San d'Oria Mission 3-2

The Crystal Spring
Series	Missions
Starting NPC	Any San d'Oria Gate Guard
Title	None
Repeatable	Yes
Description	Catch a crystal bass from Crystwater Spring, located on the eastern edge of Jugner Forest.
Rewards
Rank Points

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Walkthrough

• Trade 1 crystal to a T.K. (Temple Knight) at the gate to unlock this mission or 4 if you want to skip it.
• This mission's purpose is to give you rank points; it is not required. You can skip this mission by repeating other missions or trading crystals.
  • Once you are rank 10, you will not be able to accept this mission. If you want to complete all RoE objectives, do this mission before Rank 9. One reason would be for Teleports by Twilight's Unique RoE Objectives count.
  • Skipping this mission has no impact on whether you get the 10% Capacity Point bonus at Rank 10.
• Talk to any gate guard and accept the mission. There are two in Southern San d'Oria, Ambrotien at (K-6) and Endracion at (F-9). There is also a gate guard in Northern San d'Oria, Grilau at (D-8).
• Buy a Crystal Bass from the Auction House or you can catch one in Jugner Forest. (It is MUCH easier to buy one from the Auction House. Crystal Bass cap at 35 for fishing, so plan accordingly.)
  • See below for fishing tips.
• Trade the Crystal Bass to the Gate Guard.
• Enter Chateau d'Oraguille for a cutscene.
• Talk to Chalvatot at F-7 inside Chateau d'Oraguille for a cutscene. Afterwards the mission is completed.
• Repeating this missions is similar to Mission 1-2. You do not need to zone between repeating, you also do not have to repeat the steps in Chateau d'Oraguille.

Fishing for Crystal Bass

• Obtain Level 20 or higher.
  • Characters less than 14 days old and below level 20 will experience Fishing Fatigue: after catching 10 fish in a day, you can not catch any more until the next day (midnight Japanese time). Otherwise your daily fishing limit is 200 fish.
  • Goblin Bounty Hunters patrol shorelines for low level players. Level 30s should be able to ignore them.
  • Outside of cities, you can fish up monsters. There's a different message if there's a monster on your line.
• Fishing skill optional.
  • Any fish involved in Missions (such as this one) or Quests can be caught with 0 skill unless otherwise specified like Inside the Belly.
• Obtain a Carbon Fishing Rod or Halcyon Rod (craft with Alchemy or buy on AH). They are synthetic rods good for catching small fish.
• Obtain 1 Minnow (NPC buyable). It is a lure, does not stack.
• Obtain some Insect Balls, they stack to 99. As much as you're comfortable with. These are good for early skill up and can catch Crystal Bass. Use as a backup in case something takes your lure.
• Go to Jugner Forest and find the Crystalwater Spring (J-9).
• Equip your fishing rod in the ranged slot. Bait goes in the ammo slot.
• Target yourself and use the Fishing action next to the water.
• Wait for the right fishing message.
  • "Something caught the hook!" <- One exclamation point. It is a small fish. Reel it in.
  • "Something caught the hook!!!" <- Three exclamation points. It is a "large fish". The music may change. There are no large fish in the crystal spring... that is a tree (Arrowwood Log). It will break your rod. Press Esc to let it go.
  • "You feel something pulling at your line." <- Some rusty items. It's junk and you won't skill up either.
  • "Something clamps onto your line ferociously!" <- Monster. They don't drop crystal bass.