Challenges¶
**Challenge** | **Description** | **Stars** |
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Port Puerto: Excavated! | Gather 1 Port Puerto Silver from Port Puerto or Tortuga Archipelago | 80 |
Slip Me Some Silver | Gather 5 Port Puerto Silver from Port Puerto or Tortuga Archipelago | 150 |
Ocean Ore | Gather 1 Marine Ore from Tortuga Archipelago’s Nautilus Cave | 150 |
Ocean’s Bounty | Gather 3 Marine Ore from Tortuga Archipelago’s Nautilus Cave | 250 |
Is It Hot Here, Ore Is It Just Me? | Gather 1 Magma Ore from Mt. Snowpeak’s Lava Cave | 150 |
Cavern’s Bounty | Gather 3 Magma Ore from Mt. Snowpeak’s Lava Cave | 250 |
Like a Grape but NOT! | Gather 1 Purple Stone, usually found in Superior Marine Ore Deposits in the Nautilus Cave | 180 |
Pretty in… Purple? | Gather 3 Purple Stones, usually found in Superior Marine Ore Deposits in the Nautilus Cave | 250 |
**Challenge** | **Description** | **Stars** |
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Royal Ruby | Gather 1 Ruby, usually found in Superior Red Ore Deposits in the Lava Cave | 180 |
Ruby Red | Gather 3 Rubies, usually found in Superior Red Ore Deposits in the Lava Cave | 250 |
The Dream Stone | Gather 1 Amethyst, usually found in Superior Marine Ore Deposits in the Nautilus Cave | 180 |
Violet Attack | Gather 3 Amethysts, usually found in Superior Marine Ore Deposits in the Nautilus Cave | 250 |
Water Wings | Mine 1 Water Wingstone in the Nautilus Cave, then cash in the bounty as a Miner | 300 |
Plaster Master | Mine 1 Dragon Scab in the Lava Cave, then cash in the bounty as a Miner | 450 |
Pickaxe the Pace! | Mine a total of 200 ore deposits of any type, anywhere | 250 |
Tips¶
As an Adept, you have to visit not one but two mining sites! The fiery Lava Cave can be found south-west from the Crowned Champion’s house, while Nautilus Cave is located near the middle of Tortuga Archipelago.
To warm yourself up, try mining the silver ore deposits around Tortuga Archipelago to get your Port Puerto Silver and any Quality Minty Ore you might be missing.
Next, head for Nautilus Cave and poke around looking for Marine Ore, Purple Stones and (cross your fingers) Amethysts.
If you can sneak past or defeat the Rocksalt Golem towards the east, carry on north east through the cavern to reach the Forgotten Tunnel . At the very end, you’ll find the Pickaxed Golem guarding the Water Wingstone.
You can try sneaking past the Pickaxed Golem to mine the Water Wingstone, but defeating it may be easier. There’s nothing worse than reducing the wingstone to a fraction of its HP bar and then the golem notices you and interrupts you.
Once you’re done, it’s time to turn the heat up a notch by excavating the Lava Cave on Mt. Snowpeak. Here, you can dig for Magma Ore and hopefully a Ruby or three.
When you get to the end, beat the Lava Golem to a pulp and continue north to the Dragon Scab . This beast of a rock is resilient and requires both a good pickaxe and good stats.
If you need to, purchase a Silver Pickaxe from the ore shop in the Port Puerto Marina. Also check to see if your Strength stat is high, then your Focus and Vitality.
Luckily, at this point you’ve got the Terra Former special skill, so use your Ore Breaker on the sweet spot to build up your skill gauge and unleash a Terra Former or two to show the Dragon Scab who’s boss.
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