The first bounty made available to you inMetaphor: ReFantaziois ‘Man’s Not-So Best Friend Bounty’ that will see you travelling back to the Tradia Desert, though in a different section to the one you stumbled through to get to Grand Trad.

It’s not just a case of finding the bounty and slaying it though, as there is a prerequisite you have to do first. Don’t worry though, as we’ve got all the details about this bounty covered right here, including battle strategies and rewards.

The Recruiter Dispatcher talking about the Maneater Manjula in Metaphor Refantazio.

How To Unlock The ‘Man’s Not-So Best Friend’ Bounty

Like other bounties, this can be accepted from the Recruiter Dispatcher in theRecruitment CentreinGrand Trad. Itbecomes available from 6/16 and there is no deadlineso you may complete it in your own time.

It’s worth noting that it takes a day to complete as you have to travel to the Tradia Desert.

The protagonist speaking with the informant about the Maneater Manjula in Metaphor Refantazio.

Quest Prep

You can go and speak to the Informant in the Hushed Honeybee inn to learn more. It’ll cost you 150 reeve to learn about the Lord of Tradia Desert, but we also cover all that information here so feel free to save yourself that pocket change.

Other than the usual of ensuring you have some HP recovery items just in case, the only thing you might need to worry about is ensuring you havesome Robust Remedies (160 reeve each) to cure Poisonin a pinch. These can be bought from Comfort Concoctions in Grand Trad.

The team facing Maneater Manjula in Metaphor Refantazio.

If you are going with your Protagonist on Healer, they’ll have Patra to cure Poison anyway.

There’s a lot of wiggle room for how you may have your party as Maneater Manjula is not the most challenging bounty you will face. However, we’ve detailed below the setup we used and why.

Healer/Mage

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It’s worth having the protagonistas the healer but with the ability to cast Ice attacks and have a Mace/Staffto hit Maneater Manjula’s weaknesses. You can either Healer with Blizz inherited, or Mage with Dei (from Seeker) or Medi (inherited from Healer).

We don’t recommend using Seekerbecause it has a weakness to Fire.

Tradia Desert map in Metaphor Refantazio.

Warrior/Brawler/Knight

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Strohl likely has Warrior levelled the most by the time you take on this bounty, so that’s likely the one to go for, especially as it’sresistant to Fire attacks. However, any physical damage dealing Archetype is good and if you can throw in Blizz inherited from Mage or an Igniter is a bonus.

Knight/Warrior/Brawler

Much like Strohl, I’d go with whatever you have levelled the most on Hulkenberg and if you’re able to get her an Ice attack too, that will help.

How To Spawn Maneater Manjula

When youenter the Tradia Desert, you’ll quickly be told you can’t just hunt down the Maneater Manjula, you have tolure it out by attacking the packs of Hyeno.

There arethree packs of Hyenoon the map, they are roaming a bit but roughly can be found in theupper west, to the east of the middle, and south of the map. They are all marked on your map and are easy to locate.

Maneater Manjula Peril screen in Metaphor Refantazio.

These enemies are fairly easy to defeat, in fact there’sa good chance you won’t even need to enter into Squad battles to tackle them. However, we’ve covered their movesets and affinities below just incase.

Once the final Hyeno has been defeated, you will be automatically be thrown into battle with the Maneater Manjula after a short cutscene.

The protagonist facing Maneater Manjula in Metaphor Refantazio.

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Physical damage to one party member.

Paralysis Scratch

Physical damage to one party member that has a chance of causing Paralysis.

Reduces attack and defence of all party members.

Maneater Manjula Rewards in Metaphor Refantazio.

Poison Needle

Physical damage to one party member with a possibility of inflicting Poison.

Battle Strategy

Maneater Manjula isweak to both Ice and Strike attacks, so this is what we want to focus on the most while ensuring yourparty stays healed.

This battle shouldn’t prove too challenging, difficulty level depending, and all you need towatch out for is keeping your party members' HP topped up and Poison curedas needed.

Simply keep attacking to whittle down its HP andmake the most of its weaknesses of Ice and Strikeas much as you can.

Rewards For Defeating Maneater Manjula, Fiend Of The Wastes

You’ll earn10,000 reeveas well asearning four points of Couragefor completing the Bounty.

Additionally, you’ll get aRusted WeaponandBone Helmfor defeating the Maneater Manjula, as well as aRampager Tailto prove you completed the bounty.