Monberaux

Who is Monberaux?

Monberaux is the resident doctor of Upper Jeuno, a Hume physician who runs a clinic and treats adventurers and citizens alike. He is a well-known NPC that many players interact with during quests, and he brings his medical expertise to the battlefield as a trust. Instead of traditional magic, he uses alchemical mixtures to support the party.

What They Do

Role	Support / Utility
Main Job	Alchemist
Sub Job	None
Expansion	Jeuno
Login Points Cost	100 points (Set 5)

Key Abilities

• Mix (Alchemical Support) — Monberaux uses a unique "Mix" ability to combine alchemical ingredients into various support effects. These can include healing, status removal (curing poison, paralysis, and other debuffs), and other utility effects. Mix is not found on any other trust, making Monberaux one-of-a-kind in terms of his ability set.
• Status Removal — One of Monberaux's most useful traits is his ability to remove harmful status effects from party members. If an enemy poisons you, paralyzes you, or blinds you, Monberaux can use his mixtures to cleanse those debuffs. This is similar to what a White Mage does with spells like Poisona or Paralyna, but done through alchemy instead.

Ability Summary

Base behaviour: standard retail AI. See individual spell lua for detailed gambit list.

Scythe Tier Upgrades

Trade Trust Stones / Gems / Jewels plus the quest item at the upgrade NPC to progress this trust through tiers. Rows show the active bonuses after lower-tier bonuses are included.

Tier	Unlocks
Tier I	Passive: +15% max HP, +10 Defense
Tier II	Passive: +30% max HP, +20 Defense
Tier III (MAX)	Passive: +50% max HP, +30 Defense

Upgrade Requirements

These are the exact items and extra gates checked by the upgrade NPC. Trust currency is stored on your character, not in inventory.

Tier	Currency	Trade Item	Extra Requirement
Tier I	5 Trust Stones	20x Ancient Beastcoin (Limbus; item ID 1875)	Alchemy skill 50+
Tier II	10 Trust Gems	1x Ayanmo Manopolas (Ambuscade hands; item ID 25810)	Alchemy skill 80+
Tier III (MAX)	5 Trust Jewels	1x Morrigan's Coronal (Salvage head; item ID 16100)	Alchemy skill 100+

When to Use Monberaux

Monberaux is a capable support trust with a wide toolkit. He immediately opens with Protect and Shell on every party member, then maintains Regen, STR boost, Magic DEF, and Magic ATK buffs throughout the fight. His healing covers three thresholds — 250, 500, and 700 HP potions by default, scaling up to 500, 1000, and 1400 HP at Tier III. He also restores MP when the party drops below 50%, and covers nearly every debuff in the game: Poison, Paralysis, Blindness, Silence, Plague, Petrification, Curse, Doom, and general erasable debuffs.

His main limitation is that he does not move — he stays exactly where he was summoned. Position him in a safe spot before engaging, or he will be left behind if the fight moves. He also never auto-attacks, so he contributes no direct damage. Status removal is single-target by default; AoE versions unlock through the in-game donation mechanic (gil donation sets the monbAoe CharVar). He is immune to sleep, which makes him reliable in fights that spam sleep AoE.

Unlike mages, Monberaux never runs out of healing. His abilities are mob skills, not MP-based spells — he has effectively no usable MP pool. No matter how long the fight lasts, he will keep throwing potions and removing debuffs without ever going dry.

He works well as a secondary support alongside a dedicated healer, covering buffs and debuff removal so your healer can focus on keeping HP topped off. At Tier III his potion heals are substantial enough to matter in most content.

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