SE Apollyon

SE 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	30-60 minutes
Completion Reward	Smalt Chip

Notes
Chests	On Floor 1-3: defeating the 2nd regular mob spawns the time chest (10 minutes). defeating the 4th regular mob spawns the restore chest. defeating all (8) regular mobs spawns the item chest. Floor 4 only has an items chest, which spawns after defeating the floor boss. You can open all chests as soon as you find them.
Portal	Defeating the floor boss opens the vortex.
Others	Each floor has an immunity to one damage type: On floor 1, all mobs are immune to Blunt Damage. On floor 2, all mobs are immune to Slashing Damage. On floor 3, all mobs are immune to Piercing Damage On floor 4, all mobs are immune to direct Magic Damage (DoTs and enfeebles work as normal). The final boss becomes vulnerable to direct Magic Damage once all regular mobs on the final floor are defeated. Typical Ancient Beastcoin yield: 45

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

Check - high probability

Check Yellow - low probability

X - does not drop

Walkthrough

First Floor

• Enemies: Metalloid Amoeba x8 (Slimes)
  • Immune to Lullaby.
  • About 7500 HP
  • About 3/8 drop an Ancient Beastcoin.
• Boss: Ghost Clot (Slime)
  • About 10,000 HP
• Monsters on this floor are immune to Blunt Damage, and weak to Slashing Damage.
  • Rush, Flaming Crush, Mountain Buster and Chaotic Strike do no damage.
  • Predator Claws and Eclipse Bite does extra damage on this floor.
  • Avatars' normal melee attacks do no damage.
  • A MNK can equip Vampiric Claws to deal damage to the Amoebas. Hand-to-Hand Weapon Skills, Kick Attacks and Counters will still do 0 damage though.
  • Hysteric Barrage will do 0 damage in this floor.
  • The Warrior ability Tomahawk will allow blunt damage, however it is still quite low compared to that which you would get on monsters occupying the other floors.
• The chests drop directly from the Metalloid Amoebas.
• The Items chest has 5-7 Ancient Beastcoins and 1-2 AF+1 materials with WHM, SAM, NIN, BLU being the guaranteed pool.

One of: (AF+1 Item)
Benedict Yarn (WHM) (33.3%)(25%)
Kurogane (SAM) (33.3%)(25%)
Ebony Lacquer (NIN) (33.3%)(25%)
Flameshun Cloth (BLU) (25%)

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

Second Floor

• Enemies: Adamantshell x8 (Crabs)
  • About 8500 HP
  • About 4/8 drop an Ancient Beastcoin.
  • Linking.
  • Immune to light sleep.
• Boss: Tieholtsodi (Sea Monk)
  • About 10,000 HP
  • Uses Hundred Fists at about 50% HP.
  • Very, very high Counter rate. Melee with caution.
  • Susceptible to Dark Based Sleep, Bind, Gravity, Slow, and Paralyze.
• Monsters on this floor are immune to slashing damage, and weak to piercing damage.
  • Predator Claws, Spinning Dive, and Eclipse Bite do no damage.
  • Fleuret-type swords (e.g. Joyeuse) do piercing damage and will work; however, physical sword weapon skills such as Vorpal Blade will do no damage. Magical weapon skills such as Spirits Within and Seraph Blade will work.
  • Vertical Cleave will do 0 damage in this floor.
  • The Warrior ability Tomahawk will allow Slashing Damage, however it is still quite low compared to that which you would get on monsters occupying the other floors.
• All three chests pop SW of the raised area, where the Time chest is marked on the map.
• The Items chest has 5-7 Ancient Beastcoins and 1-2 AF+1 materials with MNK, RDM, BRD, SCH being the guaranteed pool.

One of: (AF+1 Item)
Ancient Brass (MNK) (33.3%)(25%)
Cardinal Cloth (RDM) (33.3%)(25%)
Brown Doeskin (BRD) (33.3%)(25%)
Electrum Stud (SCH) (25%)

Zero to One of (AF+1 Item):
Cardinal Cloth (RDM) (15.8%)(13.6%)
White Rivet (PLD) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Ebony Lacquer (NIN) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Flameshun Cloth (BLU) (13.6%)
Nothing (52.6%)(45.6%)

Third Floor

• Enemies: Inhumer x8 (Skeletons (BLM))
  • About 9000 HP
  • About 5/8 drop an Ancient Beastcoin.
  • Susceptible to Lullaby and Repose.
  • Immune to dark based Sleeps.
  • Despite being Skeletons, these mobs do link.
• Boss: Grave Digger (Corse)
  • About 10,000 HP
  • Has all normal corse job abilities such as Danse Macabre (single target Charm).
• Monsters on this floor are immune to piercing damage, and weak to blunt damage.
• Disseverment will do 0 damage in this floor.
• The Warrior ability Tomahawk will allow piercing damage, however it is still quite low compared to that which you would get on monsters occupying the other floors.
• An Inhumer's highest damaging move seems to be Black Cloud, dealing around 400-600 damage to DD members without stoneskin. Recommend: Cures before Blindna.
• Recommended to keep all mages away from melee range to avoid Blood Saber as it can cause the mob to regain large amounts of HP depending on the size of the group.
• Occasionally one of the Inhumers will be close enough to the arrival point to immediately blood aggro. (On HorizonXI, they seem to just stand still and not move at all)
• Be careful of adds from blood Aggro, they aggro from a very long distance, up to 20 Yalms, possibly more.
• Like all Limbus mobs, Inhumers have alliance hate and cannot be sac pulled.
• To avoid mass link, it is recommended to pull with Silence from max casting range, and making sure the puller has near full HP.
  • Inhumers will pause to cast a spell when aggroed, allowing time for them to link.
• The chests on this floor have about six possible points at which they can spawn. These include the southeast, northeast, and southwest corners, and a few points in the central area. Occasionally, two chests will spawn at the same point, on top of one another.
• The Items chest has 5-7 Ancient Beastcoins, 0-2 crafting materials and 1-3 AF+1 materials with WAR, BLM, SMN, DNC being the guaranteed pool.

One of: (AF+1 Item)
Argyro Rivet (WAR) (33.3%)(25%)
Diabolic Yarn (BLM) (33.3%)(25%)
Astral Leather (SMN) (33.3%)(25%)
Gold Stud (DNC) (25%)

Zero to One of (AF+1 Item):
Light Filament (THF) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Black Rivet (DRK) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Charcoal Cotton (RNG) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Corduroy Cloth (PUP) (13.6%)
Nothing (52.6%)(45.6%)

Zero to One of (AF+1 Item):
Diabolic Yarn (BLM) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Fetid Lanolin (BST) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Blue Rivet (DRG) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Electrum Stud (SCH) (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: Flying Spear x8 (Evil Weapons (RDM))
  • About 4500 HP
  • Immune to direct Magic Damage (including Astral Flow, Spirits Within, and other Magic Damage Weapon Skills such as Leaden Salute).
  • DoT's such as all levels of Bio, Poison, Shock, and so forth can be landed. (Despite the DoT effect, Kaustra and the "helix" class spells are considered direct Magic Damage, and will not have any effect.)
  • Susceptible to Silence and Gravity.
  • Always drop 2 Ancient Beastcoins.
  • Linking.
• Boss: Evil Armory (Evil Weapon (RDM))
  • About 12,000 HP
  • Susceptible to Silence and Gravity.
  • Remains an NPC until 1 Flying Spear is killed.
  • May start off with defensive buffs like a heavy stoneskin. Dispel recommended.
  • The Evil Armory has a high resistance to physical damage and is immune to Magic Damage until all Flying Spears are defeated; then it will take physical and magic damage as normal.
• The final chest has 5 Ancient Beastcoins, 2 AF+1 items (WHM, BLM, DRG, SAM, WAR, BLU, SCH), the Smalt Chip, and a chance to drop a Metal Chip.

• The final chest has the Smalt Chip, 5 Ancient Beastcoins, a chance of a Metal Chip and 2-3 AF+1 materials with THF, PLD, DRG, PUP and DRK, BST, RNG, COR being the two guaranteed pools.

One of: (AF+1 Item)
Light Filament (THF) (33.3%)(25%)
White Rivet (PLD) (33.3%)(25%)
Blue Rivet (DRG) (33.3%)(25%)
Corduroy Cloth (PUP) (25%)

One of: (AF+1 Item)
Black Rivet (DRK) (33.3%)(25%)
Fetid Lanolin (BST) (33.3%)(25%)
Charcoal Cotton (RNG) (33.3%)(25%)
Canvas Toile (COR) (25%)

Zero to One of (AF+1 Item):
Ancient Brass (MNK) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Kurogane (SAM) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Astral Leather (SMN) (15.8%)(13.6%)
Gold Stud (DNC) (13.6%)
Nothing (52.6%)(45.6%)

All of:
Smalt Chip (100%)

Zero to One of:
Metal Chip (9%)
Nothing (52.6%)(90.9%)

Strategies and Guides

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