Follow our step-by-step guide to complete the 'Odor Most Foul' quest in Assassin's Creed Origins, from investigating the stench in Memphis to confronting the culprits.
Walkthrough
- 1Make your way to the quest marker northwest of the Memphis fast travel point to find a priest.
- 2Use Senu to scan near the priests and locate the cave entrance.
- 3Head east from the priests, drop off a ledge, and turn around to find the cave entrance.
- 4Slide under the cave entrance and proceed down the linear tunnel.
- 5At the pit, take the path west to a ledge, squeeze through a crack to find a shrine, and explore side-passages.
- 6Drop to the low ground, turn north, and follow the passageway into a room with four pillars.
- 7Defeat any enemies (levels 20-21) in the room.
- 8Head east up some stairs, smash a weak section of wall, and loot the large white chest.
- 9Return to the four-pillared room and head north to find another exit (optional, contains lesser containers).
- 10From the four-pillared room, head west, pass a shrine, turn north, and go downstairs to a small chamber.
- 11Activate your Animus Pulse, investigate offering bowls on a table, and examine a nearby stain.
- 12Follow the trail of foulness west, smash a reed barrier, crawl through a broken section of wall.
- 13Use your Animus Pulse to highlight search targets and investigate a botched mummification to find the source of the problem.
- 14Continue upstairs, turn east, and use a false tile to return to an earlier part of the tomb.
- 15Exit the tomb and travel to the Wabet point of interest in the northern end of Memphis.
- 16Speak with the Head Embalmer of Memphis.
- 17Use your Animus Pulse to investigate the area.
- 18Talk to the man working with natron to the northeast to learn about recent issues with it.
- 19Head through a large doorway at the north-northwestern end of the temple.
- 20Turn east, northeast, then north, northwest at some stairs, and pass through a doorway to the west-southwest.
- 21Turn northwest to find a table with the Papyrus Puzzle Scroll “Burning Bush”.
- 22Exit the room via the entrance doorway, turn the corner, and head west-southwest to a doorway leading outside.
- 23Once outside, talk to the indicated man.
- 24Make your way to the warehouse on the western end of the city, northwest of the Temple of Ptah.
- 25Enter the warehouse and confront the perpetrator.
- 26After the confrontation, head east to reach the cave entrance again.
- 27Follow the linear corridor until you reach a chamber with bandits (levels 20-21).
- 28Defeat the four bandits to complete the quest.
- 29Before leaving, smash the weak wall to the south to reach a small tomb with lootables.
- 30Head west from the bandit-occupied room to find a smaller chamber with a small chest.
Tips:
- The caves offer multiple passages to various high-profile locations, making them a strategic area.
- The enemies encountered in the caves and the final bandit camp are around levels 20-21.
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