Vana'diel Bestiary: Rampaging Ram  

I just beat him as level 45 taru THF, was looking a little grim at first though, but after i ate my meat, i slowly regained the lead on him, even though cyclone didn't seem to have any major effect, when he used great bleat, i resisted, while a level 53 PLD next to me got hit by it, dunno if my almighty 8 earth resistance from my dual stamina rings has anything to do with it...^^ i won the battle with 212 HP left with perfect dodge used during it(activated at the same time it used great bleat).

Tarutaru, Level 45THF/22RNG, +5 STR(3 from mutton), +4 DEX, +7 VIT, +1 AGI, +10 evasion, +21 attack(before food), and +30 HP(and +1%HP=5HP) from equipment.


I didn't check on his level though, could've walked in front of him to see if he'd aggro me, but since i had waited 10 hours for him to pop, and needed the first SA, i didn't feel like it...^^

Edited, Sun Jun 19 04:55:11 2005

I killed the rampaging ram with my jobs rdm41/rng4. I ate a boild cockatrice (against petrify) and made chainspelll. The fight ended with hp 215 vs. 0. Lambert i have never seen on plateau, but he is also level 27. And i heard all that trouble are for 8k, in any case it were NMs.

Brown Belt is selling for ~1 million gil on Bismark server so I thought I'd quest it, meaning I would have to complete Purple Belt quest 1st.

Took my RDM50/RNG5 out to the Highlands and started spamming wide scan =/ A couple of high lvl RNGs and THFs were camping him as well, so I had no expectations of actually claiming him. Amazingly enough I killed most the Tremor Rams that spawned, and after about 1 hour of doing so Rampaging Ram popped. He spawned pretty close to another RDM (who was in full AF), but I guess he was just out of sight. I waltzed right up to the the blasted Ram, casted Dia, and proceeded to hack away his HP. Killed him, got the horn, and headed out to the Plateau for Lumbering Lambert. Then, after seeing a lvl 73 SMN solo Bloodtear, Lambert spawns after ~30 minutes of camping. Got the claim, got the horn, finished the quest.

Now I have to camp the Brown Belt NMs ;.;

I'm not sure if the horns are a 100% drop, but I would much rather have RNG subbed instead of THF 'cause without it I feel like I'm running in the dark >< g'luck and happy camping ^^

Alright, for those who thinks this is an easy NM to camp, it is. Only problem : It takes a long time if you're not lucky. The rams pops every 4 hours (game time). On those rams there is a lotery for the Rampaging ram. No need to say it takes quite a few if it's not a lucky day.

Just camped that NM for almost 7 hours straight and finally got him (almost didn't cause of a redmage who wanted to kill an nm).

To camp this NM you need :
-Good diplomacy skills; there WILL be farmers after them, so deal your way around it to get the NM kill.
-Ranger; no ranger = you running around and missing all pops.
-A thf for flee and steal if you failed your diplomacy. Farmers are really quick on those, you need to be quicker.
-And lastly, an excelent timing with the respawns. 4hours (game) between when he dissapears when dead and when he comes back up.

If you don't have all of this, do something else you will lose your time. Same strategy goes for LL.

PS: Be prepaired for nasty tricks from the Rampaging Ram, he does petrifie and a health down curse. If he does both you are as good as dead. Its always good to have a backup helper just in case "the worst happens".

edit: precision about the respawn timer

Edited, Fri May 13 09:26:16 2005

It's possible for a RNG to solo this NM as low as 31 with little risk to their own well being. With a NIN sub, a good crossbow, and Sleep Bolts you can kill it quite easily, though it'll be a long fight and take you 20-50 sleep bolts. Just keep pelting him with sleep bolts. If you're feeling risque, cast Utsusemi, switch to Holy Bolts and Barrage him, then switch back to Sleep bolts before he goes through your shadows.

The strategy worked beautifully on Lumbering Lambert. Without Sleep Bolts, he'll surely kill the RNG aspiring to kill him. Tried twice the conventional method - first time took a nap, second time I Shadowstiched him and ran out until he lost aggro, then attempted the Sleep Bolt route once he had regained ALL his HP and extracted revenge for my earlier nap.

Hi, just wanted to post my info to help other monks. hunted Rampaging for about 2 hours, he spawned, no one touched him, i claimed with chi-blast, used focus and dodge, started beating on him, used Raging Fists, then chakra at about 700/944 hp, used Raging Fists again, Rampaging Ram = dead, i had more then half hp left.....:D


im 41 monk btw, had level 1 ranger subbed at the time, for widescan....

hope this cleanses the fear from some monks who think they should be higher level. no need at all, and no need for 2 hour either....

I have never had any luck with NM hunting until..im trying to get lizard skins for quest in konschat..well i had no luck with that either.i was lvl 38/18 war/whm..

i notice some lvl 68 summoner pacing around the area im like "NM" and hes like "yes" so im like "youll be here all day" run off walk 2secs on and i see this huge as thing..i dont even check it i jump RIGHT in with no buffs on.
sharhwak hits rampaging ram for 2points of damage........
i use mighty strikes..ahh at last the bars moving
BUT
im on 222hp
divine seal+cureII
keep hitting him and finally he dies i get horn summoner refused to heal me LOL
started on 666hp/89mp and ended with 137hp/2mp

good fun

i agree that the lv of this mob needs to be re-evaluated, i was 33war/16mnk used 2 hour and still died... i have no love for this mob, revenge will be mine...

Also seen at LaTheine Plateau, just west of crag of Holla.

Sorry for double post.

Edited, Sun Feb 13 18:18:42 2005

Came across him while camping Stray Mary today. Wasn't expecting to see him, and didn't know what his level was, but as I had my NIN 2 hour available, I figured it was worth a shot.

I hit him with Kurayami to blind and pull him, then Hojo to slow. Then used Retsu to paralyze him. After that it was a cakewalk, though not a fast cakewalk. He just couldn't hit me. I had to recast Utsusemi once. In all, I lost 6 shadows. The fight went on long enough that I was able to get 100% TP again and fire off another WS.

At first I was concerned, because my first round of hits didn't seem to do any damage to him. But after a couple rounds I saw his HP was slowly but steadily dropping and realized that he just could not hit me.

I can't remember all that he dropped, but one of the items was the Rampaging Horn. Now I just need to find Lumbering Lambert again (only time I've come across him was as a 12 BST...)

Edited, Wed Feb 9 23:14:12 2005

Well, I was farming and walkign throguh to get to selbina and raise fishing skill, when i was a big ram, thought it was a tremor ram and voked it... I am a 38War/19Thf i had about 30% hp attacked. I got down to 43 hp when the fool got critical hits on me and a weapon skill, so i died before sturmwind could get off.

2nd tiem i died from this fellow, i would love to get revenge real soon