Octopath Traveler - part 50: Wellspring side stories
0+ Chest list:
I/ Sunlands:
Quicksand Caves: (6 Chests)
1/ 19:12 Inferno Axe (locked)
2/ 20:25 Refreshing Jam
3/ 21:12 Fire Soulstone (L)
4/ 21:22 Calming Stone
5/ 22:20 Inspiriting Plum Basket
6/ 22:25 Protective Bracelet
*** Side Stories ***
I/ Ria, Born to Roam (II) 1:08
_ Solution: 2:30 Use Purchase/Steal to obtain the Tightly Sealed Envelope from the Traveling Merchant in Wellspring.
_ Outcome: 3:27
_ Trivia: Traveling Merchant appears after finishing Ria, Born to Roam (I).
II/ In Search of Sweets 6:16
_ Solution: 8:16 Use Purchase/Steal to obtain Beetroot from the Frostlands Farmer in the northeast part of Stillsnow.
_ Outcome: 8:40
III/ Shadow over the Sands 11:14
_ Solution: Do in the following order
◘ 13:42 Use Inquire/Scrutinize to glean "The Giant Serpent's Master" knowledge from the Injured Scout in Northern Wellspring Sands.
◘ 23:28 Travel to Quicksand Caves and find the Suspicious Man at the end of the cavern. Interact with him to start the boss fight.
_ Outcome: 38:15
_ Trivia:
◘ Suspicious Man is present in Quicksand Caves from the beginning and after finishing the story permanently disappears from the game.
◘ Upon completion of the story, Injured Scout is relocated to Wellspring.
◘ Guide/Allure available for Injured Scout (before 13:58, after 40:15) & Staid Soldier (before 10:49, after 40:35) upon complete the quest.
My thoughts on this part:
I/ Ria, Born to Roam (II)
2:46 Dude was acting too nice even though he was a thief.
4:09 It sounds as if she is the Queen of the Sunland's region, you know kind of like when the king decided to become a normal person to see how low-class villages live. The pervert in Ria, Born to Roam (I) also said her face is quite familiar. She must be a celebrity or her background is big.
II/ In Search of Sweets
10:04 This line and in this kind of land. You can't help but think about "A Whole New World" song
In general, this guy's quest is simple and there is no plot twist. He left his homeland in search of new things but doesn't realize that the answer he's looking for, comes from his own land
His info changing a bit after complete the quest (Introducing new things that he found out) but it's pretty much just like other side stories, though.
III/ Shadow over the Sands
Just like other quests related to sub-boss, this Q doesn't need you to talk to NPC that starting the quest, you just need to have the required item to end it.
14:14 Injured dude seriously can't do anything with his wounds (14:18). Most of his turn just stand there doing nothing 😂
Anyway, Sunlands town 2 only had 2 quests this time (not included Ria quest, because Ria's quest is a chain quest, each region has 1 of this kind type) while other towns had 3. According to the data in TalkData_EN, we supposed to have another quest related to a giant scorpion but don't know why they wrapped up the idea at the end. It could be due to how similar that quest to this quest. Details here:
◘ Possible dialogue from NPC that obtain the quest:
_ Hic! Whatchu lookin' at? I'll tell you what yer [n]lookin' at. The future master of this whole [n]town, tha's what! This's all gonna be mine [n]someday... All of it...
_ That drunk wastrel... He's always spouting off [n]nonsense...
The other day he was crying out about how he [n]was gonna "show us all" with his "giant [n]scorpion." What nonsense, right?
Sure, he'd be plenty scary if he really could [n]control a giant scorpion. But he's just a babbling [n]old drunk!
◘ Possible dialogue after beating the boss:
_ I still can't understand how a giant scorpion like [n]that could have come to live in those ruins...
But at least no one got hurt, thanks to you [n]getting involved.
_ What's happened to my beloved scorpion...? [n]It's...it's disappeared!
*sob*
◘ Possible dialogue after complete the quest:
_ Who fires a person just because they've run up [n]a bit of a tab at the tavern anyway? You [n]understand my ire, don't you? I see it in your [n]eyes, all right.
If only I could find my darling scorpion again...
I knew this because it was placed close to other Wellspring side quests' dialogue (although sometimes it doesn't follow the same principle).
After checking all of the bosses in the game on Wiki, I didn't see any scorpion-type boss so this idea might have been rejected. Anyway, looking at those dialogues, the story seems similar to "Shadow over the Sands".
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