Needs More Salt!

What to prepare

No fights. Prepare 300 kamas for the L.A.T.P. trips, and pay for them rather than cheating.

• 100 kamasthe 5-O Kana Kulakua to the Nameless Islet
• 200 kamastwo L.A.T.P. trips to the Bar Racuda, 100 kamas each

Quest Resources, obtained along the way

• 1 × Bah Salt Crystalson the Nameless Islet
• 1 × Summer Salt Crystalson the Nameless Islet
• 1 × Alyda Salt Crystalson the Nameless Islet
• 1 × Abrasive Corktailhanded over by Ju-ju at the Bar Racuda
• 1 × Ground Salt Crystalsat the crusher, in [-44,44]

The 9 quest steps

1. 1Talk to Stok

   Dialogue[-50,45] · Stok

   Stok refuses to give you a sample for analyses he doesn't believe in. He isn't responsible for the sabotage: his stock of Plimok, a drink for tourists, has been stolen. He will change his mind if you help him rebuild his stock by picking up three types of salt crystals on the Nameless Islet.

   

2. 2Reach the Nameless Islet

   Movement[-49,36] · 5-O Kana Kulakua

   Talk to the 5-O Kana Kulakua: for 100 kamas, he takes you to the Nameless Islet.

   Dialogue

   1. “Accept”

   Avoid cheating: you risk being teleported to the other end of the archipelago.

   • 100 kamasto pay

3. 3Harvest the three salts

   Collect

   The salts on the islet all look the same: here are the ones that give the three types you need.

   • [-47,33] collect the two spots all the way to the left: two different salts
   • [-47,34] click on the salt in the center, next to the totem: the third type

   • Bah Salt Crystalsreceived
   • Summer Salt Crystalsreceived
   • Alyda Salt Crystalsreceived

4. 4Try out the crusher

   [-44,44]

   Meet in front of the Bar Racuda, via the L.A.T.P. in [-46,44] for 100 kamas. Use the crusher to grind the salts into powder: it is broken.

   • 100 kamasto pay

   

5. 5Warn Stok

   Dialogue[-50,45] · Stok

   Stok knows nothing about it and sends you to his cousin Stak, who has some notion of tinkering.

   Dialogue

   1. “Explain that the salt crusher is broken”

6. 6Ask Stak for advice

   Dialogue[-55,43] · Stak

   Stak is surprised: he repaired it the day before. Judging by the symptoms, an Abrasive Corktail should be enough to unjam it.

   Dialogue

   1. “Tell him that the salt crusher is jammed”

   If the quest Do You Know How to Fill the Holes? is in progress, finish it first: otherwise, you won't be able to talk to Stak about this problem.

   

7. 7Get an Abrasive Corktail

   Items[-44,44] · Ju-ju

   Go back to [-44,44], via the L.A.T.P. in [-46,44] for 100 kamas, and go into the Bar Racuda: Ju-ju hands you an Abrasive Corktail to repair the crusher.

   • 100 kamasto pay
   • Abrasive Corktailreceived

8. 8Repair and use the crusher

   [-44,44]

   Leave the bar and click on the crusher to unseize it with the cocktail: its jaws come loose. Click on it one last time to grind your three salts into powder.

   • 1 × Abrasive Corktailto hand over
   • Ground Salt Crystalsreceived

9. 9Bring the powder back to Stok

   Items[-50,45] · Stok

   Stok inspects your work: the powder will be used for his Plimok. As promised, he gives you a sample of his DNA for Régisse's tests. The quest ends.

   Dialogue

   1. “Show the Ground Salt Crystals”

   • 1 × Ground Salt Crystalsto hand over
   • Stok Samplereceived

The rewards

• XP3,412,499 experience points

Related quests

Stok's sample is used for A Torturous Enquiry – Investigation, the first quest of the achievement Behind the Screens. The other samples are obtained with Bemused Suze Has Lost Her Bow Meow, Lost Memories, Do You Know How to Fill the Holes? and Lord of the Rings.

Where does the quest Salt Shortage! start?

From Stok, in the village of Vulkania in [-50,45]. You must have started A Convoluted Investigation – Investigation.

Where do you find the three salt crystals?

On the Nameless Islet, reached by the 5-O Kana Kulakua in [-49,36]. Two salts on the left-hand spots in [-47,33], the third in the center near the totem in [-47,34].

The crusher is broken, what should I do?

Ask Ju-ju for an Abrasive Corktail, in the Bar Racuda. It's Stak, in [-55,43], who gives you the idea after Stok sent you to see him.

I can't tell Stak about my problem, why?

Finish Do You Know How to Fill the Holes? if it is in progress: it blocks this dialogue.

How many kamas should I plan for?

300 kamas, for three L.A.T.P. trips at 100 kamas each: the Nameless Islet, then the Bar Racuda twice.