S-Rank hunts in Final Fantasy 14 are funny little things. Each S-Rank monster comes with specific spawn conditions, some of which are awfully niche. Want to spawn Armstrong, a monster from Endwalker? Whack on some gear you pick up from a level 46 quest in A Realm Reborn, die in a specific spot and hope he turns up.
Spawning Salt and Light requires you to discard items from your inventory 50 times, a painfully tedious process. With other bizarre spawn conditions including using Blue Mage's self-destruct spell to KO yourself, crafting a high-quality steak, or flying over spawn points with a specific minion summoned, deciphering how to prompt these foes to appear can be a bit of a task. Thanks to groups of dedicated hunters, these riddles usually get figured out pretty quickly.
.. that is, except for one pesky elite enemy from Dawntrail, the game's latest expansion, which left players utterly stumped for days.
Kirlirger the Abhorrent was one of the newest S-Rank hunts to be added in the game's 7.05 patch, which was released on July 30. Yet three days later, on August 2, he was still nowhere to be found.
Hunters' increasingly desperate attempts to spawn him were highlighted on Twitter, with some of my favourite suggestions being to emote dozing on a "landmine" (what hunters call fixed spawn points on each map), popping on a pair of sunglasses, or walking around spawn points as a crafter or gatherer. How do players even get an idea of where to start? Thankfully Final Fantasy 14 doe.