The Puppet Master

The Puppet Master
Starting NPC	Carbuncle - Windurst Walls (G-4)
Required Fame	None
Items Needed	Earth Pendulum
Additional Requirements	Summoner 40+
Title	None
Repeatable	Yes
Description	According to the words of Carbuncle, the thief that is stealing the avatars' energy from adventurers is currently in Bastok. You must travel to Bastok to confront the situation.
Rewards
Kukulcan's Staff

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Walkthrough

• Go to the House of the Hero in Windurst Walls (G-4) and speak to Carbuncle as a SMN.
• From this point on, this quest can be complete on any job.
• Go to Port Bastok (I-8) and talk to Juroro for a cutscene, Juroro is the same NPC for titan. Ildy-Goldy hands you an Earth Pendulum and tells you to travel to the Quicksand Caves entrance in Eastern Altepa Desert (J-7).
  • The trial-sized tuning forks can be used to reduce travel time if you want to do the fight as SMN.
• Within Quicksand Caves, make your way to the Cloister of Tremors (C-8 Map 1). and trade the Earth Pendulum to the Earth Protocrystal. Select The Puppet Master to start the battlefield.
• This is an uncapped BCNM fight, buffs do wear. You have 30 minutes to kill Galgalim (a Hecteyes NM).
  • Galgalim can be silenced, paralyzed and slowed. Can be Reposed. Cannot be slept by a 75 BLM, resisted all sleeps, even aga's.
  • Galgalim has about 3,000-3500 hp.
  • Easily soloed by any job level 70+.
  • Easily Soloed by SMN 65+
  • Easily Soloed by SMN 50

• After defeating Galgalim, return to Port Bastok and speak with Juroro (I-8). for another cutscene.
  • The Earth Pendulum can be tossed once you have completed the fight.
• Finally, return to Windurst Walls (E-7) and talk to Koru-Moru to complete the quest and receive your reward.
  • You may get dialogue relating to a different quest. You must speak to him again if he does not give you a cutscene.