Basic Info:
Platform: Steam
Issue Type: Gameplay
Game Mode: Single Player
Server Type: PvE
Map: Exiled Lands
Server Name: None
Mods: None
Bug Description:
The Degenerate (Serpentman Boss at the end of The Well of Skelos) does not appear (in singleplayer) and has been bugged for a long time. The encounter with the ‘purple phantom serpentmen’ continues as normal until the end of the final wave, then the shield surrounding the throne goes down, but the Degenerate is not there, so the shining Trapezohedron cannot be collected.
This first video shows the encounter and the Degenerate is missing:
If, after completing the encounter once, you then leave along the same path that you entered (back to the point that you would need to make the jump across a gap) and then go back to the throne room, the encounter has reset - you then have to fight all of the waves of enemies again, but this time the Degenerate is present - suggesting that he is capable of showing up, he just never does on the first attempt, so the encounter has to be completed twice - see second video:
This has also been reported here and here (and on multiple previous occasions over the years).
Bug Reproduction:
Go to the throne room at the end of the Well of Skelos in singleplayer.
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No, you’re wrong!
He just sees no challenge in a single character, challenging him. That’s the reason the problem occurs in SP. He appears at the second time, because he wants to get over with this annoying intruder!
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Suspicion 1.
He is just too old and the toilet is far. Then his minions drop down very fast, so until he returns from the toilet the battle is over.
Suspicion 2.
Devs want to prove that this fight is important so people actually do this fight at least twice in their gameplay.
Ps. Since we speak for the well of skelos, is it possible to rise a bit the sword of champion drop. This way this dungeon will get meaning again.
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I play in PVE mode online and I had a similar situation, quite a long period of time has passed and I do not go to the well of skelos, I think that this bug has not been fixed
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I guess he’s bored to death and that’s why he dies before you can run him through.
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Just be thankful that the annoying talking staff doesn’t come back to you.
That’s reward enough for me!
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Still a bug, but:
You don’t have to complete the even twice. Just run out after it started. The whole thing resets, and the serpentfolk boss spawns.
Annoying, but if you know this, it’s just that. For those who don’t know, is possibly game-breaking: You cannot “finish” the game with the boss missing.
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Or speed run it correctly!
For people who compete on timers or try to improve their performance, this is unacceptable.
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