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The Sacred Katana - SAM AF1  

Realm:Outlands
Start Area: Norg
Start NPC:Jaucribaix (K - 8)
Type:Artifact
Related Areas:The Sanctuary of Zi'tah
Related Mobs:Goblin Robber
Isonade (E - 8)
Mission:1 - 0
Min Level:40
Max Level:75
Rating
*****
(Average from 20 ratings)
Items Required:Handful of Crystal Scales
Mumeito
Sack of Fish Bait
Items Granted:Magoroku
This Quest is Repeatable
Last Updated: Thu Aug 20 06:00:36 2009

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Summary

Your mumeito and a handful of crystal scales are needed to forge a katana that will be used in a Norg ritual.

Walkthrough

Jaucribaix asks you to bring him the Mumeito he gave you when you became a Samurai and a handful of crystal scales. If by chance you tossed the Mumeito, Jaucribaix will sell you another one for 30,000 gil AFTER you have accepted the quest.

To get the scales you need to find a "Sack of Fishbait" dropped by ONLY in the Sanctuary of Zi'Tah by Goblin Robbers. Once you have the sack go to (E-8) near a lake. There is a ??? there. Trade the sack of fishbait to the ??? and it will spawn pugil NM Isonade. After you defeat Isonade examine the ??? again to recieve the scales. ONLY people who have the quest flagged can get the key item "Handful of Crystal Scales" from the ??? after defeating Isonade.

Go back to Norg and trade the Mumeito to Jaucribaix and he will give you your new sword.

Quest Series

This quest is part of the samurai artifact gear quest series. The complete quest series includes:

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correction on who to buy from
# Nov 05 2005 at 1:50 PM Rating: Decent
Just incase anyone gets confused, you re-buy the Mumeito from Ranemaud Not from Jau. Same rules apply though, you must get the quest from him first, then talk to him again(this can be after or before you get the scales.
Soloable as Beastmaster Level 55
# Oct 27 2005 at 7:34 AM Rating: Good
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If any one needs to know, or is even interested, I did this for a (lvl 40 SAM) friend last night as an unprepared level 55 Beastmaster..(in party but solo, if you get me). I was pushed into the red numbers which shocked me. That pugil is tough.
My main suggestion, after the fact, is to use the local coeurls as pets (with jugs only as backup)because the cats seemed to inflict more damage than my Courier Carrie did.
Have to admitt...
# Sep 01 2005 at 2:23 AM Rating: Decent
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I soloed this as a 75 DRG.

He managed to take about 500 of my HP, 200 of that being from a Screwdriver.

It is pretty tough compared to other AF1 NMs I have fought. A lot harder than it should be.
RE: Have to admitt...
# Oct 18 2005 at 3:37 PM Rating: Decent
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Solo'd as 75 Thf and he didnt hit me
hmm
# Jul 30 2005 at 1:20 AM Rating: Good
only problem i had was finding the goblin robber -_-. they are right by the outpost tho, just a little ways from the ???. solod the NM with carby as lvl 74 SMN, stood there bored waiting for him to kill it and then got the item. took me mabybe 30 mins to complete
ALOT harder than you think
# Jul 27 2005 at 12:06 AM Rating: Decent
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I wasn't a destined fellow tonight.. I died trying to get my weapon, and my help, a 69DRK died in the process with 35%hp left on the NM. I definitely recommend a higher level who can tank or heal, and be prepared for a harder battle than expected. PLD are truly amazing if its true that they can solo this at 60. I want to thank Ryoshi for being so quick to help me out, I definetly owe you one ^^.

Tjodo@Kujata


Edited, Wed Jul 27 01:12:27 2005
Do-able with help
# Jul 14 2005 at 11:07 PM Rating: Decent
24 posts
I found this quest to be very easy, but I owe that to the help I received for it. I couldn't get any help from my LS and nobody seemed interested in jeuno, so I decided to head out to the Sanctuary of Zi'tah (sp?) anyway to try my luck. I soon realized that there was no way I was going to do this solo(SAM lvl 42), and I would have realized this if I had read this thread beforehand and if I had more experience with AF (this being my first ever time). Well once I realized I needed help, I asked a few of the high lvls in the area and got ignored for the most part. Finally a lvl 65 DRG volunteered to help me to my pleasure and a 74 PLD who did not have any armour because I believe he was using axes to chop down wood (forgot what that was called). Well we then proceeded to kill gobs and got the fishbait on the first drop and the quest was moving along nicely. My two companions then obliterated everything in our path around the ??? and then rested up for our battle. It took very little time for them, and the little assistance that I provided, to finish off Isonade.

Although this quest was very easy for me, I know it would be very difficult, if not impossible, without the proper help. Good luck everybody and I hope you're as fortunate as I was in receiving help! ^^
Easy
# May 30 2005 at 10:18 AM Rating: Decent
I finished this quest last night. EASY! It was fun too tho.
63 RDM and me
# May 12 2005 at 3:48 PM Rating: Decent
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ok my setup was as follows: me (40 sam) and my 63 rdm friend. piece of cake. we got there, killed the one wolf type that was hanging around and the 2 coeurls no prob, took maybe 4 minutes for those guys. then she buffed up again and i traded my fish bait. me and the rdm started pounding on it, once it was about 4/5 of the way down and she had enuf hate i used meikyo shisui >=) and executed my perfect 5-ws skillchain: start with 100% tp, (which i had built up from the coeurls, i think i started the fight with 300% actually), tachi: enpi, meikyo shisui, tachi: kagero, meditate, tachi: enpi, tachi: kagero, tachi: goten. dont know exact dmg (i shoulda looked >.<) but it took it down to just a sliver of health and she finished it off in 3 more hits. fight all together took about, oh say about 4 minutes and we throughly wasted his *** >=) came out with very little bumps or scratches, no one in the yellow, barely touched lol.
Pushover
# May 05 2005 at 4:53 AM Rating: Decent
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Took a SAM buddy to get fight this fish today with my 64 SMN/WHM. First goblin dropped bait and then it was killing time, fight was goin smooth, Ramuh had all the hate, SAM did 2hr, then halfway through fight a coeurl aggros him, solution, Astral Flow, too easy.
Easy
# Apr 28 2005 at 8:06 PM Rating: Decent
really easy~ did it with a 64thf, 52rng, and a 36whm, fight took about 45 seconds^^
To easy
# Apr 02 2005 at 4:41 PM Rating: Decent
To easy Me (41sam/20thf) and 60 rdm 62 smn and 61 pld Killed it in matter of Seconds No problem i was in and out i recommend have atleast 2 lvl 60+
NM is harder then you think
# Mar 03 2005 at 8:32 PM Rating: Decent
My title says it. My 63 war/nin friend and I (42 sam/war) both died to this thing. Apparently screwdriver isn't supposed to go through utsusemi but somehow it did and killed the warrior and i was no match for it and got killed in a matter of seconds. Gonna try again tomorrow with more people.
omfg ez
# Feb 28 2005 at 1:12 AM Rating: Decent
ok here was the setup i had. 42 Sam (me) 56whm and 54 Nin. it took us 2 kills for bait and then we immidiatly went to the pond. we killed one COurel that didnt even aggro and then began the fight with Isonade. i built tp from courel for my 2hr and delivered a perfect 5ws sc. after that he was already at half hp and everyone was full hp because of utsu and cures. the fight took about 3 minutes and no problems at all. im on fairy if you have any questions
RE: omfg ez
# Mar 11 2005 at 10:26 PM Rating: Decent
yo im on fairy too maybe u can help me along the way.... just got sam to 14 and its hell of a lot funner than any other job i can even outpower drks w/ the right gear but my weapon skills own all other asses!
Pawned
# Feb 25 2005 at 10:21 AM Rating: Excellent
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I did this quest yesterday and I dont think it could go any better than how it did for me. The party we used was a 62Sam, 62Thf, 61Blm (me), and a 56Whm. When we went we had to worry about those kittys attacking our whm, but we were lucky enough to have a 72+ Japanese Monk killing them all when we got there. So we start the fight. I spawn the Pugil, Sam vokes, and I start casting {Freeze}. Sam opens SC with a 900+ Tachi: Enpi, Thf follows with Danceing Edge for just short of 1k dmg (like 996 dmg), SC hits for 400+ and I MB for 1.2k. Then the Sam used Med, and I used ES. Sam used some WS for like 450 dmg, and I casted Thundaga II for like 560 dmg. Over all we punked this Pugil and I was very happy. I was also happy I could use my BLM to fight it other than my lvl 43 Sam. O.o
Do Not have to be SAM
# Jan 27 2005 at 10:07 PM Rating: Decent
Yes you can get them key item without having to be SAM. I did it with my 60 PLD and got key item. As long as you have quest flag, you can use whateva job you choose, but he careflu which job you choose, outside of PLD this NM still will hit u hard and often..//
help
# Dec 30 2004 at 8:34 PM Rating: Decent
im a 42 sam on bahamut server and i cant find anyone to help, most people just say its 2 hard and they dont want to try so i was hoping someone could help my name is Nithilius
Won as BST62
# Dec 09 2004 at 2:17 PM Rating: Good
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This guy went down pretty easily to me as a BST62/WHM31 with assistance from the SAM40 who needed it. I killed three Robbers to get the bait while he stayed on the chocobo, then he got off the bird, traded the bait to the ???, and we killed the NM. My FunguarFamiliar started at 66% HP and 129% TP, ended with 30% HP.

We fought it right at the ???, which I wouldn't recommend; fortunately we didn't get any wandering aggro until right after the NM died.
DOne
# Dec 05 2004 at 12:24 AM Rating: Default
I just did this for my brother today... Our party was 51NIN (Me) 53RDM (My friend) BRD52 (Ls member) and SAM40 (Brother) We had everything cleared but about 25% of the fishs health a hell hound spawned and it was decent challenge to me. so RDm slept it and we killed the fish then half way thru the hell hound a WATEr ELEMENTAL spawned. I was going to die and the ele was far enough away and i got off 1 utsusemi and thats what saved me :p luck of the draw. :)
woot
# Dec 04 2004 at 12:25 PM Rating: Decent
just did this quest, me and a lvl 75 whm/nin beat Isonade easy (ok she beat him easy) omw to norg now to finish quest
help
# Nov 15 2004 at 2:06 PM Rating: Decent
35 posts
Diass from Midgardsormr here... i plan on going to do the quest myself i need volunteers i'd pay ya but im broke as shiii... give a /tell to Diass if you get some time thank you
Garuda
# Nov 11 2004 at 6:11 PM Rating: Decent
I di this quest a bit ago but trust me is hard a lvl 50 Pld a 40 Mnk and me a 40 Sam got owned not by pugil but from Hounds and tigers after killing the NM. Try a lvl 60 pld and u will be ok.
getting the original sword
# Nov 06 2004 at 1:18 AM Rating: Default
does any one know how to get the first Samurai sword again if you have already gotten rid of it?
#REDACTED, Posted: Jan 20 2005 at 4:26 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) If you look at the top of this page, it says "This Quest is Repeatable" just get the drop from Isonade again...oh! and dont forget to READ!
RE: getting the original sword
# Mar 29 2005 at 11:23 AM Rating: Good
He's talking about the mumeito... of course, you would know that if you read his post.
what lake?!
# Oct 28 2004 at 9:45 PM Rating: Decent
ok got the quest but what is the <pos> of the lake where i set the fish bait? i died along with my help because our random wandering landed us in front of a few skesl using AM and master coeurls who thought i looked delicious.
other job
# Oct 26 2004 at 12:41 AM Rating: Decent
if using other job doing this sam af1 can work not? use sam to open quest than change higher lvl job to go kill nm and get the item.will it work? thanks

Edited, Tue Oct 26 01:44:54 2004
how much?
# Oct 04 2004 at 10:00 PM Rating: Decent
I'm a lvl 50 sam/war,... and yeah.... i don't have this yet... I just totally skipped this for other things... :( People i have asked for help said they can't, and when i did get help, that pld just took my money and never actually helped.... :( I'm in Cerberus server and willing to help any other sams if it means that i will get mine also :). Send a tell to Goldensempai, or Gorgeousjackie. Heh... i may never get this....
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