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Rock Racketeer  

Submitted by:Wingchild
Realm:Windurst
Start Area: Windurst Woods
Start NPC:Nanaa Mihgo (J - 3)
Type:General
Related Areas:Bastok Markets
Palborough Mines
Related Mobs:Ardea (H - 8)
Varun (H - 9)
Min Level:1
Max Level:75
Grants Gil:2100
Rating
*****
(Average from 13 ratings)
Items Required:Sharp Stone
Last Updated: Thu Aug 20 06:00:36 2009

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Steps needed: 1) Get the quest from Mihgo. If you have to clear any quest first, it'd be Mihgo's Amigo. Mission status doesn't seem to affect the quest, but it'd be best to do part of this during Mission 2-3, since you're up in Bastok anyway.

2) Head to the Bastok Markets. Talk to Ardea, trade her the stone for 10g.

3) Go back to Windurst. Give the 10g back to Mihgo.

4) Talk to Varun.

5) Head back to the Bastok region and into Palborough, 3rd floor, east half of I9. It's a round dead-end room with two mithril seams. I picked up my Sharp Stone on the west seam, several others have reported the west seam, so try that one first.

6) Mine up the Sharp Stone. Rare/Ex item. It'll list in your inventory.

7) Go back to Windurst again.

8) Trade the item to Varun to complete.

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Problems mining
# Mar 02 2006 at 1:54 PM Rating: Decent
I just spent some time trying to get the Sharp Stone and getting nothing but Mine Gravel and broken pickaxes. Until I realized that I was mining at the wrong spot!!

There are 2 mythril seams on the second floor of the mine at (I-8) and (J-8). Those are NOT the seams to mine for the Sharp Stone. You need to go to the 3rd floor, just like the instructions said. I just got confused. Once I went to the correct room on the 3rd floor at (I-9), I mined ONCE, and got the Sharp Stone. The correct room has 2 Mythril Seams in the same room. The incorrect rooms have only one mythril seam. I hope this helps others.

Edited, Thu Mar 2 13:55:27 2006
difficulty opening this quest
# Feb 07 2006 at 3:47 PM Rating: Decent
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I can add a detail to this. I jsut did 5 runs of yag necklaces, and with fame 9 in all cities except Norg, Nanaa still wouldn't offer me this quest.

I decided to try talking to Varun (he says something along the lines of "where did I drop that, it's going to be impossible to find..."), and Nanaa immediately offered me to go to Bastok and have her grey rock appraised.

So for those still trying to open this quest, you might try talking to Varun first.
Stuck on Rock Racketeer
# Apr 02 2005 at 8:49 AM Rating: Decent
Hi everybody, need some help here.
I got the quest, sold the stone to the guild, got 10 gil for it. Now im trying to give Nanaa Mihgo 10 gil but she doesnt react. She says i have to check Bastok about what its worth. But i dont have it anymore.

Any suggestion? Talking to Varun doesnt help. Maybe i sold the stone to the wrong guild member?

Any ideas if its possible to reset quests?
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im going to try to mine the sharp stone any ways, maybe i missed something
Nope, didnt help. Worse thing is i dont get to trade Nanaa Migho any Necklaces anymore

Edited, Sun Apr 10 17:54:01 2005
RE: Stuck on Rock Racketeer
# Feb 07 2006 at 4:01 AM Rating: Decent
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you can still trade her necklaces. It's a repeatable quest.
RE: Stuck on Rock Racketeer
# Sep 26 2005 at 10:17 AM Rating: Good
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I will be sending this as an update as well, but you do NOT give Nanaa Mihgo the 10gil ... Here is what I did.

1.) Talked to Nanaa Mihgo, got the quest, and the Key Item for this quest.
2.) Went to Bastok Markets and talked to Ardea who gave me 10gil for the Key item.
3.) I went back to Winhurst and tried to give Nanaa Mihgo the 10 gil, she did nothing. I talked to her and got scolded for selling the Key Item. I tried to trade the 10 gil again, no go. I talked to her again, she just said the same thing.
4.) I talked to Varun, who asked me to get a sharp stone.
5.) I went back to Nanaa Mihgo and tried to trade the 10gil, no go, talked to her, she repeated herself, tried to trade gil again, no go.
6.) Went to the mines and dug up Sharp Stone.
7.) Went back to Nanaa Mihgo and tried to trage the 10gil, no go, tried to trade her the sharp stone, no go, tried to trade her 10gil + sharp stone, no go, I talked to her, she said she was busy, tried to trade 10gil, then sharp stone, then both, all no go.
8.) Traded sharp stone to Varun, quest completed.

I was never able to give the 10 gil to Nanaa Mihgo, so don't bother trying, it will drive you insane lol.
Fame...?
# Jan 16 2005 at 6:06 PM Rating: Decent
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Anyone know if this quest grants Norg fame or Windurst fame?
RE: Fame...?
# Oct 03 2005 at 11:58 PM Rating: Decent
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Well, considering her other quest (Mihgo's Amigo) boosts Norg fame, I don't see why this won't.

Still, it's a non-repeatable quest, so who cares?
RE: Fame...?
# Mar 05 2006 at 2:52 AM Rating: Good
As far as I can tell, the repeatable quests in all three nations will give nation fame the first time, and then Norg for all repeats. So the first time I smuggled, turned in zinc ore, and turned in necklaces; I got Sandy, Bastok, and Windy fame, respectively. After that first time it was Norg which accrued the fame.
When to go to the mines
# Dec 22 2004 at 12:03 PM Rating: Decent
I just thought I'd share my experience. Let it serve as a warning to all. Apparantly you cannot get the Sharp Stone from the Mythrill Seam noted in this thread unless you have talked to Varun.

I tried to get it when I sold the stone, trying to save myself a trip. I used up 3 stacks of picks on this seam (I mine for gil, so they were in my inventory already), with no drop. After talking to Varun, I got the Sharp Stone on the second swing, never broke a single pick.
Nanaa Doesnt wanna talk to me
# Nov 03 2004 at 7:40 PM Rating: Decent
I'm doing mission 2-3 right now and I saw that I should have talked to Nanaa Mihgo to get the Rock Rocketeer Quest. So, before I headed off to Palbourough Mines I warped back to Windhurst Woods to get the quest.

I went up to Nanaa to get the quest and she told me off, "I can't stand the sight of you. get out of herre, and don't show yourrr face to me any time soon," she said. Earlier I have completed the Mihgo Amigo Quest and brought her the 4 Yagudo Bead Necklaces.

I waited a day already and she still doesnt wanna talk to me. What should I do? I want her to be my friend and give me that quest.
working link i hope....
# Oct 31 2004 at 12:33 AM Rating: Decent
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http://home.comcast.net/~hiryuu/palboroughmine3rdfloor.JPG
RE: working link i hope....
# Mar 25 2005 at 8:26 PM Rating: Decent
OMG! Thank you! I've been mining in the wrong place all along, now I can go to the right spot and get this stupid quest over with... ><
back to windy...
# Oct 30 2004 at 1:37 PM Rating: Decent
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Thanks to everyone who contributed to this! helped .. a lot.
Varun's Location
# Oct 10 2004 at 9:43 PM Rating: Good
For the record, Varun's location is H-9 in Windurst Woods by the homepoint crystal. He's a Hume in leather armor.
Obtaining the Sharp Stone
# Sep 01 2004 at 6:09 PM Rating: Good
This may help: You must go to the 3rd floor, and on the western wall of the circular room of I-9 is where you will obtain the Sharp Stone. The Mithril Vein on the 1st floor at F-7 will NOT yield a Sharp Stone. The Sharp Stone is Rare/Ex and can't be purchased at Auction House.

Edited, Wed Sep 1 19:21:40 2004
RE: Obtaining the Sharp Stone
# Sep 13 2004 at 1:58 PM Rating: Decent
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I see three "rooms" at grid location I-9. You need to go to the one with mining points outlined by wooden frames (for those who have never mined before). You must go to the western wall, the mining point on the eastern wall did not work for me (10 tries).

There are Old and Copper Quadavs in there that are level 20-30. They do not aggro if you Sneak and they do not even aggro while you mine. I got my Sharp Stone after two attempts.

Chulo, WHM 25
Rock
# Aug 26 2004 at 8:15 PM Rating: Decent
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Confirmed, I got the sharp stone after I mined the west mythril seam in (I-9) and talked to Varun and Mihgo after giving the sharp stone to NPC near Goldsmithing guild. Trade 10 G what are you guys smoking?
Waste of Time!
# Aug 15 2004 at 2:43 PM Rating: Decent
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Unless you desperately need the fame, this quest is a waste of time. I blew through 4 stacks of pickaxes, no sharp stone. Yes I've done everything I was supposed to. When I went to get more pickaxes I ended up getting aggroed by Quadavs (RDM30) and ended up dying due to links.

It's just not worth it.
Waste of Time!
# Aug 23 2006 at 7:58 PM Rating: Decent
i know what u feel... i did first part traded stone went back talked to mahigo again she woundlt take the 10 gil talked to varun several times(just to make sure) then went to palboro went to I-9 on third floor and went thru at least 1 stack on each side of the room mithral seam at east and west side of room and got nuthing but mine gravel and dam pickaxe breaks almost everytime with full field gear mahigo and varun still say same thing... what do i do now i even tried mining at the other mithral seams in palboro and no luck there either [aggrevated in bizmarck]
RE: Waste of Time!
# Dec 11 2004 at 1:30 AM Rating: Decent
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Every quest tells a story.
what Nanaa says...
# Jul 10 2004 at 12:46 PM Rating: Decent
I traded her the 10gil, nothing happened. I clicked her, she talked something like "thats what you sold it for? grrr we could have done better by giving it to the traveller. Well no bother for me anymore". I traded the 10gil again, nothing happened. I talked to Varun, he told me all about the stone.

Now - since Nanaa didnt "rape" me or tell me she doesnt wanna see me anymore (whenever i click her she talks the same like above) - does that mean it worked and i can go mining the stone?
RE: what Nanaa says...
# Jul 16 2004 at 1:28 PM Rating: Decent
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Yes. As long as she has mentioned the traveller, and Varun has told you about finding the stone and the mines, you can head for Palborough. Bring a stack of pickaxes! :D
recomended level
# Jun 16 2004 at 12:15 AM Rating: Decent
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I think that the quadavs in ALL levels of palburough will stop agroing you at arround lvl 29 or so... I went in with my lvl 25 whm and was able to solo the higher levels (they conned easy to me), but it was still a tough scrape becuase i was a whm... Just about any fighter class 25+ should be able to solo them with the greatest of ease though, i paired up with a lvl 26 war to get my kazahm key out of the deeper levels of palburough and watched him take down 3 or 4 without ever hitting critical health levels

So i would say the recodmended level is about 25 on any class but BLM (Lower health, defence, less self healing ability then WHM, and WHM's get maul's + shield's. Nuking wont help much becuase highest spell you get is probably thunder or aeroga, both of which have enormus wait times during which you get slayed >.<
These things will probably wack you arround for 50+ if your a blm.

Edited, Wed Jun 16 01:17:27 2004
RE: recomended level
# Jul 01 2004 at 12:23 PM Rating: Decent
Copper, Brass, and Old Quadav (the key droppers) will not stop aggroing until closer to level 34. Also, soloing these as any but a strong melee class (war/mnk/pld/drk) probably isn't a good idea. It was a little while ago, but as a 25THF it wasn't possible to take more than one down between healings.
Gah.
# Jun 02 2004 at 10:30 AM Rating: Decent
What a mess. I've been back to Windy after selling the rock, talked to the cat burglar, talked to the poor jerk in Windy woods, and returned to the mines. (Heck, I even talked to the NPC I sold the first stone to, who told me it had already been used in a project.) I used up roughly 22 pickaxes on the two mythril seams on the third floor. (There are three round rooms in a row. One of them has a mythril seam at I-8, not I-9, I don't care what all the guides say. The east-most room also has a mythril seam. Nothing in the room between those two, but the passage leading back into the bulk of the mines.) I've mined at both mythril seams, but mostly at the West one, and gotten nothing but gravel and broken picks.
The only thing I can think of that might be ******** me up is that I never tried to actually trade the 10 gil to the burglar. When she said the phrase I'd seen in the guides, (dismal sum etc,) I just went to go see Varun.
Solution to the Raping Problem
# Apr 01 2004 at 8:16 PM Rating: Default
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I wasn't able to do a lot of quests until AFTER I finished Mission 2-1. That means, if you're having problems getting the quest due to Migho raping you, you have to finish your mission by heading to the House of the Hero in Windurst Walls. There should be a cutscene, and then you get a key item to take back to the Opistery. Do that and you should be able to get this quest.
Solution to the Raping Problem
# Apr 01 2004 at 8:16 PM Rating: Decent
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Sorry, double-post... ^^;

Edited, Thu Apr 1 20:14:55 2004
Full correction on this quest -->
# Mar 09 2004 at 4:56 PM Rating: Excellent
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Okay, okay, here's the entirety of it. I fought this out last night on Carbuncle.

NPCs needed:
1) Nanaa Mihgo, Mithra Thief - Far northern spot in Windurst Woods.
2) Ardea - In front of the Goldsmith's Guild, Bastok Markets.
3) Varun - Behind the Manustery, Windurst Woods.

Steps needed:
1) Get the quest from Mihgo. If you have to clear any quest first, it'd be Mihgo's Amigo. Mission status doesn't seem to affect the quest, but it'd be best to do part of this during Mission 2-3, since you're up in Bastok anyway.

2) Head to the Bastok Markets. Talk to Ardea, trade her the stone for 10g.

3) Go back to Windurst. Give the 10g back to Mihgo.

4) Talk to Varun.

5) Head back to the Bastok region and into Palborough, 3rd floor, east half of I9. It's a round dead-end room with two mithril seams. I picked up my Sharp Stone on the west seam, several others have reported the west seam, so try that one first.

6) Mine up the Sharp Stone. Rare/Ex item. It'll list in your inventory.

7) Go back to Windurst again.

8) Trade the item to Varun to complete.

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Problems:
P1) Wahhh! The Quadav keep killing me!
A1) Level up some. I raided Palborough as a Lvl25 WHM/RDM, partied w/ a Lvl24 BLM/RDM and Lvl25 WAR/MNK. Cakewalk.

P2) The stone won't drop! I've used a ton of picks!
A2) Go back to Windurst, give the 10g to Mihgo, talk to Varun. The sharp stone will not drop until you've advanced the quest. It just won't. Listen to the people who've suffered losing pick after pick in a vain (vein? ha ha) attempt to get this quest finished. If I haven't been clear yet, Go Back To Windurst.

P3) I already finished the mission where Mihgo tried to rape me and take my gear. Now she doesn't want to talk to me!
A3) Unrelated issue; you aren't getting the quest because your fame isn't high enough. Do some other quests for more fame and try to get this one again later.

I think that about covers it.

Edited, Thu Mar 11 11:24:16 2004
Full correction on this quest -->
# Dec 20 2006 at 5:41 AM Rating: Decent
You don't have to "give" her 10 gil >.> Just talk to her and she'll get pissed off. Then talk to Varun, etc.
RE: Full correction on this quest -->
# Aug 04 2004 at 11:04 AM Rating: Decent
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Followed these instructions, the quest went very smoothly, I got my sharp stone on my second attempt at mining the mythril seam on the west side of the room.
RE: Full correction on this quest -->
# Apr 19 2004 at 1:53 AM Rating: Decent
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P4) took the rock to Ardea but now Nanna Migho wont take the gil ... answer for that one? she tells me to get out of her face, also, Since i cant talk to her i cant give her the lapis coral to complete the 2-2 mission. i need this to be completed so i can go on to mission 2-3 any help is appreciated.

Edited, Mon Apr 19 02:54:15 2004
RE: Full correction on this quest -->
# Jul 12 2004 at 12:59 PM Rating: Decent
same thing happened to me
CoRrEcTiOn!
# Jul 12 2004 at 2:53 PM Rating: Decent
I got fed up with trying to give her her 10 gil, so I said (in a Cartman voice) ***** this, I'm going home.

Tele'dem'd / Chocobo'd and figured I'd go to P. Mines anyways. Went to "East of I-9" like mentioned and my first hit I got the item. I dunno what's up with the give 10 gil thing, but she didn't take it, I got to keep it and got the sharp stone. Yeah me!
RE: Full correction on this quest -->
# Apr 02 2004 at 11:13 PM Rating: Decent
OMG, thanks for the info, first i was mining all the mining spots everywhere.... got some ores and made some gil, but i wanted to finish the quest. Then talking to Vorun, or whatever in bastok, i saw i was looking for a rock ingrained with mythril. Then im mining the mythril seems....nothing, not even making money. What a waste, i have been mining for over a month, off and on, thanks mucho for this info!!!!!
RE: Full correction on this quest -->
# May 17 2004 at 3:09 PM Rating: Decent
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A side note if you mine the mythril seems by mistake and have loads of Mine Gravel that won't sell on AH or anything. Don't be sad I discovered later that you can sell them to any vendor for a little over 100gil (depending on your fame) each not a lot of gil but some.

Edited, Sat May 22 15:04:37 2004
RE: Full correction on this quest -->
# Mar 09 2004 at 11:43 PM Rating: Good
These are excellent directions. Two comments I want to make:

Mainly, the sharp stone does in fact appear in your inventory. (Rare/Ex: "A rough-hewn stone with sharp edges. The ore in the rock glitters.") Not a key item.

As for which seam, I don't have much data; I got my sharp stone on my first try, from the west seam.
RE: Full correction on this quest -->
# Mar 11 2004 at 11:27 AM Rating: Excellent
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Thanks, Mijkai - I actually wrote this up after I'd trekked back to Windurst and just before I actually headed out to mine the stone -- hence the confusion on whether it listed as a real item or a key item. I've updated the posting accordingly. :)

Hopefully now people will be able to finish this one off... I know it's super-annoying having to travel back and forth and back and forth.
Turned Down
# Mar 09 2004 at 4:15 AM Rating: Default
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In my attempts at gaining Tenshodo fame, I had arrived at Nanaa with a Gobbiebag full of Yagudo Necklaces, only for her to offer me this quest. I turned it down, not having any place to put 30 necklaces and afraid I'd lose the ability to hand them in altogether. Any attempts to get the quest now, however, fail. I've logged in an out a zillion times since then.. leaving Windurst Woods.. leaving Windurst.. traveling around the world thirty times.. done ten or so other quests.. She still won't offer it. Does anyone know if it's lost forever?
getting the mission
# Feb 23 2004 at 1:09 AM Rating: Decent
Does anybody know if you can get this quest after doing rank 2 mission 1? She says she doesn't want to talk to me again.
RE: getting the mission
# Mar 04 2004 at 7:50 AM Rating: Excellent
Yes, you can get this quest at almost any time. I do believe it requires a precursor, either fame, mission or particular quest related. perhaps level?

Edited, Thu Mar 4 07:50:05 2004
Requirements
# Feb 05 2004 at 2:19 PM Rating: Default
A friend of mine is trying to get this quest, and is having no luck. He turned in 30 Yagudo Necklaces, and Nanaa keeps saying something about getting away with murder.

I was able to get the quest with no problem, and only turned in a few necklaces(though I've done more quests than him).
RE: Requirements
# Feb 27 2004 at 10:19 AM Rating: Default
quest has nothing to do with the necklaces. those are for tenshodo fame. u need to have windurst fame with quests. I have 25 quests done and got this quest.
MUST see Varun first
# Jan 11 2004 at 12:32 PM Rating: Decent
fyi, Qust doesn't seem to work until you have gone back to talk to Varun, which means 2 trips to Bastok. Have to go from Wind-Bastok-Wind-Pmines for it to work, so not really that good to do in tandum with the mission unless you have made the first trip already.
Sharp Stone
# Jan 06 2004 at 5:09 PM Rating: Default
Can you mine the sharp stone before you talk to Varun. It would save a extra trip to P. mines.

Thank You,
RE: Sharp Stone
# Apr 17 2004 at 2:39 PM Rating: Decent
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Hmm...is this a question?

Quote:
Can you mine the sharp stone before you talk to Varun.


According to Wingchild's very reliable post, you cannot. You have to already have:

1.) Gotten the quest
2.) Went to Bastok and traded the rock for 10 gil
3.) Talk the Varun

in that order.

Wingchild wrote:
P2) The stone won't drop! I've used a ton of picks!
A2) Go back to Windurst, give the 10g to Mihgo, talk to Varun. The sharp stone will not drop until you've advanced the quest. It just won't. Listen to the people who've suffered losing pick after pick in a vain (vein? ha ha) attempt to get this quest finished. If I haven't been clear yet, Go Back To Windurst.


Hope this helps! ^^ Enjoy~!
RE: Sharp Stone
# Mar 01 2005 at 5:45 AM Rating: Decent
so what ur saying is that when he said "go to bastok, then BACK to windy, then mine"...he really ment to take a trip back to windy...wow...I got that just from reading correctly....(like 5 posts ago)

~B

Edited, Tue Mar 1 05:45:12 2005
Clearing up
# Dec 30 2003 at 2:49 PM Rating: Decent
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There seems to be some confusion about this quest. Here goes:

As the quest specifies, take the key item to Ardea and sell it. If you don't sell it, the quest can not continue (Nanaa will send you back to Bastok until it is sold.)

After talking to Varun and traveling back to Bastok, you need to mine near the same location as you do for the first half of Mission 2-3. As Bjond's post states, you want the west Mithril Seam (not the Mining Point!)

The reward should cover your costs. The main point of this quest is not gil, but to raise your Tenshodo (Norg) fame.
Some More Info
# Dec 28 2003 at 1:18 PM Rating: Decent
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There's a fair set of good data here, but there's a tiny bits of information missing. There are two mithril seams in the room at I9.

East seam: gives gravel for the pre-dragon mission.

West seam: gives a sharp stone.

I burned 24 picks. East only gave gravel and lots of it (about 1.3 gravel per pick). West only gave broken picks and one sharp stone. Stone was from the first or second pick. I was curious, so kept on mining until my picks were gone.
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