My First Pickaxe

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My First Pickaxe

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Quest giver
Adalberta
Location
Ul'dah - Steps of Thal (X:10.8, Y:14.3)
Class
Miner
Level
1
Required items
10 Copper ore icon1.png  Copper Ore
Experience
Experience 300
Gil
Gil 115
Previous quest
Feature QuestWay of the Miner
Next quest
Feature QuestKnow Thy Land
Patch
2.0
Links
EDB GT

Adalberta wants to assign you your first task.

— In-game description


Rewards

Walkthrough

The game can never tell where you get your items from. NPC vendor or Market Board is fine. That said, some later items are UNTRADABLE, so you must gather those yourself.

Steps

Journal

  • Adalberta wants to assign you your first task.
  • After expressing her satisfaction with your inaugural haul of copper ore, Adalberta advises you to focus your efforts on refining your technique. She pledges to assign you another task when you have become more proficient.
    • ※The next miner quest will be available from Adalberta upon reaching level 5.

Dialogue

Accepting the quest

Adalberta: You look good with a pickaxe, [Player].
Adalberta: Now that you're suitably equipped, your training can commence!
Adalberta: A miner learns his/her craft best in the wilderness, with pickaxe in hand.
Adalberta: To begin, let's see how you fare with good old copper ore. Bring me, say...ten chunks.
Adalberta: There are deposits of the stuff throughout Thanalan. I doubt you'll have to go very far outside the city.
Adalberta: Seek out some promising locations outside the Gate of the Sultana and the Gate of Nald, and swing away!
Adalberta: The motion may feel awkward at first, but in time it'll become second nature.

Delivering items to Adalberta

Adalberta: It's ten chunks of copper ore I want. The metal is common enough in Thanalan. You shouldn't have trouble finding suitable deposits just outside the Gate of the Sultana and the Gate of Nald.

Cutscene

Adalberta: Let's see here... Ten chunks, just as I ordered. Well done, [Player].
Adalberta: Tell me, is being a miner aught like you imagined? Harder than expected, is it? Heh! All new recruits say as much.
Adalberta: It takes a combination of knowledge, experience, and instinct to know where to dig. Yet it's ultimately backbreaking labor that yields you your prize.
Adalberta: Make no mistake, [Player]——mining is grueling work, and you'll be dog-tired most of your waking hours. But tell me, did you not feel invigorated each time your pickaxe struck home?
Adalberta: Did you not experience a thrill of triumph when the earth finally yielded up your prize? That is what we miners live for.
Adalberta: You may be ripe to collapse, your face caked in week-old dirt, but the promise of discovery drives you on. And the instant you find that which you have long sought——in that sparkling instant——you feel like a god among men.
Adalberta: You've made a fine start, and I would see you maintain your efforts. Practice swinging your pickaxe till your arms have learned the motion, then return here. I'll have another little task for you.