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Vana'diel Bestiary: Spiny Spipi  

Family:Crawler
Found in:East Sarutabaruta
Level:9 - 10
Flags:
  • Notorious Monster
  • Not Aggro
  • Linking
  • Detects by Sound
  • Pursues by Scent
  • Based on Earth
  • Weak against Darkness
  • Weak against Ice
  • Weak against Lightning
Drops:
Stolen Items:
Updated: Sun Mar 1 06:45:57 2009

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General Information

Spiny Spipi's Spawn Location
Spiny Spipi's Spawn Location

Spiny Spipi's Special Attacks

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

  • Poison Breath: Frontal cone AoE Water based magic damage with an additional Poison effect.

  • Sticky Thread: Frontal cone AoE Slow effect.

This page last modified 2009-02-28 22:45:43.

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when and where
# Mar 29 2004 at 4:00 PM Rating: Decent
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3,640 posts
he spawns every 45 mins to an hour, i should know i killed it 7 times since i started playing ffxi and out of those 7 times i got him to drop 2 capes, although every time he did not drop the cape he would drop 1-2 silk threads. The truth is that there is no exact spawn place, there is an area he spawns in but no exact spot. I used my ranger to hunt him each time, the majority of the time he would spawn somewhere between the ruins and that little pile or rocks down by the river, HOWEVER, 1 out of the 7 times i hunted him he appeared way back in that cove where the river runs back in, the whole way in the back, if i didn't have my rng on i wouldn't have known he was back there, i guess this is why some people think he takes a long time to spawn. anyways, good luck

if you need help on carbuncle server my name is melbolt
I-7
# Mar 29 2004 at 11:21 AM Rating: Decent
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327 posts
I was barely able to get him. a Hgh lvl past by and cast cure 4 on me. the crawler was in I-7 not down in k/j-6. its a little bit of travel away, and with 4 other people there i was surprised i got him. Only 1 silk thread drop.
Lucky?
# Mar 26 2004 at 1:21 PM Rating: Good
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742 posts
I was out hunting Crawlers to get stacks of Silk Thread since I need cash, and while running along the path, there it was, between two rocks.

Grabbed it with my Flame Bommerang, and started hacking away. As a level 22 THF, it was stil hitting for 6-10 damage per hit (but missed often). Got me down to 304/361 HP after starting the fight with full health. Dropped Cape first try. ^^~ That's my second NM down, and second rare drop.
Spawn
# Mar 25 2004 at 11:08 AM Rating: Decent
18 posts
His exact spawn point is in J/K 6 right near the water. Watched him spawn 2 times last night in the same spot, and every time I've seen him, he's been near that spot. He spawns right behind a tree on the South side of the river near the small waterfall.

No cape though, only silk threads. =/
damn Spiny
# Mar 25 2004 at 7:06 AM Rating: Decent
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59 posts
I ran into him when i was still a low lvl 10 whm. I would have killed him but 2 yagudo's aggroed me. and he was on the road between the 2 rock formations. no one was around and i was luck. but the yagudo's /em shakes fist

but ill be going after him now ;)
see it.
# Mar 23 2004 at 7:11 PM Rating: Decent
Very hard to see it. Waiting for 6 hous to see just one and only drop silk thread. :-)
see it.
# Mar 23 2004 at 7:10 PM Rating: Decent
Spipi
# Mar 18 2004 at 11:04 AM Rating: Decent
1/2 I got the cape drop last night....15th/7whm Easy kill for me with 2hr I didnt even have full health...Me and a rng buddy were just farming and we caused Spipi to pop twice in 2 hours..Only got cape once.
HELP!
# Mar 18 2004 at 1:25 AM Rating: Decent
Been trying to kill Spipi for days now. Are there certain times/days when he spawns? I usally camp from 1900-600.
rar!
# Mar 11 2004 at 9:16 AM Rating: Decent
Ack this is bad! I was camping him last night, and exactly at 20:00 (like a previous poster here said), it spawned in J-7. I was so excited because it only took me about 20 minutes of camping and he showed up. So I'm a lvl 15 taru thief, and I should be able to take him, right? Wrong.... boooo!!! Sure, it was neck and neck, but at the end he just started pounding away at me. I had to use my 2hr, Wasp Sting, and Sneak Attack is just too hard to get off mid-battle because he constantly turns to face you when you solo. Ugh. And guess where my home point was? FRIGGIN SELBINA.
Trying
# Mar 08 2004 at 3:33 PM Rating: Decent
I am on unicorn server, and i have only seen him once, and that was while i was raising my drk, i was only lvl 9 and it killed me, i rushed back but it was gone TT~TT, but dont spend your time on this guy, farm other stuff around that area. you make loads more

lvl29THF/9BLM/9WAR/9WHM/13DRK
yea, and about the thf, i lvled down while getting drk quest =]

if you are on unicorn server, please /tell me a hi! my name is rengai!
Cape!
# Mar 03 2004 at 8:56 PM Rating: Decent
I've killed him 2 times. He was at I-6 where it merges with I-7. I got the cape and silk the first time but only silk the seconded time. It took about 2 hours for him to spawn when I was there.
don't give up
# Mar 02 2004 at 5:40 PM Rating: Default
Well I'm 2 for 3...just running home from the canyon and thought I'd see if he was there. Ding...mist silk cape No. 2!
RE: don't give up
# Mar 04 2004 at 5:54 PM Rating: Decent
Number 3
my encounter
# Mar 02 2004 at 3:17 PM Rating: Decent
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55 posts
i met Spiny at the exact corner where I-J 6-7 meet.

we were fighting a Crawler, waiting for him to spawn and saw him appear right when the clock hit 20:00.

beat him, but no cape drop (2 Silk Threads though). it was risky battle, we were L9 THF/WAR and L9 WHM/RDM, and may have died (or burned 2hour) if the high levels in the region who were searching for Spiny hadnt showed up and healed us. there were 5 or 6 of them that suddenly appeared halfway through the battle :\

been searching for last 2 days and have yet to see him. i really dont want to drop 24-25K(server:Gilgamesh/WindurstAH) for this cape (mostly cause i cant afford that yet)
unlucky
# Mar 01 2004 at 11:12 AM Rating: Good
Over the weekend i decided to start leveling thief and i did, once i got it to 10 i subbed it on war and tried spipi again. i got him to spawn on the road by the tower and unfortunately all i got was another silk thread. Killed him easily and i think i will probably never get that cape so i'm just gonna give up on him and continue with leveling monk pld and drg. anyway the best way to spawn him is to kill everything on sight and eventually he pops up, don't just stay in one place though make trips around i-7 j-7 and k-6. Good luck
Byronm-Caitsith
23 cook 7 cloth 8 fish gold 2 bone 2 alchemy 1
34mnk 25 whm 15 war 15 drg 14 blm 10 thf
He's weak just need tactics ;)
# Feb 28 2004 at 11:42 PM Rating: Default
They arn't hard, I killed one at lvl 11 BLM...... I didn't get the rare drop cloak. What I did was binded it, ran fairly far away, nuked it with Aero to get it's hate, I was still far away so I could get another bind in there before he reached and hit me. Then I ran away again and repeated this until he was on the ground I had about 12mp and 20 some hp. Makes me mad that I didn't get that drop... I could've used the money back then....

~Golo~
almost random
# Feb 27 2004 at 11:42 AM Rating: Default
It works on chance but not completely random, its not time or anything, the thing is there is a cap for spawn and the more stuff is spawning (the only way to get spawn is to kill spawn)the more chance he has of coming (it may be percentile)so its somewhat random anyway I've given up on hunting NM's Im to slow to prov
almost random
# Feb 27 2004 at 11:42 AM Rating: Default
It works on chance but not completely random, its not time or anything, the thing is there is a cap for spawn and the more stuff is spawning (the only way to get spawn is to kill spawn)the more chance he has of coming (it may be percentile)so its somewhat random anyway I've given up on hunting NM's Im to slow to prov
finally
# Feb 27 2004 at 11:18 AM Rating: Default
last night i finally got him to spawn at k-6 by the tree on the dead end of the river, killing everything in sight did the trick including the mobs on the other side of the river and in the river. He was extemely weak at war 14/monk, and was only hitting me for 5hp, max hp he took on one shot was 23hp as critical but Unlucky me didn't get that cape so i go at it again tonight till i finally get it. Might level up thief too and steal the cotton balls as i have seen a thief do so. anyway thanks to all of you for the help and ill keep you posted.
Byronm-Caitsith
34mnk 25 whm 15 drg 15 war 13 blm 10 pld
21 cook 5 clothing 2 bone 2 gold 1 alchemy 8 fish
Hopefully helpful tip!
# Feb 27 2004 at 9:22 AM Rating: Good
41 posts
Now if you're hunting for Spiny Spipi you have to be very patient.

First of all don't give up just because someone gets him right infront of your eyes. It can be frustrating but don't give up.

Secondly you might wanna farm while looking for it, because you can earn more gil than you might think. Try going for Beehive Chips (stack around 3.500 gil), Crawlers Calculus (200 gil each) and Spools of Silk Tread (stack 10.000 gil).

Thirdly, by my own experience, you should look for Spiny Spipi around the end of river (behind the rocks), because I've met him there 7 of 9 times.

Hope this helps.
no luck
# Feb 26 2004 at 11:17 AM Rating: Default
still last night i hunted his *** but he was nowhere to found.. all of a sudden i hear someone shout spipi is dead.... /cry
then he said it didn't drop the cape so i kept goin killing everything, i asked the guy how he got him and he said that it just luck. i'm thinkin i spawned it and didn't see him so the next guy that comes up sees him and woops him. This NM is very frustrating but ill keep on trying. The guy's advise was to kill everything on sight at i-7 and j-7 which is the zone he is suppossed to bee spotted at. anyway good luck to you all and myself
Byronm-Caitsith
the spipi blows..........
# Feb 25 2004 at 7:59 PM Rating: Default
Well, it just spawns whenever and its just random. I tried killing everything and it spawned the same. Also it doesn't always spawn between 23:00-24:00 its just random.

The mist silk cape is such a rare drop that i killed it 10 times and got so far over a dozen silk threads off of this *******....

But someday I will kill the ********, get the cape and taste the satisfaction.... god i hate this nm
give up?
# Feb 25 2004 at 11:06 AM Rating: Decent
well last night i tried to get him spawn again and couldn't get him even once, i spent 3 hours on him and there was another guy there too but none of us got him to spawn. i tried killing everything killing on ly crawler and crawler with bees some mandy's and gobs but nothing. I fought him once before but i guess it must have been luck. What am i doing wrong>? im camping i7 i6 j7 j6 at times i go to i-8 find a couple of crawlers there but still no spipi.
Byronm- Caithsith
no luck
# Feb 23 2004 at 11:38 AM Rating: Decent
i camp this guy every chance i get so far i killed him 2 times and all i get is silk thread. Seen him get owned a couple of times but its hard to determine how to make it pop. i think you just basically pick an area and kill the crawler that spawn there, eventually he will pop along with the regular crawler. this is a very long process but most likely it will be worth it. Good luck. about stealing the cotton balls from mandys, is this true you really can steal it from mandy's at e saruta? im no thief but if its true ill level him and steal them as well, please let me know. I only know of one kind that drops those and they are the ones in TC.
RE: no luck
# Feb 23 2004 at 7:02 PM Rating: Decent
yep...its true. i leveled my thf to 20 so far and i camp spipi alot...ive killed him 7 times and he's dropped the cape twice. its a great way to make money. just kill the crawlers, gob every now and then, and steal from a mandy every 5 minutes. i just got finished w/ camping him for a couple hours and i had 14 silk's, 10 saruta cotton's, 7 goblin armor, and ALOT of crawler calculuses.
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