diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/mobs/CrystalSpire.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/mobs/CrystalSpire.java
index e34eeda9f..ceb0721a7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/mobs/CrystalSpire.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/mobs/CrystalSpire.java
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ public class CrystalSpire extends Mob {
 							}
 						}
 
+						Bestiary.skipCountingEncounters = true;
 						for (Char ch : Actor.chars()){
 							if (fieldOfView[ch.pos]) {
 								if (ch instanceof CrystalGuardian) {
@@ -363,6 +364,7 @@ public class CrystalSpire extends Mob {
 								}
 							}
 						}
+						Bestiary.skipCountingEncounters = false;
 
 					}
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/mobs/DwarfKing.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/mobs/DwarfKing.java
index 1e7ca5af7..66ffd3f6c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/mobs/DwarfKing.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/mobs/DwarfKing.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.rings.RingOfForce;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.scrolls.ScrollOfTeleportation;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.wands.Wand;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.wands.WandOfLightning;
+import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.journal.Bestiary;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.levels.CityBossLevel;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.mechanics.Ballistica;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.messages.Messages;
@@ -497,13 +498,11 @@ public class DwarfKing extends Mob {
 				for (Summoning s : buffs(Summoning.class)) {
 					s.detach();
 				}
-				for (Mob m : Dungeon.level.mobs.toArray(new Mob[0])) {
-					if (m.alignment == alignment) {
-						if (m instanceof Ghoul || m instanceof Monk || m instanceof Warlock || m instanceof Golem) {
-							m.die(null);
-						}
-					}
+				Bestiary.skipCountingEncounters = true;
+				for (Mob m : getSubjects()) {
+					m.die(null);
 				}
+				Bestiary.skipCountingEncounters = false;
 				for (Buff b: buffs()){
 					if (b instanceof LifeLink){
 						b.detach();
@@ -568,9 +567,11 @@ public class DwarfKing extends Mob {
 
 		Dungeon.level.unseal();
 
+		Bestiary.skipCountingEncounters = true;
 		for (Mob m : getSubjects()){
 			m.die(null);
 		}
+		Bestiary.skipCountingEncounters = false;
 
 		LloydsBeacon beacon = Dungeon.hero.belongings.getItem(LloydsBeacon.class);
 		if (beacon != null) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/mobs/RotHeart.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/mobs/RotHeart.java
index 787993ec1..8be998c50 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/mobs/RotHeart.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/mobs/RotHeart.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.actors.Char;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.actors.blobs.Blob;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.actors.blobs.ToxicGas;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.actors.buffs.Burning;
+import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.journal.Bestiary;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.plants.Rotberry;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.scenes.GameScene;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.sprites.RotHeartSprite;
@@ -95,11 +96,13 @@ public class RotHeart extends Mob {
 	@Override
 	public void destroy() {
 		super.destroy();
+		Bestiary.skipCountingEncounters = true;
 		for (Mob mob : Dungeon.level.mobs.toArray(new Mob[Dungeon.level.mobs.size()])){
 			if (mob instanceof RotLasher){
 				mob.die(null);
 			}
 		}
+		Bestiary.skipCountingEncounters = false;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/mobs/YogDzewa.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/mobs/YogDzewa.java
index 2847fd4ee..96d26a9f3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/mobs/YogDzewa.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/mobs/YogDzewa.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.effects.TargetedCell;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.effects.particles.PurpleParticle;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.effects.particles.ShadowParticle;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.artifacts.DriedRose;
+import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.journal.Bestiary;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.levels.Level;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.mechanics.Ballistica;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.messages.Messages;
@@ -514,11 +515,13 @@ public class YogDzewa extends Mob {
 	@Override
 	public void die( Object cause ) {
 
+		Bestiary.skipCountingEncounters = true;
 		for (Mob mob : (Iterable<Mob>)Dungeon.level.mobs.clone()) {
 			if (mob instanceof Larva || mob instanceof YogRipper || mob instanceof YogEye || mob instanceof YogScorpio) {
 				mob.die( cause );
 			}
 		}
+		Bestiary.skipCountingEncounters = false;
 
 		updateVisibility(Dungeon.level);
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/journal/Bestiary.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/journal/Bestiary.java
index ae0ba02a4..9436854aa 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/journal/Bestiary.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/journal/Bestiary.java
@@ -304,11 +304,17 @@ public enum Bestiary {
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	//used primarily when bosses are killed and need to clean up their minions
+	public static boolean skipCountingEncounters = false;
+
 	public static void countEncounter(Class<?> cls){
 		countEncounters(cls, 1);
 	}
 
 	public static void countEncounters(Class<?> cls, int encounters){
+		if (skipCountingEncounters){
+			return;
+		}
 		if (classConversions.containsKey(cls)){
 			cls = classConversions.get(cls);
 		}