Castrum Novum H-1 spawn system

Hello world ~

So, I'm playing about in Castrum this weekend!
It's been a nightmare however, the Magitek Vanguard H-1s have a bizarre spawn pattern!

So far I've managed to figure that past the first gate there is a H-1 Vanguard from 7:00 and de-pops at 19:00
The second gate has a Vanguard from 13:00 onwards. I'm assuming it de-pops between 19:00-1:00

The third gate (where the Level 63 Vanguard lingers) seems to be 19:00+ although this is unconfirmed as of yet. What I do know however is we have only had a kill in this third area at night.
This H-1 also seems to be relevant to the two Vanguards that spawn in this area. I haven't seen a H-1 spawn without there being a standard Vanguard there initially.

I'm unsure if the killing of the first two Vanguards are relevant to the spawning of the Level 63 or not.

Has anybody else explored the ins and outs of the Vangard spawn system?


<Super edit> Just had a H-1 up for the entire in-game day. What does it mean? Who knows!

My groups just run past em.

If I'm going somewhere, yeah

But we're farming coffers this weekend ~
I want myself some Garlean steel Plate +1 and that Imperial Operatives Dalmatica!

Wish I knew how to farm those ;-(

The Vangard H-1s drop the coffer keys and the mats to synth items such as the Darksteel Hauby ~!

does anyone have any updates on when the lv 63 spawns?

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Originally Posted by Sirakitty

does anyone have any updates on when the lv 63 spawns?

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Clear out the lake area Garleans (within the wall), NOT including the magitek that is also in the area. Once all the Garleans are dead the H-1 will spawn. Happy hunting!

Suggestion: During the daytime there are some wolves and other magiteks that spawn in the area right outside of the lake. It is safer to hunt these at night time.

On two occasions, the Magitek Vanguard H-1 popped 1 second after we killed 1 Imperial. I don't remember the Imperial surname but I also don't think it was a coincidence either.

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Originally Posted by Jekyll

Clear out the lake area Garleans (within the wall), NOT including the magitek that is also in the area. Once all the Garleans are dead the H-1 will spawn. Happy hunting!

Suggestion: During the daytime there are some wolves and other magiteks that spawn in the area right outside of the lake. It is safer to hunt these at night time.

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This is bang on, we actually set up camp in the lake against the rocks. It takes a bit to get in there, but once there... we reap the benefits until we happen to get tired and mess up against the lvl 63 nightmare Magitek =)

YEA THAT THING KICKS YOUR ASS, havent figured out a good strategy yet :/ or is it really just doable with more than one pt?

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Originally Posted by Jekyll

Clear out the lake area Garleans (within the wall), NOT including the magitek that is also in the area. Once all the Garleans are dead the H-1 will spawn. Happy hunting!

Suggestion: During the daytime there are some wolves and other magiteks that spawn in the area right outside of the lake. It is safer to hunt these at night time.

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Sounds like Mee Deggi the Punisher
'I'm not sure how this thing spawns so we'll just kill them all!'

We have done this a few times and it does work but I do think it's a tad bit unnecessary

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Originally Posted by Sirakitty

YEA THAT THING KICKS YOUR ASS, havent figured out a good strategy yet :/ or is it really just doable with more than one pt?

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We've done it with a full PT + 2 (Myself on PLD and a WHM), so I'm sure it's possible with the right setup. I believe the main PT was PLD DRG BRD WHM x2 BLM x3. Main thing to watch out for is the big attack around 40-50%, otherwise your main concern will be dealing with hate resets.

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Originally Posted by Fadigre

Sounds like Mee Deggi the Punisher
'I'm not sure how this thing spawns so we'll just kill them all!'

We have done this a few times and it does work but I do think it's a tad bit unnecessary

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We've attempted to kill them one by one. It doesn't spawn that way. Only way we've successfully gotten it to spawn 100% of the time is by clearing out the lake as stated in my previous post. You're welcome to try for yourself, however.

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Originally Posted by Jekyll

We've attempted to kill them one by one. It doesn't spawn that way. Only way we've successfully gotten it to spawn 100% of the time is by clearing out the lake as stated in my previous post. You're welcome to try for yourself, however.

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Yeah, we have. We thought it was relevant to the Prius as he doesn't seem to be up when there're two Vanguards. There's also one Vanguard which shares the same 'return' line as the H-1 itself so I'm assuming that these three mobs share a PH.

That being said, wiping everything out gets it majority of the time

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Originally Posted by Fadigre

Yeah, we have. We thought it was relevant to the Prius as he doesn't seem to be up when there're two Vanguards. There's also one Vanguard which shares the same 'return' line as the H-1 itself so I'm assuming that these three mobs share a PH.

That being said, wiping everything out gets it majority of the time

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You don't have to kill the Vanguard to get it to pop.

you guys have no idea how happy i am to see this kind of thread here
this is how the forum is supposed to be used in my opinion, players working together and helping each other ^~^

sometimes it seems like people only see it as their "Dear Santa Yoshi-P i want this and that and......" wishlist.