Deactivating N.O.X.

This is one of the three quests given by the Image of Zinn from the Golem User Manual. This one deals with neutralizing N.O.X. and retrieving its power crystal. Prince Bokka purchased the N.O.X. golem for a re-enactment of the Asuran settlement of the Tarnished Coast. However, N.O.X.'s true purpose is to assassinate Prince Bokka as well as Prince Ahmtur and Prince Mehtu. Save the prince and deactivate N.O.X. before the golem assassinates the leaders of Vabbi and destabilizes all of Elona. Make haste to Bokka's Palace in Resplendent Makuun. One of Bokka's attendents should be more than willing to take you to the prince.

Objectives

 * Speak with Attendant to the Prince in Resplendent Makuun.
 * Defend Prince Bokka. He must survive.
 * Deactivate N.O.X.

Reward

 * N.O.X.'s Power Crystal

Walkthrough
Head into Resplendent Makuun and follow the quest marker to find an Attendant to the Prince who would be willing to take you to the prince. Upon confirmation, the party will be brought to Bokka Amphitheatre, just in time to save Prince Bokka from getting killed.

The fight against N.O.X. has three stages.
 * 1) The first stage begins as soon as players enter the quest; it consists of defending Prince Bokka as N.O.X. attacks. During this stage, Bit Golems will appear through the map, damaging nearby allies. Keep an eye on Bokka as he runs around the map; he can get body blocked by the smaller golems and they can kill him if you leave him alone too long.
 * 2) The second stage begins once N.O.X.'s health has been reduced to approximately 80%. Bokka will escape the area and N.O.X. will summon reinforcements (see below) that will will continually spawn in the area. If you allow them to spawn uncontrolled N.O.X. will eventually be able to defeat the party with a single hit. However, all its skills during this stage are spells with long casting times; bring interrupts, skills that daze, or other counters to his casting; this will allow you to defeat him while ignoring most of his reinforcements. Left unattended, the rectifiers will start outhealing your damage, so one good strategy is to have part of the team focus on MOX and the remainder on keeping its allies to a manageable number.phantom spell, and then removing the hexes with spells like Shatter Hex.
 * 3) * Phantom Bit Golems (increase the power of N.O.X.'s N.O.X. Phantom skill),
 * 4) * Thunder Bit Golems (increase the power of N.O.X.'s N.O.X. Thunder),
 * 5) * Fire Bit Golems (increase the power of N.O.X.'s N.O.X. Fire),
 * 6) * Rectifier Bit Golems (heal N.O.X.), and
 * 7) * Breaker Bit Golems (inflict random conditions on the party)
 * 8) The third stage begins once N.O.X.'s health has been reduced to 50%. All remaining reinforcement golems will explode (damaging adjacent party members) and those that appear from now on will explode for 150 AoE damage as soon as they spawn. Spread out to avoid getting overwhelmed and, if possible, keep moving around. During this stage, N.O.X. will switch skills again, to N.O.X. Knuckle, N.O.X. Field Dash and N.O.X. Divider Drive.
 * 9) Once you reduce N.O.X.'s health below 25%, it will be defeated.

Skill recommendations

 * Skills that cause Daze (e.g. Broad Head Arrow) and interrupts are extremely helpful.
 * To prevent N.O.X.ion Buster, you must interrupt N.O.X. between the end of Countdown and activation of ion buster.
 * Party-wide heals are very helpful in countering the AoE damage from the bit golems and protecting Bokka during phase 1. Party-wide damage reduction is also useful for this, especially Union or Shelter.

NPCs
In Bokka Amphitheatre:

Allies

 * 20 (20) Prince Bokka
 * 20 (20) Vabbian Actress (dead)
 * 20 (20) Vabbian Actor (dead)
 * 20 (20) Vabbian Theater Manager (dead)
 * 20 (20) Vabbian Stagehand (dead)

Foes

 * 20 (26) Bit Golem
 * 20 (26) Breaker Bit Golem
 * 20 (26) Fire Bit Golem
 * 20 (26) Phantom Bit Golem
 * 20 (26) Rectifier Bit Golem
 * 20 (26) Thunder Bit Golem

Bosses

 * 29 (29) N.O.X.

Initial dialogue
''Prince Bokka purchased the N.O.X. golem for a re-enactment of the Asuran settlement of the Tarnished Coast. However, N.O.X.'s true purpose is to assassinate Prince Bokka as well as Prince Ahmtur and Prince Mehtu. Save the prince and deactivate N.O.X. before the golem assassinates the leaders of Vabbi and destabilizes all of Elona. Make haste to Bokka's Palace in Resplendent Makuun. One of Bokka's attendants should be more than willing to take you to the prince.''
 * Zinn

Intermediate dialogue
In Resplendent Makuun:
 * Attendant to the Prince
 * Prince Bokka is in grave danger. You must tell me where he is at once!
 * Danger? Ridiculous! Prince Bokka is loved by all. No one would ever think of harming him. Now be gone and speak no more of this supposed danger.
 * The prince's new toy, N.O.X., is programmed to assassinate him. Take me to Bokka before it's too late!
 * You mean that golem that arrived this morning? Preposterous! It came from a most reputable source, the great Asuran inventor Zinn. I assure you, Prince Bokka is quite safe.
 * Zinn sent me to protect Prince Bokka. Take me to him NOW unless you want to be blamed for his death.
 * Alright, I'll take you to Prince Bokka. Are you ready to leave?
 * ingame We were ready when we got here. If you're finally ready, we're ready. (sent to Bokka Amphitheatre)
 * ingame Wait, I won? You'll take me to Bokka? I wasn't ready for that...
 * ingame Thanks for the chat, but I have to run.
 * ingame Thanks for the chat, but I have to run.

In Bokka Amphitheatre:
 * Prince Bokka: :"Don't just stand there! Save me! Save me!"
 * N.O.X.:: "*AC-QUIR-ING TAR-GET: Prince Bokka*"

When N.O.X. reaches 75/80% health, phase 2 will start.
 * Prince Bokka: :"Women and princes first. No. Wrong. Princes first!"
 * N.O.X.:: "*TAR-GET ES-CAP-ING, ACT-I-VATE RE-IN-FORCE-MENTS, RE-MOVE HOS-TILES*"

Once N.O.X. reaches 50%, phase 3 will start. (This is the time to start spreading out.)
 * N.O.X.:: "*DA-MAGE EX-CEEDS EX-PEC-TED RE-SULTS, DIS-EN-GAGE LIM-I-TER, IN-CREASE CORE OUT-PUT*"

Reward dialogue
''N.O.X. appears fully deactivated. You reach out and open up his control panel. Inside lies the golem's power crystal. It emits a strange buzzing sound and vibrates erratically, almost as if something is trying to escape. This is the object Zinn requires. You only need to reach out and take it.''
 * N.O.X.

Trivia

 * This quest was credited to Linsey Murdock.