The Greatest Story Never Told

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• First quest in the Winebaud's Riddles questline.

Walkthrough

Note that there seem to be a few sets of the riddles and each person can get one of them.

WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD

Riddle 1: Wheel of Elements

"REN / FLO / SPI / TEL / 'S / RE
FIRE / LIGHTNING / WATER / EARTH / ICE / WIND
The wheel must turn anew."

FLORENTEL'S SPIRE is in North Shroud, near the exit to Coerthas Central Highlands.

Riddle 2

"HO / OSC / BRA / N'S / EM / CE
FIRE / LIGHTNING / WATER / EARTH / ICE / WIND
The wheel must turn anew."

Valiant Hart directs you to talk to Yayaroku. He is standing in Ul'dah in the Thaumaturge's Guild.

Yayaroku tells you that the elements are from Essences and Permutations but the sequence is wrong; it should be lightning → fire → earth → ice → water → wind. By rearranging the tokens in this order, you get OSCHON'S EMBRACE.

Oschon's Embrace is a waypoint in Lower La Noscea, north of Moraby Drydocks. On the northeast end of the bridge is a Lalafell Novice Explorer sitting on a bench.

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At long last... does the wheel turn anew? Are you the one for whom I have waited?

Praise the Twelve! Master Windbaud told me it might be years, even decades, until one came — if someone came, but I swore an oath, so I couldn't—

You don't understand; this is all so exciting! But you're not here for that, or for me. You're here for the treasure, aren't you?

This is Master Winebaud's Journal, and it belongs to you now.

No, no, that's not true. It was always yours — you had yet to claim it, is all. Keep it close, fellow explorer! This is only the beginning!

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This concludes the Solve the explorer's riddle. portion. You now gain the key item Windbaud's Travel Log.