Gah! Deathbringer help, please.

[Dirufan]

Okay, so I am onto the Stillshrine of Miriam, characters are all level 27. (Well, at least my main party.) I've decided I want to do the Ithuno/Deathbringer challenge. I have the Barheim key, and I know exactly where he spawns.

So, I'm up to about 40 restarts of the game because he never appears! :mad2: :mad2: :mad2: Are there certain conditions that make him appear, or is it completely random? And if it's random, what's the % Chance of spawn?

[Hazzard]

Well, if he's a rare game and strictly open for the trophy club, then I think the Ithuno/Deathbringer challenge wouldn't be available right now, but only when you visit the Hunts-master in the Phon Coast, join the club, then complete your first assignment and other rare games will begin to appear; still with certain conditions though, and each having their varied percentage of spawning.

[DarkLadyNyara]

Well, if he's a rare game and strictly open for the trophy club, then I think the Ithuno/Deathbringer challenge wouldn't be available right now, but only when you visit the Hunts-master in the Phon Coast, join the club, then complete your first assignment and other rare games will begin to appear; still with certain conditions though, and each having their varied percentage of spawning.

Ithuno is not a Trophy monster, so it's available now. It appears at random, and I don't know the chance of it appearing, but I think it's fairly low. :( Sorry.

[BG-57]

There's 20% chance every time you enter Special Op Sector 5. So if you keep leaving and re-entering, he'll be forced to appear. I went as far as north of the orange save crystal and that worked fine. I was able to bag six of them eventually, and I still have some equipped.

[Dirufan]

Thanks guys, helps a lot. Just good to know that at least the 45 minutes of looking wasn't in vain.

[Hazzard]

Make sure you have thief's cuffs equipped on all three characters to higher the percentage of getting the Deathbringer!

Btw, is it possible to get like three tournesols?

[BG-57]

Actually, try this:

Walk into Special Op Sector 5, then walk out. Keep going in and out about ten times. I think once Ithuno appears in the zone, he won't leave until you defeat him.

And I think you can get as many Tournesols as you want but one would be plenty for me.

[Formalhaut]

Lvl 27? Yikes my main party are lvl 28-31. and i have not even entered the Ogir yensa sandsea yet.

[Hazzard]

Balthier Rocks - you just uber-overleveled, that's why. You're supposed to be level 15-20 when you finish the Ogir yensa Sandsea venture, at the end of the tomb of Raithwell, then I would say 20-23 is amazingly good. I'm at raining Giza Plains (second playthrough) and only level 20/21.

I only have like one Tournesol, and it took me the whole afternoon to get it.

[Dirufan]

Lvl 27? Yikes my main party are lvl 28-31. and i have not even entered the Ogir yensa sandsea yet.

Being severely underleveled makes the game that much more interesting.

P.S. I've gotten two Deathbringers, I'm happy. :) Thanks BG.

[BG-57]

You're welcome. :)

Deathbringers are the workhorses in my game. There are few better weapons that can be equipped with a shield. Once Zodiac Spear and Excalibur become available then they will be less useful, but that'll be much later.

[Hazzard]

Where exactly are you in the game, BG?

[BG-57]

Completed the main plot up to Sky Fortress Bahamut. I went and beat the game, now I'm going back to the optional dungeons. Completed the Henne Mines extension, Pharos Subterra and most of the Great Crystal. I have only(!) Omega Mk. XII and Yiazmat left to defeat.

I have about a dozen rare items that I haven't gotten yet, including the Tournesol. I also got stuck in the fishing game at the medium level of difficulty.

[Hazzard]

I'm roughly doing the same as you, except I've got the tournesol but haven't completed all the side quests and so on.

[DarkLadyNyara]

Btw, is it possible to get like three tournesols?

I'm pretty sure it can only be unlocked once. AFAIK, Bazaar weapons are non-repeatable.

[Dirufan]

I believe you're right. But only some things aren't. IE Masamune, Durandal, Whale Whisker, etc. But things like Bubble belts are.