Baderon
Baderon takes no part in this quest; a chart note only recalls a saying of Baderon's.
Baderon has an Eorzean version of this quest's proverb about prevention and cure, using 'onze' and 'ponze', Eorzea's words for ounce and pound.
Side questLevel 8
A Pound of Cure
Quest giver Khanmhar
in Middle La Noscea
Summary and analysis
SummaryAnalysis
Khanmhar says the ex-pirates have been away from the sea too long and turn to fighting to ease their broken hearts. A full supply of medicine barely lasts a week, so Khanmhar asks you to buy a hi-potion for Wydaloef
.
The ex-pirates' brawls, and Tiller's Rest, the outpost of MSQ #7-#8.
Tiller's RestThe ex-pirate farm of Ch. 3: why the Admiral's settlement initiative struggles there.
What happens, step by step
- Hi-potions are in short supply at Tiller's Rest, and Khanmhar hopes to remedy that.
- The retired pirates are restless, and the frequent fighting has depleted the farm's reserves of medicine. Wydaloef at Tiller's Rest would be thankful for a hi-potion to replenish his fast-dwindling stores.
- You can take the pirate out of the raging sea, but you cannot take the raging sea out of the pirate. One can only hope the buccaneers will someday find peace on earth.
Where it leads
Next in the play order: Fire and Brimstone. Some miners shrug off the gas, but Broenruht
writes the letters home when one chokes to death.
Key lines explained
The lines worth a second look, in the order you hear them, and what each one means.
Deliver a hi-potion to Wydaloef at Tiller's Rest
Wydaloef
I'm plumb out of potions. Any sorry sufferer knockin' on my door may as well be knockin' on Thal's. All's I can offer 'em is a prayer.
Lore
Knocking on Thal's door means being at death's door. This is because Thal is the half of the twin god Nald'thal who rules over the dead.
More about this quest
Lore
Tiller's Rest is away from the orchards and from Staelwyrn
. That makes it a popular spot for the ex-pirate farmers of Summerford Farms to avoid work.
Easter egg
Eorzea has its own version of the title's proverb. In Bait and Swat, Baderon says 'an onze o' prevention's worth a ponze o' cure'. This version uses Eorzea's ounce and pound.
Easter egg
You restock the medicine shelves of Wydaloef. The name Wydaloef comes from the ancient Roegadyn language. It means 'Willow Leaf'.
Title reference
The title comes from the saying 'an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure'. Benjamin Franklin made it famous in 1735. It means that preventing trouble is better than curing it.
Characters
Who they are, and what they do in this quest.
Staelwyrn
Staelwyrn does not appear in this quest about medicine for the ex-pirates at Tiller's Rest.
A chart note says Tiller's Rest lies away from the orchards and from Staelwyrn, so his ex-pirate farmers like to go there to avoid work.
Khanmhar
Khanmhar knows that hi-potions, strong healing drinks, are running short at Tiller's Rest, and hopes to fix that.
Khanmhar says the ex-pirates have been away from the sea too long and turn to fighting to ease their broken hearts. A full supply of medicine barely lasts a week, so Khanmhar asks you to buy a hi-potion for Wydaloef.
Other languages
The game was written in Japanese and rewritten, not just translated, for each language. Here is what the other versions say, next to the English.
| Japanese | 拳の語らい ‘A Conversation of Fists’ |
|---|---|
| French | Remède contre les bagarres ‘A Remedy for Brawls’ |
| German | Aufruhr an der Feldscheune ‘Uproar at the Field Barn’ |
English, Khanmhar
If you're headed to Tiller's Rest, I've a favor to ask of you.
Japanese
「開拓者の納屋」に行く用なんぞ、ないかね？
‘Got any business at the Pioneers' Barn?’
Kaitakusha no Naya is a barn for settlers who clear new land. The English makes it a rest for tillers.
English, Khanmhar
The pirates have been away from sea for too long, and their broken hearts turn to bloodshed for solace. A full supply of medicine lasts barely a week.
Japanese
あそこは、海賊上がりの農夫たちが、たまり場にしてるせいか、喧嘩が絶えなくてね。
‘Over there, perhaps because the pirate-turned farmers have made it their hangout, the fights never stop.’
English says the pirates pine for the sea and fight for solace; Japanese blames the barn being their hangout.
English, Wydaloef
I'm plumb out of potions. Any sorry sufferer knockin' on my door may as well be knockin' on Thal's. All's I can offer 'em is a prayer.
French
Il n'ont vraiment rien de mieux à faire que de se battre, ces zigotos...
‘Have these clowns really got nothing better to do than fight...!?’
English says the injured may as well knock on Thal's door; French grumbles the pirates only fight.
English, Wydaloef
I pity the poor fish out of water. At first, I thought the fights were just to kill time, but now I believe some truly have a death wish.
French
Il faut croire que la vie de maraîcher ne leur convient pas et que s'échanger des coups de poing est le seul moyen qu'ils ont trouvé pour chasser l'ennui.
‘One must believe the grower's life doesn't suit them and that trading punches is the only way they've found to chase away boredom.’
German
Und der Frust des Landlebens entlädt sich schnell in Aggressionen.
‘And the frustration of country life quickly turns into aggression.’
Japanese
その憂さを、喧嘩で晴らしてるんだろう。
‘They're probably venting that gloom by fighting.’
German
Dass man Konflikte nicht gleich mit der Axt löst, ist den Ackerpiraten kaum zu vermitteln.
‘That one does not settle conflicts straight away with an axe is hard to get across to the field pirates.’
English suspects some pirates have a death wish; French says they fight only to chase boredom.
English suspects some pirates have a death wish; German blames frustration with country life.
English suspects some pirates have a death wish; Japanese says they fight to vent boredom.
German says the ex-pirates cannot grasp that quarrels are not settled with an axe; no death wish.
English, Wydaloef
There's naught that can be done about that. We can't make 'em want to live, all's we can do is hope they learn to love the land.
French
Je peux bien imaginer que travailler ici est moins palpitant que de vivre en mer, mais avec un peu de chance, ils finiront par goûter au plaisir de faire pousser des fruits.
‘I can well imagine that working here is less thrilling than living at sea, but with a little luck, they'll end up enjoying growing fruit.’
German
Die Feldarbeit ist sicher nicht einfach, aber wenn sie ihre Energie darauf konzentrieren könnten, wäre es zum Wohle aller.
‘Field work is certainly not easy, but if they could focus their energy on it, it would be for everyone's good.’
Japanese
農作業は、確かに、地味で辛い仕事だけど実りを得た時の感動は格別なのに。
‘Farm work is, true, plain and hard, yet the thrill of reaping the harvest is something special.’
English grimly says they can't make the pirates want to live; French says farm work is duller than the sea.
English grimly says they can't make the pirates want to live; German says field work is not easy.
English grimly says they can't make the pirates want to live; Japanese says farm work is plain and hard.
Full dialogue
Read all 7 lines, with the notes
Highlighted words have a note: click one to open it under the line.
Accepting the quest
Khanmhar
If you're headed to Tiller's Rest, I've a favor to ask of you.
Japanese
「開拓者の納屋」に行く用なんぞ、ないかね？
‘Got any business at the Pioneers' Barn?’
Kaitakusha no Naya is a barn for settlers who clear new land. The English makes it a rest for tillers.
Khanmhar
The pirates have been away from sea for too long, and their broken hearts turn to bloodshed for solace. A full supply of medicine lasts barely a week.
Japanese
あそこは、海賊上がりの農夫たちが、たまり場にしてるせいか、喧嘩が絶えなくてね。
‘Over there, perhaps because the pirate-turned farmers have made it their hangout, the fights never stop.’
English says the pirates pine for the sea and fight for solace; Japanese blames the barn being their hangout.
Khanmhar
If you could buy a hi-potion and take it up to Wydaloef, you may well save some lives.
Deliver a hi-potion to Wydaloef at Tiller's Rest
Wydaloef
I'm plumb out of potions. Any sorry sufferer knockin' on my door may as well be knockin' on Thal's. All's I can offer 'em is a prayer.
Lore
Knocking on Thal's door means being at death's door. This is because Thal is the half of the twin god Nald'thal who rules over the dead.
French
Il n'ont vraiment rien de mieux à faire que de se battre, ces zigotos...
‘Have these clowns really got nothing better to do than fight...!?’
English says the injured may as well knock on Thal's door; French grumbles the pirates only fight.
Wydaloef
Were I a gods-fearin' man, I'd say you were heaven-sent. After the dust settles from the next pirate brawl, some sorry soul will owe you his lousy life.
Wydaloef
I pity the poor fish out of water. At first, I thought the fights were just to kill time, but now I believe some truly have a death wish.
French
Il faut croire que la vie de maraîcher ne leur convient pas et que s'échanger des coups de poing est le seul moyen qu'ils ont trouvé pour chasser l'ennui.
‘One must believe the grower's life doesn't suit them and that trading punches is the only way they've found to chase away boredom.’
GermanUnd der Frust des Landlebens entlädt sich schnell in Aggressionen.
‘And the frustration of country life quickly turns into aggression.’
Japaneseその憂さを、喧嘩で晴らしてるんだろう。
‘They're probably venting that gloom by fighting.’
GermanDass man Konflikte nicht gleich mit der Axt löst, ist den Ackerpiraten kaum zu vermitteln.
‘That one does not settle conflicts straight away with an axe is hard to get across to the field pirates.’
English suspects some pirates have a death wish; French says they fight only to chase boredom.
English suspects some pirates have a death wish; German blames frustration with country life.
English suspects some pirates have a death wish; Japanese says they fight to vent boredom.
German says the ex-pirates cannot grasp that quarrels are not settled with an axe; no death wish.
Wydaloef
There's naught that can be done about that. We can't make 'em want to live, all's we can do is hope they learn to love the land.
French
Je peux bien imaginer que travailler ici est moins palpitant que de vivre en mer, mais avec un peu de chance, ils finiront par goûter au plaisir de faire pousser des fruits.
‘I can well imagine that working here is less thrilling than living at sea, but with a little luck, they'll end up enjoying growing fruit.’
GermanDie Feldarbeit ist sicher nicht einfach, aber wenn sie ihre Energie darauf konzentrieren könnten, wäre es zum Wohle aller.
‘Field work is certainly not easy, but if they could focus their energy on it, it would be for everyone's good.’
Japanese農作業は、確かに、地味で辛い仕事だけど実りを得た時の感動は格別なのに。
‘Farm work is, true, plain and hard, yet the thrill of reaping the harvest is something special.’
English grimly says they can't make the pirates want to live; French says farm work is duller than the sea.
English grimly says they can't make the pirates want to live; German says field work is not easy.
English grimly says they can't make the pirates want to live; Japanese says farm work is plain and hard.
Later in the storyspoilers
- Wordplay: Fool Me Once
- The title's proverb returns in Eorzean form: in Bait and Swat, Baderon says 'an onze o' prevention's worth a ponze o' cure'.