AC Odyssey: Sphinx - Mythical creatures Assassin's Creed Odyssey Guide and Walkthrough
Last update: Thursday, December 22, 2022
In Assassin's Creed Odyssey you can fight with four mythical creatures. These battles are one of the side activities which means that you don't have to complete them in order to finish Assassin's Creed Odyssey's storyline. Defeat these creatures to receive XP and legendary weapons.
Each of the bosses has a unique style of fighting. We have included descriptions of every creature to make the fights easier for you. This page focuses on the fight with the Sphinx. It also contains tips on how to reach that beast.
How to find Sphinx?
Start A Family's Legacy side quest. This mission will lead you to the Sphinx.
You won't fight with the Sphinx by using your muscles. Instead, you will have to defeat it with your intellect. Below you can find questions that the Sphinx can ask you. Give three correct answers to defeat the Sphinx. You can't fight the Sphinx even when you start threating it.
List of questions and answers
Sphinx - As small as your thumb, I am light in the air. You may hear me before you see me, but trust that I'm there.
Answer - Hummingbird.
Sphinx - Never resting, never still; moving silently from hill to hill; it does not walk, run, or trot; all is cool where it is not.
Answer - Sun.
Sphinx - What can bring back the dead; make you cry, make you laugh, make you young; is born in an instant, yet lasts a life time?
Answer - Memory.
Sphinx - What is always old and sometimes new; never sad, sometimes blue; never empty, but sometimes full; never pushes, always pulls?
Answer - Moon.
Sphinx - What is large, yet never grows; has roots that cannot be seen; and is taller than trees?
Answer - Mountain.
Sphinx - At night they come without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen.
Answer - Stars.
Sphinx - I create my lair with earthen string, and dispatch my prey with a biting sting.
Answer - Spider.
Sphinx - What can run, but never walks; has a mouth, but never talks; has a head, but never weeps; has a bed, but never sleeps?
Answer - River.
Sphinx - I'm alive, but without breath; I'm as cold in life as in death; I'm never thirsty, though I always drink.
Answer - Fish.
Then, you have to approach the correct columns and press the pictures with symbols. The symbols are corresponding with your answers.