Catoblepas

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Catoblepas
Job:	Warrior
Family:	Dhalmels
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Crystal:	Earth
Weak against:	Lightning Wind
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Spawn Location

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Bibiki Bay	79 - 81	Catoblepas Hide (0) Dhalmel Meat (up to x2) (0) Giant Femur (0)		9 Respawn:5 minutes	L, Sc ??? HP
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

HorizonXI Changes

• Level Range is now 79 - 81 vs 76-77

Historical Background

A legendary animal from Ethiopia first described by Pliny the Elder in his travels. It had the body of a buffalo and the head of a hog. Its stare or its breath, depending on the account, could either turn people into stone or kill them instantly. It was considered a sluggish animal and had a heavy head, with its face always looking down at the ground. Claudius Aelianus, a Roman author, who wrote On the Nature of Animals described the Catoblepas as a medium-sized herbivore (roughly the size of a bull) with a heavy mane, beady eyes and shaggy eyebrows. He depicted the animal as having a poison breath, which derived from eating poisonous vegetation. It is believed that both figures were describing a real animal, the gnu, a type of wildebeest. Its name means "downward-looking" in Greek.