Hello.

The theme of this post is within the next week: making time for something I had been meaning to do but kept putting off. For me, that meant earning the Exorcist medal.

Medal quests that put ghost monsters' souls to rest

I am not sure exactly when these quests were introduced, but they have been around for quite a long time. The medals are currently their only rewards and offer practically no stat benefits, so there is little incentive on that front, though Legion Artifact missions have brought them more attention recently.

You can start these quests by speaking to the Rememberer in Sleepywood. What made them stick in my mind was the way ghosts and spirits have a category of their own in Maple World, despite all the other unusual monsters that live there. Even in a world where tree stumps wander around with axes embedded in them and mushrooms grow as large as houses, fear of the supernatural still has a place, and that left an impression on me.

Once you accept the quests, the idea is to put these monsters' souls to rest by defeating them, with the required kill counts of 44 and 444 making the theme fairly clear.

The quests must be completed in this order: Spirit Diviner → Soul Conjurer → Exorcist → Saint Exorcist. Below are the details for each, along with the monsters' World Archive research entries.

<Spirit Diviner> Medal Quest

• 444 Platoon Chronos: The Path of Time <1>

• 444 Master Chronos: The Path of Time <4>

• 444 Mummydogs: Camp 1

There is no map where Mummydogs spawn on their own, but they seem to be a little more plentiful in Camp 1 than in the Excavation Intermission Area. You can reach Camp 1 through the entrance shown here.

• 444 Wraiths: Line 2 <Area 2>

Once you have defeated all the monsters listed above, return to receive the <Spirit Diviner> medal.

<Soul Conjurer> Medal Quest

• 444 Skeledogs: Excavation Danger Zone

• 444 Officer Skeletons: Closed Area

• 444 Coolie Zombies: Forest of Dead Trees

• 444 Miner Zombies: Dead Mine

• 44 Zombie Mushmoms: Ant Tunnel 2

Zombie Mushmom spawns in one of three spots: the upper center, lower left, or lower right, with a respawn time of 25 minutes. If you decide to take this on, I recommend defeating any Zombie Mushmoms already there first, then hunting the other monsters before returning to finish the remaining kills.

Once you have defeated all the monsters listed above, return to receive the <Soul Conjurer> medal.

<Exorcist> Medal Quest

• 444 Soul Teddies: Forgotten Path of Time <1>

• 444 Master Soul Teddies: Forgotten Path of Time <1>

Both monsters spawn on the same map.

• 444 Dark Klocks: Forgotten Path of Time <2>

• 444 Master Death Teddies: Lost Time

You can enter through the portal shown here.

• 444 Saities: Authorized Personnel Only

Once you have defeated all the monsters listed above, return to receive the <Exorcist> medal.

<Saint Exorcist> Medal Quest

• 444 Skelosauruses: Nest of a Dead Dragon

• 444 Skelegons: Nest of a Dead Dragon

Star Force monsters with [★] in their names do not count. This makes things a little inconvenient, since the Star Force maps are larger and have more monsters than the only non-Star Force map.

• 444 Phantom Watches: Forgotten Path of Time <4>

• 444 Grim Phantom Watches: Forbidden Time

The entrance to Forbidden Time.

• 444 Bone Fish: Deep Sea Gorge 2

Finally, once you have defeated all the monsters listed above, return to receive the <Saint Exorcist> medal.

Closing Thoughts

1) You can expect the whole process to take about 2 hours. You need to defeat 8036 monsters in total, which is not even enough to complete a weekly mission, but the older map layouts and the fact that some of these monsters spawn alongside others make it take longer than you might expect.

2) You can check your progress in the Quest tab of the Medal menu.

3) Completing everything awards a total of 2000 Artifact EXP.

4) Earning all 4 medals completes an achievement.

Constantine is apparently an older film about an exorcist.

5) Perhaps because these quests predate titles, the NPC dialogue seems to use “medal” and “title” interchangeably.

6) I was disappointed by Thanatos's inclusion, even though it certainly looks like a creature whose soul needs to be put to rest.

7) The medals look quite nice, with themes drawn from both Eastern and Western traditions, and I think they would suit a Bishop particularly well. Now that you can set a medal's appearance separately from its stats, it might be worth setting aside a day to work through these quests if they interest you.

Thank you for reading.