The Sommelier's Compass
Category: hard
Prerequisites: complete The Sunken Road
Chain rewards
15 quests · 
136,000 gp · 
105 gems · 1 item reward
XP: 120,000 
Brewing · 80,000 
Fishing
1. A Draught for the Eye
A brewer named Sabine rolls her wagon up the new road. "They say you chart the Reach. I brew the draught that lets you SEE it — but I'm short on herb. Ranarr, to start."
Objectives
- Collect
Ranarr Weed ×40
Rewards
- 10,500 gp
2. The Surveyor’s Draught
"Crafter's Draught is the base — steady hands, steady lines." Brew a batch for Sabine.
Objectives
- Brew
Crafter's Draught ×40
Rewards
- 19,200 Brewing XP
- 9,000 gp
3. Finer Herb
"The clarity comes from Avantoe. Fussy stuff. Grow me some."
Objectives
- Collect
Avantoe ×40
Rewards
- 10,500 gp
4. Taste the Base
"Never sell a draught you haven't drunk on the road yourself. Test it."
Objectives
- Drink Crafter's Draught ×30
Rewards
- 9,000 gp
5. The Clarity Tincture
"Now the real thing — Scholar's Tincture. This is what opens the eye to the land." Distil a batch.
Objectives
- Brew
Scholar's Tincture ×40
Rewards
- 28,800 Brewing XP
6. The Rarest Leaf
"For the compass-blend I need Kwuarm — rarest herb on the frontier. Grow it and we're close."
Objectives
- Collect
Kwuarm ×40
Rewards
- 10,500 gp
7. See It Work
Drink the tincture on a survey run and mark how the land sharpens. Sabine watches, delighted.
Objectives
- Drink Scholar's Tincture ×30
Rewards
- 10,500 gp
8. Road Fare
Sabine's wagon-crew won't work dry-mouthed and hungry. Land a haul of swordfish for the larder.
Objectives
- Catch
Raw Swordfish ×100
Rewards
- 80,000 Fishing XP
- 10,000 gp
9. Base by the Cask
The blend needs draught by the cask. Brew another run of Crafter's Draught.
Objectives
- Brew Crafter's Draught ×60
Rewards
- 28,800 Brewing XP
- 10,500 gp
10. More Ranarr
"We're scaling up — the Lodge wants a draught for every surveyor. More ranarr."
Objectives
- Collect Ranarr Weed ×80
Rewards
- 10,500 gp
11. Clarity in Quantity
Distil a proper stock of Scholar's Tincture for the blend.
Objectives
- Brew Scholar's Tincture ×60
Rewards
- 43,200 Brewing XP
- 11,000 gp
12. Avantoe in Bulk
The blend drinks Avantoe faster than Sabine can buy it. Grow a full field.
Objectives
- Collect Avantoe ×80
Rewards
- 10,500 gp
13. The Full Compass-Blend
Drink the finished blend on the longest survey of the road. Sabine notes every word you say about the land.
Objectives
- Drink Scholar's Tincture ×50
Rewards
- 50 gems
14. Kwuarm for the Last Cask
One final harvest of Kwuarm and the compass-blend recipe is complete.
Objectives
- Collect Kwuarm ×80
Rewards
- 10,500 gp
15. Sabine's Compass
Sabine corks the first bottle of true Explorer's Draught and presses it into your hands with a brass pocket-compass. "Drink deep, chart far." Rolled around the compass is a map-scrap she found in a herb crate — a clue, she says, and no use to a brewer.
Objectives
- Drink Crafter's Draught ×60
Rewards
- 13,000 gp
- 55 gems
Clue Scroll (Rare) ×1