Buried Truth

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Buried Truth

Quest giver
Tanga Tonga
Location
Upper La Noscea (X:12.4, Y:22.9)
Level
23
Experience
Experience 1,920
Gil
Gil 0
Previous quest
Side QuestThe Hottest of Box Lunches
Patch
2.0

Tanga Tonga seeks help excavating fossils at Thalaos.

— In-game description


Rewards

In addition to the above, choose one of the following options:

Walkthrough

The round fossil is found at the end of the bone flipper hanging out over the lake. Climb the hill by the spine and hop down and walk along the flipper to get the round fossil.

(Strongly suggest you use a Botanist or Miner at level 20 or higher in order to be able to use Sneak while looking.)

Steps

  • Search for objects of interest.

Journal

  • Tanga Tonga seeks help excavating fossils at Thalaos.
  • The researcher Tanga Tonga has need of an adventurer to aid in his study of the Thalaos boneyard. Survey the excavation site to see if you can discover any fossils worth recovering.
  • You have found a couple different kinds of fossil that might serve to pique Tanga Tonga's interest. Return to the researcher in his cabin and let him pore over your discoveries.
  • Tanga Tonga has identified two types of ancient creature from the fossils you have brought him: a large sea animal eaten by the Thalaos, and a small parasite that clung to the Thalaos. With these new discoveries, he has enough information to advance his studies for the time being.