Fool's Gold

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==SERIES SUMMARY: ==
DEPENDS ON SERIES: 	 		 		 		 		
Poets Society XI 	 		 		 		 		
REQUIRED FOR SERIES: 	 		 		 		 		
Vexing Vines, Poets Society XII 	 		 		 		 		
Release Date: November 18, 2014 	 		 		 		 		
Number of Pickaxes: 7-13 	 		 		 		 		
Minimum Amount of Time to Uncover Items in the Canyon: 25:00:00	 		 		 		 		
Quest Structures Uncovered and Built: 	 		 		 		 		
Gold Sluice 	 		 		 		 		
Catalogue Items Purchased, Built, or Planted: 	 		 		 		 		
None 	 		 		 		 		
Structures and Collectables Needed: 	 		 		 		 		
None 	 		 		 		 		
What the Colors Mean: 	 		 		 		 		
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==QUESTS:==
===QUEST: Thorn Scorn===
{|	Gus:	My gold tooth is achin' mightily again. You know what this means, whippersnapper!
	
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{|	☐	Search the canyon for the source of gold!
Tap the Canyon to Explore.
	
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{|	☐	Carefully clean the thorns off the hill. Ouch!
Tap the area to Clear.
{|	Gus:	Whoever put those thorns there sure didn't want prospectors like m'self nosin' about!
QUEST COMPLETE! 	QUEST COMPLETE!
“Gus is putting his mouth where the money is!”	
REWARD : 100 : 25 	
===QUEST: Ache 'N Stake===
{|	Gus:	Now that my gold tooth's stopped achin', les git to staking our claim!
	
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{|	☐	Search the old mine for prospecting materials!
Tap the Old Mine to Explore.
	
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{|	☐	Retrieve the wooden sluice.
Tap the Wooden Sluice to Collect.
{|	Gus:	You've never staked a claim before?
It's easy! You just gotta start minin' the lode before another lucky feller shows up.
QUEST COMPLETE! 	QUEST COMPLETE!
“I've claimed steaks, but never staked a claim!”	
REWARD : 100 : 25 	
===QUEST: Proper Paperwork===
{|	Marshall Harlan:	I am afraid that staking a lode claim is actually quite involved, Mr. Goldtooth.
You must also establish a visible perimeter around the entirety of your claim and submit the proper paperwork to me.
	
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{|	☐	Erect the wooden sluice to stake the claim!
Tap the Gold Sluice to Upgrade.
{|	Gus:	This sluice happens ta wrap real nice-like 'round the entirety of this claim, wouldn't ya say, whippersnapper?
QUEST COMPLETE! 	QUEST COMPLETE!
“Where's your paperwork, Gus?!”	
REWARD : 100 : 25 	
===QUEST: Muck Yuk===
{|	Gus:	You ever use a sluice before? You need a real fine-toothed grate to filter out the muck!
	
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{|	☐	Search the old mine for a fine-toothed grate.
Tap the Old Mine to Explore.
	
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{|	☐	Retrieve the cast iron grate.
Tap the Cast Iron Grate to Collect.
{|	Private:	That sure was a 'grate' find, citizen! Haw haw!
QUEST COMPLETE! 	QUEST COMPLETE!
“McManus needs to be sued for pun-itive damages!”	
REWARD : 100 : 25 	
===QUEST: Tarnation, Botheration===
{|	Gus:	Let's get to prospectin' afore that blockhead McManus causes us further botheration!
	
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{|	☐	Add grating to the sluice!
Tap the Gold Sluice to Upgrade.
{|	Gus:	Tarnation! I got so worked up stakin' our claim I plain forgot where I left my water pump!
QUEST COMPLETE! 	QUEST COMPLETE!
“A sluice without water is just a splintery slide!”	
REWARD : 100 : 25 	
===QUEST: Pump Chump===
{|	Outlaws:	Did you hear that, Emmett? He needs a pump, he says!
I sure did, Bill. Let us help our friend Gus out by 'locating' his pump for him!
	
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{|	☐	Search the river for the pump.
Tap the River Raft to Explore.
	
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{|	☐	Retrieve the cast iron pump.
Tap the Cast Iron Pump to Collect.
{|	Outlaws:	Would'ja look at that, Bill! What fortuitous luck that his pump should be the first place we looked!
Ha ha! What are the chances 'a that?
QUEST COMPLETE! 	QUEST COMPLETE!
“Bill! The chances are 100%, you dunce!”	
REWARD : 100 : 25 	
===QUEST: Venture Vulture===
{|	Outlaws:	Gus, our dear friend! We seem to have come upon a suitable replacement for your pump.
What say you to a joint venture of, perhaps... 50-50?
	
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{|	☐	Negotiate with the Blackjack Brothers!
Tap the Gold Sluice to Upgrade.
{|	Gus:	50-50 with a mother lode this size? No way, ya bunch 'a thievin' raccoons!
Lowest I'll go is 70-30, I reckon. Fair's fair?
QUEST COMPLETE! 	QUEST COMPLETE!
“Say, that pump seems familiar, don't it...?”	
REWARD : 100 : 25 	
===QUEST: Magnify & Agonize===
{|	Ms. Emma:	Oh dear, oh dear! I do hope I am not too late!
I've misplaced my magnifying glass in the canyon. Please assist me with locating it!
	
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{|	☐	Search the canyon for Emma's magnifying glass.
Tap the Canyon to Explore.
	
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{|	☐	Quickly retrieve the magnifying glass!
Tap the Magnifying Glass to Collect.
{|	Ms. Emma:	My gemological studies have indicated that Gus's purported mother lode cannot possibly exist!
QUEST COMPLETE! 	QUEST COMPLETE!
“His mother lode is from another lode!”	
REWARD : 100 : 25 	
===QUEST: Tooth Truth===
{|	Gus:	Now Miss, my gold tooth ain't ne'er lied before, but if what yer sayin' is true...
	
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{|	☐	Run the sluice and inspect the gold.
Tap the Gold Sluice to Upgrade.
{|	Ms. Emma:	I will perform an analysis and return at once.
We will use science to reveal the truth!
QUEST COMPLETE! 	QUEST COMPLETE!
“Is it real or fake? It could be either ore.”	
REWARD : 100 : 25 	
===QUEST: Career Criminal===
{|	Ms. Emma:	It is just as I feared: someone has made off with the real mother lode and replaced it with a well-crafted fake.
Who could have done such a thing?
	
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{|	☐	Track down the Blackjack Brothers and confront them again!
Tap the Gold Sluice to Harvest. (1x)
{|	Outlaws:	It wasn't us this time, honest! We've got much bigger fish to fry than this hogwash lode of yours.
Heed our word though: whoever pulled this job ain't no small-time career criminal. That fool's gold nearly fooled e'en us!
QUEST COMPLETE! 	QUEST COMPLETE!
“More fake gems and gold! The mystery deepens!”	
REWARD : 100 : 25 	
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