Anti-Bot monsters

My question is, do they actually drop the book cards? Cause it would be a pain trying to get 5 cards for each of them >_>

Yes, more than likely they drop.

In JMS, someone has EVERY SINGLE COPY of the bot catcher cards...

Whats the Tear used for?

Whats the Tear used for?

Npc?

Does anyone know or have an estimate on anti-bot spawn time? Are they all the same? So far, if I had to take an estimate, i'd say they're at least a couple hours.

Since it's blue-texted, i think the answer is server-sided but has anyone maybe tried to time it and check like every 30min or so and narrow it down to an exact spawn time?

this is what I do when I go somewhere that area boss/anti-bot monsters should spawn...
Check map for the monster.
Kill some monsters around you.
Wait.
If the message doesn't pop up, cc.

I have collected quite a few magatia anti-bot monster etc items... but no card o.O

Does anyone know or have an estimate on anti-bot spawn time? Are they all the same? So far, if I had to take an estimate, i'd say they're at least a couple hours.

Since it's blue-texted, i think the answer is server-sided but has anyone maybe tried to time it and check like every 30min or so and narrow it down to an exact spawn time?

Most of the guessing has been wrong so far.
The map data has the following Elements:

protectItem 1102109
timeMob id 6090001
timeMob startHour 22
timeMob endHour 14
timeMob message The Snow Witch has appeared in the midst of a snowstorm. Offer drop items on the Altar of the Hunter to appease the angry Snow Witch.

ProtectItem points to the vnum of the reactor object with the script to disable the botcatcher.
TimeMob ID is the vnum of the mob to summon.
startHour and EndHour are the time range that the bot catcher is active. The mob will only respawn during this period when it's mobtime is up.
timeMob message is the message displayed when the mob is summoned.

Further down you can also find:

life 26 id 6090001
life 26 mobTime 3600

This is the instance of the mob on the map, and how frequently it should appear, 3600 being an hour.

It's questionable whether or not it's only summoning between the startHour and EndHour, but the functionality for it to do so was originally there, making it possible for the magatia mobs to only summon overnight.

Rurumo in particular has a very jacked up schedule:

Catcher	startHour	endHour	mobTime	message
Deet and Roi	3	7	2400	With the fricatives of rusty machines, Deet and Roi has appeared. Complete the pentacle to weaken Deet and Roi.
Master Dummy	3	7	2400	The Master Dummy has begun patrolling the Beginner Training Center. Record your name on the Training Diary to avoid getting scolded by the Master Dummy.
Riche	0	4	3600	Riche has appeared.
Rurumo	3	7	2400	With undecipherable whispers, Rurumo has appeared. Use the poison spray to weaken Rurumo.
Scholar Ghost	22	14	3600	A cry of a ghost is echoing throughout the hills. The Scholar Ghost has appeared. Offer the tail of a Three-Tailed-Fox on the Stone Tower to appease the grieving Scholar Ghost.
Security Camera	3	7	3600	Automated Security System will activate. Operate the control unit to regulate the system.
Shade	22	14	3600	Shade has appeared from the shadow of the subway. You must light the street lamp on Shade to weaken its power.
Snow Witch	22	14	3600	The Snow Witch has appeared in the midst of a snowstorm. Offer drop items on the Altar of the Hunter to appease the angry Snow Witch.

So Rurumo spawns every 40 minutes between between 3 am and 7 am PST. Yeah. That's not entirely worthless, not at all.

Making these monsters drop cards is one of the more retarded things Nexon has done.

Eos, whats the spawn data for Deet and Roy?

Making these monsters drop cards is one of the more retarded things Nexon has done.

[COLOR="teal"]orly?




This was taken probably around 1-2am pst. The only times I were able to check showed me that it spawns within 4 hours.[/COLOR]

Eos, whats the spawn data for Deet and Roy?

Added it.

Well, Judging by the times.. Getting the cards for these will be easy on weekends for me..

I guess i'll try hunting Lich cards, then head to Magatia and start hunting those, then at 6, head to the other places.

Oh, you forgot one more entry. The samurai anti bot monster also, even though it does not drop a card.

Oh, you forgot one more entry. The samurai anti bot monster also, even though it does not drop a card.

The bamboo master was not present.

Well, Judging by the times.. Getting the cards for these will be easy on weekends for me..

I guess i'll try hunting Lich cards, then head to Magatia and start hunting those, then at 6, head to the other places.

Oh, you forgot one more entry. The samurai anti bot monster also, even though it does not drop a card.

I think jake [jms one you know] said that the bamboo anti-bot is onyl in jms for some reason. Ask him for details

@eos: If i'm reading that chart right, then my original theory is correct and it helps a lot. So far I can't think of an instance where i found one outside of the time table

Downside, I now gotta stay up really late or get up really early on weekends for some of them T_T

[COLOR="teal"]orly?




This was taken probably around 1-2am pst. The only times I were able to check showed me that it spawns within 4 hours.[/COLOR]

Wow...you found one? Good friggin' luck getting the rest, then getting 4 more for each of them.

Whats the Tear used for?

I have well over 100 of those (and killed more than 250 witches) and still no monster card.

There isn't a use for the Tear, other than looking pretty in shop. lol @ the ppl buying them.

Hit it 5 times to make the poison spray come out

oooh that's how it works! ahaha I did try dropping wires and stuff on it or hitting the handle, but simply wacking it five times is all it takes lol...
Thanks! now I can actually kill those Rurumo's xD

Making these monsters drop cards is one of the more retarded things Nexon has done.

True. If they were supposed to catch botters, why the hell would they make them drop cards and force people to kill them? Doesn't this prevent it from stopping botters ;/?

Most of the guessing has been wrong so far.
The map data has the following Elements:

protectItem 1102109
timeMob id 6090001
timeMob startHour 22
timeMob endHour 14
timeMob message The Snow Witch has appeared in the midst of a snowstorm. Offer drop items on the Altar of the Hunter to appease the angry Snow Witch.

ProtectItem points to the vnum of the reactor object with the script to disable the botcatcher.
TimeMob ID is the vnum of the mob to summon.
startHour and EndHour are the time range that the bot catcher is active. The mob will only respawn during this period when it's mobtime is up.
timeMob message is the message displayed when the mob is summoned.

Further down you can also find:

life 26 id 6090001
life 26 mobTime 3600

This is the instance of the mob on the map, and how frequently it should appear, 3600 being an hour.

It's questionable whether or not it's only summoning between the startHour and EndHour, but the functionality for it to do so was originally there, making it possible for the magatia mobs to only summon overnight.

Rurumo in particular has a very jacked up schedule:

Catcher	startHour	endHour	mobTime	message
Deet and Roi	3	7	2400	With the fricatives of rusty machines, Deet and Roi has appeared. Complete the pentacle to weaken Deet and Roi.
Master Dummy	3	7	2400	The Master Dummy has begun patrolling the Beginner Training Center. Record your name on the Training Diary to avoid getting scolded by the Master Dummy.
Riche	0	4	3600	Riche has appeared.
Rurumo	3	7	2400	With undecipherable whispers, Rurumo has appeared. Use the poison spray to weaken Rurumo.
Scholar Ghost	22	14	3600	A cry of a ghost is echoing throughout the hills. The Scholar Ghost has appeared. Offer the tail of a Three-Tailed-Fox on the Stone Tower to appease the grieving Scholar Ghost.
Security Camera	3	7	3600	Automated Security System will activate. Operate the control unit to regulate the system.
Shade	22	14	3600	Shade has appeared from the shadow of the subway. You must light the street lamp on Shade to weaken its power.
Snow Witch	22	14	3600	The Snow Witch has appeared in the midst of a snowstorm. Offer drop items on the Altar of the Hunter to appease the angry Snow Witch.

So Rurumo spawns every 40 minutes between between 3 am and 7 am PST. Yeah. That's not entirely worthless, not at all.

so, shade and snow witch spawn at all times except 3-9pm pst?

Interesting thing to note:

Snipe bypasses the need to get rid of their "barriers". Silly snipe and the constant glitches.

Interesting thing to note:

Snipe bypasses the need to get rid of their "barriers". Silly archers and their constant glitches.

Fixed.

Also, exactly what maps do they spawn in, I want to go hunt them later.

Edit: Oh, and I think (THINK) that 3600 actually is an hour and a half. I've been hunting shade, I killed one at 1:23 EST, came back at 2:23 EST, there were none, stayed there killing some Wraiths until 2:53 EST, where one finally came. Now, I came back at 3:53 EST, and again, none, so now im just waiting to see if it indeed will come at 4:23.