Shooting the giants

Devotee lost the armor in a card game with Cross, and needs 80000 RU to pay him back. However, he has a request for 15 pseudogiant hands and will pay 100000 RU for them. A swarm of pseudogiants is moving into Dark Valley and reducing their population might be a good way to obtain those 15 hands.

*This mission involves a huge mutant massacre.*

## Walkthrough

The pseudogiant swarm can be found near the arachnid lair in Dark Valley, and includes 52 pseudogiants of all variants.

The swarm is separated into 3 groups, so be sure to approach them close enough to reveal all three.

The mission is more suited to the Stutzer "Tyrannosaur" or heavy machine guns like KORD Machine Gun or Minigun M134 "+2", which can one-shot multiple pseudogiants in a row. However, the swarm could be dealt with in a variety of ways. Here are some strategy tips to consider:

* Getting too close to the swarm will result in getting immobilized by the stomps.
* The swarm will quickly separate into leapers and the rest, as the leapers are much faster.
* The leapers don't stomp, but have huge leap range. They are weak and can be easily taken down with a shotgun or light machine gun like M60.
* Single pseudogiants and groups of 2-3 can be easily dispatched with a Crowbar.
* Using Electrica grenades is the easy option as they have the best damage and range among the anomalous grenades, and usually one-shot a bunch of the pseudogiants when used on a swarm.
* using 23x76 "Shrapnel-25" shotguns or flamethrowers is ill-advised, as their range is typically too short.

### Alternative "cheap" strategies

#### "Typhoon" Turret

You can also use "Typhoon" Turret in lieu of more effective options if you have some patience. A good spot to stand in is on top of the guard tower just inside the guarded bandit base gate. If you hop to the very top of the antenna above the crow's nest, you will take the bare minimum of chip damage when missing a jump for a stomp (and you will miss a few due to the number of enemies). This added layer of safety makes it a great place to hang out while Typhoon takes care of the mutants. A jump height artifact or two will make getting up there a little easier. Dropping down to the regular crow's nest area of the tower lets you regain aggro if the pseudogiants lose interest.

#### Grabber anomalies

Grabber anomalies will kill **any** pseudogiant variant after one tick of damage. If you are patient enough, the entire herd can be wiped out without firing a single shot. You can easily lead smaller groups of pseudogiants into the grabber behind the trailer outside X-18 laboratory or the one by the gas station, but watch out for leapers.

Third person camera mode can be bound to a button, and will help for situational awareness.

### Return to Devotee

Cut 15 hands and bring them to Devotee. After some rather spicy dialogue you will strongarm the entire 100000 RU payment and the quest is complete. Surely Cross will have the armor on him in the Forgotten Forest after giving him the owed 80000RU.

## Notes

* The quest step reaches completion as long as you carry 15 pseudogiant hands at a time, so they technically do not need to be gathered from this quest. However, the horde will remain a menace in Dark Valley if not taken care of so it is probably best to deal with them here and now.

## Bugs

* Devotee offers a new exchange after this quest, but the actual dialogue for it will only be available when you accept the next quest, The gun for Cross.