Barking Simius

Barking Simius
Subcategory	Simius
Category	Theroid
Location	Noctilum (Canopied Nightwood)
Mission	Chapter 13 (Act 2)

The Barking Simius are bosses in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. Two of them are fought at Noctilum's Canopied Nightwood as part of Chapter 13 (Act 2).

Stats

Stats

	Modifier	Min	Max
Level	—	55	55
HP	×7.8	557,232	557,232
Melee Atk.	×1.2	876	876
Ranged Atk.	×0.95	693	693
Potential	×1.5	1,095	1,095
Evasion	×1	170	170
Melee Acc.	×0.975	253	253
Ranged Acc.	×0.975	248	248
EXP	×4.41	1,993	1,993

Attribute resistances

Attribute	Resistance
Physical	​0%
Beam	​0%
Ether	​-25%
Thermal	​-50%
Electric	​0%
Gravity	​0%

Debuff resistances / immunities

Stagger	Vul.	Control	Res.	Physical Res Down	Vul.
Flinch	Vul.	Taunt	Vul.	Beam Res Down	Vul.
Topple	Res.	Virus	Vul.	Ether Res Down	Vul.
Launch	Vul.	Blackout	Vul.	Thermal Res Down	Vul.
Pull	Vul.	Fatigue	Vul.	Electric Res Down	Vul.
Knockback	Vul.	Slow Arts	Vul.	Gravity Res Down	Vul.
Stun	Vul.	Time Bomb	Vul.	Debuff Res Down	Vul.
Bind	Vul.	Blaze	Vul.	HP Recovery Down	Vul.
Sleep	Vul.	Shock	Vul.	Max TP Down	Vul.

Shape

Detection

Icon(s)
Sight	Cone of length 1000m and angle 360°
Sound	Sphere of radius 900m
Kindred group	Group 42
Ground hostility	Hostile
Skell hostility	Hostile

Appendages

Description	Label	HP	Hardness	Skell-tgt.	Protected by	Break debuff	Enrage rate
Head	(Head)	10%	±0	Yes	—	Appendage Lost I	0%
Tail	(Tail)	35%	-1	No	—	Appendage Lost I	100%
Left hand	(Fist)	30%	±0	No	—	Appendage Lost I	0%
Right hand	(Fist)	50%	±0	No	—	Appendage Lost I	0%
Appendage diagram

Properties

Type	Boss
Size	Large
Passive skills	Increases buff/debuff tiers by 1.
	The lower its current HP percentage, the higher the damage dealt.
	Boosts Ether resistance by 25%.
Model scale	100%
Music	Black tar
Internal level range	55-55
Time	Anytime
Weather	Any
Enemy caption	A simius found and fought in the Canopied Nightwood for a sample of its genetic material. Elma was, predictably, successful in this task.

Arts

Disclaimer: This is the list of arts the enemy can use. The enemy will not necessarily choose to use them.

	Art	Appendages	Cooldown	Type	Attribute	Power	Hits	Range	Debuff	Reaction		Effect
										Foot	Skell
※	Megaton Punch	Right hand	60.00s	Melee attack	Thermal	375	1	Opponent, single target up to 25m away	—	Stagger III	Stagger I	The lower its current HP percentage, the higher the damage dealt.
※	Gatling Punch	—	15.00s	Melee attack	Electric	200	4	Opponent, single target up to 15m away	—	—	—	—
※	Roar	—	15.00s	Ranged attack	Physical	75	1	Opponent, sphere around user's jaw of 50m radius	Physical Res Down I	—	—	—
※	Punch	—	3.00s	Melee attack	Physical	100	1	Opponent, single target up to 15m away	—	—	—	—
※	Tail Swing	Tail	15.00s	Melee attack	Physical	160	1	Opponent, cylinder 8m tall by 20m radius from user's hip	—	—	—	—
※	Rock Toss	—	15.00s	Ranged attack	Physical	160	1	Opponent, single target up to 100m away, homing	—	—	—	Grants a 100% chance of inflicting Topple I to flying targets.
※	Guard	Left hand, Right hand	60.00s	Buff	None	0	1	Self, single target up to 300m away	Defending I	—	—	—

Auras

Enraged VI

HP threshold	100%
Duration	60s
Effects	Boosts melee attack. (by 80%)
	Boosts ranged attack. (by 80%)
	Boosts potential. (by 100%)

Drops

Chest drop rates

Rank	Main body	Head	Tail	Left hand	Right hand
Gold	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Silver	23.75%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Bronze	21.37%	70.00%	70.00%	70.00%	70.00%
None	49.87%	30.00%	30.00%	30.00%	30.00%

Material drops

	Main body	Head	Tail	Left hand	Right hand		Main body
							Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Simius Snack Stash	◯	╳	╳	╳	╳		50.00%	25.00%	5.00%	9.51%
Supple Tail	◯	╳	◯	╳	╳		20.00%	10.00%	5.00%	4.44%
Green Simius Mane	◯	◯	╳	╳	╳		20.00%	10.00%	5.00%	4.44%
Muscled Simius Bulge	◯	╳	╳	◯	◯		20.00%	10.00%	5.00%	4.44%
Hard Backbone	◯	╳	╳	╳	╳		100.00%	50.00%	25.00%	22.22%
Stiff Hair	◯	╳	╳	╳	╳		25.00%	75.00%	100.00%	40.43%

Chest explanation

When choosing the items to appear in each chest, the game first rolls to establish the maximum number of items in the chest.

• For silver chests, the odds are 5.00%, 9.50%, 85.50% for 3, 2, and 1 items respectively.
• For gold chests, the odds are 1.00%, 4.95%, 94.05% for 3, 2, and 1 items respectively.
• If the player is playing online in the Definitive Edition and the enemy is a Tyrant with a silver crown, the chest is guaranteed to contain at least 2 items. If the enemy is a Tyrant with a gold crown, the chest is guaranteed to contain 3 items.

Once the maximum number of items N is determined, the game loops through the list of items that can appear in the chest (the "drop table"), adding them to the chest until N items have been added to the chest. Items are added to the chest as follows:

For each item in drop table:
    roll chance equal to that item's rate
    If success:
        Add item to chest
        If number of items in chest = N: Finish, else: Continue
    Else:
        Continue
    If end of drop table is reached: Go back to first item

This process always terminates by the end of the Nth cycle, because there always exists at least one item with rate 100 (guaranteed) that will be added each loop if all other rolls fail.

Silver chest
(Main body)

Item	Rate
Random ground armor (pool 13)	50
Random ground weapon	100

Gold chest
(Main body)

Item	Rate
Random ground armor (pool 13)	50
Random ground weapon	100

Spawnpoints

Position (DE map coordinates)			Range	Condition	Spawn delay	Level	Prob.	Count	Flags
X	Y	Height
-40.95	56.43	95.35	None	None	None	55	100%	1	Scripted Truesight Hyperaggressive
-40.85	56.49	95.39	None	None	None	55	100%	1	Scripted Truesight Hyperaggressive

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Barking Simius	—
Japanese	バーク・シミウス
French	Simius aboyeur
German	Bellender Simius
Spanish	Simius ladrador
Italian	Simius latrante
Chinese (simplified)	咆哮希米兀猿
Chinese (traditional)	咆哮希米兀猿
Korean	바크 시미우스