Vana'diel Bestiary: Tuchulcha  

General Information

• Appears as the primary Notorious Monster in the Sheep in Antlion's Clothing ENM.

• Will spawn, along with the other three Antlions in the battlefield, underneath the ground, and will only surface when a player runs over its current location.

• Immune to Bind, Gravity, Sleep, Stun, and Paralysis. Susceptible to Slow and Blind.

• Every time Tuchulcha's HP drops by 25%, it will bury itself under the ground, using the ability Sandpit in the process.

• When defeated, a Treasure Casket will appear

Tuchulcha's Special Attacks

• Mandibular Bite - Single target physical damage.

• Pit Ambush - Strong single target physical damage.

• Tuchulcha will only perform this ability when a player runs over its position when it is buried under the ground.

• Sandblast - AoE Blind effect (Circle of effect originates from mob).

• Sandpit - Single target Bind effect.

• Tuchulcha only performs this ability when its HP drops by 25%. All enmity generated on Tuchulcha will be reset, and all status ailments on it will be removed.

• Venom Spray - Frontal cone AoE Poison effect.

Historical Information

In Etruscan mythology, Tulchulcha was a chthonic daemon with pointed donkey-like ears, hair made of snakes, and a vulture's beak. Having both masculine and feminine aspects (thus its gender being unknown), Tulchulcha lived in the underworld known as Aita.

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