insta death Milch main road

[carl]

Dear all , i meet some bushes with exclamation mark , and i got like 6 monsters + a plant and i get one shotted by all of them . Whats going on ?

[Hagen2900]

There is a chest there. Some chests have monsters hiding in them. This one is notoriously hard but you could have escaped from the battle.

[carl]

Ok. Anyway i had no idea i have to escape since i have a Low level quest in the area called Milch Main Road Monster (Pine tree) which i thought it is this tree hidden fight
Is this the one ?

[Hagen2900]

No. The quest monster is close to the road.

[Berahlen]

You can run from just about anything that doesn't have a cutscene leading into it.

[carl]

yeah i run , but i hope i wont get into many surprises like this lol . At least some warning :P Anyway i learned i can retreat no penalty which is neat.

Game is nice , i think i will buy game 3 also if quality of game remains as stellar as in the first 5 hours

[Hat8]

Originally posted by btimofte100:

Dear all , i meet some bushes with exclamation mark , and i got like 6 monsters + a plant and i get one shotted by all of them . Whats going on ?

Save the chest for later in the chapter. It drops good stuff.

[LrdDimwit]

I don't think anywhere in the entire series so far (all 5 translated games) have I ever seen a quest monster be one of those monster-in-a-box chests. I don't remember the early parts of FC very well, though, so maybe.

Most of the quest monsters, as I recall, are either in an obvious 'here is the boss room' place, or - when you approach them on the field - the game says something like "A large monster is prowling around" and asks you do you want to fight it. Pick 'no', and you'll walk away.

And yes, in Sky in particular (not in Cold Steel), running away is not random. It either always works, immediately, or you straight up can't run at all.

[Berahlen]

There are no quest related monsters in a box, no. You don't even have to clear them before the end of the chapter. You can pick them up right before you leave the region at the start of the next chapter (it will be abundantly clear when you're about to do this -- you literally fill out forms at a checkpoint).

You'll get a third party member before the end of the prologue. Try the fight again once you have her -- the action advantage helps, and she comes with a strong AOE spell.

[YMIHere]

My characters got stuck here after beating the battle. Couldn't move and had to reload an earlier save.