Fade to White

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Rewards

  • 45,000 Gil
  • 6,500 Experience Points
  • Path Companion
  • "Path of the Twelve" Linkpearl

Walkthrough

Step 1: At the end of the previous main quest it was suggested you go to Ul'dah to the Merchant Wards.

Step 2: Go to Ul'dah to the Merchant Wards (same teleport entrance as the Ul'dah Market Wards. (You will be in a location called the Waking Sands, which is the headquarters of the Path of the Twelve.

Step 3: Head to the door at the end of the hallway you're standing in and use the menu to enter. There will be a cutscene.

Step 4: Speak to Minfilia using your Echo of Truth. There will be another cutscene.

Step 5: Go talk to NPCs if you choose, or otherwise talk to Minfilia again.

Step 6: Agree (or not) to be a Walker. Consequences for not agreeing unknown.

Step 7: If you agree, go speak to the npc at the entrance of the Merchant Wards, Tataru, to have your name entered in the register.

Step 8: Tataru wants you to choose an adventuring Path Companion Pick a class to view. Four random npcs of that class will be shown. If you do not like any of the four, simply choose your class again and you will get new npcs to choose from. The race/gender of your companion will dictate their personality (as detailed on the Path Companion page.

Step 9: You will be given a new npc linkpearl and told to wait for Minfilia's decision on your choice.

Step 10: After visiting the Ul'Dah Adventerer's Guild desk (I took the time to get Levequests) your "Path of the Twelve" linkpearl glows.

Step 11: Tataru will tell you that Minfilia has made her decision. Return to the Merchants Ward in Ul'dah.

Step 12: Speak to Tataru.

Step 13: Speak to your new companion and choose a nickname.

Step 14: Your companion will suggest meeting at The Quicksand.

Step 15: Go to The Quicksand and speak to Momodi.

Step 16: Chat to your companion and accept the option to begin your adventure. (Consequence for refusal unknown.)

Step 17: Receive your reward and quest ends.

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After you talk to Tataru
# Jul 17 2012 at 2:51 PM Rating: Decent
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After you speak to this guy and get your companion, go BACK in and speak with Minfilia to start your journey :) took me a while but that's the next step.
NPC Location?
# Jul 17 2012 at 2:05 AM Rating: Decent
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I'm still trying to find out when you exit the Market where the your NPC is located at to talk to them to start the Journey.....Doesn't say up Top :/
NPC help
# Feb 22 2012 at 3:33 PM Rating: Decent
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Whats this NPC for though?? Is this little thing gonna come help me fight??...... I sense nothing! :(
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NPC help
# Jul 14 2012 at 12:49 AM Rating: Decent
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i dont even know where to find them at lol do you know?
mhm...
# Dec 20 2010 at 5:20 AM Rating: Decent
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and whats now after finishing the leve? Nothin? For what s this chosen NPC? xD
Be certain
# Nov 10 2010 at 4:02 AM Rating: Default
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Please be aware that when u pick class of NPC IF you do not like the look of it cancel out u dont get a choice to PIck another character model which blows i got stuck with a frickin elf
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..lol Just zone ( Like FFXI)
# Nov 09 2010 at 8:12 AM Rating: Default
NO rweally .. there is No specific thing. Just zone. if nothign happens in 5 to 8 min, Rezone back to city it will pop.


Cool mish tho was very nice ( cool story so far, very interested to see ho w this goes lol)
Any suggestions?
# Nov 04 2010 at 7:24 AM Rating: Good
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All i did was walk to Camp Black Brush from Ul'Dah and it lit up.
Wrong companion
# Oct 30 2010 at 3:01 PM Rating: Decent
As many, i picked the wrong companion, at the end of the quest when this companion asked me if i wanted to journey with him i answered "no" thinking i could change it later. Does anyone know if it has any repercussions like me no having companion at all? lol T_T
Fellow NPC?
# Oct 29 2010 at 12:53 AM Rating: Decent
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Yeah run to the adventurer guild's desk and the shell should activate.

Wonder if these companion going ot be like Fellow NPC from FFXI, like aid u when u solo etc.

btw did anyone else notice that Pugilist did not appear on the the list of companion jobs, it might be possible because my 20+ rank is Pugilist and thus NPC Pugilist not being a campanion(due to the campanion should make up for your weakness etc etc).
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# Nov 07 2010 at 5:20 AM Rating: Decent
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I approached the desk several times for leves, but I actually got the pearl light up when I entered the adventurer's guild from the north side (near repair NPC), as soon as I opened the door. (This was after a visit to the market wards for raptor sinew cords (none found in tanner's row), 10 hour offline for sleep/breakfast and a dodoskin harness (taupe) synth.)
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Fellow NPC?
# Nov 06 2010 at 4:35 AM Rating: Decent
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What job's so up on the list to choose from is not based on your job at the time of choosing. From what I read its a set list of Gladiator, Lancer, Archer, Conjurer, and Thaumaturge. So for everyone reaching this point you only get to choose between those 5 job's.
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Update step 10
# Oct 26 2010 at 11:44 PM Rating: Decent
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May want to update step 10, as you only need to run to the adventurers desk to trigger the npc pearl.
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Refusing Last Step
# Oct 23 2010 at 2:32 PM Rating: Decent
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If you skip Step 16 (Step 16: Chat to your companion and accept the option to begin your adventure. (Consequence for refusal unknown.), this is what you get:

Quote:
NPC: Playing hard to get, are we? That only makes me want you more.
NPC: Very well. I shall give you some time alone to ponder your decision. If you are feeling lost, you can always try the pearl given to you by Lady Tataru, but I might be...indisposed.
NPC: But you need not fret, for as they say, the time we spend apart will only make the time we spend together that much more special.
You obtain 60000 gil.
“Fade to White” complete!


I'm unable to go back to the Merchant Ward, and the NPC linkpearl doesn't light up (at the moment).

Be VERY careful when selecting your NPC appearance, because you will NOT get a confirmation. I was hoping to be able to pick a new one by refusing, but it doesn't seem to do anything special. I hope I certainly didn't mess my story line quest, although the look that my character gave the NPC when turning her down was classic.
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Refusing Last Step
# Oct 24 2011 at 8:38 AM Rating: Decent
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So, what eventually happened, Leidanav? I must have accidentally refused, and got this response. Now I am in the situation you describe - can't get back to Merchant Ward, and no response from the linkshell. Surely they don't let you permanently miss out on a feature like this for such a small misstep?
If you say No
# Oct 18 2010 at 7:17 PM Rating: Decent
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Minfilia: Welcome back, Major. I take from your presence that you have had sufficient time to consider my offer. What say you?

Minfilia: I see... It would be wrong of me to pressure you into making a choice that could well define the rest of your life, but I strongly suggest that you take some time to reconsider. We can help you find your true calling. You need not walk alone.

Minfilia: But if you must, then I pray you heed these words: those with your gift are oft shunned by those who do not understand it. To most, you will be perceived as a kind of voyeur, violating the innermost sanctums of the soul. If you are caught, you will be punished. You may even be killed. And there will be no one to protect you.

"So they more or less say do it or dont get storyline."
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# Oct 12 2010 at 2:56 AM Rating: Good
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Step 10...
my pearl was starting to glow when i reentered Limsa Lominsa.
So i think it will work to travel to an other city, leave the city and reenter ;)

Edited, Oct 12th 2010 10:58am by Pyrorebirth

Edited, Oct 12th 2010 11:08am by Pyrorebirth
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# Oct 23 2010 at 5:46 AM Rating: Decent
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Confirmed as well. Read about travelling to another city so I went to Limsa for about 30 minutes. I even left it overnight and still no notification. Saw a video online that showed him waiting for only 15min and noticed he was in Uldah Adv Guild. Went there and viola...NPC notification.
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# Oct 16 2010 at 12:50 AM Rating: Decent
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You technically don't need to go to another city. I ran to the adventurers guild in Uldah then my NPC pearl activated.
Don't waste anima on porting back and forth. ^^
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# Oct 19 2010 at 4:05 AM Rating: Good
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FarsydeT wrote:
You technically don't need to go to another city. I ran to the adventurers guild in Uldah then my NPC pearl activated.
Don't waste anima on porting back and forth. ^^


Confirmed ran to adventurers guild in uldah and it spiked up.
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# Oct 24 2010 at 6:29 PM Rating: Decent
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double confirmed - going to ul'dah adv desk worked for me
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Any suggestions?
# Oct 11 2010 at 4:16 PM Rating: Default
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i completed the quest before it Calamity Cometh, but when i go to the Market ward area there is no option to enter Merchant ward, is it because they haven't released it yet?
Any suggestions?
# Oct 13 2010 at 9:18 AM Rating: Decent
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You have to be a specific level as well, if i'm not mistaken, the level is 30 now. I may be wrong though.
Any suggestions?
# Oct 13 2010 at 5:38 PM Rating: Good
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You need to be Rank 20, not Level 20 nor Level 30.
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