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Vana'diel Bestiary: King Arthro  

Family:Crab
Found in:Jugner Forest
Job:Monk
Secondary Job:Black Mage
Level:55
Flags:
  • Notorious Monster
  • Aggro
  • Based on Water
  • Weak against Ice
  • Weak against Lightning
  • Strong against Water
Drops:
Stolen Items:
Updated: Sun Jun 13 06:38:10 2010

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King Arthro in Jugner Forest

King Arthro's Spawn Location
King Arthro's Spawn Location

  • Ten Knight Crabs will spawn roughly 21 hrs 5 minutes to 24 hrs 5 minutes after King Arthro's last ToD.

    • King Arthro will spawn roughly 5-10 seconds following the death of the last Knight Crab.

  • Physical attacks have an additional Paralysis effect that cannot be dispelled.

  • Immune to Silence.

King Arthro Special Attacks

  • Waterga IV - Strong AoE Water based magic damage (Circle of effect originates from spell target)

    • Due to King Arthro's low level, damage from Waterga IV will likely be resisted by a level 75 player.

  • Poisonga II - AoE Poison effect (Circle of effect originates from spell target)

  • Drown - Single target Water based DoT with an additional Strength down effect.

  • Enwater - Melee attacks performed by King Arthro will receive an additional Water based magic damage effect (Effect can be dispelled).

  • Bubble Shower - AoE Water based magic damage with an additional Strength down effect (Circle of effect originates from mob).

  • Metallic Body - Self target Stoneskin effect (Effect can be dispelled).

  • Bubble Curtain - Self target Shell effect (Effect can be dispelled).

  • Big Scissors - Single target physical damage.

  • Shell Guard - Self target Defense boost (Effect can be dispelled).

  • Hundred Fists - Self target potent Attack speed boost (Effect cannot be dispelled).

    • Denoted by the characteristic mob two-hour animation.

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bzzt!
# Nov 17 2004 at 8:10 AM Rating: Default
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King Arthro, Simurgh, and Roc all share two common bonds:

1. They're only accessible by leaving their original zone, going through another zone, and rezoning back out to the original zone through a hidden location.


Not true for Roc, I've seen him several times while chocoing across Sauromugue Champaign.
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I thought of it first:

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=10&mid=130073657654872218#20
RE: bzzt!
# Mar 14 2005 at 11:02 AM Rating: Decent
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yeah it is true its just lots of people pull Roc down
Either just for show ( wich really sint a smart idea since half the world will get TOD) Or to get more help

I camped Roc alot and he only spawns on the cliff wich is only acceseble by going through Garlaige.

Just people pull it down alot.
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RE: bzzt!
# Feb 28 2005 at 2:13 AM Rating: Decent
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Not to mention the fact that Lumber Jack is the sister NM for Roc and Simurgh you could say since Batallia Downs is the San d'Orian side zone off of Jeuno just like the other two for their respective cities.

See this post for more on that subject:
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pop time?
# Nov 15 2004 at 3:40 PM Rating: Decent
when does he spawn?
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# Nov 07 2004 at 10:42 PM Rating: Decent
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I hear i full party of level 55 can take down this guy is it true?
lol
# Oct 19 2004 at 5:17 AM Rating: Decent
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King Arthro would eat Aquarius for breakfast. That's hardly a comparison (To the poster above saying if people could solo Aqua, they could solo this guy). Aqua takes 1-2 people. King Arthro takes a full party 'at least'. If it were possible to pit these 2 NM's against each other, King Arthro would probably bring Aquarius down in 1-2 minutes. He spams the highest level -ga spells, has the same, if not higher DEF than Aquarius. Aquarius' damage is from it's melee attacks. Arthro can hit very hard, as well as spam magic. It's 2 hour is hundred fists (Aquarius doesn't have a 2 hour). I recon Arthro has a lot more HP than Aquarius does also. People who keep saying, "Arthro isn't that hard, he's only Lv.55" need to understand what a Lv.55 HNM is, in comparison to a Lv.70 NM. I'm fairly certain Arthro is the hardest Lv.55 HNM in the game (Compared to Roc, Simurgh, Serket).

Edited, Tue Oct 19 06:22:20 2004
RE: lol
# Oct 19 2004 at 1:48 PM Rating: Excellent
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Again i feel the need to mention that i and my LS have repeatedly seen a nin/war + drg/whm combo duo this HNM.

Phy + Nox on bahamut, they take some damage, but they don't die.

-Vert
ffxi
# Oct 09 2004 at 1:05 PM Rating: Default
could a level 68 rdm solo this guy and how do you no when he is gona spawn?
no
# Sep 24 2004 at 5:37 PM Rating: Good
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Nobody is ever soloing this HNM, ever. At 50% life (which if you even survived long enough to get to, he spams Waterga IV, goodbye shadows) he uses Hundred Fists, and let me tell you after seeing this first hand, It can tear the **** out of you if you aren't prepared. The thing has INSANE defense, on par with Aquarius, if not higher. Aquarius is a level 70 NM, this is a level 55 HNM. There's a difference. King Arthro, Simurgh, and Roc all share two common bonds:

1. They're only accessible by leaving their original zone, going through another zone, and rezoning back out to the original zone through a hidden location.

2. They give a party the equivalent of what a Level 55 mob would give, in experience points.

An HNM's "Level" is NOT determined by how HARD it is to kill. It's determined by how much experience a party receives from it. Which kind of makes judging an HNM's level (Especially a level 55 one) kind of pointless.
King Arthro
# Oct 25 2004 at 7:51 PM Rating: Decent
Help me out here, I'm kinda new. What's an HNM? Hard Notorious Monster? I also dont understand the following:
"1. They're only accessible by leaving their original zone, going through another zone, and rezoning back out to the original zone through a hidden location." Thanks--Svt--
RE: King Arthro
# Oct 26 2004 at 2:33 AM Rating: Decent
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HNM has a few different meaning depending on who you ask, Hyper or Hard Notorious Monster. As for the zone thing, KA you need to zone into King Ramps. Tomb from E. Ronfaure and then zone out of the tomb to Jugner forest. Roc you need to go through Garlaige to get upto his point, and Simurgh through Crawlers Nest to get up there. Hope this clears some of the confusion up ^^.
#REDACTED, Posted: Oct 06 2004 at 1:04 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) If people can solo Aquarius, they can certain solo this guy.
RE: no
# Nov 12 2004 at 11:32 PM Rating: Decent
When/if someone actually DOES solo it, then you can run around claiming such, and since if such a thing happened, it'd be wide spread and probably video taped.

I'm surprised a level 74 can't tell the difference between a HNM and a common NM. I get a kick out of people who think it's possible to solo Simurgh, Artho, or Roc.
RE: no
# Dec 17 2004 at 6:18 AM Rating: Default
You're an idiot.
RE: no
# Nov 24 2004 at 5:47 PM Rating: Default
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What is the purpose of your post? It's completely useless. I'm not going into a noob conversation about "HNM and NM OMG" notation. Only noobs cares about that really...

First of all, I was assuming the post about that setup of 7 or so level 60s people can kill King Artho was correct. That was my fault on assumption, but I've never heard anyone had extreme difficulty killing it at the 60s. To me, that setup would have a hard time getting Aquarius and it sounded like they didn't with KA. If that assumption was wrong, then oh well.

I am surprised someone is trash talking without information. What a freaking waste of space. Let me tell you, I've seen some amazing stuff people have done. None of these are told and circulated. The best and most skilled players doesn't always spam their stuff online. I'm no where near like those players, but I've seen them.
RE: no
# Oct 04 2004 at 3:29 AM Rating: Excellent
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a level 75 bst with sabotendor amigo is something to consider. a bst can solo avatars with these things. imagine fighting a level 75 cactuar with a level 75 beastmaster at the same time. even with courier carrie, this would be like having the assistance of a level 75 crab at your side, not to mention you can heal it with pet food and if you can get a level 75 pet to stay alive for 5 minutes you can call an entirely new lvl 75 crab to help fight. so unless this guy is above lvl 76-77 i think a lvl 75 bst could take it down solo. otherwise i'm sure 2 bsts could pwn this thing easily. when one jug is ready to die the other sends his in while the first bst awaits recast.

Edited, Mon Oct 4 04:31:05 2004
bst cant ?
# Sep 10 2004 at 12:36 AM Rating: Default
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guess u forgot about a little thing us bsts have called call beast. Of course we couldnt charm crabs in area to put on it, but as long as a called pet can put up its own, which they can bigtime against lower lvl mobs, there wouldnt be a prob. All you need is a few good jugs and some a couple pet food for back up. And pray pet lasts over 4 and half mins (reuse 5min time on jugs) Itd take some time but be a breeze, maybe 3 or 4 jugs. Bst could do it at lvl 69+ ..being very generous to the mob here.
Lucky Me
# Sep 08 2004 at 7:12 PM Rating: Decent
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Quite a while ago, I wandered around this place for a while, and it was EMPTY. Not a single person camping it. I was a level 21 at the time though, so I'm glad I didn't stick around for King Artho. -_-
bst
# Sep 05 2004 at 4:11 AM Rating: Default
im sure a 70 + bst could solo this easy as cake =o

be worth it to lookin at that drop list
#REDACTED, Posted: Aug 30 2004 at 8:03 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) This thing is pointless to camp if u have no life cause it has big *** spawn time
holy hell
# Aug 28 2004 at 3:15 PM Rating: Good
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I saw some high level Japanese players camping in this area yesterday but had no idea why... I checked around and found this mob listed here... if you are on Midgard, you know who the campers are already (NC). The belt sells for 10 million on this server, and the cloth is 880k... omfg...
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# Aug 27 2004 at 3:53 AM Rating: Decent
on my server this NM is a pointless camp, there is a Japanese party there every night that always gets it. same 75blm/5war claims it every single time. about 3 months ago my ls tried camping it for 2 weeks strait without a single claim. this is very annoying a bit hard to believe since u kno when KA will spawn and when to Spam/turbo. in fact the only speed belts sold for the last 10 sales have been from a member of that party.

I'm just wondering if its like this for other ppl...we moved onto gods now, triggered spawn (Yes Please)
You can solo this?
# Aug 26 2004 at 10:25 PM Rating: Decent
So a ninja with Ni can solo this little puppy and get the belt and the cloth and what not and keep it for his/herself.
tsdgdfg
# Aug 19 2004 at 10:19 PM Rating: Decent
Thf does NOT need to get the last hit for it to kick in, if you can, next time you call a GM, try conning him into saying it, ive done it and seen it
Question
# Aug 01 2004 at 8:07 AM Rating: Decent
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I just watched this one being killed a few minutes ago on Midgardsormr and saw something someone had mentioned before in this thread. The PT turned their backs (PLD kept voking) while the THF finished it off.

If the THF gets the kill, does it make TH more effective? o.O
RE: Question
# Aug 14 2004 at 11:22 AM Rating: Decent
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Yes, TH2 gets another "slot" in the party lineup this way.
RE: Question
# Aug 02 2004 at 7:23 PM Rating: Decent
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Quote:
If the THF gets the kill, does it make TH more effective?



I would like to know also. It would help tons!
RE: Question
# Aug 05 2004 at 8:37 PM Rating: Decent
With my experience it helps alot, i have never had a no-drop when the THF killed the NM in my PT's.
he looks stupid^^
# Jul 21 2004 at 6:59 PM Rating: Decent
ooooo he looks soo tough lol ^^
king aurthor
# Jul 15 2004 at 3:04 PM Rating: Excellent
so a lv 65 bst cant solo it with the crabs in the area.. like aquaris?? O_o
RE: king aurthor
# Aug 02 2004 at 12:53 PM Rating: Default
A bst won't solo it lol. Unless you wanna throw like the whole jugner forest spawn at it and then like another 2 spawns. This thing is an HNM in an area where there are no high lvl mobs that can be charmed. Aquarius = easy prey for bst.
King Arthro= incredibly tough.
HNM
# Jul 11 2004 at 3:07 AM Rating: Decent
First HNM I killed, pretty fun if you ask me. Wasn't too hard but I did get slapped once when the thf used SATA but fun all the same.
#REDACTED, Posted: Jul 15 2004 at 12:25 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) not an hnm...
Kill
# Jul 06 2004 at 12:53 PM Rating: Decent
Yesterday we killed him on Bismarck Server.

He Droped

-2 Damascene Cloth
-1 Magic Cuisses
-1 Reraisers
-1 Vile Elixer

This is the PT we had.

- Pld/War (LV 65) <== (Main Tank) <== ME ^^
- Whm/Blm (LV 60)
- Thf/Nin (LV 69)
- Mnk/War (LV 62)
- Sam/War (LV 60)
- Blm/Whm (Lv 63)
- Brd/Whm (LV 62)

The Battle took 15 Minute. At LV 65 I didn't have trouble keeping Hate. Only lost it once when Thf SANTA Shark Bite off Monk, but took it back Easily with Invincible, Provoke, Flash, Sentinel, Rampart ^^.

When his HP was low we all unequipped our weapon and face the other way, I kept on Voking and Flashing while Thf gets the last hit :). It was fun.
#REDACTED, Posted: Jun 16 2004 at 4:46 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) you cannot solo this thing even with ninja lvl 75 u cannot solo this thing it will do 100 fist and take out u'r shadow in a second. saw a 6 member jp party take it out took them about 15 mins it has crazy hp and def
solo?
# Jun 16 2004 at 4:46 PM Rating: Default
you cannot solo this thing even with ninja lvl 75 u cannot solo this thing it will do 100 fist and take out u'r shadow in a second. saw a 6 member jp party take it out took them about 15 mins it has crazy hp and def
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# Jun 13 2004 at 3:07 AM Rating: Decent
My only question is...HOW DID U GET A PIC OF KA UNCLAIMED O_o?

RE: @@
# Jul 01 2004 at 1:04 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm guessing they found him and were waiting for backup to arrive.
How?
# Jun 08 2004 at 6:57 PM Rating: Decent
Ok now how do you get him too spawn? been here for 3 hours and still no spawn and there aren't any ppl here camping for him.
RE: How?
# Jun 10 2004 at 5:41 PM Rating: Decent
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lol... he's 21-24 hours... you'll know when he's about to pop though because a ton of knight crabs come along... and you can't solo him unless you're NIN or have NIN SJ with utsusemi: ni
RE: How?
# Jul 15 2004 at 12:29 AM Rating: Decent
so knight crabs start to spawn shortly before he does? O.o
RE: How?
# Jun 11 2004 at 1:07 AM Rating: Decent
Ok cool yeah I'm 70 Thief/35 Ninja with Utsusemi: Ichi

Thanks for the info though
RE: How?
# Jun 20 2004 at 2:18 AM Rating: Decent
good luck on dying! have fun with that.
RE: How?
# Jun 24 2004 at 3:35 PM Rating: Decent
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lol
Why?!
# Jun 06 2004 at 5:09 PM Rating: Decent
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Why is this NM level 55? The entire area of Jugner is littered by level 25-30, and then the northwest corner has the beast of a mob that drops nothing of concern. (Except for a 4mil item...)
Artho
# Jun 05 2004 at 12:40 AM Rating: Decent
This guy is higher then 55. He put up a fight with me lvl 75blm, 75drk, and 75rdm. Killed him and he only dropped the cloth : /
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