a WHM70/RNG friend widescanning. got it for a rdm friend :3 only took an hr and 30min or so to pop from when i arrived~

GL to all who want this! and beat the ppl there just for the G!!
Drop rate
# Nov 30 2005 at 9:08 AM Rating: Decent
0/21 so far as WHM/BLM
aggro
# Oct 19 2005 at 3:07 PM Rating: Decent
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199 posts
I was leveling bst in altep a couple days ago, grabbed a beetle, and started to head over to a goblins spider, when I noticed my shadows were being taken. Looked around dune widow was attacking me. Sent my beetle on it and widow made quick work of it. I barely survived, claim wore off near to w. altep zone while I was running, and someone else took it. If I would have stopped to charm something, it would have likely killed me in one more hit. It did near to about 200 damage a hit to me as 37 bst.
So yes, they aggro.
widow
# Oct 06 2005 at 9:12 PM Rating: Default
i usaully camp this when im bored. pretty fun NM though i have yet to get the torque. Tip: never stop running around and you'll always get claim. ive never lost a claim so far but thats just me;p.

0/7 and rising >.> (with th2)



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Benn 61THF/43NIN
Hades
rank5

How mmuch gil would a gil seller sell if a gilseller could sell gil?
1/70+ o.o....
# Oct 01 2005 at 4:52 PM Rating: Default
soo yahh my average day as a 61RNG/30NIN just got done pting.. got a Tele-Altep

[hits widescan] ohh look Dune Widow

lets go kill it..

Shadowbind

Barrage

hits it 300

Slug Shot 900 DMG

Sickle Slash ouch 70 DMG

Slug Shot 1200 DMG

Drops:
3x Spider Web
1x Spider Torque whooott

1/1 on your average spider boooo
Camp while WFP
# Sep 25 2005 at 10:34 PM Rating: Decent
Im 1/6 on her. Kept the torque since it is usefull for RDMs. Its worth 600-700k on Caitsith. I have seen her spawn in as little as 45 minutes and as long as 4 hours.

I typically camp her when waiting for a party invite.
Easily solo'd as 61 PLD
# Sep 22 2005 at 7:45 PM Rating: Decent
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435 posts

Saw this sitting in the middle of the desert, all by itself. Checked this site, saw it was a 50 NM, and started to get nervous. Since I wasn't 100% sure I could take it, I pulled it to the zone. Popped a Meat Mithkabob, since I had some left over from WAR, and laid into it. Used Cure II twice, not even close...took about 200 damage all together before I dropped it. Got my 3 webs, but no torque. I guess I can't complain *too* much...webs sell for 10k apiece.
Drops
# Sep 04 2005 at 1:26 AM Rating: Decent
first kill got the dorp with out TH/TH2. i am now 2/12 with out TH/TH2^^
drop!!!!
# Aug 31 2005 at 8:59 PM Rating: Decent
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495 posts
I was hunting for dune widow today with two other campers so I figured my chances weren't too great at getting the claim. About an 1 1/2 hours go by and I stop running and look around. I see dune widow pop close by and dash for it spamming chi blast becuse another camper was close by.

I get the claim, and the torque!!!! 1/4 now, this is my first big cash NM drop and it feels goood!!!
spider
# Aug 23 2005 at 1:05 AM Rating: Decent
just killed this, spawned lower left area of G-8. no torque, but of course got the 3 webs =/ o well, at least i got some cash cause of this damn spider.
drop rate
# Aug 18 2005 at 10:34 AM Rating: Decent
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438 posts
I am 2/50+? on her now. I think I earn more webs from her then the torque themselves ~.~
Beat This
# Aug 16 2005 at 2:40 PM Rating: Decent
I've been randomly camping the NM for about 6 months. I'm 1/70ish on this cracker (I've lost count) it droped the first time I subed THF
and has never droped since.
Bloodyhell
# Aug 10 2005 at 1:09 PM Rating: Good
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510 posts
SE hates me, I only say this now that I have proof. 1: I'm 0/27 on Dune Widow, my friend after hearing that webs are drop starts camping her as well on gets the Torque. He's now 1/13.
2: I'm 0/34 on JEJ (Jaggedy Eared Jack) and a guy on my LS gets the drop on his first try.

Okay whining aside, here's some info:
1: The spawn rate isn't 1-4hrs, it's 1-3. While I have gotten an hour spawn once, I average 1hr30mins most times.

2: She rarely spawns on the top right corner, but loves popping in the bottom left.

3: You can steal a web from her unlike the other spider mobs. So if lucky 4 webs per pop.

4: TH hates me. I've had two 45+ THF help me camp here and still no drop.

I'm going to keep at it. Torque is 600k on my server, and I need that to get cloth to 60.
I hate this spider
# Aug 02 2005 at 3:11 PM Rating: Good
I'm 0/23 on the torque. I don't even need the torque, I just want Justice.
I hate this spider
# Aug 03 2006 at 7:01 AM Rating: Decent
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271 posts
Taterbom wrote:
I'm 0/23 on the torque. I don't even need the torque, I just want Justice.


HA! I'm right there with ya Tater. I'm 0/23 on this as well at the moment. My LS leader and some friends keep offering to give me the siren's hair we farm so I can buy this, but I refuse. The only way I will obtain this item is from her cold, dead, spiky body. I will get it from her, I don't care if I have to go up to 0/50+ to get it.
pop time
# Jul 16 2005 at 5:15 PM Rating: Excellent
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268 posts
figured i'd let the community know what i've found out about ms. widow in the short time i've been after her.

spawn time looks to be between 1-4hr's, i've watched her spawn at the lowest and highest and everywhere in between.

the 3 webs are indeed a "guranteed" drop and the torque drops when it feels like it ^.~

hope this helps a little bit for those looking for more info.

~Aki
Got her.
# Jul 11 2005 at 4:36 AM Rating: Default
Just beatdown this naughty girl. Got 3 spiderwebs I guess thats standard and a Spider Torque! I didn't have TH either. 1/1 on her.
I hate her
# Jun 30 2005 at 10:53 AM Rating: Decent
I HATE this thing.... I'm 0/15 I've camped for 2 weeks. It won't drop even with TH1.. I've about given up...... maybe
RE: I hate her
# Jun 30 2005 at 6:52 PM Rating: Good
I agree. 0/11, 0/7 in the past 24 hours WITH TH1 ... I now am an arachogynist.

EDIT:
0/12, I officially hate the majority of living things in the world, and every living thing in a six-mile radius. If a god there be, I either will bbe Spider-Torque-clad or dead in the next 3 hours.

Edited, Thu Jun 30 20:18:39 2005
update
# Jun 15 2005 at 8:28 AM Rating: Decent
31 posts
I'm a firm believer that having TH1 will definetly help you in getting this drop. I'm now 3/14, got first two drops by myself and 3rd one with me (63rdm/thf) and 55pld/war. It seems to have a lottery spawn time of 2.5hrs since previous death, I was able to get claim 3 times in a row using that strategy. I'm thinking it has 4-5 placeholders, and I've never seen it spawn near the pit where the scorpion is. Usually spawns on the ridge just below that or even further below where the two spiders spawn on opposite sides of eachother. On Fairy this NM is usually camped by at least 1 person, so it helps to bring a friend or two.
#REDACTED, Posted: Jul 07 2005 at 8:49 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) heh um.... please check yourself if its always a 2.5h pop its not lottery or placeholder if it has a placeholder theres no chance in hell its a 2.5h pop every time understood. lol
RE: update
# Sep 22 2005 at 4:05 AM Rating: Decent
Nice equipment you got there...either bought gil or you're lying out your {Rear}. And a NM can be a lottery pop AND have a timer...that's what makes camping NM's that have a wide spawn timer fun to camp unlike the normal 1 hr spawn NM's that 24/7 campers spawn...which you sound like 1 of them that camps O. Kote's 24/7 and thus raises the price on it. Do us FF fans a favor and go play WoW.
RE: update
# Jul 29 2005 at 12:15 PM Rating: Decent
31 posts
I said it "seems" to be a 2.5hr pop. Meaning I think it has a 2.5hr timer after you kill it for it to become available again for a lottery pop. It has to win a lottery vs the other giant spiders in order to pop after that time. This is my theory, and I've gotten 3 torques this way. Now do you have anything useful to say?
RE: update
# Oct 20 2005 at 6:50 PM Rating: Decent
I do.

Now that you've got -3- Torques, leave the NM alone so people who actually need the drop can have a chance at it.
RE: update
# Nov 01 2005 at 4:50 PM Rating: Decent
31 posts
Thanks for the rate down. I'll admit I sounded a little cocky in my reply to "HolyTruth." Why should I stop camping DW? Is it because people like you don't think they are getting a fair chance? I always camp as RDM/THF, which makes it harder for me to get claims, but slighty easier to get drops. The way you said it makes it sound like I'm there 24/7, which couldn't be farther from the truth.

Give me a break, were not even on the same server.
Where?
# Jun 12 2005 at 12:33 PM Rating: Decent
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56 posts
Around what area(s) does it spawn? I apologize if this was previously asked, I skimmed the posts and found nothing.. if I missed it I'm sorry.
RE: Where?
# Jun 14 2005 at 2:22 AM Rating: Decent
G-8, anywhere in that coordinate box.
RE: Where?
# Jun 14 2005 at 3:57 PM Rating: Decent
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56 posts
Thanks a bunch.
got torque.
# Jun 10 2005 at 4:18 AM Rating: Decent
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162 posts
I'm 1/3. missed claim twice, and died once tryin to take it with a 55 blm isntead of my rdm.. Other servers are lucky its only 450k on Phoenix and webs only 10k.
yep
# Jun 05 2005 at 4:48 PM Rating: Decent
2/2 on the torque from this baby, first time i wasnt even camping it and it dropped, after that i had to give it a try,and low and behold it droped again o.o
hmm
# May 31 2005 at 12:28 PM Rating: Decent
31 posts
I was also wondering this too, because normally it would seem to pop every 2hrs or so if the placeholders are killed. Last time I was there for 3+ hours by myself and saw nothing. Now 2/10 on this as 62rdm/thf.
spawn time?
# May 30 2005 at 4:54 PM Rating: Decent
does anyone know the newer spawn time for this mob? it must've changed in an update, as i have camped the damn thing for 4.5 hours in a go, with a rng spamming widescan, and seen carapce nor spinneret of this thing.
any ideas what happened to her spawn rate?
2/7
# May 26 2005 at 11:23 AM Rating: Default
31 posts
I think Dune Widow likes me. Yesterday I went out to her area and cleared out all spawns about 2 times. Went back to the lower area where she usually spawns and surely enough she is there. I was psyched because I had already gotten the torque on my first try, and now I knew I'd at least get the 3xSpider Webs. No one was around at all(this is one of my favourite NM's lately) so I claimed her and took her down with no problem. I was never expecting another torque but I got one. 2/7 Currently selling for 580-600k on Fairy. BTW I for farming/NM hunting I go as 61RDM/30THF. Good luck everyone.
LUCK!
# May 23 2005 at 2:19 PM Rating: Decent
I was just having fun killing manticores then I see a 60 some DRK die.. So i grabbed and killed what was left of it. (4hits):P And I got the drop! so i'm 1/1. I'm going to camp it again. :D I'm on Asura server, Its worth 900k atm!

Edited, Mon May 23 15:35:16 2005
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