Visitant Lights

Introduction

A curious byproduct of the dimensional anchor bestowed on adventurers during their sojourn in Abyssea, is the manifestation of glowing auras which surround their bodies. These auras, commonly referred to as lights, are of fundamental importance in Abyssea and can be harnessed by adventurers to further their goals. Primarily, they affect the rate/quality of the Sturdy Pyxides that drop from foes slain in Abyssea, as well as the Experience Points and Cruor bestowed from each foe. With the appropriate lights built up, lucrative and rewarding contents can be regularly found in the chests, such as key items, augmented equipment, HP/MP/TP/JA restores, and visitant time extensions.

Lights are generally enhanced by defeating enemies, with the type of killing blow determining which type of light is bestowed (see below). Certain monsters in Abyssea do not produce some lights; for example, monsters like Pachypodium or River Murex do not produce Ruby light from Weapon Skill kills. As such they tend to build Experience Points rewards per kill at a much slower rate. In turn, this also makes them a good choice for easily gaining time extensions, seeing as how melee can WS without worrying about accidentally killing the monster and building Ruby lights and getting Red chests to drop instead of Blue.

Lights can also be obtained from Red Sturdy Pyxides. There is the chance that they can contain certain types of lights that cannot be obtained from defeating enemies (see below). The chance is heightened with a high value of Ruby light.

Built-up lights are only lost when a character leaves Abyssea. Changing to a different enemy target or logging out/disconnecting does not remove lights, nor do they decay over time. If targeting a particular mob that does not bestow a particular light that you want, it is possible to build the light on other targets. For instance, Devegetators do not bestow Azure light, which is considered a staple by most Abyssea groups because it is necessary for a high rate of blue chests, and therefore a steady rate of time extensions. However, a high rate of blue chest drops can still be achieved on Devegetators by building the azure light on different targets.

Each person has their own individual light count, which starts at zero upon entering Abyssea, and is reset to zero upon exiting Abyssea. For this reason, new people to an alliance should avoiding landing kill shots, as they lack the lights to guarantee worthwhile chest drops. (Example: new members getting a kill shot that drops an xp chest can give about 250xp vs. 1250xp for someone with capped lights.) Whenever a light is gained by anyone in a group (whether it be from defeating foes or opening red chests), it is gained by everyone in the group.

The experience points you currently receive will be lowered by a small-moderate amount if you switch mobs, or kill an NM. Even if that NM is of the same family, your XP rate can be cut in half or lower upon killing it without using a Call for Help. Interestingly, if someone kills a monster outside range for receiving experience points, those not receiving the experience will not have their experience points received reset. This makes having new members farm their own lights from monsters like Ephemeral Murex while inside the alliance a viable option for recapping lights of returning members, or capping the lights of those new to the party.

Light values cap based on tiers. Pearlescent caps at 230. Ebon, Golden and Silvery cap at 200 each. Azure, Ruby, and Amber cap at 255 each. They raise by varying amounts based on source (mob kill vs. chest) and quality (strength of light reported in chest.) For example: magic kills on normal mobs tend to raise Azure lights by 5 per kill whereas Ebon light goes up by 3 per "Strong Ebon light" chest opened. These values can be examined at any time by resting.

If in possession of particular varieties of Abyssite, which are said to raise the bearer's "fortune" towards certain Sturdy Pyxides, one will experienced enhanced light gains from all potential sources. (For example, a normal Azure kill may grant 8 aura strength instead of the base 5 if one possesses all three Abyssites of Kismet)

The strength of light granted may also be enhanced if the enemy defeated is a Notorious Monster, bears the title "Ephemeral", or is a member of the Hybrid Elemental family. Furthermore, some reports have surfaced regarding startlingly large jumps in light strength within only one or two kills; however, the cause of this remains unknown.

Below is a general overview of the various lights, and a table listing monsters and what lights they can produce.

Light Types

Standard Lights

• Pearlescent: All sturdy pyxides will appear with greater frequency.
  • Obtained by defeating a Mob using Physical Melee, Ranged attacks, any Blood Pact: Rage (including magical ones), Damage Over Time, or from Red Pyxides.
  • Unlike the other lights, Pearlescent light is not always granted upon making the appropriate killing blow upon standard enemies. However, from most NMs and VNM, Pearlescent light can be gained at a 100% rate with the appropriate killing blow.
    • Maximum Light Determined by about a 95% chest spawn rate. (Note that depending on the traffic in the zone and how many chests are currently on the ground, this value can be lower, due to the limitations on the amount of chests that can be spawned at any given time.)
    • As of 5/9/2011 Version Update, Light potency can be viewed by /heal, and the numeric maximum of Pearlescent Light is 230.

Best way to build Pearlescent lights: Defeat NMs, as most of them bestow Pearlescent light at a 100% rate. Tier I VNMs are a popular target for this due to their relative ease to spawn and defeat.

• Ruby: Red pyxides will appear with greater frequency and yield superior spoils.
  • Obtained by defeating a Mob using using Physical Weaponskills, or from Red Pyxides. (Note: Skillchain effect kills from Weaponskills counts towards Ruby)
    • Maximum Light Determined by Red pyxides yielding almost exclusively Golden, Silvery, and Ebon lights.
    • As of 5/9/2011 Version Update, Light potency can be viewed by /heal, and the numeric maximum of Ruby Light is 255.

• Azure: Blue pyxides will appear with greater frequency and yield superior spoils.
  • Obtained by defeating a Mob using Magical attacks, this includes but is not limited to both types of Blue Magic, Black Magic, White Magic, Ninjutsu, or from Red Pyxides. (Note: Skillchain effects from Skillchains closed by Blue Mage's Chain Affinity count towards Azure)
    • Maximum Light determined by the 1250 EXP drop from Blue Pyxides.
    • As of 5/9/2011 Version Update, Light potency can be viewed by /heal, and the numeric maximum of Azure Light is 255.

Best way to build Azure lights: Ephemeral mobs found around the zone! Each kill gives approximately 5-10 lights worth, so a couple of BLM can build to 30 Azure lights in about 7-10 min.

• Amber: Gold pyxides will appear with greater frequency and yield superior spoils.
  • Obtained by defeating enemies with an Elemental Weaponskill, or from Red Pyxides.
    • Maximum Light determined by 99-100% of gold pyxides being large size.
    • As of 5/9/2011 Version Update, Light potency can be viewed by /heal, and the numeric maximum of Amber Light is 255.

Lights From Red Sturdy Pyxides Only

• Golden: Enemies will bestow experience points at an increased rate.
  • Obtained from Red Pyxides after a set amount of Ruby Light is Accumulated.
    • Maximum Light Determined when EXP per kill no longer rises as a result of receiving more Golden lights.
    • As of 5/9/2011 Version Update, Light potency can be viewed by /heal, and the numeric maximum of Golden Light is 200.

• Silvery: Enemies will bestow cruor at an increased rate.
  • Obtained from Red Pyxides after a set amount of Ruby Light is Accumulated.
    • Maximum Light Determined when cruor per kill no longer rises as a result of receiving more Silvery lights.
    • As of 5/9/2011 Version Update, Light potency can be viewed by /heal, and the numeric maximum of Silvery Light is 200.

• Ebon: Enemies will bestow experience points and cruor at an increased rate.
  • Obtained from Red Pyxides after a set amount of Ruby Light is Accumulated.
  • Confirmed that defeating a Notorious Monster will grant a single Ebon Light.
    • As of 5/9/2011 Version Update, Light potency can be viewed by /heal, and the numeric maximum of Ebon Light is 200. Ebon lights will continue to enhance EXP/cruor rates even after Golden and Silvery light values are capped.
      • While the actual effect of Ebon lights still seem puzzling, I wholeheartedly disagree with the statements above. With Ebon lights alone I have capped both Azure and Amber lights in multiple zones. I have watched the definition of Ebon Light change many times and the closest to seeming true is that Ebon increases all lights. I do not however disagree that Ebon is capable of breaking the gold light soft cap. I have seen EXP cap and remain capped with the addition of multiple gold lights, and likely increase with the addition of further Ebon.

Lights by Monster

Check = Can be Built Confirmed X = Cannot be Built Confirmed = Unknown

Abyssea - Konschtat

Monster	Family	Azure	Pearlescent	Ruby	Amber	Notes
Ab'xzomit	Xzomit	Check	Check	Check	Check	Low pearl drop rate.
Cryptonberry Occultist	Tonberries	Check	Check	Check	Check
Dapifer Imp	Imps	Check	Check	Check	Check
Deep Eye	Ahriman		Check	Check	Check
Dybbuk	Corpselights	Check	Check	Check	Check
Ephemeral Clionid	Clionid	Check	Check	Check	Check	These give at least 5 lights.
Ephemeral Limule	Limule	Check	Check	Check	Check	These give 16 lights. Cannot Pearl or Azure. Light or Fire-based magic heals them.
Gneiss Leech	Leeches	Check	Check	Check	Check
Gunge Slug	Slugs		Check	Check	Check
Hoary Ragwort	Goobbues	Check	Check	Check	Check
Highland Rafflesia	Rafflesia	Check	Check	Check	Check
Highland Treant	Treants	Check	Check	Check	Check
Ley Clionid	Clionid		Check	Check	Check
Licorice	Flans	Check	Check	Check	Check	Give enhanced amber.
Mesa Wivre	Wivre			Check
Morboling	Morbols		Check	Check
Qaitu	Ghosts
Razorback	Efts		Check	Check	Check
Shadow Funguar	Funguars	Check	Check	Check	Check
Shadow Lizard	Lizards	Check	Check	Check	X
Sods Limule	Limule	Check	Check	Check	Check
Tonberry Bedeviler	Tonberries	Check	Check	Check	Check
Trotting Sapling	Sapling	Check	Check	X	Check
Viridis Wyvern	Wyverns	Check		Check
Ypotryll	Bugards	Check	Check	Check	Check

Abyssea - La Theine

Monster	Family	Azure	Pearlescent	Ruby	Amber	Notes
Angler Tiger	Tigers	Check	Check	Check	Check
Bathyal Gigas	Gigas			Check
Black Merino	Sheep	Check	Check	Check	Check
Brae Opo-Opo	Opo-opo	Check		Check	Check
Cankercap	Funguars			Check
Crapaudy	Poroggos	Check	Check	Check	Check
Crepuscule Puk	Puks	Check	Check	Check	Check
Demersal Gigas	Gigas			Check
Ephemeral Clionid	Clionid	Check	Check	Check	Check	These give at least 5 lights.
Ephemeral Limule	Limule	Check	Check	Check	Check	These give at least 5 lights.
Farfadet	Pixies	Check	Check	Check
Geier	Birds	Check	Check	Check	Check
Gigadaphnia	Limule	Check	Check	Check	X
Great Wasp	Bees	Check	Check	Check	Check
Hadal Gigas	Gigas	Check	Check	Check	Check
Hammering Ram	Rams	Check	Check	Check
Irate Sheep	Sheep	Check	Check	Check	Check	Low percent drop rate on Pearlescent light.
Luison	Gnoles	Check	Check	Check	Check	Low percent drop rate on Pearlescent light.
Plateau Glider	Flies	Check	Check	Check	Check
Plateau Hare	Rabbits	Check	Check	Check	Check
Poroggo Seducteur	Poroggos		Check	Check
Psychopomp	Corpselights	Check	Check	Check	Check
Rock Grinder	Worms	Check	Check	Check	Check
Sentinel Crab	Crabs	X	X	X
Veld Clionid	Clionid	Check	Check	Check	Check

Abyssea - Tahrongi

Monster	Family	Azure	Pearlescent	Ruby	Amber	Notes
Pachypodium	Mandragora	Check	Check	X	X
Canyon Eft	Eft	Check	Check	X	X
Canyon Scorpion	Scorpion	Check	Check	Check
Cluckatrice	Cockatrice	Check	Check	X	X
Blood Bat	Giant Bats	Check	Check	X	X
Bog Body	Qutrub	Check	Check	Check	X
Caoineag	Corpselights	Check	Check	X	X
Jaguarundi	Coeurls	Check	Check	X	X
Naul	Wyrms	Check	Check	Check	Check
Beholder	Hecteyes	Check	Check	X	X
Lamenter	Weepers	Check	Check	X	X
Nematocera	Gnats	Check	Check	Check	X
Thalassinon	Adamantoise	Check	Check	Check	Check
Vermes Carnium	Sandworm	Check	Check	Check	Check
Wiederganger	Corse	Check	X	Check	X
Gully Clionid	Clionid		Check	X
Gulch Limule	Limule		Check	X
Bhumi	Avatars	Check	Check		Check	Potentially improved light generation, specifically amber.
Ephemeral Clionid	Clionid	Check	Check	Check	Check	Potentially improved light generation
Ephemeral Limule	Limule	Check	Check	Check	Check	Potentially improved light generation

Special note: Yes, Amber and Ruby lights are that rare in Abyssea - Tahrongi.

Abyssea - Misareaux

Monster	Family	Azure	Pearlescent	Ruby	Amber	Notes
Abyssobugard	Bugards	Check	Check	Check	Check
Atrociraptor	Raptors	Check	Check	Check	Check
Ancient Orobon	Orobon	X	Check	Check	Check
Squib	Poroggos	X	Check	Check	Check
Coastal Colibri	Colibri	Check	Check	X	Check
Frigatebird	Birds	Check	Check	Check	Check
Slasher	Crabs	Check	Check	Check	Check
Overking Apkallu	Apkallu	X	Check	X	Check
Buzzfly	Flies	Check	Check	Check	Check
Gasher	Crabs	Check	Check	Check	Check
Maritime Peiste	Peistes		Check	Check	X
Escarp Murex	Murex	Check	Check	X	Check
Ephemeral Murex	Murex	Check	Check	Check	Check	Drops 125 Azure.
Protoamoeban	Amoebans	Check	Check	Check	Check
Ephemeral Amoeban	Amoebans	Check	Check		Check	Drops 125 Ruby.
Orapodium	Mandragora
Gore Bats	Bat Trios
Observer	Spheroids
Dynamo Cluster	Clusters
Boartrap	Flytraps
Limestone Hare	Rabbits		Check		X
Shore Spider	Spiders
Dusk Lizard	Lizards	Check	Check	Check	Check
Gasher	Crabs
Jala	Avatars	Check	Check	Check	Check	Drops 125 Amber.

Abyssea - Vunkerl

Monster	Family	Azure	Pearlescent	Ruby	Amber	Notes
Aestutaur	Tauri	Check	Check	Check	X
Blademaw Pugil	Fish	Check	Check	Check	X
Clammy Imp	Imps	X	Check	Check	Check
Devegetator	Crawlers	X	Check	Check	Check
Gruesome Gargouille	Gargouilles	X	Check	Check	Check
Helter-skelter	Djinn	Check	Check	Check	Check
Jasconius	Sea Monks	Check	Check	Check	X
Peapuk	Puks	Check	Check	Check	Check
Pneumaflayer	Soulflayers	Check	Check	Check	Check
Russet Rarab	Rabbits	Check	Check	Check	X
Shewriwhile	Corpselights	Check	Check		Check
Slough Bats	Bat Trios	Check	Check	X	Check
Speltercap	Funguars	Check	Check	Check	Check
Spitting Spider	Spiders	Check	Check	Check	Check
Wily Opo-opo	Opo-opo
Slaughterous Smilodon	Tiger	Check	Check	X	Check
Morose Marid	Marids	X	Check	Check	Check
River Murex	Murex	Check	Check	X	Check
Ephemeral Murex	Murex	Check	Check	Check	Check	These give 7-10 lights per kill. Azure is 100%.
Stream Amoeban	Amoebans	Check	Check	Check	X
Ephemeral Amoeban	Amoebans	Check	Check	Check	Check	These give 7-10 lights per kill. Azure is 100%.

Abyssea - Attohwa

Monster	Family	Azure	Pearlescent	Ruby	Amber	Notes
Amuckatrice	Cockatrice	Check	Check	Check	Check
Gullycampa	Wamouracampa	Check	Check	Check	Check
Hannequet	Mandragora	Check	Check	Check	Check
Chasm Coeurl	Coeurls	Check	Check	Check	Check
Ignis Eruca	Crawlers	Check	Check	Check	Check
Entozoon	Worms	Check	Check	Check	Check
Murrain Chigoe	Chigoes	Check	Check	X	Check
Inugami	Hounds	Check	Check	Check	Check
Rift Treant	Treants	X	Check	X	Check
Defile Scorpion	Scorpions	X	Check	Check	Check
Terminus Eft	Efts	Check	Check	Check	X
Schnitter	Skeletons	Check	Check	Check	Check
Rift Dragon	Dragons		Check	Check	X
Decayed Flesh	Doomed	Check	Check	Check	Check
Treacle Slug	Slugs	X	Check	Check	Check
Rock Murex	Murex	Check	Check	X	Check
Ephemeral Murex	Murex	Check	Check	Check	Check	These give 7-10 lights per kill. Azure is 100%.
Crevice Amoeban	Amoebans	Check	Check	Check
Ephemeral Amoeban	Amoebans	Check	Check			These give 7-10 lights per kill. Azure is 100%.
Myriadeyes	Hecteyes	X	X	Check	Check

Abyssea - Grauberg

Monster	Family	Azure	Pearlescent	Ruby	Amber	Notes
Baelfyr	Hybrid Elemental	Check			Check
Byrgen	Hybrid Elemental	Check			Check
Deimobugard	Bugards	Check	Check	Check	Check
Faunus Wyvern	Wyverns	Check	Check		Check
Gefyrst	Hybrid Elemental	Check			Check
Glade Wivre	Wivre	Check	Check	Check	Check
Glen Crab	Crabs	Check	Check	Check	Check
Goblin Meatgrinder	Goblins	Check	Check
Goblin Plunderer	Goblins	Check	Check
Hillock Murex	Murex
Knoll Clionid	Clionid
Monitor	Spheroids	X	Check	Check	Check
Peak Pugil	Pugils	Check	Check	X	Check
Pond Amoeban	Amoebans
Putrid Peapuk	Puks			X
Seelie	Pixies	Check	Check
Sensenmann	Skeletons	Check	Check
Sinister Seidel	Magic Pots			Check
Stygian Djinn	Djinn	X		Check
Ungeweder	Hybrid Elemental
Unseelie	Pixies	Check	Check

Abyssea - Uleguerand

Monster	Family	Azure	Pearlescent	Ruby	Amber	Notes
Adasaurus	Raptors	X	Check	Check	Check
Benumbed Vodoriga	Gargouilles		Check	Check
Bluffalo	Buffalo	Check	Check	Check	Check
Ectozoon	Worms	Check	Check	Check	Check
Ermit Imp	Imps	Check	Check	Check	X
Floe Amoeban	Amoebans
Hoarmite	Diremites
Iceberg Murex	Murex
Mechanical Menace	Acrolith	Check
Olyphant	Marids	Check	Check	Check	Check
Sierra Tiger	Tigers	Check	Check	X	Check
Snowflake	Snolls		Check	X
Spectator	Spheroids	Check	Check	Check	X
Sub-Zero Gear	Gears		Check	Check	Check
Svelldrake	Wyverns
Verglas Golem	Golems	Check	Check	Check	Check

Abyssea - Altepa

Monster	Family	Azure	Pearlescent	Ruby	Amber	Notes
Akrab	Scorpions	Check	Check	Check
Arid Limule	Limule	Check		Check
Badlands Crab	Crabs
Barrens Treant	Treants	Check	Check	Check	Check
Bonfire	Bombs	Check	Check	Check	Check
Camelopardalis	Dhalmel	Check	Check	Check	Check	Azure is 100%.
Desert Clionid	Clionid	Check		Check
Desert Puk	Puks	Check	Check	Check	Check
Dune Cockatrice	Cockatrice	Check	Check	Check	Check
Dune Manticore	Manticores	Check		Check	Check
Ergdrake	Wyverns	Check		Check
Fear Dearg	Mandragora	Check	Check	Check	Check
Gastornis	Rocs	Check	Check	Check	Check
Manigordo	Tigers	Check	Check	Check
Nannakola	Ladybugs	Check		Check
Oasis Amoeban	Amoebans	Check		Check
Sand Murex	Murex	Check		Check
Sand Pugil	Pugils			Check
Sand Sweeper	Dolls	Check	Check	Check	Check
Surveyor	Spheroids	Check	Check	Check