Watcher in the Water won't fight.

[hyperion_500]

I've played through multiple times now, and its only taken a single swipe at me to destroy some piers during my second play through, but then it submerged and never surfaced again.

Is anyone else having this issue? How can I force an aggro?

[william_es]

You shoot at it with the first age crossbow, aiming for the orange eyes. Anytime it's eyes are visible it's already aggro'd on you. It's not a real bossfight. There's no mechanism for swimming in the game, and it lives in the water, so an involved fight would be sort of pointless. You don't even see the thing die, it just decides to leave after you poke it in the eyes.

Fighting it is more a cinematic experience. Just part of the storytelling.

[hyperion_500]

Originally posted by william_es:

You shoot at it with the first age crossbow, aiming for the orange eyes. Anytime it's eyes are visible it's already aggro'd on you. It's not a real bossfight. There's no mechanism for swimming in the game, and it lives in the water, so an involved fight would be sort of pointless. You don't even see the thing die, it just decides to leave after you poke it in the eyes.

Fighting it is more a cinematic experience. Just part of the storytelling.

That's the problem, it never surfaces for me, so no eyes to shoot. I've seen others fight it on youtube, but I've never gotten to the point I can do that.

The one time it did surface to fight, it did so for a single swipe when I logged in, and promptly dove before I could get my bow out, and never resurfaced. The fight music even ended.

Its down there, I can hear it sloshing around, I can even build a pier out to the center of the pool and look down in it's general area (though sometimes they break when I log in), and the tentacles can occasionally be seen flexing, but nothing else.

Oh, for a depth charge....

[Kaery]

Have you walked on the stone 'island' there? Or only on wood built above it?

[hyperion_500]

Originally posted by Kaery:

Have you walked on the stone 'island' there? Or only on wood built above it?

The long carved stone one in the middle? Yup, marched up and down it, tried spashing the water, tossing in crystal flares, whacking the ground and destructible objects, shooting at it in the water, nothing. With the one random exception I mentioned, it just idles in the water, occasionally making noise.

I don't really need an eldritch abomination, I have a strict 'no tentacles' policy for pets.

[william_es]

Originally posted by hyperion_500:

Originally posted by Kaery:

Have you walked on the stone 'island' there? Or only on wood built above it?

The long carved stone one in the middle? Yup, marched up and down it, tried spashing the water, tossing in crystal flares, whacking the ground and destructible objects, shooting at it in the water, nothing. With the one random exception I mentioned, it just idles in the water, occasionally making noise.

I don't really need an eldritch abomination, I have a strict 'no tentacles' policy for pets.

okay, try building a small dock outwards from the half submerged middle island. I get about 2 platforms out onto the dock ( I was seeing if I could build a bridge, answer was "no"), and it surfaces.

[hyperion_500]

Originally posted by william_es:

Originally posted by hyperion_500:

The long carved stone one in the middle? Yup, marched up and down it, tried spashing the water, tossing in crystal flares, whacking the ground and destructible objects, shooting at it in the water, nothing. With the one random exception I mentioned, it just idles in the water, occasionally making noise.

I don't really need an eldritch abomination, I have a strict 'no tentacles' policy for pets.

okay, try building a small dock outwards from the half submerged middle island. I get about 2 platforms out onto the dock ( I was seeing if I could build a bridge, answer was "no"), and it surfaces.

Did that. I managed to build all the way from the central island to the pump station. I then spent a good 5 minutes staring down at the overgrown Shoggoth from my new bridge. I REALLY need a big stick to poke this thing with.....

[GlitchyTriggerFinger]

I am experiencing the exact same issue. Didn't even know the Watcher existed until I had to check a walkthrough to figure out where the Library is (still haven't found that hours later).

[hyperion_500]

Originally posted by GlitchyTriggerFinger:

I am experiencing the exact same issue. Didn't even know the Watcher existed until I had to check a walkthrough to figure out where the Library is (still haven't found that hours later).

Oh, the library is a bit East/South East of the pumping station, exactly where depends on the map seed of course.
You'll know you're near when you run into a ton of Spiders and spider nests, also note that the entrance to the library needs to be dug open, and note that Dwarven libraries look... different (but not in a bad way, considering that paper doesn't last very long in wet underground caverns, singing is involved).