August 2026 Version Update

Well they did add hover shot, so they're at least aware of the issues.

No chance of rng or smn or bst becoming relevant again after all of them got nerfed, some multiple times.

Am I crazy or are the updated stats on RSE+1 and the 3 bodies from July all exactly the same in the Version Update Changes list?

Going through the NM's one by one, Did Ceizak, Yahse, Foret, and Morimar, already 3/5 Ruwa. Nothing but Ruwa...

On at least one of them the only thing I noticed was they either added or removed a space between damage taken AND 8. After I spotted that difference I didn't bother trying to check the other gear.

I'd wager another reason they aren't giving these new gears different useful stats, instead opting for generic basic stats is...

If they add 50 new gear pieces and each one is important for different jobs. That means people will fill the inventory up more than our congested clogged up inventories already are.

They're just typos they fixed

Black mage, beast master, summoner, and blue mage are the only four jobs I would truly call niche for the reasons I highlighted. There’s a hierarchy among dd jobs where prime weaponskills and savage/black halo spam dominates. Jobs with dps enhancing traits and abilities are favored, but almost every dd is fine in a burn party. Ranger, monk, thief, dancer, and ninja are less common in tp burns, but they can all do very good damage, and healers and tanks will always serve a purpose. Apart from the 4 major outliers I don’t think any of the other jobs are in a bad spot.

I wouldn't call rng "in a good spot". Its highest dps comes from spamming Savage blade and that includes prime bow and gun, which is just gross.

Black mage is niche because magic dmg is kinda niche, but it's great if you build for it. I don't think blm needs any adjustments.

Similarly blue mage is a typical dd but with blu spells. It can fill a lot of roles. Buffing it even slightly while it's already so versatile will likely just make it op.

Pup is super niche also, and has not much to offer if the puppet isn't tanking.

I kinda agree in general, except when you speak about Magic and BLM.
The latest "end-game" content added, Sortie, has a very viable setup that works with magic damage and mages.
It's a bit slower than Melee, so it's harder to do 9 bosses with mage setup (no big deal for 8 bosses) but, conversely, it's much safer.
It fits the meta magic had through most of the history of FFXI.
Slower damage but safer because of the long distance.

In addition to that put that some mage jobs have a mandatory spot in several V25 strategies for T2 and T3.
So it might not be players' most favourite sets of jobs but they're way more viable nowdays than they've been in several other eras of FFXI if you ask me.

Jolly Twitherym (J-6, Yahse - Ruwa Gauntlets)
Yeti NM spawns at the G/H-8 border in Kamihr Drifts. (Egbesu Beret and Nzame Socks)
Searing Ameretat in Morimar dropped Ruwa Leggings spawns around H-6/7, on the bottom level, you have to use climbing vines to get to him.


ty who posted pos and drop

Granted, im a recent returner and have only done melee method Sortie, but I don't know how it can get much safer than having a PLD and kiting. 3 of the 4 basement bosses never even really touch anyone, and Gartell literally barely even moves.

Morimar NM spawns around H-6/7, on the bottom level, you have to use climbing vines to get to him.

Asking the real questions here :)

>>SE adds new field NM's
>>Treasure Hunter not needed

Voracious Rafflesia - H-9 bottom left corner, in the small O like pathway. No drop.

I also got Ruwa Gauntlets from this NM.

By this time next year THF will just be a placebo.

Here is all the info I have collected. I spent 2 hours looking for the Ironhide Matamata in Morimar to no avail. The known NMs spawn 15min after the chest disappears (which lasts 3 min so 18min after previous NM death) there was a report of the rafflasia taking up to 23min, unknown as to why

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yahse J-6 Jolly Twitherym - ruwa hands + egbesu feet

ceizak H-9 Feral Chapuli - ruwa head + olorun hands

foret H-11 Spellward Orobon - ruwa legs + nzame hands

yorcia H-9 Voracious Rafflesia - egbesu hands + olorun legs

kamihr G-8 Fierce Yztarg - nzame feet + egbesu head

marjami G-7 Elusive Stryx - olorun feet + nzame head

morimar H-5 Spellward Ameretat - olorun head + ruwa feet

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The missing gear and NMs line up to have one of them drop the 2 legs and the other 4 drop 1 body each, how they spawn is anyones guess.

MIA gear -
egbesu legs
nzame legs
all 4 bodies

MIA NMs -
Foret - Ironshell Craklaw
Yorcia - Ravenous Snapweed
Morimar - Ironhide Matamata
Marjami - Swiftwing Tulfaire
Kamihr - Keenfang Raaz

I’m glad this new armor seems pretty easy to get. They should have made the add-on HTBF armors easy to get too and not have Shinryu drop rates.

Thanks Garfield for this. You star. All of this added to the wiki with locations for the moment, until we find the last few bits of gear!

When you guys finish collecting a full set, let us know what the set Bonus is.

There's still the new HTBF that nobody is bothering to do.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

that's ok! it's in the next vana'bout! everyone will have so much fun doing it once that they'll surely do it many times :)

Is this really lotto spawn nms in the year of our lord twenty *** twenty six. Or timed spawns?

With a drop rate, terrible.

"newbie gear"

?

lotto spawn NMs are one of the best pieces of content they can introduce to encourage people to go to less populated worlds/reduce congestion.

they should do more of it if this is truly a problem

The bait is insufficient for that play.

Besides, it's literally the opposite. 18 new players would optimally team up and collect sets together.

Also what the ***. This is the kind of gear a trial player should get and its in adoulin where they cant get it.
(when they make trial 99, forgot it stays 75)

Swiftwing Tulfaire: Marjami K/L-12 border, lottery spawn from Tulfaire. Only got tulfaire feathers, so don't know which drop it is.

instanced content with a high drop rate would be the literal dumbest content you could add to a game already crowded with them and congestion everywhere.

i'm not seeing the logic in your argument at all. this seems like a great place to use lotto spawn NMs. after the first couple of weeks they will likely be up unclaimed on all servers

Chillin I-11, WP 2 closest. It might be lotto because dats suggest the following:
NPC/Monster List Entry 0110B013 Cicatricose Raaz
NPC/Monster List Entry 0110B014 Cicatricose Raaz
NPC/Monster List Entry 0110B015 Cicatricose Raaz
NPC/Monster List Entry 0110B016 Keenfang Raaz

015 isnt alive

2 raaz hide, 2 Egbesu Frock, 2 Raaz Tusk


015 repopped ~3 min after NM death