Pet Staff Quests

## Pet Staff Level 1

For your first Pet Staff, you'll need to travel west of Runweld, the starting town. There is a cave some distance away, but if you've just started playing, make sure you have a few levels and some better equipment under your belt, or maybe some allies, as the cave's difficulty is a bit higher than area outside of it.

Enter the cave and go north into a small maze. You want to work your way around to the left side, aiming for the chest in the following screenshot:

It contains Erdrick's Tablet, which is required to exchange for the first Pet Staff back in Runweld. Return to the town, and enter the following building via the sandy road leading inside:

Go through a few flights of stairs until you find yourself in a room with this fellow:

Talk to him, and you'll exchange the tablet you picked up for your first Pet Staff. Congratulations! Go test it out and see what kind of creatures you can tame! Be aware, however, that not every creature's 'essence' can be captured.

## Pet Staff Level 2

For all subsequent upgrades to the Pet Staff, you will need to seek out Loria in Phoenix Knights' Castle (a key is required for entry, which can be found at the Training Grounds directly east of the castle). She can be found in the inn, as seen here:

She wants a different tablet in order to upgrade your Pet Staff to level 2. This tablet is hidden on the overworld, and you'll need to travel to the area outside the town of Allansya to find it. Allansya can be found by going through the cave west of Runweld and traveling westward through the cave and then north, until you find stairs leading up (the stairs are enclosed in a tiny room with a door):

Once you make it to Allansya, head east. Travel for awhile until you each the eastern edge of the mountains that enclose the area, and you'll find a stretch of forest. You'll need to open the menu (which automatically searches for it) on a specific square in order to find the tablet, as seen here:

Once you acquire the tablet, return to Loria and talk to her. She'll charge up your Pet Staff to level 2, allowing you to tame stronger monsters that you couldn't before!

## Pet Staff Level 3

For the third upgrade, Loria wants a scale from a powerful beast found in Smack's Cave, which is in the underworld. You can find the cave by traveling to B'Nda and going southeast until you leave the desert and hit the water, then follow a narrow path north between the mountains and the water, continuing north through a swamp to the cave's entrance. The cave is long and mazelike with strong enemies, so you'll want to make sure you're thoroughly prepared before going through it, and the beast you'll need to vanquish is the Vile Creation at the end. When defeated, it should drop (it may not be 100% drop rate, uncertain as yet) a Flawless Vile Scale, which is what Loria is looking for. Return to her and give her the scale, and you'll receive your level 3 Pet Staff upgrade!

**NOTE**: There is another quest that requires defeating Vile Creation in order to get an item, and if you pick up this quest before going into the cave and defeating Vile Creation, you can essentially kill two quests with one beast!

## Pet Staff Level 4

For the fourth upgrade, you're going to need to complete the Ball of Light Questline first, because the items she needs to power up your staff are obtained from Metal Babbles, which cannot be found without using Ramia's Orb. Metal Babbles can be found in two different locations, and she wants 5 Metal Babble Guts in order to power up your staff.

The first place you can find them is at New Zenith, which is an isolated castle on an island in the main overworld. To get there, go to Yaston and use Ramia's Orb to fly east until you get to the shrine on the map, then fly south. Eventually you will come upon the island and can land therein:

Go inside and head north through the castle interior, several rooms in. Once you pass two guards in red and white, turn east at the intersection and continue until you hit a wall, then go north again. Continue until you come to a staircase, and enter it. Follow the path from there until you come out on the second floor landing, where you'll head west a little ways and see a big entrance leading into a dungeon. Lord Dhuran waits at the end as the boss, but the Metal Babbles you need are found a few floors prior to his chamber. Specifically, you'll be looking for a floor that looks like this one, which comes right after a room with several statues arranged in a mazelike pattern:

Metal Babbles found here are not too uncommon, but be careful of enemies that may spawn with them, such as Mimics, which can cast the Beat spell and kill you or your pet instantly. Unfortunately, the drop rate for Metal Babble Guts is extremely low, and you will inevitably end up having to kill many of them over several hours of time in order to get the five that you need. Once you have them, though, return to Loria and she'll charge your staff up to level 4, allowing you to tame the most powerful of monsters!

Alternately, Metal Babbles can also be found in a section of the underworld that lies directly east of D'Ankra. Use Ramia's Orb and fly a short distance east from D'Ankra, looking for a spot of land that looks like this:

In that little spot, you'll occasionally run into Metal Babbles along with other enemies, and the simplicity of its location make it a good alternative. The spawn rate may be a little less than at New Zenith, however, and as mentioned, the drop rate for Metal Babble Guts is very low, so you're looking at many battles over several hours to get what you need. On the other hand, at least you'll likely gain multiple levels in the process!