Overview
Drybone (ドライボーン [drybone] in Japanese) is an area in eastern Thanalan. It gained its name from its extreme heat, in which the bones of those who die of thirst there are bound to very soon be bleached by the relentless sun1
. To its east can be found the Yugr'am River and beyond it Wellwick Wood (2.0+ only, the area that Wellwick takes up was considered part of Drybone before the Calamity and Yugr'am didn't use to pass through the area), to the south-east Burning Wall and to the south-south-east Sandgate.
In version 1.x, the area south of Drybone was known as Halatali, but post-Calamity that area was retconned into Sandgate and Halatali came to refer only to the fighting area found within the caves there. Further south from Sandgate/Halatali is the way to Broken Water, and to the west of Drybone lies the way to Black Brush.
Drybone is a central area to life in Thanalan, and must be passed through when traveling between Ul'dah and Gridania on the Royal Allagan Sunway.
The village of Golden Bazaar can be found in the north-west, beyond which is the Sea of Spires. Before the Calamity, the Mythril Pit T-8 could be found on the border between Drybone and Halatali, but has since disappeared, its fate unknown. Since the Wellwick Wood area was part of Drybone itself in version 1.x, Thal's Respite could be found here as well.
Locations
Camp Drybone
Camp Drybone (キャンプ・ドライボーン [camp drybone] in Japanese) is a waypoint settlement that serves travelers of the Royal Allagan Sunway and those who arrive by aetheryte. Its main features are inns, taverns and stalls of merchandise. Due to its proximity to Amalj'aa-controlled territory in Sandgate, a contingent of Immortal Flames is permanently stationed there.
Church of Saint Adama-Landama
The Church of Saint Adama-Landama (聖アダマ・ランダマ教会 [sei adama-landama kyoukai] in Japanese) is a new establishment dedicated to Nald'thal, built in the immediate aftermath of the Calamity to care for the multitudes of masses that died in it. It was commissioned by various merchants of Ul'dah, and named after the Saint Adama-Landama. An extensive lichyard surrounds the small church itself, and more graves are added almost daily as the poorest people in Thanalan make their way to it to get their loved ones buried in a way that doesn't completely bankrupt them.
The Invisible City
The Invisible City (見えざる都 [miezaru miyako] or 'unseen city' in Japanese) is a collection of ruins that had long been buried under what amounts to almost a malm of solid rock. The Calamity revealed them however, and their presence has brought much scholarly interest in the lagging region. It is unclear just how extensive the ruins are, but their presence is confirmed in the main area (marked on the map as 'The Invisible City') as well as in the newly-rent gorge that now houses the Yugr'am River.
What was initially thought to have been an ancient city now seems to be turning out to be an ancient gigantic tomb, that of sultan Lalafuto IV of Belah'dia to be exact. It is unknown just how long they were hidden, but as Lalafuto III is known to have ruled in 871, that gives an approximate maximum timeline of 600-700 years, and the tomb must have been buried for almost as long for there not to have been any word of it that survived to the present day despite the relatively recent date.
The Lonely Giant
The Lonely Giant (グゥーブーの骸 [goobbue no mukuro] or 'corpse of a goobbue' in Japanese) is the corpse of a large goobbue covered in various flora. It is theorized that the goobbue ran south all the way from Carteneau Flats, driven wild by the events of the Battle of Carteneau, picking up seeds native to all the areas it passed through. In Drybone its strength finally gave out and it died where it stood, leaving behind a fertile place for all the seeds to sprout. As a result, the Lonely Giant is a botanical marvel the likes of which is not seen anywhere else in Thanalan.
In an out-of-game context, the Lonely Giant is most likely a reference to the 'Goobbue Wall of Ul'dah'. In the final days before the servers shut down at the end of version 1.x and the Battle of Carteneau happened, some players took to 'defending' Ul'dah from rampaging high-level monsters that had appeared everywhere by calling their goobbue mounts and forming a defensive line in front of the Gate of Nald.
Info
NPCs
Quests
Note that no actual quests started in Drybone in version 1.x.
Main Quests (2.0+)
Unsolved Mystery
What Poor People Think
A Proper Burial
For the Children
Amalj'aa Wrong Places
Dressed to Deceive
You Can't Take It With You
With a Little Elbow Grease
A Tall Drink of Aqua del Sol
Bringing Out the Dead
The Warden Works in Mysterious Ways
Bury Me Not in the Lone Prairie
Eyes On Me
He Who Waited Behind
All Due Precautions
Sealed with Science
A Promising Prospect
Flowers for One
Job Quests (2.0+)
Heroic Reprise
A Rewarding Struggle
Side Quests (2.0+)
All Dogs Go to Hell
Buzzing at Church
Buzz Off, Birds
The Circle of Life
Dead Bodies Everywhere
A Dying Wish
Green Thumb
Hair Club for Hyur
Honoring the Dead
Lichyard Lilies
Mr Slipshod and Ms Uptight
Out of Whole Cloth
Plagued by Indecision
Prayer by Proxy
Scent of Cinnamon
Scholarly Funds
Strawman Defense
Streaking Claims
Tresses in Distress
The Voyage of the Goobbue
Leves of Camp Drybone (leves unlock)
The Science of Deduction (Hildibrand)
| Battlecraft Leves (2.0+) | Battlecraft Leves (1.x) | |||
| Death with Indignity Earthbound The Enterprise of Undeath Going for Goat The Law Won The Missing Merchant A Simple Solution | After the Battle Culling All Coblyns Popotoes in Peril Revenge of the Dodos Sand Yarzon Sweep Sucking Blood Again Threading the Needles Treasures of the Smallfolk Where the Stone Floats | |||
| Grand Company Leves (2.0+) | Faction Leves (1.x) | |||
| Blood in the Water The Burning Reason A Cold-blooded Business Don't Tear Down This Wall Food for Thought A Heart Aflame The Third Prize is That You're Slain Watch me If You Can | - | |||
| Tradecraft Leves (2.0+) | Tradecraft Leves (1.x) | |||
| Bad Guys Eat Brass Devil Take the Foremost A Drag of a Doublet I Am A Rock Pants Are Not Enough Sanity Points Sharp Words There's Something About Bury Touch Me If You Can | Coming soon | |||
| Fieldcraft Leves (2.0+) | Fieldcraft Leves (1.x) | |||
| The Doom that Came to Belah'dia Earth Sprites Are Easy Eiderdown for Eidolons A Man's Gotta Dream | Coming soon | |||
FATEs
Almost Paradise
Deep in the Heart of Sagolii
Grim Undertakings
License to Quill
Men Who See Goats
Simple Minds
Westward Bound
Gathering
| Mining (2.0+) | Quarrying (2.0+) | Mining (1.x) | Quarrying (1.x) | |
| Alumen (lv20) Raw Fluorite Raw Malachite Raw Amber (lv45) Raw Rubellite Fire Shard | - | Bone Chip Copper Ore Soiled Femur | Obsidian Raw Danburite Raw Heliodor Raw Sphene | |
| Logging (2.0+) | Harvesting (2.0+) | Logging (1.x) | Harvesting (1.x) | |
| - | Ala Mhigan Mustard (lv25) Ala Mhigan Mustard Seeds Button Mushroom Millioncorn Millioncorn Seeds Pearl Ginger Pearl Ginger Root Black Truffle (lv50 unspoiled, 1 PM) Dark Matter Cluster Mazlaya Greens Unaspected Crystal | Ash Log Crow Feather Elm Log Latex Nopales | Belladonna Cotton Boll Grass Viper Paprika Ramhorn Zucchini Straw Sunset Wheat | |
| Fishing (2.0+) | Spearfishing (2.0+) | Fishing (1.x) | Spearfishing (1.x) | |
| (see below) | - | Ala Mhigan Fighting Fish Black Eel Dark Bass Maiden Carp Pipira Sandfish Striped Goby | Box Turtle Muddy Water White Scorpion |
Fishing Log: North Drybone
Level: 15, Type: Freshwater
Other: the location is at North Springs (ドライボーン北湧水地 drybone kita yuusuichi or 'drybone north springs')
Acorn Snail
Bone Cleaner
Dusk Goby
Faerie Bass
Marrow Sucker
Mudcrab
Mudskipper
Fishing Log: South Drybone
Level: 15, Type: Freshwater
Other: the location is at South Springs (ドライボーン南湧水地 drybone minami yuusuichi or 'drybone south springs')
Acorn Snail
Bone Cleaner
Dusk Goby
Faerie Bass
Mud Pilgrim
Mudcrab
Mudskipper
Monsters
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