Pixies During the Crystal War, repeated eye-witness accounts were received from the battlefields of volant creatures resembling what until then had been nothing more than legend. All reports indicated that these pixies, as they came to be called, had the power to wield magic as well as manipulate the winds. At the time, such accounts were dismissed by the nations' armies as hallucinations, brought about by the enormous mental strains of war. Most wild Pixies will generally follow a habitual route over a large area. Sidhe are the only currently known exception to this rule. Pixies will cast white magic on nearby players, including: all tiers of the Cure spell along with Raise II and Raise III. However, Pixies often must rest a short time period after casting a spell before they are able to use another (unless they are being directly threatened). Pixies have also been observed in the forsaken realm of Abyssea. Abyssean pixies, however, display none of the friendly behavior common to their Vana'dialian counterparts; rather, most appear to be highly apathetic towards adventurers, and some are downright hostile.

Family Information Type: Elementals Subfamilies: Veela, Unseelie, Danaid Common Behavior: S, HP Weak against: Strong against: Immune to: Silence, Sleep Common Job(s): White Mage Uncommon Job(s): Black Mage, Red Mage, Dancer Charmable: Pankration: Aspir: Drain:

Pixie hate

Pixie-type mobs often cure you and even raise you when you fall in battle. Killing Pixie-type mobs causes their population to decrease in the past, as well as the present. Whether or not a pixie will pop is determined by how safe they feel, a measure relating the times they were killed to the times they could "live safely." This can even go as far as to keep pixies from spawning at all in any zone. Trading a Bottled Pixie to the Fay Spring will help to build up their population over time. That said, trading Bottled Pixies has no effect on individual adventurers, but influences the entire server's status with the Pixie race. See the Witchfire Glen quest for more information.

Note: NM pixies do not cure other players, and do not affect pixie hate. Pixies within Abyssea also do not affect pixie hate.

Special Attacks

Special Abilities	Wings of the Goddess Areas	Abyssea
Spring Breeze: - AoE TP-Reduction and Sleep effect.	Check	Check
Summer Breeze: - AoE Erase effect. (If nothing to Erase, it instead gains Regain.)	Check	Check
Autumn Breeze: - HP Recovery	Check	Check
Winter Breeze: - AoE Dispel (Only removes one effect) and Stun	Check	Check
Zephyr Arrow: - Ranged Attack Knockback, inflicts Bind	Check	Check
Lethe Arrows: - Ranged Attack Knockback, inflicts Bind and Amnesia	Check	Check
Norn Arrows: - Ranged Attack Encumberance. Only used by certain Notorious Monsters.	Check	X
Cyclonic Turmoil: - AoE Wind damage, Knockback, and multiple effect Dispel	Check	Check
Cyclonic Torrent: - AoE Wind damage, Mute. Only used by certain Notorious Monsters.	Check	Check
Cyclonic Blight: - AoE Dark damage, Sleep, and Stun. Heals monster for 2-5% and Erases 1+ status ailments. Only used by certain Notorious Monsters.	X	Check
Note: Notorious Monsters in this family may use all of the above and/or additional unique special abilities.

Notorious Monsters in Family

Name	Spawn Information	Level	Zone	Notable Drop(s)
Baba Yaga	Forced Spawn by trading a Piceous Scale to the ??? at (H-7)		Abyssea - La Theine	Aristo Belt Shimmering Pixie Pinion
Carabosse	Forced Spawn by clicking the ??? at (H-7) with key items Pellucid Fly Eye and Shimmering Pixie Pinion.		Abyssea - La Theine	Afflictors Carabosse's Gem Glittering Pixie Choker Ryoshi Hachimaki
Fuath	Timed Spawn at the Witchfire Glen (F-6)		Abyssea - Grauberg	Woeborn Breeze Sachet Coin of Ardor Jewel of Ardor
Lorelei	Forced Spawn by trading a Fay Teardrop to the ??? at (F-6)		Abyssea - Grauberg	Centaurus Earring Iga Seal: Hands Navarch's Seal: Hands Tantra Seal: Hands Creed Seal: Hands
Melusine	Timed Spawn every 2 to 2:20 hours after death at (K-5)	74	East Ronfaure (S)	Ebon Pigment Furia Pigment
Peaseblossom	Timed Spawn every 2 to 2:20 hours after death at (E-10)	74	North Gustaberg (S)	Ebon Pigment Furia Pigment
Skuld	Forced Spawn by resting in a spawnable area with a Colorful Abyssite.		Rolanberry Fields Rolanberry Fields (S) Batallia Downs Batallia Downs (S) Sauromugue Champaign Sauromugue Champaign (S)	Veela Cape
Tiffenotte	Timed Spawn every 2 to 2:20 hours after death at (G-5)	73	West Sarutabaruta (S)	Ebon Pigment Furia Pigment
Teugghia	Forced Spawn by trading an Unseelie Eye and a Naiad's Lock to the ??? at (F-5)		Abyssea - Grauberg	Torrid Gages Lancer's Seal: Body Goetia Seal: Body Iga Seal: Body Bale Seal: Body
Urd	Forced Spawn by resting in a spawnable area with a Colorful Abyssite.		Rolanberry Fields Rolanberry Fields (S) Batallia Downs Batallia Downs (S) Sauromugue Champaign Sauromugue Champaign (S)	Choreia Earring
Verthandi	Forced Spawn by resting in a spawnable area with a Yellow Abyssite.		Rolanberry Fields Rolanberry Fields (S) Batallia Downs Batallia Downs (S) Sauromugue Champaign Sauromugue Champaign (S)	Ethereal Squama Eye of Verthandi Veela Ring Verthandi's Gem
Quest NMs: None Mission NMs: None Battlefield NMs: Feeorin (ANNM), Fay (ANNM) Other NMs: None

Monsters in Family

Name	Level	Zone
Pixie	51 - 54	East Ronfaure (S)
	51 - 54	North Gustaberg (S)
	51 - 54	West Sarutabaruta (S)
	56 - 59	Batallia Downs (S)
	56 - 59	Fort Karugo-Narugo (S)
	56 - 59	Grauberg (S)
		Buburimu Peninsula
		East Ronfaure
		East Sarutabaruta
		Konschtat Highlands
		La Theine Plateau
		North Gustaberg
		South Gustaberg
		Tahrongi Canyon
		Valkurm Dunes
		West Ronfaure
		West Sarutabaruta
Sprite	61 - 64	Pashhow Marshlands (S)
	61 - 64	Rolanberry Fields (S)
	61 - 64	Sauromugue Champaign (S)
	65 - 68	Jugner Forest (S)
	65 - 68	Meriphataud Mountains (S)
	65 - 68	Vunkerl Inlet (S)
		Batallia Downs
		Jugner Forest
		Meriphataud Mountains
		Pashhow Marshlands
		Rolanberry Fields
		Sauromugue Champaign
Sidhe	75 - 77	Grauberg (S)
Farfadet		Abyssea - La Theine
Seelie		Abyssea - Grauberg
Unseelie		Abyssea - Grauberg
Debauched Unseelie	113 - 116	Outer Ra'Kaznar
Wanton Danaid	123 - 125	Reisenjima

Historical Background

In British folklore (specifically from Cornwall and Devon), pixies are diminutive spirit-like humanoids with insectoid wings. They were thought to reside in downs and moors and were known for playing tricks on people. Among their routine tricks were to steal horses and ride them across the moors at night, stealing objects from residences, throwing objects at people, and misleading travelers (“being led by pixies”) or sometimes luring people away to disappear forever. Pixies are said to be repulsed by silver.

Pixies were not all antagonistic. They were thought to perform household chores at any time of day if respected and given gifts of food or milk. Pixies are also known for pixie dust (fairy dust), a sparkling residual found trailing behind them.

The pixie’s origin has multiple versions. The general version is they were but one of many spirits that inhabited Britain without any particular backstory. After Christianity took hold on the island, the pixie’s origin changed to be Celtic druids who refused to convert to Christianity and grew progressively smaller the more they resisted conversion. Another origin story portrayed pixies as spirit beings that were morally neutral and thus unable to be accepted into heaven or cast into hell, thus being forced to roam the earth for eternity.

Pixie is also the origin of the word pixilated, which means confused, crazy, bewildered, or acting whimsical. Despite the close appearance, it is not the origin of the word pixel and term pixelated. Pixel derives from “pix element”, with pix being a common abbreviation for pictures in the 20th century.