Stalk With The Earthmother

• Accept Stalk With The Earthmother from Boarton Shadetotem

Boarton Shadetotem hides in stealth on the main mesa of Thunder Bluff, south of its pool: walk to where the arrow points until his outline shows. He hands you the Venture Co Disguise. The quest opens at level 4, but the mine holds Venture Co. Workers (level 8–9), Supervisors (9–10) and Supervisor Fizsprocket (12): go at 9 or 10.

• Go to Venture Co. Mine Mulgore
• Loot 5 Seaforium Mining Charges from the Blasting Supplies

Ride down the lift and south-east across Mulgore to the Venture Co. Mine. Put on the disguise, then open the carts of Blasting Supplies inside the mine and on the slope outside its far side; stay on the upper levels where you can, the lower tunnels are packed. Five charges.

• Turn in Stalk With The Earthmother at Boarton Shadetotem
• Accept Stalk With The Earthmother from Boarton Shadetotem

Back to Boarton in Thunder Bluff. He gives you the Mortar and Pestle for his next test.

• Collect Windfury Cone ×8
• Use Mortar and Pestlegrind the eight cones

Windfury Cones lie on the ground under the harpies' nest trees on Windfury Ridge, north-west of Thunder Bluff; the harpies do not drop them. The Windfury Sorceresses (level 9–10) and Matriarchs (10–11) there stand close together: pick the cones from the edges. Once you have eight, use the Mortar and Pestle to grind them.

• Turn in Stalk With The Earthmother at Boarton Shadetotem
• Accept Stalk With The Earthmother from Boarton Shadetotem

Back to Boarton. He hands you the Knife Set: the fish must be filleted in front of him.

• Collect Raw Brilliant SmallfishRaw Brilliant Smallfish: the Auction House, or the pool

Buy a Raw Brilliant Smallfish at the Auction House (Auctioneer Stampi, north of the pool), or fish one yourself: Kah Mistrunner trains Fishing and Sewa Mistrunner beside him sells the Fishing Pole and a Shiny Bauble; the pool on the main mesa gives smallfish at any skill.

• Use Knife Setin front of Boarton
• Turn in Stalk With The Earthmother at Boarton Shadetotem

Stand beside Boarton and use the Knife Set on the smallfish: it only counts next to him. Then take your weapon: the Hoof-Holstered Blade or the Valley Cosh.