Is Anybody There?

What to prepare

Three resources for the tiles, four for the doll, and at least three friends for the chest fight: you need 4 players, companions not counted, and one or more Pandawas are appreciated.

• 1 × Crackler's Gold Toothfor the Enutrof tile
• 10 × Temporal Powderfor the Xelor tile
• 1 × Piece of Badoul's Treasurefor the Ecaflip tile
• 35 × Goldfor Maskara's doll
• 35 × Cornfor Maskara's doll
• 1 × Maho Snowfoux Leatherfor Maskara's doll
• 10 × Yokai Snowfoux Woolfor Maskara's doll

Quest Resources, obtained along the way

• 1 × Unlocked Cofferwon in the chest fight
• 1 × Replacement Dollcrafted by Maskara

The 19 quest steps

1. 1Talk to Amayiro

   Dialogue[-32,-57] · Amayiro

   The quest starts at the Militia, with Amayiro. Ebru of El wants to see you again about the hammer.

   

2. 2Join Ebru of El

   Movement[-34,-58] · Ebru of El

   Go to the tower of orders: enter through the lower entrance in [-34,-57], go straight then left. Ebru of El has sent people to look for the Light Spirit, without success.

   

3. 3Talk to Elviana Tirips

   Dialogue[-34,-58] · Elviana Tirips

   From Ebru, go up the stairs, go left, go up the stairs, go left, go up the stairs then go straight ahead. Elviana Tirips knows a medium able to contact spirits, now gone: her childhood friend Xeloro Verpowered may know more.

4. 4Question Xeloro Verpowered

   Dialogue[-32,-55] · Xeloro Verpowered

   The medium is called Nosilla Budois. She is said to have disappeared of her own accord, exhausted by increasingly frequent visions. Xeloro sends you to see Grizmine.

   Dialogue

   1. “Tell her about a medium she may have known as a child”

   

5. 5Question Grizmine

   Dialogue[2,-1] · Grizmine

   At the Amakna tavern, go up the left staircase. Nosilla was locked in a grotto by a Xelor, mother of Kwartzwatch, and an Enutrof. To get in, you need to deactivate the magic of three tiles with specific resources: Grizmine gives you the location of one of them, on Minotoror Island.

   Dialogue

   1. “Ask questions about Nosilla Budois”

   

6. 6Question Kwartzwatch

   Dialogue[4,-19] · Kwartzwatch

   In Astrub, Kwartzwatch explains that Nosilla was getting in the way of the Xelors' trade: by talking to souls, she learned things their mastery of time doesn't reveal to them. He gives you the location of another tile, if you promise that Nosilla will never set foot in Astrub again.

   Dialogue

   1. “Talk about Grizmine and Nosilla”

   

7. 7Get the last tile

   Items[-18,8] · Nystig

   Nystig refuses to talk: he fears Nosilla will find out where he hides his fortune. Talk to his wife Annapelle instead, tired of living without spending a penny: she helps you if you promise to make Nosilla reveal where her husband hides his fortune. The last tile is not far from their home.

   Dialogue

   1. “Deny hunting dragoturkeys”
   2. “Seal the deal”

   

8. 8Deactivate the three tiles

   Go to each tile with the resource in your inventory and stand on the cell marked with a letter.

   • [-17,7] Enutrof tile: with 1 Crackler's Gold Tooth, stand on the tile marked “E”
   • [14,-33] Xelor tile: with 10 Temporal Powder, stand on the tile marked “X”
   • [-42,-17] Ecaflip tile: with 1 Piece of Badoul's Treasure, stand on the tile marked “E”

9. 9Pull the grotto lever

   [-14,-31]

   In front of the cave, pull the lever to open the passage. Come with company: a fight follows.

   

10. 10Talk to Tuck Rosenton

    Dialogue[-14,-32] · Tuck Rosenton

    You got the wrong grotto: Nosilla's is right next door. Tuck Rosenton helps you open it if you retrieve for him the contents of one of his coffers.

    Dialogue

    1. “Talk about Nosilla Budois”
    2. “Try your luck”

11. 11Win the chest fight

    [-14,-32]

    You need at least 4 players, companions not counted. Out of 5 chests, only one contains the treasure: to open one, spend a turn with a player character on each of its 4 adjacent cells (companions and summons don't count). The fight ends as soon as the right chest is opened. In the game, the objective is titled “Defeat 1 Ticker in a single fight”.

    In front of the row of shovels, a row of yellow glyphs kills the chest that ends up on it: if it was the right one, you have to start over. Each turn, the chests are pulled one cell toward this glyph; block them by standing in their path. A Pandawa can move the two end chests, one cell of which is off the map. A monster that enters the glyph returns to its turn-start cell.

    • Unlocked Cofferreceived

12. 12Give the coffer to Tuck Rosenton

    Items[-14,-32] · Tuck Rosenton

    After the fight, talk to Tuck Rosenton again. He tells you that the mechanism of the other grotto is hidden by bushes.

    Dialogue

    1. “Give the Unlocked Coffer”

    • 1 × Unlocked Cofferto hand over

13. 13Open Nosilla's grotto

    [-14,-31]

    Go back to the cave entrance and click the plant to open the other grotto.

14. 14Free Nosilla Budois

    Dialogue[-15,-32] · Nosilla Budois

    Nosilla is grateful and suspects you didn't come without reason. Ask her for help: she has a vision of the Light Spirit.

    Dialogue

    1. “Explain how you found her”
    2. “Ask for information about the Light Spirit”

15. 15Find the Light Spirit

    Movement[-14,40] · Light Spirit

    Guided by Nosilla's vision, go to the Cemetery of the Tortured. The Light Spirit wants to get her doll back.

    

16. 16Ask Maskara for a doll

    Dialogue[6,-21] · Maskara

    In Astrub, explain the story of the doll to Maskara. She agrees to craft a Feca doll, if you bring her 35 Gold, 35 Corn, 1 Maho Snowfoux Leather and 10 Yokai Snowfoux Wool.

    Dialogue

    1. “Explain to her about the spirit's doll”

    

17. 17Collect the Replacement Doll

    Items[6,-21] · Maskara

    Give the resources to Maskara: she crafts you a Replacement Doll.

    • 35 × Goldto give
    • 35 × Cornto give
    • 1 × Maho Snowfoux Leatherto give
    • 10 × Yokai Snowfoux Woolto hand over
    • Replacement Dollreceived

18. 18Give the doll to the Light Spirit

    Items[-14,40] · Light Spirit

    Go back to the Cemetery of the Tortured and give the doll to the Light Spirit: he agrees to follow you.

    • 1 × Replacement Dollto hand over
    • Light Spiritreceived

    

19. 19Entrust the spirit to Ebru of El

    Items[-34,-58] · Ebru of El

    Go back to the Bonta tower of orders, through the lower entrance in [-34,-57], straight ahead then left. Hand the Light Spirit over to Ebru of El: the quest ends.

    • 1 × Light Spiritto hand over

    

The fights

The rewards

• XP11,538,387 experience points

Related quests

This quest follows If I Had a Hammer... and unlocks Time Theft, the next part of the Bontarian alignment.

Where does the Is Anybody There? quest begin?

With Amayiro, at the Bonta Militia at [-32,-57]. You must have completed If I Had a Hammer...; level 176 is recommended.

Where are the three tiles and what do you need?

Enutrof in [-17,7], Xelor at [14,-33], Ecaflip in [-42,-17]. You need 1 Crackler's Gold Tooth, 10 Temporal Powder and 1 Piece of Badoul's Treasure in your inventory respectively, then stand on the marked tile.

How many of you do you need for the chest fight?

4 players minimum, companions not counted. You have to surround a chest on its 4 cells for one turn to open it; a Pandawa helps move the chests at the ends.

How do you open Nosilla Budois's grotto?

By clicking the plant in front of the grotto, in [-14,-31], after giving the Unlocked Coffer to Tuck Rosenton.

What resources for the Replacement Doll?

35 Gold, 35 Corn, 1 Maho Snowfoux Leather and 10 Yokai Snowfoux Wool, to give to Maskara in [6,-21].

Where do you find the Light Spirit?

At the Cemetery of the Tortured, at [-14,40]. He follows you once you have given him the Replacement Doll.

Which quest follows Is Anybody There?

Time Theft, with Amayiro at the Bonta Militia.