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Category:Giant Bats
Giant Bats
Unlike the bat trios, these bats are unable to unload with the same fury and damage. They are, however, able to enfeeble their attackers, lowering a party's attacks and defense. Also unlike the trios, they are able to both drain and aspir opponents, sometimes escaping defeat, albeit usually temporarily.
Just like their smaller relatives, when defeated these bats will typically drop wings and fangs, and some will drop blood (such as Beastman Blood or Fiend Blood, or Dragon Blood), or keys (such as Grotto Chest Key or Pso'Xja Chest Key).
Family Information
| Type: | Birds |
| Subfamilies: | Vermilion Bat |
| Common Behavior: | L, H |
| Uncommon Behavior: | A |
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| Common Job(s): | Warrior |
| Charmable: | 
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| Notes: | May link with Bat Trios.
Although bats are chiroptera (mammals, which are typically considered beasts), in Vana'diel they are birds. This is due to the fact that they occupy the same niche, or position in the ecosystem, as birds. |
Special Attacks
| Special Abilities | Original and Zilart Areas | Promathia Areas | Aht Urhgan Areas | Wings of the Goddess Areas | Pankration | Abyssea |
| 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. | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ |
| Soul Accretion: Absorbs several Status Effects. Only used by certain Notorious Monsters. | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ❔ | ❔ |
| Note: Notorious Monsters in this family may use all of the above and/or additional unique special abilities. | ||||||
Notorious Monsters in Family
| Name | Spawn Information | Level | Zone | Notable Drop(s) |
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| Arioch | Lottery Spawn from the Werebats around (J-7) - (K-8) | 62 | Bostaunieux Oubliette | Arioch Fang |
| Barbastelle | Timed Spawn every 50 - 70 minutes. Area: (J-6) | 17 | King Ranperre's Tomb | Felling Axe |
| Desmodont | Lottery Spawn from the Blade Bats around (G-6) in Amaryllis Tower | 
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Outer Horutoto Ruins | Fidelity Mantle |
| Golden Bat | Lottery Spawn from the Giant Bats around (C-6), (C-7), and (B-8) | 26 - 27 | Valkurm Dunes | Night Cape |
| Old Two-Wings | Timed Spawn every 21 - 24 hours around (G-7) - (G-8) | 52 | Garlaige Citadel | Bat Cape |
| Upyri | Timed Spawn every 21 - 24 hours around (E-7) to (F-8) |
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Misareaux Coast | Vampire Boots Vampire Cloak Vampire Earring Vampire Mask |
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Quest NMs: Baronial Bat Mission NMs: None Battlefield NMs: Colo-colo (BCNM), Osschaart's Bat (BCNM) Other NMs: Hazhalm Bat (Einherjar - Wing I), Nightmare Stirge (Dynamis), Stringes (Dynamis), Utgarth Bat (Einherjar - Wing II), Wraith Bat (Special Event - Harvest Festival 2008) | ||||
Monsters in Family
Pages in this category (81)
- Acro Bat
- Ancient Bat
- Apex Bat
- Arioch
- Asanbosam
- Balayang
- Barbastelle
- Baronial Bat
- Bat (MON)
- Battle Bat
- Big Bat
- Bilesucker
- Black Bat
- Blade Bat
- Blind Bat
- Blood Bat
- Bristlehair Bat
- Bulwark Bat
- Camazotz
- Cheiroptera
- Colliery Bat
- Colo-colo
- Combat
- Covin Bat
- Desmodont
- Desmodus
- Dire Bat
- Donjon Bat
- Draftrider Bat
- Drearyeyed Bat
- Duskbringer Bat
- Esbat
- Fledermaus
- Fomor's Bat
- Giant Bat
- Gigas's Bat
- Glow Bat
- Goblin's Bat
- Golden Bat
- Grave Bat
- Greater Gayla
- Grossular Bat
- Hazhalm Bat
- Hell Bat
- Hognosed Bat
- Locus Dire Bat
- Macabre Bat
- Maze Lurker
- Moon Bat
- Mouse Bat
- Naraka Bat
- Nightmare Stirge
- Ogre Bat
- Old Two-Wings
- Osschaart's Bat
- Photophobic Bat
- Poison Bat
- Purgatory Bat
- Pyre Bat
- Rufescent Bat
- Sanguine Bat
- Siege Bat
- Specter Bat
- Star Bat
- Stealth Bat
- Stirge
- Stringes
- Thorn Bat
- Tiyanak
- Tomb Bat
- Trained Bat
- Trogloptera
- Twilight Bat
- Upyri
- Utgarth Bat
- Vampire Bat
- Vermilion Bat (MON)
- Warren Bat
- Werebat
- Wolf Bat
- Wraith Bat
Source entry: Category:Giant Bats. Cached on this server on 3 November 2026.