Vana'diel Bestiary: Masan  

I ran across this NM while doing an NIN scroll quest at H-7 and i checked it was impossible to guage to me. I managed to kill this NM with two links and 1 skeleton with 75 WHM/37 BLM with regular methods...sleep, hexa-strike and aspir. very easy.

It takes more than 4 or 5 hours to spawn this more like 7-9 hours...

According to ffxi.cannotlinkto, the ruby is a guaranteed drop, and most people can verify this. Somepage also puts the level at around 39, and says it has 1500 HP
This is very inaccurate, he has over 4000HP. His level is very difficult to judge. His damage was very high, criticaling for 127 on my 65thf, but his accuracy seriously sucks. His damage and HP place him at around level 42-45.

I had never even seen this thing before, though I had read about it. I was going into the grotto to do some fishing. I thought to myself "Wouldn't it be hilarious if Masan was up as I passed by and no one was camping it?". Just to humor myself I go to his area before I head for the big pond. right as I turn the corner to head south to him, I read "Masan" in my target window. I nearly choked on a peanut at this point. I claim it and it goes down easy, I'm DRG75/RDM37. Got a vial of fiend blood and Pigeon's Blood Earring. Goes for 200k on Siren. Not a bad little boost to my wallet, especially since I didn't have to wait at all lol.

I'd imagine his lvl is around 45-50.

Just killed masan with my whm friend, i'm blm 65 blm and it took nearly all of my mp to kill him >.>; though he got through my blink and got through my stoneskin in 3 hits before he died. All in all i only took 6 damage -_- but i only had around ~240/850 mp left in the end.

That's a funny picture right there. Its mouth is so big. XD

I've never personally killed him, but I was in Norg and my friend saw him out in SSG, killed him and got nothing special, sad.

Just camped for 5 hours, never popped ._.

*sigh* Oh well... Nice way to kill time ^-^ And lots of it ~_~

I just got Masan. Killed it very easy as 61NIN.
Used NI once. if it helps.
I just wanted to get something confirmed.
The Spwan time. Is it 2hrs or 4/½ as it's said further down this thread?

Would like to have more confirmation.
Ruby worth 250k on Diabolos server now.

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Edited, Sun Jun 5 13:52:54 2005

60 SMN. Here is my story:

I come to the spawn area at 8 PM to find it completely empty. I preceed to kill the only two Leeches in the area and wait....

and wait....

and wait....

After killing the placeholders for many hours (and occasionally even others in the vicinity, just to be safe), it wasn't until my clock read 1:30 AM that I began to lose hope. I thought maybe the spawn time was changed or the spawn area was changed.

At any rate, I stuck with it until 1:45 and then decided that I was only going to go through one more set of placeholders, and then quit for good.

It counted down to 1:55 AM and the first placeholder spawns. I sigh... Knowing there was only one chance left for the NM to spawn before I forever washed my hands of it.

Then... it happened. As if willed to me by my plea, it spawned. I was in disbelief, but I wasted no time in claiming it. It went down with little difficulty, and I was able to walk away from the fight with 1,200 GIL, and a Pigeon's Blood Ruby.

I was ecstatic; 6 hours I waited, and when it came down to the final moments of my camping trip, it actually spawned! ^.^ Now I know I can try again, and again, and again! Considering it sells for 150K on Ragnarok, I am never going to leave until a Vermillion Cloak is mine! :)

While it spawned for me within 6 hours, which was 1.5 hours more than the aforementioned spawn time, the spawn area is correct. It spawns ar H-7 next to the lake. Two Leeches are there; either by the lake or a little to the west of it. Any others are not placeholders. Not the ones on the stairs, not the ones at the far north of the lake, and not the ones to the far west of the lake. The Leeches respawn approximately 11-12 minutes apart.

By the way, Wuur the Sandcomber - whom drops Holy Ampulla - spawns just at the top of the hill at H-9 (though you'll have to go all the way around to get there due to a roadblock) and is a good time killer while you wait for Masan's respawn.

Good luck and happy hunting! ^^


Edited, Mon Apr 25 05:38:43 2005

i'm 60 THF, can take this guy, (shihei+sleep bolts+blood bolts) barely hits me. but if you rely on TP not a good idea to fight him, he drains tp like crazy. ruby is 110k on valefor. 100% drop is really nice, i just camp him, kill, go clean or something for a few hours, come back and check for pop occasionally and get him every time.


Edit: it pops from only 2 leeches in the room.. that's why it takes so long.

Edited, Wed Mar 2 11:47:45 2005

Killed this fairly easily as 56 RNG, only got me down to about 200 something HP after using 3 Sidewinders, Barrage, and Eagle Eye Shot.

Edited, Sat Jan 22 16:57:48 2005