Has the whistle to summon enemies been changed recently?

[Siralextraffo]

I saw a lot of videos with the whistle instantly summoning enemies, but when I actually tried it I had to wait a bit for them to spawn or even use it 2/3 times in order to get the spawn.

Am I doing something wrong or the whistle has changed?

[Faint]

mine doesn't work at all, I just figured it was broken and needed a patch. Literally have tried it everywhere in every type of situation and all I get are regular random fights. Thought it was troll tbh unless I realized its actually supposed to do something

[𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕚𝕕𝕠𝕟]

Seems that you need to be near a spawn point. For example, use it at the same spot on the road where you previously fought some demons.

[Demonpriest]

Ive also seen these videos, and it seems that they changed how the whistle works. Ive tried it too, but i only got 2-4 mobs to spawn, not the 6-8 like in the videos.

They probably changed it so people wouldnt farm low level mobs for ap. Couldnt find any official word on that matter though.

If you want ap, i would suggest the place north of hammerhead, there is a pole with a shack nearby, every minute a dropship sends soldiers there, in between you can use the whistle 2-3 times, and if youre lucky, or unlucky, depends, you get an angelus to kill, or to run away from :)

[Siralextraffo]

Originally posted by Demonpriest:

Ive also seen these videos, and it seems that they changed how the whistle works. Ive tried it too, but i only got 2-4 mobs to spawn, not the 6-8 like in the videos.

They probably changed it so people wouldnt farm low level mobs for ap. Couldnt find any official word on that matter though.

If you want ap, i would suggest the place north of hammerhead, there is a pole with a shack nearby, every minute a dropship sends soldiers there, in between you can use the whistle 2-3 times, and if youre lucky, or unlucky, depends, you get an angelus to kill, or to run away from :)

You mean that hole where the big monster spawns sometime?

[Shiki Yui]

You can hit the menu button to instantly spawn them btw.

[Faint]

Originally posted by SenkiRei:

You can hit the menu button to instantly spawn them btw.

Intriguing, explain please 👀

[Demonpriest]

Originally posted by Siralextraffo:

You mean that hole where the big monster spawns sometime?

northwest of that place, north from the campside above hammerhead. Though all places around hammerhead are fine, i just prefered that spot because of the multiple warp points to regain mp. Sometimes you can get unlucky with no rock nearby, which made the angelus fights quite a hassle.

[GlitchDoubt]

there's a pit behind the hammerhead, blow the whistle there...

[CatPerson]

Some have reported the whistle was changed on console a while back - a bit slower etc. I've never noticed it myself tho. I think it did call up one or two less per whistle, in the spot I've used forever. I was still able to use it to farm lots of AP tho - just maybe not quite as many per hour as before (this was a few months before pc-release).

Have not tested it in PC version however.

[PeachieDude]

mine works perfecly only when close to a spawn point..
i like to use near red giants spots.. works everytime..

[Siralextraffo]

Originally posted by [e-mail]:

there's a pit behind the hammerhead, blow the whistle there...

I know the pit actually, why is that worth farming as a spot?

[Epic_Caesura]

Yeah, it just depends where you are. Some areas spawn packs of enemies, some spawn only a few (and pack sizes can vary). They might also spawn just out of sight, and take a moment to wander near you. And if there's already an enemy group somewhere nearby-ish, new enemies won't spawn at all (presumably the "spawn point" is taken).

[Shiki Yui]

Originally posted by lunarvida:

Originally posted by SenkiRei:

You can hit the menu button to instantly spawn them btw.

Intriguing, explain please 👀

Normally when you use the whistle at certain spots, you need to look away so the monsters would spawn. If you hit up the menu where you equip stuff and exit out you force them spawn right away.

[TJ "Henry" Yoshi]

For me is instantly, but you have to turn your camera around, I manage to farm 1k+ in an hour north of Hammerhead, there's like 5-6 dogs walking around, kill em, and stay in the midle of the three rocks, you'll see what I mean, there's 3 rocks like doing a triangle, just use the Whistle, and turn your camera around, like, watch at your back and then press R1 to target monsters in front of you, that makes an instant spawn.