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Auriga Xiphos
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DMG:17 DLY:224
Accuracy+2
Lv.19 WAR/RDM/PLD/DRK

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How good is it?
# Feb 17 2009 at 8:05 AM Rating: Decent
I just got this sword LUCKILY just before I was killed. Lol
And I want to know from someone, on a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the sword?
sword owned by a slave
# Jun 22 2008 at 11:41 PM Rating: Decent
Auriga refers to a slave whose job is to drive chariots. Auriga Xiphos is owned by Chariotbuster Byakzak, an orcish slave whose job is to operate an Orcish Warmachine. Although it is styled a Xiphos, only strong adventurers can wield this and it is an improvement to an already powerful iron longsword.
Easy NM
# Apr 08 2007 at 12:53 PM Rating: Decent
I often went to Ft. Ghelsba to kill time by just killing orcs for fun (and some gils) and each time I passed by the panzer was there, it seems to be left by itself all the time. I destroyed the panzer 4 times but the 5th, the second NM spawned and I smacked him good before getting the sword. I been using it with my red mage since lvl 19 and so far it looks like it'll be good until 30. Its really worth getting an hand on it.
Damn Panzer...
# Feb 14 2007 at 1:47 PM Rating: Decent
Hello, I am on ODIN and have just killed this thing for the 8th thime...

0/8 atm but I am not leaving till I get the dang sword for my 19PLD. Already have the Van Pendant and the Clipeus Shield. Looking for all the ra/ex items for my PLD atm. Next up... Power Sandals...

If I ever get the dang sword. :)

GL all!!!
All Right!!
# Dec 02 2006 at 5:15 AM Rating: Decent
Just thought I'd pop over to Holaris with my Damp Scroll and I'd thought what the hell, I'll just pop over to the Fort and see if I could get this for my PLD.... OMFG it just popped in front of me and Oooo train of Orcs to boot, Loverly Pawned them all in 4 casts of Wategra and drop was there first time!!

DRK44/BLM22

Easy as taking a sword from an Orc!
Wootz
# Sep 14 2006 at 1:36 PM Rating: Good
Ok so I decieded to take my 45THF up there just for the hell of it. I stood there for about an hour then the Panzer popped. SA'd it for 260 then melee'd a bit more, then I noticed that a fighter came out of its butt; Lolz he was a bit tougher then the Panzer hehehheheh. I dropped a total of maybe 4-5 Panzers then Chariot popped, Whooped his butt with 4 other orcs on me. I was not able to get a SA off because it popped red >.< But I got my blade, my PLD was level 1 at that time. So now I have all the New Low level NM's in my pocket I decided to level PLD. PLD currently 15. All my Camps were while watching TV. I would stand there and since I was playing on my PS2 I just changed the channel. Roughly every 15 minutes I would change it back to the game and hit a quick Widescan. So even though my camps only took hours, I never really noticed it because I was TV the entire Camp time.

Item Time Camped Details

Clipeus 2-3 Hours Just stood there

Auriga 1 night I killed 4 Panzers, went to bed,
Woke up killed PAnzer then Chariot

Entrancing Ribbon 15 Minutes Killed about 2 Crows buncha Crawlers

Opticle earring 3 hours Stood around a bit, then logged off
Came back BAM there he was.
dropped it
# Jul 03 2006 at 10:28 PM Rating: Decent
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I was on my way to do BC's in Horlais Peak and i was a little early. As i was walking through i saw the Panzer and checked it. <Impossible to Guage>. I think cool i never killed this one so i sicked my Carby on in.
Was 60 smn at the time so carby demolished it quickly. My wife looked over at my screen and said she thinks this is the NM that spawns another NM.
Sure enough. Chariotbuster spawned after i took down the Panzer.
KIlled him. Got the sword.
At this time I had no intentions of lvling another melee job so i just dropped the sword.
Now I'm almost 19 rdm and am kicked myself for dropping.
Damn....
mog locker needed
# Jun 19 2006 at 3:33 PM Rating: Decent
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Ever since I bumped into Goliath Beetle (that later changed name to Funguar Beetle) and got a Clipeus I have been looking for these relatively new NMs with 100% drop. The more jobs I have unlocked and tried out the more useful I have found these things. And there is still people out there that don't know about Ropipi's Entrancing headband (+2 chr for level 11 any job), for example, so you still get questions when wearing them.
Anyway I always had in mind to check this sword out, both for RDM and PLD. But Byakzak was the hardest of them, even if not many were camping him.
I came on a Friday late evening and started to run around, unsure about where and how the Panzer spawned. There was a few others there and after a while I got a /tell that I just missed him. It was late so I logged out.
The day after was one of those few days when I could spend a few more hours online and now I was alone in the area. I got the Panzer 6 times (spawned at H8 every time) before I started to get tired of it and went to look for the Power Sandals in Davoi instead. I also helped my son do his Fellowship-quest and late evening Saturday I found myself not so far from the spawn-area again. Did a last check before I was going to log off and the Panzer was there. And this time Byakzak spawned.
(My son got a Lantern Shield the day after too!)It's going to be fun to do PLD a few levels more soon.
But all these Ra/ex drops really makes it necessary to get a moglocker.
i want this sword!!
# Jun 19 2006 at 2:43 PM Rating: Decent
i need this 4 my rdm but the NM is so hard to spawn!
Ultimate sword
# Jun 10 2006 at 3:52 PM Rating: Decent
I was helpiing my friend (WHM 24) Get his kazaam keys and decided to check for panzer pop. As always he was in his little area surrounded by orc and lizzards. I decided I wanted to kill him (30 WAR) so I could use the sword for my PLD which I was currently leveling.

We start the fight off pretty good and Panzer missed me alot as expected. it was only after killed him did the suspense build up. I axiously waited for and orc to pop out half expecting it to be An Orcish fighter. Then BAM! Chariotbuster Byakzak!!

I knew this drop was 100% so I was exited. When he spawned, 6 or 7 of the nearby Orc's agroed. Chariot was a bit harder then I expected, haveing alot of HP. So I used 2hr. WHM was taking hit badly from nearby orcs and my hp was low but we pulled through and I ended up uptaining the sword.

This sword is the absolut best sword from levels 19-30. I love showing it off in party's and I bet if it were'nt RARE EX it would go for a cool 500k on my server (Odin).

I love this sword. Defanatly worth the time to camp in my opinion. A MUST have for PLD's.
^^
# May 22 2006 at 5:17 PM Rating: Decent
After killing my 17th Panzer, Chariotbuster finally spawns ^^;

Auriga Xiphos, mine! ;D

Good luck everyone^^
Caution: No new jobs can use this
# Apr 23 2006 at 9:44 PM Rating: Decent
23 posts
After using every Xiphos sword up to 20 as Corsair I assumed I could use this one to... After camping it for two days, i went 1 out of 6 to find that the picture is still up to date and Corsair or Blue Mage can NOT use this ; ;
Worth It!
# Jan 07 2006 at 11:02 PM Rating: Decent
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Excellent sword. Simply excellent. If you are a PLD, nothing even comes close to replacing it until the Centurion's Sword at 30. I can't speak for RDMs and WARs, but I imagine a WAR/NIN or NIN/WAR would want this at least in their offhand for the extremely low delay and accuracy bonus.

I got Byakzak (and, by extension, the sword) on the ninth straight spawn for me. Judging from the vastly different accounts of how many times it took, it looks like Byakzak's appearance is completely random.

But this sword is worth it. There is no better 1h sword in the game to have for Eco-Warriors and M2-3 dragon fights.

Edited, Sat Jan 7 23:11:31 2006
RE: Worth It!
# Jan 19 2006 at 8:55 PM Rating: Decent
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Quote:
I can't speak for RDMs and WARs, but I imagine a WAR/NIN or NIN/WAR would want this at least in their offhand for the extremely low delay and accuracy bonus.


NIN can't equip this.
luck? yes, please.
# Dec 27 2005 at 1:51 PM Rating: Decent
i got the spawn on third panzer. after reading all these countless-kills-but-no-spawn posts, i feel luckie ^^; hope you get it soon, all panzer campers out there ^^b
this was an NM?
# Dec 16 2005 at 12:55 AM Rating: Decent
I found this thing as I was helping a friend get his Khazam keys. Didn't know it was an NM. Obviously I didn't get the NM spawn associated with this. Going to look more carefully for more of these on Caitsith.

Edited, Fri Dec 16 00:00:30 2005
Ignore Defense?
# Dec 10 2005 at 10:25 AM Rating: Decent
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I can say for sure, this sword *doesn't* ignore defense.

You will hit hard with it though, and a lot. And that's the main beauty of this sword.

Hits hard, hits fast, hits a lot.

No doubt with a sword this rare - rumours would be abound though. And it is *rare*.
Finally!
# Dec 08 2005 at 6:48 PM Rating: Decent
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284 posts
After being 0/many+ (I lost count of how many days I spent camping this *(&%&^($*^%$£&"&^%£-er, I finally got it with the help of my friend Shenlong.

He actually asked me to slow down after getting it as I suddenly gained {Tarutaru} hyperactivity post lootage.

Much much Kudos to Shenlong, for finally relieving me of my misery and props to Chariotbuster for finally spawning.

- Sae.
RE: Finally!
# Dec 11 2005 at 9:52 AM Rating: Decent
Hmm, so I guess this guy DOES spawn...eventually. I was convinced the coding was changed. I've been camping him for 4 days, countless kills on the panzer and zero chariotbuster spawns. This NM is rediculous.
Rumor...
# Dec 03 2005 at 1:49 AM Rating: Decent
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Quote:
There has been a rumor about this sword for a while, I keep hearing it. Supposedly, it ignores defense. Can ANYONE verify this in any way?


A simple test of whether it ignores def is just try hitting an IT crab with it (like in qufim PTs).

If you hit harder than everyone else does (because their weapons don't ignore defense) then it would be safe to assume that this sword does ignore def.

I highly doubt it however.
Rumor.......
# Nov 30 2005 at 2:03 AM Rating: Default
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5,431 posts

There has been a rumor about this sword for a while, I keep hearing it. Supposedly, it ignores defense. Can ANYONE verify this in any way?
Wow... just... wow.
# Nov 19 2005 at 8:09 PM Rating: Decent
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336 posts
I have killed 17 Orcish Panzers in a row.. 17 HOURS.. and not one spawn of Chariotbuster.

Is everyone sure that it is totally random whether or not you get him to spawn? Could there be some time of day, job, level... *some* requirement that I'm not meeting to get him to spawn?

:(

Edit: Update- I'm now 0/23. And I don't mean I've tried this 23 random times- I'm talking about that I've gotten 23 *straight* spawns in a row- NONE of which was the NM.

Edit #2: I finally got the NM to spawn, and in-turn the sword to drop on attempt #30. Yes, you read that correctly. I camped this thing for 30 hours straight. Best of luck to anyone camping it. {Sleep} {Can I have it?}

Edited, Sun Nov 20 09:38:29 2005
0/lost count...
# Nov 14 2005 at 6:59 AM Rating: Decent
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OK - so much for that... 0/29 on spawns of Chariotbuster.

Either the spawn is ultra rare *or* SE has coded the spawn not to pop for a Tarutaru Whm/Thf named Saeriel on the Phoenix Server.

Worst part is... I've helped passers by try and get keys in between spawns. Each time - 5 minutes of me hunting gets them a key. :(

-signed Saeriel, {King} of the {/No} {Luck} {Tarutaru}

Edited, Mon Nov 14 19:09:54 2005
RE: 0/lost count...
# Nov 17 2005 at 9:04 PM Rating: Decent
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830 posts
I got Chariotbuster spawn first try...

And I wasn't even looking for it. I just saw Orcish Panzer and was excited cause I like killing stuff I don't know about :D
Um...the spawn rate of Chariotbuster Byakzak...
# Aug 19 2005 at 2:59 AM Rating: Decent
I've killed the Panzer over 20 times now on Carbuncle. 0 Chariotbuster spawns. Is there something special I have to do to spawn him?
# Aug 05 2005 at 1:38 AM Rating: Decent
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The sub-spawn rate of the NM Chariot Byazkak is fairly low (it took 7 Orcish Panzer kills before he spawned). Thank goodness that the Auriga Xyphos is a 100% drop...that'd be really sadistic of S-E if it weren't. ;p

This is a good sword to use for RDMs for Lv20-25 capped events, like BCNM20s, garrisons, or the dragon fights needed to earn Rank 3.
:P
# Aug 05 2005 at 1:36 AM Rating: Default
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Got me one of these one day when I was bored. Just ran into Fort Ghelsba, killed an NM and got Coarse Leggings, killed Panzer, then Chariotbuster, got sword, went back through Yughott Grotto, killed NM there for a wand. Went into East Ronfaure, killed a beetle for a shield, went into West Ronfaure, killed a Pugil for a staff =D All in all, a good day.

Edited, Fri Aug 5 02:42:16 2005
Where it comes from
# Aug 04 2005 at 4:01 PM Rating: Excellent
27 posts
Strange that they don't give the info on where this comes from; I thought they usually gave that on the right side. Anyway...

Drops from Chariotbuster Byakzak.

He is an NM that "has a chance" to spawn (I'm 0/6) when the Orcish Panzer (also an NM) is killed.

He will spawn claimed (red) to whomever killed the panzer.

If Chariotbuster does not spawn, an Orcish Fighter will spawn instead.

The Orcish Panzer is on a 65-70 minute timer (I have seen it pop at both times), and spawns in the G/H-7/8 area of Fort Ghelsba.


And an interesting tidbit: Auriga is latin for chariot and is also a constellation.


-- Hughey

EDIT: Added links.

Edited, Thu Aug 4 17:17:23 2005
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