How to Survive

Abe says one of the beast bones out in the Ashen Waste glows at night, so it must be lucky. He sat by it a whole night once and has been "lucky" ever since. He can't walk that far anymore (he gets out of breath; he says that's the luck too), so he lent you his "bone finder" (it says GEIGER on the side): it clicks faster the nearer you get. Find the bone it goes wild at, chip a shard off it with a pickaxe, and bring the shard and the bone finder back to Abe at Ashen Landing.

Quest item: Lucky Bone Shard

Reward

150 gold, a lucky Straw Hat (Gold Finder) and XP

Dialogue

Starting it

  1. “There's a bone out in the waste that glows at night. Green. I've seen it. Nothing glows like that unless it's lucky.”
  2. “I sat next to it one whole night. Felt lucky straight away. Warm all over. A week later my hair started coming out. Making room.”
  3. “I'd go back for a bit of it, but I can't walk far anymore. End of the jetty and I'm out of breath. Luck sits heavy on the chest.”
  4. “So take my bone finder. Out there the bones all look the same. This clicks when the lucky one's near.”
  5. “The closer you get, the faster it clicks. When it sounds like rain on a tin roof, you're standing on it.”
  6. “Bring a pickaxe and chip me off a little bit. Just a little. Taking the whole thing, that's where people go wrong.”
  7. “The waste is west of here, past where the trees give up. If you start feeling warm all over, you're close. Congratulations.”

Talking to them again

  1. “Still clicking? Good. The faster it goes, the luckier you're getting. When it's raining on the roof, start chipping.”
  2. “The waste is west, past the dead trees. If your gums start to tingle, that's normal. Mine haven't stopped since spring.”

Handing it in

  1. “My lucky bone! Look at it. Warm as toast. I'll keep it in a jar. Out back, away from the shop. And the house. And me.”
  2. “And I'll have the bone finder back, ta. Listen to it go. I've never heard it so happy.”
  3. “Here's your cut. And my old hat. It's a lucky one, it finds you money. Hasn't fit me since the hair went.”
  4. “You look a bit pale. That's the luck. It takes the colour out of you first. Then the rest.”

After it is done

  1. “I keep the shard in a jar out back. It glows all night. The cat won't go near it. Cats don't understand luck.”
  2. “Lost a tooth this morning. Lucky, though. It was the one that hurt.”

At the hand-in without the item

  1. “No bone yet? Keep at it. If the finder's not going like rain on a tin roof, you're not there yet.”

When your bag is full

  1. “Your bag's full. Make some room. Last thing you want is luck rolling around loose in there.”