Stop the Bloodshed

Mission Name	Stop the Bloodshed
Mercenary Rank	Sergeant
Mission NPC	Lageegee - Aht Urhgan Whitegate (L-10)
Staging Point	Dvucca Isle Staging Point
Objective	Exterminate the chigoes
Recruitment	Lv.50, 1-6 mercenaries
Mission Orders	The Lamiae are preparing to release swarms of chigoes in Al Zahbi to collect blood samples. Destroy the chigoes and thwart their plan.
Time Limit	30 minutes
Reward	Periqia Assault Points 3 members: 1000 4 members: 900 5 members: 800 6 members: 700

Enemies

Monster	Level	Strengths	Weaknesses	Spawns	Notes
Augmented Chigoe		Immune to: Strong to:	Susceptible to: Weak to: Critical Hits, Offensive Job Abilities, Weapon Skills	35	A, S, H Additional Effect: Drain
Chigoe Breeder (BLM)(Lamia)		Immune to: Strong to: Lullaby, Sleep	Susceptible to: Weak to:	3 or 4	A, T(S)
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

Drops

Ancient Lockbox Remedy (???%) Remedy (???%) Hi-Potion +3 (???%)

??? Cape (???%) Cotton Cape +1 (???%) Lizard Mantle +1 (???%) Dhalmel Mantle +1 (???%) Aileron Mantle (???%) Templar's Mantle (???%)

??? Sword (???%) Gust Claymore (???%) Uchigatana +1 (???%) Immortal's Shotel (???%)

??? Box (???%) Cleaning Tool Set (???%) Igneous Rock (???%) Rotten Quiver (???%) Apple Mint (???%) Qiqirn Sandbag (???%) Imp Wing (???%)

??? Polearm (???%) Spark Spear (???%) Spark Lance (???%)

Walkthrough

Kill all the Augmented Chigoes.

• You will spawn on the same map as Shooting Down the Baron at H-8.
• There are BLM Lamia named Chigoe Breeder that roams the map. It is not necessary to kill these to win.
  • Chigoe Breeders respawn very quickly.
  • They also have a LOT of HP, and tend to cast Sleepga and Sleepga II fairly often.
  • Their aggro radius is also much longer than normal sight aggro.
• Augmented Chigoes hit fast but are very weak. Anyone with a Phalanx effect will take predominantly 0 damage.
• A single critical hit, a damaging job ability such as Jump, or a weaponskill will instantly kill a chigoe.
• A Dancer using Flourishes (Violent or Desperate only) can instantly kill a chigoe. This works with dancer as a subjob as well.
• A PUP Automaton's Flashbulb-Flash or Strobe-Provoke will not kill Augmented Chigoe as previously stated.
  • Nevertheless, an Automaton's Flashbulb and Strobe helps with getting rid of aggro on the Chigoe Breeders.
• The rate of critical hits against these chigoes is greatly enhanced.
• It is important to be very thorough, especially in cage rooms. It is easy to miss chigoes since they blend in and don't show up on Widescan. Be sure to check on top and around behind the cages.
• You have to kill 35 Augmented Chigoe - when you do so - Rune of Release will spawn at (H-8).

Notes

• While Widescan cannot be used to reveal the locations of chigoes, they would be very useful for tracking and avoiding lamiae. There are a lot of blind corners and column-crowded rooms where it is easy for them to sneak up on you.
• If you get aggro from a lamia and have a large enough party, send someone to continue killing chigoes so you don't waste time.
  • The chigoes hit very quickly and you can lose several hundred HP very quickly if you are swarmed. This person should have a lot of HP, high defense, or be capable of healing themselves (preferably with dances, as the quick rate of attack will likely interrupt spells).
• A Summoner with a free Carbuncle is very strong in this assault. Time is very critical. Carbuncle will automatically engage and kill the chigoes (because of the enhanced critical hit rate) often before you even have a chance to target them.
• A Dancer subbing Samurai for Meditate can be very powerful here. Violent and Desperate Flourishes are one-hit KOs, and DNC has access to Cyclone, an AOE Weaponskill. Waltzes cannot be interrupted by taking hits. If survivability is an issue, /NIN or /WHM (Reraise) can be just as effective, since Steps only take 10TP, and Violent Flourish returns ~5.
• Going /NIN so the Lamias don't one shot you can be important. The chigoes die so fast that weaponskills and job abilities aren't even needed. Also, bring Reraise for all of your members so if they get aggroed they can raise themselves in a safe spot after the Lamia kills them.

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