How to Survive

Dex, the Cinderhold lookout, says the mountain's been shaking since Tuesday. The lookout before him drew a gauge, three of them on the crater's rim over the lava rivers, and never got them up. Forge three, iron and a glass vial at a forge, and set them where his stakes are.

Steps

  1. Forge three vent gauges from the old lookout's drawing, iron and a glass vial at a forge, and set them on the crater's rim at his stakes, over the three lava rivers
  2. Keep the gauges on the rim standing until the eruption burns itself out. It comes after dark, once you're up there
  3. Tell Dex in Cinderhold the gauges held · Cinderhold

Reward

The old lookout's Fire Warden's Apron (lava and burning hurt you half as much), 500 gold and XP (outfit:fire_warden)

Dialogue

Starting it

  1. “You feel that? Under your boots. It's been doing that since Tuesday. Before that, it did it once in eleven years, and that time we lost the pier.”
  2. “Eleven years in this chair. I eat here. I sleep sitting up. I'm told there's a nice beach on the south side. I'll take their word for it.”
  3. “The fella who had the job before me drew up a gauge. Three of them on the rim, and you'd know a day early. He never got them built.”
  4. “Iron and a glass vial, at a forge. That's his drawing. He drew the needle twice. The second one's better. Use the second one.”
  5. “He went up to set them himself, one night. They found his hat. It's a good hat. I wear it on Sundays.”
  6. “Take the road to the rim. Over each of the three rivers there's a flat bit of ridge. You'll see a stake. He got that far.”

Talking to them again

  1. “Up on the rim, over the rivers. Three stakes. He put them in straight. Last straight thing anybody did up there.”
  2. “If it starts while you're up there, keep the needles standing. The rocks can't be helped. Neither could he.”

Handing it in

  1. “I heard it from here. Then I didn't. That second part's the one I've been waiting for.”
  2. “Hold on. There's something I've been meaning to do for eleven years.”
  3. “Huh. It works. Here. His apron. Fireproof. He left it on the hook the night he went up. Should've worn it.”

When your bag is full

  1. “No room. That's all right. It's waited on that hook a long time. Another day won't hurt it.”