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Vana'diel Bestiary: Goblin Ambusher  

Family:Goblin
Found in:Outer Horutoto Ruins
Job:Ranger
Level:10 - 14
Flags:
  • Aggro
  • Linking
  • Detects by Sight
  • Weak against Light
Drops:
Stolen Items:
Updated: Sat Apr 26 06:31:49 2008

Goblin Ambusher Picture

These Goblins like to ambush their prey from behind grass or bushes. They are also extremely tenacious and can wait hours and even days for a target to appear.

Some/all of the information in this article has been culled from various FFXI guides, and translated by Elmer the Pointy.

Category: Final Fantasy XI
This page last modified 2008-04-25 23:10:06.

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they do!!
# Mar 06 2006 at 12:15 PM Rating: Decent
Go to Wadi 2nd lvl. It takes awhile but do drop leather armor!
gil
# Jan 29 2005 at 5:43 PM Rating: Decent
These guys drop good gil when You sub thf with a lvl 32rdm (thf has to be lvl 5 to work) u get
32-40 Gil a kill.
does not drop ...............
# Dec 27 2004 at 7:01 PM Rating: Decent
... now i am just saying i have fought these things over 100 times and i have never gotten any leather armor. but i have only fought them in konsckat and those low level spots but i am just saying that might be wrong... the world may never know.[Navy][/Navy]
does not drop ...............
# Dec 27 2004 at 7:01 PM Rating: Decent
... now i am just saying i have fought these things over 100 times and i have never gotten any leather armor. but i have only fought them in konsckat and those low level spots but i am just saying that might be wrong... the world may never know.[Navy][/Navy]
GOBS!
# Jul 08 2004 at 10:24 AM Rating: Decent
So i went into Dangruf Wadi to see whats at the very end. Im lvl 13 soi didnt think id have a problem with monsters killing me. So as i was walkin along i saw a giant grub dc so i thought ill fight it right? So then im almost done with the grub and this goblin ambusher starts attacking me so once i finish the grub i go over to the goblin ambusher and i check it and it was tough. I was going solo so its not the easiest of monsters so i have to use mighty strikes and power slash with my claymore just to kill it and i come out with 10 hp left over.
death
# Jun 14 2004 at 4:56 AM Rating: Default
lol... In the back ground lays a body.

The goblins remain triumphant!
I like
# Mar 24 2004 at 8:34 PM Rating: Decent
I like these guys cuz I sit there and just pelt them with my arrows which hurts alot more I have a certain hatred for them too, so the first thing i did when I became rng was lvl a little and went and used eagle eye shot on a gob in a area that I had marked where I was killed after a fight with orc poor Goblin Amb. did not expected it hahaha Vengence and I like the drop stuff too.

30thf/8rng Hume
8rng/4thf
Laycerate
=P
# Feb 24 2004 at 3:09 PM Rating: Default
hahaha there is a dead galka threre
RE: =P
# Dec 27 2004 at 7:03 PM Rating: Default
I SEE NO GALKA OR A DEAD GUY WTF





RE: =P
# Dec 27 2004 at 7:03 PM Rating: Default
I SEE NO GALKA OR A DEAD GUY WTF





RE: =P
# Dec 27 2004 at 7:03 PM Rating: Default
I SEE NO GALKA OR A DEAD GUY WTF





RE: =P
# Dec 27 2004 at 7:02 PM Rating: Default
I SEE NO GALKA OR A DEAD GUY WTF





You can steal...
# Dec 23 2003 at 11:11 PM Rating: Default
Stealing from this guy gets you: Crosbow Bolt
Perfect dodge
# Dec 23 2003 at 5:29 AM Rating: Default
Perfect dodge

Edited, Tue Dec 23 05:32:33 2003
also
# Dec 21 2003 at 7:55 PM Rating: Decent
These also drop blocks of animal glue
RE: also
# Dec 29 2005 at 9:03 PM Rating: Excellent
16 posts
Agreed, I can leave the Dangruf Wadi with 3 to 6 in about an hour of farming. Sometimes I'll stay long enough for enough stack.....
Pulling ambushers
# Dec 08 2003 at 4:15 PM Rating: Good
Pulling these guys can be done, but you need to be aware that he will only chase to the distance of his ranged attack.

So if you are pulling to a safe location for party killing then you just run past the other party members and then rejoin the battle after they start whacking him.

If you are pulling to separate a large group of goblins then you need to back up a bunch to a clear space behind you so you can get him to chase you to a distance where you wont get aggroed by the other gobs nearby. Then you charge him and take him down. generally if you can you want to try and pull melee type gobs if you have a choice, but sometimes the ambusher is the closest one to you.

As far as difficulty goes, they are definitely on the same tier as the butchers and tinkers. Though generally they are slightly easier because they do less damage/take more damage than butchers, and they lack the annoying spells that tinks have (eg Bind). I expect the ranged attack is supposed to be the balancing factor.
Ranged Attacks
# Dec 06 2003 at 11:05 PM Rating: Decent
When you decide to attack one of these, make sure you do not pull it with a spell. Many times, if you decide to agro it from a long distance away with a spell, the Ambusher will just stand there and pelt you with arrows, and they hurt ... alot. Best thing to to do is to just run up to them and start attacking. You sure do not want them getting in any free shots with their crossbows.

These were pretty much all tough cons around Level 13 and 14, and around Level 15 you would start to see some even and decent cons. They have higher defence than Thugs and Weavers, but it did not seem to be as high as the Tinkerers or Butchers.
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