The Cave on Amber Island

One day, Gale sends you a letter:

 Come to see me sometime, I have a commission lined up for you.
1. Go find Gale and speak to him.

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  Gale: Thanks for coming, I've been real busy lately trying to figure out who the town thief is.

▶️  Gale: Yeah, haven't you heard? Someone has been stealing from our folks for the last couple of weeks now. Arlo has been heading the investigation. But it's strange, he's not stealing anything essential, just random trinkets.
▶️  Gale: We have never seen anything like it! It's so strange, he's not stealing anything essential, just random trinkets. The fools Huss and Tuss show up once in a while, but they're more interested in big money items. We'll capture him for sure. We're kind folks here, but we'll still uphold our laws.
File:NAME.wav  Gale: So he got to you as well! I'm sorry to hear that! I have assigned Arlo to investigate. We'll get to the bottom of this and capture this thief. We're kind folks here, but we'll still uphold our laws. Tell you what, I keep an emergency fund for our city, let me give you a little to refund your stolen item.
**Choose one:****Option 1**: "Thank you."**Option 2**: "But I want my item back!"▶️  Gale: I'm a seasoned politician, I can tell when someone's not telling the truth. That's not very nice. We'll captured the thief for sure. We're kind folks here, but we'll still uphold our laws.

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  Gale: Anyway, enough about the thief, I asked you to come because I want to further develop the cave on Amber Island. That cave used to lead to a ruin, but due to an accident, the entrance was closed. This was some forty years ago. Since then, there's been various rumors of it being haunted, which is nonsense.
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 I think it's about time we used it in our favor! The Haunted Cave of Portia has a nice ring to it - doesn't it? There used to be a power generator in there somewhere, I'm commissioning you to fix it up and give it some juice. Arlo tells me we'll need to install a Removable Battery! So go do that. Then I'll get one of the Hulu brothers to get that place runnin'. Ah, this will be a fine tourist attraction!

2. Gale will direct you to Petra at the Research Center for a diagram of a Removable Battery. Collect TBD# Data Discs and go see Petra.

3. After you have given her the discs, she will promise to provide a diagram soon.

4. If you speak to some of the townspeople, you'll learn about the things that were stolen from them:

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  Emily: Some jerk stole the bucket I use to feed my chicks.
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  Gust: Oh, the house seems to have been broken into by a thief. It is none of your business.
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  Martha: Now where did my cooking pot go? Toby must've taken it on some misadventure again. I am going to ask him.
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  McDonald: One of the milk jugs is missing! Did I miscount? Ok, I will count again.
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 I left my camera at the office yesterday, and it's gone today! Did someone borrow it? How annoying!
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  Presley: My sofa disappeared! What the heck, how can something that big disappear? Sorry, I wasn't able to sleep last night.
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  Remington: I'm missing a pair of old shoes, did Sam toss them? She did say they smelled.
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  Isaac: Someone took my favorite book while I was out for a walk, I'll never forgive!
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  Paulie: TBD
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  Sonia: TBD

5. Petra will send you a letter with the diagram.

6. Collect the necessary materials and assemble the Removable Battery.

7. Bring it to the cave on Amber Island. Liuwa will be waiting at the cave entrance. If you have the Removable Battery with you, he will allow you to enter.

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  Liuwa: I'm surveying this cave. The Mayor wants me to set up a haunted cave here. If you're going in, stock up on health items, because it's still dangerous inside.

8. Hostile creatures have taken over the cave. Defeat them as you explore the cave. Be sure to collect any random items you find on the floor; these items belong to citizens of Portia and you will have the opportunity to return them later on.

9. Explore until you discover an enemy boss, a large Snaillob. Defeat it and continue on to the generator room. If you have taken damage, make sure to interact with the small soup pot cooking over a fire to restore your HP and Stamina. Place the Removable Battery and repair the generator. The exit will be blocked and you will be ambushed by rat thieves. Defeat them and continue through the new doorway that has opened. Explore the cave and defeat the rats, collecting the items the rats stole as you go. Make sure you have a Power Stone with you to start up a depleted power generator along the way.

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10. Eventually you will enter at the upper level of a large room, with a large rat and other rats on the lower level. Interact with the soup pot here on the upper level, and consider leaving the cave using the glowing light that is also here on the upper level. You will be able to return to this exact location at any time if you do choose to leave. When you are ready to confront the rats below, drop down to the lower level.

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  Player: The stolen items! You're the thieves!

Defeat the smaller rats. The Rat Prince will begin to attack once the smaller rats are gone. Fight until you have defeated him.

11. Collect the stolen items in the room and continue to the exit of the cave, where you'll find the Civil Corps soldiers.

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  Arlo: What are you doing in there?!
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  Player: I was fixing the the cave power generator and...
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  Sam: The cave complex extended all the way to here? And you defeated all of them? Wow.
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  Remington: So the bandirats were behind the thefts? I knew it! They've been crowding around our town for a while now.
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  Arlo: We were following some leads that brought us here and were just about go inside ourselves. You should take a break and go tell our mayor what has happened. We'll head on in and clear out any stragglers!

12. Report to Gale. He will reward you with experience, gols, and workshop rank points.

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  Gale: So that's what happened. I should have asked the Civil Corps to check out the cave first. But what-do-ya-know, you've fixed two problems at once! Congratulations!
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 Here's your commission money. And here's some extra for helping to solve the mystery of the town thief!

13. After the mission is complete, you won't be able to enter the cave on Amber Island for a while. When you try, Liuwa will stop you:

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  Liuwa: I'm surveying this cave. The Mayor wants me to set up a haunted cave here. I can't let you in this time.

13. Head to town and look for the people who had items stolen from them.

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  Emily: Hey, that's my bucket! You took it back from the bandirats? Thank you so much! You're not hurt are you? Here, take some eggs as my appreciation!
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  Gust: This is my lamp...uhh, it's so dirty, you can keep it.

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  Martha: So the bandirats took my cooking pot? Why would they want this? Thank you very much, here, have some fresh bread I just baked!
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  McDonald: Oh ho ho, you found the milk jug! It looks kinda dirty, but that's okay, thanks buddy!
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  Remington: My shoes! Ahahah, I was wondering where they went.
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  Presley: My sofa! I'd given up on ever finding it! How did the rats get this into their cave? Thank you so much!
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After the mission is complete, Gale will tell the townspeople:

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  Gale: I'm pleased to announce that we've found the culprits for the stolen items. It appears to be a band of bandirats hanging around town. Fortunately, they have been dealt with by (player) and the Civil Corps, so I'd say this current ordeal is at an end. We have some of the items recovered in my office, come and see if your item is among them.

The following story will also become available from the Portia Times:

 Portia Times: Portia has been hit by a crime spree recently, with many items stolen. The Civil Corps was having trouble figuring out the suspects, some even suspected the usual criminals Huss and Tuss. On a stroke of luck, Builder (player character) found and defeated a band of bandirats within the Amber Island cave, including their leader the Rat Prince. Most of the items have since been recovered. According to Civil Corps officer Arlo: I must commend (player character) for taking action, the Builder defeated all of the bandirats, we just scared off the rest. With these actions, hopefully the bandirat gangs will never bother Portia again. -The Portia Times, "The Prince of Thieves", reported by Erwa