Fetid Pool - 1 monster remaining bug

I understand that the last monster can sometimes be tricky to find if you missed it during your first clear. When this happens, I always make an extra sweep until I find it and it has never failed me.

Today however, I made 2 extra sweeps and still did not come upon it. I was convinced that it just didn't exist. I exited to mud flats, returned to my existing instance of the fetid pools, and there was an undead rhoa standing right at the entrance, the very last monster.

There is absolutely no way I would have missed it at the entrance when I previously left, especially with my horde of 5 zombies. It seemed only to spawn once I left then re-entered.

I've never had that issue but let me say that I HATE looking for that last monster lol! Takes forever cuz it's dark and he's hiding in there - I just know he's hiding in there to make me run all over the place looking for him. I've found that dropping a totem, decoy works best, will usually lure them out of hiding.

Just pretend you're AFK, it will find you.

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ionface wrote:

Just pretend you're AFK, it will find you.

^ LOL!

Suppose this happened to me just now. 1 monster remaining, and I made about 8 or 9 sweeps of the entire level. Clockwise and counterclockwise. Near the walls, near the shore, and in the lake. I am of the belief that there was no monster within the level bounds. Had to create a new instance to finish it.

Was using 1 hit kills with Ethereal Knives if that's of any consequence.

I am liking the game so far.

however this quest leaves me to conclude with words like "unplayable." Because at the newbie level, this is a very bad way; you spend so much time travelling, killing, and doing all you have to....

to have '1 monster remaining' hold you up??

It was probably a skeletal rhoa; they move around a lot more than anything else. Instead of circular sweeps you're more likely to spot the last one doing an in and out cycle between the center of the lake and the walls with around 40 or 50% screen overlap at the outer wall. You want your sweep pattern to be short and dense enough that nothing can sneak past you before you're back to the area.

A Dirty Job -- Tip:

The Fetid Pool is essentially a narrow path that circles around, back to the entrance. You cannot explore the center of the map because of the uncrossable stream that also circles around, connecting to itself.

When you first enter The Fetid Pool, traverse the outside perimeter clockwise or counter-clockwise (your choice). When you get back to the entrance, head towards the center of the map until you can go no farther. Then, traverse the map again, hugging the stream this time, until you get back to the entrance. Doing this does not take very long and ensures that you've killed all the monsters (and found all the containers, if you're looking for extra loot).

If, by some chance, you still haven't found them all, there may be one or two hugging a wall of a small island (the small land masses that appear on some maps). The small islands are easy to locate on the map.