The Native Village

The Native Village

After the CS ends Steelbeard heads off to find his barrel of Rum and to get drunk with it, while Patty heads off to parts unknown (having departed from your Party) and you are left all by your lonesome with the task of ingratiating yourself with the Natives by visiting the Native Village, which is very near where you have ended up after crossing the river!

Basically assuming that you obtained all of the items that are referenced in the previous section you should be good to go and head into the Native Village.  If for whatever reason you failed to obtain the items previously referenced, bear in mind that of them all, the only really important ones from among the list are the Swordthorn (this is a very rare and valuable not to say useful resource) as well as the gold nuggets -- the rest of the items can be found elsewhere...

With everything in order go ahead and enter the Village where you will meet with a Native named Masaru who demands to know if Captain Crow sent you?  Completing the conversation with Masaru also completes the sub-quest The Shaganumbi Village.

A meeting with Masaru in the Shaganumbi Native Village

The village is occupied by a group of Natives, and each has a quest for you -- the reason that you want to talk to each and to do their quests is because doing so unlocks other interactions with them -- well that and doing quests is what we do, right?

Near the fire is a Pirate named Slick -- you can talk to him and if you persist in wanting to see Crow he will eventually tell you that you will have to make yourself useful first.  It is at this point that you can ask him why they need the Natives, and obtain part of the information that Steelbeard wants - the reason that Crow has hooked up with the Natives.  The funny bit is that the whole time you are first talking to him he refuses to tell you anything about Crow, and then when you ask if he is sure that all of the tribute is taken to the Earth Temple, he basically admits that that is where Crow is!

It works out that Slick wants you to encourage the Native women to start finding gold which, it seems, they have not been doing at a fast enough pace to suit Crow and his men.  This is actually a quest you can take from Slick -- so do that to flag the quest The Shipment for Crow.

== Native 1 - Badriya (Voodoo Witch and Merchant) ==

Near Slick is a Native girl named Badriya who is something of an entrepreneur and merchant.  What she wants is gold, and she will happily trade with you for gold... You learn that not all of the Natives are in Crow's service, and that the daughter of the Chief opposes him.  Good to know!  She explains how the Natives use gold, and if you offer to help her she will give you the quest Four Offerings for Kanadiktu.

To complete her quest you will need to collect the offerings from the Natives Samir, Nakutu, Ranapiri and Chani (daughter of the Chief).   As you will be chatting each of them up anyway was part of the process of exploring the Village and obtaining their quests, so this is more of a passive rather than an active quest...  You will find Rana somewhere near the fire, Chani to the left of where you met Badriya near the Voodoo Alter, Nakutu around the fire in the center of the village at night, and finally Samir, who is the designated guard at the Temple and one of the later Natives you will meet.

After you work your way through the chat options and agree to help her, select the native word at the bottom of the chat options and this will open her trade window for merchant services.  Remember that what Badriya wants from you is gold coins, not raw gold, and what she offers you in trade is mostly Native crafted items, which include Potions of various types, and natural resources in the form of plants and objects that may or may not have significance in the Voodoo arts (we don't know this yet).  We are also not really aware that Badriya is also the Voodoo teacher.

The really odd thing is that despite the fact that she really badly wants to obtain gold coins from you, you actually have the option of selling HER the stuff you have collected FOR gold coins!  Yeah, this is not really a faithfully followed element of the story, but just go with it...

== Achievement Opportunities ==

One of the odd characteristics of the game is that it maintains a separate and unrelated track of all of the numerical stats that you generate in the game that are not connected with the formal game save system, which means that, for instance, the amount of gold that you acquire in selling things in the game to the various NPC merchants is tracked, and as there are some Achievements associated with that number, this is actually an opportunity for you to get those Achievements out of the way if you want to.  Now.

How this works is simple -- you make a save standing near Badriya and then open her merchant window, choose Sell, and sell her everything you possess.  If you have been following the guide you should have almost $6,000 worth of kit, items, and resources on you right now.  The most you have ever had at any point in the game up to now.  By selling her all of your stuff you add that sales amount in gold coins to the stat being tracked by the game.  Now all that you need to do is quit out of the sale window, hit Start and then load your last save, and you are standing before her with all your stuff again but with the value of the previous sales having been added to the hidden stat figure. 

Simply rinse and repeat (remembering NOT to save the game after each cycle) and you will very quickly hit the first mark (if you have not already) of acquiring $1,000 gold coins and unlock the related Achievement.  Well done!  The complete list of related Achievements for this action are:

-- Skinflint (10 GP) Acquire $1000 gold coins.
-- Cash Cow (30 GP) Acquire $100,000 gold coins.
-- Made of Money (50 GP) Acquire $300,000 coins.

If you are going to do this then do it (see the video embedded below here) and you will score yourself an easy 80 GP for your efforts.  Once you are done it is time to talk with the next Native and learn their story and what you can do for them!

Unlocking the money-based Achievements

Jim's Treasure Map

Nearby the hut where you found Badriya is a Level 20 Treasure Chest you can open to obtain a Grog, 15 Gold Coins, and Jim's Treasure Map -- so be sure to grab those now and especially the Treasure Map, right?  Taking the Treasure Map flags the quests Jim's Treasure Map and Jim's Treasure, and taking the map completes the Jim's Treasure Map sub-quest right then and there.

The aforementioned Jim is standing nearby the chest -- he asks you for Rum -- let him have a drink and you can then chat with him.  Jim explains that Crow put him here with Slick to keep an eye on the Natives -- he is full of information now that you have juiced him up, and he is also a Thief Teacher if you need that.  After you ask him about the shipment be prepared to be rejected -- but you can offer him a second bottle of Rum to learn more about the Natives.  He actually knows quite a bit about them so pump him for what you can...

Once you have exhausted the chat options and learned a fair bit about the tribe, continue along the camp and chat with Chani, who is standing by the alter.  She will tell you just where you stand with her, and you can ask her why her people allied with Crow -- and you learn a bit more about the Titan Spear.  She is a Voodoo Teacher.  Be sure to ask for the offering from her to advance that quest, and then tell her that you heard that she does not agree with Bakir's decision to advance that quest.  Continue the conversation with her in order to get her to assign you a test mission to the burial grounds -- the quest is Free Tahana and it is part of the Titan Weapon Line, and you will note that you have completed the sub-quest Chani, Daughter of the Chieftain.

Kapua is nearby, and when you chat with her she warns you about the witches -- mention that Slick is waiting for the idol and she tells you about the magic jade stone that is required -- this flags the sub-quest Jade.  The Jade must be raw, not cut, and you need to protect Hikoko as the four pieces of raw Jade are collected.

Hikoko is just nearby and when you talk to her she predicts a dim future for you, and then tells you about the Animal Amulet of the Ancestors that you can purchase for just 50 gold coins!  Being a sucker for amulets I bought it.  Mmmm.. Rat tail...   Asking her to help find the Jade advances the sub-quest.  Don't tell her to go just yet --  open your menu and equip the amulet, which adds 2 Bulletproof first, and then continue along the edge to speak with Ranapiri -- run through his dialogue options to get the offering, ask about Tahana, and ask about hunting equipment to flag the quest to kill "A Dangerous Beast."

Near the center of the village is the warrior Nakutu -- who you can get to find some information for you, including what you need to know about the Natives guarding the temple.  You can get some information about the items that Jim delivers to the temple, as well as some background on what you need to know about the village.  Be sure to ask for the sacrificial gift to advance the quest (that should be the third of the four you need).

Samir is the only one left for this -- he can be found guarding the native temple in the back area of the village, so head across the bridge and into the temple, follow the corridor until you are confronted by Samir, who asks you what you want.  Ask him for the offering and after he gives it to you, head back and chat with Badriya to turn in the quest and collect a small amount of Glory and some answers to your questions, and some gold for your troubles.  Well done!

Defeating the Alligator Solo

Back on the river you crossed to get to the village you need to chat with Lin, who is panning for gold to collect the gold she has for Slick.  Natsumi is further along the river, who is collecting plants -- she tells you about the alligator ahead -- head along and when you encounter it run into the jungle and up onto the rocks there, where it cannot follow, and kill it at your leisure!  With it dead head back to talk to Natsumi, ask about her plants, and she tells you that they are lost -- you then flag the sub-quest Natsumi's Bag of Herbs.  Follow the river bank and collect the three bags, then return to her and complete the quest, receiving the Herbs to give to Slick for that sub-quest as well!

Yuzuki is nearby -- talk to her to collect the Fruit Basket for Slick, then return to the village and tell Ranapiri about killing the alligator.  That completes his sub-quest, and he offers to sell you a weapon and will teach you about fighting with spears -- all for a price.  He is now a merchant to you, and among the items that he can sell you are tools you can use to harvest resources from the animals you kill, so be sure to buy those!

Obtaining the Jade

Head back to Hikoko and chat them up, and tell them you are ready to go -- follow her as she leads you along the jungle path until she confronts a pair of hogs and kill them.  If you purchased the special tools earlier as suggested you will find that when you loot the new killed animals you will acquire more resources -- in this case some Tusks, Warthog Skins, and Raw Meat!  Good on ya!

As you cross the stream you will be attacked by a large cat -- be ready!  If it jumps you rapidly press Y to get it off and then kill the bastard!  Just up the hill from here you will need to kill a pair of Claw Monkeys -- there is a Bloodroot plant nearby be sure to harvest that -- and then continue to follow her up the hill to the Jade Cave.

You gain a small amount of Glory, and tell her to remain here while you go in to get the Jade -- four pieces to be precise -- and she warns you that there may be Termites inside.  No may be about it, there are Termites you will need to defeat, and as you have the new tools be sure to loot each as you will harvest a Sickle from each, which is described in your Inventory as an important Voodoo ingredient.  There are also other harvest-able resources including the Raw Jade -- some Mushrooms, Grog, and the like, so pick up everything you encounter then, right?

You should obtain all four pieces of Raw Jade before you encounter the Termite Warrior -- but if you head up and kill that you will find a purse with 50 gold coins near by it, and further up the cave you will encounter a few more Warriors and Workers which are good for some extra Glory, and down in the next area of the cave a trio of Warriors who if you are aggressive enough you should be able to tackle all at the same time!

Ghouls!

Here is where you may want to back on out of the cave, as just past where you fight the three Warriors there are three Ghouls, and I seriously doubt you can handle that many at the moment -- I know I could not.  Just head out of the cave and talk to Hikoko, who you can have lead you back or not, your call!  If you ask her to show you the way it flags another sub-quest, called Back to the Village with Hikoko.  Follow her back to the village to complete that sub-quest, which also gains you a very small amount of Glory.

Take the Jade to Kapua so that she can finish the idol that she is crafting -- you can tell her that Hikoko told you something about your future, and she will offer to look into your future as well...  You seem to have the Mark of the Tiwas mates.  She gives you some good advice, and then you give her the Jade, and that completes the quest and earns you some Glory and some Jade!

Kapua makes the idol and gives it to you, and if you finish off her chat options she is now a merchant you can trade with!  Not only that but she will sell you potions and the odd Voodoo object!  One of the items that she has is the Bottle of Memories (a Legendary Item) so be sure to buy that from her to complete that sub-quest and gain a nice chunk of Glory! 

Talk to Nakutu in the center by the fire and he accuses you of being up to no good -- but hey, whatever.  Talk to Slick and turn in that quest, handing over all of the items, and then he puts you off on when he will take you to Crow...  That is fine, we still have to talk to Ranapiri and free Tahana, remember?

Free Tahana

Talking to Ranapiri flags the sub-quest Follow Ranapiri into the Jungle -- so follow him to complete that sub-quest and flag the sub-quest Follow Ranapiri Farther Inland.  After a fairly long journey with a lot of combat with animals including another Jaguar, you reach the split in the path that ends the sub-quest and flags the next one, Follow Ranapiri to the Tower.  STOP!

Before you follow him, look around this area and, a little way up hill, you will find a Shaganumbi Idol that completes a sub-quest you have not flagged.  Even so, once you pick it up, it flags and marks complete the sub-quest Shaganumbi Idol Found which is part of the quest series that we are doing now!  Not sure why it did it this way but hey, done is done!

Ranapiri is on the path up directly opposite from where the idol is found, and when you reach the top he parts company with you, telling you that the tower is at the top of the path.  That completes the sub-quest Follow Ranapiri to the Tower, and leaves you with the main quest still to complete.