Popped in place of a Tonberry Trailer at (J-7). Soloed him as NIN75/WAR37.. very tough fight. I died twice before finally killing him. I was glad I brought my Reraise Hairpin. I got lucky when I won. He didn't use Mijin Gakure on me on the third fight, and I won with only 196 HP left.
Gave me 50 exp, 6000 gil, and a Tonberry Coat. No katana.
Mysterytour lists this NM as aslo droppping a Sword called woodpecker...its not all that great but i'd like to get it... i've solo'ed this NM probably 5 or 6 times as bst got drop on the 3rd kill..its a tough fight but i only ever lose if its mijin gakure hits me and even then i still win sometimes. If anyone can confirm that it does drop this sword i'd appreciate it... if you're on valefor and you want the katana send me a tell... because i'm going to continue to kill it either way because its fun.
I'm Boooo from Carbuncle Server 75 samurai, I am 0/4 on this thing i dont think his drop rate is worst than the tonberry that drops Hototogisu, imo this dude is stengy
I just solo'd him after camping him for... I forgot how long lol... (NIN 75), no drop... And I have to say, one heck of a fight. If I got a link I would have been dead, no questions. Aside from pulling out ninjutsu players can't even learn he Mijin Gakure'd (only did 123 damage) and used Everyone's Grudge (only did 15 damage LOL) right when he got back up and scared me half to death. He's also really accurate, I landed Kurayami and all the other debuffs but it didn't even seem to make a difference, he hit me like everytime. Only missing with his shurikens pretty consistently. I killed him with about 400~ish HP left. I got so nervous before I attacked him I used food and a RR2 pin which was a complete waste ._. . ... Anyway, Goin' back in a few hours <.< ... those Placeholders seem to have a really good drop rate on Kindred's Seals XD I came home with 7 lol!
ive camped with a NIN friend, Spawn is 4hours, Not to shabby, we both got maps of rancor, and had a fun time camping, brought Tactics Pearls and stuff to kill time. Anyways Easy mob, 75NIN can solo no problem, unless it does that attack where you lose all your HP! lol then I would CureV him. NIN and a WHM have no problem killing it, even with a couple links.
BaraFire is a Plus. Oh well I would put mob at level 70.
Was going to fight Hakutaku today, saw this little beauty on widescan so went to fight it. Well, could be because Tonberries are light elemental, but I was unable to sleep it with Sleep bolts. Had some backup come as people were making their way to Den of Rancor, and took it out very easily with a 75THF and 70RDM. If I'd had my Bloody bolts on me, I probably could have solo'd it. As with all ninja NMs, this little fella used Mijin Gakure. Blew up the THF and RDM, I was wearing Suzaku sun-ate, Wyvern helm, and Ruby rings (total vs. Fire+78) and managed to survive with about 350/1150HP, without Barfira.
Absolutely no idea on respawn. He was all alone in a little corner, so didn't appear to be a lottery spawn. No katana btw, and no katana from Beryl-Footed Molberry 5 seconds earlier (I'm seriously 0/15 on that one >_<). He's a little tougher than Bery-foot, but easier than say, Ogama :p
I seriously doubt this thing is lvl 0... Or maybe it's just guarded by lvl 500 beasts... -_-
How did you get to be a scholar without knowing that a lot of NMs that are 0-0 either don't give EXP, therefore you can't tell what level they are, or they just don't know the level yet. I expected this from an "anonymous"...but not a scholar. Meh. -_-;