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Now that I've gotten the quest to deal with Whiteoak, I'm trying to kill it again, and it's still going poorly. What's worse, the guide specifically describes it as "pathetically easy", but it wrecks me with Tremor every time (I can't stop either it from casting Tremor or the saplings from weakening my magic defense with rocks)...

EDIT: I've noticed that the Whiteoak only casts Tremor if it gets Concentration up first, but since I go before it (even if I use Defensive Stance to cut my agility in half), I can't prevent this (the AI will choose to use Tremor and one-shot me with it even if I break concentration before it strikes).

WoFlhouse333 days ago(+1)

Call me crazy but I don't think there is a quest for the Whiteoak? Which quest is this?

Typical_Name333 days ago

It's discussed in Darkness in the Woods. I'm pretty sure I technically only have to kill the Low-Demon for the quest, and already found the way around Whiteoak ages ago, but if I can't take out the "pathetically easy" gatekeeper how am I going to take on the Low-Demon? (I'm still trying to do the Low-Demon at the moment anyways since the Whiteoak is a dead end for me)

Annogiemouse333 days ago

There's a weaker respawning version of the Low-Demon outside its domain.

Monster A is monster A. All Minotaurs have the same stats, all Young Spider Queens have the same stats etcetera. The only thing that changes between bosses of the same type are the terrain effects(e.g. facing a Young Spider Queen in the dark or near torches) and the presence of allies(on either side, some bosses have adds).

Typical_Name333 days ago

I did eventually kill the Low-Demon boss in its domain in the forest, only to realize afterwards that I had totally wasted my poison weapon coating because demons are immune to poison. >_<

Still no idea how to kill Whiteoak, or what the reward might be for doing so...

WoFlhouse333 days ago

It drops the material Ancient Wood, one of the most valuable (it's worth 4000 G) enhancement mats in-game. As for beating Whiteoak, generally speaking you need to be able to reliably kill all the saplings in 1-2 turns. Once all the saplings are down it usually gets caught in a loop of reviving saplings and occasionally healing itself. At that point, as long as you can get through its passive healing - or god forbid, wait out its mana pool (you're looking at very close to 200 turns of skill use) - it's not all that terrible as a boss compared to other late game fights.

witterung315 days ago

pathetically easy

I chuckled, sensibly. I assume that guide (the one on the wiki?) has a perfectly minmaxed savescummed Aura or just got real good RNG. The quest giver pretty much tells you Whiteoak is tougher than the demon.

Typical_Name314 days ago(+1)

It was probably written with the assumption that one was taking it on at the correct time, and not prior to when you even got the quest telling you what it was (and not on nightmare difficulty). XD

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