How do you find bobe?

Answer 1

Finding Bobe is probably the hardest mission in the first half of SkyScone Knight. Some people compare it to the Dark Wurmster fight just before the last boss fight. But if you follow these tips, it shouldn't give you any trouble:

1. Make sure your party is at least on level 24. Mirriam learns Deadly Twist Scream on level 23 and Will Slycer learns From Nape to Nibs on level 24. Also, makes sure Bubbum has a good healing spell. Cure III (level 20) is good, but Rectify (level 27) is better.

2. Heal your party. Then stock up on Lizard Tails, WereEmu Eggs and Stalker Stones. The Lizard Tails and are a key component in Bubbum's Transmutation skills which will prove invaluable. Mirriam's Nurture skill can turn the Eggs into powerful WereEmus. The Stalker Stones are self-explanatory.

3. Go to the Swamp of Peril at night. Fight the Mimic Ooze and Beetlekin until you've collected three Slimy Carapaces and five Soggy Faux-Boots. Then approach the Gnarled Oak at the center of the map.

4. When you approach the Oak with the right components, a Boggart will appear. If your Intimidation skill is Rapscallion-Daunting or higher, he'll give you a Late Evening Fairy. If not, you'll have to fight him. He uses Venomous Dung Beetle Roll, Teeth of Rotting Fury and restores his health with VitaWallow. In other words, he's just a beefed up version of the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels you fought on the road between Avenville and Troppol.

5. Once you have the Late Evening Fairy, leave the swamp. Return the next day in early morning. Approach the Gnarled Oak.

6. The fairy will be asleep. Bubbum will suggest you come back in late evening. I know, this is stupid, but you have to do it.

7. Return in the late evening. The fair will wake as you enter the Swamp and begin to guide you. WARNING: while the fairy's guiding you, Sleepless Synopouds will attack you in droves. I recommend dodging them. You don't have the HP, MP, AP or KP to deal with Salivary Drains at this point in the game.

8. After circling the swamp FOREVER the fairy eventually leads you to a secret passage. This grants you access to Twiddling Forest. At the entrance, you'll see the Dark Lord Vell grab Bobe and run away. Give chase. Bad guys in Twiddling Forest include Dark Crows, Light Crows, Fire Crows, WereCrows, Dire Crows and Vell Crows.

9. Keep chasing Vell until he passes the three Scarecrows. You'll have to fight them. If you've acquired any crow's feathers, use Bubbum's Transmutation to Forge them into a WeatherFane. Each turn, the WeatherFane will summon a Cleric Crow who will fight for you. After a few rounds, this really starts to add up. I recommend letting the Cleric Crows handle the end of the fight while you use items and Bubbum's spells to heal the party.

10. Finally! You get to fight Vell for Bobe's freedom. Once the Scarecrows are dead, Vell will jump you. He's at an incredibly high level and he's immune to Mind Control, Juggling, and Spite damage. The main danger is his Flambast attack (an AoE fire attack). Keep your party spread out and heal often. If a party member drops below half health, Vell will cast Egregious Symmetry (randomly redistributing your party's health) and then Flambast. Bad luck on the Symmetry can result in several party members dying to the flame attack.

Once you've gotten Vell down to half health, he changes form and tactics. Now, he'll summon a Dire Crow every turn. This is where Bubbum's transmutation comes in: Lizard Tails and Crow Eyes unleash the Scalar Death Matrix which causes each enemy to lose health equal to ten percent of a randomly chosen enemy. If the randomly chosen enemy is a crow, this is pretty worthless. But every time you hit Vell, all of his crows will die and he'll be down 10%.

When not summoning crows, Vell will use Frozen Mulch to lower your party's speed and KP and Electro Shock Vampirism to heal himself, damage your party and get a Static Sheild on himself. A party member frozen in place next to Vell while he has his Static Sheild is as good as dead. Vell stops using Egregious Symmetry and upgrades to Fateful Parity. Watch out.

Once Vell hits 10% health, he transforms again. He absorbs any Crows still alive (+5% HP for each) and becomes Vell, Crow Sovereign. Once he's in this form, you have three turns to kill him. On turn one, he summons the Crow of Death (casts Tepid Trepanation to drain MP and HP). Turn two brings the Crow of Time (casts Slowly Stupify to freeze one party member in place for the remainder of the fight). On turn three, Vell summons the Crow of Life. If Vell isn't dead by the end of the turn, the Crow of Life will restore him to full health, making the fight impossible.

If you manage to defeat Vell, the Crows will vanish. Bobe will join your party and give you the Pot of Crow, which is a reusable item that restores HP and KP. It's useful until about 75% of the way through the game.

Wow, that's a hard mission. On my first run through, it took 5 tries. Good luck! Remember, save often!