Western Tales
Quest: Western Tales
Required: Level 100, Aeston access, Primeval access, Frostridge access, Mine level 30+, 10+ Lux. There is a lot of traveling in this quest.
- Start the quest by talking to Cowboy Jack in Scorched desert.
Jack will ask you for help - he needs some ice-water only found in Frostridge.
He asks for 3 Flask of Ice-Water from Oliver.
Optional: While you're close to Primeval, go to The Sick Dahlia and talk to Mathilda. Purchase 5 Vodka Bottle. You will need these later.
Also optional: Consider planting a Sugar Beet Seed somewhere.
- Travel to Frostridge and talk to Oliver.
Ask him for 3 flasks of ice-water.
He will tell you that some thugs have stolen the water.
Oliver will tell you what he knows - so long as you promise to get back his stolen jewelry.
- Travel to Mirror isle.
Talk to the Smart Thug.
He will tell you about his safe and riddles.
- Talk to the Smart Thug to start the riddles. You can figure them out, but the answers are listed below.
- Where is AD before BC, tomorrow before yesterday, and the eight is first? Answer has 10 letters. Answer: dictionary
- Explain in what way the following equation is true. 7 + 9 = 4. Answer has 4 letters. Answer: time
- What was the code that opened the puzzle piece in Merga's quest? Answer: 420 (See Telling Tales)
- Talk to the Smart Thug again. You will get 3 pieces of Oliver's Jewelry.
- Travel to Frostridge Tavern and talk to Thug Brute.
Through slurred speech, he will tell you he wants some items.
- 5 Limoncello Bottle (This is where the Vodka you bought earlier and the sugar beets you planted help)
- 2 Gold Bar
- 1 Onyx Gemstone
Note: it may take a while to get Gold Ore from Dingerou cavern. This should allow time for your beet seeds to grow.
- Once you have everything, talk to Thug Brute. He will give you 3 pieces of Oliver's Jewelry and 5 Ice-Water Flasks.
- Travel to Blackburn mountain and talk to Thug Leader.
- Use $adventure to kill the Thug Leader's Empowered Thugs. You will need 30 pieces of Oliver's Jewelry, so you need to kill about 24.
- Once you have enough, talk to Thug Leader again. Use $adventure again to defeat the Thug Leader.
He will drop Glimmering Purple Key. You will need this later.
- Once you have defeated Thug Leader, to talk him again. He will tell you he hid the flasks - no matter, use $search to find them.
- Talk to Thug Leader again and he will be salty, but you don't need him anymore.
- Return to Oliver in Frostridge and talk to him. He'll tell you to keep the water and return to Cowboy Jack in Scorched desert.
- Once you've arrived in the Desert, talk to Cowboy Jack.
He'll tell you to go to Firebend keep and talk to Cowboy Callie.
- Travel to Firebend keep and talk to Claire (Cowboy Callie).
Read through her dialogue, at the end she'll give you a code to crack - a bunch of lines and dashes.
The code is in Morse Code. This is what it says: whats the answer to life the universe and everything.
This is a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The answer to the question is 42.
- Once you've cracked the code, use the Glimmering Purple Key from the Thug Leader to open the safe.
Inside will be 3 types of stones. Red (Ruby), blue (Sapphire), and dark green (Emerald or Jade, I'm not sure. I picked red). Check Gemstones and pick the one you want.
Quest complete!