A Culinary Pilgrimage

This page provides an overview of how to complete the A Culinary Pilgrimage Optional Quest.

Unlock Conditions

This quest becomes available after you complete the Black Light Burns Main Scenario Quest.

Quest Giver and Location

You can find Yvan, the Kitchen Hand, in the “Tub & Crown” restaurant in the center of the Hideaway.

Map showing the location of Yvan, the Kitchen Hand, in the Tub and Crown area of the Hideaway

Quest Details

Use the Martha’s Rest Obelisk to travel to Martha’s Rest and speak to the “Flesher” on the west side of town. He will send you out to look for some scorpions just outside of town.

Approaching the Flesher at Martha’s Rest who has an Optional Quest objective marker above his head

When you reach the bridge just south of Martha’s Rest, remember that you can use the button to ride your Chocobo now to get to the quest area much more quickly.

The group of “Lowland Scorpions” is easy to defeat, and Clive will receive the Unwonted Violet at the end of the battle. Return to Yvan to complete the quest.

Slay the enemies which include a group of scorpions to complete the quest

Rewards

Badge of Mettle +1
130 Experience Points
10 Renown

Next Steps

Two Optional Quests are available after the “Black Light Burns” scenario. The second one is called Blacksmith’s Blues, and you can complete that one next; otherwise, head back to the Main Scenario Quest:

Here Be Monsters

Clive and Jill speaking on the balcony of the Hideawa

The ship Clive secured from his Uncle Byron is moored safely in the harbor of Port Isolde, waiting to ferry him and Jill to the isle of Drustanus, where Drake’s Breath rises from the Boiling Sea. The two return to the hideaway to complete their final preparations to bring down not only the Mothercrystal, but the Patriarch who saw Jill enslaved and forced to kill for his kingdom.

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