#Hidden folks walkthrough how to#

Unlike the previous item, this isn’t a Quest Item, it’s a Consumable. This is assumed to be a bug, but worth noting for now. The assumed joke is that Stamina Potions are white and look like milk.Īfter exiting the Hovel, (possibly just unlocking it) the first cow you defeat will drop a new relic. This is yet another reference to Diablo 2’s Secret Cow Level where the Cow King, the boss of said Secret Cow Level, frequently dropped these. Once you defeat all of the cows in the Forlorn Hovel, the final one will drop a Stamina Potion.

But these strange cows seem to ignore you, instead looking at the Villagers they seem to have killed that are strewn about the cellar. Once you have access to the Forlorn Hovel, you can head inside and what awaits you is more cows. If you’re going with a party, however, they’ll need to teleport in if they haven t opened the Forlorn Hovel themselves. So far, the Forlorn Hovel appears to be permanently open and unlocked for the player using the key. However, if you lose the Strange Key before opening the Hovel, you’ll need to start the process over! Be sure to get it done early so you don’t accidentally drop or otherwise lose this key! You’ll need to head there where you’ll be able to open the Cellar, losing the Strange Key in the process. Yes, the same area that looks like a cow’s head. Having this grants you access to the Forlorn Hovel, found on the very eastern tip of Socsglen. As you do each of the three remaining Oxen Gods (North, West, and South) will become intractable. Cleaning them is as simple as dropping them in the pool briefly, before picking them up again. Once all three Relics are collected, we’re to take them back to the Ked Bardu Fountain to cleanse them. This also means you can drop trade to coordinate quicker access. These do drop as a global drop, meaning others can pick them up if you let them.

However, the Relics will drop around the person getting the 666th cow defeated.

The Musty Tome drops in Scosglen or Fractured Peaks.

The Intricate Metallic Fragment drops in Dry Steppes.

The Bloody Wooden Shard drops in Kehjistan or Hawezar.

We have a segment later in the guide that shares recommended cow farming routes you can take to speed up the process.ĭatamining also reveals to us which relics drop where. Note: This reset timer seems to be bugged currently, and while it will reset the counter, another guaranteed relic will not be given. So be careful to no spread out your farming time too much or you may not reach the required count. This timer starts from the first cow you defeat. There’s also a 666,666 second timer (~7 days, 17 hours), which resets the counter for a guaranteed drop on any given character. It can still often be faster to just make an alt character for another guaranteed drop without the wait. This means you can luck into all three drops if you want to grind it out. The drop rate seems to be very low, likely around 1% or less, as some have gotten lucky and gotten a second relic in just 100 cows, while others have farmed thousands to no avail. It has been found that once this 666 count has been reached, the relics can all drop on one character. This means you can farm the bulk of them in a quick farm spot before moving to collect the relic if you don’t want to spend the time hunting in that specific region. However, the region where you defeat the 666th cow will determine which relic drops. This also includes cows defeated by other players or enemies, so long as they’re within a small range. The Cow Counter is global, meaning that any cow will increase the counter. That is that there is a required (and hidden) number of cows that need to be defeated, which is a per-player counter that counts up to 666, granting a guaranteed relic drop. There is one important things to note here.

The Relics themselves are Quest Items that drop from Cows. The quest breaks down into three steps, finding the relics, cleansing the relics to offer them, and entering the Forlorn Hovel.

#Hidden folks walkthrough how to#

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