Bionic Bug

**Zone:** Mine Shaft #2716
**Restrictions:**
          **Level:** 75
          **Members:** Recommended: 6 | Maximum: 18
          **Time:** 30 minutes
**Key Item:** [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Shaft\_2716\_Operating\_Lever Shaft 2716 Operating Lever]

## Experience

3000xp with 6 party members. Less xp for > 6.

## Notes

### Gaining Access

* To begin the quest, talk to [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Twinkbrix Twinkbrix] in [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Oldton\_Movalpolos Oldton Movalpolos] (E-13).
* Each party member must trade [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Twinkbrix Twinkbrix] a [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Sylvan\_Stone Sylvan Stone] and obtain the key item to enter the battlefield.
* Once all party members have the key item, go to [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Mine\_Shaft Mine Shaft #2716], using the furnace hatches in [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Newton\_Movalpolos Newton Movalpolos] (you need to activate them with [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Firesand Firesand]! Dont forget to farm/buy them) and the three levers in Oldton (2/3 reachable only from Newton) (Snow Lily cannot be used, Tarnotik will take away your dial.)
* You will have the option of entering [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Bionic\_Bug Bionic Bug] at the battlefield.
* If you have the [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Key\_Item key item] for [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Automaton\_Assault Automaton Assault] and [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Pulling\_the\_Strings Pulling the Strings], (the [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Shaft\_Gate\_Operating\_Dial Shaft Gate Operating Dial]), you actually can obtain the key item for [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Bionic\_Bug Bionic Bug].
* If you try to use the ENM 60 [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Twinkbrix Twinkbrix] warp with the [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Shaft\_2716\_Operating\_Lever Shaft 2716 Operating Lever] in your key items it will be snatched from you and you must farm the [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Sylvan\_Stone Sylvan Stone] again.

### The Battle

* Buffs are lost upon entry.
* Bugboy is immune to Charm, but susceptible to Lullaby and Sleep; he builds resistance to Gravity and Bind.
* Bugboy seems to build a resistance to debuffs (ex. dia, slow, grav) at an abnormally high rate
* Bugboy uses [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Mighty\_Strikes Mighty Strikes] throughout the fight, he uses it multiple times.

* Noted to use his two hour exactly three times, exactly at 75%, 50%, and 25% hp.

* Bugboy takes 1x [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Magic magic] damage during 1st Mighty Strikes, 1.5x magic damage during 2nd Mighty Strikes and 2x magic damage during 3rd Mighty Strikes. Applies to [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Atonement Atonement] damage as well, doing potential 1500 during 3rd Mighty Strikes.
* Bugboy has the odd ability to use two tp moves in immediate succession. Unknown what the circumstances are of this happening, but casting stun immediatly after his first move will prevent him from using a second.
* Bugboy's damage output increases as his hp goes down, Heavy Whisk started out doing ~200 damage at the beginning of the fight, and upwards of 700 as he nears death.
* Builds up a resistance to slow. (unable to land [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Filamented\_Hold Filamented Hold] after a few times, even with convergence and burst affinity).
* Susceptible to gravity (even /dnc desperate flourish with steps up)
* The fight may be fought with up to 18 party members, however this decreases the amount of XP earned.

* This ENM can be done with 3 people, BRD75, RDM75, and NIN75.
* This ENM can be done with 3 BLM75 with RDM sub-job for ES Gravity and ES Sleep, nuking this in chains with Tier4 spells, until MP is out, then ES Sleep and do the same again when your MP is good. If needed, use [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Manafont Manafont]. For well-geared BLMs it's possible to Sleep Bugboy 3-5 times without using [./https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Elemental\_Seal Elemental Seal].
* This ENM can be done with 2 members, RDM75 and BLM75, two RDM75s, or two exceptionally geared/merited BLM75s.
* Duoable by a very well geared 75 DRG and 75 BLU
* Soloable by RDM75/NIN37 with good nuking gear and refresh items.
* Killable by 2 WHM/BLM and 1 THF/NIN with difficulty.
* Duoable by a fairly well geared PLD/NIN and WHM/SMN with little difficulty.

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