With a Little Elbow Grease

Retired Content

• The subject of this article was retired or removed from the game in patch 5.3, and is no longer available to players.
• Retired items may still be kept in inventory but can no longer be renewably obtained. Tradable items may still be obtained from the Market Board or directly trading with other players.
• The information in this article is kept and maintained for historical purposes.
• This quest was removed as part of the revamp and pruning of the A Realm Reborn main story quest experience.

With a Little Elbow Grease

Quest giver

Eaduuard

Location

Eastern Thanalan (X:11, Y:21)

Quest line

Seventh Umbral Era

Level

35

Required items

1   Broken Alembic
1   Bronze Ornamental Hammer

Experience

 18,040

Gil

 0

Previous quest

All Good Things

Next quest

A Tall Drink of Aqua del Sol

Patch

2.0

“

Eaduuard appears to be toying with a defective device of some sort.

— In-game description

Rewards

Choose one of the following options:

• 1   Altered Heavy Steel Armor
• 1   Linen Shirt
• 1   Boarskin Satchel Belt
• 4   Allagan Silver Piece

Steps

• Show the broken oven to Marques.

• Deliver a bronze ornamental hammer to Marques.

Journal

• Marques identifies the oven as an alchemist's alembic, and states that while he can modify it for Eaduuard's purposes, he requires a bronze ornamental hammer, which can be purchased from the merchants at Camp Drybone.

• According to Marques, the makeshift oven should take no longer than a day to prepare -- a truly amazing feat of engineering. Just how the refugee acquired such advanced skills is a mystery to all, including the man himself...