Infected Brain

[LittleBigPanda]

Hi all.
I started playing again when the new update came out in October, I haven’t had more than one infected brain fall out in the entire game, I remember that it drops from rats, but no matter how many logs I haven’t cleared 100%, there aren’t even one, so I can’t learn the recipes for oils, is this a bug or what's wrong?

[dbf | Deadan]

Killing the broodmother should give you the brain. Otherwise that's a bug.

[Oakshield]

I had something similar happening yesterday.
It's likely the DLC and the row of patches we've had since its release broke this, just like many other things were broken lately.

Thorin :)

[VipreRX]

Originally posted by dbf | Deadan:

Killing the broodmother should give you the brain. Otherwise that's a bug.

The drop on that has been 50/50 for me so far, four nests destroyed, two brains as loot.

[dbf | Deadan]

Originally posted by VipreRX:

Originally posted by dbf | Deadan:

Killing the broodmother should give you the brain. Otherwise that's a bug.

The drop on that has been 50/50 for me so far, four nests destroyed, two brains as loot.

Nests should only contribute to the number of Plague-Ridden Samples you get at the end. Those are needed for making Oils.

[zAcEz]

Brains is not a guaranteed drop.
The latest patch also adjusted the recipe for Cure for the Plague & Rat Bait


You can keep repeating the rats nest by picking up the bounties from the 2 Ludern taverns.
IIRC you'll need to last at least 3 turns in the rat nest before killing the broodmother to get it. Edit: This is incorrect
If you are playing free save, you can trying stretching out your turns before winning.

[LittleBigPanda]

Originally posted by zAcEz:

Brains is not a guaranteed drop.
The latest patch also adjusted the recipe for Cure for the Plague & Rat Bait


You can keep repeating the rats nest by picking up the bounties from the 2 Ludern taverns.
IIRC you'll need to last at least 3 turns in the rat nest before killing the broodmother to get it.
If you are playing free save, you can trying stretching out your turns before winning.

what a strange logic, why should I drag out moves so that my brain falls out? this cannot be explained)

[LittleBigPanda]

Originally posted by dbf | Deadan:

Killing the broodmother should give you the brain. Otherwise that's a bug.

I first started playing in October, when an update came out with new paths, and out of 10 destroyed 100% lairs, not one brain, this is definitely a bug.
I played before and had no such problems.
Always fell

[araxdebold]

rooks sell brains if you uncovered them in the city on the boat

[zAcEz]

Brains is not a guaranteed drop. Its a seeded RNG. If you have limited or free save, you can go down the seed by killing more rats & taking more turns before killing the broodmother.

You can also keep repeating rats nest by picking up bounties from the 2 Ludern taverns.

Linking this here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1527950/discussions/0/3830916907598738409/