MVP

Overview

MVP stands for "Most Valuable Player", a definition not exclusive to Ragnarok Online. This is a monster with Boss Protocol and MVP Protocol and are much stronger than normal monsters. MVPs appear on a wide range of maps, though only at certain times, ranging from once per hour to once per 24 hours since the last MVP of that kind was killed, to when GMs decide to spawn it. In addition to their own stats and skills, MVPs may also summon monsters that will fight with them as their minions, making them even more difficult to defeat. Depending on the MVP, the fight may consist of up to nine monsters, which may all be the same monster or different ones.

While individual players may be able to defeat a MVP by themselves, players will find it substantially easier to defeat MVPs in groups. Because of the difficulty in defeating MVPs, such monsters give a high amount of experience and any items they may drop are added directly into the inventory of the player who had dealt the most damage to it.

MVPs are also free-for-all, which means that anyone can attack them, regardless of who found it first or who summoned it.

Tomb

When killed, MVPs not spawned by a player (e.g. Ktullanux, see Special Spawn section) will leave behind a Tomb at the spot in which they were killed. Speaking to the Tomb yields the MVP's time of death, along with the name of the player who received the MVP award for killing it. The Tomb does not give information as to the time or location the MVP will spawn next time. The time given is in PST.

Normal MVPs

Normal MVPs spawn a set amount of time after the previous one was defeated plus a random amount of time, which is anywhere from 10 to 60 minutes. For example, if Amon Ra is defeated at 11:00, it would spawn again in between 12:00 and 12:10. If a MVP spawns in multiple places, the two times are independent of one another and the respawn period may be different. Below is a list of all normal MVPs, where they are located, and the time that needs to elapse before it will respawn.

Low Difficulty MVPs
Name	Map	Respawn Time
Doppelganger	gef_dun02 (Geffen Dungeon F3)	2 hours
Dracula	gef_dun01 (Geffen Dungeon F2)	1 hour
Drake	treasure02 (Sunken Ship F2)	2 hours
Eddga	pay_fild10 (Payon Forest 10)	2 hours
Eddga	pay_fild11 (Payon Forest 11)	2 hours
Garm	xmas_fild01 (Lutie Field)	2 hours
Golden Thief Bug	prt_sewb4 (Prontera Culvert F4)	1 hour
Moonlight Flower	pay_dun04 (Payon Cave F5)	1 hour
Orc Hero	gef_fild03 (Geffen Field 3)	1 hour
Orc Hero	gef_fild14 (Geffen Field 12)	1 hour
Orc Lord	gef_fild10 (Geffen Field 10)	2 hours
Osiris	moc_pryd04 (Pyramid F4)	1 hour
Phreeoni	moc_fild15 (Sograt Desert 15)	2 hours

Medium Difficulty
Name	Map	Respawn Time
Amon Ra	moc_pryd06 (Pyramid B2)	1 hour
Atroce	ra_fild02 (Oz Gorge 1)	4 hours
Atroce	ra_fild03 (Ida Plane 1)	3 hours
Atroce	ra_fild04 (Aumdura Grass Land 1)	5 hours
Atroce	ve_fild01 (Veins Field 1)	5 hours
Atroce	ve_fild02 (Veins Field 2)	6 hours
Bacsojin	lou_dun03 (Suei Long Gon)	117 minutes
Baphomet	gl_cas02 (Glast Heim Castle F2)	2 hours
Boitata	bra_dun02 (Beyond the Waterfall F2)	-
Dark Lord	gl_chyard (Glast Heim Chuchyard)	1 hour
Evil Snake Lord	gon_dun03 (Arcadia)	94 minutes
Kiel-D-01	kh_dun02 (Robot Factory F2)	2 hours
Lady Tanee	ayo_dun02 (Inside the Ancient Shrine)	7 hours
Lord of the Dead	niflheim (Nifelheim, Realm of the Dead)	133 minutes
Maya	anthell02 (Ant Hell F2)	2 hours
Mistress	mjolnir_04 (Mt. Mjolnir 4)	2 hours
Pharaoh	in_sphinx5 (Sphinx F5)	1 hour
RSX 0806	ein_dun02 (Einbroch's Mine F2)	125 minutes
Samurai Specter	ama_dun03 (Amatsu's Underground Shrine)	91 minutes
Tao Gunka	beach_dun (Karu, the West Cave)	5 hours
Turtle General	tur_dun04 (Turtle Palace)	1 hour
Zmey Gorynych	mosk_dun02 (Dremuchiy Forest)	2 hours

High Difficulty
Name	Map	Respawn Time
Detardeurus	abyss_03 (Abyss Lake's Underground Cave F3)	3 hours
Fallen Bishop Hibram	abbey02 (Cursed Abbey F2)	2 hours
General Egnigem	lhz_dun02 (Somatology Laboratory F2)	- 2 hours
Golden Scaraba Queen	dic_dun03 (Scaraba Hole)	- 8 hours
Gloom Under Night	ra_san05 (Freyja's Sacred Precinct F5)	5 hours
Hardrock Mammoth	man_fild03 (Manuk Field 3)	- 4 hours
Ifrit	thor_v03 (Thor's Volcano F3)	11 hours
Kraken	iz_dun05 (Undersea City)	- 10 hours
Ktullanux	ice_dun03 (Ice Cave F3)	- 4 hours
Kublin	arug_dun01 (Arunafeltz Guild Dungeon)	-
Kublin	schg_dun01 (Schwarzwald Guild Dungeon)	-
Leak	dew_dun01 (Volcanic Island of Krakatoa)	- 2 hours
Memory of Thanatos	thana_boss (Thanatos Tower - Summit)	- 4 hours
Nightmare Amon Ra	moc_prydn2 (Nightmare Pyramid B2)	- 4 hours
Scaraba Queen	dic_dun02 (Scaraba Hall)	- 4 hours
Tendrillion	spl_fild03 (Splendide Field 3)	- 2 hours
Valkyrie Randgris	odin_tem03 (Odin's Temple F3)	8 hours
Vesper	jupe_core (The Core of Juperos)	- 4 hours
Wounded Morroc	moc_fild22 (Dimensional Gorge)	12 hours

Uber Difficulty
Name	Map	Respawn Time
Beelzebub	abbey03 (Cursed Abbey F3)	12 hours
Nightmare Dark Lord	gl_chyard_ (Nightmare Glast Heim Churchyard)	- 8 hours
Nightmare Baphomet	gl_cas02_ (Nightmare Glast Heim Castle)	- 12 hours
MRPD-0700	verus03 (Verus Central Square)	- 12 hours
Somatology Laboratory 3	- explained below
Somatology Laboratory 4	- explained below
Timeholder	c_tower4_ (Twisted Clock Tower 4F)	- 12 hours

Instances
Name	Instance
Amdarais	Old Glast Heim
Bakonawa	Bakonawa's Lake
Bangungot	Bangungot's Hospital
Buwaya	Buwaya's Cave
Coelacanth	- Malangdo Culvert
Dark Coelacanth	- Malangdo Culvert (Normal)
Depraved Orc Hero	- Orc's Memory
Entweihen Crothen	Endless Tower
Ferocious Coelacanth	- Malangdo Culvert (Hard)
Giant Octopus	- Octopus Cave
Great Demon Baphomet	- Sealed Shrine
Infinite Eddga	Infinite Space
Infinite Orc Hero	Infinite Space
Infinite Osiris	Infinite Space
Infinite Phreeoni	Infinite Space
Infinite Tao Gunka	Infinite Space
Lost Dragon	- Misty Forest Maze
Mutant Coelacanth	- Malangdo Culvert (Hard)
Naght Sieger	Endless Tower
Nidhoggur's Shadow	Nidhoggur's Nest
Realized Amdarais	- Nightmare Old Glast Heim
Realized Root of Corruption	- Nightmare Old Glast Heim
Root of Corruption	- Old Glast Heim
Weird Coelacanth	- Malangdo Culvert (Normal)

Somatology Laboratory Level 3 MVPs

One of the following MVPs (chosen randomly) will spawn between 95 to 150 minutes after the previous MVP is defeated on lhz_dun03 (Somatology Laboratory 3).

• Assassin Cross Eremes
• High Priest Margaretha
• High Wizard Kathryne
• Lord Knight Seyren
• Whitesmith Howard
• Sniper Cecil

Somatology Laboratory Level 4 MVPs

One of the following MVPs (chosen randomly) will spawn between 95 to 150 minutes after the previous MVP is defeated on lhz_dun04 (Somatology Laboratory 4).

• Paladin Randel
• Creator Flamel
• Champion Chen
• Stalker Gertie
• Professor Celia
• Clown Alphoccio
• Gypsy Trentini

One of those those MVPs, at random is also spawned inside the Wolfchev's Laboratory instance.

Special MVP Monsters

The following MVPs have special spawn conditions that do not follow the timed spawn model.

• King Poring is an event boss and only spawns when GMs decide to spawn it. This MVP is classified as SS difficulty.
• Ktullanux is spawned by using 4 Freezing Snow Powder (obtained via the Ice Necklace Quest) or 4 Ice Scale (obtained by defeating Ktullanux previously) to put out the four sacred fires on ice_dun03 (Ice Dungeon 3). Once defeated, Ktullanux cannot be resummoned for another 2 hours.
• Memory of Thanatos does not spawn normally, one must climb the tower and complete the quests, once succesfully summoned and defeated, it can't be resummoned again for 4 hours.

Related Items

Headgears

• Abysmal Knight Helm [1] - Reduces damage taken from Boss monsters by 10%
• Anubis Hat - Reduces damage taken from Boss monsters by 10%
• Odin's Mask - Reduces damage taken from Boss monsters by 3%

Cards

• Abysmal Knight (Weapon) - +25% physical damage done to Boss monsters.
• Alice (Shield) - 40% Less damage taken from Boss monsters and 40% more from normal monsters.