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Nihniknoovi

Job:
Family: Bird
Crystal: Fire
Weak to: Ice

Notorious Monster

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
La Theine Plateau	14	Van Pendant (100%)		1	A, L
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:

Chance of spawning from one of the FallenEgg that load at various spots in the zone.
- (I-6), (J-6), (L-7), (L-10), (L-11), or (K-7) somewhere amongst the trees.
- Chance of spawning: (???%)
- (J-6) Fallen Egg spawn, not in the visual of the trees on map.
  
  One location not in the trees on the map was at (J-6).
- May obtain a Bird Egg when FallenEgg is checked.
- Chance of only getting the message:
  There is a broken egg on the ground here.
  Perhaps there is a nest in the boughs of this tree.
FallenEgg has a respawn timer of 5 minutes. If Nihniknoovi spawned, it will respawn 30 minutes later.
Nihniknoovi has an extremely fast attack rate, not far off from Hundred Fists, and between 575 - 850 HP.
Soloable by level 25 for most jobs.

(see testimonials)

Hunt Registry

Elusiveness

Ferocity

Required Scylds

Rewarded Scylds

Evolith

Northern San d'Oria (E-8)

Spirit Surge: Ability Delay -

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Historical Background

In Native American mythology (specifically the Kawaiisu of Southern California), Nihniknoovi (sometimes called Nihnoovi) is a fierce hawk which snatched people off the land and carried them off to the mountains, where it devoured them. It is commonly known as the “man-carrying bird”. It is unclear what it means, but niwinookaridi means “person-carrying” in the Kawaiisu language.

Source entry: Nihniknoovi. Cached on this server on 4 November 2026.