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Vana'diel Bestiary: Argus  

Family:Hecteyes
Found in:Maze of Shakhrami
Found at Location:K - 8
Spawntime:18 to 30 Hours
Job:Black Mage
Level:36 - 37
Flags:
  • Notorious Monster
  • Aggro
  • Not Linking
  • Detects by Sound
  • Based on Dark
Drops:
Updated: Fri Aug 27 02:57:23 2010

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General Information

Argus's Spawn Location
Argus's Spawn Location

  • Shares a spawn timer with the notorious monster Leech King between 18-30 hours from the last ToD for either Argus or Leech King.

    • Beginning eighteen hours after their ToD, sixty second windows with intervals of thirty minutes will open. If neither notorious monster spawns during a window, the next one will begin thirty minutes after the start of the previous window.

  • Immune to Sleep, though susceptible to Lullaby.

Argus Special Attacks

  • Black Magic - Capable of casting all Black Magic available to a level 38 Black Mage

    • For elemental magic, Argus tends to favor Fire based spells.

  • Hex Eye- Frontal cone AoE gaze Paralysis effect.

  • Death Ray - Single target Darkness based magic damage.

  • Catharsis - Self target HP recovery effect.

Historical Information

In Greek mythology, Argus was a one hundred eyed giant ordered to guard the nymph Io (in the guise of a white cow) by Hera from Zeus. In order to re-claim Io, Zeus sends the god Hermes to slay Argus. In order to bypass the giant's tendency to always keep at least one eye open, the messenger god posed as a shephard and recited boring stories to Argus until each eye fell asleep before killing him. In honor of his service, Hera emblazened Argus's eyes on the tail feathers of the peacock.

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NM camping
# Jun 28 2005 at 1:16 PM Rating: Decent
if you dont like gil sellers then ignore em.

best way to make alot of cash is to farm certain items that r 4 sure drops and i can easily make 1 million in 24 hours doing my farming. it helps im thf/rng..... <that is if i had the energy to farm 24hrs straight>

but anyways there r ways to make cash fast.

cause if you wait 24hours and argus pops and u dont claim u just wasted a full day.
on the other hand i would have still made my 1 million + gil. in that 24 hrs time frame.

if and when u see me camping NM's im just clearing out my arrow spaces in inv and there to **** of gil sellers i love buggin em....

example: 3600 a lightning cluster
pashow marshland i can collect 40 clusters in like 2-3 hours tops if that. so 7 runs = 1 million
40 clusters x 7 runs = 280 clusters
280 clusters x 3.6k = 1 008 000 gil <average quetz server>

Edited, Tue Jun 28 14:36:06 2005
zzz
# Jun 28 2005 at 4:27 AM Rating: Decent
im gonna try feeding a bat a hakutaku eye cluster lmao
hmmm.
# Jun 26 2005 at 8:32 PM Rating: Decent
nobody mentioned the drop rate o.O
RE: hmmm.
# Jul 01 2005 at 11:59 AM Rating: Default
no one knows the drop rate because...

not many people kill more then once? maybe twice?
So there are lots of 1/1 because not many 0/1 people are gonna talk about it :P

I say about 1/5~1/6. Seems to drop more often on first timers, but thats just my feeling.

If u think about it, it kinda sucks. 1/2 the time Lking spawn, 1/2 the time Argus spawn(dont let other people tell u otherwise. spawn rate averages out to half each). So in a month, 15 argus, 15 LK. from that 15 argus, 2-3 drop.

Game has been out for 3 years. 36 months x 3 = 108 charms on each server.
10,000 to 15,000 people per server(guessing)?
1 in 100 people have it.

Sucks.
RE: hmmm.
# Jun 27 2005 at 6:28 PM Rating: Decent
everyone i talk to says the drop rate on him is pretty good. and a lot of people i know that have gotten the drop are 1/1.
ToD on Asura server?
# Jun 23 2005 at 10:38 PM Rating: Decent
does anyone have the most recent Time of Death on argus or the Leech King for asura? thank you in advance if you know.
yeah, stop crying
# Jun 20 2005 at 10:12 AM Rating: Excellent
34 posts
I have to agree with Jayjs on this one. Camping NMs is a legit game action. There is no difference between a gil seller camping NMs and a full time camper camping them.

What makes legit and not legit different is the selling of gils which is outside of FFXI. If you talk in terms of FFXI economy, 'legit' full time NM campers kills the market no less than gil sellers.

If you want to make gils fast. I'd recommend doing BCNM runs with LS mates. If you insist on camping NMs, you will have to suck it up and deal with the competition.
Stop your crying
# Jun 19 2005 at 11:37 PM Rating: Decent
Just stop crying for a second.

You need to realize that if the sellers weren't there, there will still be 902345 people camping all these NMs. AND, there will still people 'legit' people camping these NMs nearly 24/7 all the time for the sole purpose of gil.

For example, I have a friend who has camped a certain NM 90% of the time he's on for the past several months. The AH history always has 8/10 of his name on it. He's made millions upon millions of gil already and he used it to level Clothcraft. Sitting there all the time camping the same NM day in and day out, his actions are no different from the gil seller's actions, but he's still a legit player.

You can cry. You can whine all you want. Just keep it to yourself.

Crying 'bot' won't help you either. Just because they don't want to talk to you doesn't mean they're not there.
RE: Stop your crying
# Jun 30 2005 at 9:55 AM Rating: Decent
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I've found a few sites offering FFXI bots - although they could be appealing there is nothing worse than turning up at an nm site and seeing the same bot who is constantly there, taking the claim! ><
For this reason I will never bot my character! It is actually amazing all of the code for different types of bots (^o^ even xp bots!!! ; ;)...
One bot in particular is nearly always there for the Spook since it is such an easy claim...but there are also some "always-on" for Argus/Leech King.
9/10 bots are subbing WAR for provoke, and it is done by stripping out the .dat files with the mobs in it, so that the only ones left are for the NM they are camping...then they can spam provoke and it will only activate when the only active mob pops.

One surefire way of stopping this, because frankly, there is no chance of an actual character taking the claim against a bot, is to tag team and have one character spamming cure 3 on the bot, making them lose the claim, while the other guy gets ready with their own provoke macro and takes the claim. The bot cant do it again for 30s so you're right ni there!! ^^

I havent done this, as I have never even seen the Leech King pop while I've been there, nevermind Argus...but just a bit of advice!! No need to cry over it...play them at their own game =P
Who the hell has 16m for an item anyway!?!?!?! ><
If regular peeps instead of 75% gilsellers, start getting the claim it might even take the price down a bit!?
Don't EVER use this technique on a real player though...or this will ruin FFXI! The best thing about the game is that most players are happy to lend a hand to others!

Edited, Thu Jun 30 11:00:18 2005
RE: Stop your crying
# Jun 19 2005 at 11:41 PM Rating: Default
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12,501 posts
Why dont YOU stop crying.
RE: Stop your crying
# Jun 20 2005 at 12:20 AM Rating: Default
Tell me where I'm crying you hypocrite.
RE: Stop your crying
# Jul 01 2005 at 5:43 PM Rating: Decent
xDDDDD
bcnm only huh? /point /laugh --> SE
# Jun 19 2005 at 4:04 AM Rating: Decent
I hope SE doesnt make this BCNM only, if they do that then ALL good NM drops should be BCNM only, if gilsellers dont bot here they will just bot other NMs. On my server (Hades) so far I see a lot of parties that bot Valkurm Emp, Argus, Mee Deegi, non stop 24/7. If argus drop becomes BCNM only, the bots will just head to a different NM. Plus, all that is doing is punishing legit players like myself that choose to hunt NMs as a method of making gil. How about SE pull their heads out of their @$$'s and punish the people who arent legit players? Maybe if the GMs actually, oh I dunno, visited these NM camps they would see who the botting gilsellers are. Pretty easy to tell when a party of the same freaking people camp a NM 24/7, with all the drops they have gotten they eventually would have enough gil to do whatever *if* they were legit, but they more than likely sell the gil, which is why they monopolize the NMs 24/7. If you are on hades, run searches on these characters:
Sepberara / Nyamomo / Casee / Chalva -> VE
Tracy / Tote -> Mee Deegi
Myihadesreh / Ellyann -> argus, or if argus is on his timer and cant spawn, various other camps.

I log daily GM complaints on these people and encourage other Hades legit players to do the same. Maybe we can annoy the GMs as much as these botting monopolistic gilsellers annoy me.
Just my 2 gil.....
RE: bcnm only huh? /point /laugh --> SE
# Jul 18 2005 at 6:27 AM Rating: Decent
lol... i know those names >< they rotate the NM there on too it seem, casse on Argus lately lol. The higher lvl RMTs like to do serket and CC as they can MPK otheR GROUPS that claim wiht ease.
RE: bcnm only huh? /point /laugh --> SE
# Jul 13 2005 at 5:47 PM Rating: Decent
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Actually, Valkurm Emperor and Mee Deggi the Punisher are very difficult mobs to bot. The spawn range is fairly large, so if they were botting they would have to stand in one area where the monster could potentially spawn and hope they get claims. 4/5 times it wont spawn near them.
umm
# Jun 18 2005 at 6:39 PM Rating: Excellent
ive been hearing rumors that SE might be removing this item from argus and making it only accesible by bcnm 60 due to the ammount of bots campers and gil sellers in this area over 150 ppl a day camp this with absolutly no regard for anything else and when they don't get it they mpk every1 possible i do need this item for the acc +10 because im a dark knight but not only do i not have 15m for it but i do not wish to risk the exp ive worked hard to earn because some little ***** got his panties in a bunch and tries to kill me,,,, 0/0 pandemonium server
RE: umm
# Jun 19 2005 at 4:17 AM Rating: Decent
Some of the conversations I've had with GMs leads me to believe possibly that they do want to ban gilsellers who bot, but botting and 'unattended gameplay' is kind of hard to catch and time consuming. If you or somebody is getting MPKd, maybe try to tell the GMs, maybe get the people who are MPKing to stop at least, or eventually get banned if they keep doing it. On my server, the argus bots dont MPK people or I'd probably have them banned by now.
argus spawn.
# Jun 18 2005 at 12:01 PM Rating: Decent
i read in the ffxi atlas that argus spawns only on earth days, and that if the leech king spawns, argus will not spawn. does anybody know if this is correct. because this is exctly what the final fantasy atlas says.
RE: argus spawn.
# Jun 27 2005 at 4:23 PM Rating: Decent
Word for word what the atlas says:

An NM caled the Leech King appears at the southern open area of Map 2. In the dead-end tunnel north, an NM called Argus appears. When one of these two appears, the other does not. One of the two is set to apear once every earth day. As for drop items, you get the bloodbead earring which raises HP by 25 from the Leech King; from Argus, you'll get the peacock charm which increases the melee and ranged accuracy. Both of them are wonderful armor peices that could be sold for high prices at the auction house.
RE: argus spawn.
# Jun 27 2005 at 6:33 PM Rating: Decent
once every earth day means only once every day on earth, not once per earthsday. 24 hours, and one of them will pop.
With TH2
# Jun 18 2005 at 9:29 AM Rating: Decent
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0/2 ;;
I really want this..and once i do, i'm gonna sell it and buy me a scorpion harness, spectacles and sniper+1 x2
; ;
# Jun 18 2005 at 6:47 AM Rating: Decent
0/1 today ; ;
argus
# Jun 13 2005 at 9:15 PM Rating: Decent
OK this is sad.ppl are sittig there pokking argus on the pics.i have camped argus hours on end and the secnd it spawns it is claimed.this item goes for 20.5 mil on my server and i wanted to know if a 45thf/11 war could kill it <i know my war is gimp im taru what do u expect>
RE: argus
# Jun 14 2005 at 3:24 PM Rating: Decent
I dont think a 45 can solo this thing. I may be wrong but somewhere i read 55 can solo so maybe just MAYBE you could pull it off at 50 by spending some money on potions/bloody bolts.
RE: argus
# Jun 15 2005 at 1:40 AM Rating: Decent
I'd have to disagree with this merely speaking on experience. This wuz one of the 1st 5 NM's I fought as a younger blm, I went there at lvl 43(if my memory serves me right). I got the claim and killed him ( no drop though, I'm not that lucky ...EVER ) Anywayz there's my two cents.
waahhh...
# Jun 13 2005 at 1:15 PM Rating: Default
rate me down, BFD...guess truth hurts....peace
?
# Jun 12 2005 at 2:54 AM Rating: Default
Can a lv 40 THF handle this thing?
Plz tell me,Thanks
greed & arrogance
# Jun 11 2005 at 11:17 AM Rating: Default
THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH THIS GAME..greedy *** so-called "gil sellers"...ie: people who have no life and/or consideration for others & the true nature of what gaming should be about...FUN...

'Cocky LS"(bunch of big mouth 14 yr olds)..blah blah etc..sheesh....been kickin it w/ gaming since Pong & have never seen such disrespect & utter lack of comraderie when it comes to "camping"(hording) NM & such...wish Square would put a patch wherein if your job does not qualify to use this stupid charm, you can NEVER get the drop..trust me my rant does not just apply to Argus, but to all NM etc...prehaps they could switch up which NM drops what from time to time..ie: Argus will drop hairpin instead of charm, next week he will drop something else..just a suggestion

Like I'm gonna sit my butt in a chair for 20 hrs in the hopes i can claim it B4 some clown w/ zero life (meaning; you have no lady, probably no job & no social interaction away from your keyboard, other than "talking" to total strangers halfway around the globe)..been playing the game for about 6 months now & it's mostly been fun except for ridiculous nonsense like this...
PEOPLE..IT'S A GAME FOR GOD'S SAKE..go 'camp' in Yosemite or Yellowstone...not in the Maze of Shaka..get a damn life...

If this is what the game becomes as i climb the XP ladder(52 BLM.43 Bard.43 WHM), then this will be my last month...
I always try to help people & would hope that if i/someone else needed this item for quest, etc..that some SOB wouldnt just grab it to supplement his monthly unemployment status...wtf
RE: greed & arrogance
# Jul 09 2005 at 1:46 AM Rating: Decent
I just want to drop my two cents about the gil seller issue. The problem is not the gil sellers. I don't see anything wrong with what they do (unless they bot, which I'll tie in momentarily). The problem is the people who buy items for ridiculous prices, like this. Anyone who can afford to buy a Peacock Charm sure as hell has to be strong enough to kill Argus. As far as I'm concerned, people who buy Gil are cheaters (as are people who bot), just like people who buy GameShark and similar items. Would you pay 20 bucks for someone to slip you the Boardwalk in Monopoly? If so...I love Monopoly, let's play sometime.
RE: greed & arrogance
# Jun 25 2005 at 6:03 PM Rating: Decent
We're the ones with no life, and you're here making a post all about a fantasy item in a video game and how much you hate hil sellers?... Then again, I *am* responding.. >_>

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greedy *** so-called "gil sellers"...ie: people who have no life and/or consideration for others & the true nature of what gaming should be about...FUN...

-No consideration for others... As in, not letting other people get the drop, right? That would be like claiming Argus then trading someone the drop because they think it's nice.
-Who says they're not having fun?!

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Like I'm gonna sit my butt in a chair for 20 hrs in the hopes i can claim it B4 some clown w/ zero life (meaning; you have no lady, probably no job & no social interaction away from your keyboard, other than "talking" to total strangers halfway around the globe)..

-Maybe that's just what they find fun...? God, just because it doesn't appel to you doesn't mean anyone who does it has no life.
-Well, I guess I have no life, considering I'm a straight woman... racist bish!... >_>
-{That's too bad.}.. my little brother doesn't have a life either, considering he isn't old enough to work! :/
-Oh migosh! You're so right. ;_; Considering I can't see the person means they're not my friend at all. ;_; I can never talk to my telemarketer friends the same way again! (Just so we're clear... I don't... consider telemarketers my friends...)
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PEOPLE..IT'S A GAME FOR GOD'S SAKE..go 'camp' in Yosemite or Yellowstone...not in the Maze of Shaka..get a damn life...

-If Michel Jordon had listened to people saying it was only a game, we wouldn't have one of the best NBA players.
-'get a damn life'... Ok, so camping NMs isn't your cup of tea.. but do you really think anyone who has gotten the drop off ol' Argus will regret any minute of camping him? I wouldn't...

Edited, Sat Jun 25 19:06:46 2005
RE: greed & arrogance
# Jul 06 2005 at 11:30 AM Rating: Decent
Gil sellers do not play this game for fun, they do it as a means to an end. I think you do not realize that some ppl use this game as an escape from work and what not; while gil sellers make this game their job. I am not saying that you cannot have fun doing your job, but I have yet to meet a gil seller that has improved my gaming experience lol. Gil sellers have MPKed one of my high level jobs many times in order to make an extra $10. Would you **** off everyone you work with to make a couple extra dollars? Also, how is someone racist if they make an insinuation that people that play this game 24/7 have no significant other and/or no social life. If they are playing this game 24/7 obviously they cannot do anything else. Not having a job was not listed as exclusive reason, by that person making the original post, to not having a life; it was listed as one of many possible reasons. If your brother does not have a job, has no friends, and sits around playing this game all day long, he does have no life. I am not trying to cause a scuffle, I am just stating the obvious. Lastly, Michael Jordan's (correct spelling) career cannot be even slightly compared to that of any FFXI player. His job was to compete and entertain. While we do compete in this game, we entertain no one but ourselves (and occasionally others with funny emotes and chat). Also, no gil seller will become remotely as famous nor make as much money as Michael Jordan. That's just my opinion, I could be wrong...
RE: greed & arrogance
# Jul 08 2005 at 4:11 PM Rating: Decent
I didn't say they play this game only for fun, I stated who says they're not having fun. And I realize this is their job. You misunderstood me here - I called him racist (jokingly) because he said "You have no lady.." rather than "You have no spouse / gilfriend or boyfriend.." saying that as if only male people play this game. And while my brother does have friends, he isn't old enough to work and therefore plays this game a lot. However, if he had no friends, I think it's stupid of you to say he doesn't have a life. Why can't the people on this game be your friends? And I was just using Micheal Jordan as an example to get my point across, never once did I say any FFXI players were more famous than him. Please read what I say more carefully before writing. - .-;

Edited, Fri Jul 8 17:14:50 2005
Vana'diel Bestiary: Argus
# Jun 09 2005 at 7:07 PM Rating: Default
sry to ruin ur fun but im a nin/blackmage and me and 2 friends killed it at lvl 35 each and i got the claim now im lvl 71 and am not a gil seller but i am 13 out of 19 on it and am very loaded.now im a nin/rng and rng/nin rng is lvl 69 and nin lvl 71.
RE: Vana'diel Bestiary: Argus
# Jun 21 2005 at 5:47 AM Rating: Decent
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i hate you
RE: Vana'diel Bestiary: Argus
# Jul 10 2005 at 9:52 AM Rating: Decent
You shouldnt hate ppl cause they caught on and started doing something to better themselves ingame.
RE: Vana'diel Bestiary: Argus
# Nov 17 2005 at 1:06 AM Rating: Decent
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I hate you even more
im happy i got it but i dont really care
# Jun 08 2005 at 9:46 PM Rating: Decent
im not a gil saler or a Nm hunter. just a very experienced gardener and regular farmer. so my story isnt to spactuliar. i was farming bone chips while i was looking for the chest. i ended up locking on the chest but it was on the top floor, im not to familiar with the the area so i kinda got lost. was running around and ended up in some room where this damn dude was just standing there. i figure he was a bot now that i have read some of ur post. i ask him to help me get the chest no response so i figured he went afk. so im sittting there waiting trying to lv my drk magic. in stunning and bio away. oh if u didnt know BLM62/whm31. anyway im sitting there lv black magic i kinda lost track of time cause it was good skill ups. this mithra come in and starts claiming my prey so it became a contest to who would claim it first. well i started using stun. were going back and forth. but then argus pops i dint notice it was hi and ended up claiming him. after i hit him once i was like wtf, so i kill it lol stoneskin flare really pissed him off. get the drop, no biggie to me cause i make quite a bit of gil of gardening. i figure i will keep the drop until im rdy to lv my rng or just sell it either way thats my story. nothing fancy, i just wanted to share it with you.
RE: im happy i got it but i dont really care
# Jun 17 2005 at 7:12 PM Rating: Decent
nice...d-_-b
I got Argus
# Jun 08 2005 at 11:38 AM Rating: Decent
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I went RDM/BLM claimed it and got the drop.
#REDACTED, Posted: Jun 07 2005 at 7:35 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) why did all of my posts get deleted..
#REDACTED, Posted: Jun 07 2005 at 7:34 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) damn all of my posts got deleted. tough crowd
ya right
# Jun 07 2005 at 5:51 PM Rating: Excellent
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What a ***** to claim.
Argus
# Jun 07 2005 at 1:48 PM Rating: Decent
Camped Argus for about 2months... straight.. passing out now and then and what not, and switching from ps2 to computer so i wouldnt burn them out. even though i'm starting to smell smoke from my ps2 and computer... anyways... 1/6 ... two botters that only target and provoke argus, i always see this freak'n little taru thf/war botting there Qsaku seen him get it a few times, .. provoke.. kill, use silent oil.. log off... same thing over again and again.. drove me nuts.. got it when it was behind him, got it in the hall way a few times... havent gotten it in the bigger room though, Bowser seems to be another botter, he's been standing there for days on end same with Qsaku.. cheezy.. Eder use to stan there for days on end too,.. but anyways here's the run down on Spawn time...


If argus spawns and gets killed, usually with in a few minutes of claim, then the next window will be >> 18-48hours its shared spawn time with Leech King, so if Leech King spawns next.. then again its another 18-48spawn time... yeah, it gets bad and annoying for argus... the got the drop on the 29th hour mark... was about to log ran into the hallway sat down to logout.. 10secs till logout argus pops infront of my face!,.. Hell yeah! so thats the run down from my personal experience, Hope this helps in anyways... and P.S. no one is really willing to give you ToD if you happen to just run there out of the blue... there's always the regular campers, a few stragglers but in the end... The true campers remain.. or botters like those two (grrr).
question
# Jun 07 2005 at 11:35 AM Rating: Decent
can a 47thf/war solo this thing? i want the charm when i start rng it will be great but it will also be great just on thf expecially when i get danceing edge(wich is based on acc.) i want a charm and want to be ok with kill also when leech king pops do the other leeches link with him cuz cuz that will be hell if there are 30 things hitting u><?
RE: question
# Jul 02 2005 at 1:07 PM Rating: Default
Yes a 47thf/war can solo it
#REDACTED, Posted: Jun 04 2005 at 2:45 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Got it with Sapyrkin, i claimed and died, he was in Jeuno and hauled *** to me killed it and 7.75mil each ^_^ Now my tarutaru Monk is ubber! ^^
Unclaimed?
# Jun 03 2005 at 10:28 PM Rating: Good
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Not Sure If This Has Been Posted But Anyone Notice the Pic Hes Unclaimed? >.>
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