History Main / MassMonsterSlaughterSidequest

* 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.

* Similarly in ''RogueGalaxy'', you have to kill a certain number of almost every enemy to get a particular achievement/prize/what have you.

** However by the time you get this quest you can have the First-Attack Badge (if you attack a monster in the overworld that would no longer give experience, it dies without entering a battle) and even the Bump-Attack Badge (kills enemies if you even TOUCH a monster that would no longer give experience, it dies). This also one of the earliest areas so its possible to complete this mission by just walking down the path.

* ''KingdomOfLoathing'': the Bounty Hunter exists to give out quests of this type. He offers three quests every day, [[FreedomFromChoice all of which are "go kill X of this monster."]] Somewhat of a parody, since giving out these quests is literally his job despite it being pointless, but it's still tedious. See TwentyBearAsses for more...''much'' more.
* ''{{Runescape}}'' players who slay enough chompy birds with a special luring technique will be rewarded [[AndYourRewardIsClothes with fancy hats]].

* ''MapleStory''. Either you're committing genocide on the order of hundreds of creatures a quest, or you're collecting random drops at the same rate.

* ''WorldOfWarcraft'': Guaranteed to take up large amounts of your game experience.
** The most famous questgiver for such missions is the ErnestHemingway analogue Hemet Nesingwary, who would instruct players to slaughter dozens of animals for sport in Stranglethorn Vale, Nagrand, and Scholazar Basin. In ''Wrath of the Lich King'', a questline was added in which the player aids a rival organization, "Druids for the Humane and Ethical Treatment of Animals"...who would instruct players to slaughter dozens of hunters as revenge.

* ''AceOnline'' has monster hunting sidequests in their own folder (with some overlap with TwentyBearAsses).

* Some of the missions in ''ShadowTheHedgehog'' were of this variety: kill all aliens, soldiers, etc.

* One of the Trouble Center quests you can get in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' is to kill every enemy in the Boggly Woods. The reward is only 20 coins (which is actually more than another trouble center quest you can unlock at this time) so unless you're going for OneHundredPercentCompletion, it's hardly worth it.

* 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)

* ''KingdomOfLoathing'': the Bounty Hunter Hunter exists to give out quests of this type. He offers three quests every day, [[FreedomFromChoice all of which are "go kill X of this monster."]] Somewhat of a parody, since giving out these quests is literally his job despite it being pointless, but it's still tedious. See TwentyBearAsses for more...''much'' more.

* ''ProgressQuest'' has multiple quests along the lines of "Eradictate the Elves", "Murder the Pink Elephants" and "Neutralize the Motorbike Goblins".

* LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII takes this to it's logical extreme. Most Canvas of Souls quests require a set number of items to complete, most being VendorTrash dropped by monsters, however two quest givers require you kill an entire species, and [[UpToEleven one person asks that you]] [[KillEmAll kill every single monster in the world.]]

* ''KingdomOfLoathing'': the Bounty Hunter Hunter exists to give out quests of this type. You can choose one of three quests every day, [[FreedomFromChoice all of which are "go kill X of this monster."]] Somewhat of a parody, since giving out these quests is literally his job despite it being pointless, but it's still tedious. See TwentyBearAsses for more...''much'' more.

** Cataclysm added the quests [[http://www.wowhead.com/quest=27729 "Once More With Eeling"]] and [[http://www.wowhead.com/quest=27187 "Do the World a Favor"]], where you take it upon yourself to kill specific animals simply because they're gross you don't like them. Driving the parody home, the in-game quest checklist lists progress with the phrases "7/10 Disgusting Eels Justifiably Slain" and "4/12 Mangy Hyenas Eradicated" respectively.

** Occasionally parodied. [[http://www.wowhead.com/quest=27729 This]] quest is basically your player character giving him or herself a quest to kill some more eels for absolutely no reason at all.

* It has allegedly been confirmed that if you slay 999 monsters on each dungeon floor in ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' Including the Demon Shaft which has 100 floors alone and is only accessible after the main storyline is complete(Forget about doing this on the way),[[spoiler: Dran will come down from the sky, talk about how strong you are and become your ally. in addition he will become a playable character on the world map and give you Chronicle 3. The strongest sword in the game.]] I believe that whoever confirmed this did it by reading the strategy guide and nothing more. This is made even harder to accomplish by the fact that they only put fifteen monsters on each floor of the dungeons each time you enter and there are six separate dungeons with a varying number of floors. You'd better have plenty of everything handy.
* ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRings:TheReturnOfTheKing'' Tallies not only how many enemies you kill but if you properly execute the controls while doing it. It determines your mission rating. Luckily there's plenty of sites that list a manual cheat code to make all your mission ratings Perfect.

* LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII takes this to it's logical extreme. Most Canvas of Souls quests require a set number of items to complete, most being VenderTrash dropped by monsters, however two quest givers require you kill an entire species, and [[UpToEleven one person asks that you]] [[KillEmAll kill every single monster in the world.]]

* LightningReturns takes this to it's logical extreme. Most Canvas of Souls quests require a set number of items to complete, most being VenderTrash dropped by monsters, however two quest givers require you kill an entire species, and one person asks that you kill every single monster in the world.

* The bulk of Quest Content in VideoGame/TERA for quests consists of slaughtering various numbers of Monster X, and sometimes Monster Y and Z as well. Also slips into TwentyBearAsses (Though the game tends to be merciful on the numbers and drops). As well, the game allows you to do repeatable missions to kill Monster X after turning in the original quest.

!!Examples

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

* ''PerfectWorld'' is no exception from this. Features these that are repeatable within a certain level range. May even overlap with other (side/)quests ie. killing a criteria mob will tick one kill to all currently active quests requiring a kill count of that mob.

* The [[StealthPun Pixie hunting]] in ''ZanZarah'' is this, except you don't have to slaughter Pixies, just catch them (which is all the same, since they are gone forever afterwards).

* ''{{Gothic}}'' often finds some rather creative [[JustifiedTrope justifications]] for this type of missions.

* 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.

* 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.