Diamond Daig

Job: Paladin Family: Beetle Crystal: Earth Weak to: Ice, Light Notorious Monster

Diamond Daig

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Quicksand Caves	70	Beetle Jaw Beetle Shell Insect Wing Protecting Bangles		1	A, L, Sc
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

Notes:

• Lottery Spawn from the Helm Beetle, during a Sandstorm (double earth weather).
• Located at: Enter Quicksand Caves from Western Altepa Desert at J-9; go to the next map at D-11; found at H-8 on that map.
• Spawns in the hallway, unlike the Helm Beetle placeholder which spawns in the 6 adjoining rooms.
• Very high defense along with a significantly large amount of hp.
• Does not cast spells nor uses a 2 hour ability.
• Killable by: 5 characters level 64, 2 characters level 70+, 1 level 75 MNK/NIN
• Soloable by: PUP75/PLD37 Stormwaker Frame and liberal use of Ventriloquy and Retrieve. After the first Aero III, use Ventriloquy, Sentinel, Flash, and WS if you have TP. Automaton's ~450 Damage Aero III cuts this down to a 10 minute fight. Using your puppet for cures only is viable but will lengthen the battle considerably. Diamond Daig is not hard to hit even with his evasion bonus up, so consider an attack food like Carbonara. Raging Fists will do more than any other WS (up to 200ish); One Inch Punch does about 75 consistently and isn't worth it. Diamond Daig has a lot of difficulty connecting with its hits and will land attacks around 25-60 with VIT64+11 and Defense 299.
• Drop: Protecting Bangles 100%
• Drop: Around 1200 Gil

Historical Background

This name follows the standard naming format used for early NMs, an adjective followed by a personal name. Diamond refers to the precious gem made from Carbon and renowned for its incredible hardness. This part of his name most likely refers to how hard his carapace is. Daig is a very uncommon Irish name which means "fire".