MVP

Overview

MVP stands for "Most Valuable Player", a definition not exclusive to Ragnarok Online. However, in Ragnarok Online, this term applies to monsters, not players. A MVP is a monster that has both Boss Protocol and MVP Protocol. They are much stronger than normal monsters and often times require a party to successfully take them down. MVPs appear on a wide range of maps, typically inside Dungeons and Instances but can also be found in fields. Most often, they spawn at certain times that vary from MVP to MVP; some may spawn once every hour, some may respawn only when the server restarts, some even spawn only when a GM decides to spawn it. The spawn time is determined by the last time that a MVP of that kind was killed. In addition to their own stats and skills, MVPs often summon monsters that will fight with them as their minions, making them much harder to defeat. Depending on the MVP, the fight may consist of up to nine monsters, which could be the same kind of monster or different ones.

While individual players may be able to defeat MVPs by themselves, it is significantly easier to fight MVPs in groups. Because of the difficulty in defeating MVPs, such monsters give high amounts of experience. MVPs will also drop exclusive "MVP loot" which is different from and additional to the normal loot from the monster. The MVP loot is added directly into the inventory of the player who achieved the MVP status during the fight.

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 will leave a tomb at the spot in which they were killed. Speaking to the tomb gives information on the MVP's time of death (PST) and the player who received the MVP award for killing it. The tomb will not give information on the MVP's next spawn location or spawn time. Any MVPs spawned by a player, such as Ktullanux, do not leave behind tombs.

List of Normal MVPs

Normal MVPs spawn at 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 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
Image	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
		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
		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
Image	Name	Map	Respawn Time
	Amon Ra	moc_pryd06 (Pyramid B2)	1 hour
	Atroce	ra_fild02 (Oz Gorge 1)	4 hours
		ra_fild03 (Ida Plane 1)	3 hours
		ra_fild04 (Aumdura Grass Land 1)	5 hours
		ve_fild01 (Veins Field 1)	5 hours
		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)	2 hours
	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
	Leak	dew_dun01 (Volcanic Island of Krakatoa)	2 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
Image	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
	Gloom Under Night	ra_san05 (Freyja's Sacred Precinct F5)	5 hours
	Hardrock Mammoth	man_fild03 (Manuk Field 3)	4 hours
	Ktullanux	ice_dun03 (Ice Cave F3)	4 hours
	Kublin	arug_dun01 (Arunafeltz Guild Dungeon)	Server's reboot
		schg_dun01 (Schwarzwald Guild Dungeon)	Server's reboot
	Memory of Thanatos	thana_boss (Thanatos Tower - Summit)	4 hours
	Scaraba Queen	dic_dun02 (Scaraba Hall)	4 hours
	Tendrillion	spl_fild03 (Splendide Field 3)	2 hours

Uber Difficulty
Image	Name	Map	Respawn Time
	Beelzebub	abbey03 (Cursed Abbey F3)	12 hours
	Golden Scaraba Queen	dic_dun03 (Scaraba Hole)	8 hours
	Ifrit	thor_v03 (Thor's Volcano F3)	11 hours
	Kraken	iz_dun05 (Undersea City)	10 hours
	Nightmare Amon Ra	moc_prydn2 (Nightmare Pyramid B2)	4 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
	Timeholder	c_tower4_ (Twisted Clock Tower 4F)	12 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

Instances
Image	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 at 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 at lhz_dun04 (Somatology Laboratory 4). One of those those MVPs, at random, is also spawned inside the Wolfchev's Laboratory instance.

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

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 summoned again for another 2 hours.
• Kraken requires you to kill the five stationary Tentacles on the same map in order to make the boss spawn. Once Kraken has been defeated and 10 hours have passed, the Tentacles will respawn.
• Lord of the Dead does not leave a Tombstone. You can tell that that the MVP is alive by the presence of Loli Ruri monsters on the map.
• Memory of Thanatos does not spawn normally. One must climb the tower and complete the quests in order to summon it. Once successfully summoned and defeated, it can't be summoned again for 4 hours.

Related Items

Headgears

• Abysmal Knight's 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.