Clotted Crime

Quest giver: Hardiboiled
Location: Heritage Found (X:16.4, Y:11.6)
Quest line: Hildibrand Sidequests
┗ Inconceivably Further Hildibrand Adventures Quests
Level: 100
Requirements: Any Disciple of War or Magic (excluding limited jobs)
Experience: 0
Gil: 3,212
Previous quest: Detecting a Lead
Patch: 7.55
Links: GT TC

Hardiboiled's eyes are alight with anticipation, nose full of the scent of his quarry.

— In-game description

Rewards

Unlocks

Steps

Wait at the designated location in the nameslates.
Speak with Hardiboiled in Yuweyawata.
Speak with Noirshu in Solution Nine.

Journal

Hardiboiled's eyes are alight with anticipation, nose full of the scent of his quarry.

Awake and seething with fury, Keshkayi shares the tale of his failed scheme and Carnelian's betrayal. He freely reveals the location of the duplication device—a hidden lab in the bowels of the Kanilokka Corpus—demanding that you make the Crime King pay for ruining his plans. Although certainly eager to charge in, guns blazing, the detective first wishes to pay his respects at Noirshu's grave in the nameslates. He bids you wait for him there while he picks up his air-wheeler from the repair shop.

Your wait at the nameslates ends with the arrival of Mymond, who bears a letter from an apologetic detective. Hardiboiled writes that he has gone to confront Carnelian alone, not wanting to risk any more lives for his vendetta. No sooner do you finish reading when Hildibrand and the others arrive, having interrogated Keshkayi and confirmed that Noirshu's soul was indeed transferred into an oglop. You inform them of Hardiboiled's reckless solo endeavor, and the inspector immediately dashes off at a ludicrous pace.
Meanwhile, in the Kanilokka Corpus lab, Carnelian has succeeded in creating multiple replicas of himself. He merges his clot copies into the towering form of the Lich, and proceeds to treat Hardiboiled to a hostile demonstration of his ancestor's necromantic magicks...
※In the event that you leave the area, you may return by speaking with the accommodating reforger at the driftdowns.

As the undying zombies rise again and again, Hardiboiled's cool demeanor begins to crack, but Hildibrand's persuasive dance moves provide a timely rescue. Now able to combine the detective's firepower with the inspector's gentlemanly flair, they manage to overwhelm the incredulous Lich. You arrive with the others just as Hardiboiled aims for the kill, but the revelation of Noirshu's survival proves a fatal distraction. Carnelian unleashes a spell of certain death at the detective, yet it is Hildibrand's soul that is torn free when he intercepts the unholy blast. This seeming tragedy allows the fate-linked pair to fuse the spiritual and corporeal into a new form of their own—Hildiboiled! The golden giant shrugs off the Lich's deadly incantations before slamming him into submission with unprecedented Mandervillian might.
The impact severs their union, and Hildibrand's soul is soon caught up by the afterlife's inexorable current. Yet a sliver of life remains in the inspector's breast, and you draw his soul back into his body with your own irresistible performance. With Hildibrand none the worse for wear, you leave the lab behind to accompany Hardiboiled as he awaits Noirshu's long-overdue restoration.

You head outside to escape the oppressive air of the facility, and it is not long until Hildibrand and the others emerge with the restored Noirshu. Overwhelmed with emotion at the return of his assistant, Hardiboiled is ready to call it a day...only to find Hildibrand sat astride his beloved Night Stallion. The inspector's attempt to operate the air-wheeler sends it shooting up into the air, where he and the vehicle are promptly struck by lightning and spun off into the distance. Nashu chases after her ever-dwindling mentor, leaving you to accept Hardiboiled's invitation to meet him back at his house in Solution Nine.

The case now closed thanks to your stalwart assistance, the detective shows his appreciation by presenting you with a Night Stallion replica (sans customization). From Noirshu you receive a delightful new oglop companion—one of the many friends she made during her insectoid days. Having said their farewells, Hardiboiled and his oddly familiar assistant return to running their detective agency. You wonder if your paths will ever cross again, even as their distinctive silhouettes are swallowed by the neon jungle of Solution Nine...

Related NPCs

Cutscene NPCs

Gentle Dead Man

Walkthrough

This quest has a two-part solo duty where the player controls Hardiboiled. He has 9,999 HP and is unaffected by the player's current item level.

Hardiboiled's Actions

Action	Type	Cast Time	Recast Time	Tooltip	Usage
Boilt Action	Weaponskill	Instant	2.30s	Executes the following hard-boiled weaponskills in succession: 1. Shoot Hard Potency: 200 2. Shoot Harder Potency: 400 3. Smoking Gun Potency: 600 Combo Bonus: Grants Lightning Up Upon accumulating 2 stacks, Lightning Up will grant the effect Fission Chamber	Basic single-target ranged combo. Use two combos to allow one usage of Pulp Fission
Pulp Fission	Weaponskill	Instant	3.00s	Delivers an electrifying magical attack with a potency of 1,800 to target and all enemies nearby it. Can only be executed while under the effect of Fission Chamber.	Strong AoE ranged attack.
Molting Python	Ability	Instant	5.00s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 300 while dodging to the left, smooth as a snake shedding its skin.	oGCD damage and allows dodging of certain enemy attacks if timed correctly.
Night Stallion	Weaponskill	Instant	10.00s	Delivers a sliding attack with a potency of 600 to all enemies in a straight line before you.	Charges forward in a line AoE (35y radius), knocking away enemies hit.
Thick Skin	Weaponskill	Instant	15.00s	Hard-boiled goodness replenishes HP and reduces damage taken by 60%. Duration: 4s	Self-heal (if needed)
The Short Good-bye	Weaponskill	Instant	1.50s	Say farewell to your target with the hardest of hard-boiled limit breaks.	Unavailable until the end of the duty

Stage 1: Rotten Walkers

The first part of the battle is against 20 weak and slow-moving Rotten Walker enemies. As there are many enemies, killing them using single-target attacks is very tedious, so use Pulp Fission when is is ready and Night Stallion on cooldown.

After all the zombies are defeated, they will reincarnated by Carnelian and will need to be defeated once more.

Stage 2: Carnelian

The player will receive a checkpoint and restart from the beginning of this stage if they die. They will be accompanied by Hildibrand, who will simply provide moral support for most of the battle, except for one part.

Alexandrian Quake: A room-wide attack that can be dodged by using Molting Python, when the overhead timer reaches zero. If not dodged, will deal around 1,600 damage.
Alexandrian Thunder III: Carnelian dashes to one edge of the room and uses a telegraphed 180 degree frontal cleave.
Alexandrian Thunder: A tankbuster targeting Hardiboiled. Use Molting Python when the cast bar is almost full to avoid (there is no overhead timer).
Mold of the Dead: A seven-hit homing circular AoE.
Summon: Summons a line of eight targetable Illicit Aerostat adds. These will begin casting Bilateral Ray and fill the entire room with line AoEs, but can be defeated to stop the cast. Afterwards, the adds will periodically and use Electray, a telegraphed line AoE aimed at the player. Defeat the remaining adds to stop the attacks.
Alexandrian Quake III: A telegraphed point-blank AoE centered on Carnelian, followed by several telegraphed concentric donut AoEs. A second set of telegraphs will then begin spawning opposite the first epicenter.
Alexandrian Bonds: Inflicts a 10-second cleansable bind on Hardiboiled. Use Molting Python to remove it.
Ripper Claw: Carnelian dashes to one edge of the room and uses two telegraphed line AoEs, one hitting Hildibrand, and the other one hitting where the player was originally bound.
Alexandrian Quake III: Similar to before, but now spawns both sets of AoE telegraphs at once. This is followed by another set of two on the previously empty cardinals.
Summon: Carnelian becomes untargetable and summons six Illicit Aerostats at the edge of the arena. Four Illicit Turrets will be near each Aerostat. Hildibrand will grant the Guilty as Charged buff, allowing Hardiboiled to use Pulp Fission freely. Use this attack and target the Illicit Aerostats to also take out the surrounding Illicit Turrets in one hit. The Aerostats will use Electray, telegraphed line AoEs at Hardiboiled. After the first wave of adds is defeated, another identical wave will spawn.
After defeating the second wave, a short transition will play, and the limit break The Short Good-bye will become available. Use this to complete the fight.

Clotted Crime

Rewards

Steps

Journal

Related NPCs

Cutscene NPCs

Walkthrough

Hardiboiled's Actions

Stage 1: Rotten Walkers

Stage 2: Carnelian

Dialogue

Accepting the quest

Wait at the designated location in the nameslates

Solo Duty

Solo Duty Part 2

Post-duty cutscene

Speak with Hardiboiled in Yuweyawata

Speak with Noirshu in Solution Nine

Navigation menu

Search