A Land on Fire

A Land on Fire

Quest giver

Neophyte Adventurer

Location

Ul'dah - Steps of Nald (X:9, Y:10)

Quest line

Final Fantasy XVI Collaboration: The Path Infernal

Level

50

Requirements

The Ultimate Weapon

Gil

 714

Next quest

Pain to Recall

Patch

6.58

“

The neophyte adventurer seeks the Warrior of Light.

※This quest is available for a limited time only.

— In-game description

Steps

• Speak with the wandering minstrel at the Burning Wall.
• Use the spyglass from the vantage point to survey the area.
• Wait at the designated location in Ul'dah.
• Speak with Clive.

Walkthrough

Finding the "thing out of place"

• The "thing out of place" you are looking for is a "Strange Man" lying on an amber-colored island towards the bottom left of the viewable area, near some gray rocks. See the screenshot to the right.

Dialogue

Talking to the Neophyte Adventurer

Neophyte Adventurer: F-Forgive me my boldness, but you are Forename Surname, are you not?

Are you Forename Surename? (yes/no)

<No.>
Neophyte Adventurer: My apologies! Even if you are the spitting image, I suppose it was naive of me to presume that you are indeed the living legend him/herself. I shall have to keep searching...

<Yes.>
Neophyte Adventurer: Th-Then my search is at an end. A begoggled gentleman tasked me to find you, you see, in hopes of entreating your aid with...some matter he deigned not share with me.
Neophyte Adventurer: Pray remain here, and I shall fetch him at once!

Cutscene

???: Greetings, champion.
Wandering Minstrel: 'Tis I who employed the young adventurer to facilitate this impromptu audience.
Wandering Minstrel: As for the why, I've a request that you─and you alone─can fulfill.
Wandering Minstrel: Pray listen well, for my tale begins with a most unsettling dream...
Wandering Minstrel: In it did I behold the evening sky, boundless and shimmering. As I drank deep of its beauty, I spied two stars sailing across the inky expanse—one of purest white, the other blushing scarlet, their courses set such that they might pass without collision.
Wandering Minstrel: Sharply and suddenly, the scarlet star shifted its trajectory. High above a burning landscape did its path intersect with that of the white star, their conjunction marked by a brilliant explosion of light. Even in slumber, I was awestruck by the spectacle.

What will you say?
> But what does it mean...?
> A lovely tale, but I fail to see what that has to do with me.

<But what does it mean...?>
Wandering Minstrel: Truth be told, mine own interpretation wavers. My rational mind says "meaningless dream," whilst my artist's soul insists on "prophecy."

<A lovely tale, but I fail to see what that has to do with me.>
Wandering Minstrel: I do not wish to make any claims with certainty. And yet...

Wandering Minstrel: Whatever greater meaning this vision might hold, I am convinced that the blazing white star represents the Warrior of Light. In other words, you.
Wandering Minstrel: And should these portents indeed foretell future events, you are thus fated to encounter the scarlet star─whomsoever they may be.
Wandering Minstrel: I therefore humbly request that you accompany me to the “burning land” from my dream, that I might witness the vision's denouement. I will compensate you for the trouble, of course.
Wandering Minstrel: The question is, which territory in Eorzea might be considered “burning,” metaphorically or otherwise...?

What will you say?
> The Bowl of Embers where I battled Ifrit?
> The Burning Wall in eastern Thanalan?
> A place rich in corrupted crystal deposits? They can look quite fiery.

<The Bowl of Embers where I battled Ifrit?>
While its relation to flame cannot be denied, mine instincts tell me nay. The scene from my dream was more ridge than bowl—a giant, flickering outcrop of...crystal, mayhap? Of course!

<The Burning Wall in eastern Thanalan?>
Ah, that cluster of immense crystals born of the Seventh Umbral Calamity. Aye, it well resembles the sweeping scene from my dream.

<A place rich in corrupted crystal deposits? They can look quite fiery.>
These crystals would have to be immense in size, akin to...to those which comprise the Burning Wall. Aye, that site well resembles the sweeping scene from my dream.

Wandering Minstrel: The first mystery is solved. We shall leave for eastern Thanalan and the infamous Burning Wall at once!