NW Apollyon

NW Apollyon
Zone	Apollyon
Entry Items	Red Card Cosmo-Cleanse
Entrance	Al'Taieu (D-6) (via Dimensional Portal at the Crag of Dem)
Level	75
Members	18
Time	30-90 minutes
Completion Reward	Magenta Chip

Notes
Chests	Floors 1-4 have 3 Time chests (5 minutes each), 1 Items chest and 1 Restore chest. Floor 5 only has an Items chest. You can open all chests as soon as you find them (so you can use your 2-hours on all bosses). The Time chests and Restore chest are always out. The Items chest is dropped by the level boss.
Portal	One of the regular mobs unlocks the portal to the next floor (It is not necessary to defeat the floor boss).
Others	The floor bosses are weakened by killing all of the lesser mobs on the same floor. Typical Ancient Beastcoin yield: 45-55 (without Treasure Hunter)

Artifact Armor +1 Materials
Item (Job)	Floor 1	Floor 2	Floor 3	Floor 4	Floor 5
Ancient Brass (MNK)	X	Check Yellow	Check	X	X
Argyro Rivet (WAR)	Check	X	X	Check Yellow	X
Astral Leather (SMN)	Check Yellow	X	X	X	Check
Benedict Yarn (WHM)	X	Check	Check Yellow	X	X
Black Rivet (DRK)	Check Yellow	X	X	X	Check
Blue Rivet (DRG)	X	Check Yellow	Check	X	X
Brown Doeskin (BRD)	Check	X	Check Yellow	X	X
Canvas Toile (COR)	X	Check	Check Yellow	X	X
Cardinal Cloth (RDM)	X	X	X	Check	Check Yellow
Charcoal Cotton (RNG)	X	X	Check	Check Yellow	X
Corduroy Cloth (PUP)	X	X	Check	X	Check Yellow
Diabolic Yarn (BLM)	Check Yellow	Check	X	X	X
Ebony Lacquer (NIN)	X	Check	X	Check Yellow	X
Electrum Stud (SCH)	X	Check Yellow	X	Check	X
Fetid Lanolin (BST)	X	X	X	Check	Check Yellow
Flameshun Cloth (BLU)	Check	X	X	Check Yellow	X
Gold Stud (DNC)	Check Yellow	X	X	X	Check
Kurogane (SAM)	X	X	X	Check	Check Yellow
Light Filament (THF)	Check	X	Check Yellow	X	X
White Rivet (PLD)	X	Check Yellow	X	X	Check

Check - high probability

Check Yellow - low probability

X - does not drop

Walkthrough

First Floor

• Enemies: Bardha x7 (Ghosts)
  • Drops Ancient Beastcoins (~25%, affected by Treasure Hunter)
  • About 8250 HP.
  • Susceptible to Sleep, Gravity and Bind.
  • Large aggro range to low HP.
  • Links with other Bardha.
  • Can casts Tier III Ga spells
• Boss: Pluto (Doomed)
  • Can be slept with some difficulty.
  • Susceptible to Gravity and Bind.
  • About 11,000 HP
• The Items chest has 2-3 Ancient Beastcoins and 1-2 AF+1 materials with WAR, THF, BRD, BLU being the guaranteed pool.

One of: (AF+1 Item)
Argyro Rivet (WAR) (33.3%)(25%)
Light Filament (THF) (33.3%)(25%)
Brown Doeskin (BRD) (33.3%)(25%)
Flameshun Cloth (BLU) (25%)

Zero to One of (AF+1 Item):
Diabolic Yarn (BLM) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Black Rivet (DRK) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Astral Leather (SMN) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Gold Stud (DNC) (13.6%)
Nothing (52.6%)(45.6%)

Second Floor

• Enemies: Mountain Buffalo x7 (Buffalo)
  • Can drop Ancient Beastcoins (~33%, affected by Treasure Hunter)
  • About 9000 HP.
  • Immune to Lullaby/Light Shot.
  • Susceptible to Sleep, Gravity and Bind.
  • Links with other Mountain Buffalo.
  • Unlike normal Buffaloes, these cannot be Aspired. The Mountain Buffaloes can be Aspired .
• Boss: Zlatorog (Ram)
  • Will use Mighty Strikes multiple times.
  • Immune to Lullaby and Light Shot.
  • Susceptible to Sleep, Gravity and Bind.
• The Items chest has 3 Ancient Beastcoins and 1-2 AF+1 materials with WHM, BLM, NIN, COR being the guaranteed pool.

One of: (AF+1 Item)
Benedict Yarn (WHM) (33.3%)(25%)
Diabolic Yarn (BLM) (33.3%)(25%)
Ebony Lacquer (NIN) (33.3%)(25%)
Canvas Toile (COR) (25%)

Zero to One of (AF+1 Item):
Ancient Brass (MNK) (15.8%)(13.6%)
White Rivet (PLD) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Blue Rivet (DRG) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Electrum Stud (SCH) (13.6%)
Nothing (52.6%)(45.6%)

Third Floor

• Enemies: Apollyon Scavenger x7 (Bugards)
  • Can drop Ancient Beastcoins (~50%, affected by Treasure Hunter)
  • About 4750 HP.
  • Susceptible to Sleep, Gravity and Bind.
  • Immune to Lullaby/Light Shot.
  • Links with other Apollyon Scavenger.
• Boss: Millenary Mossback (Adamantoises)
  • Does not Draw In.
  • Very high defense. About 19,000 HP
  • Typically takes 1/3 damage from Thunder, 1/2 damage from Blizzard. Takes full damage from Blizzard.
• The Items chest has 4-6 Ancient Beastcoins, 0-2 crafting materials and 1-2 AF+1 materials with MNK, RNG, DRG, PUP being the guaranteed pool.

One of: (AF+1 Item)
Ancient Brass (MNK) (33.3%)(25%)
Charcoal Cotton (RNG) (33.3%)(25%)
Blue Rivet (DRG) (33.3%)(25%)
Corduroy Cloth (PUP) (25%)

Zero to One of (AF+1 Item):
Benedict Yarn (WHM) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Light Filament (THF) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Brown Doeskin (BRD) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Canvas Toile (COR) (13.6%)
Nothing (52.6%)(45.6%)

Zero to Two of (Crafting Items):
Adaman Ore (8.8%)
Clot Plasma (8.8%)
Darksteel Sheet (8.8%)
Darksteel Ore (8.8%)
Oxblood (8.8%)
Light Steel (8.8%)
Rainbow Thread (8.8%)
Shell Powder (8.8%)
Nothing (29.4%)

Fourth Floor

• Enemies: Gorynich x5 (Wyverns)
  • Drops 2 Ancient Beastcoins.
  • About 5000 HP.
  • Resistant to Lullaby.
  • Susceptible to Sleep, Gravity and Bind.
  • Very strong against Fire based attacks and magic.

• Boss: Cynoprosopi (Wyrm)
  • Weaker version of Fafnir (About 15,000 HP), standing on his forefeet is recommended.
  • Horrid Roar dispels one effect.
  • Dragon Breath and Hurricane Wing do under 300 damage.
  • Attacking him from behind can trigger Spike Flail.
  • Very high defense. Takes full damage from Thunder. As a fire based mob, it is very resistant to Blizzard. Aero works fine.
  • If you fight near the Restore chest, you can open it mid-fight if you run into trouble.
  • Very difficult unless you kill all the Wyverns first. Run along the west edge to avoid premature aggro.
  • Killable by 1 BLM casting Gravity, kiting and nuking him. Gravity lands easily without Elemental Seal.
  • Susceptible to Elemental Seal Sleep, Gravity and Bind.
• Items chest has 5-7 Ancient Beastcoins and 1-2 AF+1 materials with RDM, BST, SAM, SCH being the guaranteed pool.

One of: (AF+1 Item)
Cardinal Cloth (RDM) (33.3%)(25%)
Fetid Lanolin (BST) (33.3%)(25%)
Kurogane (SAM) (33.3%)(25%)
Electrum Stud (SCH) (25%)

Zero to One of (AF+1 Item):
Argyro Rivet (WAR) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Ebony Lacquer (NIN) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Charcoal Cotton (RNG) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Flameshun Cloth (BLU) (13.6%)
Nothing (52.6%)(45.6%)

Fifth Floor

• Enemies: Kronprinz Behemoth x3 (Behemoths)
  • Has alliance hate. Will target everybody until they're dead.
  • Links with other Kronprinz Behemoth and Kaiser Behemoth.
  • Drops 5-6 Ancient Beastcoins.
  • Immune to Stun.
  • Resistant to Bind and Sleep.
  • Susceptible to Gravity.
  • About 7000 HP.

• Boss: Kaiser Behemoth (Behemoth)
  • Has alliance hate. Will target everybody until they're dead.
  • Weaker version of King Behemoth (About 15,000 HP).
  • He does not have additional effect: Stun on his melee attacks.
  • Meteor does just under 1000 damage to everyone in a huge area. The target should run out of range so his casting fails.
    • Meteor takes 5 seconds to cast, so it should be possible for melees to run out of range as long as they aren't stunned from Thunderbolt.
  • Kick Out does up to 900 damage; only used if someone by his tail gets hate.
  • Immune to Gravity, Stun and Sleep.
  • Nearly all elements are good on the Kaiser Behemoth, however resistance builds up as multiple spells are cast on him.
• The usual strategy is to kite Kaiser around the center, pausing out of range when he tries to cast Meteor.
  • Don't get too far ahead, or he won't ever try to cast Meteor and you won't be able to do any damage. Let him get to about 20' away when kiting, then run to more than 30' away when he starts to cast.
  • Melee DD just chase him and hit him while he tries to cast Meteor. Try to hit him from the sides to avoid Kick Out.
    • Melee damage and accuracy on him is very, very poor. Weapon Skill damage isn't too bad.
  • BLMs chase him and nuke from a distance when he starts casting Meteor, then run away if he turns.
    • If he's too far, you can also run the other way and nuke him. Depending on subjob, start casting just as he approaches.
    • Two/more BLMs can kill Kaiser pretty easily. Have team A and team B setup. Team A only runs clockwise around the lake and team B only runs counter-clockwise around lake. Each BLM will start the nuke when in 21' range and will land before he leaves casting range. Rest MP should be ok in kiteing area since the BLM being chased should never stop running. It is possable to Cast a nuke and rest till he comes back around if you did not draw hate. With 2 blms should take 20 mins to kill with 3~4 can take 15. More BLMs can cause problems if to many BLMs cast at the same time.
    • A BLM can solo Kaiser with the proper gear and tactics. ( While true in era, on Horizon, Kaiser Behemoth seems to catch up with kiters very fast and sometimes shortcuts over edges of the hole in the middle, which is probably a pathing bug and should make a solo near if not entirely impossible.)
    • SCH can 'One-shot' Kaiser by casting Kaustra and then kiting until he drops dead. Takes around 90 seconds for the spell to drain all his HP.
  • You can check his current target with "/target <stnpc>; /assist <t>; /wait 1; /p Target: <t>" or "/assist <bt>;wait 1;/p <t> (Run Away)
• The final chest has the Magenta Chip, 6 Ancient Beastcoins, a chance of a Metal Chip and 1-2 AF+1 materials with PLD, DRK, SMN, DNC being the guaranteed pool.

One of: (AF+1 Item)
White Rivet (PLD) (33.3%)(25%)
Black Rivet (DRK) (33.3%)(25%)
Astral Leather (SMN) (33.3%)(25%)
Gold Stud (DNC) (25%)

Zero to One of (AF+1 Item):
Cardinal Cloth (RDM) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Fetid Lanolin (BST) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Kurogane (SAM) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Corduroy Cloth (PUP) (13.6%)
Nothing (52.6%)(45.6%)

All of:
Magenta Chip (100%)

Zero to One of:
Metal Chip (9%)
Nothing (91%)

Strategies and Guides

(see testimonials)