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A Very Yeti Starlight

Quest giver: Amh Garanjy
Location: Old Gridania (X:10.2, Y:9.4)
Quest line: Starlight Celebration (2021)
Level: 15

Experience: 1,400
Next quest: Time to Shine
Patch: 6.0

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It's that special time of year where the streets light up for the Starlight Celebration, and preparations are underway. Amh Garanjy is busy readying for the festivities at Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre and may just have a special task for you.

※This quest is available for a limited time only.

— In-game description

Steps

Speak with Rissai.
Speak with Rissai at the Carline Canopy.
Speak with Rudy at the Whistling Miller.
Speak with Rudy.
Speak with Rudy at the Carline Canopy.
Speak with Amh Garanjy in Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre.

Journal

It's that special time of year where the streets light up for the Starlight Celebration, and preparations are underway. Amh Garanjy is busy readying for the festivities at Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre and may just have a special task for you.
- ※This quest is available for a limited time only.

Amh Garanjy welcomes you to this year's Starlight Celebration, and introduces you to her new friend─a diminutive yeti named Rudy, who appears to have something to say to her. Though you are at first at a loss to understand the words of the little snow creature, the auspice Rissai conveniently arrives on the scene. Through his interpretation, you learn of Rudy's heart-wrenching tale of rejection by his brothers, and his gratitude to the Saint of Nymeia, who saved him in his time of need after he had run away from home. Moved by his courage, you agree to aid him in expressing his thanks by serving as one of the saint's little helpers. Together with Rissai, you resolve to come up with a plan for how best to get Rudy involved in the Starlight Celebration.
- ※Please note that you will be unable to complete this quest after the seasonal event has ended. For details, please check the Lodestone.

After some deliberation, you and Rissai come up with a plan: to have Rudy help make snowball-shaped desserts for the festivities. His role as a saint's helper decided, the little yeti's eyes light up with delight. There is one rub, however, in that neither you nor Rissai has experience in making this particular kind of confection. Fortunately, Rissai has just the person in mind, and along with Rudy you set off for the Carline Canopy to seek Mother Miounne's aid.

Thanks to Miounne, you have everything you need to make Rudy's celebratory confections─everything, that is, besides the necessary ingredients. There is shopping to be done, and Rudy is eager as always to take on the task. The first item on your list is flour from the Whistling Miller in Old Gridania.

You watch over Rudy fondly as he conducts his very first errand, managing to obtain the necessary flour with little difficulty on his own thanks to the shopping list provided by Mother Miounne. Eager to continue, he scampers off to the Botanists' Guild for the next ingredient: cooking oil.

Though his beastly appearance initially spooks the shopkeep, causing for some concern, Rudy once again manages to triumph over the odds and successfully complete his task. Flour and cooking oil both safely in hand, you and your friends prepare to return to the Carline Canopy to start making your Starlight treats.

Mother Miounne guides you and Rudy through the confection-making process with an experienced, gentle hand, and before you know it, a full batch of delicious treats has been prepared. Confident that these will surely bring joy to every child who receives them, you leave Miounne to finish packing them up and set off to report back to Amh Garanjy, who will undoubtedly be delighted at your contribution to the festivities.

Back at the amphitheatre, Amh Garanjy is overjoyed to hear of how much Rudy has accomplished already, and expresses her wish to see him grow even more. To that end, she would offer you and your friends your next duty as the saint's little helpers, if you are up to the task.

Dialogue

Amh Garanjy: Well, if it isn't my favorite adventurer! I hope you haven't forgotten about me since we last met. You'll be lending a hand with the festivities again this year, won't you? Because I could certainly use your help.

Amh Garanjy: You see, I have something of a beast problem. Nothing dangerous, I assure you! But it's not exactly my area of expertise, and I imagine a seasoned veteran such as yourself─with all your experience dealing with Eorzea's more exotic fauna─would be better suited for the task.

Amh Garanjy: Come on out, Rudy!

[Unvoiced cutscene START]

Rudy: Yip!

Amh Garanjy: This little fellow is Rudy. At least, that's what I've been calling him. He appeared all of a sudden as I was making my usual preparations, and now he doesn't seem to want to leave.

Amh Garanjy: I was wary at first, but he hasn't tried to cause any trouble. I daresay he's even better behaved than some of my little helpers! I've grown so fond of him, I just couldn't resist making him a little costume. Doesn't he look adorable in it?

Rudy: Yip?

Amh Garanjy: The only problem is that it's as if he's trying to tell me something. It seems terribly important to him, but for the life of me I can't figure out what it might be. I don't suppose there's anything you might be able to do to help, is there?

Rudy: Yip! Yip yip yip!

Amh Garanjy: Forgive me. I know I'm asking the nigh impossible. After all, it's not as if an adventurer like yourself has the ability to commune with beasts. Oh, whatever am I to do...?

???: It looks like you could use some help, my dear.

Amh Garanjy: What!? Did... Did that squirrel just speak?

What will you say?

> By the Twelve! A talking squirrel!

> You can understand us!?

> An auspice, I presume.

Talking Squirrel: Oho! So you are familiar with my kind. Excellent. It will allow me to forgo all the tedious explanations.

Rissai: But allow me to introduce myself. I am Rissai, a wanderer who goes wherever duty, sentiment, and the sweet smell of delectable desserts take me!

Rissai: A meeting with an old friend is what called me to Eorzea, but your festivities piqued my interest. I couldn't help but overhear your conversation, and it struck me that I might be of service.

Amh Garanjy: With Rudy? You can understand him!?

Rissai: I would be a sad excuse for an auspice if I could not. So allow me to provide some enlightenment: it seems your furry little friend would entreat a favor of you.

Rissai: To wit, he is troubled by the fact that he's a bit of a runt compared to his brothers. They hardly even treat him like a real yeti, making fun of him for the tiny snowballs he makes.

Amh Garanjy: Snowballs? Indeed, I heard that yetis incapacitate and capture their prey by blowing frosty balls of snow and ice.

Rudy: Yip... Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip! Yip yip! Yip!

Rissai: Your friend would politely point out that this is not true of all yetis. Rudy and his kin live peacefully deep in the mountains, a far cry from the savage beasts that roam Coerthas. They vie for supremacy amongst themselves not through violence, but by competing to see who can build the biggest snowballs.

Rissai: Rudy was practicing making snowballs in secret to prove himself when he fell from a small precipice and got himself lost. He wandered the forest aimlessly for days, and had just about given up all hope when a white-haired fellow found and rescued him.

Rissai: The kindly fellow in question was none other than the Saint of Nymeia, he says. Saved our poor Rudy before gallivanting off to the Starlight Celebration. Rudy, alas, didn't even get a chance to thank him. So now he wishes to find the saint and properly express his gratitude.

Amh Garanjy: What a touching story. Truly, a Starlight miracle! And I do very much wish I could help, but...

Amh Garanjy: I'm sorry, Rudy. I fear I haven't a clue where the saint is right now. He never sticks to one place for too long, you see. Always busy delivering gifts to children the realm over.

Rudy: Yip... Yip yip...

Amh Garanjy: That's right! You can be one of his little helpers and help bring joy to all the young ones for the Starlight Celebration! Why, if you're lucky, you might even be able to meet him again!

Rudy: Yip...yip...yip-yip!

Rissai: Rudy says he would be happy to help─as, for that matter, would I. At the very least, I can avail you as an interpreter. You'll be lending a hand, too, won't you?

Amh Garanjy: I understand that this is all rather sudden, but please tell me you'll agree. I'm sure it would mean the world to Rudy!

[You nod silently.]

Rissai: Splendid! Now, let us come up with a plan for getting this little one involved in the festivities.

[Unvoiced cutscene END]

“A Very Yeti Starlight” accepted.

When speaking to Amh Garanjy immediately afterwards:

Amh Garanjy: I leave Rudy in your capable hands. I do wish I could go with you, but my duties as head celebrant prevent me from leaving my post for too long.

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[NPC standing dialogue]

Rudy: Yip! Yip yip!

Rissai: I thank you again for your aid. Now, there must be something special Rudy can do for the children this Starlight season, but what could that be? Might you have any ideas?

Rudy: Yip... Yip...

Rissai: What's that you say? The snowballs you make are so tiny that no one would ever want them? Do not be so hard on yourself, my little friend!

Rissai: Clearly, your talents simply lie elsewhere, and it is our job to help you find them. Perhaps you could join the choir, for example. Can you sing? Let's hear it!

Rudy: Yeeeeeeirp!♪

Rissai: Thank you, Rudy. That was most...unique. Unfortunately, perhaps it's not the best fit for singing Starlight carols...

Rissai: There must be something we can do. I would hear your thoughts, adventurer.

What will you say?

> We could compose a carol to better suit his voice.

> He could make snowballs for the snowball fight.

Rissai: That is a possibility, yes. But the children rather enjoy making snowballs themselves. I am not convinced that taking the task away from them would bring them much joy.

> Snowball-themed gifts should do the trick.

Rissai: That reminds me... What do you think of these, pray tell? I picked them up in Ul'dah. They're some kind of traditional confection, but they look rather snowball-ish, don't they? Perhaps we could make something similar for the festival-goers to nibble on!

Rudy: Yip?

Rissai: That's right, Rudy! This is your chance to prove yourself once and for all! You're going to make the loveliest, most scrumptious snowball treats any yeti ever has! And we'll be with you every step of the way. You just need to have faith in yourself!

Rudy: Yip! Yip yip!

Rissai: Well, if it's sweets we're making, I know just the person to help─Mother Miounne at the Carline Canopy. I'm staying in a room there, and I must say I've found her confections to be second to none. Shall we, then?

“A Very Yeti Starlight” objective fulfilled!

Walkthrough

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