Octopus Cave

Octopus Cave
Requirements
Base Level:	70+
Party:	Yes (2+)
Rewards
Quest Rewards:	Giant Octopus Battle
Other Details
Quest Cooldown:	2 Hours

An octopus has been harassing someone in Malangdo Dungeon! Teach it a lesson!

Entering the Octopus Cave

To enter the Octopus Cave, you must talk to the Starfish in Malangdo Dungeon, which is located just outside the octopus cave (mal_dun01 151, 235). Ask it to open the gate in order to reserve the instance.

You must have a party of two or more people on the map, and all members must be over Lv 70, otherwise the instance will not be reserved.

If you've met all the requirements, the instance will be reserved, and a small instance information window will pop up, serving as confirmation that you can now enter. You can hide this window by pressing alt+b.

Talk to the cave entrance near the starfish and enter the instance.

Octopus Cave Raid

Once you enter the Octopus Cave, you will find yourself in a small hub area with four exits in the corners. You must enter each and defeat the octopus leg at the end of it.

Halfway through each of the four cave sections leading to an Octopus Leg, you will be ambushed by mobs, these locations are the following:

• 1@cash 45, 53 (southwest)
• 1@cash 78, 99 (northwest)
• 1@cash 299, 144 (northeast)
• 1@cash 336, 36 (southeast)

After defeating all four octopus legs, you will be warped back to the hub area, where the entrance to the Giant Octopus' Lair is now accessible just a short walk north. Before entering, it's recommended to buff up.

Octopus Fight Info

The Octopus Fight is rather straightforward. The objective is to defeat the boss in order for it to drop various useful items like any normal boss monster.

Additionally, every 10 seconds starting from the defeat of the four octopus legs, there is a 50% chance that either 5 Small Octopus or 1 Small Octopus Leg will spawn. These will continue to spawn only if there are less than 10 of these mobs in the lair.

Once the Giant Octopus is defeated, a warp will appear on the south end of the lair, leading back to Malangdo Dungeon. Anyone that entered the instance cannot re-enter the cave until 2 hours have passed since it was first entered. Other characters in or outside the account may still reserve the instance or enter it, however.

Mob Info

Small Octopus

Small Octopus	HP	8,020	ATK	376~559	MATK	120~177	Level	59
	Def	7	MDef	12	Race	Fish	STR	10
	Exp	15,260 (1.9 exp/hp)	Job Exp	13950 (1.74 exp/hp)	Element	Water 2	AGI	31
	MVP Exp	0	ASPD	0.58 atk/sec	Size	Small	VIT	29
	Speed	300	Stunlock Delay	500	Attack Range	1	INT	56
	Flee		Hit		Spell Range	10	DEX	62
#2192	Flee (95%)	196	Hit (100%)	110	Sight Range	12	LUK	4
Mode	Can Move ,Aggressive, Cast Sensor (Chase/Idle), Can Attack, Change Target (Attack/Chase)
Skills	Blind Attack (NPC) Lv 3 on target when targetting a player, Always, 0s cast time, 10s delay, 10% cast chance, Uninterruptable Water Attribute Attack (NPC) Lv 1 on target when attacking, Always, 0s cast time, 10s delay, 10% cast chance, Uninterruptable Water Ball Lv 2 on target in any state, Always, 3s cast time, 5s delay, 20% cast chance, Interruptable
Drops	Squid Ink 100% Fresh Octopus 100% Sticky Mucus 45% Crystal Blue 1.5% Tentacle Cheese Gratin 0.60% Ancient Rune 0.15% Dried Squid 100% Shabby Coin Bag 4.5% Small Octopus Card 0.05%
Strategy	By itself it is not much of a threat, but in numbers they can overwhelm low leveled or undergeared characters.

Pot Dofle

Pot Dofle	HP	16,000	ATK	400~650	MATK	229~374	Level	64
	Def	60	MDef	45	Race	Fish	STR	40
	Exp	24,000 (1.5 exp/hp)	Job Exp	20,000 (1.25 exp/hp)	Element	Water 1	AGI	20
	MVP Exp	0	ASPD	0.51 atk/sec	Size	Small	VIT	75
	Speed	175	Stunlock Delay	432	Attack Range	1	INT	85
	Flee		Hit		Spell Range	10	DEX	50
#2203	Flee (95%)	189	Hit (100%)	104	Sight Range	16	LUK	10
Mode	Can Move, Assist, Cast Sensor (Idle), Can Attack, Change Chase, Change Target (Attack/Chase)
Skills	Blind Attack (NPC) Lv 3 on target when attacking, HP Below 50%, 0.5s cast time, 10s delay, 15% cast chance, Uninterruptable Defender (NPC) Lv 1 on self in any state, After hit by Double Strafe, 0s cast time, 30s delay, 100% cast chance, Uninterruptable Emotion (NPC) Lv 1 on self in any state, After casting Run (NPC), 0.5s cast time, 15s delay, 100% cast chance, Uninterruptable Earth Attribute Attack (NPC) Lv 1 on target in any state, Always, 0s cast time, 8s delay, 15% cast chance, Uninterruptable Poison Attack (NPC) Lv 5 on target when attacking, Always, 0.5s cast time, 10s delay, 10% cast chance, Uninterruptable Run (NPC) Lv 10 on self in any state, HP Below 25%, 0s cast time, 15s delay, 15% cast chance, Uninterruptable Heaven's Drive Lv 1 on target when chasing, Always, 1s cast time, 10s delay, 10% cast chance, Uninterruptable
Drops	Fisher's Muffler[1] 0.45% Squid Ink 15% Grit 100% Ice Crystal 3% Coral Reef 100% Pot Dofle Card 0.05%
Strategy	While gears and items that ignore defense or magic defense are helpful to take this octopus down, they are generally not threatening or numerous enough to warrant gearing up specifically for them.

Marse

Marse	HP	5034	ATK	211~252	MATK	6~6	Level	31
	Def	0	MDef	5	Race	Fish	STR	1
	Exp	2930 (0.58 exp/hp)	Job Exp	1850 (0.37 exp/hp)	Element	Water 2	AGI	31
	MVP Exp	0	ASPD	0.37 atk/sec	Size	Small	VIT	25
	Speed	300	Stunlock Delay	528	Attack Range	1	INT	5
	Flee	62	Hit	62	Spell Range	10	DEX	52
#1144	Flee (95%)	137	Hit (100%)	82	Sight Range	12	LUK	30
Mode	Can move, Cast sensor, Can attack
Skills	Blind Attack Level 5 on target under any condition, 20% chance, 0s cast time, 5s cast delay, uninterruptable Emotion Level 1 on self under any condition, 20% chance, 0s cast time, 5s cast delay, uninterruptable Emotion Level 1 on self under any condition, 2% chance, 0s cast time, 5s cast delay, uninterruptable Water Attribute Attack Level 3 on target under any condition, 5% chance, 0.5s cast time, 5s cast delay, interruptible
Drops	Dried Squid 100% Squid Ink 100% Tentacle 90% Grape 9% Blue Gemstone 6% Necklace of Wisdom 1.5% Mystic Frozen 0.36% Aquamarine 0.3% Marse Card 0.05%
Strategy	It is recommended to bring green pots or blind resistance if fighting as a low level or undergeared player, as it has a high chance to cause the blind status, which will lower your flee and hit.

Octopus Leg

Octopus Leg	HP	40,000	ATK	385~725	MATK	175~300	Level	58
	Def	9	MDef	14	Race	Fish	STR	14
	Exp	75,000 (1.88 exp/hp)	Job Exp	750,000 (1.88 exp/hp)	Element	Water 2	AGI	30
	MVP Exp	0	ASPD	0.56 atk/sec	Size	Small	VIT	23
	Speed	300	Stunlock Delay	360	Attack Range	1	INT	75
	Flee		Hit		Spell Range	10	DEX	65
#2193	Flee (95%)	198	Hit (100%)	108	Sight Range	12	LUK	1
Mode	Aggressive, Cast Sensor (Idle), Boss, Can Attack, Detector
Skills	Meteor Assault Lv 5 on self when attacking, Always, 0.5s cast time, 10s delay, 15% cast chance, Uninterruptable Blind Attack (NPC) Lv 3 on target when targetting a player, Always, 0s cast time, 10s delay, 10% cast chance, Uninterruptable Energy Drain (NPC) Lv 1 on target when attacking, Always, 0.5s cast time, 8s delay, 10% cast chance, Uninterruptable Blinding Mist Lv 1 on self in any state, HP Below 30%, 0s cast time, 15s delay, 20% cast chance, Interruptable Tornado Kick Lv 7 on self in any state, Always, 0.75s cast time, 8s delay, 15% cast chance, Uninterruptable Frost Nova Lv 10 on self in any state, Always, 1s cast time, 8s delay, 10% cast chance, Uninterruptable Heaven's Drive Lv 3 on target in any state, Always, 1s cast time, 8s delay, 15% cast chance, Uninterruptable Water Ball Lv 2 on random target in any state, Always, 1s cast time, 5s delay, 10% cast chance, Uninterruptable
Drops	Squid Ink 100% Fresh Octopus Legs 100% Sticky Mucus 60% Mystic Frozen 6% Normal Coin Bag 0.60% Poor Coin Bag 3%
Strategy	Blinding mist (Wall of Fog) protects targets in it from ranged attacks by reducing their damage significantly. Single target skills aimed at anything in the fog will also have a high chance to fail. It is recommended to use non-ranged physical or magic area skills if having trouble fighting this tentacle while it's protected by fog.

Giant Octopus

Giant Octopus	HP	425,000	ATK	1025~1980	MATK	374~232	Level	72
	Def	12	MDef	16	Race	Fish	STR	21
	Exp	815,000 (1.92 exp/hp)	Job Exp	632,500 (1.49 exp/hp)	Element	Water 2	AGI	34
	MVP Exp	250,000	ASPD	0.49 atk/sec	Size	Large	VIT	18
	Speed	300	Stunlock Delay	360	Attack Range	1	INT	85
	Flee		Hit		Spell Range	12	DEX	63
#2194	Flee (95%)	210	Hit (100%)	126	Sight Range	16	LUK	8
Mode	Can Move, Aggressive, Cast Sensor (Chase/Idle), Boss, Can Attack, Detector, Change Chase, Change Target (Attack/Chase)
Skills	Frost Diver Lv 5 on target in any state, When Ranged Attacked, 0.75s cast time, 7s delay, 15% cast chance, Uninterruptable Frost Diver Lv 5 on random target when chasing, Always, 0.75s cast time, 10s delay, 15% cast chance, Uninterruptable Blind Attack (NPC) Lv 3 on target when targetting a player, HP Below 75%, 0s cast time, 5s delay, 10% cast chance, Uninterruptable Earthquake (NPC) Lv 5 on self in any state, Rude Attacked, 0.5s cast time, 10s delay, 15% cast chance, Uninterruptable Power Up (NPC) Lv 5 on self in any state, Rude Attacked, 0.5s cast time, 10s delay, 25% cast chance, Uninterruptable Pulse Strike (NPC) Lv 1 on self when attacking, HP Below 50%, 0.5s cast time, 15s delay, 20% cast chance, Interruptable Water Attribute Attack (NPC) Lv 2 on target when targetting a player, Always, 0s cast time, 10s delay, 10% cast chance, Uninterruptable Blinding Mist Lv 1 on self when targetting a player, HP Below 50%, 0s cast time, 10s delay, 10% cast chance, Uninterruptable Heaven's Drive Lv 3 on random target in any state, Always, 0.5s cast time, 15s delay, 10% cast chance, Uninterruptable Heaven's Drive Lv 5 on random target in any state, HP Below 50%, 1s cast time, 10s delay, 10% cast chance, Uninterruptable Water Ball Lv 3 on random target in any state, HP Below 50%, 1s cast time, 20s delay, 10% cast chance, Uninterruptable Water Ball Lv 2 on target when targetting a player, Always, 1s cast time, 15s delay, 10% cast chance, Uninterruptable
Drops	Hairtail 30% Nice Coin Bag 6% Marlin 30% Saurel 30% Tuna 30% Malang Crab 30% Fresh Octopus Legs 100% Normal Coin Bag 60% Brindle Eel 30% Giant Octopus Card 0.03%
Strategy	Even though a tank can gain the Giant Octopus' attention, it can still sometimes randomly target other party members with skills, so don't let your guard down. Water property armor, such as Arctic Wings or Swordfish-Carded gear can significantly reduce damage from the Octopus and its tentacle's water skills. Blinding Mist (Wall of Fog) will protect the Giant Octopus from ranged attacks and single-target skills, but it can be lured away from the fog. Take care not to let too many small octopus or octopus tentacles spawn, as these could overpower the party.