Direct answer
Complete the Scientist lure chain, bring maximum sustained damage and preserve the whale body; current routes use it to continue into the mutated final encounter.
Recommended preparation
The goal is not a mathematically perfect build; it is a loadout that lets you move, recover and finish the hand-in without restarting the island.
- Fish Bucket / Whale Bait from the Scientist route
- High sustained damage
- Deep ammunition reserve
- A safe body-storage plan
Fight plan
- Finish the Scientist prerequisites.
- Place the lure only when ready.
- Keep the group spread.
- Do not sell or abandon the whale body.
Route status: Patch-sensitive. Avoid selling a named body part, trophy or bait object until the local quest giver rejects it.
Difficulty and co-op adjustment
Patch 1.0.9 added Easy and Hard. Easy reduces creature health by 25% and damage by 50%; Hard increases health and damage by 25%. In co-op, spread out, assign one item carrier, and call reload windows instead of emptying every weapon at once.
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