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Epialtes

Job: Warrior
Family: Gigas
Crystal: Ice
Strong to: Ice, Lightning

Notorious Monster

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Lower Delkfutt's Tower	28 - 32	Gigas Bracelets (???%) Gigas Necklace (???%) Gigas Socks (???%) Maple Shield (???%) ~72 gil	???~??? gil	1	A, L, S
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

Notes:

Lottery Spawn from the Giant Gatekeepers around G-8 on the First Floor. (5 minutes between spawns)
Uses Mighty Strikes at some point.
Killable by 6 characters level 24. (see testimonials)

Hunt Registry

Elusiveness

Ferocity

Required Scylds

Rewarded Scylds

Evolith

Ru'Lude Gardens (I-10)

Blue Magic: Magic Attack Bonus +

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Historical Background

Epialtes was one of the Gigantes (giants) in Greek mythology. Epialtes was defeated by Hercules and Apollo in the Gigantomachy (war between the Olympians and the Gigantes). Epialtes means "nightmare."

Source entry: Epialtes. Cached on this server on 5 November 2026.