Hunting the new animatorFollow

Likely not quests, since no quest that sounded like it was related was uncovered in .DAT mining. I would be pretty surprised to see it in ENM too.

My money's on:
1. Voidwatch
2. Kindred Crest Battlefield NMs (should add that to the list)
3. New Dynamis pop NMs
4. New Treasure Caskets in Grounds of Valor zones

But yeah, I agree with the sentiment that it's good to go ahead and get looking. Probably will be uncovered soon enough regardless by others doing the new content, but doesn't hurt to keep an eye out.

Not on your list of things to check OP, but i did go check the Ein-w/e npc in Nashmau. Deluxe Animator didn't get added to reward list there and i did try trading my +1 to her-no effect on that front either.

Anyone tried flagging a quest with the Galka in the Puppetshop? I would have thought they would have expanded that story line to have him modify and increase the automaton capability long ago.

http://www.ffxiah.com/item/16202/dagdas-shield

was just found in a treasure casket in the new grounds of valor zone

so was the +skill up ring.

If you can get lvl 90 items im thinking its time to go farm those high end zones treasure chests since voidwaker seems like total crap. Heres the list from bg post if you guys want to start filling it in.

Ranguemont Pass:
Special Item: Unknown

Bostaunieux Oubliette:
Special Item: Unknown

Toraimarai Canal:
Special Item: Unknown

Zeruhn Mines:
Special Item: Prouesse Ring

King Ranperre's Tomb:
Special Item: Unknown

Dangruf Wadi:
Special Item: Field Rope

Inner Horutoto Ruins:
Special Item: Unknown

Ordelle’s Caves:
Special Item: Unknown

Outer Horutoto Ruins:
Special Item: Unknown

The Eldieme Necropolis:
Special Item: Unknown

Gusgen Mines:
Special Item: Unknown

Crawlers’ Nest:
Special Item: Unknown

Maze of Shakhrami:
Special Item: Unknown

Garlaige Citadel:
Special Item: Unknown

Fei’Yin:
Special Item: Dagda's Shield



Edited, May 12th 2011 12:45pm by dustinfoley

I figured the special item from each zone would be Ra/Ex in nature (which is why it's probably not listed as the Special Item, that and it can be obtained elsewhere).

I have a hunch that wherever you can find any of the following, you'll also find the deluxe animator:
Striker Sword - KCNM50 - Avian Apostates
Tefnut Wand
Fulcrum Pole
Tonatiuh Axe
Barbican Axe - KCNM50 - Shell Shocked
Cadushi Grip
Mantodea Harpe
Jing. Greatsword - KCNM50 - Last Orc-Shunned Hero
Percept Bow
Draca Couse - KCNM50 - Last Orc-Shunned Hero
Deluxe Animator

So far the only info I can find on their location is for the Draca Couse (KCNM50).

They might not all come from the same type / area but they were all the level 87 "Weapons" added in the update. They're all rare (and our animator is ra/ex, as are all animators).

Of course I could be way off (I'm just basing this off of the level after all), and it would suck a bit if it was a drop from one of these as you'd have to get it yourself with your own KC. Given its RA/EX tag it might turn up to be a "Special Item" from one of the chests.

Edited, May 13th 2011 6:36am by Xakz

OK I'm starting to dismiss my KCNM theory already.

Without the animator there are 5 KCNM50 and 10 Weapons marked as RA to choose from, although one of them is a grip.

Strictly thinking about it;

Its doubtful the animator is from a treasure casket simply because if its better then turbo/animator+1, and all you have to do is kill trash till it drops in a chest, id see a lot of bitching.

KCNM (3 or 6 person) would make sense, maybe from 'whom wilt thou call' simply because it requires more work/effort.

Voidwatch seems unlikely sense I have yet to see an actual drop from it, its all crafting stuff to make crafted armor.

I don't think it's unreasonable to think that it's POSSIBLE that they could just introduce some sort of sidegrade alternative to an existing item that comes from an event most people no longer do. Or maybe in classic S-E fashion, make it a situational piece where it's better in some ways than existing gear and worse in others (say, DEX+6 to the master, but no automaton stats).

I would hope that it's an actual improvement, and my personal expectation is that it PROBABLY will be a little better than the +1. But it wouldn't shock me if it's not really a big improvement over the +1, or even slightly worse. Especially if it ends up coming from a Treasure Casket reward that anyone can solo, giving players who missed out on Einherjar an opportunity to upgrade from the AF "weapon".



Don't trust description text on Animators. I thought we already knew based on the previous ones that the text is meaningless fluff that doesn't correspond to actual performance.

Turbo Animator: "An improved version of the animator. Transmits commands at a faster rate than the standard model."

Animator +1: "An improved version of the animator. Allows orders to be more directly relayed to the automaton."

And what we actually got was hidden master DEX, and some extra automaton HP/MP on the +1.

Edited, May 13th 2011 2:45pm by Anza

looking like a t4 voidwatch nm (either voidwrought or hahava)

the bastok mob drops: http://www.ffxiah.com/item/17273/phineus-gun

If it has a dps(A really low one so but hey at least we can finally throw one) then someone MUST of found it since no stats are displayed on the weapon yeah?

This x1000.

A lot of random crap has DPS when it shouldn't.

See pet food zeta:



DPS of 63,529 sounds pretty sweet

Nah, it's just kinda pointless. Turbo animator has nothing listed. See my pet food zeta post above ;)

What makes even less sense is that the Cirque body sports juggling pins and throwing daggers... you'd think SE would've added those as animator ammo at least... (then it would make slightly more sense that animators cause TP loss...)


Now, it makes sense that players cannot equip an ammo weapon when there's a ranged weapon equipped, but animators and instruments are not weapons. (Well, TP loss on animators suggests otherwise, but you can still not /ra with an animator so it's a bug, not a weapon.)

SE really needs to overhaul the use of ranged and ammo slots.

Why does it need verification, it was posted on BG and the mob seems reasonable enough.

oh didn't realize it was on BG already :o.

Can you post a link to the specific post on BG reporting the new animator dropping off that NM? I tried to find it but came up with nothing.

*ninja edit* - nevermind, I found it. Carry on!

Edited, May 19th 2011 12:40pm by YeagertheBearded

Random question since I am not familar with voidwatcher yet.

1) As long as I bring a void stone, can i tag along with a group poping it for a chance at the animator?

2) Do I need to be on t3 for windi path or is just the stone enough as long as someone else pops it?

3) Can people give their treasure chest item to other people? Like it drops for a war in the alliance and he doesnt want it,can it be put in the loot pool for all or given to someone in any way?

got it, chilling in meph mts with void stones and offering 500k-1m for a spot on the turtle if the animator drops ><

go go ragnarok

edit: i didnt actually 'get' the animator, the 'got it', was in reference to i knew what I would be doing the next few days.

Edited, May 20th 2011 1:16pm by dustinfoley

Any news on the stats of this little thingy?

It's similar to WoE, each person examines the chest and each gets their own independent items in said chest.
The only way to be eligible to get loot from said chest is to expend a stone and partake in the Voidwatch.
If you aren't using a stone, then all you will receive is cruor, exp, and a count on your stratum abyssite.

So it's out there for the pup community, you must do both Virvatuli in West Sarutabaruta and Pancimanci in West Sarutabaruta (S).Then have your stratum abyssite checked, it'll upgrade to t2. From there you do the single VWNM Ogbunabali in Maze of Shakrami. After that single fight once again get your stratum abyssite examined, once more it'll change. Then proceed to meriphataud mtns (S), pop that nm and with enough procs as well as trading items prior to the fight, you will enjoy your new deluxe animator.

The trigger system is of yet, not fully understood. All that's known is that the triggers cycle after a set amount of time between about 5 different triggers, for ws, ability, and magic. So any set nm has about 15 total triggers. Cobalt and rubicund are the ones you really want to trade. *increases drop quality and quantity.

Edited, May 21st 2011 6:08pm by Camwin

2 more dex is awesome. And doing the vwnms humbles you some.

I really wish they would do away with the BS fluff text on them and just say

"animator" - allows any job to control a puppet
turbo animator - dex +2, pup only
animator +1 - dex +4, pet: hp/mp varies depending on frame
deluxe animator - dex +6, pup only

None of the animators affect maneuver recast time, or functionality of any attachment, stop bsing us around please.