What's the fastest a boss model had been relegated to trash?

[Vyrerus]

Pretty much immediately we have the case of regular trash monsters merely being grown in size and given mechanics for dungeon bosses. Even ignoring beastmen, the first boss in Sastasha is a Coeurl. Pretty much all of ARR functions this way. There's the Fire Sprite boss in Halitali. Biast boss in Halitali. And Hapalit boss, again in Halitali. All are oversized trash monsters in the overworld. Thousand Maw of Toto-rak has Rafflesias for bosses and trash in the same dungeon, ending with an overgrown diremite. Haukke Manor uses Succubi, skeleton, and imp as bosses.

Brayflox Longstop -> Cockatrice/hammerbeak -> Drake + Biast -> Mudpuppy -> Dragon. All trash monsters later.

Sunken Temple of Qarn -> Tauri -> Golem -> Adjudicator -> Adjudicator is the third instance of a unique boss in the game, and the first in a dungeon. The first two are Ifrit and Titan.

Cutter's Cry -> Ant Boss and ants for trash before it -> Sandworm boss, already been trash in overworld -> Chimera (Becomes trash in alliance raid)

Stone Vigil -> Lesser Dragon (Trash by HW) -> Wyvern (Trash or adds several times in ARR) -> Ice Dragon (trash in raids/HW).

Dzemael Darkhold -> Ahriman (overgrown trash) -> Hapalit -> Gargoyle

Aurum Vale -> Rafflesia -> Cyclops -> Malboro = All trash

To answer the question as it is phrased though... hmm... a once unique boss model turned into trash... hmm... I guess I'd have to go with ADS from Binding Coil Turn 1 and Turn 2 becoming trash by Second Coil Turn 2 (Turn 7). That's within one raid tier of each other, and as for real time that passed between 2.0 launch and then, I think it was what, 6 or 7 months? Whenever 2.2 and Second Coil launched or whatever. It's hard to remember.

As for bosses that I've never seen as trash there are plenty, though some share the same monster family as trash monsters. ALso note, many have be reskinned or had their skeletons used for other bosses.

Tonberry King
Adjudicator
Viceregent to the Warden
Captain Madison (drowned)
Diabolos
Sawtooth and Irminsul
Echidna
Provenance Watcher
Deathgaze
Ferdiad
Scathach
Oppressor
Manipulator
Ratfinx Twinkledinks (Bugbear form)
Blaster, Swindler, Brawler, Vortexer, and Onslaughter (Named after the Combaticons, with Brute Justice being a play on Bruticus).
Refurbisher
Blassty
Alexander Prime
Twintania
Fenrir
Regula van Hydrus
Ultima Warrior
Motherbit
Behemoth
Livia sas Junius
Enkidu
Gilgamesh
Strix
Ozma
Caliofisteri
Calcabrina
Estinihogg
Edda Blackbosom
The Necromancer - Nybeth Obdilord
Ruby Princess
Shisui Yohi
Bardam (Golem)
Hypertuned Grynewaht
Number 24
Inferno
Aulus Mal Asina
Zenos
Coeurl Regina
Hrodric Poisontongue
Yojimbo
Tokkapchi
Alte-Roite
Catastrophe
Halicarnassus
Exdeath/Neo
Phantom Train
Chardarnook
Guardian
Kefka/God
Chaos
Omega - All versions

I would also add how soon a unique model is reskinned/recycled. Often trial bosses are a thing with this (Sepphirot is essentially the mid boss thing in Mt. Gulg). Or how Castrum Abania’s XXIV (end boss) is essentially the same model as Frog Prince in Dohn Mheg.

Or Void Ark’s octopus demon being violet tide’s final boss..and also a certain rose bush Marlboro monster.

You're talking about monster frames/skeletons, rather than the skin. If we go into that territory we'll stop pretty much immediately. They've been doing that since ARR, and they do it with gear too.

[kaynide]

You're talking about monster frames/skeletons, rather than the skin. If we go into that territory we'll stop pretty much immediately. They've been doing that since ARR, and they do it with gear too.

Oh absolutely; the last time this kind of topic came up and I said “same skeletons” the reply I got was “ah mah god you know the mobs don’t have actual skeletons right!?!?” ... so.. I opted for reskin, although technically that is incorrect.

In response/question to the OP, do you want to say mobs that were exclusively boss type mobs eventually being turned into trash? And not trash mobs that upgrade into bosses? Also, should we ignore dungeons and only consider open world as general trash?

This kind of implies the boss need be introduced before the trash version, with a patch or expansion between them.

I was kinda going at this as “mobs that were exclusively used as a boss until recycled for general use”


So,
- we wouldn’t count things like the Courel in Sastasha because it already is a trash mob
- Xande existing in world of darkness could be ignored as it’s not in open world depending on your criteria

But this is your thread, so your rules

[Morningstar1337]

In response/question to the OP, do you want to say mobs that were exclusively boss type mobs eventually being turned into trash? And not trash mobs that upgrade into bosses? Also, should we ignore dungeons and only consider open world as general trash?

This kind of implies the boss need be introduced before the trash version, with a patch or expansion between them.

The former was what I intended to say when I made the post (also for clairty's sake I was referring to the models themselves,not the skeletons). I wouldn't ignore dungeons outright but it might be wise to mention those on a separate list.

On that note I'm also of the opinion that there is a hierarchy of sorts that makes a boss model's turnover slow at times. Some might be made overworld trash instantly, others might be used for hunt Marks first before becoming trash and I also think Dungeion trash takes precedence over Overworld trash in this hierarchy because there are always a set amount of such trash per instance compared to overworld trash which are infinite. Were Ito hazard a guess it might be something like Raid Boss>Dungeon Boss>Adds that appear during Boss>Dungeon Trash>Hunt Mark>Overworld Trash

So,
- we wouldn’t count things like the Courel in Sastasha because it already is a trash mob
- Xande existing in world of darkness could be ignored as it’s not in open world depending on your criteria

But this is your thread, so your rules

The first is accurate, as for the second, that could be argue on a case by case basis (if only because the WoD trash fights could be seen as minibosses), though it worth noting that Xande's model was also used for a Heaven on High boss IIRC.