A Thirst for the Eons

A Thirst for the Eons
Required Fame	Adoulin Fame Level: Unknown
Level Restriction:	None
Starting NPC	Roskin (Near Caf['e] des Larmes, Eastern Adoulin)
Pack	Seekers of Adoulin
Title	None
Repeatable	No
Description	Search Adoulin's bifurcated districts and beyond to find clues pertaining to what engendered the Great Expedition. The riches you'll receive for this classified mission may just amount to more than you could ever imagine.

Previous Quest	Next Quest
A Thirst for the Ages	A Thirst for Eternity
Requirements
Ulbuconut Milk Pickaxe 2000 Bayld
Rewards
2000 Exp and 1000 Bayld, 5000 Bayld, 10,000 Bayld

Walkthrough

• Zone after finishing the previous quest to start talking to Roskin
• Talk to Roskin in Eastern Adoulin (H-8)
• Trade Roskin some Ulbuconut Milk
  • You can purchase Ulbuconut Milk from Bernegeois Eastern Adoulin (G-8) if that character has completed Cafe...teria during the current Conquest Tally.
• You will be tasked with gathering information from the following locations.
• Eastern Adoulin: Copy of "Adoulin's Patroness" and Copy of "Wrath of the Land" (Scout's Coalition from both ???)
• Eastern Adoulin: Copy of "Hallowed Wood" from Greebly (G-6) for 2000 Bayld (SE of 'The Wharf to Yahse' waypoint)
• Eastern Adoulin: Copy of "Shrouded in Enigma" from Amaury (J-11) (SSW of 'Castle Adoulin Gates' waypoint)
• Celennia Memorial Library: Giant sheep export record (History) and Copy of "The Verdancy" (Geography)
  • Requires having already completed the quest Order Up
• Western Adoulin: Report of a sorcerous nation from Louisareaux (F-8) (East of 'Pioneers' Coalition' waypoint)
• Western Adoulin: Piece of a SCT Coalition report from the fountain (Fontis Xanira, H-9). Note: if you keep listening in on the conversation, Palomel will repeat random things, some of which are clues to other locations (SE of 'Platea Triumphus' waypoint)
  • After obtaining Piece of a SCT Coalition report from the fountain, speak with Wegellion in Scouts' Coalition.
• Rala Waterways: Adoulinian agricultural treatise from Sivalda (F-11)
  • Take the 'Your Rent-a-Room' waypoint in Western Adoulin and enter Rala Waterways from the J-12 entrance.
• Rala Waterways: Dictum on colonization and Memo found in Rala Waterways both from one ??? (NorthEast M-9).
  • There is no quick way to get there, enter from Eastern Adoulin (F-7) and hoof it. Bring a form of sneak or fight your way through.
• Woh Gates: Requires a pickaxe to dig up mystifying metal rod from the ??? at F-8 (in small room along the North path).
  • Kamihr Drifts Frontier Station then south into Woh Gates
• Foret de Hennetiel: Head to the ??? (F-7) along the North shore to obtain Cryptic memorandum.
  • After obtaining the Key Item Piece of a SCT Coalition report (above), you must speak to Wegellion in the Scouts' Coalition, and he will give you a clue to a key item in Foret de Hennetiel. You will be unable to get the memorandum until you do.
  • Use Bivouac #4, head north to the castoff point at G-7, then choose Upstream.
  • You may need to click the ??? more than once, as it can bestow several key items.

• Once you've collected these things, return to Palomel in Eastern Adoulin, across from the entrance to the Scouts' Coalition. This opens up new options:
  • Talk to Palomel again, you'll need to show the Copy of "Hallowed Wood" to her before the next step.
    • Nhili Uvolep at the Sverdhreid Hill waypoint in Eastern Adoulin can appraise your Copy of "Hallowed Wood", replacing it with a "Hallowed Wood" replica.
  • Polished Pebble, the galka in the hallway of the Inventor's Coalition, can refurbish your mystifying metal rod into a rusty katana.
    • Talk to Palomel and ask about the katana, she will change it to a Traditional Adoulinian katana

• Afterwards, you can bring all the information to Roskin, who asks you to choose the most important as related to the Great Expedition. After choosing which are most important, you receive 2000 XP and 1000 bayld.

• • Copy of "Wrath of the Land" ~ Yes
  • "Hallowed Wood" replica ~ No
  • Copy of "Shrouded in Enigma" ~ No
  • Copy of "Adoulin's Patroness" ~ No
  • Report of a sorcerous nation ~ Yes
  • Copy of "The Verdancy" ~ Yes
  • Giant sheep export record ~ Yes
  • Dictum on colonization ~ Yes
  • Adoulinian agricultural treatise ~ No
  • Traditional Adoulinian Katana ~ No

• Wait one game day and return to Roskin, he will reward you with another 5000 bayld for perfect report or 2 bayld for one with mistakes.
  • Zoning is required.

Optional

• At Rala Waterways (N-10) there is a blank spot. You MUST have the KI Memo found in Rala Waterways before checking this spot, and upon completion you will lose the KI.
• Checking the blank spot presents a question: "What entity keeps the Sacred City safe?". Typing "ERGISADE", in all capital letters will reward the player with 10,000 bayld. At the time this quest was released, it was unknown what Ergisade was. See the Discussion page for notes on how this puzzle was solved.
• The next quest in this series has a cutscene with hints on solving the cipher, but you will see a shorter alternative version if you've already completed it.