Apis
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| Zone | Level | Drops | Steal | Spawns | Notes |
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| Bearclaw Pinnacle | 1 | A, T(S) ??? HP ??? MP | |||
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HP = Detects Low HP; M = Detects Magic; Sc = Follows by Scent; T(S) = True-sight; T(H) = True-hearing JA = Detects job abilities; WS = Detects weaponskills; Z(D) = Asleep in Daytime; Z(N) = Asleep at Nighttime; A(R) = Aggressive to Reive participants | |||||
Notes:
- Appears in the following ENMs: ENM: Holy Cow
- Has extremely high melee attack damage, can easily one-shot players. Shadows are recommended.
- Appears to have three modes of Attack that alter this. Two hour (and color of it) denotes which mode he just changed to. (Green, Yellow, and Blue)
- Blue 2-hour: Extremely high melee damage (600+), double attacks and triple attacks a lot. Takes little to no magic damage, yet takes full physical damage. Be wary, during this mode he can and will one shot almost any melee with a weaponskill. Can easily pull off 1500+ Rampant Gnaws and 1000+ Big Horns.
- Green 2-hour: Moderate melee damage (200ish). Takes magic and physical damage, but not 100% of both.
- Yellow 2-hour: Does little physical damage (less than 100 normally). Takes full magic damage, yet takes little to no physical damage.
- Blue 2-hour: Extremely high melee damage (600+), double attacks and triple attacks a lot. Takes little to no magic damage, yet takes full physical damage. Be wary, during this mode he can and will one shot almost any melee with a weaponskill. Can easily pull off 1500+ Rampant Gnaws and 1000+ Big Horns.
- Has a special weaponskill called Mighty Snort. Does low damage through shadows and resets hate on whoever is hit.
Historical Background
In Egyptian mythology, Apis was a sacred bull. It was a large black bull with special markings on it, specifically a white triangle on the forehead, white markings on the back resembling the outline of vulture's wings, a white crescent moon on its right flank, a scarab shaped mark on the lower side of its tongue, and double hairs on its tail. Whenever one of these bulls was born, it was worshiped, and when it died, it was buried in a sarcophagus. 60 separate tombs were found in Memphis to various Apis bulls. The Apis early in Egyptian mythological history was considered the Ka (power, spirit, lifeforce) of Ptah, patron deity of Memphis and creator of the world (he was depicted as a mummified man with a fake beard, skullcap, and holding a staff which combined an ankh, djed, and was). As such, it was also considered a symbol of the pharaoh and thus embodied the qualities of a pharaoh's power to rule. Later, as Ptah was absorbed into Osiris, Apis became affiliated with Osiris. Such bulls were brought to a temple and given a harem of cows. The movements of the Apis were considered prophecies which if analyzed would provide some oracular insight. The Apis' breath was also believed to cure disease and its presence endow virility. Upon death, this Apis would reincarnate in another bull. When Osiris absorbed Ptah in the Egyptian pantheon, practices changed slightly, with the Apis bull being ritually killed in a grand ceremony when it turned 28 years old. The pharaoh and priests would eat parts of the Apis bull in an effort to obtain some of its great strength. The term Holy Cow would technically be inaccurate since Apis always referred to a bull, not a cow.
