

The Danish forms Nidhug and Nidhøg can also be encountered or Norwegian Nidhogg and Swedish Nidhögg.Īccording to the Gylfaginning part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, Níðhǫggr is a being which gnaws one of the three roots of Yggdrasill. The Modern Icelandic form Níðhöggur is also sometimes seen, with special characters or similarly anglicized. The name can be represented in English texts with i for í th, d or (rarely) dh for ð o for ǫ and optionally without r as in Modern Scandinavian reflexes. purge]The Níðhöggr (meaning "malice striker" in Old Norse, commonly anglicized as "Nidhogg") is a dragon in Norse mythology who would eat the roots of Yggdrasil, the world tree.In the standardized Old Norse orthography, the name is spelled Níðhǫggr, but the letter ǫ is frequently replaced with the Modern Icelandic ö for reasons of familiarity or technical expediency.Players are awarded the title "Nidhogg Slayer" upon defeating Nidhogg for the first time.If players are under the "Signet" status, Nidhogg may drop up to 4 Fire Crystals.Until 2008, Nidhogg was the only place in the game to get the Adaman Hauberk, Koenig Cuirass, or Hecatomb Subligar.For six years the item served absolutely no purpose until it was added as an ingredient in a furnishing recipe for woodworkers. This is the only place to obtain the Nidhogg's Scales item.Nidhogg also drops several thousand gil upon defeat.One Dragon Heart, Dragon Blood, and Wyrm Beard will always drop.There is a random chance for a second abjuration to drop, including the same abjuration as the first. One Abjuration will always drop, each of the four with an equal chance of generating in the pool.Used to uncurse Hecatomb Subligar, powerful legwear for damage dealers Used to uncurse Koenig Cuirass, heavy body armor with great defenses Used to uncurse Adaman Hauberk, powerful body armor for Front-line combatants Used to uncurse Dalmatica, powerful cloak for Mages Synthesis Material used in Woodworking recipes Synthesis Material used in Bonecrafting recipes Synthesis Material used in Cooking recipes

Synthesis Material used in Alchemy and Cooking recipes Synthesis Material used in Alchemy recipes Boost: Raises Nidhogg's Attack, Defense, and Magic Defense astronomically for roughly 30 seconds noticeable by the dust-cloud that appears upon use, and its raised wings.Īll drop rates calculated with Treasure Hunter +4 effect.Generally will cause a player alliance to be instantly killed. Spike Flail: Catastrophic area damage when hate is taken from behind.Dragon Breath: Heavy frontal cone Fire-based damage.Absolute Terror: Inflicts a single target with the Terror status, an irremovable Stun effect.Horrid Roar: Dispels at random one beneficial effect.Hurricane Wing: Moderate area damage, severe but brief Blind effect.To avoid damage from Dragon Breath and Spike Flail, the most common strategy to defeat any Wyrm is to fight it with all party members standing at either side of its front, more or less on its front toes. All of its special attacks will strike every player within its immediate proximity, not simply the specific player-alliance fighting it. Nidhogg has a variety of devastating abilities shared by most monsters in the Wyrm family, as well as an unnamed unique ability which boosts all of its stats significantly for a short span of time. It is several levels higher than Fafnir, and has essentially the same character model on-screen but is somewhat larger. Nidhogg is a Hyper Notorious Monster (one of the three HQ Land Kings) in Final Fantasy XI, found in the Dragon's Aery, as a forced spawn for its Normal-Quality placeholder counterpart Fafnir, using the item Sweet Tea. Nidhogg appearing in the Dragon's Aery, its natural habitat.
