The Alligators at the Swamp: step-by-step guide

Clear the Kerning City swamps for Ayan in Perion: 40 Jr. Neckis, 100 Ligators and 20 Jr. Necki Skins, then 120 Crocos and 50 Croco Skins. 23,600 EXP, a Greater weapon attack scroll and an Intermediate cape stat scroll, both your pick.

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Worth it

The 30-second version

1. Start: talk to Ayan in Perion at Lv 48.
2. Collect: 20 Jr. Necki Skin, 50 Croco Skin.
3. Defeat: 40 Jr. Necki, 100 Ligator, 120 Croco.
4. You get: 23,600 EXP, 3,012 mesos, Greater weapon attack scroll (your pick), Intermediate cape stat scroll (your pick).

Where to start

Ayan · Perion

Ayan is in Perion town. The swamps are by Kerning City: from there walk The Swamp of Despair I, II and III, then Dangerous Croko I and II.

Before you start

• Finish I Need to Find My Daughter 2 (Ayan, Lv11).
• That one follows The Stump Horror Story (Ayan, Lv10) and I Need to Find My Daughter 1 (Bruce, Lv11).

This guide covers 2 quests: Taking Out the Alligators 1 › Taking Out the Alligators 2

What you need

Item	How many	Where to get it
Jr. Necki Skin	20	Jr. Necki: Dangerous Croko I, Dangerous Croko II, The Swamp of Despair III, The Swamp of Despair IITradeable, about 33 mesos (Oct 23).
Croco Skin	50	Croco: Dangerous Croko II, Dangerous Croko I

Monsters to defeat

Monster	How many	Where
Jr. Necki	40	Dangerous Croko I, Dangerous Croko II, The Swamp of Despair III, The Swamp of Despair II
Ligator	100	The Swamp of Despair I, The Swamp of Despair II, The Swamp of Despair III, The Murky Swamp I
Croco	120	Dangerous Croko II, Dangerous Croko I

Getting to the hunting spots

Rewards

That EXP is 4% of a level at Lv 48.

• Greater weapon attack scroll choose onePart 1. Pick one for a weapon your class uses (magicians: wand or staff magic attack)
• Cape STR Scroll: Intermediate choose onePart 2: pick one of the four cape scrolls
• Cape DEX Scroll: Intermediate choose onePart 2: pick one of the four cape scrolls
• Cape INT Scroll: Intermediate choose onePart 2: pick one of the four cape scrolls
• Cape LUK Scroll: Intermediate choose onePart 2: pick one of the four cape scrolls

Two picks: a weapon scroll after part 1 and a cape scroll after part 2. Each part pays 11,800 EXP + 1,506 mesos.

Tips

• Stack it with Icarus and the Flying Medicine: the Witch's Herbs for Witchgrass Leaves grow on these same swamp maps.
• Jr. Neckis (Lv21) and Ligators (Lv31) go down fast at 48. Crocos (Lv52) are the real fight, and they're weak to fire.
• Jr. Neckis dodge a lot, so expect misses if your accuracy is low.
• Greater weapon scrolls work 10% of the time for +4 attack, so use yours on a weapon you plan to keep.

Sources: NiaMeowDB (1 · 2 · 3 · 4), maplestory.quest (1 · 2)