The Icing on the Cake
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The Icing on the Cake
- Quest giver
- Astrid
- Location
- Old Gridania (X:10.2, Y:9.4)
- Quest line
Seasonal Events Quests
┗ Valentione's Day (2026)- Level
- 15
- Experience
0- Gil
1,202- Previous quest
It's Probably Pirates- Patch
- 7.4
- Links
- GT TC
“Astrid's Valentione's Day plans have gone awry.
※This quest is available for a limited time only.— In-game description
Rewards
Steps
- Wait at the designated location.
- Enter the pâtisserie.
- Speak with Astrid.
- Speak with Kupka Kupp.
- Search for Kupna Kuko.
- Speak with Astrid.
Journal
- Astrid's Valentione's Day plans have gone awry.
※This quest is available for a limited time only. - Astrid and Emilie tell you of their plans to serve giant cakes to guests at the Valentione's Day celebrations. A plan that has apparently hit a snag in cake production. Emissaries of love were dispatched to assess the situation at the pâtisserie and should be returning ere long. To that end, Astrid and Emilie invite you to meet them at the entrance to Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre.
※Please note that you will not be able to complete this quest after the seasonal event has ended. For details, check the Lodestone. - Kupka Kupp recounts the run-in with rampaging mammets, hells-bent on preventing cake completion. Well-practiced as you are in tasks that require a certain physical prowess, you agree to head to the pâtisserie and quell the confectionery crisis.
- You leave the mammets defeated but unbroken as you emerge from the pâtisserie. Astrid will no doubt be thrilled to hear of your success.
- With the finished confectionery being transported to Mih Khetto's amphitheatre, the festivities can soon get underway. And yet, Astrid cannot help but wonder what possessed the mammets to turn their ire on the pâtissiers. It seems as though Kupka Kupp may have an inkling.
- Upon closer observation, Kupka Kupp noticed traces of moogle magicks upon the mammets. The only other moogle who entered the pâtisserie should have been Kupna Kuko, who helped procure the fruit for the cakes. Kupka suggests asking him for further information, with your intimidating presence to help loosen any hesitant tongues. Giving your assent, you begin the search for Kupna Kuko by the Lancers' Guild.
- Kupna Kuko admits that the entire incident was a misguided attempt to help, with the moogle magicks intended to compel the mammets to work harder instead leading to dangerous malfunction. With the issue resolved─and Kupna Kuko suitably abashed─the group heads back to Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre to get the celebrations underway.
- Festivalgoers partake of the many giant Valentione's Day cakes with unconcealed delight. As people share a delicious treat with their loved ones and savor a moment of happiness, the celebration of ardor and affection is once more in full swing.
Dialogue
Emilie: Whatever shall we do...?
Astrid: Oh! Well met, friend. I am Astrid, emissary of love and ardor. Though the Valentione's Day celebrations are underway, I'm afraid that we are still preparing for the main event of the day. Astrid: ...Why, if it isn't Forename! It is a pleasure to see you again.
Emilie: And I am Emilie, aspiring emissary of love! Say, you have the air of an adventurer about you.
Astrid: We're in dire need of assistance to see the festivities get underway, and an adventurer might be just what we're looking for. If it's not too much of an imposition, might I ask for your aid?
Emilie: Oh, thank you! We've been hard at work getting everything ready for today. I even designed this fetching new outfit! And everything was perfectly in hand until we ran into a spot of bother.
Astrid: Allow me to explain: to celebrate Valentione's Day, we were to serve rather generously sized cakes to be shared with one and all. However, operations ground to a halt at the last minute, leaving our plans─and cakes─half-baked... Astrid: The emissaries dispatched to assess the situation should be returning presently with further details. Would you mind joining us at the amphitheatre entrance to meet them? Astrid: If you would join us at the entrance, it shouldn't be long before the emissaries arrive.
Emilie: It's most heartening to have your aid. The giant cakes are the keystone of this Valentione's Day, you see!
Kupukakopp: Oh, it's bakery bedlam in there, kupo! Those pesky mammets should be creating confectionaries brimming with ardor and affection, but instead, they insist on being a nuisance and an obstruction. It was all too much for us to handle alone...
Astrid: As I suspected, this may be best left to someone more skilled in the art of physical altercations... Astrid: I'm sure you remember Kupka Kupp, our moogle emissary of love, messenger of ardor and affection to lovelorn souls the realm over. This year, once again, he has been kind enough to pitch in with the festivities! Astrid: This is Kupka Kupp, our moogle emissary of love who labors tirelessly to deliver missives of ardor and affection to lovelorn souls the realm over. He has been instrumental in the celebrations of many a Valentione's Day!
Kupukakopp: How could I turn down a request for aid after hearing the plan for such lavish deliveries of love, kupo? Many paws make light work, as they say, so I collared a fellow mog and flew over posthaste to lend our aid to the pâtissiers of House Valentione!
Astrid: These deliveries of love are nothing less than the cakes in question. Valentione's Day is a time to foster affection for one another, and how better to do so than by sharing a sweet treat? Astrid: When we shared our vision with Kupka Kupp, we soon came to the realization that we would need a facility capable of baking confectionery of colossal proportions.
Emilie: As luck would have it, there was an old manor on the outskirts of the Twelveswood...so House Valentione snapped it up and turned it into a grand pâtisserie! Everything was falling into place... Emilie: ...until the bespoke mammet pâtissiers commissioned from the Goldsmiths' Guild went on a rampage.
Kupukakopp: I would swear they had lost their minds had they any to begin with. Why, the little fiends took us for common cake thieves, kupo! They all but barred off the kitchen in their ceaseless frenzy! Kupukakopp: Though we have a whistle to stop the mammets in emergencies, they were upon us before my little lungs could fill with enough puff. I fear the situation may be beyond my power, kupo...
Astrid: Even with the mammets behaving so, we cannot recklessly destroy such custom clockwork pieces. Which means... Astrid: Please, Forename! You're our only hope! Will you dodge the malfunctioning mammets, decorate the cakes, and save Valentione's Day? Astrid: For the sake of those eagerly awaiting the festival─I beg you!
Q: What will you say?
> It'll be a piece of cake! > If you insist...
Kupukakopp: You two no doubt have matters to attend to here, so allow me to accompany our brave adventurer friend and provide what support I can, kupo!
Astrid: Thank you! I'm sure that together, you will soon have matters in hand.
System: You now have access to the pâtisserie seasonal instance. System: To enter the pâtisserie, speak with the House Valentione pâtissier in Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre or the Acorn Orchard. System: The pâtisserie is a light party instance for a party of one to four players. There are no class, job, or level requirements for participation. System: Parties that register for the instance with less than four members can choose to enter with their current party, or choose to fill their party automatically via the matching system.
Astrid: My thanks again for agreeing to see the first batch of cakes completed! If you speak to a House Valentione pâtissier, they will escort you to the pâtisserie.
Emilie: Valentione's cakes are a classic way to celebrate, so we thought it would be fun to have special, enormous cakes, all lavishly decorated with love and care! The preparations have been quite a lot of work, truth be told... Emilie: Still, Astrid has her reasons for deciding to serve such grand cakes to everyone. I'll do whatever I can to see her plan succeed─but for now, that success rests on your shoulders, Forename!
Kupukakopp: Allow me to express my thanks for your assistance, too─for I am most eager to deliver a freshly baked slice to a dear friend of mine, kupo. Kupukakopp: In preparation for the festivities, we used our moogle magicks to ripen an array of fruits─both seasonal and otherwise─which we brought along with other suitable decorations. Feel free to leave the recipe and design to me! Kupukakopp: We cannot allow this setback to stymie the celebrations─not when so many have worked so hard. Come, adventurer, and let us show these mammets the power of love!
Emilie: Welcome back! I hear it was a resounding success!
Kupukakopp: Thanks again for your aid, kupo. What an honor it is to deliver such a grand missive of ardor and affection, in all its sugar-frosted glory! Kupukakopp: The usual missives, incidentally, have been entrusted to a reliable apprentice of mine. I'm sure deliveries are underway as we speak, kupo!
Astrid: I must offer my thanks again, Forename! I've never seen such charming confectionery. Now, we can finally get the festivities underway... Astrid: That said, with such a large-scale operation, we can hardly ask you to oversee the production of each and every cake. Would you be able to share the secret to your success?
Q: What will you say?
> Keep a keen eye on your surroundings. > Let no mammet go unpunished, kupo. > Positive thinking!
Astrid: So, the key is to locate the required ingredients and identify the most suitable path to the cake. I'll send a request to the Adventurers' Guild and ensure they include this sage advice! Astrid: I see... It's important to make sure the mammets don't cause too many problems, which means carefully considering when to use the stop signal. I'll send a request to the Adventurers' Guild and ensure they include this sage advice! Astrid: So, it's a case of using your finely honed physique and mental fortitude to push forward, boldly withstanding the heat of the kitchen... I'll send a request to the Adventurers' Guild and ensure they include this sage advice!
Emilie: I'll see to the appropriate transportation to the amphitheatre, so we can get the cake served up!
Astrid: Although I'm glad the celebrations can finally begin, I can't help but wonder what drove the mammets to madness...
Kupukakopp: <gulp> It couldn't be, kupo...
Astrid: Something on your mind, Kupka Kupp? Astrid: Kupka Kupp seems to have noticed something. Perhaps we can get to the bottom of this!
Emilie: Why would the mammets suddenly turn on us?
Kupukakopp: With you there to wrangle the mammets, I was able to observe them more closely. And what should I see, kupo, but traces of moogle magicks! Kupukakopp: And the only other mog who would have had the opportunity to cast magic in the vicinity would be Kupna Kuko, who helped prepare the fruit. Mayhap he knows something of this.
Astrid: Well, it seems our next course of action is decided. We must find this Kupna Kuko and see what he knows!
Kupukakopp: I didn't espy him in the pâtisserie, so I suspect he may be somewhere in Gridania. Though, in all likelihood, he would attempt a quick escape should I confront him alone. Forename, would you mind accompanying me as suitably intimidating backup?
Astrid: Thank you! I'll join the search once I've submitted a request to the Adventurers' Guild for additional cake-decorating support.
Kupukakopp: Kupna Kuko is fond of strolls by the waterwheel, so the nearby Lancers' Guild seems as good a place as any to begin our search, kupo.
Astrid: Thank you for agreeing to help look for this Kupna Kuko fellow! Once I've submitted this request to the Adventurers' Guild, I'll join the search.
Emilie: I hope you find Kupna Kuko and get to the bottom of all this! For my part, I shall remain here and make sure there is cake enough for everyone.
Kupukakopp: Kupopo! That's him─that's Kupna Kuko!
Kupnakuko: Kupo-po-po! Oh, I can picture it now─dozens upon dozens of cakes being presented to the adoring public! Kupnakuko: For the mammets will be hard at work by now. Yes, everything moves according to my master plan! Kupnakuko: And all these confectionery delights will appear with neither man nor mog raising a paw! The commotion has been rather greater than expected, but surely 'tis naught but boisterous enthusiasm. Kupo-po-po-po!
Kupukakopp: Kupna Kuko...! I believe we've found the mog to blame. Come, Forename─together, we shall deliver justice!
Q: What will you say?
> You're coming with us. > Come quietly─or I'll pull off your pom. > ...
Kupnakuko: Kupopopo! Who in the name of Good King Moggle Mog XII─may His Mognificence remain unsummoned in his sovereign splendor─are you!? Kupnakuko: Oh, such murderous intent...! Spare me! Spare this cute, fluffy mog!!! Kupnakuko: Kupoooooo!!!
Kupukakopp: Ah, Astrid! Not only did Kupna Kuko know something of the matter, it turns out he's the very maker of the mischief!
Astrid: What!? But you said he helped you prepare the fruit... Whatever could he have hoped to achieve by causing the mammets to malfunction?
Kupnakuko: Malfunction!? Great kupo nuts, you say they're malfunctioning? Kupnakuko: Oh no... I had such fun helping with the cakes that I returned to the pâtisserie after delivering the fruit. But, Kupka Kupp was nowhere to be found─attending to another of his many duties, I suspect. Kupnakuko: Then, it struck me, kupo! If everyone was so busy, wouldn't it be better if the mammets could make the cakes all by themselves? And so, I cast a little moogle magick!
Kupukakopp: Which then caused the mammets to malfunction. Kupna Kuko, you must undo whatever spell you've woven, kupo!
Kupnakuko: W-Well... It may have been fairly easy to cast, but it's not so easily undone. Any attempt to dispel it is liable to end in exploded mammets.
Astrid: That would be far too dangerous for the mammets and─perhaps, more importantly─the cake! For now, we have a team of eager adventurers helping decorate cakes and we've ascertained that there was no intentional sabotage... Astrid: Oh, what a fine mess you've made. Why didn't you think to ask anyone else before deciding on this plan?
Kupnakuko: <sniffle> I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to cause problems, I just...I just wanted everyone to have as much cake as their hearts desired, kupo...
Astrid: Well...as an emissary of love, I'm never one to turn away a helping hand. Any ideas you have, you can always bring them to me. Especially if they're about cake!
Kupukakopp: Listen well, Kupna! Whether delivering missives or lending aid, you must always see the task through for the intended recipient─with love!
Kupnakuko: With love? Even though I'm not an emissary...?
Astrid: As long as one puts their heart into it, anyone can spread love and affection! Just look at Forename─thanks to her/him, the Valentione's Day festivities can go ahead. And I think it's past time we went and enjoyed them for ourselves!
Kupukakopp: What a palaver, kupo! Though, I was most relieved to find Kupna Kuko harbored no ill intent. Kupukakopp: And with my dear friend Elyne partaking in the festivities, I couldn't be happier!
Kupnakuko: What colossal cakes! And so many, kupo!
Emilie: Just look at how many cakes we managed to prepare! And to see everyone sharing a joyous moment over a tasty treat─oh, it's wonderful to see the preparations pay off!
Astrid: As you can see, the day's main event is well underway, and cake has been served to one and all! Once again, allow me to thank you for your assistance. Astrid: The confectionery you contributed is here, in pride of place! And thanks to your advice, the adventurers who undertook the request to decorate additional cakes were wildly successful.
Kupnakuko: What a light and fluffy texture, kupo! It's simply divine! Kupnakuko: And everyone seems to be having such fun. Is that what being an emissary is? Seeing people bask in these warm feelings...? Why, this might even be worth doing the hard work myself, kupo!
Kupukakopp: Ohoho... At last, you see. This is ardor and affection! This is the essence of love!
Astrid: It looks like everyone is having a good time! Astrid: And it's thanks to your help that we made it this far.
Emilie: To think we were this close to everything falling apart at the final step... Emilie: I couldn't bear the thought, not after all the hard work Astrid put in to make this happen.
Astrid: I'll not deny I had my heart set on it. Not so long ago, I came to realize that sharing food and sharing a moment of bliss together is but another form of love. Astrid: While the gifting of chocolate is the traditional practice, a part of me hopes that what we've created here today might become a new tradition. Astrid: Sharing ardor and affection with loved ones and feeling their heart's answer in return... It is my most heartfelt wish that people across the realm are blessed with many such opportunities. Astrid: And so, Forename, if you feel inclined to venture into the kitchen once more, we should gladly welcome additional cakes! Our celebration is just getting started, after all.
Emilie: And I must insist that you partake as well, before you go rushing back to the pâtisserie! I'll get you a slice right away.
Astrid: And I'll put the tea on! Won't you sit with us for a while? I think we've earned this!
System: You can now attempt the pâtisserie seasonal instance again by speaking with the House Valentione pâtissier in either Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre or the Acorn Orchard. System: You may earn Valentione's Day chocolates by completing the pâtisserie. System: Valentione's Day chocolates may be traded to the House Valentione maid in Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre for gear and items.