You are given a set of jumbled letters followed by a line of elements and a message about elements such as
REN / FLO / SPI / TEL / 'S / RE FIRE / LIGHTNING / WATER / EARTH / ICE / WIND The wheel must turn anew.
Valliant Heart mentions a thaumaturge called Yayaroku. Heading to Uldah and talking to him reveals the following dialogue
Yayaroku: You wish to speak of ancient Belah'dia? It would be my pleasure to converse with a fellow student of history. I─ Wait, this isn't about Winebaud's message, is it? Yayaroku: Then you must be another wide-eyed treasure hunter searching for the lost treasure of Lalafuto III. <sigh> Winebaud was a skilled storyteller, and you would be forgiven for thinking his tales were all true. Even now, I cannot say if he was lying to us or himself. Yayaroku: Hm? You say you deciphered his message? Very well, let us hear it. Yayaroku: “Fire, lightning, water, earth, ice, wind. The wheel must turn anew.” The six elements…but the order is wrong. Yayaroku: “The spark of Lightning ignites when it strikes, and thus Fire is born. The heat of Fire renders to ash all that it touches, and thus Earth is born. The density of Earth shuns sun and harbors cold, and thus Ice is born. The armor of Ice melts away, and thus Water is born. The moistness of Water mists and rises, and thus Wind is born. The gusts and sighs of Wind gather the clouds, and thus Lightning is born.” Yayaroku: A passage from Essences & Permutations, in case you were unaware. Anyway, I have no idea what Winebaud meant to say. The trick to solving the riddle is rearranging the letters as they apply to the elements listed below it in the order of the THM text.
Known combinations and answers
REN / FLO / SPI / TEL / 'S / RE >>>> FLORENTEL'S SPIRE HO / OSC / BRA / N's / EM / CE >>>> OSCHON'S EMBRACE AL / TH / SPI / 'S / RE / TE >>>> THAL'S RESPITE
Talk to a NPC at the destination and return to Horizon
Riddle #2 - Word Puzzles
This riddle involves a cryptic string of words, with a second line referencing a NPC who will give you a hint to how to solve it
Known combinations
SEMALF FO LLAH EHT Isouda knows the truth.
SCITEHTSEA S'EMIATHSE Isouda knows the truth.
ETAG FLOW ETIHW Isouda knows the truth.
Isouda's Dialogue:
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AQPMYF KZLD GPS RQQHOFR Memenugu knows the steps
GNMKNXDC IDZWDMTOHMKZS AQJCFF Memenugu knows the steps
GNND NG SGF BN FTQMBKBV Memenugu knows the steps
Memenugu: 2 steps forward, one step back. over and over again, until the end >> what this means is that you need to decrease or increase the letters according to alphabetical order in a pattern of + + -. So the first two letters get increased by one, the third letter get decreased by one fourth and fifth increase one, sixth decreases one (e.g. abcdef > bcbefe)
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180504 130114200919 0601121219
260516082518 0418090620
08051212190218151504 0815120519
Jahelle: “I learned the letters of mathematics, but alas, not the grammar.” I don't know why; a simple sorry would have sufficed.
> each letter if the alphabet is assigned a 2 digit number (a=01 b=02 etc) substitute letters for numbers
Known answers
SEMALF FO LLAH EHT = THE HALL OF FLAMES SCITEHTSEA S'EMIATHSE = ESHTAIME's AESTHETICS (Jewelry shop in Uldah) ETAG FLOW ETIHW = WHITE WOLF GATE (Gridiania Side)
AQPMYF KZLD GPS RQQHOFR = BRONZE LAKE HOT SPRINGS GNMKNXDC IDZWDMTOHMKZS AQJCFF = HOLLOWED HEAVENSPILLAR BRIDGE (In north Shroud near entrance to central). GNND NG SGF BN FTQMBKBV = HOME OF THE COEURLCLAW (South Shroud)
The unscrabled letters will give a destination where a white orb with a ??? name will be waiting. Interact with it to proceed then return to Horizon
Riddle #3: Situational Emoting
The third riddle with give you a phrase describing a place with random letters in capital, followed by a message about the marauders knowing etiquette. Going to the MRD guild in limsa you can interact with a book for the following text:
A treatise on cultivating interpersonal relationships and influencing others catches your eye. You open it to the bookmarked page and take note of an underlined passage: Conspicuous Treatise: A deliberate display of emotion, as befits the situation, can be effective in deepening your relationships with others. What this means, is you need to use an emote at a specific location. The location, as mentioned, is described in the text, the emote is an anagram of the capitalized letters. There will be a ??? glowy orb at the destination
Known phrases & hints
cOncealed belah'dian maJestY - Hint: Search: The Doom That Came to Belah'dia sappHires and peaRLs, fortUnes Great and Small - Hint: What locations are named after gemstones. CherIsh the sPinniNg wAter lullaby - Hint: What makes water go round and round? PulPy NuTritiOus, And decIDedly DElicious cItruS - Hint: You ought to try an orchard All foR fen-YLL - Hint: Fen-yll is a brand sold by the Leatherworker guild HylLfyr's cUtthroAts and briGands - Hint: Bloody Executioners are a pirate gang led by One-eyed Hyllfyr, captain of The Astalicia Under tRanqUilItys FoOtpathS - Hint: there is a very tranquil camp out there red ligHt amidst the blUe Haze - Hint: Look for Fog that is Blue rope ANd wooD aCross thE gully - You need to bridge a gap near Wineport
If you want the answers expand for deciphered locations and emotes
cOncealed belah'dian maJestY - use /joy at the Invisible City in East Thanalan sappHires and peaRLs, fortUnes Great and Small - use /shrug at Pearl/Saphire Lane in Uldah CherIsh the sPinniNg wAter lullaby - use /panic at a watermilll in Hyrstmill, North Shroud PulPy NuTritiOus, And decIDedly DElicious cItruS - use /disappointed outside Summerford Farms, Middle La Noscea. All foR fen-YLL - use /rally underneath the Leatherworker guild HylLfyr's cUtthroAts and briGands - use /laugh on the Astalicia Under tRanqUilItys FoOtpathS - use /furious under Camp Tranquil red ligHt amidst the blUe Haze - use /huh in Bluefog near a rock up the ramp rope ANd wooD aCross thE gully - use /dance at one of the wood and rope bridges south of Wineport, East La Noscea
Riddle #4: Letters and Numbers
Okay this one is a bit complex
You will be given the following phrase
If SWORD+SWORD=DAGGER, then return to me with X of X. The master of the markets has my list. Where the "X" are replaced with 2 variable letters.
Visit the NPC that you get the introduction to the markets from (e.g. Seseroga). You may need to go to the city you started in to get the NPC to talk to you. You will get the following dialogue
Seseroga: The adventurer returns, asking after a…Winebaud? Yes, I remember now. He requested my assistance in locating a number of items many years ago. Seseroga: However, his list lacked sufficient information, and I was unable to proceed. Fortunately for you, I am loath to dispose of any documents related to business. Now where did I…? Ah, here we are.
Seseroga: To be fair, it matters not if it were more detailed. A dead man cannot pay a finder's fee, after all. What remains in a math problem. If you take out all the double letters you have S W O R D A G E = 8 letters and there are 8 items on the list. Each letter represents a number and you have to do some math to work out. You need to solve what they all mean to provide an item of jewelry (for example, a Choker of Sunstone). However what item depends on the numbers correlating to the "X of X"
Tip 1: you have to add 2 5-digit numbers to get a 6-digit number. The highest number you can make is 87,654 so x2 =175,308 is the max that Dagger can be. This means that D has to be "1".
Tip 2: Filling in D as number 1 means that R (1+1 no carried forward) has to be "2"
Tip 3: Filling in R as number 2 means that E (2+2 no carried forward) has to be "4"
Continue to use logic to solve for S, W O A and G.
If you are not good with math problems and want the answer to the formula
sword + sword = dagger 78321 + 78321 = 156642
Work out what letters you need and buy/craft the item of jewelry specified and return to Horizon. You need to ineract with the Message with the iten equipped.
Known Combinations including answers
G of R = Fluorite Earrings G of O = Malachite Earrings G of A = Sunstone Earrings S of R = Fluorite Ring S of O = Malachite Ring S of A = Sunstone Ring W of R = Fluorite Bracelet W of O = Malachite Bracelet W of A = Sunstone Bracelet
Riddle #5: A Lesson in Poetry
After riddle 4, talk to the stone again and you will get this message
Winebaud's Message: Irrespective of the lives we lead, we are often defined by our beginnings and endings. Winebaud's Message: The poet understood this. So do I, and so must you. Winebaud's Message: Seeker of treasure and truth, I have given you the key. Winebaud's Message: The lock lies before you, behind my obfuscations. Winebaud's Message: It's a story, you see… Winebaud's Message: But not the one we were told. You need to combine the 6 lines of poetry from the last 3 riddles. If you didn't make a not of them, talk to Valliant Heart again and he will read them out one by one. The full poem is as follows
Clandestine rendezvous leave me breathless and wanting Obsession consumes me, a thirst for the taboo Perchance we meet in public, be not a beguiler Ply me not with honeyed words, and spare me glances alluring Ere long this torment must end; together we must be Renounce it all I would, but we must be more discreet The way to solve this one is hinted at in the first line of Winebaaud's message
Think Acrostic
Further hint
Look at the first letter of all the lines and the last letter of all the lines
Answer
COPPER GORGET
There is a glowing orb on the back of the statue. You should know what to do here.
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And you are done! Enjoy the completion of the quest and the lore
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