The Sommelier's Compass
Category: hard
Prerequisites: complete sunken_road
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
The Surveyor’s Draught
"Crafter's Draught is the base — steady hands, steady lines." Brew a batch for Sabine.
Objectives:
- BREW: crafters_draught ×40
Rewards:
- ✨ 19,200
Brewing XP - 9,000 gp
Finer Herb
"The clarity comes from Avantoe. Fussy stuff. Grow me some."
Objectives:
- COLLECT: Avantoe ×40
Rewards:
- 10,500 gp
Taste the Base
"Never sell a draught you haven't drunk on the road yourself. Test it."
Objectives:
- USE_POTION: crafters_draught ×30
Rewards:
- 9,000 gp
The Clarity Tincture
"Now the real thing — Scholar's Tincture. This is what opens the eye to the land." Distil a batch.
Objectives:
- BREW: scholars_tincture ×40
Rewards:
- ✨ 28,800 Brewing XP
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
See It Work
Drink the tincture on a survey run and mark how the land sharpens. Sabine watches, delighted.
Objectives:
- USE_POTION: scholars_tincture ×30
Rewards:
- 10,500 gp
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
Base by the Cask
The blend needs draught by the cask. Brew another run of Crafter's Draught.
Objectives:
- BREW: crafters_draught ×60
Rewards:
- ✨ 28,800 Brewing XP
- 10,500 gp
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
Clarity in Quantity
Distil a proper stock of Scholar's Tincture for the blend.
Objectives:
- BREW: scholars_tincture ×60
Rewards:
- ✨ 43,200 Brewing XP
- 11,000 gp
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
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:
- USE_POTION: scholars_tincture ×50
Rewards:
- 💎 50 gems
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
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:
- USE_POTION: crafters_draught ×60
Rewards:
- 13,000 gp
- 💎 55 gems
Clue Scroll (Rare) ×1