Lachrymater

Job: Black Mage/Dark Knight Family: Weepers Crystal: None   Notorious Monster

Lachrymater

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Abyssea - Tahrongi		Witchstone (38.6%) Angelstone (3.6%) Clot Plasma (3.6%) Coeurl Meat (4.8%) Coral Fragment (3.6%) Deathstone (2.4%) Diamond (2.4%) Dragon Meat (3.6%) Emerald (3.6%) Forbidden Key (1.2%) Philosopher's Stone (4.8%) Sapphire (4.8%) Topaz (3.6%) Water Ore (3.6%) Ruby (2.4%) Dried Mugwort (1.2%)			??? HP ??? MP
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

Spawn Conditions	Companions/Summons
Spawned by trading a Moaning Vestige to the ??? near the Lamenter monsters found at F-10 and G-10. Flux #2	N/A
Special Abilities	Passive Traits
Uses the standard weeper TP attacks. Uses Chainspell. Can use Manafont if you get !! weakness.	Absorbs elemental damage for the current day (e.g. Absorbs fire damage on Firesday). Susceptible to Slow, Paralyze and Elegy . Elegy had trouble landing, but did eventually. Gravity and Bind were completely resisted as well. Seems to have a degree of movement speed +
Physical Qualities	Magical Qualities
Has moderate physical attacks and attacks fairly quickly.	This monster changes elements depending on the current Vana'diel day. On Darksday it was observed casting Bio II , Drain, Aspir, Sleepga , and Absorb- spells. When spawned on a day other than Lightsday or Darksday, it gains access to Tier IV spells, Tier III ga spells, Spikes, Tier 1 Ancient Magic, and enfeebles of the element corresponding to the current day (Shock, Rasp, etc).
Further Notes
Used in spawning Myrmecoleon, similar to Fistule. (see testimonials)

Historical background

Lachrymater or lachrymator (from lacrima meaning "a tear" in Latin), is a chemical compound that stimulates the corneal nerves in the eyes to cause tearing, pain, and even blindness. Common lachrymators include OC, CS, CR, CN, nonivamide, bromoacetone, phenacyl bromide, xylyl bromide and syn-propanethial-S-oxide (from onions). Lacrymators often share the structural element Z=C-C-X, where Z indicates carbon or oxygen, and X indicates bromide or chloride.

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