My son asked me the other day to help him with a boss. “I know you’ve made it through all of Krokotopia alone … but I can’t beat this guy because he has 3 guards with him and it’s one against four.” I knew exactly what he was talking about because, like him, I didn’t read the mission instructions clearly the first time. If you walk into the room where Taskmaster Djal is, you will notice that he has a group of guards with him. However, if you follow the missions correctly, you can fight him without any guards helping him. At the Karanahn Barracks, there is a mission to defeat Kiwu. Notice that there is a food table behind him. In your quest log, the instructions were to defeat Kiwu to put a sleeping potion in the food. Many people miss this step.

Encourage! If you’ve already beaten Kiwu and he has reappeared, you can simply walk behind him. Stay close to the wall and you won’t be pushed into combat. You can get behind him, at the table … where you can press X to put the potion in the food. Then when you walk into Taskmaster Djal’s room, he’s there alone! No more guards. One note: for some reason, Quest Helper is pointing in the wrong direction for Taskmaster Djal. Ignore it. To find it, after you’ve put the sleeping potion in the guard’s food, if you’re behind Kiwu, just stay to the right. Stay on the right wall and keep turning right until you reach a door with the portals in front of it. He is there.