All Due Precautions

Retired Content

• The subject of this article was retired or removed from the game in patch 5.3, and is no longer available to players.
• Retired items may still be kept in inventory but can no longer be renewably obtained. Tradable items may still be obtained from the Market Board or directly trading with other players.
• The information in this article is kept and maintained for historical purposes.
• This quest was removed as part of the revamp and pruning of the A Realm Reborn main story quest experience.

All Due Precautions

Quest giver

Lamberteint

Location

Eastern Thanalan (X:12, Y:23)

Quest line

Seventh Umbral Era

Level

41

Required items

1   Clay Pot

Experience

 23,000

Gil

 1,676

Previous quest

Into the Eye of the Storm

Next quest

Sealed with Science

Patch

2.0

“

Professor Lamberteint is eager to tell you anything and everything of corrupted crystals.

— In-game description

Steps

• Speak with the munificent merchant.

• Deliver the clay pot to Lamberteint.

Journal

• According to Professor Lamberteint, corrupted crystals emit harmful energies which can be hazardous to one's health. Before you can begin your search, you must fashion a vessel to carry the crystal. He suggests that you browse the Golden Bazaar for a common clay pot, which would adequately serve.

• In yet another curious twist of fate, you come upon a merchant forcing passerbys to accept his old pots free of charge. Conceal your delight lest he changes his mind and deliver the pot to Professor Lamberteint.

• The "unremarkable piece of rubbish," so dubbed by the good professor, will suffice for your purposes. Now, watch and be amazed as he uses science to transform the pot into something far greater.

Dialogue

Lamberteint

Ahhh, so rare it is to find fellow intellectuals in this region. 'Tis even rarer to find one capable of comprehending the nature of corrupted crystals.

Come to think of it, there was another─a hermit to whom the church had given sanctuary. Curious fellow. Unsociable, rather daft at first impression, yet possessed of an amazing affinity towards the scientific pursuits...

But to the matter at hand─did you say you wish not to conduct field observations, but to harvest a corrupted crystal? Egads, woman/man! At least take the necessary precautions so that you do not suffer from exposure to its harmful energies! I'm beginning to wonder if you've sufficient qualifications to handle such hazardous materials...

Still, your ignorance is somehow endearing. If you bring me a suitable vessel─say, a common clay pot─I shall coat it with an alchemical sealant of mine own design. Simply store the crystal you seek within this pot to protect yourself from its deleterious effects.

Hm? Where might you find a clay pot? Well, I'm hardly a merchant, but surely some fellow at the Golden Bazaar has some for sale.

Munificent Merchant

You get a pot! And you get a pot! Everyone gets a pot! Ahem, sorry─I get a bit carried away when disposing of old merchandise. Anyroad, take my pot, please. If this is about the pot, bugger off. I'm not taking it back.

Lamberteint

Fascinating...even accounting for the unusually strong aetherial currents in this region, the crystalline formations are─ Oh, you've returned! Any luck finding a pot like I suggested? Well, this is indeed an unremarkable piece of rubbish! But for our purposes, it shall suffice.