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Hunt 18: Adding Insult to Injury

Roblon - Rank VI

The Hunt for Roblon becomes available after you complete the events at the Stilshrine of Miriam and defeat Judge Bergan at Mt Bur-Omisace. It’s easier to complete it once you reach Balfonheim Port as the Mark is pretty difficult to defeat.

Petitioner

The petitioner for this Hunt is Morgen. Warp to the Nalbina Fortress; Morgan is sitting on a crate in the northern section of the West Ward.

Speaking to Morgen, the petitioner for Hunt 18: Adding Insult to Injury to defeat Roblon Map indicating where to find Morgen in the Nalbina Town

Mark Location

This section of the guide is going to assume that you have not been to the Nabreus Deadlands before. If you have, warp to the Nabreus Deadlands and scroll down to the “Succor Midst Sorrow” section below.

Warp to the Salikawood, which will land you in the Quietened Trace. You will have to travel through the Grand Bower next, which may contain an optional boss named King Bomb, if you have not defeated it already. More details on how to defeat King Bomb are available on the Salikawood Walkthrough page.

Travel north into the Piebald Path and north again into Nabreus Deadlands. You start in the Greencrag zone.

Entering the Nabreus Deadlands along the Piebald Bath

Go north into the Muted Scarp to find a Save Crystal. You should also talk to Ma’kleou (who has the name “Quiet Nu Mou” when you first approach it).

Make sure you go through all the available dialog, as this is part of the Three Medallions side quest. Head east into the Vale of Lingering Sorrow.

Speaking to Ma’kleou as part of the Three Medallions side quest

Go to the northwest section of this zone to find the map of the Nabreus Deadlands. Continue north into Hope’s Reach, east into the Slumbermead, and north again into the Succor Midst Sorrow. The Save Crystal is actually a Crystalbug; defeat it and use the Save Crystal to save your game.

Walking through the Lingering Sorrow area of the Nabreus Deadlands

Succor Midst Sorrow
From the Succor Midst Sorrow, travel south back into the Slumbermead and search the northwest corner of the zone. There is a hidden pathway that leads around the corner of the rock that leads to “The Fog Mutters” zone.

Traveling through the Succor Midst Sorrow

Continue through “The Fog Mutters” until you reach “Overlooking Eternity.” This area is where you will find Roblon at the top of the pathway. The most challenging aspect of the fight is dealing with any additional enemies that join in the fight, so clear out as many of the Dead Bones enemies as you can before engaging Roblon. You can get pretty close to it before it attacks you.

Entering the Overlooking Eternity area
Roblon
Hunt Battle
Initiating the attack against Roblon

Level: 43
HP: 177,365
Steal: Fire Stone (55%), Iron Ore (10%), Fire Crystal (3%)

As mentioned above, the most challenging aspect of this fight is dealing with the Dead Bones enemies that join the fight in the middle of the battle. They spawn all over the Overlooking Eternity zone, and they respawn quickly, which means that you will have to deal with some joining in during the fight, no matter how many of them you clear out beforehand.

Roblon’s attacks are pretty standard. He will attack with regular physical attacks, Fire-based magick, and an attack called “Fear,” which will drain “a massive amount of MP.” This fight tends to be about staying alive without running out of MP and without being overrun by Dead Bones enemies as they join in the fray.

Roblon can be afflicted with the Blind status. Set up a Gambit to use Blind on Roblon, and it will significantly reduce the damage dealt. Its Defense and Attack Power will increase once it drops to a critical amount of HP. Don’t be afraid to come back to this fight if you’re having trouble defeating it. It becomes much easier with Reddas in your party (after your second visit to the Port of Balfonheim).

Hunt Battle against Roblon

You can watch a video below, which illustrates one way of defeating him in the original version:

You can find a video of this battle in the Zodiac Age version below:

Return to Morgan at the Nalbina Fortress in the West Ward to claim your rewards, which include 3,100 gil, a Giant’s Helmet, and Mythril.

Note that this Hunt is one of the five Hunts involved in the Jovy side quest. Head back to the Balfonheim Port page of the Walkthrough section, you’ve completed this Hunt.