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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:
Quest Dialog Old Mine Instructions River Raft Instructions Quest Instructions Quest Completion Dialog and Reward
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QUESTS:[]

QUEST: Thorn Scorn[]

Gus: My gold tooth is achin' mightily again. You know what this means, whippersnapper!
Search the canyon for the source of gold!

Tap the Canyon to Explore.

# of Pickaxes to find Item for this Quest: 2
Carefully clean the thorns off the hill. Ouch!

Tap the area to Clear.

Amount of Time to Complete Quest: 04:00:00
Gus: Whoever put those thorns there sure didn't want prospectors like m'self nosin' about!
QUEST COMPLETE!
“Gus is putting his mouth where the money is!”
REWARD Silver med: 100 Xp med: 25


QUEST: Ache 'N Stake[]

Gus: Now that my gold tooth's stopped achin', les git to staking our claim!
Search the old mine for prospecting materials!

Tap the Old Mine to Explore.

# of Pickaxes to find Item for this Quest: 1 - 3
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!
“I've claimed steaks, but never staked a claim!”
REWARD Silver med: 100 Xp med: 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.

Erect the wooden sluice to stake the claim!

Tap the Gold Sluice to Upgrade.

Amount of Time to Complete Quest: 02:00:00
Gus: This sluice happens ta wrap real nice-like 'round the entirety of this claim, wouldn't ya say, whippersnapper?
QUEST COMPLETE!
“Where's your paperwork, Gus?!”
REWARD Silver med: 100 Xp med: 25


QUEST: Muck Yuk[]

Gus: You ever use a sluice before? You need a real fine-toothed grate to filter out the muck!
Search the old mine for a fine-toothed grate.

Tap the Old Mine to Explore.

# of Pickaxes to find Item for this Quest: 1 - 3
Retrieve the cast iron grate.

Tap the Cast Iron Grate to Collect.

Private: That sure was a 'grate' find, citizen! Haw haw!
QUEST COMPLETE!
“McManus needs to be sued for pun-itive damages!”
REWARD Silver med: 100 Xp med: 25


QUEST: Tarnation, Botheration[]

Gus: Let's get to prospectin' afore that blockhead McManus causes us further botheration!
Add grating to the sluice!

Tap the Gold Sluice to Upgrade.

Amount of Time to Complete Quest: 08:00:00
Gus: Tarnation! I got so worked up stakin' our claim I plain forgot where I left my water pump!
QUEST COMPLETE!
“A sluice without water is just a splintery slide!”
REWARD Silver med: 100 Xp med: 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!

Search the river for the pump.

Tap the River Raft to Explore.

# of Pickaxes to find Item for this Quest: 1 - 3
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!
“Bill! The chances are 100%, you dunce!”
REWARD Silver med: 100 Xp med: 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?

Negotiate with the Blackjack Brothers!

Tap the Gold Sluice to Upgrade.

Amount of Time to Complete Quest: 02:00:00
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!
“Say, that pump seems familiar, don't it...?”
REWARD Silver med: 100 Xp med: 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!

Search the canyon for Emma's magnifying glass.

Tap the Canyon to Explore.

# of Pickaxes to find Item for this Quest: 2
Quickly retrieve the magnifying glass!

Tap the Magnifying Glass to Collect.

Amount of Time to Complete Quest: 03:00:00
Ms. Emma: My gemological studies have indicated that Gus's purported mother lode cannot possibly exist!
QUEST COMPLETE!
“His mother lode is from another lode!”
REWARD Silver med: 100 Xp med: 25


QUEST: Tooth Truth[]

Gus: Now Miss, my gold tooth ain't ne'er lied before, but if what yer sayin' is true...
Run the sluice and inspect the gold.

Tap the Gold Sluice to Upgrade.

Amount of Time to Complete Quest: 06:00:00
Ms. Emma: I will perform an analysis and return at once.

We will use science to reveal the truth!

QUEST COMPLETE!
“Is it real or fake? It could be either ore.”
REWARD Silver med: 100 Xp med: 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?

Track down the Blackjack Brothers and confront them again!

Tap the Gold Sluice to Harvest. (1x)

2 (Optional) # of Gold Bars to Skip this Quest to skip
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!
“More fake gems and gold! The mystery deepens!”
REWARD Silver med: 100 Xp med: 25

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