An Errand! The Professor's Price

Mission Name	An Errand! The Professor's Price
Number	6
Level	50+
Items Needed	Orb of Batons Orb of Cups Orb of Coins and/or Orb of Swords See below 5,000 Gil
Reward	Ripe Starfruit Peach coral key 500 experience points

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Walkthrough

• Obtain one or more of the Orb of Batons, Orb of Cups, Orb of Coins, and Orb of Swords Key Item from Cardians in the Outer Horutoto Ruins.

• Any level, non-event Cardians can drop the Key Item that matches it's name.
• The entrance in West Sarutabaruta @(F-11) has the most and widest ranging level cardians.
• Each party member in the zone will receive the Key Item if it drops. There are no disincentives to teaming up with other players, and there is some speculation that the larger the party is, the higher the chances are of obtaining the Key Items.
• It appears that higher-level Cardians (higher number) have a better chance to drop the Key Item.
• Only one of the orbs is required to start the fight, but the more orbs obtained reduces the number of Cardians you must fight.
• As of the March 2010 update, you can now purchase the Orb key items from Squintrox Dryeyes in Port Jeuno instead of farming them, provided you have already beaten A Moogle Kupo d'Etat
• Each orb in the player's possession will allow the party to do one type of damage:

Orb of Cups: Piercing-damage unlocked.

Orb of Coins: Magic-damage unlocked.

Orb of Batons: Blunt-damage unlocked.

Orb of Swords: Slashing-damage unlocked.

• Each party member who wishes to receive credit for the fight needs at least one of the Key Items. However, the Custom Cardians' number and resistances will be determined by the Key Items the player who initiates the fight has collected.

• Even if other members in the party have collected a Key Item, if the player who initiates the fight does not have it, the Custom Cardians will be immune to that damage type.

• Head into Outer Horutoto Ruins from (H-3) in East Sarutabaruta.
• There is a ??? located on an Ancient Magical Gizmo directly opposite the entrance, examining it will give you the option to start the fight. (Pets DESPAWN when you activate the battle, for all you BSTs out there.)
• After all the Cardians are defeated, you will automatically obtain the Ripe Starfruit and Peach Coral Key key items.
• Return to Shantotto, who will ask you to meet her in Jeuno and demand 5000 gil for her services.
  • You must eventually pay her to progress. If you decline paying her, you must change areas and speak to her again. However, the added CS you get when you don't pay is worth the hassle of zoning.
• Return to the Inconspicuous Door for a cutscene.

Fight

• Clicking the ??? will place Level Restriction and Confrontation status effects upon the party and will spawn the Custom Cardians. They must all be defeated to win.

• The battle is not capped and buffs are not lost once the battle starts.
• Custom Cardians are True Hearing, making a "Sneak-pull" impossible.
• Confrontation-status will dismiss pets, including Avatars and Automatons. Dragoon Wyverns appear to be unaffected.
• The number of Cardians is dependent upon the number of Key Items the player who initiates the battle has collected. By default, there are 20, and for each additional orb, the number of Cardians reduced by 5 for a minimum of 5 with all 4 orbs collected.
• As noted above, the player who initiates the battle will set the Cardians' resistances for the rest of the party, regardless of which orbs other party members have collected.
• Enfeebling magic effects, including all forms of Sleep, still function as usual even if the player has not received the Orb of Coins. The initial damage from Damage Over Time spells will not process, but the damage-per-tic will.

• Custom Cardians can be Aspired for MP.

• A party member without any orbs, or who does not have access to the expansion, can still participate in the same way as any other party member can.
• All party members will lose all Key Items upon initiating the battle. Players wishing to receive credit must have had at least one Key Item prior to initiating the fight.
• (see testimonials).

Repeating

• The fight can be repeated once per Earth day (after Japanese Midnight).
• The Key Items may be collected again at any time. You do not need to examine the ???, use your Peach coral key, nor must you wait until after Japanese Midnight, before hunting the Key Items again.
• Repeating the fight will yield 500 EXP and the Peach coral key.

Game Description

Mission Orders

The Professor consents to lend you her aid, but as expected, there's a price to be paid. Within a Cardian in the Outer Horutoto Ruins lies the reagent she does seek; return it to her, that you might avert a fate most bleak!

SPOILER WARNING: Details about the Final Fantasy XI in-game storyline follow.

Cutscenes

«FFXI-Movie» 0577 Mog 06 - An Errand! The Professor's Price

«FFXI-Movie» An Errand! The Professor's Price (Failure)

Game Script

An Errand! The Professor's Price - Windurst Walls
Shantotto: Why yes, precisely! This should do quite nicely. Shantotto: Excellent, and very well! Now, off to Jeuno--we've a curse to dispel! Shantotto: Why don't you go on ahead? I must find someone to watch over the laboratory in my stead. Shantotto: Oh, and I'm sorry, but it's my business stance. I'll require payment of 5000 gil in advance. Shantotto: You're clearly a man/woman who can recognize a good deal. For powers of my magnitude, that price is a steal! O~hohoho!
An Errand! The Professor's Price - Upper Jeuno
Moogle: Oh Master, thank heavens you've returned! Every second I spend in this Goddess-forsaken hovel is giving me the heebie-jeebies, kupo! Moogle: Did you speak with the Professor? Will she help us, kupo? ???: Shatotto has arrived to answer your call! There's a curse to be lifted--no time to stall! Shantotto: Oh yes, there can be no doubt. This hex packs some serious clout. Shantotto: But with my prodigious powers, 'tis a trifling matter. A simple counterspell to send these spirits a-scatter. Shantotto: O~hohoho! Shantotto: Ghost and demons, go away... Don't come back another day! Shantotto: Now, begone, I say! Moogle: Er, is that all, Professor? That was awfully quick, kupo... Shantotto: (Is it really so surprising? After all, 'twas a curse of my own dev--) Shantotto: <Ahem>! That is to say--yes, the deed is done! Shantotto: The jinx is no more, the day is won! Shantotto: I'll just be on my way now... Ta-ta, have fun! O~hohoho! Moogle: Ever a curious character, that Professor Shantotto... But no matter! The curse is lifted, oh joy of joyous joys! Moogle: I am once again free to flutter about to my hearts content! Oh, Kupiruru, my darling, how I've missed you, kupo! Thank you ever, ever so much, Master! Moogle: But still...we must do something about Dom Kupeliaure and that curious eviction notice. After all, without my job, how will I be able to afford Kupiruru's engagement ring!? We must act now, kupo! Moogle: In fact, I think I'll float by the boss's place right now and see just what in the world is the matter. Moogle: After all, it just isn't like him to fly off the handle like that, kupo. He's always been as gentle as a goobue! Moogle: You just sit tight, Master. I'll have this whole mess straightened up before you can say Jaggedy-Eared Jack! Moogle: Kupow-ow-ow, that smarts... ???: What's the big deal, eh!? I paid good gil for that curse! You think you can just up and dispect...despeckle...un-cursify it like that!? Moogle: Why, you...you're not the boss! Moogle: Master, this is Toto Kupeliaure! The boss's scofflaw son-- a real troublemaker whose arrogance and ambition is exceeded only by his inability to form an intelligible utterance! Moogle: What's the meaning of this, kupo!? Toto Kupeliaure: Yeah, I'm Toto, all right! What's it to ya!? Toto Kupeliaure: The old man's on an expended leave of abscess, so I've taken control of the family biz in his place! You gots a problem with that, you take it up with management--oh wait, that's me! Bwahahaha! Moogle: Y-you mean that that eviction notice...me being fired... That was all your doing, kupo!? Toto Kupeliaure: Yeah, I can see that you're as sharp as a..as a... ...Something that ain't too sharp. Toto Kupeliaure: That's right. Dear ol' dad is gettin' on in years, so I figured it's time for some fresh blood. A new corpulent strategery, if ya catch my drift. Moogle: But this is fraud! Flimflam, kupo! You don't have the authority! We had a contract written and signed by...! Moogle: ...Kupeliaure...? Toto Kupeliaure: Don't see the old man's name nowhere on there, now, don't ya? Toto Kupeliaure: Hah! You couldn't even tell by all those big, edjumacated words I used? You really are dumber than a rocks o'box. Toto Kupeliaure: Listen up, cause I ain't gonna say this once. I was gettin' sick of waitin' around for dear ol' pop to hand the company down to my oh-so-brillulent self. Toto Kupeliaure: So I says to myself, "Self, mebbe you can get the old man to take some much-needed rext and relastation. Then you can gets a head-start on being decider-in-chief." Moogle: What a ridiculous plan, kupo! Toto Kupeliaure: Hey, don't look at me. After all, who's the bigger fool? The fool, or...or the guy who's the bigger fool? Toto Kupeliaure: Anyhoo, that was my plan. And a darn good one, if I don't not say so myself. Startin' right here at this Room-a-Rent, one by one I'd turn these Mog Houses into a comm-traversial service. Toto Kupeliaure: Y'know...one that ya gots to pay for. Toto Kupeliaure: Then you come in demanding all these repairs and reprobations...hah! What kind of chump d'ya take me for? Toto Kupeliaure: Listen, bozos--I shawl the cots around here. As of right now, all Mog Houses are stay-to-pay. You stay? You pay! Toto Kupeliaure: And that's actro-retrive. Adding in unpaid fees from the previous occupants, with accubulated interest... Toto Kupeliaure: That comes to...lessee here... Eleventy-five thousand, eight hojillion and two gils. Payable immedulately. That means "now." Moogle: What!? Moogle: Are you out of your noggin', kupo!? We don't have that kind of money! Toto Kupeliaure: ...Hm? Toto Kupeliaure: Sorry, I musta mis-underheard you just now. 'Coz I coulda sworn you just said you ain't got the gils. Toto Kupeliaure: But that couldn't be, 'coz that would mean your account was in our-ears. That's bidness lingo for "overdue." Toto Kupeliaure: And that would mean your deadbeat butts would be out on the street. Like, now, y'see. Toto Kupeliaure: So I'll do ya's a favor and dis-remember this conversation. Toto Kupeliaure: And if you're thinkin' dear old dad is gonna come back to rescu-fy your lousy behinds, you've got another think comin'! Toto Kupeliaure: Yeah, I think his one-way luxury cruise to Tavnazia will be keepin' him busy for the foreseeifcating future. Moogle: <Gulp>, kupo. Toto Kupeliaure: But ya don't gots to worry. Toto Kupeliaure: After all, I hear them Trolls are leasin' out caves in Halvung at very reasonable rates these days. Bwahahaha! Moogle: That Toto! I'd heard what a reprobate ruffian he was, but this is ridiculous even for him! Moogle: Time and again, the Kupeliaure family has tried to impress upon him the importance of honest business, but nothing gets through that thick skull of his. Moogle: Oh, Master, whatever shall we do!? How can we scare up such a sizable sum of cash, kupo? Moogle: Unless--no...no, I couldn't! It's absolutely, kupositively out of the question! But...but... Moogle: Master, listen. I want to you to retrieve my buried moggy-bank. Moogle: <Sigh> Oh, how I was hoping it wouldn't come to this! Moogle: The hard-earned gil I saved for my honeymoon with my dearest, darling Kupiruru! Hours of hard labor in the name of love down the drain, kupo! Moogle: Oh, the agony! Oh, how it pains my tender moogle heart! But we have no choice, kupo... Moogle: I beg of you, Master. You must hop on your chocobo, make your way for La Theine Plateau, and dig up my nest egg, kupo. Moogle: We shall pay that thuggardly Toto his money! But don't worry, Master! The boss will set everything straight when he returns. Moogle: In fact, I'll try to track him down while you're away, kupo! Moogle: Oh, and Master. Not to be mistrustful, but...don't even think of helping yourself to my secret savings. I've got my cash counted down to the last beastcoin, kupo!