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In Dragon’s Dogma 2 you can find a secret boss called Medusa. It is linked to 3 trophies and achievements:Off with Its Head! for decapitating its head,Getting a Head for getting her Preserved Head,An Eye for an Eye for petrifying herusing her own head. This guide explains where to find Medusa, how to get her head and all associated trophies/achievements.
Medusa Location
Medusa’s Lair is in a cave called “Calignious Depths” south of Bakbattahl. That’s in the desert region south of the border.
How to Get Medusa Head & Preserved Medusa Head
Step 1:You must get a Medusa head by cutting it off Medusa. It’s recommended you do this while playing Thief vocation. Have a mage on your team who buffs your weapon with Lightning damage (you can see the pawn spells when recruiting at Riftstones).Immediately when the fight starts climb up to her head by pressing 
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, then do normal melee attacks ( 
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). Repeat this until her head falls off. Do not use any other attacks, only melee buffed with lightning while at her head. To get the “Preserved Medusa Head” you have to decapitate her head while she’s near full health, during her first or second health bar. This will also unlock 
Getting a Head(got Preserved Medusa Head) & 
Off with Its Head!(decapitated Medusa).
Step 2: Afterward collect her head from the floor to put it in your inventory. If your pawn autocollects the head, simply move it from your pawn’s inventory to your own to pop the trophy. If Medusa took too much damage you will only get the regular (non-Preserved) Medusa Head. If you are playing on PS5 it’s highly recommended you make a PS+ backup save before fighting her, so you canredownloadthat save and retry if you don’t get the Preserved Head. Alternatively, rest for 14 days in Bakbattahl and come back and she will respawn, so you can keep retrying it. If you are already level 60+ and have the best weapons you might kill her in 2 hits, in this case use the weakest possible loadout to cut off her head without damaging her health too much.
Petrify Medusa
Step 3:Immediately travel back to Bakbattahl and put the Preserved Medusa Head into storage. This can be done at the Pilgrim’s Inn by talking to the Innkeeper. Items in the storage don’t perish. It’s best to place a Portcrystal in Bakbattahl and use a Ferrystone to teleport back there immediately so that the Medusa head doesn’t rot in your inventory. This is time-sensitive so you have to be quick or else the head will decay and become useless. You can also run back there but don’t rest along the way as itwould decay the head. Here’s the Inn in Bakbattahl:
Step 4:AFTER putting the Preserved Medusa Head into storage, rest on the bench outside Bakbattahl’s Pilgrim’s Inn for 14 days. Stay seated and keep pressing 
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until you skipped through 14 nights. This will make all enemies respawn, including Medusa (note that 7 days seem to be enough to respawn all enemies but we recommend 14 days to be safe). It’s very important that the “Preserved Medusa Head” remains in storage while you do this, otherwise it will decay from the passage of time.
Step 5:Withdraw Preserved Medusa Head from storage. Quickly run back to Medusa’s lair where you fought her, do not rest along the way and don’t waste any time. Medusa will have respawned. Now aim the head at her to petrify her. In the inventory click “Equip” on Preserved Medusa Head > this will put the head on your belt > open inventory a second time and click on it again, select “Brandish” (this will let you hold the head) > aim it directly at Medusa and it will petrify her to unlock the trophy.
If anything goes wrong, rest for 14 days in Bakbattahl and return to Medusa to cut off another Preserved Medusa head and repeat all steps. Resting at the campfire outside the Medusa cave won’t workbecause the head will decay and then can’t be used anymore. So you’ll have to make the long walk back from Bakbattahl every time.
Good to know: Medusa’s Head is one of the best items in the game and you can get it repeatedly. It will instakill any enemy, including larger bosses. The only downside is that the head decays and loses its power over time. But you can always get another copy of it.
For more guides check out Dragon’s Dogma 2 Wiki.
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