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Odor Most Foul
Assassin's Creed Origins

Odor Most Foul

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.

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