Quest Astrub City

The Mauve Side of Life

Quest from the Dofus 20th anniversary event, started at the whiteboard in the Ankama Offices: find the twenty Goblins who have settled in Astrub, Amakna and the Trool Fair, and convince them to stay. All the steps, the dialogue choices, the crafts and the fights.

Start: quest start, in [-11,-37] (Trool Fair)
Start: quest start · [-11,-37]

What to prepare

A long list: 102,010 kamas at level 200, including 100,000 for Rigal Hookhand, whose price drops with your level. You also need the help of an Alchemist of level 20 or higher for the Gobmetic.

  • Kamas100,000 kamasRigal Hookhand, at level 200 (less at lower levels)
  • Kamas2,000 kamas2 Crystal Alchemical Vial at Dragonsly's
  • Kamas10 kamasGobtuse
  • Aubergine icon20 × Auberginefor Gobergine
  • Iron icon36 × Ironfor the weighted wings and helmets
  • Silk String icon3 × Silk Stringfor the Weighted Wooden Wings
  • Particle Board icon3 × Particle Boardfor the Weighted Wooden Wings
  • Ancestral Cotton icon3 × Ancestral Cottonfor the Weighted Helmets
  • Worm-Ridden Wood icon3 × Worm-Ridden Woodfor the Weighted Helmets
  • Ankama Kama icon6 × Ankama Kamafor the flamiche and the Welsh at the Ankabar
  • Nugget icon10 × Nuggetfor Gobilingua's dictionary
  • Sage icon4 × Sagefor the Gobmetic
  • Umeshushu icon1 × Umeshushufor the Gobmetic
  • Bwork Beer icon1 × Bwork Beerfor the Gobmetic
  • Icon of Kronengob1 × Kronengob100 kamas at Keg O'Beer's, Nimbos tavern
  • Icon of Slender Tube1 × Slender Tube5 kamas at Uba Tesse's, Alchemists' workshop

Quest Resources, obtained along the way

  • Icon of Apple Core1 × Apple Corein the trash at Ankama's offices
  • Icon of Dream Merchant's Contract1 × Dream Merchant's Contracthanded over by the Dream Merchant
  • Icon of Weighted Wooden Wings3 × Weighted Wooden Wingsto craft at a tailor's workshop
  • Icon of Weighted Helmet3 × Weighted Helmetto craft at a tailor's workshop
  • Icon of Mauve Liquid1 × Mauve Liquida bubble from the Mauve Vial
  • Icon of Gobmetic1 × Gobmeticcrafted by an Alchemist of level 20

The 19 quest steps

  1. 1Start the quest at the whiteboard

    Dialogue

    In the second part of the Ankama Offices, click on the whiteboard at the bottom of the room. A note asks you to check on the twenty new Goblins who have settled in Astrub, Amakna and the Trool Fair. Start the quest from the second page of the note. The Goblins can be found in whatever order you want.

    Dialogue

    1. “Set off for the World of Twelve to find the twenty Goblins”
  2. 2Goblin no. 1: Ronan the Joker

    Dialogue · Ronan the Joker

    Plan for an Apple Core, to be picked up from the trash at Ankama's offices. In Astrub, talk to Ronan the Joker and give him the core to win his favor, then question him. He has to go back to Sakai to find his buddies: convince him that you are his new buddy and that you will come see him if he comes back here every Saturday.

    Dialogue

    1. “Chat with Ronan”
    2. “Talk to him about apples”
    3. “Ask him about his presence in Astrub”
    • Icon of Apple Core1 × Apple Coreto hand over
    Ronan the Joker, in [2,-21] (Astrub City)
    Ronan the Joker · [2,-21]
  3. 3Goblin no. 2: the Dream Merchant

    Dialogue · Dream Merchant

    At the Trool Fair, ask the Dream Merchant how long he is staying. His boss decides: he hands you his contract. Consult the Dream Merchant's Contract: it's filler text, but at the end, “read and approved until death do us part”. Talk to him again and announce the length of his commitment.

    Dialogue

    1. “Ask him how long he is going to stay in the World of Twelve”
    2. “Proudly tell him that you know the length of his contract”
    3. “A life”

    Goblin no. 16 is very close, at the Trool Fair: do it at the same time if you have completed The Gob Fair.

    • Icon of Dream Merchant's ContractDream Merchant's Contractreceived
    Trool Fair, at [-11,-37]
    Trool Fair · [-11,-37]
  4. 4Goblin no. 3: Gobergine

    Dialogue · Gobergine

    Plan for 20 Aubergine before going. In the Amakna forest, offer your help to Gobergine: she asks for aubergines. Give her the 20 Aubergine so she stays.

    Dialogue

    1. “Ask if you can help him settle in the region for good in any way”
    2. “Give her 20 aubergines”
    • Aubergine icon20 × Aubergineto hand over
    Gobergine, in [3,13] (Amakna Forest)
    Gobergine · [3,13]
  5. 5Goblin no. 4: Gobtuse in the bin

    Dialogue · Full Bin

    At the Amakna fountain, talk to the Full Bin on the right: a Goblin is stuck in it. Pull him out, then talk to Gobtuse. He forgives you for a million kamas, but he's a Goblin: offer him ten kamas.

    Dialogue

    1. “Examine the inside of the bin”
    2. “Pull the Goblin by the ears”
    3. “Insist.”
    4. “Feel the weight of guilt on you, but carry on”
    5. “Apologize profusely for mistreating him, but it was to get him out of trouble”
    6. “Reply that you'll do better and offer him ten kamas instead”

    Even if you answer correctly, you receive one or more Crushing Guilt, of 3,000 pods each. Once Gobtuse is out, talk to him again so he removes them.

    • Kamas10 kamasto pay
    Full Bin, in [1,0] (Amakna Village)
    Full Bin · [1,0]
  6. 6Goblin no. 5: defeat Gobstakl

    Combat · Gobstakl

    At the Kawaii river bridge, Gobstakl blocks the way and won't stop: a fight starts, solo. After the victory, talk to him again and suggest he defend the bridge against vandals rather than hit travelers.

    Gobstakl is invulnerable thanks to the Bridge King buff. To lift the state for 1 turn, you need to tackle him by losing a little AP and MP: 100% escape doesn't work. Aim for at least 90 escape, that is 6 AP and 3 MP lost. Without invulnerability, he gains 2 MP.

    • GobstaklGobstaklfight · levels 20 to 200 · 130 to 5,500 HP · 12 AP · 5 MP
    Gobstakl, in [7,-1] (Kawaii River)
    Gobstakl · [7,-1]
  7. 7Goblin no. 6: make Gobskure invisible

    Dialogue · Gobskure

    At the entrance of the dark dimension, Gobskure wants to steal Obscuranti skin to become invisible. To stop her, go to the Sram temple at and ask Rigal Hookhand to make her invisible, for kamas. Then return to : Gobskure is invisible, advise her to settle in the Sram temple.

    Dialogue

    1. “Ask if he has a way to make a female Goblin invisible”
    2. “Give 100,000 kamas”

    Offering less than the asking price kills you on the spot. The price depends on your level: 1,000 kamas from level 1 to 30, 2,000 from 31 to 50, 5,000 from 51 to 70, 10,000 from 71 to 110, 20,000 from 111 to 150, 50,000 from 151 to 199, 100,000 at level 200.

    • Kamas100,000 kamasto pay
    Gobskure, in [6,13] (Amakna Forest)
    Gobskure · [6,13]
  8. 8Goblin no. 7: set Goblik back on the right path

    · Goblik

    Goblik has teamed up with bad people: a fight starts, solo. The enemies use Rage (+19 damage for 3 turns), Mass Awkwardness (-2 dodgeable AP for 3 turns), Fraud (300 Air), Pickaxe Blow (500 Neutral at melee range), Hatchet Throwing (200 Earth, -2 dodgeable MP) and Persecution (300 Neutral at melee range). Then talk to Goblik again: advise him to hit the bandits rather than team up with them.

    Goblik, in [14,19] (Bandit Territory)
    Goblik · [14,19]
  9. 9Goblins no. 8, 9 and 10: Kat, Zen and Jammer

    · Kat

    Kat wants to leave for Moon Island with her nephews, but she is missing wings and helmets. Offer your help with the idea of weighing them down so the takeoff fails. At a tailor's workshop, craft 3 Weighted Wooden Wings (each: 1 Silk String, 8 Iron, 1 Particle Board) and 3 Weighted Helmet (each: 1 Ancestral Cotton, 1 Worm-Ridden Wood, 4 Iron). Give them to Kat: the cannon fails. Talk to Kat again, all black after the explosion: she stays in Amakna.

    If Kat refuses to talk to you again, change maps and come back.

    • Icon of Weighted Wooden Wings3 × Weighted Wooden Wingsto hand over
    • Icon of Weighted Helmet3 × Weighted Helmetto hand over
    Kat, in [11,10] (Brouce Boulgoure's Clearing)
    Kat · [11,10]
  10. 10Goblin no. 11: help Gobelix

    Combat · Gobelix

    In the Astrub quarry, the sidoas are keeping Gobelix from cutting his menhirs. At , ask the Rotcere Boss to stop: a fight starts, solo. After the victory, talk to the Rotcere Boss again, who leaves Gobelix alone, then go back and announce the news to Gobelix.

    • Rotcere BossRotcere Bossfight · levels 20 to 200 · 290 to 7,100 HP · 12 AP · 5 MP
    Gobelix, at [10,-15] (Astrub Quarry)
    Gobelix · [10,-15]
  11. 11Goblin no. 12: save the Mauve Vial

    Dialogue · Mauve Vial

    At the Alchemists' workshop, touch the Mauve Vial: it contains a crushed and liquefied Goblin, which the Otomai Assistant wants to pour down the sink. At , the Assistant agrees to spare him in exchange for two more vials: buy 2 Crystal Alchemical Vial from Dragonsly, at the Astrub alchemists' workshop at , for 2,000 kamas, and give them to him. Go back and reassure the Goblin: as a thank-you, the bubble turns you blue.

    Dialogue

    1. “Touch the glass surface of the vial”
    2. “Tell the Goblin he has nothing more to fear”
    3. “Touch the bubble with your fingertips”
    • Kamas2,000 kamasto pay
    • Icon of Crystal Alchemical Vial2 × Crystal Alchemical Vialto hand over
  12. 12Goblin no. 13: get Vitinem adopted

    · Vitinem

    At the Amakna tailors' workshop, Vitinem looks like an Obvijevan: he is a Goblin transformed into a Lorko Kasko, looking for a lumberjane to adopt him. At , in the Astrub forest, ask an Astrub Lumberjane to follow you, then come back to introduce her to Vitinem.

  13. 13Goblin no. 14: help Gobsequy

    · Gobsequy

    Gobsequy can't take any more of the dead rising from their graves. You need to show him how to send them back, in three solo fights, with Gobsequy at your side: he is controllable. Then return to congratulate him.

    • click on the grave at the top left
    • click on the grave with the flowers
    • click on the grave with a cross

    Gobsequy has Morphallaxe (+50 damage, 100 on a critical hit, for him and his allies for 4 turns), Banjaxe (500 Earth, -1 MP) and Ice Axe (450 Air, -2 dodgeable AP). On the other side: Chafer Slash (330 Earth at melee range), Hel (each MP used makes you lose 6 Air HP), Mjollnir (200 Air and Gravity state), Do Fus Rah! (pushes back, -10 push resistance for 6 turns), Pant Volley (200 Earth) and Camouflage (invisible for 2 turns).

  14. 14Goblin no. 15: treat Gobelish

    · Gobelish

    In Tainela, Gobelish lacks variety: he needs specialties from elsewhere. At , talk to the thirsty Ankamian to enter the Ankabar and buy a Maroilles Cheese Tart and a Welsh from the Ankabarman, 3 Ankama Kama each. Offer them to Gobelish: she stays.

    The Ankabar is only open on Thursdays from 18:00 to 19:00, unless you have completed the “Manage to get into the Ankabar” objective of The Other Side of the Mirror.

    • Icon of Maroilles Cheese Tart1 × Maroilles Cheese Tartto hand over
    • Icon of Welsh1 × Welshto hand over
    Gobelish, in [-1,-33] (Tainela)
    Gobelish · [-1,-33]
  15. 15Goblin no. 16: Gobjob's daughter

    Dialogue · Gobjob

    At the Trool Fair, Gobjob wants his daughter to learn the language of the Sakai Goblins without catching a cold. At Sakai, at , ask Gobilingua for distance courses: he answers in his own language. Buy a patoâ-hpcfmjo Dictionary for 10 Nugget from him, show it to Gobjob as a gift for his daughter, then talk to Gobjob's Daughter.

    Dialogue

    1. “Ask if they can't offer online courses to a young Goblin who doesn't like the cold.”

    You need to have completed The Gob Fair to achieve this objective.

    Gobjob, at [-10,-39] (Trool Fair)
    Gobjob · [-10,-39]
  16. 16Goblin no. 17: heal the Intoxicated Goblin

    Dialogue · Intoxicated Goblin

    Enter the Gob Akademy dungeon and, in the first room, click on the wardrobe to get to the laboratory. The Intoxicated Goblin needs a remedy. At the Alchemists' workshop at , buy a Slender Tube from Uba Tesse for 5 kamas, then collect a bubble from the Mauve Vial: you get a Mauve Liquid. Have an Alchemist of level 20 or higher craft a Gobmetic (4 Sage, 1 Mauve Liquid, 1 Umeshushu, 1 Bwork Beer) and bring it back to the Intoxicated Goblin.

    Dialogue

    1. “Collect a bubble in a slender tube”

    The bubble can only be collected after saving goblin no. 12, the one from the Mauve Vial.

    • Icon of Gobmetic1 × Gobmeticto hand over
    • Icon of Mauve LiquidMauve Liquidreceived
    • Icon of GobmeticGobmeticreceived
    Intoxicated Goblin, in [-5,3] (Goblin Camp)
    Intoxicated Goblin · [-5,3]
  17. 17Goblin no. 18: hold back the Lost Leprechaun

    Dialogue · Lost Leprechaun

    First buy a Kronengob from Keg O'Beer, at the Nimbos tavern at , for 100 kamas. In the Amakna tavern, bottom-right room, talk to the Lost Leprechaun, who wants to leave, then goes off to the restroom. Laura Soho whispers to you that he needs something stronger, of Nimbos origin. Click on the beer on his table to bring him back and talk to him again: he changes size, and a fight starts, solo. After the fight, he returns to his normal size and stays for a while.

    Dialogue

    1. “Say that you would like to buy another round for the Leprechaun.”
    2. “Advise him to start with the beer in front of him”

    It has the spells and effects of the Gobrechaun: random effects when hit, dodges melee hits on odd turns, invulnerable at range on even turns. At 1 HP, it summons an invulnerable Cauldron that strengthens it: let yourself be killed then, the quest updates, as against Nascherite in An Unexpected Event.

    Amakna Inn, at [2,-1] (Amakna Village)
    Amakna Inn · [2,-1]
  18. 18Goblins no. 19 and 20: the sewer mash

    Combat · Gusta Lavista

    In the kitchens of Amakna Castle, second room on the left, Gusta Lavista asks you to inspect the sewers: the Goblins are preparing a mixture there that could get them fired. In the sewers, at (entrance near the zaap at ), click on the rock next to the potatoes: a Goblin Mash appears. The fight is solo.

    Dialogue

    1. “Express surprise at the presence of Goblins in the kitchen.”
    2. “Start a mash fight like in the cafeteria days”
    • Goblin MashGoblin Mashfight · levels 20 to 200 · 210 to 7,700 HP · 12 AP · 6 MP
  19. 19Talk to Chef Gobuchon

    Dialogue · Chef Gobuchon

    After the victory, talk to Chef Gobuchon, who has appeared on the map: since you cleaned up the mash in his place, he won't fire the two Goblins. The quest ends: you receive 25 Ankama Kama and unlock an objective of The Other Side of the Mirror.

    • Ankama Kama iconAnkama Kamareceived

The fights

Gobstakl

Gobstakl

Levels 20 to 200

At the Kawaii river bridge, at , solo fight. Invulnerable as long as you don't tackle him by losing AP and MP: aim for 90 escape.

  • Mauve Rage

    Strikes for 400 Earth and removes 3 dodgeable AP.

  • Gobstakl's Goblinry

    Strikes for 350 Earth damage.

  • Javelin

    Hits for 270 Neutral damage.

Rotcere Boss

Rotcere Boss

Levels 20 to 200

In the Astrub quarry, at , solo fight.

  • Wobbly Hammer

    Strikes for 270 Air and applies a poison of 9 to 12 Air damage for 2 turns.

  • Wall of Spades

    Summons 3 static shovels.

Rotcere Miner

Rotcere Miner

Levels 20 to 200

Accompanies the Rotcere Boss in the same fight. He sets traps.

  • Pickaxed

    Strikes for 200 Water and applies a poison: each AP used makes you lose 1 Water HP for 2 turns.

  • Foot Traps

    Places a trap.

Goblin Mash

Goblin Mash

Levels 20 to 200

In the sewers of Amakna Castle, at , solo fight.

  • Puréepulsion

    Gains 100 push damage for one turn, once per turn.

  • Puréegurgitation

    Earth damage, up to 12 range without line of sight, once per turn.

  • Chunk-Style Summons

    Summons a Sticky Lump, up to 3 range without line of sight. Cooldown of 3 turns, starting from turn 2.

Sticky Lump

Sticky Lump

Levels 20 to 200

Summoned by the Goblin Mash. It heals around itself.

  • Puréetention

    Earth damage and -1 MP for 2 turns, melee only. Once per target, twice per turn.

  • Puréegeneration

    Heals 20% of max HP (25% on a critical hit) in a circle of size 3 around the Sticky Lump. Cooldown of 3 turns.

The rewards

  • XP3,412,499 experience points
  • Ankama Kama icon25 × Ankama Kama

Related quests

The quest unlocks an objective of The Other Side of the Mirror, which you can continue. It is part of the Dofus 20th anniversary event, along with Perilous Simulations.

Previous quest

The Gob Fair

Level 20 quest · Trool Fair

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Where does the quest The Mauve Side of Life start?

At the whiteboard in the second room of the Ankama Offices. You need to be at the second series of objectives of The Other Side of the Mirror.

Do I need to find the Goblins in order?

No, the order is free. Only the 16th, which requires The Gob Fair, and the 17th, which requires having saved the 12th, have a condition.

How many kamas should I give Rigal Hookhand?

100,000 kamas at level 200, less at lower levels, up to 1,000 kamas from level 1 to 30. Offering less kills you on the spot.

How do I get rid of the Crushing Guilt?

Talk to Gobtuse again once he is out of the bin. Each Crushing Guilt weighs 3,000 pods.

How do I beat Gobstakl?

Tackle him by losing a little AP and MP, to lift his invulnerability for 1 turn. With 90 escape, you lose 6 AP and 3 MP.

How do I end the fight against the Lost Leprechaun?

Let yourself be killed once the Cauldron is summoned, when the Leprechaun reaches 1 HP: the quest updates.

What does the quest give?

3,412,499 XP and 25 Ankama Kama, and an objective unlocked in The Other Side of the Mirror.

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