Operation Desert Swarm

Type: BCNM Zone: Waughroon Shrine Restrictions:         Level: None         Members: 6         Time: 30 minutes Orb: Lachesis Orb (30 Kindred's Seals)

Starting Positions

Mobs

Name	Level	Type
Platoon Scorpion x 6	~70	Scorpion

Possible Rewards

Your armoury crate will load out of the following groupings:

One of: H.Q. Scorpion Shell (81.3%) Serket Ring (5.5%) Venomous Claw (12.3%)

One of: Expunger (21.6%) Heart Snatcher (29.5%) Rampager (23.9%) Senjuinrikio (23.1%)

One of: Anubis's Knife (50.4%) Adaman Ingot (0.4%) Claymore Grip (8.6%) Orichalcum Ingot (2.2%) Pole Grip (14.6%) Sword Strap (22%)

One of: Hierarch Belt (28.7%) Palmerin's Shield (21.6%) Trainer's Gloves (19.8%) Warwolf Belt (28.7%)

One of: Coral Fragment (5.2%) Darksteel Ore (5.6%) Demon Horn (4.1%) Ebony Log (6.3%) Gold Ore (5.2%) Gold Thread (2.6%) Granite (1.1%) Hi-Reraiser (3.7%) Mahogany Log (10.1%) Mythril Ingot (0%) Mythril Ore (5.2%) Petrified Log (11.6%) Phoenix Feather (1.5%) Philosopher's Stone (5.6%) Platinum Ore (4.5%) Rainbow Cloth (2.2%) Ram Horn (6.7%) Raxa (11.9%) Reraiser (4.5%) Vile Elixir (1.9%) Vile Elixir +1 (4.1%) Wyvern Scales (3.4%)

One of: Beetle Blood (7.8%) Damascene Cloth (5.6%) Damascus Ingot (9.3%) Malboro Fiber (5.6%) Philosopher's Stone (15.7%) Phoenix Feather (27.6%) Raxa (20.9%)

Tips

• Buffs and TP do not wear upon entry
• The Platoon Scorpions use only the AoE Scorpion specials:

• Wild Rage: Stuns those in the AoE
• Earth Pounder: Binds those in the AoE

• The presumption that the scorpions would wake up and mimic AoE maneuvers is false.
  • What instead happens is scorpions that are nearby are given approx ~1000 TP, and if it surpasses their threshold required to TP, they will TP. This gives off the illusion that they are mimicking one another's TP moves. Moreover, this behavior in no instance wakes up the scorpion.

• Sometimes after an Earth Pounder you see the message "The platoon scorpion's legs are lodged in the rocks!" which indicates that they are bound.
• Sometimes after a Wild Rage you see the message "The platoon scorpion does not have enough energy to attack!" and it stops attacking for about 10 seconds.

• They cannot be feasibly slept after the 3rd or 4th Sleep. Their Sleep resistance increases drastically when only few of them are left. Bind and Gravity are suggested.
• Lullaby is never resisted, but loses about 4 seconds of duration with each cast. By the 9th cast it wears off immediately.

• The Scorpions can resist a Lullaby by a Bard subjob.

• Can be won solo by some jobs and duo by certain job combinations. (see testimonials)

Strategies and Videos

• Operation Desert Swarm Strategies
• Operation Desert Swarm Videos