Crop Failure (1.19)

For the updated version of this quest, please see Crop Failure.

Crop Failure is a medium level 52 quest based in Olux.

Preview
In Olux, a travelling salesman named Doubiss has sold a 'miracle fertilizer' to the residents of the town. Anast, whose crops are withering, blames Doubiss for the recent events so he sends the player to find out the truth.

Stage 1
» Talk to Anast in Olux.

Dialogue:
 * Anast: Grr...that no-good, lying, cheating, thieving...graaah!
 * Anast: You! Help me out over here! You aren't doing anything important right now, and this is urgent!
 * Anast: You see the crop fields all around me? Or, maybe the places where there's supposed to be crop fields. Maybe that'd be more fitting with their states!
 * Anast: They were growing slower than normal this year, but it was nothing strange 'til some wackjob salesman rolled into town...
 * Anast: He goes spouting off about some kind of 'miracle fertilizer' that can make any plant grow twice as fast. Everyone was oohing and awwing...
 * Anast: So, we all bought a batch or two, at least. I sprinkled mine over the fields, and...well, you can see just how 'amazing' it worked for yourself.
 * Anast: The police in this town are useless and he flat-out refuses to give me any kind of refund! And I'm pretty sure I've seen him trying to poison my water, too!
 * Anast: That Doubiss fellow is crooked through and through, I tell ya! I want you to go talk to him and try to get me the refund I so desperately deserve.
 * Anast: I paid [20 Emerald Blocks] for it all. If you come through with this, we'll split it fifty-fifty. Got it? And, try to bring back some evidence too in case he ever plays dumb again!
 * Anast: Check the market stalls around town for the guy. I forget which one Doubiss was at, exactly, but he's around somewhere.

Stage 2
» Interrogate Doubiss the salesman in Olux.

Dialogue:
 * Doubiss: Good day to ya! What is it ye be needin' from ol' Doubiss' stock?
 * Doubiss: Oh. Oh, goodie. Another traveller sent from that idiot farmer. I swear, this is the eighth time now!
 * Doubiss: Since he obviously ain't gonna be listenin' to me anytime soon, lemme tell you what the issue is with my fertilizer...
 * Doubiss: Nothing! My fertilizer really does work! He probl'ly exaggerated how good I said it'd work, too! What'd he say, twice, three times the growth? More?
 * Doubiss: All the other farmers are usin' it right now, and look at their fields! Heck, I think the only reason these crops ain't dead is because of my product!
 * Doubiss: Y'know why? Next time ya pass a farm, take a good whiff o' the water, maybe a sip or two if you can manage. It'll be smelly and bitter.
 * Doubiss: The crops, when I got here, were lookin' pathetic as ya get. I ain't a gamblin' man, but I'd be willing ta bet something's up with the water here.
 * Doubiss: The smell gets worse the closer ya get to the crypts in town, and while I ain't a native Oluxer, I've heard enough to know the wellspring is in the cave near there.
 * Doubiss: It'll prob'ly be best fer everyone if ya took a looksee. Maybe if ya find some evidence, ya can show that crazy farmer, have 'im quit pesterin' me, eh?
 * Doubiss: The cave is on the little hill, next to the crypt. Careful ya don't go trippin' over a gravestone, now!

Stage 3
» Go to the wellspring cave near the Olux Crypts.

Stage 4
» Search inside the cave to find the problem with the water.


 * UncleanBones.png
 * Unclean Bones
 * 6
 * 1
 * Melee AI
 * Bonemeal
 * Olux Wellspring
 * ScavengerBeetle.png
 * Scavenger Beetle
 * 37
 * 333
 * Crawl AI
 * Unclean Bones Mashed Insect
 * Olux Wellspring
 * DecayingCorpse.png
 * Decaying Corpse
 * 45
 * 608
 * Melee AI
 * Rotten Flesh
 * Olux Wellspring
 * DecayingCorpse(Butcher).png
 * Decaying Corpse
 * 45
 * 608
 * Melee AI
 * Rotten Flesh
 * Olux Wellspring
 * DecayingCorpse(Blacksmith).png
 * Decaying Corpse
 * 45
 * 608
 * Melee AI
 * Rotten Flesh
 * Olux Wellspring
 * DecayingCorpse(Cleric).png
 * Decaying Corpse
 * 45
 * 608
 * Melee AI
 * Rotten Flesh
 * Olux Wellspring
 * DecayingCorpse(Librarian).png
 * Decaying Corpse
 * 45
 * 608
 * Melee AI
 * Rotten Flesh
 * Olux Wellspring
 * PutridSludge.png
 * Putrid Sludge
 * 52
 * 1330
 * Jumper AI
 * 2 Decaying Corpse
 * Olux Wellspring
 * BiohazardAmalgamate.png
 * Biohazard Amalgamate
 * 55
 * 7130
 * Jumper AI
 * Weakness
 * 4 Putrid Sludge Polluted Sludge  Putrefied Sludge
 * Olux Wellspring
 * }
 * Rotten Flesh
 * Olux Wellspring
 * PutridSludge.png
 * Putrid Sludge
 * 52
 * 1330
 * Jumper AI
 * 2 Decaying Corpse
 * Olux Wellspring
 * BiohazardAmalgamate.png
 * Biohazard Amalgamate
 * 55
 * 7130
 * Jumper AI
 * Weakness
 * 4 Putrid Sludge Polluted Sludge  Putrefied Sludge
 * Olux Wellspring
 * }
 * 7130
 * Jumper AI
 * Weakness
 * 4 Putrid Sludge Polluted Sludge  Putrefied Sludge
 * Olux Wellspring
 * }
 * }
 * }

Stage 5
» Kill the giant slime and show Anast the slime’s remains as proof of Doubiss’ innocence.

Dialogue:
 * Anast: Pyyyyeww! Yeesh, kid! You smell worse than a garbage dump! What the heck happened to you, where've you been?!
 * Anast: Ugh, eww! I don't want any of this sludge! I demand an explanation, now!!
 * Anast: ...mhm, mhm...you went into the well cave...and found what, exactly?
 * Anast: ...
 * Anast: ...well don't I feel stupid. I honestly thought he'd started to poison my water himself...didn't stop to use my god-given logic for a second!
 * Anast: I guess the best thing to do would be to hire an exterminator to get rid of the bugs, since you cleared out the slime thingy.
 * Anast: Don't trouble yourself with going in there to clear 'em out for us, I think you've gone through enough for today. Here, some cash for your trouble.
 * Anast: Hey, it isn't much, but it's really all I can spare. Now, do us all another favor?
 * Anast: Use that cash to go get some perfume, or at least take a dip in a waterfall. I'm grateful and all, but you stink to high heaven!

Trivia

 * The quest was reworked in 1.20 Gavel Reborn Update.