To the Forsaken Mines

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{| width="80%" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" border="0"	  Mission Name: 	  To the Forsaken Mines
  Start NPC: 	  Any Bastok Gate Guard	
  Suggested Level: 	   	
  Title: 	  None 	
  Repeatable: 	  Yes 	
  Reward: 	  Rank points 	
  Item Needed: 	  Hare Meat 	
  Previous Mission:	  The Four Musketeers 	
  Next Mission: 	  Jeuno 	
Recommended: Level 30+ and a source of Sneak (Status Effect), or level 40+.
You can skip this mission if you trade enough crystals to a gate guard to fill your rank bar.
== Walkthrough ==
*Speak with Davyad in Bastok Mines.
*Purchase a Hare Meat from the Auction House then head to Gusgen Mines.
:*It is recommended to finish the quest A Foreman's Best Friend to obtain map of Gusgen Mines
:*Only Sneak is required in Gusgen Mines. 
*Enter Gusgen Mines from Konschtat Highlands.
:*The ??? is at J-7 of Gusgen Mines.
:*Directions:
::*At first intersection make a right turn
::*At second intersection make a left turn.
::*At the fork in the road, take the right fork.
::*At the next intersection, take a right turn.
*Clear the area of Bandersnatches, Ghouls, and if necessary Smothered Schmidt. Ore Eaters do not aggro.
*When the area is cleared, trade the Hare Meat to the ???. Blind Moby will appear.
:*Pull Blind Moby away from the water where Smothered Schmidt spawns every 30 minutes.
*Once you defeat him he will drop an Rare/Ex item called Glocolite. You will need to defeat this NM for each person that needs this item.
*Trade this item to the gate guard to end the mission.
;Notes 
:*Smothered Schmidt will destroy anybody below level 50. It is best to find someone to dispose of this NM or at the very least take this NM out for a walk around the mines. Alternatively, you can wait a while for it to depop.
:*You may skip this mission, as the Gate Guard may offer Mission 3-3 as well.
==Game Description==
:;Mission Orders:Bring back a rare ore from the Gusgen Mines on the Konschtat Highlands. First ask Davyad, an adventurer residing in the Mines District, how he acquired his load of the ore.