The Walking Willow

What to prepare

Plan for the Alchemist profession at level 1 or higher for the remedy, and to be able to do the Damadrya's Bamboo Grove dungeon. Two quest resources drop at 5% from Plantala monsters.

• 5 × Drinking Waterfor the Remedy for Yinagi
• 1 × Oilbow Greasefor the Remedy for Yinagi
• 5 × Fujibakama Leafto gather in Plantala, tradable

Quest Resources, obtained along the way

• 5 × Soporific Sporesfrom all Plantala monsters, 5% base
• 1 × Nenufrog Bulbfrom the Nenufrogs of Plantala only, 5% base
• 1 × Damadrya Leaffrom the boss Damadrya, automatic drop

The 19 quest steps

1. 1Meet Inataba

   Dialogue[26,-31] · Inataba

   Inataba is looking for medicinal herbs for his ailing wife and refuses to leave the forest, however dangerous, without having found any. He needs fujibakama, a primitive plant that grows back in Plantala, for the remedy for his wife Yinagi.

   Dialogue

   1. “Ask what he is doing in the middle of the forest”

   

2. 2Gather 5 Fujibakama Leaf

   Collect[25,-31] [25,-30] [25,-29] [25,-28] [24,-28] [26,-28] [26,-29] [26,-30] [27,-30] [25,-32]

   Fujibakama Leaves are harvestable resources on several Plantala maps. If someone has just picked the leaf, wait: it grows back in about 5 to 7 minutes. They are resources, so they are tradable.

   • Fujibakama Leafreceived

3. 3Protect Inataba

   Combat[26,-31] · Inataba

   Go back to Inataba with the five leaves: Plantala monsters are about to attack him. The fight is done solo.

   Dialogue

   1. “Protect Inataba from the enraged Plantalas”

   The Nenufrog has 18,000 HP and heals 3,500 HP every two turns, which seems like a lot for this level. The other monsters cast Neb Ubble (120 in an area, at 1 range), Petalapace (removes 1 turn of bewitchment and gives itself a shield), Pullstil (70 in an area and pulls), Bulbramble (reflects 15% of damage around an ally), Nectarched (50 and unhealable state), Yuccannon (70 as life steal), Noshamboo (100 in a line around the caster), Photosynthesis (heal of 160 in an area) and Stempendous (70 and pushes back), in a random element.

   • Nenufrogfight · levels 102 to 110 · 2,100 to 2,400 HP · 9 AP · 4 MP

4. 4Escort Inataba to the workshop

   Movement[23,-29] · Inataba

   Talk to Inataba again after the fight: he asks you to escort him to the alchemists' workshop, at [23,-29].

   

5. 5Craft the Remedy for Yinagi

   Crafting[23,-29]

   Craft 1 Remedy for Yinagi at the Alembic, with your Alchemist profession at level 1 or higher. Cooperative crafting is not possible. Then talk to Inataba again to find out where his wife is.

   • 5 × Drinking Waterto hand over
   • 1 × Oilbow Greaseto give
   • 5 × Fujibakama Leafto hand over
   • Remedy for Yinagireceived

6. 6Administer the remedy to Yinagi

   [20,-27] · Yinagi

   Go to the shaman's house to give the remedy to Yinagi. She doesn't react: the remedy didn't work.

   

7. 7Ask Surivitna for advice

   Dialogue[20,-27] · Surivitna

   The shaman scolds you: your remedy could have poisoned her. Overwhelmed, he agrees to take care of Yinagi, but he needs resources to go into a trance and contact her spirit: 5 Soporific Spores and 1 Nenufrog Bulb.

   Dialogue

   1. “Explain Inataba's situation to the shaman”

8. 8Collect the shaman's resources

   Items

   Soporific Spores drop from all Plantala monsters, at 5% base. The Nenufrog Bulb only drops from the Nenufrogs of Plantala, at 5% base.

   • Soporific Sporesreceived
   • Nenufrog Bulbreceived

9. 9Bring the ingredients to Surivitna

   Items[20,-27] · Surivitna

   The shaman prepares a brew and goes into a trance. He couldn't communicate with Yinagi, but he had a vision of a weeping willow with silvery foliage, linked to the Pandawa.

   Dialogue

   1. “Bring back the requested ingredients”

   • 5 × Soporific Sporesto hand over
   • 1 × Nenufrog Bulbto hand over

10. 10Inspect the silvery willow

    [27,-29]

    Go back to Plantala and click on the bushes at the center left of the map. You find a ribbon-wrapped branch, and notice that the willow is withering.

    • Ribbon-Wrapped Branchreceived

    

11. 11Show the branch to Inataba

    Items[20,-27] · Inataba

    Inataba recognizes the branch and the ribbon: he was resting among the willow's roots, where he met Yinagi, and they tied this ribbon there. During his story, Yinagi wakes up and lets out a cry.

    

12. 12Talk to Yinagi

    Dialogue[20,-27] · Yinagi

    Lumberjacks are approaching the willow to cut it down. Yinagi reveals that she is the spirit of this centuries-old weeping willow, who became a Pandawa to live with Inataba. The Spirit of Wood drew on her energy to bring the forest back to life: keeping this form is getting harder and harder for her.

13. 13Protect the willow from the lumberjacks

    Combat[27,-29] · Threatening Lumberjack

    Go back in front of the Silvery Willow and talk to the Threatening Lumberjack, who wants to cut down the willow to rebuild a temple. A fight against the lumberjacks starts, and it can be done in a group.

    Dialogue

    1. “Say that you can't let them do it and get ready to fight”

    

14. 14Check in with Inataba and Yinagi

    [27,-29] · Yinagi

    Tell Inataba that the lumberjacks are defeated: Yinagi must nevertheless merge with the willow again to regenerate. Encourage her to defy fate: she recognizes the one who defied the Norrai and asks you to protect the forest, then merges with the willow. Talk to Inataba again: he wants to become a tree in turn, with the help of the forest witch.

15. 15Ask Sobomori for help

    Dialogue[24,-31] · Sobomori

    The witch can turn Inataba into a tree, but not alone: she needs the magic of a Damadrya Leaf, the guardian of the bamboo grove.

    Dialogue

    1. “Ask for her help to turn Inataba into a tree”

    To talk to Sobomori, you must have progressed through Say It with Flowers up to the point where Sobomori asks you to help eliminate the hunters in the forest.

    

16. 16Defeat Damadrya

    Combat[26,-30]

    Enter the Damadrya's Bamboo Grove dungeon, at [26,-30], and defeat the boss Damadrya: the Damadrya Leaf drops automatically.

    Also start Caught in a Thicket of Wrath, which requires doing this dungeon: two birds with one stone.

    • Damadryafight · level 110 · 5,000 to 6,600 HP · 10 AP · 2 MP
    • Damadrya Leafreceived

    

17. 17Give the leaf to Sobomori

    Items[24,-31] · Sobomori

    The witch mixes ingredients and recites incantations, then hands you a Veggifying Potion.

    Dialogue

    1. “Give the Damadrya leaf to the witch”

    • 1 × Damadrya Leafto hand over
    • Veggifying Potionreceived

    

18. 18Give the potion to Inataba

    Items[27,-29] · Inataba

    Inataba immediately drinks the potion and turns into a tree before your eyes.

    • 1 × Veggifying Potionto hand over

    

19. 19Hang the ribbon

    [27,-29]

    Talk to Inataba again in his tree form: he stays silent. Hang the ribbon bearing witness to Inataba and Yinagi's love on each of their branches. The quest ends.

The fights

The rewards

• XP2,597,190 experience points
• 28,560 kamas
• 5 × Bambooto Stalk
• 5 × Flowistil Pistil

Related quests

The quest does not unlock another quest. It is part of the achievement Woody Wrath, along with Say It with Flowers and Vile Rot.

Achievements · Pandala Island

Woody Wrath

Quest 1 of 3 · 10 achievement points

Complete the following quests:

1. The Walking WillowLvl. 110
2. Say It with FlowersLvl. 110
3. Vile RotLvl. 110

Next quest: Say It with Flowers →

Where does the quest The Walking Willow start?

From Inataba, in Plantala at [26,-31]. You must be level 90 and have finished Pandala Awakens.

Where to gather the Fujibakama Leaves?

On about ten Plantala maps, between [24,-28] and [27,-30], as well as at [25,-32]. They grow back in 5 to 7 minutes and are tradable.

How do you craft the Remedy for Yinagi?

With the Alchemist profession at level 1 or higher, at the Alembic: 5 Drinking Water, 1 Oilbow Grease and 5 Fujibakama Leaf. Cooperative crafting is not possible.

Where to find the Nenufrog Bulb?

Only from the Nenufrogs of Plantala, at 5% base. Soporific Spores drop from all Plantala monsters.

Sobomori doesn't answer, why?

You must progress through Say It with Flowers up to the point where Sobomori asks you to eliminate the hunters in the forest.

Where to find the Damadrya Leaf?

On Damadrya, boss of Damadrya's Bamboo Grove at [26,-30]. It drops automatically.

Is the Nenufrog normal?

It is very sturdy for this level: 18,000 HP and a heal of 3,500 HP every two turns. The fight is done solo.