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* One late game quest in ''EtrianOdyssey'' ''IV: Legends of the Titan'' involve killing a bunch of foes in a particular dungeon. The problem is that only the monster that's currently being asked for counts - you can't get ahead by killing a bunch of a different monster for later. And if the monster in question isn't spawning via the RandomNumberGod, you're in for a long slog, even if you can easily dispatch all of the monsters in question.
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** A better example would be the chain mechanic by which players must kill a certain number of a race to increase the chances of better drops. One example is a rare mark (bombshell) and it drops the yagyu darkblades needed to deal with Yiazmat, but it's pretty much not going to drop them until you get a high enough chain.
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* The Ecology Quests in RomancingSaGa, you have to kill all the monsters that preys on the monster population you are trying to boost. (Kill birds to increase fish population, kill bugs to raise plant population, etc)
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* In ''MassEffect1'', there's an overly long sidequest that involves you wiping out what pretty much amounts to a geth ''army''. While there is no specific number you have to kill, you have to wipe them out on five different worlds. This will take at least an hour, probably double that if you explore each planet looking for stuff.
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* ''TheElderScrolls'' likes to do this from time to time.

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* ''TheElderScrolls'' ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' likes to do this from time to time.
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* Extremely common in ''GrandFantasia'' as a sidequest.

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* Extremely common in ''GrandFantasia'' ''VideoGame/GrandFantasia'' as a sidequest.
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This quest can be combined with TwentyBearAsses, either as part of the same quest or occurring in the same game. These are sometimes also called "Pokémon Missions: GottaCatchThemAll!"

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This quest can be combined with TwentyBearAsses, either as part of the same quest or occurring in the same game. These are sometimes also called "Pokémon Missions: GottaCatchThemAll!"
"{{Pokemon}} Missions": GottaCatchThemAll!
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* To the letter in ''TheOldRepublic'': most quests are ''not'' about killing masses of quest enemies, but they generally have a bonus quest attached to them that unlocks once you kill one of the associated monsters. (Sometimes this swings back to normal objectives: one common chain of bonus quests is Kill Enemies -> Sabotage Doodads -> Kill and Loot a Heroid Enemy -> Turn In Item)
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** The entire Slayer skill is this trope; players visit a Slayer Master who tells them to kill x number of y creatures.
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* ''{{Atelier Iris 3}}'' has one of these as one of the last sidequests available.

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* ''{{Atelier ''VideoGame/{{Atelier Iris 3}}'' 3|Grand Phantasm}}'' has one of these as one of the last sidequests available.
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* ''FalloutNewVegas'' has kill challenges, which tally your kills of certain categories and awards you special perks if you kill enough - kill enough bugs and you get the Bug Stomper perk, and so on. It also has the "Lord Death", "Lord Death of Murder Mountain" and "Apocalypse Ain't Got Nothing On Me" challenges, which requires you to kill, well, anything you can find. And requiring 200, 700 and 1000 kills respectively. In other words, you need to kill 1900 opponents to fill your death quota.

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* ''FalloutNewVegas'' ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' has kill challenges, which tally your kills of certain categories and awards you special perks if you kill enough - kill enough bugs and you get the Bug Stomper perk, and so on. It also has the "Lord Death", "Lord Death of Murder Mountain" and "Apocalypse Ain't Got Nothing On Me" challenges, which requires you to kill, well, anything you can find. And requiring 200, 700 and 1000 kills respectively. In other words, you need to kill 1900 opponents to fill your death quota.



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Supertrope to RatStomp, one of the most common starting quests of this type in {{Eastern RPG}}s.

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Supertrope to RatStomp, one of the most common starting quests of this type in {{Eastern {{Western RPG}}s.
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** One line of quests orders you to kill ''999'' of a rather powerful {{mook}} for the sole purpose of ''proving your strength''. And if you don't finish this quest, you are blocked off from the rest of the area by a mandatory DoorToBefore. And then you have to kill 999 of the next {{mook}}, and the next... By the way, these mooks in question are [[FridgeHorror monks in a temple]].
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* Villager Irina's quests in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'' consist of this. The first one has you kill ''thirty'' crows, of which you usually can't find more than five or six in any given screen. The others, which give tougher enemies to kill, have smaller numbers.
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* This and TwentyBearAsses are the most common mission types in ''Wizard101''.

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* This and TwentyBearAsses are the most common mission types in ''Wizard101''.''{{Wizard 101}}''.
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** This gets Lampshaded in the quest "frame work" where the sidequests are
**Slay some minotaurs - 10 total
**Slay more minotaurs - 10 total
**Slay some more minotaurs (still 10 total, although they stop listing that
**Slay even more minotaurs
**Slay, you guessed it, more minotaurs
**Keep slaying minotaurs
**The slaughter of minotaurs must go on
**Don't stop killing minotaurs now
**Finish what you started with the minotaurs -
**[[LampshadeHanging Kill something other than a minotaur for a change]]
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* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', the MonsterArena gives you a quest to capture 10 of each unique monster in each area.

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* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', the MonsterArena gives you a quest to capture 10 of each unique monster in each area. Doing so unlocks the ultimate BonusBoss at the arena, but the player is also rewarded along the way as they reach milestones in the collection such as capturing every monster in each individual area/dungeon or [[UndergroundMonkey every monster of the same species]].
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* ''{{Dofus}}'' has these.

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* ''{{Dofus}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Dofus}}'' has these.
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* ''DungeonsAndDragonsOnline'' works similarly to ''Vindictus'' in that the main focus of quests is clearing out dungeon instances instead of "kill X amount of monsters then return to me," though there are some situations that qualify:

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* ''DungeonsAndDragonsOnline'' ''VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsOnline'' works similarly to ''Vindictus'' in that the main focus of quests is clearing out dungeon instances instead of "kill X amount of monsters then return to me," though there are some situations that qualify:
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* In ''ChampionsOnline'', this pops up a couple times in Canada - you're given 3 separate missions requiring taking down 150 enemies of a given faction - Justiciar gives Terror Halt (150 Hunter-Patriots), and both [[{{SCTV}} Douglas McKenzie]] and Mark Derringer give missions to take out 150 Viper Agents (Snake Harmer and Make Snakes Moan).

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* In ''ChampionsOnline'', ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline'', this pops up a couple times in Canada - you're given 3 separate missions requiring taking down 150 enemies of a given faction - Justiciar gives Terror Halt (150 Hunter-Patriots), and both [[{{SCTV}} Douglas McKenzie]] and Mark Derringer give missions to take out 150 Viper Agents (Snake Harmer and Make Snakes Moan).
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* ''{{Borderlands}}'' has several of these. Even more with the {{DLC}}

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* ''{{Borderlands}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' has several of these. Even more with the {{DLC}}

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* TheHunter's sidequests in ''BrutalLegend''.

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* TheHunter's sidequests in ''BrutalLegend''.
* ''{{Borderlands}}'' has several of these. Even more with the {{DLC}}
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This quest can be combined with TwentyBearAsses, either as part of the same quest or occurring in the same game. These are sometimes also called "{{Pokemon}} Missions:" "GottaCatchEmAll!"

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This quest can be combined with TwentyBearAsses, either as part of the same quest or occurring in the same game. These are sometimes also called "{{Pokemon}} Missions:" "GottaCatchEmAll!"
"Pokémon Missions: GottaCatchThemAll!"
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* Although later content tends to move away from this, these still crop up in ''CityOfHeroes''. They're usually in older story arcs, and dressed as your character beating a lead out of them on the whereabouts of a certain villain or plot.
** Generally speaking, the improvement is that newer content now longer sends the character to defeat ten enemies far too strong for him in a distant zone far too dangerous for him. The classic example from the older game was being sent to defeat [[EvilSorceror Circle of Thorns]] enemies in the twisted and deadly Perez Park.
* In ChampionsOnline, this pops up a couple times in Canada - you're given 3 separate missions requiring taking down 150 enemies of a given faction - Justiciar gives Terror Halt (150 Hunter-Patriots), and both [[{{SCTV}} Douglas McKenzie]] and Mark Derringer give missions to take out 150 Viper Agents (Snake Harmer and Make Snakes Moan).

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* Although later content tends to move away from this, these still crop up in ''CityOfHeroes''. They're usually in older story arcs, and dressed as your character beating a lead out of them on the whereabouts of a certain villain or plot.
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plot. Generally speaking, the improvement is that newer content now longer sends the character to defeat ten enemies far too strong for him in a distant zone far too dangerous for him. The classic example from the older game was being sent to defeat [[EvilSorceror Circle of Thorns]] enemies in the twisted and deadly Perez Park.
* In ChampionsOnline, ''ChampionsOnline'', this pops up a couple times in Canada - you're given 3 separate missions requiring taking down 150 enemies of a given faction - Justiciar gives Terror Halt (150 Hunter-Patriots), and both [[{{SCTV}} Douglas McKenzie]] and Mark Derringer give missions to take out 150 Viper Agents (Snake Harmer and Make Snakes Moan).
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* In ChampionsOnline, this pops up a couple times in Canada - you're given 3 separate missions requiring taking down 150 enemies of a given faction - Justiciar gives Terror Halt (150 Hunter-Patriots), and both [[{{SCTV}} Douglas McKenzie]] and Mark Derringer give missions to take out 150 Viper Agents (Snake Harmer and Make Snakes Moan).
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* In ''FinalFantasyX'', the MonsterArena gives you a quest to capture 10 of each unique monster in each area.
* In ''FinalFantasyXII'' you can only complete the Clan Primer by killing a certain number of every single enemy in the game.

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* In ''FinalFantasyX'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', the MonsterArena gives you a quest to capture 10 of each unique monster in each area.
* In ''FinalFantasyXII'' ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' you can only complete the Clan Primer by killing a certain number of every single enemy in the game.
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** Also, the Extra Missions for Team Dark in ''SonicHeroes'' have you blowing up a couple hundred MechaMooks.

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** Also, the Extra Missions for Team Dark in ''SonicHeroes'' ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' have you blowing up a couple hundred MechaMooks.
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* ''{{Atelier Iris 3}}'' has one of these as one of the last sidequests available.

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