Editing Textdata NN.dat (section)

== Monster block (type-9, cols 3–31) ==

<code>MonsterRecord_Init @ 00485c10</code> stores the 32-column stat line into <code>0x24–0x9c</code> (col32 is not read; col3 is a byte, the rest ints). Partial labelling below; the full per-column table and reverse-engineering notes are on [[Monsters (64.dat)]].

{| class="wikitable"
! Col !! Offset !! Meaning !! Confidence
|-
| 1–2 || <code>0x24</code>/<code>0x28</code> || dat file number / record index || confirmed
|-
| 3 || <code>0x2c</code> (byte) || drop item dat — always <code>36</code> ([[Misc items|Monster-item]] category) || confirmed
|-
| 4 || <code>0x30</code> || drop item entry in [[Monster items|<code>36.dat</code>]] || confirmed (27/27 cross-ref)
|-
| 9 || <code>0x44</code> || [[textdata inaba.dat|<code>inaba.dat</code>]] appearance-row (Pm-pattern set) || confirmed (inaba x-ref)
|-
| 24 || <code>0x80</code> || [[textdata inaba.dat|<code>inaba.dat</code>]] appearance-row (Mn-sprite set; groups species families — Weldok/Welzag/Arga = Mn01 frames 1–3) || confirmed (inaba x-ref)
|-
| 7, 8, 5–6, 10–16, 25–26 || <code>0x3c</code>/<code>0x40</code>/<code>0x34–0x60</code>/<code>0x84–0x88</code> || additional sprite/pattern/animation/effect archive refs (several optional, 0 = none; col25 = <code>61</code> + col26 = entry is a paired ref; the loader 0-bases several) || strong
|-
| 17–21 || <code>0x64–0x74</code> || combat/reward block, tier-scaling — best data-fit col17 = DEF (Zep armored = 10000), col20 = HP (Zep = 40), col21 = EXP / gold reward || inferred (data only)
|-
| 22–23, 27–31 || <code>0x78–0x9c</code> || AI / level / element / flags || low
|}

'''Why the combat block is only inferred:''' monsters are '''server-spawned entities''' (<code>Entity_InitFromSpawnPacket @ 00477000</code>); the client resolves a spawned monster's look from its <code>(dat, id)</code> via inaba.dat → pattern and reads the record for '''appearance + name''' only. No client reader of <code>0x64–0x9c</code> was found, so those columns are consumed '''server-side''' and their labels are inferred from data patterns, not a code path.