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 counts, which start at zero upon entering Abyssea, and are 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 raised azure light.)

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, regardless of how far away a party member might have been from the battle or chest. This method can be used to assist other players in the party in obtaining certain lights without having to influence or break EXP or cruor chains. For instance, an EXP party already in progress can send a party member to kill Ephemeral mobs far away from the party, such as not to break their established EXP chain.

Light values can be viewed at any time within Abyssea by resting or using the /heal command. Lights cannot be gained by a player if they are currently KO'd, or do not have Visitant status.

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 (type of enemy, or strength of light reported in chest.) For example: magic kills on normal mobs tend to raise Azure light by 8 points per kill, whereas most NMs will bestow 16 points, and Ephemeral Clionids, Ephemeral Murex, and certain high-tier NMs can bestow 16, 32, 64, or even up to 128 points of azure. Red pyxides containing azure light may contain 8, 16, 32, or 64 points of azure depending on the chest's quality.

If in possession of particular varieties of Abyssite, which are said to raise the bearer's "fortune" towards certain Sturdy Pyxides, one will experience a greater effect from the lights they have obtained, and require a smaller value of light in order to maximize the quality/quantity of pyxides that it affects. For instance, if a player possesses all three Abyssites of Kismet (enhances fortune with blue pyxides), only a minimum of 128 azure light is required to maximize quality of blue pyxides dropped from that player's kills, half as much as the 255 cap.

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.
  • PUP Ranged Automaton seems to yield Ruby light instead of Pearlescent light when landing a killing blow with a ranged attack
  • 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 being of tier 5 quality, and yielding a "strong" Golden, Silvery, or Ebon light.
    • 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 Blue pyxides almost exclusively being of tier 5 quality, and yielding one of the following: 1250 EXP, 1000 cruor, "intense" soothing light, "numerous" temporary items, or a "strangely familiar stone fragment" (time extension).
    • As of 5/9/2011 Version Update, Light potency can be viewed by /heal, and the numeric maximum of Azure Light is 255.

• 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 Gold pyxides almost exclusively being of tier 5 quality (meaning, the Gold pyxis is of the large variety). See Gold Sturdy Pyxis for more information on potential contents.
    • 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 tier 3-5 Red Pyxides. (Increasing Ruby light raises the likelihood of a higher quality Red Pyxis dropping.)
  • "Faint" Golden lights will increase light value by 5 points; "mild" Golden lights by 10 points; "strong" Golden lights by 15 points.
    • 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 tier 3-5 Red Pyxides. (Increasing Ruby light raises the likelihood of a higher quality Red Pyxis dropping.)
  • "Faint" Silvery lights will increase light value by 5 points; "mild" Silvery lights by 15 points; "strong" Silvery lights by 15 points.
    • 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 tier 3-5 Red Pyxides. (Increasing Ruby light raises the likelihood of a higher quality Red Pyxis dropping.)
    • Additionally, defeating any Notorious Monster, including VNMs, will grant a single point of Ebon light in addition to standard lights received from the NM. This increase in ebon light from NMs will not be noted in the chat log; only the light received based upon the appropriate killshot on the NM (pearlescent, ruby, azure, or amber) will be reported in the log.
  • "Faint" ebon lights will increase light value by 1 point; "mild" ebon lights by 2 points; "strong" ebon lights by 3 points.
  • Ebon light will continue to enhance EXP/cruor rates even after Golden and Silvery light values are capped.
    • As of 5/9/2011 Version Update, Light potency can be viewed by /heal, and the numeric maximum of Ebon Light is 200.

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	8	5	16	8	Low pearl drop rate.
Cryptonberry Occultist	Tonberries	16	5	16	16
Dapifer Imp	Imps	16	5	16	8
Deep Eye	Ahriman	8	5	8	8
Dybbuk	Corpselights	8	5	8	8
Ephemeral Clionid	Clionid	16/32/64/128	5	16	16	Value of Azure light is random; correlated with amount of EXP received.
Ephemeral Limule	Limule	16	5	16/32/64/128	16	Value of Ruby light is random; correlated with amount of EXP received.
Pavan	Avatars	16	5	16	16/32/64/128	Value of Amber light is random; correlated with amount of EXP received.
Gneiss Leech	Leeches	8	5	8	8	Low pearl drop rate.
Gunge Slug	Slugs	8	5	16	8
Hoary Ragwort	Goobbues	8	5	8	8
Highland Rafflesia	Rafflesia	8	5	16	8
Highland Treant	Treants	8	5	8	16	Low pearl drop rate.
Ley Clionid	Clionid	8	5	8	8
Licorice	Flans	8	5	8	16
Mesa Wivre	Wivre	16	5	8	8
Morboling	Morbols	16	5	8	8
Qaitu	Ghosts	16	5	16	8
Razorback	Efts	8	5	8	8
Shadow Funguar	Funguars	8	5	8	8
Shadow Lizard	Lizards	8	5	8	X
Sods Limule	Limule	8	5	8	8
Tonberry Bedeviler	Tonberries	16	5	8	16
Trotting Sapling	Sapling	8	5	X	8
Viridis Wyvern	Wyverns	8	5	16	16
Ypotryll	Bugards	8	5	16	8

Abyssea - La Theine

Monster	Family	Azure	Pearlescent	Ruby	Amber	Notes
Akash	Avatars	16	5	16	16/32/64/128	Amount of amber light received is random and correlated with EXP.
Angler Tiger	Tigers	8	5	8	8
Bathyal Gigas	Gigas	8	5	8	8
Black Merino	Sheep	8	5	8	8
Brae Opo-Opo	Opo-opo	8	5	8	8
Cankercap	Funguars	8	5	8	8
Crapaudy	Poroggos	8	5	8	8
Crepuscule Puk	Puks	8	5	8	8
Demersal Gigas	Gigas	8	5	8	8
Ephemeral Clionid	Clionid	16/32/64/128	5	16	16	The amount of azure light received is random and correlated with EXP received.
Ephemeral Limule	Limule	16	5	16/32/64/128	16	The amount of ruby light received is random and correlated with EXP received.
Farfadet	Birds	8	5	8	8
Geier	Birds	8	5	8	8
Gigadaphnia	Limule	8	5	8	8
Great Wasp	Bees	8	5	8	8
Hadal Gigas	Gigas	8	5	8	8
Hammering Ram	Rams	8	5	8	8
Irate Sheep	Sheep	8	5	8	8	Low percent drop rate on Pearlescent light.
Luison	Gnoles	8	5	8	8	Low percent drop rate on Pearlescent light.
Plateau Glider	Flies	8	5	8	8
Plateau Hare	Rabbits	8	5	8	8
Poroggo Seducteur	Poroggos	8	5	8	8
Psychopomp	Corpselights	8	5	8	8
Rock Grinder	Worms	8	5	8	8
Sentinel Crab	Crabs	8	5	8	8
Veld Clionid	Clionid	8	5	8	8

Abyssea - Tahrongi

Monster	Family	Azure	Pearlescent	Ruby	Amber	Notes
Beholder	Hecteyes	8	5	X	X
Bhumi	Avatars	16	5	16	16/32/64/128	Amount of amber light received is random and correlated with EXP.
Canyon Eft	Eft	8	5	X	X
Canyon Scorpion	Scorpion	8	5	8	X
Blood Bat	Giant Bats	8	5	X	X
Bog Body	Qutrub	8	5	8	X
Caoineag	Corpselights	8	5	X	X
Cluckatrice	Cockatrice	8	5	X	X
Hieracosphinx	Manticores	8	5	8	X
Jaguarundi	Coeurls	8	5	X	X
Lamenter	Weepers	8	5	X	X
Naul	Wyrms	8	5	8	8
Nematocera	Gnats	8	5	8	X
Pachypodium	Mandragora	8	5	X	X
Thalassinon	Adamantoise	8	5	8	8
Vermes Carnium	Sandworm	8	5	8	8
Wiederganger	Corse	8	5	8	X
Gully Clionid	Clionid	8	5	X	X
Gulch Limule	Limule	8	5	X	X
Ephemeral Clionid	Clionid	16/32/64/128	5	16	16	Amount of Azure received is random and correlated with EXP.
Ephemeral Limule	Limule	16	5	16/32/64/128	16	Amount of Ruby received is random and correlated with EXP.

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

Abyssea - Misareaux

Monster	Family	Azure	Pearlescent	Ruby	Amber	Notes
Abyssobugard	Bugards	8	5	8	16
Atrociraptor	Raptors	8	5	8	8
Ancient Orobon	Orobon	X	5	16	8
Squib	Poroggos	X	5	8	8
Coastal Colibri	Colibri	8	5	X	8
Frigatebird	Birds	8	5	8	8
Slasher	Crabs	8	5	8	8
Overking Apkallu	Apkallu	X	5	X	16
Buzzfly	Flies	8	5	8	8
Gasher	Crabs	8	5	8	8
Maritime Peiste	Peistes	16	5	8	X
Escarp Murex	Murex	8	5	X	8
Ephemeral Murex	Murex	64/128	5	16	16
Protoamoeban	Amoebans	8	5	8	X
Ephemeral Amoeban	Amoebans	16	5	64/128	16
Orapodium	Mandragora	8	5	8	X
Gore Bats	Bat Trios	X	5	8	8
Observer	Spheroids	8	5	8	8
Dynamo Cluster	Clusters	X	5	8	8
Boartrap	Flytraps	8	5	8	X
Limestone Hare	Rabbits	8	5	8	X
Shore Spider	Spiders	8	5	X	8
Dusk Lizard	Lizards	8	5	8	8
Jala	Avatars	16	5	16	128

Note: Lights are almost not even an issue here because of the ridiculous amounts that Ephemerals/Jala give in this zone...

Abyssea - Vunkerl

Monster	Family	Azure	Pearlescent	Ruby	Amber	Notes
Aestutaur	Tauri	8	5	8	X
Blademaw Pugil	Fish	8	5	8	X
Clammy Imp	Imps	X	5	8	8
Coccinelle	Ladybugs		5	8	8
Devegetator	Crawlers	X	5	8	8
Gruesome Gargouille	Gargouilles	X	5	8	8
Helter-skelter	Djinn	8	5	8	8
Jasconius	Sea Monks	8	5	8	X
Peapuk	Puks	8	5	8	8
Pneumaflayer	Soulflayers	8	5	8	8
Russet Rarab	Rabbits	8	5	8	X
Shewriwhile	Corpselights	8	5	8	8
Slough Bats	Bat Trios	8	5	X	8
Speltercap	Funguars	8	5	8	8
Spitting Spider	Spiders	8	5	8	8
Wily Opo-opo	Opo-opo	X	5	8	8
Slaughterous Smilodon	Tiger	8	5	X	8
Morose Marid	Marids	X	5	8	8
River Murex	Murex	8	5	X	8
Ephemeral Murex	Murex	16	5	16	16
Stream Amoeban	Amoebans	8	5	8	X
Ephemeral Amoeban	Amoebans	16	5	16	16
Fulmotondro	Avatars		5

Abyssea - Attohwa

Monster	Family	Azure	Pearlescent	Ruby	Amber	Notes
Amuckatrice	Cockatrice	8	5	8	8
Gullycampa	Wamouracampa	8	5	8	8
Hannequet	Mandragora	8	5	8	8
Chasm Coeurl	Coeurls	8	5	8	8
Ignis Eruca	Crawlers	8	5	8	8
Entozoon	Worms	X	5	8	8
Murrain Chigoe	Chigoes	8	5	X	8
Inugami	Hounds	8	5	8	8
Rift Treant	Treants	X	5	X	16
Defile Scorpion	Scorpions	X	5	8	8
Terminus Eft	Efts	8	5	8	X
Schnitter	Skeletons	8	5	8	8
Rift Dragon	Dragons	8	5	16	X
Decayed Flesh	Doomed	8	5	8	8
Treacle Slug	Slugs	X	5	8	8
Rock Murex	Murex	8	5	X	8
Ephemeral Murex	Murex	16	5	16	16
Crevice Amoeban	Amoebans	8	5	8	X
Ephemeral Amoeban	Amoebans	16	5	16	16
Myriadeyes	Hecteyes	X	5	8	8
Spuk	Ghosts	Check	Check	Check	X
Tejas	Avatars		5

Abyssea - Grauberg

Monster	Family	Azure	Pearlescent	Ruby	Amber	Notes
Baelfyr	Hybrid Elemental	Check			Check
Byrgen	Hybrid Elemental	Check			Check
Deimobugard	Bugards	8	Check	8	8
Faunus Wyvern	Wyverns	8	5	8	8
Gefyrst	Hybrid Elemental	Check			Check
Glade Wivre	Wivre	Check	5	8	8
Glen Crab	Crabs	Check	5	8	8
Goblin Meatgrinder	Goblins	Check	5	8	X
Goblin Plunderer	Goblins	X	Check
Hillock Murex	Murex		5	8	8
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	5	8
Sensenmann	Skeletons	Check	Check	8
Sinister Seidel	Magic Pots	8	5	8	8
Stream Limule	Limule		5	8
Stygian Djinn	Djinn	X	5	8	8
Ungeweder	Hybrid Elemental	16
Unseelie	Pixies	Check	Check

Abyssea - Uleguerand

Monster	Family	Azure	Pearlescent	Ruby	Amber	Notes
Adasaurus	Raptors	X	Check	Check	Check
Benumbed Vodoriga	Gargouilles	X	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	Check	Check	Check	Check
Iceberg Murex	Murex
Mechanical Menace	Acrolith	Check
Olyphant	Marids	Check	Check	Check	Check
Sierra Tiger	Tigers	Check	Check	X	Check
Snowflake	Snolls		Check	X	Check
Spectator	Spheroids	Check	Check	Check	X
Sub-Zero Gear	Gears		Check	Check	Check
Svelldrake	Wyverns				Check
Verglas Golem	Golems	Check	Check	Check	Check

Abyssea - Altepa

Monster	Family	Azure	Pearlescent	Ruby	Amber	Notes
Akrab	Scorpions	8	Check	Check	8
Arid Limule	Limule	Check		Check	Check
Barrens Treant	Treants	Check	Check	Check	8
Bonfire	Bombs	Check	Check	Check	Check
Camelopardalis	Dhalmel	Check	Check	Check	Check	Azure is 100%.
Desert Clionid	Clionid	8		Check	Check
Desert Puk	Puks	Check	Check	Check	Check
Dune Cockatrice	Cockatrice	8	Check	Check	8
Dune Manticore	Manticores	Check		Check	Check
Ergdrake	Wyverns	8		Check	8
Fear Dearg	Mandragora	Check	Check	Check	Check
Gastornis	Rocs	Check	Check	Check	Check
Manigordo	Tigers	8	5	8	16
Nannakola	Ladybugs	8		Check	8
Oasis Amoeban	Amoebans	Check		Check	Check
Sand Murex	Murex	Check		Check	Check
Sand Sweeper	Dolls	Check	Check	Check	Check
Surveyor	Spheroids	Check	Check	Check	Check
Badlands Crab	Crabs					Fished up.
Sand Pugil	Pugils			Check		Fished up.