NE Apollyon

NE Apollyon
Zone	Apollyon
Entry Items	Black Card Cosmo-Cleanse
Entrance	Al'Taieu (K-6) (via Dimensional Portal at the Crag of Mea)
Level	75
Members	18
Time	30-90 minutes
Completion Reward	Smoky 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 each floor). The Time chests and Restore chest are always out. The Items chest is dropped by one of the level bosses.
Portal	One of the level bosses opens the vortex.
Others	All enemies in this area are immune to Light-based sleep (e.g. Lullaby). Typical Ancient Beastcoin yield: 60

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

Check - high probability

Check Yellow - low probability

X - does not drop

First Floor

• The Time chest marked in the middle is actually in a corner on the SW side of the central structure.
• Enemies: Barometz x6, Borametz x6 (Mandragora)
  • ~6/12 drop an Ancient Beastcoin
  • Linking and Alliance hate
  • Everything on this floor is Sleepable
  • Dream Flower has 15' range
• Bosses:
  • Goobbue Harvester (Goobbues)
    • Has Additional Effect: Paralysis on his attacks.
    • Has notably high defense
  • Large Barometz (black Mandragora
  • Large Borametz (white Mandragora)
• One of the bosses will open the vortex, one will drop the item chest and one will do nothing.
• The Items chest has 2-4 Ancient Beastcoins and 1-2 AF+1 materials with SMN, RDM, RNG, DNC being the guaranteed pool.

Second Floor

• Enemies: Cornu x4, Sirin x4 (Birds)
  • All four Sirins will drop a single Ancient Beastcoin each. The four Cornus can also drop one each but it isn't guaranteed. (50% chance of Cornu dropping an Ancient Beastcoin)
  • Link with each other, but not the Giant Birds
  • Extremely evasive, Madrigal recommended
• Bosses: Thiazi x2, Bialozar x2 (Rocs)
  • Aggro if you get close to their chest
  • Cast Massacre Elegy and Horde Lullaby and are not easily Silenced
  • Immune to Sleep
  • 1 will be significantly stronger and considered main level boss. it has 3-4 times the HP of the other greater birds.
  • Stormwind AoE has 15' range
• One of the Greater Birds opens the vortex, and another drops the chest.
• The chest has ~4 Ancient Beastcoins and 1-2 AF+1 materials.

Third Floor

• Enemies: Apollyon Cleaner x12 (Magic Pots)
  • ~4/8 drop an Ancient Beastcoin
  • Aggressive
  • Linking
  • Mysterious Light AoE has 10' range
• Boss: Apollyon Sweeper x3 (Dolls)
  • Typhoon AoE has 10' range
• The number of enemies on this level varies with the size of your alliance when you reach the floor.
  • The rule seems to be one doll and group of 3-4 pots per party.
  • The west group fills first, then north, then east.
• One of the Dolls opens the vortex, a large Pot drops the chest.
  • The Dolls have high defense.
  • Once the vortex is open, there is no reason to kill the other Dolls, since they don't drop coins.
• The chest has 4 Ancient Beastcoins, 0-2 crafting materials (Clot Plasma, Rainbow Thread, Oxblood, Shell Powder, Carapace Powder) and 1-2 AF+1 materials.

Fourth Floor

• Enemies: Kerkopes x8 (Opo-opos)
  • Always drop an Ancient Beastcoin
  • Monsters can aggro and link
  • Spinning Claw can do over 1000 damage to everyone in the 15' range.
• Boss: Hyperion, Okeanos, Cronos (Gigas)
  • Hyperion is immune to magic damage (DoT works).
  • Cronos is immune to physical damage. Formless Strikes works but physical Blue Mage spells do not.
  • Okeanos is immune to ranged damage.
  • They can link by both sight and sound and have party agro.
  • The Gigas can be slept.
• One of the Gigas opens the vortex, a large Opo-opo drops the chest.
  • Once the vortex is open, there is no reason to kill the other Gigas.
• The chest has 6-7 Ancient Beastcoins and 1-2 AF+1 materials.

Fifth Floor

• Try to reach the Fifth Floor with at least 15 minutes left.
• Enemies: Troglodyte Dhalmel x8 (Dhalmel)
  • Always drop 2 Ancient Beastcoins
  • Killing all eight will pop the final chest.
  • Aggressive
  • Linking
• Boss: Criosphinx, Hieracosphinx (Manticore)
  • Always drop 2 Ancient Beastcoins
  • Immune to Slow and Elegy.
  • Highly Resistant, if not immune to Gravity, Bind, and Sleep
  • Mages stay back to avoid Riddle (Max MP Down 15' AoE WS).
  • Both can be pulled without linking if done with caution.
  • True Sight.
    • Not true sound, you are able to run around Criosphinx and avoid aggro.
• The final chest has 7 Ancient Beastcoins and the Smoky Chip.
  • The final chest also has a chance to drop a Metal Chip.