Pest Control is a daily quest in Lost Ark, for completing which you should wait for a short event to start and kill a number of pirates, but what if the pirates won't spawn?

Lost Ark has been around for less than a week in the west but it already has a lot of players who are trying to complete quests one after another and level up.

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In between, you might see some quests or missions that don't work properly or get interrupted with bugs, but is that the case with the Pest Control quest?

Why Pirates Don't Spawn in Pest Control in Lost Ark?

Just to be clear, there has been no official reaction from developers towards this issue so far, which means everything we are suggesting here is coming directly from the Lost Ark community on Reddit and the game's dedicated forum.

As some players have reported, you should wait for a very short event on the island, after which the Pest Control quests begin and Pirates spawn on the map. Apparently, the event happens every 10 or 15 minutes.

That being said, some players suggest that you might not get the chance to finish the quest on crowded servers as other players instantly kill the pirates, leaving you empty-handed until the next spawn.

So, we suggest you wait a little bit longer than usual, but if you still can't get it done, then there might be an issue with the quest itself, which probably needs a fix from the developers.

Lost Ark is now available for free on PC through Steam. The development team has not shown any interest in launching the game on consoles.