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

[NoboruSouma]

I don't think so it's not even close to force timer it won't be till before the next full moon XD

80 hours is the "forced spawn" timer for HW S Ranks after maintenance. 80 hours after servers went back online was about an hour ago - Okina's spawn on the other hand was three hours ago.
So it could be that we just didn't get a spawn - but so many servers at once without a single spawn in three instances?

We know that Okina spawns around 12pm to 4pm on the first day of full moon .. but as mentioned already .. maybe a second trigger? Van brought up the weather again - could also be something like Orghana and we need to catch a few lobster or crabs before the spawn can be triggered by the moon phase.

Again .. it seems a bit odd that so many servers didn't have a single spawn so close to the max timer.

The rest of the text for the Okina description also describes something like Okina eating shrimp. Me and an FC member were discussing that fishing up shrimp is a possibility to the spawn (I think there are 2 types of shellfish/shrimp in Ruby Sea?). But based on the last Okina spawn, it just seems like the moon phase is all that is needed.

The german hint is talking about crayfish/crustaceans so we looked out for the lobsters and crabs in the Ruby Sea at first before we had the massive spawn wave because of the moon phase.

[Leknaat]

80 hours is the "forced spawn" timer for HW S Ranks after maintenance. 80 hours after servers went back online was about an hour ago - Okina's spawn on the other hand was three hours ago.
So it could be that we just didn't get a spawn - but so many servers at once without a single spawn in three instances?

We know that Okina spawns around 12pm to 4pm on the first day of full moon .. but as mentioned already .. maybe a second trigger? Van brought up the weather again - could also be something like Orghana and we need to catch a few lobster or crabs before the spawn can be triggered by the moon phase.

Again .. it seems a bit odd that so many servers didn't have a single spawn so close to the max timer. I don't expect it to be a force pop until the next full moon on



The german hint is talking about crayfish/crustaceans so we looked out for the lobsters and crabs in the Ruby Sea at first before we had the massive spawn wave because of the moon phase.

Yeah our server isn't that lucky to get 80 hour maxes lol ours are pretty consistently 105 if it goes to force
I don't expect it to pop until 7/25 21:45 pacific

[Yarukiba]

We know that Okina spawns around 12pm to 4pm on the first day of full moon

Just found this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QkLvYIwC6A
9:36 ET. Unless they've been waiting for aaaaaaages we could assume it spawned around 7am ET.

[Ohmdevilz]

Do you happen to know if your server did something specific to get it ?

We also got another one in instance 2. This time my Japanese friend in the party said it pop after she killed the Naked Yumemi. So it might be Yumemi type monsters.

Some Japanese players are testing this method right now in instance 3.

[NoboruSouma]

Just found this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QkLvYIwC6A
9:36 ET. Unless they've been waiting for aaaaaaages we could assume it spawned around 7am ET.

Hmn, alright, so .. I guess we have a second trigger that needs to be fulfilled then according to this:

We also got another one in instance 2. This time my Japanese friend in the party said it pop after she killed the Naked Yumemi. So it might be Yumemi type monsters.

Some Japanese players are testing this method right now in instance 3.

So .. some of us were right .. maybe? One hour left in the window .. try to kill some shellfish/catch some crayfish.

[Ohmdevilz]

Masamune got another one in instance 3.

It pop instantly after me and my Japanese friend in party killed a Naked Yumemi underwater around ET 11.20

So I think the exact time doesn't matter, just need to be in full moon period.

[Leknaat]

Hmn, alright, so .. I guess we have a second trigger that needs to be fulfilled then according to this:



So .. some of us were right .. maybe? One hour left in the window .. try to kill some shellfish/catch some crayfish.

My only problem with this theory is that I expect all 3 instances of Okina to pop at the same time at noon the start of the next full moon cycle, if this is the case then is the snail kill counter still ticking up outside of full moon? If the counter reaches full, while it's a full moon only then it should pop during the current full moon, not the next. Does my line of reasoning make some sense? If they all pop at the very start of the full moon next cycle is it then possible that the force window is longer than 80 hours?

That isn't to say there isn't a second objective, but I honestly think it's nowhere near force and they'll all spawn at the same time next full moon. If they don't then I'll freak out XD

[AreYouDeeWhy]

Masamune got another one in instance 3.

It pop instantly after me and my Japanese friend in party killed a Naked Yumemi underwater around ET 11.20

So I think the exact time doesn't matter, just need to be in full moon period.

Tried to replicate this. No luck. Is that 11.20 AM or PM? Maybe I should try during the day since I started to try this at 4PM~ ET

[Kai47]

What doesn't make sense to me is that for the past few Okina spawn cycles every single server has been accidentally fulfilling this "secondary condition"; and now all of the sudden none of them are? You would think at least servers like Balmung and Gilgamesh would be getting theirs to pop with the sheer volume of players. I find it hard to believe something as simple as shellfish kills could be holding back entire data centers from getting theirs to pop. Sorry to doubt your word Ohm, but logically speaking I just find it a little bit unbelievable.

I think it's more likely that weather is involved, but weather wouldn't explain why Masamune popped and nobody else's has yet.

[alimdia]

If the condition involves player interaction (killing mobs or fishing) during full moon it makes sense why it seems harder now, back then we had many players still leveling up, now we have less people still progressing through the story, and even less so since the condition was met at a really early hour for NA on a working day, so less players playing overall.

This is probably the harshest S to spawn if you happen to miss the full moon window...