Well I was camping JEJ and in the mean time killed surrounding mobs. Well the Clipeus dropped and I thought damn that's a nice sheild. Then I saw on here its a NM drop. I was a 24 thf and 1/1.
I think I have an idea how to spawn this NM. When I was camping JEJ, i killed it's PH and then proceeded to have my pet (funguar) fight an orc that killed it. Then several minutes later, neither JEJ PH nor the funguar respawned, but this did. So I'm thinking, if you kill both the JEJ PH (3rd rabbit) and the funguar below it on widescan, at the same time, this NM will spawn. I'm not 100% certain, just a theory.
JUST GOT BEATEN DOWN BY SUPRISE LIKE LAST FEW TIMES LOL.-SRRY FOR CAPS. I was just lvling my whm/blm getting ready to head to valkrum when I attack a beatle no noticing it was him so by the time I do I am 50% hp and not good at whm. Malle FTW~~~! Nice shield though.....
well i was just lvling up monk when some guy shouted fungus beetle do you need it. so i run over to him and realize my mnk was only a lvl 7 and was like crap was about to go back and change jobs but this guys ends up partying up with me and we kill him in about 45 secs. well got the shield and plan on using it asap. 1/1 on this item glad i got it.
im on odin server and if they that helped get it i just want to thank you so much you made my day.
Really good low level drop!!! Saw the Fungus Beetle a long time ago and defeated it and got this drop and haven't seen the NM since. I used this shield into the 30's because there isn't that many shields out there that are much better until about level 30. If you're going to camp this guy good luck, because I've only seen him once and I've spent plenty of time in WRon. I think the evasion +1 bonus makes a bigger difference than it would seem to, so don't underestimate this shield if you get it.
I only camped it for 5 minutes, killing 3 beetles and there it was. 5 second kill as a 21MNK, using it for WAR later. No competition in getting the NM, I recommend you get it ASAP, good luck!
Keep in retrospect that while Marine Shield has +1VIT and AGI, it also only has 1DEF, whislt this have 5DEF and +1 EVA.
I'd take this for a PLD, but for a RDM I keep my Marine Shield just for the sake of +AGI means more shield usage means more shield skillups. Or such is the way I play with my low-level mules. +1 EVA would be more helpful than +1 AGI for shield blocks, for a PLD. But if you're just skilling up the shield, might as well add the +AGI.
thanks for all the storys guys but your all leaving things out that would help ANY person looking to fight this POS and spawn habbits. a few cool storys is nice but this entire thread on here is All storys. why dont you help us like 100 people a day that check threads for pop locations and place holders or any info on actually acquiring the item. nice to read yout storys but the dont put a shield on my war or pld :P
Spotted Fungus on the way back to Sandy and decided to give him a go when the scan couldn't figure out his strength. Fairly easy battle for a L14 WAR, didn't even bother with Mighty Strikes.
I use it for tanking in Valkrum and it gives a nice DEF bonus for that level and the Evasion+1 does help a lot.
Fungus does pop very frequently and isn't often camped so it's a no-brainer. Best thing of all is that Clipeus is a guaranteed 100% drop the first time you meet Fungus.
I offer to help most lower level characters get the shield if I see that Fungus has popped. Shame it's exclusive, people would pay a lot for this little beauty.
Finally found.. yeah I fought a lot. I search like 2-3hours yesterday.. didnt find the fungus beetle.. today I was lvleing my thf and found it.. too great
just got this again for my new war character, had it for my pld on my other guy.. solo'd with 13war royal knight's sword and luan shield, started off with 220tp, used mighty strikes off the bat, MS wore off, unloaded fast blade with 300tp, continued to hack at him.. even had a digger aggro me at the end. Conclusion: Killed the beetle with 34 hp, got the clipeus, put it on, turned around and killed the digger too. This guy's a pushover at 13!!
{Hmmm} DRKS would want to use either Great Swords or Scythes, both of which prohibit the use of shields. Of course, they could also use this shield if they want to level up sword.
PLDS would not want the +1 evasion since they want to build up their shield skill.
WARS would want to use GAXE, but could macro this in for leveling up axe or sword.
I had seen the Beetle earlier while leveling Beast, but I guess someone got it before I could switch jobs. I assumed it was a level 10 mob like JEJ.
While leveling thief a few seconds ago, this thing spawns. Could'nt remember the stats on the Clipeus, but I thought I could take it as a 12 Thief. Barely made it. Golaith has a ton of Hp, and really high defense. We were dead even until the end. He had about 15hp left, and I had 12. He was hitting me for about 15 each hit, so I had to use Perfect Dodge.
Got the shield. This really is the best shield that you could get for awhile. Having something like this actually makes me want to go unlock paladin, as im almost past needing this as a war. Rare/Ex is also nice. Just imagine what this would go for if it was'nt Rare/ex...
I had seen the Beetle earlier while leveling Beast, but I guess someone got it before I could switch jobs. I assumed it was a level 10 mob like JEJ.
While leveling thief a few seconds ago, this thing spawns. Could'nt remember the stats on the Clipeus, but I thought I could take it as a 12 Thief. Barely made it. Golaith has a ton of Hp, and really high defense. We were dead even until the end. He had about 15hp left, and I had 12. He was hitting me for about 15 each hit, so I had to use Perfect Dodge.
Got the shield. This really is the best shield that you could get for awhile. Having something like this actually makes me want to go unlock paladin, as im almost past needing this as a war. Rare/Ex is also nice. Just imagine what this would go for if it was'nt Rare/ex...
This shield is great for any PLD or tanking WAR. I would use it until level 25 when you can get a Bastokan/Republic Targe, or 28 for the PLD Kite Shield. Decurion's Shield only offers one more defense, and the evasion bonus makes up for that. Plus, Decurion's Shield is a little expensive on my server, so getting this for free is huge. Well, free minus the hours spent camping the NM.
Too bad I'm past the point of finding this useful. I can only imagine of telling stories to up-and-coming tanks... "Back in my day, we tanked in Valkrum for ten levels without a break, and no one power-leveled us, and we had an Aspis, and we were thankful for that much!"
I was running to San d'Oria as mnk75/whm37 after fighting Genbu and not being able to get a warp. I was in West Ron, running and boosting for the heck of it and saw this beetle. I had no idea it was an NM and Chi Blasted it. I was suprized that it was only half dead so I decided to have some fun and started casting Dia on it, with little effect. As a nearby low-level WHM cheered me on, I engaged and finished it off in two hits. When I got the shield I was confused since I'd never heard of it but knew the stats were good for that level. A nearby player told me it was an NM that had just killed him earlier.
i got this drop on the first try. i've never fought this NM, then suddendly he spawned just beside our dear friend the jackie-boy. to bad i got the drop on my taruvaru character. like i'm ever gonna be pld with this char. well, well. i guess i just cannot throw this away. would be a shame indeed.