The Mob Ladder - A guide to what mob to hunt next

Oleg · August 18, 2007, 4:42pm

I’ve put together a rough guide to answer the questions that people often ask about what mobs they should try next, as their skills and equipment get better. I’ve divided the mobs into various categories, so that if you want to find new mobs to try, identify which category you fit into and look at the mobs in the list.

This is based on the smallest maturities of each mob, obviously you can also move up to higher maturities as your skills and equipment progress. Remember that there is a big difference between, for example, a Daikiba Young and a Daikiba Stalker, so when you are trying out a new mob I’d suggest going for the low maturities first and see what you can handle.

It’s impossible to order the mobs completely because of varying damage types and frequency of attacks/hits, as well as the complications caused by the various different equipment set-ups a player can have. This is intended as a rough guide only. I’d recommend checking the mob’s details on Entropedia as well, especially when it comes to special damage types such as electric or penetration.

I’ve tried to also consider the aggression factor, i.e. whether you are likely to get mobbed by several at once. This is why Rippersnapper, for example, are a little higher up than their stats might suggest.

I’ve excluded mobs that are not in the game as standard, such as Eomon or Drone Communicator.

I’d appreciate any comments or suggestions for changes.

The list is in the next post.

Oleg · August 18, 2007, 4:45pm

Little Birdies
Tiny non-aggressive birds that will die with a couple of shots. Not really recommended for hunting but it can be fun to wipe them out!

Chirpy (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Fugabarba (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Gibnib (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Turp (Bestiary, Entropedia)

Beginner
Beginning hunters should start with these mobs. An Opalo should be enough to kill these without any armour or a FAP.

Exarosaur (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Plumatergus (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Pupugi (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Sabakuma (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Shinkiba (Bestiary, Entropedia) IRON
Snablesnot Female (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Snablesnot Male (Bestiary, Entropedia)

Noob
These are a bit trickier but once you have a few skills they won’t be difficult.

Berycled (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Caudatergus (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Combibo (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Cornundacauda (Bestiary, Entropedia) IRON
Diripi (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Igni (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Kerberos (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Merp (Bestiary, Entropedia) IRON BRONZE
Prancer (Bestiary, Entropedia)

Low Level
When you’ve got a few pieces of low-end armour, try some of these. A bigger gun or an amp would be good at this point.

Cornundos (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Faucervix (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Foul (Bestiary, Entropedia) IRON
Gradivore (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Mourner (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Rippersnapper (Bestiary, Entropedia) IRON
Snarksnot (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Tantillion (Bestiary, Entropedia)

Disciple

Argonaut (Bestiary, Entropedia) IRON BRONZE
Attacker (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Calamusoid Female (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Calamusoid Male (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Calypsocod (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Drone (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Equus (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Feffoid (Bestiary, Entropedia) IRON BRONZE
Hiryuu (Bestiary, Entropedia) IRON
Maffoid (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Molisk (Bestiary, Entropedia) IRON BRONZE
Morsusilex (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Sonic Squid (No Bestiary Page, Entropedia)
Trilomite (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Tripudion (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Umbranoid (Bestiary, Entropedia)

Graduate

Allophyl (Bestiary, Entropedia) IRON
Armax Cow (Bestiary, Entropedia) IRON
Atrax (Bestiary, Entropedia) IRON
Atrox (Bestiary, Entropedia) IRON BRONZE
Bristlehog (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Estophyl (Bestiary, Entropedia) IRON
Gokibusagi (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Longu (Bestiary, Entropedia) IRON
Mermoth (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Repesilex (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Thorafoid (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Thorofoid (Bestiary, Entropedia)

Medium

High Level

Tough

Araneatrox (Bestiary, Entropedia) IRON
Caperon (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Grand Formidon (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Hogglo (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Kingfisher (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Letomie (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Mulaak’f (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Proteron (Bestiary, Entropedia)

Uber

Chomper (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Daspletor (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Falxangius (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Globster Bestiary, Entropedia)
Malcruentor (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Osseocollum (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Second Entity (Bestiary, Entropedia)
Warlock (Bestiary, Entropedia) (NB - Only Gen 7 and above exist in game at the moment)

IRON indicates that an Iron Challenge is available for this mob.
BRONZE indicates that a Bronze Challenge is available for this mob.

Epictetus · August 18, 2007, 7:48pm

Very cool post! I’m currently “high level.”

club · August 18, 2007, 7:57pm

whoo whoo
im high lvl to some uber mobs …
as the spiders are not at all difficult to kill with a freind just grap a foxtrot and got to the outpost near teh rig and go getting them closer but not soo close as in radar when revived then the action start :

per example: you go north of spider and your freind is south but in radar then your freind shoots spider at south till spider hits him and he die then its time to you shootyou go shooting teh spider till ~the spider hits you then you die and your freind is already at spider shooting him and then after maybe :scratch2: 3 to 4 times teh spider is killed and you get some nice loots … ( i mean HOFs !! ) iu made hof of 20 place some days ago on spider alpha heeh WOOT !!

Alice · August 18, 2007, 8:09pm

seems im medium ^^

but nice idea

i dislike pupugis, they are PITA

system · August 18, 2007, 8:16pm

Nice list, but I would suggest moving Mulmun and Muluk Hir one step up each. They both hit a bit faster than normal mobs (25 vs 20 rpm I believe) and hit a lot. Also, the higher mulmun maturities I cant sometimes outfap in ghost+5B with ek 2600 at 120+ HP and 2400 evade.

captain · August 18, 2007, 8:23pm

nice work Oleg

lootman · August 18, 2007, 8:25pm

nice ladder, i am agree on most of it.
In the other hand, it seems i am currently a disciple Anyone want to be my mentor ?

Oleg · August 18, 2007, 10:28pm

Thanks for the comments everyone, I’m glad you think this is useful.

Nebu - thanks for the Mulmun/Muluk-Hir info, that’s the sort of thing I need for the mobs I don’t know well enough, or at all. I had a feeling I may have underestimated them. I’ll edit the list for those two. +rep for your help.

sherwood · August 18, 2007, 10:43pm

Thorofoid and Thorafoid give more or less the same damage… then I would step down the thorofoid in the graduate group.
Great work Oleg!

Dom_sufc · August 18, 2007, 11:34pm

Great work! Although I think for some, maturity plays a HUGE part.

For example, Atrox. You can hunt those very low down, the Young ones. But AOA+, and your into High level.

However, I think this list serves well for its main audience, which is newer players. By the time you get Into the higher levels, you know what you can kill anyway.

So +rep! :thumbup:

Outman · August 19, 2007, 12:08am

Great list +rep
I do think that Hogs should be uber.

E.K.x · August 19, 2007, 12:15am

I killed a neconu before, i must be high level

also, thirofoids r easy as to kill, 4 of us tok them down easy with unamped opalos…maybe move some mobs higher on the list but put a maturity next to em…

E.G

Trox r low level

AOA r high level..

vantastic · August 19, 2007, 1:33am

Very excellent list there mate

I’d like to see some more in-depth comparisons with regard to maturity levels… ie Atrox Provider being (near enough) the same as Berycled Prowler or something… I’d be willing to put this into a nice chart/table if I had the appropriate information…

Well done though, good work

Oleg · August 19, 2007, 1:55am

I’ve deliberately avoided considering the maturities because this is supposed to about when you can START to hunt those types of mob. I wanted to keep the list as simple as possible, and that was the way to do it.

It would be great to have a similar list with all maturities added but it would be far more complicated to set up and to examine, so I think it would serve a different purpose. Both lists in combination would be great.

Some have mentioned that it’s good for new players but I hope it’ll be useful for higher level players too. I actually had the idea of putting it together because I wanted to see what mobs I should be looking at next - starting to work on the high level category as well as identifying some mobs that I should be able to handle quite comfortably but that I haven’t tried before.

I’ll move Thorofoid down on Sherwood’s advice. Thanks again for the input everyone.

PS E.K.x it’s supposed to be about killing mobs solo without reviving

JackFlask · August 19, 2007, 1:57am

Nice work! It would be nice if someone could cross-ref damage by maturity though, because that plays a HUGE part.

If we’re just looking at lowest levels, I’d:

raise the Mourner
lower the Snarksnot
lower Rippersnapper (they’re just hard to kill because of being underwater)
raise the Estophyl
lower the Calamusoid
definitely raise the Cornoanterion
lower the Tantardion
lower the Caperon, I can kill those easier than Hoggs and I’m not uber

Just a quick pass.

plummer · August 19, 2007, 1:57am

Thanks for the list Oleg, and +rep. I see I’m borderline beginner and noob.

Solaris · August 19, 2007, 2:59am

Nice list! +reps for this (a good way to give some back from previous postings too).

However I would say a few of the high level mobs need adjusting. Maybe add a level between high and uber, or something…

There is no way I can take either of those below alone - even with high end gun, fast fap and Jag+ armor (3k evade and 5k gun skills).
Phasm
Scipulor
Sumima

Also maybe the tsktsk need to be raised a bit. I have not seen anybody medium equipped take down those, unless fast and high dmg gun.

Yesterday I tried Mulak Hir low maturity with my newly purchased Prosecutor M15. Still, max’ed with 60 dmg/sec and fapping fast Emt2500, I stood no chance. The Mulaak’f just looked at me, before I found myself spawned under the Lighttower again… :ahh:

JaguarArmor · August 19, 2007, 3:45am

rep i like it =) i am currently Disciple =P

PkmX · August 19, 2007, 8:00am

IMO Chomper isn’t that hard, uber class should be those even you have a good armor (phantom, jag, ghoul …) and a good fap plus a high damage gun and you stand almost no chance against it, like spider will eat thru 120~180 on phantom + 5b), but chompers hit 80 max.

And yes, maturity plays a big part, with shogun you can take atrox up to provider, but stalker is too much. Young ~ Provider should be at graduate, Guardian should be medium level, Dominant ~ Prowler should be high level, Stalker is uber.

Tsktsk should be moved up to high level, it isn’t very easy …