Trading Sequence

The **Trading Sequence** is the longest Side Quest chain in *Phoenotopia: Awakening*. Starting with the Turtle caught in Panselo Region, players will be traveling to different Locations in search of needy people to trade with one Quest Item for the next, until obtaining the final reward - Night Star.

## Quest Items

### Turtle

In the Panselo Region, there is an unnamed cave north of Sunflower Road. Inside is a fishing pond where a Turtle resides. When caught, the turtle turns into an item with the same name.

### Pearl Ring

In the basement of GEO Club, there is a man next to the aquarium. He talks about how lonely the turtle is living without companion, and will give you a Pearl Ring if you help him get the turtle a partner.

### Moonlight Perfume

In Moonlight Ravine, there is a couple going on a boat-date. After realising he has not prepared any gift for his girlfriend, the man asks Gail to bring him things that girls like. Having handed over a piece of Chocolate and a Pearl Ring, Gail is rewarded with a bottle of Moonlight Perfume for her trouble.

### Stuffed Animals

In one of the dorm rooms of the First Wall, two female knights are having an insect problem. After demonstrating how effective the Moonlight Perfume is as a bug repellent, Gail is offered either the Stuffed Pony or Stuffed Camel as an exchange for it.

### Letter of Recommendation

In the Rhodus Checkpoint, there is a noblewoman stopping by a camel stall with her daughter, where she keeps begging about adopting a camel. After giving the daughter a Stuffed Camel to calm her down, Gail is offered the position to work for the royalty. Upon refusal, she received a Letter of Recommendation instead.

### Doggoro

In the Cosette Village, a girl named Sally wants to move to a big city to start a new exciting life, which Gail can help by giving her the Letter of Recommendation. After expressing her gratitude, Sally worries whether pets will be allowed in the city, so she decides to put Doggoro in Gail's care for the time being.

### Broken Doggoro?

In the south of Kingdom Bridge, Beryl and Cheryl are raising funds for rebuilding the bridge destroyed by the Ouroboros Bandits. Upon donating 100 RIN, the duo take off and leave behind a box of mint. With the help of Doggoro, Gail manages to track them down in Adar's House. Unfortunately, Doggoro seems to have malfunctioned and can no longer move afterwards.

### Prop Sword

In order to get Beryl and Cheryl out of the locked house, the help from Garnet the lock-picker is needed. In the meantime, Gail is tasked with watching over the Ribbon Gang from her daycare centre again. After finishing a second round of hide-and-seek, Garnet returns with a souvenir of Prop Sword from Beryl and Cheryl.

### Fantasy Novel

In the tavern of Atai Town, the master of "Three Blade Kata" can be seen lamenting the loss of his sword. Coincidentally, that is the exact same sword picked up by Beryl. As thanks for returning it, the swordsman gives Gail his signed autobiography.

### Broken Wendigo Claw

In the dinning commons of the Last Wall, there is a male knight waiting impatiently for the next copy of "Legend of Swordia VIII" to come out within two weeks. When Gail shows him the signed early copy, the knight eagerly trades it with a Broken Wendigo Claw that he found somewhere in Scorched Lands.

### Dream Ore

At the entrance of Aurantia, Alco can be seen admiring his collection of scythes made from parts of deadly creatures. When presenting a Broken Wendigo Claw, Alco willingly trades it with a piece of strange rock he found somewhere in the forest.

### Night Star

In the smithy of Daea City, a Blacksmith awaits someone who can bring him the second half of the Dream Ore that he has been holding onto for decades. When Gail shows that to him, the Blacksmith offers to craft a marvelous custom weapon for Gail in exchange for letting him temper the Dream Ore. With the true splendid of the Dream Ore uncovered, Gail has obtained the Night Star.

## Trivia

* After obtaining the Prop Sword, Sally can be found in the Tailoring Tracy's of Daea City
	+ Players may return the Broken Doggoro? to her for the bonus reward of 6 pieces of Chocolate. This is not mandatory for obtaining the Night Star at the end of the Trading Sequence
* Turtle is the only item in the Trading Sequence that takes up Inventory space. This is likely due to the turtle being renewable and can be caught multiple times, given the player is not holding one at the moment
* To complete the Trading Sequence, players have to trade with characters in all regions except the Sand Drifts Region
* As mentioned in the Dev Blog , the Trading Sequence takes inspiration from *The Legend of Zelda* series, earliest seen in *Link's Awakening*
	+ This concept is also very similar to the Japanese folk tale of Straw Millionaire, where a poor man who becomes wealthy through a series of successive trades, starting with a single piece of straw

## References

1. ↑ https://phoenotopia.tumblr.com/post/189409587663/2019-december-update