Sabotenders are ambulatory cacti native to the Altepa Desert in Final Fantasy XI. They are well-known among adventurers for their merciless and fierce nature, especially when attacked. Their infamous ability, 1000 Needles, fires one-thousand of the eponymous projectiles at everything nearby. While this assault is survivable when divided across a group, it can easily claim the life of a lonely desert traveler.
Sabotenders are sometimes hunted for valuable Cactus Stems. These can yield lucrative items when properly grown in a mog house's garden.
Campaign Allies[]
- Camlin
NPCs[]
- Camlin
Beastmaster Pets[]
Special attacks[]
- 1000 Needles: Deals 1000 damage, divided among all applicable targets.
- 2000 Needles: Deals 2000 damage, divided among all applicable targets. Only used by Nightmare Sabotender.
- 4000 Needles: Deals 4000 damage, divided among all applicable targets. Only used by Nightmare Sabotender.
- 10000 Needles: Deals 10000 damage, divided among all applicable targets. Only used by certain notorious monsters.
- ??? Needles: Deals extremely high damage to all players within a small radius. Only used by certain notorious monsters.
- Needleshot: Single-target damage.
- Photosynthesis: Self-Regen effect.
Gallery[]
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Etymology[]
Sabotender (サボテンダー, Sabotendā?) is derived from mixing the Japanese word for cactus (サボテン, saboten?) and the English word "pretender" (プリテンダー, puritendā?).