THE HOTHOUSE
- ERRAND
- HUNT
- DR. IRENE FALK
- MARS
- CHAIN LINK
THE HOTHOUSE is an errand DR. IRENE FALK hands out on MARS, and it wants PHOBOS SHEPHERD put down.
It is not offered cold: THE GREENHOUSE and PEST CONTROL have to be handed in first, on this same map and to this same person.
Something big has nested in the old hothouse frame and has been eating the heat out of it. Nothing will grow while it is in there, and the botanist is unambiguous about not going in herself. What is found in the nest afterwards was never hers, and is nobody's now.
What it asks
| SHAPE | WHAT | HOW MANY |
|---|---|---|
| HUNT | PHOBOS SHEPHERD | — |
- ONE BODYPHOBOS SHEPHERD is a set piece rather than a breed, so the tracker reads a name instead of a tally — there is exactly one of them to find.
What it pays
Handing it in pays experience, 180 coins and 1 rolled piece.
The experience is authored as a SHARE of your own level bar — 0.75 of one — rather than as a figure, so the same errand is worth the same fraction of a level on the first map and the last. The table below is what that comes to for a hero at the level this venue is tuned for; take it later and it pays more.
The rolled piece goes through the ordinary drop pipeline at your own level, with 2 tiers of skew on the rarity roll — the same skew the merchant's stall takes. A quest is a second CALLER of the loot system, never a second loot system, so what it hands over is the same kind of thing a monster drops.
| WHAT | HOW MUCH |
|---|---|
| COINS | 180 |
| ROLLED LOOT | 1 (+2 tier skew) |
| DIFFICULTY | HERO LEVEL | XP |
|---|---|---|
| EASY | 19 | 8593 |
| MEDIUM | 19 | 8593 |
| HARD | 22 | 13509 |
| NIGHTMARE | 47 | 593122 |
The chain
Comes after THE GREENHOUSE, PEST CONTROL.
A chain never crosses a map or a run: the quest log belongs to the run you are in rather than to the hero, so every link of one is taken, done and handed in on a single visit, from the same person.
What is said
The errand in the giver's own words, covered until you ask for it.
The ask
DR. IRENE FALKSOMETHING BIG IS NESTING IN THE OLD HOTHOUSE FRAME. IT'S BEEN EATING THE HEAT.
DR. IRENE FALKI CAN'T GROW ANYTHING WHILE IT'S IN THERE, AND I AM NOT GOING IN.
Coming back short
DR. IRENE FALKIT'S STILL IN THERE. I CAN SEE THE GLASS FOGGING.
The handover
DR. IRENE FALKTHE FRAME'S COLD AGAIN. I CAN START THE WINTER TRAY.
DR. IRENE FALKTHIS WAS IN THE NEST. IT ISN'T MINE. IT ISN'T ANYBODY'S NOW.