Witcher Pukei Pukei side quest

[N.KagnitO)))]

I don't understand what to do. I save Pukei and he flies off, then nothing happens. I don't see any map markers and I can't find him anywhere. What exactly is supposed to happen here?

[Greb]

Free him from the roots.

Proceed to fight Leshen until you reach the final area.

Pukei-Pukei turns up and joins you as a "Tailraider" type ally.

Pukei-Pukei either dies or remains alive while you battle and defeat the Leshen.

If he's alive, he'll fly off afterwards and you get a bonus cutscene + reward.

That's all there is to it. Use lifepowder to ensure success.

[Kiwimaru]

Pukei pukei will come help you during stage 4 of the Leshen fight. Try to keep it alive to pass the side quest

[N.KagnitO)))]

Oof, I am bad at this. Alright then, I'll get going, thanks.

[cruste]

he will return in the late phase of the leshen fight
don't miss to fight the gajalaka boss first which is the other sidequest

gather flashbugs, blue mushrooms and godbug to be prepared for the last stage of leshen when pukei pukei joins the battle, flash the jagras so they can't dmg to pukei
heal pukei with lifepowder craftet from bm and gb
break horns of leshen to reduce its ability to call jagras

[Minimum Force]

Originally posted by cruste:

he will return in the late phase of the leshen fight
don't miss to fight the gajalaka boss first which is the other sidequest

gather flashbugs, blue mushrooms and godbug to be prepared for the last stage of leshen when pukei pukei joins the battle, flash the jagras so they can't dmg to pukei
heal pukei with lifepowder craftet from bm and gb
break horns of leshen to reduce its ability to call jagras

What is all of this madness?! I wondered why the poor beastie died so fast and those damn jagras were just annoying the hell out of it. Time to flash them and show this side quest who's boss.

[N.KagnitO)))]

It is so hard to keep Pukei alive and also not die to the Leshen. Is any weapon recommended here?

[Persona]

grab extra life powders from the chest should have 6 total use em when puki health is low. leave 1 jagras alive so pukei is distracted figthing that while u go ham on leshen away from pukei fight
weapon depends on u was using long sword for my fight

[Zefar]

Originally posted by N.KagnitO))):

It is so hard to keep Pukei alive and also not die to the Leshen. Is any weapon recommended here?

Sword and shield is ideal. It does decent damage and you can quickly use items.

Pick up Blue Mushrooms and Godbugs so you can craft more Life powder if the last fight is a bit of struggle with Pukie Pukie.

Leave only 1 Jagras alive. Leshen won't summon anymore after that and 1 of them does so little damage against Pukie that is isn't much of a problem.
Use 3 Life powders when his health is around 50% or so.

[♋Phenex]

Take the supplies from the chest and you'll have 6 lifepowders and 5 para knives which you can save for the final stage when pukei joins the fight.

Use igni whenever it's up, use flashes and any slinger pods that leshen drops. Try to get mounts on leshen.

[Minimum Force]

Originally posted by ♋Phenex:

Take the supplies from the chest and you'll have 6 lifepowders and 5 para knives which you can save for the final stage when pukei joins the fight.

Use igni whenever it's up, use flashes and any slinger pods that leshen drops. Try to get mounts on leshen.

Are you trolling me with mounts on Leshen? I tried once or twice with no luck and assumed it wasn't possible. It's so small and humanoid(ish) that after my attempts I just wrote it off.

[TOTALLY NOT A SKELETON]

Originally posted by Minimum Force:

Originally posted by ♋Phenex:

Take the supplies from the chest and you'll have 6 lifepowders and 5 para knives which you can save for the final stage when pukei joins the fight.

Use igni whenever it's up, use flashes and any slinger pods that leshen drops. Try to get mounts on leshen.

Are you trolling me with mounts on Leshen? I tried once or twice with no luck and assumed it wasn't possible. It's so small and humanoid(ish) that after my attempts I just wrote it off.

You can mount it.

[Greb]

It's hard to hit with the regular SnS mounts from the charged backslash or whatever, but it's very easy to abuse nearby ledges to repeatedly jump attack it until you mount it, for sure.

Only the area where Pukei-Pukei normally sleeps / hangs out in other quests is difficult to land reliable jump attacks at, since it relies on decent positioning of the Leshen more than the environment just being set up for it, despite the hill and fungi wall.

But yes, mounting it is great. Practically required if you want to break its head twice!

[cruste]

i wonder why it was to much to ask for all weapons with white sharpness and decent amount of blue sharpness

it is sad that sns is the only one and i hate using it against leshen because the stupid jump attacks nearly always miss the target because it is so small...

[JPM岩]

Originally posted by cruste:

i wonder why it was to much to ask for all weapons with white sharpness and decent amount of blue sharpness

it is sad that sns is the only one and i hate using it against leshen because the stupid jump attacks nearly always miss the target because it is so small...

Because its supposed to be a challenge

[Waffles]

Originally posted by cruste:

i wonder why it was to much to ask for all weapons with white sharpness and decent amount of blue sharpness

it is sad that sns is the only one and i hate using it against leshen because the stupid jump attacks nearly always miss the target because it is so small...

Seems you're not too experienced with SnS yet. Jump attack is great but for maximum DEEPS you'll wait to abuse the infinite combo. Especially on smaller targets.