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About the Eater of Names's spawn point
Soupturtle
Posts: 6
3/28/2015
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I'm trying to find the Eater of Names, and failing. I've found and killed it with previous captains, but my current captain is failing completely after several hours of searching. I'd like to know whether I'm just unlucky, or whether I'm doing something wrong. Searching the internet gives a lot of confusing information, considering how the game has been available through lots of changes. So I have a couple of questions about spawning in general and the Eater of Names in particular:
- Is it possible the the thing just isn't available in my current savegame/map combination, and is there a way to find out whether that's the case?
- Is quitting and restarting the game every time I've searched the whole Chelonate square of the map (with my save game stationed in the Chelonate) the right way to look for it? I've gotten different results in terms of Fluke spawning, so I was expecting to also find different results in terms of whether or not I spawn the Eater.
- Is there a set spawn point on my map, and is there a way to know where it is?
I've found two places in the Chelonate square where Flukes seem to spawn occasionally (one for sure, the other I've only seen once, but couldn't really have come from the first point since I started the game), but I don't know how that relates to where the Eater should spawn.
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SporksAreGoodForYou
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3/29/2015
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The chelonate has 2 spawn points. Fluke and Eater. I don't have the game files to hand but I think chelonate spawns 0-2 enemies. This means you might find 0.
The chelonate has three layouts. Each layout gas both spawns. The easiest way to ensure seeing him is to sail around and around. If you see the fluke, kill it. If there's nothing, dock and then quit the game and reload. Don't just quit to menu. I think the randomiser isn't reset unless you quit the game.
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Guest
1/9/2016
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Nanako wrote:
I know this is an old thread, but it's a top result in google for the eater of names, so i'll post here anyway. Just to say it's definitely NOT necessary to quit and restart the game, to reset the spawn points. At least as of right now, reloading a save file is enough.
For me at least, the eater of names always spawns right next to saschatown, so the best way to find it is save at the chelonate, sail there, and reload if it's not there. repat until it appears.
Hope this helps!
Yeah, it's quite rare. You can read my stuff about it on this thread at Failbetter. Sachatown at the Chelonate discussed is where it will spawn, but again, kill any other enemies if they appear instead. Should that not work on the loop away and back to allow respawn, reload a saved game/autosave game and try again.
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Arcturus Paleheart
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2/5/2016
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Spawn points that I've noticed are next to Sachatown and next to the ribs sticking out of the water.
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