Breaking Morale

Mission Name: Assault Mission - Breaking Morale Mercenary Rank: Lance Corporal Start NPC: Isdebaaq - Aht Urhgan Whitegate (L-10) Staging Point: Mamool Ja Staging Point Objective: Steal the supplies Recruitment: Lv.60, 3-6 mercenaries Mission Orders: Scouts report that the new Mamool Ja soldiers have received supplies from their families. Destroy Mamool Ja morale by stealing these supplies while being careful to remain undetected. Time Limit: 15 minutes Reward: Mamool Ja Training Grounds Assault Points 3 Members: 1399 4 Members: 1200 5 Members: 1067 6 Members: 933 Varies based on items collected. Each chest less than 8 is a 66.6 point deduction, rounded down.

Enemies

Monster	Level	Strengths	Weaknesses	Spawns	Notes
Mamool Ja Recruit (Mamool Ja Fighter)		Immune to: Strong to:	Susceptible to: Lullaby, Sleep Weak to:		A, T(S), L
Mamool Ja Trainer (Mamool Ja Mage)		Immune to: Strong to:	Susceptible to: Weak to:		A, T(S), L
A = Aggressive; NA = Non-Aggresive; L = Links; S = Detects by Sight; H = Detects by Sound; HP = Detects Low HP; M = Detects Magic; Sc = Follows by Scent; T(S) = True-sight; T(H) = True-hearing JA = Detects job abilities; WS = Detects weaponskills; Z(D) = Asleep in Daytime; Z(N) = Asleep at Nighttime; A(R) = Aggressive to Reive participants

Drops

Ancient Lockbox Hi-Potion +2 (???%) Hi-Potion Tank (???%) Reraiser (???%)

??? Polearm (???%) Spark Spear (???%)

??? Sword (???%) Gust Claymore (???%) Uchigatana +1 (???%) Pealing Anelace (???%) Kagiroi (???%) Storm Scimitar (???%)

??? Box (???%) Date (???%) Eggplant (???%) Imperial Tea Leaves (???%) Kaolin (???%) Lamian Armlet (???%) Mamool Ja Collar (???%) Poroggo Hat (???%) Sage (???%) Toolbag (Kawa) (???%) Toolbag (Mizu) (???%) Toolbag (Tsura) (???%) Wamoura Cloth (???%) Wild Onion (???%)

Walkthrough

Open coffers and give the items in them to the NPC at the start without getting caught.

• The start point, the Rune of Release spawn and the NPC you give items to are all in the same spot at the north side of the map.
• All Mamool Ja are true sight, but you can use Viscous Liquid barrels to disguise yourself as a Mamool Ja.
  • While in the costume no monsters will aggro you, but the costume wears off when you open a coffer.
  • The Mamool costume inflicts a heavy poison effect (15 dmg/tick) and slightly lowers running speed.
    • Stoneskin, Regen, and Bard Paeons can slightly lessen the poison effect in order to keep the costume on longer.
    • Use of the Pitchfork +1 event item can help negate the decreased running speed effect.
• If you are seen by the Mamool Ja Trainers they will automatically take your supplies, send them back to the coffer, and teleport you to a "prison" on the east side of the map next to the Viscous Liquid.
  • Mamool Ja Trainers below bridges can see PCs running across bridges if they take the costume off. Keep the costume on until you reach a chest or are certain there are no trainers along the way.
• The Mamool Ja Recruits will aggro and attack. You can lose aggro from them by getting teleported by the Mamool Ja Trainers.
  • Mamool Ja Recruits can also be slept or lullabied, and will lose aggro if you are far enough away when they wake.
  • If you have an item, you can just try to outrun them to the NPC. If you beat them to the NPC and talk to the NPC, the NPC will take your item and the mammol ja will deaggro.
• Five of the eight chests can only be reached from the prison. The other three can be reached from the start point, but are usually best collected on the way back to the NPC from one of the other chests.

Chest	Position	Level	Temporary Item	Notes
1	(I-7)	Top	Wild Rabbit Tail	NE corner, up the ramp to the east of the NPC tunnel. Best collected on the way back from grabbing #3 or #8. You can also get it from the starting position: Exit out of the tunnel and break left. You'll eventually see a ramp to your left. Go up and follow the path around to the chest. You can go back to the NPC with no problem by traveling back on the top floor and dropping down to the entrance of the starting area. Be sure not to get too close to the ledge if there are mages running around the area, they can see and teleport you from down below.
2	(H-7)	Ground	Fighting Fish Tank	Near a tree directly south from the cave mouth of the start point. This chest can be picked up easily by someone coming back with Chest #3, #4, or #7.
3	(H-7)	Top	Gilt Glasses	On the eastern island. Must start from the "Prison". Get caught by a trainer, use the Mamool costume and head to H-8 by making a right from the costume room. Head north across a bridge to an island with a chest. After getting this, you can drop down to the west to hit Chest #2.
4	(H-8)	Top	Torn Epistle	On the western island. Must start from the "Prison". From Chest #3, continue along the bridges to the north, west and south. You will come to another island. There is a chest on this island as well.
5	(G-7)	Mid	Attohwa Ginseng	Under a bridge on the western wall. Must start from the "Prison". From Chest #4, go west across the bridge and then follow the wall around to the north. Just before the wall turns to the east there is a chest hiding below a small bridge. You can drop down to pick it up or just grab it from on top of the bridge, then continue along the raised platform.
6	(G-7)	Top	Mamool Ja Collar	In a tunnel at the NW corner of the map. Must start from the "Prison". From Chest #5, continue to follow the wall around to the north and into a tunnel to find the chest.
7	(H-9)	Ground	Divination Sphere	The far south chest. Most convenient to start from the "Prison". Don't bother with the costume for this one. From the Prison, head around to H-8 and then follow the left wall and drop down to the tunnel opening where the chest is. Once you get the chest I suggest going to the right after you exit the tunnel and make your way around back to the exit. There were less mamool wandering around that area.
8	(I-8)	Mid	Goblin Die	On a ledge in the SE corner. Must start from the "Prison". You need to pass one Mamool Ja Trainer to get to this chest. Either you can use the costume, bring another player as a distraction, or just run past while its back is turned. From the Prison, follow the right wall around to H-8. Avoid the mage there and continue to the right. Shortly after making a right you should see a chest below you on a ledge. Drop off the bridge to reach it. Try to grab Chest #1 on your way back to the NPC.

• The number of items you get to the NPC determines your reward. The minimum number of items to win is two. Once you get the "give up" option at the NPC, choose to spawn the Rune of Release, and receive your rewards. You cannot turn anymore items in after choosing "give up."

Notes

• It is possible to complete this assault by returning only two items if you have three people.
  • You must speak to the NPC without any items to turn in and she will give you the option to end the Assault.
• Mamool Ja Trainers (and Recruits?) seem to have a much wider angle of vision than average monsters.
• The Mamool Ja spend far less time in a stationary position than average monsters. They are very restless and change directions and position frequently.
• The chests can be divided into three groups:
  • The four along the bridge path (#3-#6)
  • The other two you get starting from the prison (#7, #8)
  • The two you get on the way back from picking up another one (#1, #2)
• So if nobody gets caught you should be able to get all the chests in 6 trips
  • In a party of three, that means two trips each, first #4-#6, then #3/#7/#8 (for example).
  • Pick up #1 and #2 as convenient.
• If you have a Bard, have everyone gather at the prison first for Troubadour Paeon to go for #3-6.
• RDM/THF is good for making the run to #6, with Stoneskin, Regen and Flee.
• /SCH is great for this as they can cast Regen II.
• THF/WHM or NIN/WHM are excellent job choices for this mission.
• One person can grab #3, #2 and #1 in a single trip pretty quickly.
• Begin the dialouge with the NPC to exit the assault with no less than 40 seconds remaining. It takes a while for the NPC to talk and unlock the rune, and then for you to access the exit option. It is too easy to try and wait for that one more item thats on it's way and time out because of the NPC dialouge. Have a party member at the NPC and ready to exit with 1 minute remaining. If you push it to where only 30 seconds are remaining, you may likely walk away disappointed with a timed-out loss.
• Sprinter's Shoes are great for this mission. The effect is not erased when caught by the mamool and sent to prison. Stack this with any other +movement speed gear (like Strider Boots/Trotter Boots, Ninja Kyahan, Crimson Cuisses, etc..) and it largely overcomes the -movement speed effect from the mamool costume. This will dramatically increase the distance you can cover while in costume. Now add Regen and Stoneskin, and this is a winning combination.

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