I've never used the monster masks. So I did not know they make monster sounds. But it makes sense, you are trying to blend in.

Yes, I'm sure many of us didn't have too much difficulty working out where the challenges were just from the small maps. I'm sure that was very deliberate; the idea is to get you to the challenges fairly easily, not to make you search the whole area for them (especially not the desert).

I will admit it - you were probably better and definitely braver in your combat through the One-hit Obliterator portion of the Champion's Ballad.


One interesting wrinkle that I had for the combat leading to the Ruvo Korbah Shrine was that I had the Blood Moon ready to hit after about 2 in-game hours. I am not sure why, but I thought I had to complete the combat and get into the shrine before midnight. Maybe I was worried the challenge was going to reset in some way? Though I did not manage it on the first try, I had to plot an efficient and reckless route to kill all the monsters within a tight window. Silly to think about now, when I'm sure I could have just waited for midnight to pass before taking out that set of defenders.