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Colo-colo

Job: Dark Knight
Family: Giant Bat
Weak to: Wind, Light,
Strong to: Dark

Burning Circle Notorious Monster

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Ghelsba Outpost				1	A, L, H ??? HP ??? MP
A = Aggressive; NA = Non-Aggresive; L = Links; S = Detects by Sight; H = Detects by Sound; HP = Detects Low HP; M = Detects Magic; Sc = Follows by Scent; T(S) = True-sight; T(H) = True-hearing JA = Detects job abilities; WS = Detects weaponskills; Z(D) = Asleep in Daytime; Z(N) = Asleep at Nighttime; A(R) = Aggressive to Reive participants

Spawn Conditions	Companions/Summons
Appears in the following BCNMs: Wings of Fury	Assisted by Furies x 2
Special Abilities	Passive Traits
Blood Drain - Single target Drain attack, based on TP Ultrasonics - AoE Evasion Down Marrow Drain - Single target Aspir attack, based on TP Subsonics - AoE Defense Down Supersonics - AoE Accuracy Down	N/A
Physical Qualities	Magical Qualities
N/A	Spellcasting: Drain and Poisonga

Historical Background

In Native American mythology of the Mapuche (or by some accounts, the Auca) of Chile & Argentina, Colo-Colo is a rat-like, sometimes described as feathered, creature which killed humans by sucking their spit, injecting sickness and disease in place of it, all the while making them progressively more tired. This sounds suspiciously similar to a vampire bat.

Another name for it was Basilisco, which indicates the alternate name might be an import of the European Basilisk (see Basilic) or the whole concept of the creature may be an import. It is said to be born from a snake's egg incubated by a rooster, though that may be an import of part of the Basilisk's story. Colocolo is also the name of a small opossum living in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Chile and Argentina also called Monito del Monte ("mountain monkey"), which is thought to bring bad luck (Wikipedia). Colo-Colo is also the name of the most popular football (soccer) team in Chile, though they are named for a famed Mapuche tribal chief, Colo-Colo, who fought against Spanish invaders in the 1500s.

Source entry: Colo-colo. Cached on this server on 3 November 2026.