How can I complete the Blackest Sacrement achievement with terrible RNG?

Azurephoenix999 · May 2018

I'm missing two targets on Blackest Sacrement (Steidor and Dolwinora), but every single time I come back I am NEVER given a sacrement with either of them as the targets. Is there anything I can do to force it?

Nightfall12 · May 2018

yeah this one is beyond annoying. As is I never found those sneak in missions to be the best as is...i mean the paths that the gaurds take with lights are sooooo long and slow that these missions take far to long for what they offer in fun, and having the random targets limited to 1 mission a day its pure frustration, i sheleved those missions long ago. evey time i look at that achievemnt and think i should go back...i remember how much i dislike those.

kringled_1 · May 2018

It took about a month of checking every single day before I got the last target I needed. No, I don't have a quicker way answer.

Merlin13KAGL · May 2018

You know, the named targets are present in their associated areas even if they are not the quest objective?

You have to execute them. You do not have to execute them just when they are assigned by the Speaker.

(Only reason I know this is because when I first started, I had more targets checked off my list than I had performed sacraments at the time.) You can even go back in the area and look after completing the overseer portion of the bonus.

So if you see any named enemy: When in doubt, snuff them out.

Sithis comes for us all.

kringled_1 · May 2018

Interesting. I knew they were there all the time but I didn't know that it would count for the achievement if they weren't the target.

Ilsabet · May 2018

Merlin13KAGL wrote: »

You know, the named targets are present in their associated areas even if they are not the quest objective?

You have to execute them. You do not have to execute them just when they are assigned by the Speaker.

(Only reason I know this is because when I first started, I had more targets checked off my list than I had performed sacraments at the time.) You can even go back in the area and look after completing the overseer portion of the bonus.

So if you see any named enemy: When in doubt, snuff them out.

Sithis comes for us all.

I had this idea when I was trying to come up with my last mark, and what I discovered is that if a particular person is not the given target for a Sacrament, they'll appear as a generic NPC and not under their target name. So for example, you might find the guy who's supposed to be Joe Schmoe, but he'll appear as "Sanguine reveler" or whatever. I don't know if the achievement will still trigger because it's the same warm body, or if it's worthwhile to look for anybody who has a name, but in my experience the actual marks won't show up as themselves unless they're the designated target.

Merlin13KAGL · May 2018

Ilsabet wrote: »

Merlin13KAGL wrote: »

You know, the named targets are present in their associated areas even if they are not the quest objective?

You have to execute them. You do not have to execute them just when they are assigned by the Speaker.

(Only reason I know this is because when I first started, I had more targets checked off my list than I had performed sacraments at the time.) You can even go back in the area and look after completing the overseer portion of the bonus.

So if you see any named enemy: When in doubt, snuff them out.

Sithis comes for us all.

I had this idea when I was trying to come up with my last mark, and what I discovered is that if a particular person is not the given target for a Sacrament, they'll appear as a generic NPC and not under their target name. So for example, you might find the guy who's supposed to be Joe Schmoe, but he'll appear as "Sanguine reveler" or whatever. I don't know if the achievement will still trigger because it's the same warm body, or if it's worthwhile to look for anybody who has a name, but in my experience the actual marks won't show up as themselves unless they're the designated target.

Correct, but you will also find named enemies that seemingly have no place in your current quest.

It is possible they don't always spawn all named enemies for the area each time, but be on the lookout, especially if you know the areas they spawn in. Always look for the name, not the visual.

For instance, in the sewer tenement, there is always a named enemy taking a nap. (S)he looks so peaceful, it just seems a shame to leave it alone.