Skill of a Veteran

Skill of a Veteran

Quest giver

Gotoll Ja

Location

Yak T'el (X:34.7, Y:32.6)

Level

90

Required items

2   Handmade Smoke Bomb

Experience

 372,960-418,320

Gil

 742

Previous quest

Budding Promise

Next quest

One Forest

Patch

7.0

Links

EDB GT

“

Gotoll Ja is eager to test the smoke bombs.

— In-game description

Rewards

• 1   Dark Mahogany Earring Coffer (IL 663)

Steps

• Use the handmade smoke bombs on wivres.
• Speak with Gotoll Ja.

Journal

• Gotoll Ja is eager to test the smoke bombs.
• Though confident in his craftsmanship, Gotoll Ja fears a scenario in which the bombs fail to crush the scalebuds to satisfaction, leaving him face-to-horn with yet another aggravated wivre. Begging your cooperation once more, he entrusts you with a bundle of his handmade smoke bombs and bids you test them on nearby wivres.
  • ※Please note that the difficulty of this quest has been synced to your current level.
• Each smoke bomb has a comfortable heft and is crafted with the skill of a veteran. Thankfully, they work like a charm, and soon the surrounding forest is filled with the sounds of fleeing wivres, and the smell of...something unspeakable.
• You deliver the good news to Gotoll Ja, who is relieved to hear his handiwork could be of service. Bakool Ja joins you, eager to collect some bombs not only for himself, but for all those in Mamook who need protection against the raging beasts. With some nudging from his wife, Gotoll Ja finally realizes the strengths he still has to offer his community. Accepting his continued worth as a mercenary, Gotoll Ja turns to you with new hope in his eyes. He thanks you for all your help and vows to do what he can for his city going forward.
  • Alas, the source of the wivres' feral behavior yet remains a mystery...

Dialogue

Accepting the quest

Gotoll Ja: If these smoke bombs work as planned, our problems are solved. It's what happens if they don't that worries me.
Gotoll Ja: A thankless task, but would you test them in my stead? You are far more capable of repelling an angered wivre than I am. No matter how it pains me to admit it.
Gotoll Ja: There are plenty of wivres in this forest. See if the bombs work as they should...and do what you must if they don't.

Optional Dialogue

Gotoll Ja: I have confidence those bombs will work, but you can never be too sure.

Use the handmade smoke bombs on wivres

Wivre: <whine>
Wivre: Grrrr!

Wivre: <snuffle>
Wivre: Ghhh! Ghhh!

Optional Dialogue

Shiidil Ja: Making those bombs took longer than I expected! Did you try them yet?

Speak with Gotoll Ja (cutscene)

Gotoll Ja: How did it go? Did our smoke bombs work?

Shiidil Ja: Thank goodness! Now we no longer need to worry about battling any wivres.

Gotoll Ja: I fashioned my bombs after those of the kobolds, across the salt. They've pulled me through many a tricky situation, believe you me.
Gotoll Ja: Never imagined I'd be using them at home one day. Heh. I'm glad.

Bakool Ja: The smoke bombs were a success, I take it? I do hope you're willing to share with the rest of us.

Gotoll Ja: And what would a wivre handler want with wivre repellent?

Bakool Ja: I meant with the rest of the city. Plenty of people have had run-ins with wivres, and few among them are fighters. I'm sure they'd be relieved to share in your brilliant solution.

Gotoll Ja: It's just a smoke bomb... Nothing brilliant about it.

Shiidil Ja: So you say, but none of us could have conceived or crafted such a thing. Your expertise and knowledge continues to serve your community.

Gotoll Ja: I never considered that. I always thought a mercenary who can't fight is little more than a waste of space.
Gotoll Ja: But if I can still use my skills for the better...maybe there's hope for me yet.
Gotoll Ja: It's so simple. Heh! Why didn't I realize that before?
Gotoll Ja: I think we have more smoke bombs to make, Shiidil Ja. Enough for everyone!

Shiidil Ja: Indeed! We must do what we can to ensure Mamook's future is a bright one.

Gotoll Ja: That we will.
Gotoll Ja: Thank you for standing by us. You are a true friend to Mamook and her people.

Shiidil Ja: We should have a few bombs to spare for Bakool Ja and the others. I will return home to fetch them─but I hope we meet again someday, kindest of kind strangers. I will never forget all you have done for us.