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Hunt 09: A Tingling Toast

Marilith - Rank V

The Hunt to defeat Marilith becomes available immediately after you complete Hunt 08: A Scream from the Sky – Wyvern Lord (Rank II). Marilith is significantly harder to defeat, though. It becomes much easier later in the game, and you should attempt it after the events at the Stilshrine of Miriam and after Judge Bergan has been defeated at Mt Bur-Omisace.

Petitioner

The Tavernmaster in the Sandsea. He is standing behind the counter.

Speaking to the Tavernmaster, the petitioner for Hunt 09 A Tingling Toast for Marilith Map indicating where to find the Tavernmaster

Mark Location

You can find Marilith in the Zertinan Caverns in an area called the Invitation to Heresy. You may or may not have had to venture into the Zertinan Caverns at this stage in the game, but, thankfully it is very easy to find the part of the caverns where Marilith Spawns.

Travel out into the Dalmasca Westersand from Rabanastre. Go through the Galtea Downs, south when you reach The Midfault, into the Simmering Horizons, and look for the cave in the southwest corner of the zone. This entrance leads directly into the section of the cavern that you need.

Marilith will appear after you have stayed in the area for 5 minutes or longer and will appear in the areas lit up with sunlight.

Entrance to the Zertinan Caverns
Marilith
Hunt Battle
Battle against Marilith with her using Gnaw attack

Level: 38
HP: 54,921
Steal: Loot Item IconFire Stone, Loot Item IconPrime Tanned Hide, Loot Item IconFire Crystal

The difficult aspect of the fight against Marilith is the amount of damage that it can do to your party members. Make sure that you have a tank setup with Green Magick IconDecoy active on that character at all times. You should also have either the Green Magick IconBubble spell or a Belt Accessory IconBubble Belt equipped to increase their overall HP.

Have one of your party members set up to keep Black Magick IconBlind active on Marilith for the duration of the fight to reduce the amount of damage done. Try to keep all of your party members under the Time Magick IconHaste status effect as well to counteract Marilith’s Slow spell. You also need to use White Magick IconDispel on Marilith right off the bat to remove its White Magick IconProtect, White Magick IconShell, and Time Magick IconHaste status effects.

Marilith will start executing combos a lot more often as its HP gets low, so be prepared to do a fair bit of healing towards the end of the fight. Use Quickenings and Espers if you need to get in more damage.

Other tactics that you can use involve equipping your main tank with a Dagger Weapon IconMain Gauche and with Gloves Accessory IconGauntlets to reduce the amount of damage that they take. Use Heavy Armor IconShielded Armor to ensure that White Magick IconProtect stays up the whole time.

Battle against Marilith, the mark for Hunt 09 A Tingling Toast White Sword Weapon Icon

Return to the Tavernmaster in Rabanastre once completed. The rewards for completing this Hunt include 2,200 gil, a Loot Item IconSerpent Eye, and 3 Loot Item IconTeleport Stones.

You should complete this Hunt during the intermission period in the Rabanastre following the events at the Stilshrine of Miriam.