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* ''VideoGame/Fallout3'': The Ghouls called Reavers are among the toughest enemies in the entire game, rivaling the Super-Mutant Overlords and the Albino Scorpions, yet the reward for killing them is usually a few caps or a jet.
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** ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'': In the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 re-release named ''Tales of Graces f'', it's possible to defeat the Rockgagong (a powerful late-game OptionalBoss) earlier than intended using a GameBreaker setup for Hubert, but doing so will not net you any experience points whatsoever. In fact, back in the original UsefulNotes/NintendoWii version, it was possible to gain experience points from the Rockgagong ''repeatedly'' to overlevel your party members, which became so broken that [[ObviousRulePatch it was understandably patched out in the PS3 release]]. Subverted in that pulling the same trick on the [=PS3=] version will net you a [[BraggingRightsReward PlayStation Network Trophy]], but that's it.

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** ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'': In the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 Platform/PlayStation3 re-release named ''Tales of Graces f'', it's possible to defeat the Rockgagong (a powerful late-game OptionalBoss) earlier than intended using a GameBreaker setup for Hubert, but doing so will not net you any experience points whatsoever. In fact, back in the original UsefulNotes/NintendoWii Platform/NintendoWii version, it was possible to gain experience points from the Rockgagong ''repeatedly'' to overlevel your party members, which became so broken that [[ObviousRulePatch it was understandably patched out in the PS3 release]]. Subverted in that pulling the same trick on the [=PS3=] version will net you a [[BraggingRightsReward PlayStation Network Trophy]], but that's it.
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* ''VideoGame/TheBattleCats'': Assassin Bears are incredibly fast black enemies which attack over three times a second for immense DPS from long range, and are usually spawned to [[StalkedByTheBell make you lose if you take too long]]. Should you manage to kill an Assassin Bear, whether via sniping it with the Cat Cannon or with other ranged and piercing attacks, it drops 4 money -- in a game where the basic Cat costs 75 money in most stages, and most [[OlympusMons Uber Rare cats]] cost 4500 money or more.
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Some fights just [[InvertedTrope aren't]] WorthIt. In this case, an enemy that requires a lot of effort to take down gives so little in the way of a reward when defeated that there's no point in fighting them in the first place.

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Some fights just [[InvertedTrope aren't]] WorthIt. In this case, an enemy that requires a lot of effort to take down gives so little in the way of a reward when defeated that there's no point in fighting them in the first place.
place. When the only possible "victory" is a PyrrhicVictory, the winning move is to avoid a fight.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Eridan kills all the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]] inhabiting his Sburb planet, even though are not initially aggressive, are {{Demonic Spider}}s in a fight, and don't drop any loot. He complains about this to Karkat, who [[DiscussedTrope explains this trope]] and tells him to stop exterminating the angels since the game obviously doesn't reward it. Despite this help, Eridan never realizes that he's supposed to be working with them on his personal quest instead.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Eridan kills all the Eridan's SBURB world is inhabited by [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]] inhabiting his Sburb planet, angels]]. He gets TriggerHappy and starts killing them, even though they are not initially aggressive, are {{Demonic Spider}}s in a fight, and don't drop any loot. He complains about this to Karkat, who [[DiscussedTrope explains this trope]] and tells him to stop exterminating the angels since the game obviously doesn't reward it. Despite this help, killing the angels. Unfortunately Eridan never realizes that he's supposed to be working with is an idiot, doesn't follow the advice, and exterminates them all. If he was smarter, he might have realized they were [[EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity Enigmatic Empowering Entities]] meant to guide him on his personal quest instead.quest.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'': The [[BeefGate Dungeon Guardian]] has the highest defense and attack of any enemy in the game, meaning it can kill an endgame level player in 1-2 hits, and even [[InfinityPlusOneSword the Zenith]] will only deal one damage per hit. Killing it is nearly impossible without extensive preparation. Until Version 1.2, it dropped absolutely nothing. As of the most recent version, it drops only the Bone Key, which is a simple cosmetic for {{Bragging|RightsReward}} purposes. The minimal drops and extreme difficulty is intentional as the point of the Dungeon Guardian is to prevent SequenceBreaking.

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