Ghast

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Ghast

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Gusgen Mines	33-36	Bone Chip (???%) Gusgen Chest Key (???%)	Bone Chip	6	A, H, HP Black Mage
Beaucedine Glacier	35-38	Bone Chip (???%) Revival Tree Root (???%)	Bone Chip	4	A, H, HP Warrior
Beaucedine Glacier	37-40	Bone Chip (???%) Revival Tree Root (???%) Scroll of Absorb-INT (???%)	Bone Chip	5	A, H, HP Black Mage
Sea Serpent Grotto	38-41	Bone Chip (17%) Grotto Chest Key (3.8%) Revival Tree Root (13.2%) Scroll of Absorb-AGI (1.9%) Scroll of Absorb-INT (0.9%) Scroll of Absorb-VIT (1.9%)	Bone Chip	12	A, H, R, HP Warrior Around 1,600 HP.
Sea Serpent Grotto	38-41	Bone Chip (17%) Grotto Chest Key (3.8%) Revival Tree Root (15.1%) Scroll of Absorb-AGI (0.9%) Scroll of Absorb-INT (0%) Scroll of Absorb-VIT (0.9%)	Bone Chip	11	A, H, R, HP Black Mage
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

Hisorical Background

According to H.P. Lovecraft's book The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, The ghasts are a race of fearsome humanoids. They are much larger than a man and have a vaguely human face, albeit missing a nose. Their skin is rough and knotty. Their senses are unusually acute; they can see in the dark and have a strong sense of smell. They hop about on a pair of hooved, kangaroo-like legs, and are swift, strong, and agile. Ghasts prefer to dwell in complete darkness and have no tolerance for natural light — sunlight will kill them instantly. Otherwise, the dim, pale glow of the underworld seems to cause them little harm.

The term is also used to a form of undead similar to Ghouls in Dungeons and Dragons. FFXI's Ghasts most likely come from here.