Assassin's Creed Odyssey Legendary Animals guide: Where to find each other?

Assassin's Creed has always flirted with the boundary between history, fantasy, and sci-fi. In Assassin's Creed Odyssey, the blurred lines between genres are most apparent in the Daughters of Artemis questline. In the heart of Phokis, a priestess at the Temple of Artemis tells you that you're going to be in the realm of myth and legend. Hunting down all eight and returning trophies to the priestess grants you a blessing from the goddess herself-and a lot of amazing legendary items.

Many of the animals are high-level, meaning you do not have a hope of beating them up in the game. Finding them is also an issue: All eight of these beasts are huge, dangerous monsters living at the far corners of the Greek world.

These fights can be relatively easy if you're prepared, though. For each one, we recommend using the abilities Second Wind, so you can heal; Venomous gold Flaming Attacks, for extra damage and mitigation; and Overpower Attacks while using a sword or dagger. When fighting animals, Overpower Attacks does not initiate a combo but rather unleashes one insanely powerful attack that also heals you. It's extremely effective in all of these fights.

Odyssey 's fantastic beasts and how to kill them.

1. Kalydonian Boar, level 20

Location: Northwest Sacred Lands of Apollo, Northwest Phokis

The Kalydonian Boar is a really, really big pig. Before you start the proper questline, Daphnae will need to kill this one first. Unfortunately, he's a real painter in the even if you're a few levels above him. Luckily, he's also about-about 400 meters west of the temple, at the top of a cliff.

Beating the Kalydonian Boar is not easy-especially at such a low level when you have few abilities to use in combat. As soon as you get started, so make sure you're prepared ahead of the fight by equipping the right abilities. It's worthwhile to spend the drachmae respeccing your abilities to favor all-out fighting, as there's no opportunity for stealthy or ranged attacks during the fight.

To start, unlock Second Wind, which you'll need when you inevitably get gored on one of his tusks. I also highly recommend getting Venomous Attacks, which will weaken the boar's damage and armor while also applying some extra damage over time. Vanish can help you later in the fight if you start getting overwhelmed and need a few seconds to breathe. You can assign the rest of your ability to your liking, depending on your level. If you're far enough along, Overpower Attacks with a sword or dagger will be unleash its damage all at once instead of initiating a long combo sequence and it will heal you. It's a powerful ability that you should use in each of these fights.

The Kalydonian Boar favors strong, straight-line loads that you'll need to dodge. The best strategy is to dodge often and avoid the front of the animal. If you can get behind it, you'll only have to worry about it. Otherwise, stick to its sides and get away from its health while avoiding its side-lunge attack.

When the Kalydonian Boar's health drops to three quarters, it'll run from you and keep its distance. At this point, you'll have to keep an eye on the world and keep your distance from the Kalydonian Boar. This is where Vanish come in handy, but you can also dodges to slow time and create a mini-boar. Using a bow can also be effective if you get the monsters, get some distance, and unleash some quick headshots to thin the herd. Once the last one is dead, the Kalydonian Boar will return to the fight and the process will repeat.

2. The Hind of Keryneia, level 25

Location: Marsh just south of the center of Artemision Point, Northwest Euboea

Hope it's deer season in Greece, because the Hind of Keryneia is an enormous deer with golden hooves and a massive rack of gold antlers. Unlike the Kalydonian Boar, they are famous pacifists, after all. Still, the Hind of Keryneia can be a tricky hunt. She 's quick to charge, and she' s going to have a pretty unpredictable way.

This fight is thankfully much easier and all you really need to do is stick to the hind parts and hack away while dodging her attacks. From this angle, the worst she can do is stagger you with a blow that you can quickly roll out of. If you stand still and she gets close, she'll also slam her ants, pinning you to the ground, angry, golden cage. If you dodge that attack, however, you'll get stuck in the marshy earth, giving yourself some precious moments to unleash hell.

Again, I recommend having Second Wind, Venomous Attacks gold Flaming Attacks, and Overpower Attacks while using a sword or dagger to unleash a single, incredibly powerful strike.

3. The Nemean Lion, level 25

Location: Central Sinkholes of Herakles, South Argolis

Nemean Lion is a dead ringer for the carved lions guarding temples and palaces all over Greece. Unlike those statues, the Nemean Lion is hungry and he's coming for your face.

Before the fight begins, circle around the sinkholes until you're on the ledge where the Nemean Lion prowls. You will notice that you absolutely do not want to fight at the same time. Fortunately, with the right bow skills Predator ShotYou can kill each one of them easily. Because you're high on a ledge, they can not reach you and are easy prey.

Once you've killed the lionesses, jump into the pit to tackle the Nemean Lion. Unlike a lot of animals on this list, you'll probably have some practice fighting lions. The Nemean Lion follows the same fighting pattern as ordinary wild lions you might anger in the wild-he just hits a lot harder. There's not a lot of things to do here.

4. The Kretan Bull, level 33

Location: Western Fertile Battleground, South Messara

The legendary father of the minotaur, the Kretan Bull can be found in a lonely mountain-top clearing. You should be using Kretan Bull but it is probably most important to avoid those initial charges. Though he can do some damage throwing his horns around, his charge does the most damage. Also look out for him when he starts bucking and jumping around like a rodeo bull-there's no safe way to attack him while he's doing this, so just stand back and let it play out.

Unlike other animals in this guide, the Kretan Bull can deliver a deadly kick if you're directly behind him. The trick is to stick to his side and jump in to the second-long window after he charges.

5. The Lykaon Wolf, level 36

Location: Northwest corner of Dioskouroi Peninsula, Southeast Lakonia

Ever since he was an extra flashback scene from 300Lykaon Wolf has had a big ego. To be fair, he probably deserves it-he's one of the toughest hunts on this list. In an abandoned farm near a cliff, the Lykaon Wolf leads a large wolfpack that you'll have to fight through to get to him. Even worse, if you give the Lykaon Wolf a chance to step back and breathe, he'll howl and summon even more friendly wolves to help him.

It's a temptation to focus on the energy of the Lykaon Wolf to take him out, but after a couple of minutes I found myself surrounded by two dozen wolves. Try to thin out the attacking wolves at least. One effective way of doing this is by having a swear or Pair that with Venomous gold Flaming Attacks and you should be able to trigger their respective debuff on the wolfpack pretty easily.

By this point, you should have Overpower Attacks, which is invaluable in this fight. With so many enemies coming for you, you will not be able to get rid of them.

6. Kallisto the Bear, level 37

Location: Southeast Golden Fields, Northeast Arkadia

Bears are scary, but this one actually is not. Kallisto is all about her own, which means you just have to focus on bringing her down while avoiding her fatal attacks. But at this point, you should have some powerful weapons and armor and a good amount of ability to keep you in the fight without much trouble.

Chances are you've fought a bear already, and Kallisto does not have any special tricks up her sleeve. Similar to the rest of these animals, stick to its sides and rear and unleash hell. Kallisto's attacks are slow and easy to dodge, so this fight should be an easy one.

7. The Erymanthian Boar, level 38

Location: West Erymanthos Foothills, North Central Elis

What's with boars being so damn hard to kill in Odyssey? The Erymanthian Boar is one of the toughest fights in your life.

Erymanthian Boar's attacks and frustration, so it's easy to avoid it. Eventually, though, you'll have a certain amount of side-loading and trip to yourself, that's going to be a part of the arena. Just as it hits the ground, it's going to be a big cloud of toxic gas that will linger in the area for up to a minute. Move the fight to another part of the arena and repeat this process until it's dead.

8. The Krokottas Hyena, level 39

Location: South Central Skandeia Bay, South Kythera Island

Krokottas Hyena is another pushover, but you need to be in a good position. The biggest thing to do is that it's incredibly agile, so I strongly recommend using it to speed up their combos.

Relying on the usual abilities (Second Wind, Venomous gold Flaming Attacks, Overpower Attacks with a sword / dagger), you should not have much of an issue. At a certain point, the Krokottas Hyena will start leaping around the arena, and it will cover such a large distance in each bound that it will frequently disable the lock-on camera if you're using it. During these moments, you'll be able to try and make yourself better. Really, there's not much more to it than that.