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Adamantoise

Scalekin Lightning auto-attack

These immense tortoises native to Thavnair found their way to Eorzea near the end of the Sixth Astral Era—a shipment of dodo eggs intended for feast days had some unintentional additions. The scalekin that were spared consumption hatched and proliferated, their eggs now considered a rare delicacy.

Where to tame it

Primary source

Giant Tortoise

Source: Open world
Enemy: Giant Tortoise
Where: Central Thanalan
Coordinates
Level: 12

Alternate sources

Collected from Gamer Escape's bestiary data; not yet verified in game.

Giant Tortoise · Western Thanalan Open world · Lv. 12
Adamantoise · South Shroud Open world · Lv. 31

Tempered Release: Harden Shell

Reduces physical vulnerability and improves petrification resistance of allies.

Orders your familiar to use Harden Shell, reducing nearby party members' physical vulnerability by 20%.

Duration: 48s
Additional Effect: Increases petrification resistance of all nearby party members, and reduces the duration of petrification-related status afflictions by 80%
Duration: 30s
Additional Effect: Grants Lingering Vantage
Duration: 60s
Can only be executed while in combat and under the effect of One with Nature.

Radius 20y

Trick: Bestial Thunder II

Eldritch

Deals lightning-aspected damage.

Orders your familiar to use Bestial Thunder II, dealing lightning damage with a potency of 450 to target and all enemies nearby it.

Potency increases up to 1,500 as Familiar TP nears maximum.
Minimum Familiar TP Gauge Cost: 100
Instinctual Affinity: Eldritch
May be used alongside beastmaster instinctual skills to initiate or complete combos.

Range 25y · Radius 8y

Borrow: Scaleskin

A magic barrier worth 8% of your max HP for 15s; 85 TP if it is fully absorbed.

Shared by every Scalekin familiar.

Beast details

Classification: Scalekin
Auto-attack: Lightning
Feed capacity: 2
Patch: 7.56