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Pil

Job

Family: Caturae

Crystal: None

Resistant to:

Title Obtained: Pil Unfrocker

Pil

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Behemoth's Dominion	❔	Toci's Harness (0.7%) Aliyat Chakram (8.7%) Dilaram's Sollerets (2.3%) Pil's Tuille (2.6%) Heavy Metal (12.2%) Crystal Petrifact (68.2%) Level 76-95 Scrolls Synthesis Materials Medicines Atmacite of Latitude Periapt of Emergence		1 (Per Planar Rift)	A, T(H) ~180,000 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
Spawned by examining a Planar Rift at (E-7), (H-8), or (J-10) in Behemoth's Dominion while in possession of a White Stratum Abyssite III and a Voidstone.	N/A
Special Abilities	Passive Traits
Malign Invocation: AoE damage and Amnesia. Bishop's Gambit: Will recover ~2200 HP and removes debuffs. Will occasionally grant physical and magical damage immunity (more frequently as HP drops). This can only be removed by hitting a weakness stagger or dealing ~1100 damage through the shield. This can be seen as a rotating barrier around him. Flank Opening and Malign Invocation damage is increased by 50% when the shield is up. The shield will only allow 1 type of randomly chosen damage through. (Hand-to-Hand, Blunt, Slashing, Piercing, Ranged Attacks, Magical Damage) Twilight Scythe or Quick Draw damage will always penetrate the shield. Shah Mat: Gains a temporary Terror and Doom gaze. Flank Opening: High AoE damage, knockback, and Defense Down aura	N/A
Physical Qualities	Magical Qualities
N/A	Can cast Tier IV -ga's, AoE Ancient Magic, and below 50% AoE Kaustra and Comet. Can cast Dispelga, Sleepga, Breakga, Slowga, Silencega and AoE Addle.
Further Notes
Susceptible to Slow and Paralyze. (see testimonials)

Historical Background

Pil, also called "elephant", is a piece from the Persian version of chess called Shatranj. The Pīl was replaced by the bishop in modern chess.

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