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In order to better balance the free time of players, HNMs respawns and potential spawn windows were adjusted. Gone are the famous three hours spent camping Fafnir.

Spawn Condition

  • Now players need only camp it for 30 minutes every 21 hours. Where it can spawn once every 5 minutes in that time until force spawning at 30.
  • Four HNMs are force spawned on the server:
    • King Behemoth, Nidhogg, and Aspidochelone are force spawned with their corresponding retail pop item.
    • King Vinegarroon is force spawned by trading a Venomous Claw to ??? in the spawn area for it.
    • Any other HNMs are timed spawned see below.
  • Note: Players are not allowed to use shorthand to claim NMs as it allows you to target and act on things without selecting the target first. Any players found doing this or attempting to circumvent claim shield will be banned.

Certain HNMs also have custom drops associated with them.

HNM Timers
HNM Respawn and Window
Argus
Behemoth
Fafnir
Adamantoise
King Arthro
Shikigami Weapon
Serket
Simurgh
Roc
Lord of Onzozo
21-21.5 hours
5 minute windows
Khimaira
Cerberus
Hydra
57-58 hours
10 minute windows
Medusa
Gurfurlur the Menacing
Gulool Ja Ja
81-82 hours
10 minute windows

Claim Shield

CatsEyeXI is outfitted with a Claim Shield that protects players from unfair advantages in claiming certain mobs. These advantages can include but are not limited to:

  • Differing connection speeds
  • Using approves addons in ways against our rules/ToS
  • Illegal use of third party programs

How it works: For 4 seconds after the mob is spawned by the server, it will be:

  • Unclaimable
  • Unkillable
  • Unable to move
  • Unable to attack or use abilities
  • Unable to be Call for Help'd on
  • Shielded to Physical, Magic, and Ranged damage (not immune)

During this time, players have to place their claim on the mob. You may do this by any means of enmity gain. Examples of which include, but are not limited to:

  • Attacking the mob
  • Having your pet or trust attack the mob
  • Using an ability on the mob
  • Casting a spell on the mob

Upon gaining enmity with the mob, your name will be placed on a list. That list will NOT EVER include the names of your pets or trusts. There is no priority or weight attached to any player's name on the list.

After the 7 seconds have passed, a randomly generated winner will be chosen from the list. If any player is not part of the winning player's party or alliance, they, as well as their pets and/or trusts, will be forcibly disengaged from the mob.

A system message will be sent out to every player that had a claim to the mob. This message will include whether or not you, or your party/alliance, won the claim to the mob.

At this time, the mob will shed all of it's Claim Shield buffs, any enfeebles will be removed and it will be healed back to full HP. It will then engage the winning player and imbue 1000 enmity onto the winning player to ensure they do not immediately lose claim due to any technicality.

Disclaimer: Any time your name appears on a Claim Shield list, it will be logged. That log will include whether or not you, or your party/alliance, won the claim to the mob.

Claim Shielded Mobs:

  • Adamantoise
  • Argus
  • Behemoth
  • Bune
  • Capricious Cassie
  • Cerberus
  • Charybdis
  • Citipati
  • Fafnir
  • Guivre
  • Gulool Ja Ja
  • Gurfurlur the Menacing
  • Hundredfaced Hapool Ja
  • Hydra
  • Jormungand
  • Khimaira
  • King Arthro
  • King Vinegarroon
  • Leech King
  • Lord of Onzozo
  • Medusa
  • Novv the Whitehearted
  • Ocean Sahagin
  • Roc
  • Serket
  • Shikigami Weapon
  • Simurgh
  • Tiamat
  • Vrtra
  • Xolotl
  • Zuug the Shoreleaper

Custom Drops

Land Kings
Aspidochelone

Bodb's Cuffs icon.png Bodb's Cuffs (15%)
Ea's Dastanas icon.png Ea's Dastanas (15%)
Freyr's Gloves icon.png Freyr's Gloves (15%)
Phobos's Gnt. icon.png Phobos's Gauntlets (15%)
Tsukikazu Gote icon.png Tsukikazu Gote (15%)

Behemoth

Behemoth Meat icon.png Behemoth Meat (20%)

King Behemoth

Behemoth Meat icon.png Behemoth Meat (20%)

Nidhogg

Anu's Gages icon.png Anu's Gages (15%)
Enyo's Gauntlets icon.png Enyo's Gauntlets (15%)
Hoshikazu Tekko icon.png Hoshikazu Tekko (15%)
Nemain's Cuffs icon.png Nemain's Cuffs (15%)
Njord's Gloves icon.png Njord's Gloves (15%)

Wyrms
Jormungand

Avalon Shield icon.png Avalon Shield (5%)
Bodb's Robe icon.png Bodb's Robe (15%)
Ea's Doublet icon.png Ea's Doublet (15%)
Freyr's Jerkin icon.png Freyr's Jerkin (15%)
Oily Trousers icon.png Oily Trousers (5%)
Phobos's Cuirass icon.png Phobos's Cuirass (15%)
Tsukikazu Togi icon.png Tsukikazu Togi (15%)

Tiamat

Anu's Doublet icon.png Anu's Doublet (15%)
Avalon Breastplate icon.png Avalon Breastplate (5%)
Enyo's Brstplate icon.png Enyo's Breastplate (15%)
Hoshikazu Gi icon.png Hoshikazu Gi (15%)
Nemain's Robe icon.png Nemain's Robe (15%)
Njord's Jerkin icon.png Njord's Jerkin (15%)

Vrtra

Deimos's Cuirass icon.png Deimos's Cuirass (15%)
Enlil's Gambison icon.png Enlil's Gambison (15%)
Freya's Jerkin icon.png Freya's Jerkin (15%)
Hikazu Hara-Ate icon.png Hikazu Hara-Ate (15%)
Macha's Coat icon.png Macha's Coat (15%)
Mrgn. Cotehardie icon.png Morgana's Cotehardie (5%)

ToAU HNMs
Cerberus

Animator +1 icon.png Animator +1 (10%)
Antares Harness icon.png Antares Harness (5%)
Anu's Tiara icon.png Anu's Tiara (15%)
Enyo's Mask icon.png Enyo's Mask (15%)
Hofud icon.png Hofud (5%)
H.kazu Hachimaki icon.png Hoshikazu Hachimaki (15%)
Nemain's Crown icon.png Nemain's Crown (15%)
Njord's Mask icon.png Njord's Mask (15%)
Star Sapphire icon.png Star Sapphire (10%)
Valkyrie's Fork icon.png Valkyrie's Fork (5%)

Gulool Ja Ja

Ancient Torque icon.png Ancient Torque (5%)
Bodb's Slops icon.png Bodb's Slops (15%)
Delta Earring icon.png Delta Earring (10%)
Ea's Brais icon.png Ea's Brais (15%)
Freyr's Trousers icon.png Freyr's Trousers (15%)
Ja Ja's Chestplt. icon.png Ja Ja's Chestplate (35%)
Kubira Beads icon.png Kubira Bead Necklace (10%)
Matron's Knife icon.png Matron's Knife (5%)
Morgana's Choker icon.png Morgana's Choker (10%)
Phobos's Cuisses icon.png Phobos's Cuisses (15%)
Tsukikazu Haidate icon.png Tsukikazu Haidate (15%)
Yoichi's Sash icon.png Yoichi's Sash (10%)

Gurfurlur the Menacing

Aslan Cape icon.png Aslan Cape (10%)
Barb. Zerehs icon.png Barbarossa's Zerehs (5%)
Deimos's Cuisses icon.png Deimos's Cuisses (15%)
Enlil's Brayettes icon.png Enlil's Brayettes (15%)
Freya's Trousers icon.png Freya's Trousers (15%)
Gleeman's Cape icon.png Gleeman's Cape (10%)
Gurfurlur's Helmet icon.png Gurfurlur's Helmet (35%)
Hikazu Hakama icon.png Hikazu Hakama (15%)
Macha's Slops icon.png Macha's Slops (15%)
Ritter Gorget icon.png Ritter Gorget (10%)
Yoichi's Sash icon.png Yoichi's Sash (10%)
Zahak's Mail icon.png Zahak's Mail (5%)

Hundredfaced Hapool Ja Shining Cloth icon.png Shining Cloth (10%)
Hydra

Animator +1 icon.png Animator +1 (10%)
Bodb's Crown icon.png Bodb's Crown (15%)
Ea's Tiara icon.png Ea's Tiara (15%)
Freyr's Mask icon.png Freyr's Mask (15%)
Phobos's Mask icon.png Phobos's Mask (15%)
Star Sapphire icon.png Star Sapphire (10%)
T.kazu Jinpachi icon.png Tsukikazu Jinpachi (15%)
Valhalla Breastplate icon.png Valhalla Breastplate (5%)
White Tathlum icon.png White Tathlum (5%)

Khimaira

Animator +1 icon.png Animator +1 (10%)
Black Tathlum icon.png Black Tathlum (5%)
Deimos's Mask icon.png Deimos's Mask (15%)
Enlil's Tiara icon.png Enlil's Tiara (15%)
Freya's Mask icon.png Freya's Mask (15%)
Hikazu Kabuto icon.png Hikazu Kabuto (15%)
Macha's Crown icon.png Macha's Crown (15%)
Star Sapphire icon.png Star Sapphire (10%)
Valhalla Helm icon.png Valhalla Helm (5%)

Medusa

Anu's Brais icon.png Anu's Brais (15%)
Barb. Moufles icon.png Barbarossa's Moufles (5%)
Buccaneer's Belt icon.png Buccaneer's Belt (10%)
Enyo's Cuisses icon.png Enyo's Cuisses (15%)
Fragarach icon.png Fragarach (5%)
Hoshikazu Hakama icon.png Hoshikazu Hakama (15%)
Iota Ring icon.png Iota Ring (10%)
Medusa's Armlet icon.png Medusa's Armlet (35%)
Nemain's Slops icon.png Nemain's Slops (15%)
Njord's Trousers icon.png Njord's Trousers (15%)
Omega Ring icon.png Omega Ring (10%)
Yoichi's Sash icon.png Yoichi's Sash (10%)

Notorious Monster Placeholder Disfavour System

  • In the interest of respecting our players' time, an upper limit has been added to the number of placeholder rounds that must be defeated before a lottery-spawn NM will appear. This means that as you kill placeholders, the chance to spawn the NM gradually increases, and if you kill enough of them, the chance will eventually reach 100%. The upper limit depends on the base spawn chance of the NM.
    • 5%: Max placeholder rounds = 40
    • 10%: Max placeholder rounds = 20
    • 15%: Max placeholder rounds = 14
    • 20%: Max placeholder rounds = 10
  • This change does not significantly change the average number of placeholders that must be defeated before an NM spawns, but it does add a safety net to protect against bad luck.
  • Progress is tied to the zone, not a specific player, therefore zoning and coming back does not reset progress.

The formula is:

       phRounds = phKills / phCount
       chance = 100 / math.max((100/baseChance) - (phRounds*(1-(baseChance/100))/2), 1)

...where phKills is the number of placeholders you have defeated; phCount is the total number of placeholders the NM has, and "baseChance" is the starting chance that the NM will appear instead of the placeholder. This formula is NOT linear, but does gradually increase the NM spawn chance each time a PH is defeated, eventually increasing very rapidly and reaching 100%.

The below tables show example NM spawn rates under this system. The "PH" column represents placeholder rounds, defined above as phKills / phCount. "PH 0" represents a time when the NM is in window but no PH's have been killed, such as after maintenance etc.

5% Placeholder Disfavour Rates
PH NM Chance
0 5%
1 5.12%
2 5.25%
3 5.38%
4 5.52%
5 5.67%
6 5.83%
7 6%
8 6.17%
9 6.36%
10 6.56%
11 6.77%
12 6.99%
13 7.23%
14 7.49%
15 7.77%
16 8.06%
17 8.39%
18 8.73%
19 9.11%
20 9.52%
21 9.98%
22 10.47%
23 11.02%
24 11.63%
25 12.31%
26 13.07%
27 13.94%
28 14.93%
29 16.06%
30 17.39%
31 18.96%
32 20.83%
33 23.12%
34 25.97%
35 29.63%
36 34.48%
37 41.24%
38 51.28%
39 67.80%
40 100%
10% Placeholder Disfavour Rates
PH NM Chance
0 10%
1 10.47%
2 10.99%
3 11.56%
4 12.20%
5 12.90%
6 13.70%
7 14.60%
8 15.63%
9 16.81%
10 18.18%
11 19.80%
12 21.74%
13 24.10%
14 27.03%
15 30.77%
16 35.71%
17 42.55%
18 52.63%
19 68.97%
20 100%
15% Placeholder Disfavour Rates
PH NM Chance
0 15%
1 16.02%
2 17.19%
3 18.55%
4 20.13%
5 22.02%
6 24.29%
7 27.09%
8 30.61%
9 35.19%
10 41.38%
11 50.21%
12 63.83%
13 87.59%
14 100%
20% Placeholder Disfavour Rates
PH NM Chance
0 20%
1 21.74%
2 23.81%
3 26.32%
4 29.41%
5 33.33%
6 38.46%
7 45.45%
8 55.56%
9 71.43%
10 100%