How to kill the Crystal Cave’s glowy monster in Enigma of Fear

If you decide to head to Enigma of Fear’s Crystal Cave from the Perimeter, you’ll soon encounter a new enemy: a sprightly critter with glowing gree🀅n crys⛦tals sprouting from its body. Chances are you’ve died to it a couple of times and are now seeking some assistance. How exactly do you kill the glowy foe in the Crystal Cave?

A crystal monster in Crystal Cave

Unlike the Blood Zombies, which can’t see at all, this new enemy in Enigma of Fear seems to have great eyesight. It’s also fast and will pursue you out of the room while generating waves of fear that eventually knock you out and spell game over.

To take out the radiant fiend, you need to perform one extra step than when fighting Blood Zombies. Rather than pressing the Flashlight button to toggle between regular and blue light, hold the button to open a wheel menu. At the top is an option to turn off the flashlight entirely, which you may have overlooked.

Flashlight extinguished, crouch, sneak up behind the monster, and whack it from behind. Be wary, though. Turning off the flashlight makes you less detectable, but you’re not invisible. Like with the Blood Zombies, you still need to use some strategy when creeping up.

Whatever happened to Oswald?

When close enough, you’ll get an Interact prompt to knock the glowing guy out. He’ll drop an 𓆉item, which reveals that this poor thing is what remains of the researcher Oswald Magani, whose name you may have already encountered once o🅺r twice.

There are a few other interesting tidbits in the room Oswald was guarding: a couple of lore building items, a letter that provides clues about how to take out Goliath, and a medkit, which you’ll probably need by now. Then it’s time to delve further into the Crystal Cave, where you might run into more of Enigma of Fear’s corrupted researchers.