Scouting for Scouts

Scouting for Scouts

Quest giver

Talon

Location

Garlemald (X:14.7, Y:30.5)

Quest line

Garlean Sidequests

Level

80 

Required quest

Strange Bedfellows

Experience

 168,300-190,575

Gil

 895

Patch

6.0

Links

EDB GT TC

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Scouts must excel in keeping themselves hidden, but when even their own comrades cannot locate them, there is surely trouble afoot.

— In-game description

Steps

• Search for the wounded contingent scout. 0/2
• Speak with the wounded contingent scout.
• Aid the injured civilian.
• Report to Talon.

Journal

• Scouts must excel in keeping themselves hidden, but when even their own comrades cannot locate them, there is surely trouble afoot.

Dialogue

Accepting the Quest

Talon: Please, a moment of your time!
Talon: A friend who was sent out on reconnaissance has been gone far too long, and she's not responding to her linkpearl.
Talon: Will you help me look for her?
Talon: I knew you would! Let's split up─I'll search around the camp, while you head for the lake.

(Optional)
Talon: If this doesn't work, we'll have to cast the net a bit wider.

Optional Dialogue, after the ambush

Injured Civilian: Ugh!

Speak with the wounded contingent scout

Wounded Contingent Scout: Thank goodness you're here. Never mind me, this man is in desperate need of aid!

Aid the injured civilian

Injured Civilian: Ugh!

Wounded Contingent Scout: I thought he could use my help, so I called out to him, but he soon bolted in fear. That's when one of these fiends appeared out of nowhere and pounced on him.
Wounded Contingent Scout: Although I rushed to fend it off, it had already signaled to its pack mates. Then, just as they had me on the back foot, you arrived.
Wounded Contingent Scout: I would've called for assistance if my hands weren't already full. But thanks to your timely intervention, I can finally send for troops to take this poor fellow to safety.
Wounded Contingent Scout: I'll move him to a more secure location until our comrades get here. While you and I are both perfectly capable of conveying the situation via linkpearl, perhaps it would set their minds at ease if you could also speak to them in person?

Optional Dialogue

Injured Civilian: Ugh!

Wounded Contingent Scout: Once he's caught his breath, I'll get him out of the open. I'm sure there's a good hiding place nearby.

Report to Talon

Talon: >> Gods be good! I'll dispatch troops at once! <<
Talon: We're lucky you got there when you did, though I wonder what drew that civilian to such a dangerous place to begin with. Perhaps he was in search of supplies?
Talon: I doubt he'd find much food in that particular area, so it must've been fuel he was after. If I were him, I'd try that enormous extraction facility on the lake, but it sounds like he was hoping to get ceruleum from the water itself.
Talon: Seems like a tricky task at the best of times, although I expect the folks around those parts have their methods. If so, they could probably stay holed up for months on end, providing there's enough food to go around.
Talon: Well, the main thing is that he and my friend are no longer in any danger. I see now you're every bit the hero people say you are, not that I ever doubted it!