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Old Wounds

2025-10-08T23:01:17Z

Valraven86:

{{Quest Header
|Start=[[Curilla]]
|Start Location= {{Location|Chateau d'Oraguille|I-9}}
| Requirements=[[Warrior]], [[Red Mage]], [[Paladin]], [[Dark Knight]], [[Blue Mage]], [[Corsair]], or [[Rune Fencer]] level 71+ Sword Skill 240+ No other {{KeyItem}}[[Annals of Truth]] quest active
|Items Needed={{Item Tooltip|Sapara of Trials}} {{KeyItem}} [[Weapon Training Guide]] {{KeyItem}} [[Map to the Annals of Truth]] {{KeyItem}} [[Annals of Truth]]
| Repeatable=No
| Rewards=The weapon skill [[Savage Blade]]
| Description=[[Curilla]] has agreed to help you polish your single-handed sword skills for the upcoming tourneys.
}}

[[Image:Quicksand-caves 6.png|thumb|[[Quicksand Caves]]]]
== Walkthrough ==
'''NOTE:''' You ''cannot'' activate this quest if you already have another [[Weapon Skill]] quest opened.

*Talk to [[Curilla]] in [[Chateau d'Oraguille]] to obtain a [[Sapara of Trials]] and a {{KeyItem}}[[Weapon Training Guide]].
**[[The General's Secret]] quest also prioritizes over this weapon skill quest and must ''complete'' it first to get the weapon skill quest dialogue.
*Use the [[Sapara of Trials]] until the latent effect disappears. (This does not always disappear. Check with Quest Giver NPC periodically by trading her the sword to see your status.)
:*How to remove the latent effect:
::*You must perform Weapon Skills and [[Skillchain]]s on monsters that con Easy Prey or higher.
::*Weapon Skills performed while under Level Sync will count.
::*You must accumulate 300 total [[Weapon Skill Points]].
::*You receive 1 point for opening/soloing a weaponskill, 2 points for closing a Lv.1 [[Skillchain]], 3 points for closing a Lv.2 [[Skillchain]] and 5 points for closing a level 3 [[Skillchain]].
::*Unless you are using the sapara with [[Paladin]] (and therefore can use [[Swift Blade]]), you will not be able to close any Lv.3 chains at this point using a sword.
::*To check to see if the latent effect has disappeared, look at your [[equipment]] screen for the elemental [[resistance]]. Though it is easy to see the [[HP]] drop, it should be even easier to see you lose a good 10 resistance in both schools below.
:*At any time, you can talk to [[Curilla]] to end the quest. If you do end it, all work on the latent effect will be lost as you will need to start the quest again.
*Once you no longer receive the latent effect bonus, head back to [[Chateau d'Oraguille]] and '''TRADE''' the [[Sapara of Trials]] back to [[Curilla]] to exchange the weapon for a {{KeyItem}}[[Map to the Annals of Truth]] and instructions to head to [[Quicksand Caves]].
*Head to [[Western Altepa Desert]]. Here you must open the [[Altepa Gate]].
*Once in [[Quicksand Caves]] go to I-6 on the map to the right and click the [[???]] to spawn the NM named [[Girtablulu]]. On the way there, you may encounter an [[Antican Praetor]] that hears through sneak at the 4-way intersection. Wait for that antica to move to the far southwest corner of that room before heading north.
*Once you enter the room, be sure to clear it out first as you might be unlucky like me and aggro all the nearby [[:Category: Antica|Antica]], rendering you dead and having to open the [[Altepa Gate|Gate]] again if you haven't cast [[Reraise]] in advance.
*[[Girtablulu]] causes high damage when it connects. Uses [[Wild Rage]] and [[Earth Pounder]] like other [[scorpion]]s, which can cause high damage. Wild Rage can do about 400-600 damage.
*Girtablulu's use of [[Death Scissors]] can do upwards of 1000 damage on a well-equipped level 75 [[Paladin]]. It may be best to bring a blink tank.
*Once the NM is dead, reexamine the ??? to obtain the {{KeyItem}}[[Annals of Truth]].
**Only one character from a party will need to spawn [[Girtablulu]] for the whole party that defeated it to get the [[Key Item]].
*Bring this back to [[Curilla]] for your reward.
*If more than one individual in your party needs the item, they may check the ??? as well. You do not need to fight the NM for each of them.
*Talking to [[Curilla]] may trigger a cut-scene for the quest [[The General's Secret]]. Simply talk to her again after accepting the [[The General's Secret]] quest to obtain the correct cutscene for '''Old Wounds'''. (this is incorrect you have to finish "The Generals Secret")-Valraven

Old Wounds

2025-10-08T23:00:57Z

Valraven86: