Operation Desert Swarm

Type: BCNM Zone: Waughroon Shrine Restrictions:         Level: None         Members: 6         Time: 30 minutes Orb: Lachesis Orb (30 Kindred's Seals)

Starting Positions

Mobs

Name	Level	Type
Platoon Scorpion x 6	~70	Scorpion

Possible Rewards

Your armoury crate will load out of the following groupings:

One of: H.Q. Scorpion Shell (0%) Venomous Claw (0%) Serket Ring (0%)

One of: Expunger (0%) Heart Snatcher (0%) Rampager (0%) Senjuinrikio (0%)

One of: Anubis's Knife (0%) Adaman Ingot (0%) Claymore Grip (0%) Orichalcum Ingot (0%)

One of: Hierarch Belt (0%) Palmerin's Shield (0%) Trainer's Gloves (0%) Warwolf Belt (0%)

One of: Coral Fragment (0%) Darksteel Ore (0%) Demon Horn (0%) Ebony Log (0%) Gold Ore (0%) Gold Thread (0%) Granite (0%) Hi-Reraiser (0%) Mahogany Log (0%) Mythril Ingot (0%) Mythril Ore (0%) Petrified Log (0%) Phoenix Feather (0%) Philosopher's Stone (0%) Platinum Ore (0%) Rainbow Cloth (0%) Ram Horn (0%) Raxa (0%) Reraiser (0%) Vile Elixir (0%) Vile Elixir +1 (0%) Wyvern Scales (0%)

One of: Beetle Blood (0%) Damascene Cloth (0%) Damascus Ingot (0%) Malboro Fiber (0%) Philosopher's Stone (0%) Phoenix Feather (0%) Raxa (0%)

Tips

• Buffs and TP do not wear upon entry
• The Platoon Scorpions use only the AoE Scorpion specials:

• Wild Rage: Stuns those in the AoE
• Earth Pounder: Binds those in the AoE
• Sometimes after an Earth Pounder you see the message "The platoon scorpion's legs are lodged in the rocks!" which indicates that they are bound.
• Sometimes after a Wild Rage you see the message "The platoon scorpion does not have enough energy to attack!" and it stops attacking for about 10 seconds.

• They cannot be feasibly slept after the 3rd or 4th Sleep. Their Sleep resistance increases drastically when only few of them are left. Bind and Gravity are suggested.
• Lullaby is never resisted, but loses about 4 seconds of duration with each cast. By the 9th cast it wears off immediately.

• The Scorpions can resist a Lullaby by a Bard subjob.

(see testimonials)

Strategies and Videos

• Operation Desert Swarm Strategies