Let's talk about Hunts - a detailed rundown of their assumed mechanics

[Yarukiba]

Huh, I don't know about Croakadile, I've found him 4 times and that was before I tell my linkshells about his spawning condition (yeah they didn't know and didn't bother to look for it on the internet) and he never spawned on me so I'm not really sure about that. And there was absolutely no one around. (Often have the time to tell my FC, call my friends one by one, they have time to come, and then I tell the LS)

[Steve_UK]

For the server's that missed mindflayer on friday, it should have spawned on your server now.

[Ultimatecalibur]

Huh, I don't know about Croakadile, I've found him 4 times and that was before I tell my linkshells about his spawning condition (yeah they didn't know and didn't bother to look for it on the internet) and he never spawned on me so I'm not really sure about that. And there was absolutely no one around. (Often have the time to tell my FC, call my friends one by one, they have time to come, and then I tell the LS)

If all it takes is a Full Moon night after the cooldown and someone running through the spawn area then someone else could have spawned it without knowing while doing something else in the area.

[AsunaTakizawa]

Just wanted to drop in from the small Zalera server.
In regards to Brontes, i've spawned him the last 4 or so times using the same method. I'd agree with the idea of a threshold. It's also always triggered by the actual consumption of food, not just walking by the spawn point while the threshold is full. Right when window opens we have a hard time spawning him, blowing through stacks of food for an hour to no avail. Upon coming back an hour or two later he spawns pretty quickly.
The same goes for Nandi, it may be on a timer, but a certain threshold has to be filled. Once it is, it pops just like Brontes when a minion is spawned at a spawn point. It could be specific to a certain spawn point or it could be the threshold being met right at that instance, hard to tell.

Last note. I can also confirm Nunyunuwi's spawn condition. Exactly 1 hour after the three of us in pt completed the first fate in South Than, he spawned for us on Zalera. No more 17 day timers for him

[Steve_UK]

Just wanted to drop in from the small Zalera server.
The same goes for Nandi, it may be on a timer, but a certain threshold has to be filled. Once it is, it pops just like Brontes when a minion is spawned at a spawn point. It could be specific to a certain spawn point or it could be the threshold being met right at that instance, hard to tell.

Do you use ariyala tracker for nandi? the tracker from that site is out, as it state's nandi's spawn window is open 36 hour's or so after the last kill, when infact it's 48-50 hour's.

Once the tracker state's 14 hour's 45minute, i usually scout for nandi, only one time has it not spawned at this time, but 15minute's later this one time, every other time if you know all the spawn point's, nandi will pretty much spawn on-time.

[Yarukiba]

*sigh*

Please Vadesaan, can you link :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwhL_N7TzNw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td3PO248M-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8ZzFqqckL0

in the description of Nandi ? People on my server seem to believe I said lies and seems they apparently don't bother to read through the pages or look for youtube, they just read the first page of the topic. Moreover, it's easier to trust something that has videos proving it in the same description

[Steve_UK]

Yarukiba,

People always ask me how i spawn the S rank's, and most of the time dont bother helping since they dont believe my method is the correct method, or it take's too long.

Nandi spawn's when a minion is out, and your running near a spawn location when nandi is due to spawn (window is 48+hours. from last death).

I checked a area 3 time's just now, it did not spawn, my friend came to help, and spawned it straight away using this method.

[Yarukiba]

Just recorded Nandi's spawn on Moogle (very low sound quality for a very bad mood XD)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVmTDW_Me4g

Don't worry Steve ^^ I know how it works, I'm also used to give people tips and advices and they just sigh and give up after 10 minutes. It just pisses me off to see like 50 players walking in front of the same spot claiming they're doing it right when you say they don't (and then they blacklist you and say you're a beginner at hunt o.O). Seems the "Previous theory was" sounds like "the current theory is" to them... !

[Alukah]

I've had so many conflicting experiences with Nandi, sometimes like an hour into the window it doesn't spawn no matter how hard I try, just to spawn a few mins later in a spawn point I'm sure I visited before.

But other times (like today) I wait patiently until the ToD hits the 48h mark and it spawns with just one try.

[Runeth]

As I see AsunaTakizawa has already posted in the thread, but officially Nuny spawn theory tested Zalera approved. Considering we average 20+ days before changing to this method and exactly an hour after starting the test it spawns. Seems fairly unlikely it's a fluke.