Category:Genus:Vanguard

Vanguard

Genus

Higher Taxonomy Ranks

Bloodless

➥Forgekin

➥Vanguard

Lower Taxonomy Ranks

➥ Magitek Vanguard
Vangob

Common Drops

(&00000000000000090000009) Garlean Steel Joint
(&00000000000000080000008) Garlean Steel Plate
(&00000000000000010000001) Ceruleum Engine Part

The main duty of the autonomous vanguard is to use its cermet drills to bore through castle gates and defensive bulwarks. True to its name, the vanguard is also employed as an advance troop unit, as well as fulfilling the role of base sentinel by destroying enemy siege weaponry.

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Monsters

Name	Levels	Zone
2nd Cohort Vanguard	50	Eastern La Noscea - Agelyss Wise - Castrum Occidens (30-20)
3rd Cohort Vanguard	42	East Shroud - Larkscall
4th Cohort Vanguard	49	Western Thanalan - Cape Westwind - Imperial Outpost (12-7, 10-6)
5th Cohort Vanguard		Mor Dhona - Fogfens - Castrum Centri (11-17)
6th Legion Magitek Vanguard	60	Azys Lla
6th Legion Vanguard	59	Azys Lla
7th Cohort Vanguard	50	Northern Thanalan (17-18)
7th Cohort Vanguard	50	Northern Thanalan - Raubahn's Push (16-20)
Abandoned Vanguard	46	Northern Thanalan - Raubahn's Push (19-16, 18-15, 18-16)
Findertype Magitek Vangob G-III	58	The Dravanian Hinterlands - The Makers' Quarter
Magitek Vangob G-III	50	Eastern La Noscea
Magitek Vanguard F-I	50	Castrum Meridianum - Via Principalis - Area V
Magitek Vanguard H-1	47	Mor Dhona - Fogfens - Castrum Centri (12-16)
Magitek Vanguard H-1	50	Northern Thanalan
Magitek Vanguard H-1	50	Castrum Meridianum - Armamentarium
Magitek Vanguard H-1	45	Coerthas Central Highlands - Boulder Downs - Daniffen Pass (11-24)
Magitek Vanguard H-1	46	Mor Dhona - Fogfens (20-8)
Magitek Vanguard H-3	46	Mor Dhona - Fogfens (12-12)
Magitek Vanguard	44	Coerthas Central Highlands - Boulder Downs - Daniffen Pass (11-24)
Magitek Vanguard	50	Northern Thanalan
Magitek Vanguard	50	Northern Thanalan
Magitek Vanguard	48-49	Northern Thanalan - Raubahn's Push (17-14, 16-14, 16-16)
Vanguard Prototype	49	Northern Thanalan - Raubahn's Push (19-14)

Etymology
"Vanguard" is a word formed from the French words "avant" (before) and "garde" (guard) and refers to the leading units at the front of an army or fleet.

Actions

Name	Description
Cermet Drill	Drill into targets in a frontal line.

Screen Shots
3rd Cohort Vanguard.png 6th Legion Magitek Vanguard.png 6th Legion Vanguard.png Abandoned Vanguard.png Magitek Vangob G-III.png Magitek Vanguard F-I.png Magitek Vanguard H-1.png