Ruminator
Ruminator is a Rank S Elite Mark found in Mare Lamentorum.
Killing the Elite Mark will reward the player up to 
100 Sacks of Nuts, 
100 Allagan Tomestones of Poetics, 
30 Allagan Tomestones of Aesthetics, 1 
Cracked Anthocluster and 1 
Cracked Dendrocluster.
Coordinates
Mare Lamentorum
(x11.5, y23.2), (x16.5, y28.7), (x16.6, y24.6), (x18.4, y21.7), (y24.4, y33.5), (x29.8, y30.5), (x36.3, y27.2)
Spawn Conditions
Trigger
Kill 100 Thinkers, 100 Weepers, and 100 Wanderers.
- Thinkers - Northern Mare Lamentorum (x20,y21)
- Weepers - The Chlorophosgrot (x31,y32)
- Wanderers - The Searing Brand (x26,y26)
Time
84 to 132 hours after it's been killed; or alternatively 50 to 80 hours after maintenance has ended.
Tips and Tricks
- Chitinous Trace: The Ruminator displays a series of 2-4 harmless AoE telegraphs. These indicators are either rings that leave the Ruminator's hitbox safe, or melee-range circles centered on the Ruminator. The Ruminator will follow this ability up with either Chitinous Advance or Chitinous Reversal.
- Chitinous Advance: The AoEs telegraphed by Chitinous Trace occur in the order they appeared.
- Chitinous Reversal: The AoEs telegraphed by Chitinous Trace occur in reverse order, starting with last indicator displayed and ending with the first.
Description
“Our star shields us from what are doubtless many perils beyond. One need only look to the moon to see that this is so—whether the result of scouring sun or the harsh chill of darkness, 'tis a grim and barren face it shows us.
I do believe, however, that certain organisms may be suited to its harsh climes. Myriad fungi, for instance, are deceptively resilient—and would doubtless be even more so should they be exposed to trying circumstances for centuries!
This brings me to my hypothesis, which is thus—over the course of generations, lunar fungi will have developed the capacity to think! Perhaps ruminate over the meaning of their very existence...
Regardless, these sentient fungi will have learned to communicate with one another by now. The ability to alert other members of their colony to incoming danger would be exceptionally useful for survival, after all.— Chrysielle, Old Sharlayan Aetheryte Plaza, Old Sharlayan