Falcatus Aranei

Family: Spider
Crystal: 
Weak to:	
Zone 	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Korroloka Tunnel	32 	
*Spider Web (up to x3) 
*Webcutter 
*	
* 	1 	L, H
Nyzul Isle
:Floors 1 - 19	 	
*??? Polearm *
*Nyzul weapons 
*	
* 	1 	L, H
 	 	 	 	 	
===Notes (Korroloka Tunnel)===
:*Lottery Spawn from the Huge Spiders around (J-7) of the third map.
::*Average spawn time is 2-4 hours. Always spawns on, or very close, to the bridge.
:*Around 3,500 Hit Points.
:*Can be Mugged.
:*Soloable by level 50 for most jobs. 
===Notes (Nyzul Isle)===
:*The Armoury Crate it leaves behind contains a ??? Polearm, which may rarely appraise into a Webcutter.
Hunt Registry	Elusiveness	Ferocity	Required Scylds	Rewarded Scylds	Evolith 	Evolith
:Bastok Mines (I-9)	4 	3 	0 	10 	Staff weaponskill: enmity -1	
:Bastok Mines (I-9)	 	 	 	 	 	
:Bastok Mines (I-9)	 	 	 	 	 	
:Bastok Mines (I-9)	 	 	 	 	 	
==Historical Background==
While this may look like a scientific name for a spider, there is no species with this name. In fact, many spiders have falcatus as their species name, not their genus name (Scientific names are written: Genus species). Aranei is a name used for the category of spiders in early taxonomic history (1700s CE) and still seems to be used in Russia and Far East Russia as a categorical name for spiders. Aranei is found in association with the Family Araneidae, the category known as the orb weavers. Falcata is also the name for a Spanish sword. Falcatus Aranei is Latin for "sickled-shaped spiders" (falcatus "sickle-shaped or curved" + aranei "spiders"), but can be interpreted to mean a spider with a sickle-shaped appendage.
It should be noted that there was a species whose common name was Falcatus, but it was an ancient shark. The males of this species had a large sword-like appendage on their head (a modified fin spine). This was not like any shark known in modern times; it grew to a size of only 6 inches. It lived in the warm, continental seas of the Carboniferous Period (359- 299 million years ago), a period in history when sharks exploded in a vast array of diversity. The Falcatus was wiped out in the Permian Mass Extinction (251 mya), the worst extinction event in Earth's history, which wiped out 90-99% of marine species & 70-80% of all terrestrial species.
Category:Bestiary
Category:Spiders
Category:Notorious Monsters