A Fare Price
| “ | Surprising no-one, the Black Ferrets refused to help you without something in return! In fact, Vilya demanded you get her a legendary treasure from the ancient ruins in Dragonbone Dunes: a gemstone called The Red Sun.
She seemed quite confident that you wouldn't be able to find it... so prove her wrong! |
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A Fare Price is a subquest which involves retrieving a gemstone from the temple in Dragonbone Dunes. Completing it grants access to The Lost Ship, and is required to continue with the quest What Floats Your Boat.
Objectives
- Find the ruins in Dragonbone Dunes
- Translate the text
- Solve the puzzle
- Get the gemstone
- Return to Vilya
Walkthrough
This section contains spoilers about the game!
The temple will contain a short puzzle involving 4 movable statues, though you will need the Translation Tome to read its riddle from the temple's walls.
The archaeologists outside will point you towards the person that has it:
- Marion, the archaeologist outside, will tell you to ask the other scientists for the Translation Tome
- Finder is close to the Grindea Statue with Bishop near it; they will tell you they lent the Tome to Fidget
- Fidget is near the big skeleton in the eastern part; he will tell you to ask Dee about the tome
- Dee is near the camp south from Fidget; they will tell you they just gave it to Howard, the man on the plateau
- To get to Howard, some exploration and solving a puzzle is required.
There’s also a shortcut that can be opened.
Once you get the translation tome, the riddle is to the left, though you can also read the solution directly from the text to the right.
You can solve the puzzle without getting the Translation Tome if you already know the solution:
- The Sun - middle left
- The Moon - middle right
- The Earth - center of the puzzle
- The Dragon - top center, above the Earth
The gemstone will be at the end of the stairs. Upon touching the gemstone, a giant boulder will start rolling, dealing tremendous amounts of damage on contact. Once you're back in the big room, interacting with the gemstone will start Sol-Gem's boss fight.
Notes
- If damage is taken from the boulder, it will be healed back once the boss fight starts