QUESTION: Unable to Clear Guild Monster Quest

[Cas_HSR]

I'm pretty frustrated with this game right now. This is the second time I've had this exact issue with this specific quest. I actually started a new run of the game after 6 hours of my first playthrough. I really wish there was a better tutorial and more mouse over info on items, the map, and the character screen, but those are separate issues.

On this 2nd run, I have a guild quest to clear the monster den North of Jascias that I think is called the Ferra Swamp. I killed all the mobs I could find (they looked like flies), grabbed all the iron ore, but the quest won't complete. It looks like there might be a path along the right side of the screen, but I'm unable to hop that path. I know I've spent at least an hour looking for a way to clear this quest. I'm ready to just drop the quest (again), but it's beyond frustrating that I cannot complete it.

Any help would be appreciated. Please don't insult me for not finding whatever path I missed or couldn't figure out. I would just like to know how to complete this quest. Thank you.

[Prominence]

That swamp is not the monster den. Keep searching the overworld north of Jascias to find the right location. It will look like a cave and simply be named “Monster Den.”

As for that swamp area, there may be some parts of it that can only be reached by freezing water to make a bridge. I can’t quite recall though. Maybe try the Scholar’s Frost spell to help make bridges.

[Cas_HSR]

Originally posted by Prominence:

That swamp is not the monster den. Keep searching the overworld north of Jascias to find the right location. It will look like a cave and simply be named “Monster Den.”

As for that swamp area, there may be some parts of it that can only be reached by freezing water to make a bridge. I can’t quite recall though. Maybe try the Scholar’s Frost spell to help make bridges.

Thank you so much for your help. The monster den was way further North than I thought it would be, but I was able to finally clear that quest.

Also, thank you for the idea of freezing the water. I tried growing out the plant rot branches to make a path, but it would only grow once. So, I'll level someone with the freezing ability and try again. Cheers!

[Gilmoy]

You should be able to hop across all of Ferra Swamp without freezing anything.
Jump 1 suffices, and all Sailors have it.

You may need to retrain your eye to "see" distance-1 jumps.
Sometimes a 5-pixel half-gap is not jumpable, while a 30-pixel full-square gap is.
So you walk in little cloverleafs to align yourself properly.
Remember that a jump must have 1 full-square take-off + 1 full-square landing.
Don't bother trying to jump corners that lack one or the other.

Since you beat the Angelfly Bogcraw and his minions, you can win the 2nd fight, too.
It's worth a few more Iron Chunks, meh but better than zero.