Nokturnus

Nokturnus · no. 304 in the monster list

Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise

Improves his already eye-watering attack with Oomph, then smacks foes silly with a stupidly speedy assault.

Brutal bad-dream demon from another dimension. So strong that he makes Mortamor seem more like Snoretamore!

The essentials

Earliest in the story: Legacy boss of “Nokturnus's Map” (levels 1 to 99, loot by level: Monsters and bosses page)
Gives: 74,600 – 197,803 EXP, 2,490 – 6,602 G, Mini medal (steal 1/64)
Weak to: light ×1.5
Has no effect on it: dazzle, sleep, whack, confusion, fizzle, stun, poison, paralysis

Family: ??? (bosses and unique monsters)

Stats

Variant	HP	MP	Att.	Def.	Agi.	EXP	Gold
level 1	8,250	255	780	610	350	74,600	2,490
level 16	9,180	255	868	649	376	86,608	2,891
level 41	10,967	255	1,037	720	424	111,069	3,707
level 99	16,572	255	1,567	915	560	197,803	6,602

HP from the game's record: in battle, each monster gets a roll between 80 and 100% of it (rounded); MP is full.

Resistances and actions

levels 1-15 — pattern A

Elements (damage taken): light ×1.5; darkness ×0.5
Effects (success rate): 75%: Decelerate; 50%: Divine Intervention; 25%: Sap; 10%: Blunt; 5%: Charm; immune: Dazzle, sleep, Whack, confusion, Fizzle, stun, poison, paralysis
Actions: 2 actions per turn — Attack 27%, Falcon Slash 23%, C-C-Cold Breath 19%, switches to pattern B 15%, Disruptive Wave (from level 10) 11%, Oomph 6.6%; after a first failure (MP or Fizzle), stops picking impossible actions. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): C-C-Cold Breath: not if a third or more of the party has Reverse Cycle; Oomph: if an ally's attack can still go up. Only once per turn for its whole group: Falcon Slash, C-C-Cold Breath, Disruptive Wave, Oomph

levels 1-15 — pattern B

Actions: 2 actions per turn — “spews forth blazing fire!” 27%, Kafrizzle 23%, Thin Air (from level 5) 19%, Buff 15%, switches to pattern A 11%, Lullab-Eye 6.6%; after a first failure (MP or Fizzle), stops picking impossible actions. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): “spews forth blazing fire!”: not if a third or more of the party has Reverse Cycle; Buff: if an ally's defence can still go up; Lullab-Eye: on a character who's awake. Only once per turn for its whole group: “spews forth blazing fire!”, Kafrizzle, Thin Air, Buff, Lullab-Eye

levels 16-40 — pattern A

Elements (damage taken): light ×1.5; darkness ×0.5
Effects (success rate): 75%: Decelerate; 50%: Divine Intervention; 25%: Sap; 10%: Blunt; 5%: Charm; immune: Dazzle, sleep, Whack, confusion, Fizzle, stun, poison, paralysis
Actions: 2 actions per turn — Attack 27%, Kafrizzle 23%, C-C-Cold Breath 19%, switches to pattern B 15%, Buff 11%, Disruptive Wave (from level 10) 6.6%; after a first failure (MP or Fizzle), stops picking impossible actions. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): C-C-Cold Breath: not if a third or more of the party has Reverse Cycle; Buff: if an ally's defence can still go up. Only once per turn for its whole group: Kafrizzle, C-C-Cold Breath, Buff, Disruptive Wave

levels 16-40 — pattern B

Actions: 2 actions per turn — Attack 49%, Thin Air (from level 5) 19%, Hatchet Man (from level 28) 15%, switches to pattern C 11%, Lullab-Eye 6.6%. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): Lullab-Eye: on a character who's awake. Only once per turn for its whole group: Thin Air, Hatchet Man, Lullab-Eye

levels 16-40 — pattern C

Actions: 2 actions per turn — Attack 33%, Falcon Slash 23%, Hellfire (from level 16) 19%, switches to pattern A 15%, Oomph 11%; after a first failure (MP or Fizzle), stops picking impossible actions. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): Hellfire: not if a third or more of the party has Reverse Cycle; Oomph: if an ally's attack can still go up. Only once per turn for its whole group: Falcon Slash, Hellfire, Oomph

levels 41-99 — pattern A

Elements (damage taken): light ×1.5; darkness ×0.5
Effects (success rate): 75%: Decelerate; 50%: Divine Intervention; 25%: Sap; 10%: Blunt; 5%: Charm; immune: Dazzle, sleep, Whack, confusion, Fizzle, stun, poison, paralysis
Actions: 3 actions per turn — Attack 27%, Kafrizzle 23%, Hellfire (from level 16) 19%, Hatchet Man (from level 28) 15%, switches to pattern B 11%, Disruptive Wave (from level 10) 6.6%; after a first failure (MP or Fizzle), stops picking impossible actions. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): Hellfire: not if a third or more of the party has Reverse Cycle. Only once per turn for its whole group: Kafrizzle, Hellfire, Hatchet Man, Disruptive Wave

levels 41-99 — pattern B

Actions: 3 actions per turn — Attack 27%, Falcon Slash 23%, C-C-Cold Breath 19%, Thin Air (from level 5) 15%, Lullab-Eye 11%, switches to pattern C 6.6%. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): C-C-Cold Breath: not if a third or more of the party has Reverse Cycle; Lullab-Eye: on a character who's awake. Only once per turn for its whole group: Falcon Slash, C-C-Cold Breath, Thin Air, Lullab-Eye

levels 41-99 — pattern C

Actions: 3 actions per turn — in order, one per turn: Oomph → Magic Burst (from level 57) → “closes its eyes and begins to pray.” (from level 57) → Buff → Disruptive Wave (from level 10) → switches to pattern A (then repeats); after a first failure (MP or Fizzle), stops picking impossible actions. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): Oomph: if an ally's attack can still go up; Buff: if an ally's defence can still go up. Only once per turn for its whole group: Oomph, Magic Burst, “closes its eyes and begins to pray.”, Buff, Disruptive Wave

Items

Mini medal steal 1/64

Habitat (in-game monster list)

Grotto

In the game, a defeated monster's entry names one of these places as soon as you have visited it, even if you never defeated that monster there; otherwise “?????????” (checked in game). The first two are named, “Etc.” for the third.

Grottoes (treasure maps)

Legacy boss of “Nokturnus's Map” (levels 1 to 99, loot by level: Monsters and bosses page)
Map from: quest 184 “Bleats Me”

Under the hood

Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 514, 769, 770, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775.

Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Mini medal : 4.

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