NM Repop Timer Testing

[DarkElfLusipher]

I have been running around in various areas to test a theory that all standard NM repop times are infact linked. I have come to the conclusion that they are infact all identical and on the same repop schedule. For instance I started off in the Mun-Tuy Cellars of Black Shroud by killing Alux and Prince of Pestilence to get the baseline timer started and it seemed that it was infact accurately popping them at almost identical times, I had another LS member watching one as I waited at the other. From there I went down to Sirocco and Phaia while letting the same timer run and waited to drop them each while leaving a 30-45 second gapping on the 5 minute repop so that I could physically see them happen at that precise moment. They popped exactly at the repop timer for Alux and Prince of Pestilence. The last batch tested in Black Shroud were Queen Bolete and Jackanapes and I followed the same process of wait to kill while leaving proper spacing for repop, again they repopped on the same time schedule as the previous NMs. I tested this theory for all known standard NMs, meaning not the ones like Ureaus, the Billygoats, etc, using the same timer I set from Alux and every time it allowed me to know when the NM should be there like clockwork. I'm not sure if this was previously posted but it was a fun experiment I tried while hunting NM drops for newer LS members and thought I would just post it incase it can help another player out there.

<Take Care!> <(^_^)>

Matataki Miyamoto
Besaid Server

[Raldo]

The lesser-NMs spawn every 5 real-world minutes.

If it dies at 12:01, it spawns at 12:05.
If it dies at 12:04, it spawns at 12:05.

[DarkElfLusipher]

My point is that they are ALL 12:05. They aren't seperate like Alux at 12:05-12:10-12:-15 and Prince of Pestilence at 12:02-12:07-12:12. They are all exactly on the same schedule so if you kill one at one time you can still use that same timetable to judge the repops of another NM. Thank you for helping with the clarification Raldo. /bow

[Ruri]

That is correct.

[AmandaHuggenkiss]

I know the Stronghold NM's are on the same re-pop timer.
And, I suspect that the Bigger NM's also re-pop on the same timer (if their window is open that is)

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

I think many regular enemies are on similar timers.

Cleared out a group of boars as Marauder, wait for a good while before respawn.

Joined up at a lower level with two others, took longer to kill the boars. Once the last boar went down, no more than thirty seconds passed, and all the boars came back. We were not prepared.