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Vana'diel Bestiary: Vodyanoi  

Family:Doomed
Found in:Phanauet Channel
Job:Dark Knight
Level:45
Flags:
  • Notorious Monster
  • Aggro
  • Not Linking
  • Detects by Sound
  • Detects by Low HP
  • Based on Dark
  • Weak against Fire
  • Weak against Light
  • Strong against Darkness
Drops:
Updated: Sun Feb 28 04:03:53 2010

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General Information

  • Timed spawn every 12-15 hours between the times of 20:00 and 04:00 on the barge in Phanauet Channel

    • If Vodyanoi is allowed to despawn at 04:00, its respawn window won't open again till 12 hours afterward.

  • Susceptible to Slow, Bind, and Stun.

Vodyanoi's Special Attacks

  • Stinking Gas - AoE Vitality Down effect (Circle of effect originates from mob).

  • Abyss Blast - Single target Darkness based magic damage with an additional Blind effect.

  • Acid Breath - Frontal cone AoE Water based magic damage with an additional Strength down effect.

  • Call of the Grave AoE Intelligence down effect (Circle of effect originates from mob).

  • Whip Tongue - Single target physical damage with an additional Stun effect.

  • Undead Mold - Frontal cone AoE magic damage with an additional Disease effect.

  • Blood Weapon - Physical damage dealt by Vodyanoi will restore its HP by an amount equal to the damage dealt.

Historical Information

In Slavic folklore, the Vodyanoi (also spelled Vodonoi, Wódjanoj, Vodyanoy) were male water spirits who could change form and were said to live in whirlpools or underwater palaces made from materials salvaged from sunken ships. The most common form they took was an old man with a green beard and covered in muck. Many drownings were attributed to Vodyanoi. The bodies would not be retrieved out of fear it would anger the Vodyanoi by taking his "spoils" from him. Locals appeased Vodyanoi by giving them the first fish caught or pouring butter in the water.

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Nin Pants
# Aug 02 2005 at 5:29 PM Rating: Decent
42 posts
First time I set foot on the ferry from Central to South, this guy popped and I killed him as 50Nin/25War. Didn't get the drop. I've tried to camp him 4 times since, in 6 hour periods; I haven't even seen him again. I have killed the Orc however, and get 2 Rare/Ex drops that don't appeal to me at all. Does anybody know anything for sure about Vodyanoi's pops? Is it always during the night? If so, between what hours? Thanks for any help you can give, I'd rather not spend 2 mil on these things.
Update
# Jul 24 2005 at 1:14 PM Rating: Decent
20 posts
When I used to camp this, it had a 3 hour spawn rate exactly. I was 1/5. About a month has passed since I used to camp him, and now its changed. As if the abysmal drop rate werent bad enough, now we have to wait even longer to leave empty handed ><
0/1
# Jul 20 2005 at 8:41 PM Rating: Default
Easily solo'd as a 52NIN. Just takes about four or five minutes. Killed him about a minute before dock. No drop. 43 exp though.

This is after the update's exp adjustment.

0/2 now. At least a 10 hour spawn.

Edited, Mon Jul 25 20:37:00 2005
O.o
# Jul 18 2005 at 12:45 AM Rating: Decent
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170 posts
So get this, i've been dreading farming the 4mil I need to get the lvl 50 Nin gear that I would really like to have. I got bored today and decided to go to Carpenters Landing for the first time, well 2nd time(1st time i died from aggro as low level >.>)

Anyways I hop aboard and see this giant thing. Everyone is staring at it and i'm thinking, should I or shouldn't I? I said what the heck why not.

Fight went pretty well, even though I was ill prepared for an NM fight. All that I had with me was gear and Shiehi(sp) Thanks to the help of a mage that threw a few cures out I was able to defeat this as lvl 50 Nin. I'm sure if I had all my tools it would have been nothing.

When I saw what it had dropped my jaw literally fell open. This is probably one of the happiest day of playing FF :-)
#REDACTED, Posted: Jul 14 2005 at 8:05 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) this nm started hitting me ones i got on the ship. lvl 40 rdm
Update
# Jun 22 2005 at 9:08 PM Rating: Decent
Ok me and a couple of friends have had this on lockdown for a couple days spawntimes are as follows

10:39pm
11:52am the next morning
then 5:22 am the following morning after that

All i can think is its a 12-24 spawn time and when it pops in that time is totally random..hope this helps
Spawn time
# Jun 19 2005 at 9:59 AM Rating: Decent
I have camped this thing quite often lately with a ranger friend of mine and from what i gather i would stick with the theory that this is a 12-15 hour pop. I have been on the ship for 5 hours at a time and not seen it. I logged on last night and on second boat trip it popped and i got the NIN pants. My friend is also 1/1 solo on the pants. When we were in party on the boat we got the RDM pants....so i have had great luck camping this NM. I still have yet to see the Orc pop...And i would really like the ring for my whm. But yeah the point of the post is i believe it is about 12-15 hour spawn. Hope this helps anyone i have been recording Time of Death so if i come up with something new i will be sure to post

Edited, Sun Jun 19 11:02:15 2005
RE: Spawn time
# Jun 22 2005 at 5:30 PM Rating: Decent
I wouldnt say 12-15, its more random then that... I would say the 4-15...

I'm testing it now because I killed him last night at about 2:30am an am heading into the 14th hour since his ToD... I'll edit when I know

Edited, Wed Jun 22 18:37:14 2005
lucky
# Jun 18 2005 at 3:06 PM Rating: Decent
i was reading up on the nm in this area, so i figured, why not. ill give em a go. so i start in carpenters landing with the orc trap. pops within 20 mins and i get the drop. then i read up on this doomed nm and figured, hell, since i dont want to wait around for the orc trap again, ill hop the boat and maybe i will get lucky. i read about the "im o/whatever on this drop and "it took this long to get it to pop" etc. within 30 seconds of being on the boat, there he is standing in front of me. i figured, i can kill this no prob but i doubt ill get the drop. low and behold, i got the drop 1/1
OMG
# Jun 16 2005 at 6:23 AM Rating: Default
Was camping for 10hours, he pops, i claim he has %5 hp left and the boat docks, I waited 2hrs didnt pop again, i will get my revenge
...
# Jun 15 2005 at 10:37 AM Rating: Decent
32 posts
The pop on this NM is totally random, I've been camping this motherf***** for a little over 2 weeks now and I am 0/7 on the drop. My theory is that it is a 12-15 hour pop. I have killed it 12 and 14 hours after killing it before, but in between those times I had work, school, sleep, etc. This is the worse NM EVER! Usually I go 9+ hours without even seeing it. I'm past the point of no return for those pants so I'm gonna continue to camp until I get them, but after that, NEVER AGAIN! I don't reccomend camping this NM unless you are extremely patient or just insane.

Edit: 1/10 finally!

Edited, Sat Jun 18 13:05:52 2005
are you guys sure
# Jun 14 2005 at 11:45 AM Rating: Decent
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123 posts
did all of you who killed him have a certain quest activated or ant items you got from carpenters landing. and are you positive no one was fishing. would like reply ASAP
RE: are you guys sure
# Jun 14 2005 at 1:12 PM Rating: Decent
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Well, i'm 1/3 with this guy, and 2 of my claim's have been with nobody else on the boat and only item related to carpenter's landing i've got was a map. He's not hard, i've fought him every time as a 57drg/whm and never had to healing breath, out of allt he doomed TP move's he's only ever done Abyss Blast (dmg + blind), and Call from the Grave (INT down) seems to be his favorite, he usually takes about 600hp off me when i'm unbuffed. I dunno his spawn time, but i think sumone further down had suggested a 4-12 hour spawn time which i'd believe, my 3 claims i got within ~5 hour's each time of camping, but my last trip i was on for 10.5 hour's of nonstop riding and he never popped, was nobody on when i got on that time but a 75rdm was on the boat camping him about 3 hour's after i did. (have yet to see the orc NM ever and i'm finding myself on this barge a lot recently.) hope some of this helps you ^^
...Bastard
# Jun 08 2005 at 9:57 PM Rating: Decent
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61 posts
I found out about this area for the first time yesterday, and I never explore the CoP areas so I thought I would take the barge and enjoy the scenery. When I asked LS members if they wanted to come hangout they told me no, and informed me up the 2 NM's. I started camping at around 11:00 P.M. central time, and stopped at 2:00 A.M. central time. NO POP. Woke up at around noon and started camping agian at 1:00 P.M., and now its 10:00 PM. and no pop all day. Words can not describe how pissed I am. I'll probably camp him about 1-2 more hours and go to bed. -.-
...Bastard
# Jun 08 2005 at 9:57 PM Rating: Decent
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61 posts
I found out about this area for the first time yesterday, and I never explore the CoP areas so I thought I would take the barge and enjoy the scenery. When I asked LS members if they wanted to come hangout they told me no, and informed me up the 2 NM's. I started camping at around 11:00 P.M. central time, and stopped at 2:00 A.M. central time. NO POP. Woke up at around noon and started camping agian at 1:00 P.M., and now its 10:00 PM. and no pop all day. Words can not describe how pissed I am. I'll probably camp him about 1-2 more hours and go to bed. -.-
Pop Time?
# Jun 03 2005 at 12:22 PM Rating: Decent
32 posts
I recently lost my sanity and decided to camp this NM for my NIN. It has been 5 days and I have killed this NM 4/5 times that I have seen and have gone 0/4. I've heard rumors that this NM is 3-12 hour pop, which I believe is entirely possible. Everyday I camp this, I go 6+ hours before it even pops with exception to the day I didn't get the claim; only took 2 hours. I have seen this NM spawn 13-14 hours from the last time I killed it, but had to go to work/sleep/school, inbetween those hours. The most I've camped it before it popped was 9 hours >.<. 3 of the times it has popped from the Central to South Landing and twice from South > Central. Hopefully I could be of help and if anyone has anymore info on this NM... please for the love of God let me know or post or something, I am extremely burnt out on this NM and really wish for my experience with him to be over.
Owned
# Jun 02 2005 at 10:40 PM Rating: Decent
20 posts
I decided that as a 55 SMN I could easily solo this.
I was wrong, It took about all my MP with Ifrit to take it down to 10% where I missed my opertunity to 2hr. So at this point, the only buffs I have are protect II and shell. Ifrits gone and I have 3 MP.
Miraculously, I managed to solo the remaining health and get the drop. I had 200 HP left.

Edited, Thu Jun 2 23:53:14 2005
NM habit
# May 30 2005 at 1:10 AM Rating: Excellent
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Ive recently started camping this guy, and have learned a little about his spawn habits, but it could just be coinsidence (but 8 times in a row is odd for coinsidence).
First, he normally spawns exactly 3 hours after his last death on the barge from south landing to central landing via emfea waterway. once, though, he spawned 6 hours after his last death, but on the exact same route the 8 times that ive killed him, in the exact same spot on the boat too >.< so, i believe he only spawns on that same route (for me anyway). after killing him the first 3 times, i noticed he spawned exactly 3 hours away from his last death, and on the exact same route. so, now, ive just been camping him 7 minutes out of each hour on that one route. after about 3 hours he spawns on the same route again. i think its an odd coinsidence for him to spawn for me 8 times now on the same route.
also, his lvl is higher than 45! at lvl 59, i got 12-26 exp each time i killed him. at lvl 60, i got 12 exp from killing him, so a better guess would be around 49-53 for his lvl.
another thing, this guy is relatively uncamped on my server... 90% of the time there isnt a single other person in carpenders landing or getting on the barge when he spawns.
so far im 0/8 on the drop... sad really.. but i'll get it eventually.. i have a serious grudge against him now, so i will voraciously camp him until i get my drop! :)
O_o
# May 25 2005 at 11:07 AM Rating: Decent
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404 posts
Got on the barge and got this thing down to about 30% before it owned me... had no weapons and no Hundred Fists though, so I prolly coulda beat it with those two =P
RE: O_o
# May 29 2005 at 4:43 PM Rating: Decent
yeah, he's relativley easy for any one 60+, just takes a little smarts is all.

Damn undead ^^
Entertainment?
# May 09 2005 at 3:25 AM Rating: Decent
Well, I was doing the tea somthing quest an I was taking this barge just dying for somthing entertaining a voila, my wish came true.

This thing took quite the chunk outta me as a 64DRK/32THF I ended the fight with only 15% HP left, but well, when a DRK cant drain... there really isnt much he can do but whack it.

He does use Blood Weapon (DRK 2hr which drains HP) but he barley even hit me so it didnt make a difference.

Sorry, this should have been posted on NM, I will post the same message on NM aswell

Like all the other Doomed, he has a crap load of HP an take a while to take down.

Like the other posts say, this dude will most likley not be able to take down right away until you go back on the barge heading back up north.

oh, an for the record, I didnt get any drop /cry
RE: Entertainment?
# May 09 2005 at 5:17 PM Rating: Decent
well then, decided the day after my previous post there that I would attempt to camp him for a while... I was getting angry that there was no spawn but waited it out.

After the 3rd trip down (3 hours) he spawned on the way up to northern landing.

Killed him uber fast, an low an behold he dropped... I was quite happy, a nice cool 1.5m (Lakshmi Server)
Blah
# May 05 2005 at 12:21 AM Rating: Good
28 posts
I've killed this one thrice now, no drop >.<
As usual, SE hates me and never lets me get what I camp for hours for and finally claim by myself ._.

I would assume this one has a respawn of 4-6hours, maybe more and also perhaps lottery but I've seen it pop within 4 hours atleast.

After reading everyones post, it seems the drop isn't rare... was it nerfed or do I always have ****** luck in this game? 0/2 and others are 2/2 or atleast 1/2 >.<

Edit: Updated kill info... 3times now and respawn seems higher than 4-6hours, perhaps 6-12 ><

Edited, Fri May 6 16:18:14 2005
RE: Blah
# May 05 2005 at 11:26 AM Rating: Decent
I wouldn't say your luck is bad. I've killed him 6 times so far, and 3 of those times I got nothing in a row. I don't know if it can be attributed to moon phase or what, but I was kinda mad. He is a big time sink. I've heard of him spawning within 4 hours of another spawn, but I think this is rare. Usually I can camp him for up to 8 and not see him. So far i am 2/6 on the Hakama and 3/6 on the War Hose. My first two kills the hakama and war hose dropped together. I saw you post under the Orc NM as well, I am also only hunting this because the Orc is on this run. I have also not seen the Orc in my many days of hunting this mob. If not for the screenshots i would swear he didn't exist. Anyways happy hunting, I hope you get something for your hard work.

After posting this message camped barge again, he popped no drop. So now i'm 4/7 on nothing. Its not just you! Oh btw, thats with TH2.

Edited, Thu May 5 14:23:21 2005
RE: Blah
# May 06 2005 at 3:24 PM Rating: Good
28 posts
Thanks for that reply, it made the NM droprate seem less evil towards me, knowing I'm not alone heh..

LS are starting to wonder if I'm going to live on that boat now... I've been there for 3 days now, unfortunately I haven't been able to take all the boatrides during the time I've been there (ticket mistakes ><) and I wouldn't be surprised other people got NM at those times, because I spend several hours with no pop until like 8hrs later..

Seeminly I have even scared away other campers or somethign with my presence... when I started, there was always a couple of others, but lately it's only been me, and an occasional fisher.
But it hasn't made the NM pop any faster for that matter, and I bet I just missed it again when taking a shower, boat was empty all the time, but I still missed the night ride, and I bet it popped, then depopped and is now a restart of waiting 8hrs ><
RE: Blah
# May 06 2005 at 10:44 PM Rating: Excellent
Just on a side note. I think one of the spawn conditions of this NM is that the weather must be clear. Fog is ok, but if there is any rain or thunder weather you might as well just camp him tomorrow. That kind of weather likes to linger for awhile.
RE: Blah
# May 11 2005 at 5:45 PM Rating: Good
28 posts
Saw it spawn during rain weather, a RDM was on the boat along with me, I decided to fish, just as I pulled back the rod, the NM pops, I'm frozen for a good 5more sec, just as I can move, RDM claims it ><

It would have severly pissed me off, if it werent for the fact that I got my pants already, 1/5, but that frozen state from fishing was kinda annoying as I could have gotten it easy since the RDM seemed rather blind <.<
notes
# May 02 2005 at 3:55 PM Rating: Decent
27 posts
spawned on Lights Day 2350 with Full Moon (98%) seconds before the barge docked. when I reboarded he was still there.

engaged as a 53war/26whm, without food or buffs and would've been promplty owned had it not been for a paladin (of unknown level) using cure III on me. as it was the fight ended with every ability except berserk used, all mp expended, and the paladin 3 times running out of mp. I had 39 hp remaining and was diseased to boot.

he averaged 43 per hit on me (def 220, vit 47+3)
he uses 'Tongue Whip' which averaged double +10% damage
he hit an average of 1/2 times - but I have VERY low evasion
he used an ability called 'Undead Mold' twice, it did about double +25% damage and I think was what diseased me
he used 'Stinking Gas' which did about half damage but inflicted VIT down (after which he averaged about the same per hit -- maybe 3-4 points higher)
he used 'Call of the Grave' near the end which lowered my INT but only did about half damage.
both Stinking Gass and Call of the Grave were AOE
he only critical hit twice in the whole battle

if I had to guess I'd say he has between 2300 - 2800 hp

I got 25xp and the Hakama.

Oh, one of his attacks blinded me too, though it wore off very quick, and Power Slash was very effective doing a low of 183 and a high of 223 with no misses.

I don't know if this will help anyone, but if you take this beastie on, I hope it does and I wish you well.
Spawn
# Apr 22 2005 at 10:59 PM Rating: Good
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This guy spawns at night time (20:00-4:00) on ANY barge ride. I've no idea what his respawn time is, or if the other mobs on the boat are possibly place-holders for him.

I've taken 27 barge rides so far, hunting Stubborn Dredvodd, and well.. As his name suggests, he's stubborn and won't pop for me.

Got Vodyanoi on my 26th ride. Myself (WHM56/SMN23) and another guy (SMN58/WHM29) took him out very easily in about 2 minutes. Got the drop, so we're 1/1. Sold overnight for 2 mil, and it was only the 10th ever sold in Jeuno, Kujata. ^^

Now if only Dredvodd would spawn for me. Got my Serket Ring a few days ago and now I need a Carect Ring to go with it. :p

Edit: The first time I saw him was ~9pm EST. I saw him again (claimed by someone else as I lagged my way through the zone -.-) around 30 hours later. Of course, I slept and did RL stuff between camping trips, so I could have missed a spawn. All this says is that his minimum spawn time is 30 hours or less. Not extremely helpful, but if everyone contributes, we can figure something out. :)

Edited, Mon Apr 25 22:35:49 2005
As mentioned...
# Apr 17 2005 at 9:46 PM Rating: Decent
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Fishing has nothing to do with finding this guy. He just pops on the boat, but only at nighttime, like any regular mob that pops on the boat.

I am unsure of how long his respawn time is, as so far, I've only seen him once a day.
Got him
# Mar 27 2005 at 5:05 PM Rating: Decent
23 posts
I have killed this chunk of rotting meat twice now, and he hasn't dropped the Hakama, currently at 1 mil on my server. Some notes though: I have seen him spawn on both the Central Landing -> South Landing route through Newtpool (approx 18:00-23:00) and the South Landing -> Central Landing route through the Emfea Waterway.(approx 0:00-4:00).

First time I killed him he spawned at around 2:00 on the Emfea route... second time, he spawned near the very end of the Newtpool route. We did dock before I could kill him, but he was right there waiting for me and Ifrit when we got back on the Emfea boat. He will stay on the boat if you dock as long as it is still night. Easily soloable by a 60 SMN. I just wish I would get something other than "Ifrit defeats Vodyanoi," like, Obtained: Nokizaru Hakama
X.X
# Mar 24 2005 at 9:15 AM Rating: Decent
Well it looks like I took the Southbound 0:21 from Central to find him. I wasn't looking, didn't even know he existed. Just got on the barge, it was night, knelt to rest, next thing I knew I was getting killed.
RE: X.X
# Aug 31 2005 at 6:34 AM Rating: Decent
lol exactly same thing happened to me. Now when me and a friend go camp it, dam thing wont spawn.
lost the Drop
# Mar 12 2005 at 12:06 PM Rating: Decent
today i got this thing when i was camping him.
i was a lvl 67brd and a friend of mine lvl53 ninja
i think he spawn about half we the ride on emfea route.
we started fighting him and he was prety easy only hade to cure the nin once and we killd it nice and without any problem.
we got the pants and where so happy we got it.
after 10sec or so we zoned of the barge and lost the drop from zoning. so i only have one thing to say after killing it everyone LOT as fast as posible you dont want to lose a drop like this like we did.
btw chould he be a 24hour spawn nm?
i had already campt him for 5hours when he popt and the nin i was with already campt it once for 12hours and didnt see it.
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