Hunt 25: Dead City Watch
Deathscythe - Rank VI
You can complete this Hunt after you have completed the Draklor Laboratory, after going through the Imperial City of Archades. The Bill first becomes available in the Whitecap tavern in the Port of Balfonheim. It is easy to complete at the same time as Hunt 24: The Creature Collector (Goliath – Rank VI).
Petitioner
The petitioner for this Hunt is Popol, whom you can find in the Nalbina Fortress. He is sitting in a stall along the Jajim Bazaar.
Mark Location
Deathscythe is located further into the Necrohol of Nabudis than Goliath. Check out the Hunt page for Goliath, Hunt 24: The Creature Collector (Goliath – Rank VI), for more information on how to reach the Necrohol of Nabudis.
Deathscythe is located in the Cloister of the Highborn area of the Necrohol of Nabudis. Assuming you are close to where Goliath is located, or if you just defeated Goliath in the Hall of the Slumbering Might, travel through the room into the Hall of the Ivory Covenant, through that room, and into the Cloister of the Highborn.
Very similar to making Dustia appear, you need to reduce one of your characters’ health to less than 10% HP, and it will materialize close to that party member. You do not have to enter the Cloister of the Highborn with a party member already at less than 10% HP.
You can do this by pressing the 
or 
button, selecting “Attack,” and then pressing 
or 
to shift from enemy targets to friendly targets. Confirm the action by pressing or again, and the character will attack themselves one time. Be careful not to accidentally KO yourself and use 
Potions if you have to, to get the HP percentage correct.
Turn off your Gambits to prevent your healer from healing them back up while you are dropping their HP intentionally.
Hunt Battle
Level: 44
HP: 125,601
Steal: 
Book of Orgain-Mille (55%), Book of Orgain (10%), Capricorn Gem (3%)
The first thing that you should do after Deathscythe appears is heal up the character that you dropped to less than 10% HP. You likely had to turn off your healing Gambits, so re-enable them.
Deathscythe will cast 
Darkga, which will cause Dark-based Magick damage to your party members. It will also cast Doom and Death. Doom will KO your party member after 10 seconds, whereas Death is just an instant death. It will also use an attack called “Annul,” which will reduce a party member’s MP to 0.
Deathscythe will also cast a Paling around itself once it reaches less than 50% of its HP, which will temporarily make it immune to physical attacks. The Paling lasts for approximately 2 minutes. Just keep your party alive until it wears off, or use Magick attacks to do damage.
This battle tends to be about outlasting Deathscythe while withstanding all its attacks. MP may become an issue partway through the fight, and it will increase its attack and defense once its HP drops below 20%.
You can find a video of this battle in the Zodiac Age version below:
Exit the Necrohol of Nabudis after the fight and return to the Nalbina Fortress. Speak to Popol in the Jajim Bazaar to receive your reward for completing the battle, which includes 2,800 gil, two 
Hi-Ethers, and a Soul of Thamasa.
This Hunt is one of the five Hunts required to complete the Jovy side quest.