Direct answer
Complete the swimmer’s bait quest first, then run and fire continuously. Automatic weapons are more forgiving than stopping for a slow shotgun blast.
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.
- SMG or other automatic weapon
- Multiple ammunition stacks
- Completed endangered-creature chain
- A wide route around the shop and trees
Fight plan
- Start with a full magazine.
- Kite around broad obstacles.
- Shoot while moving instead of planting your feet.
- Use a terrain snag only as a short reload window.
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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