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|Expansion=Seekers of Adoulin
|Start=[[Octavien]], [[Eastern Adoulin]] (I-8)
|Description= Scour the lands for a capable blacksmith who can fashion a sword worthy of displaying at the Order of Orvail's traditional ceremony. 
|Fame=Seekers of Adoulin
|FLevel= 
|Quest Reqs=
*{{ItemIcon|Sowilo Claymore|22}} {{tooltip|text=[[Sowilo Claymore]]|tooltip=[[File:Sowilo Claymore description.png]]}} -or- {{ItemIcon|Elixir|22}} [[Elixir]]
*{{ItemIcon|Ifritite|22}} [[Ifritite]] x1
|Level=90+ Rune Fencer
|Repeatable= 
|Previous= [[Endeavoring to Awaken]]
|Next= [[Legacies Lost and Found]]
|Title= 
|Reward=
*{{ItemIcon|Beorc Sword|22}} {{tooltip|text=[[Beorc Sword]]|tooltip=[[File:Beorc Sword description.png]]}}
*Ability to commission [[Runeist Armor Set|Runeist Armor]] crafting at [[Tomato Vantage Point]]
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== Walkthrough == 
* Zone and come back to speak with [[Octavien]] after finishing the last quest. He is in [[Eastern Adoulin]] at (I-8) near the Sverdhried Hillock waypoint.
**You no longer need to be a Rune Fencer after this point.
** ''(Optional)'' Speak with [[Gaddiux]] at [[Inventors' Coalition]] in [[Western Adoulin]] (J-10) on the blacksmith's whereabouts.
* Check the '''Inconspicuous Barrel''' in [[Western Adoulin]] (I-4), in the alley near the Adoulin Waterfront waypoint. Yestin-Ovestin appears on the wall during a cutscene, and asks for a [[Rune saber]] and a [[Frost-encrusted flame gem]].
** ''(Optional)'' Return to [[Octavien]] for additional dialogue.
* Check the '''Tomato Vantage Point''' in the Arboretum in [[Rala Waterways]] (E-10) (closest access is from the entrance near [[Western Adoulin]]'s Mog house) for a cutscene with [[Jerra Ndala]].
** Ask her about the [[Rune saber]]. You'll need to trade either a [[Sowilo Claymore]] or an [[Elixir]] to the '''Tomato Vantage Point''' to get the Key Item [[Rune saber]].
** Ask for the [[Frost-encrusted flame gem]], and she'll give you a [[Flask of fruiserum]] Key Item.
* Go to [[Moh Gates]] and trade an [[Ifritite]] to the '''Molten Rift''' at (K-8) for a cutscene, where you will lose the [[Flask of fruiserum]].
**Morimar Frontier Station waypoint is the fastest way to Moh Gates.
*** If you don't have that waypoint unlocked, another fast route is from Yahse Bivouac #1.
**You must go through a Colonization Reive @ I-7.
**If you are doing multiple, make sure everyone trades their Ifritite to the Molten Rift before spawning the NM.
* Check the '''Molten Rift''' again to spawn the NM [[Staumarth]].
** Fight is Soloable by a 118 RUN/DNC using Trusts.  See the [[Talk: Forging New Bonds|''Talk page'']] for Information.
*** It takes a very long time to kill this as RUN because it resists every form of damage except Thunder and it spams Spectral Floe or Scouring Spate (up to 30 seconds Terror or removes on piece of gear) Recommended to have gear sets made.
*** '''Note:''' If you are defeated, you '''do not''' need another Ifritite to summon the NM again. Simply interact with the '''Molten Rift''' again to make it reappear.
** You do not need to be a Rune Fencer for the fight.
** The surrounding [[Apex Eft]]s are non-aggressive.
** Upon defeating it, you will get the [[Frost-encrusted flame gem]] Key Item.
* Check the '''Inconspicuous Barrel''' in [[Western Adoulin]] (I-4) for a cutscene, where you will lose the [[Rune saber]] and [[Frost-encrusted flame gem]] key items.
* Check the '''Inconspicuous Barrel''' after one game day has passed. There will be a note instructing you to talk to [[Octavien]].
* Talk with [[Octavien]] to receive the [[Beorc Sword]].
*{{color|red|Note: }} Completing this quest allows the player to commission the three non-quested pieces of Rune Fencer artifact armor from the [[Tomato Vantage Point]] at (E-10) [[Rala Waterways]]. Western Adoulin Mog House is closest entrance.

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[[Category:Eastern Adoulin Quests]]