Map questLevel 6
Quest giver Moegramm
in Lower La Noscea
Moegramm loves his dodos for their sweet eggs and tasty meat, once the poison glands are removed. He sends you to X'payan
. When you bring the birds back, he calls them his babies, then asks you to watch them until they are ripe for slaughter.
Farm comedy at the Red Rooster Stead, the farm the kobold chain later defends; Moegramm's warning starts Kobolds Ahoy.
Moraby Bay's farms, mill and mine (Ch. 2): small troubles that grow into the kobold chain.
doesn't know what to do about his dodos. if you would help to bring them back.. discovers a newfound love for capable adventurers.Next in the play order: What's in the Box. Thubyrgeim
reminds her arcanists to eat.
The lines worth a second look, in the order you hear them, and what each one means.
Those dim-witted dodos pecked through the fencing and flew the coop! Er, fled the coop. Luckily, they know better than to leave the Stead.
X'payan makes bird puns. She nearly cries 'fowl', a play on cry foul. Then she changes 'flew the coop' to 'fled the coop'. This is because dodos, like the real extinct bird, cannot fly.
You'll stay around and look after my babies, won't you? At least until they're ripe for slaughter?
Moegramm talks sweetly about his precious 'babies' all through the quest. The very last line shows why he loves them so much.
The X before X'payan's given name shows her original tribe. It is the tribe of the Lynx, among the Seekers of the Sun. The X is said like 'She'.
The sightseeing log entry for the Red Rooster Stead explains the farm's name. It comes from bloody cockfights, or rooster fights. The gamekeeps held them after dark.
The Encyclopaedia Eorzea says dodos are cloudkin that cannot fly. They came from the island of Mazlaya. Qigim brought them to the mainland and bred them for eggs.
The item text of the Full Dodo-sized Sack pretends not to know. It asks 'What ever could be thrashing about in this dodo-sized sack?'
The title twists Shakespeare's comedy 'Much Ado About Nothing'. It swaps the nothing for the dodos that cause all the fuss here.
Who they are, and what they do in this quest.
Moegramm's dodos have escaped from their pen at the Red Rooster Stead, and he does not know what to do about it.
Moegramm loves his dodos for their sweet eggs and tasty meat, once the poison glands are removed. He sends you to X'payan. When you bring the birds back, he calls them his babies, then asks you to watch them until they are ripe for slaughter.
X'payan works with the dodos at the Red Rooster Stead. Moegramm sends you to her to help bring back the birds that escaped from the pen.
X'payan is glad of your help and makes bird puns. She gives you sacks to catch the three runaway dodos while she repairs the fence. The X in her name, said like 'She', shows her tribe: the Lynx, among the Seekers of the Sun.
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 | とんずらドードー捕り物帖 ‘Casebook of the Runaway Dodos’ |
|---|---|
| French | Le dodo est dans le sac ‘The Dodo Is in the Bag’ |
| German | Dodos auf der Flucht ‘Dodos on the Run’ |
They may call it the “Red Rooster” Stead, but make no mistake─dodos are the birds that keep this stead steady.
Hier an der Gockelburg haben wir viel Erfahrung mit der Haltung von Dodos.
‘Here at Rooster Castle we have a lot of experience keeping dodos.’
The name, „die Gockelburg“, comes from Gockel, 'rooster', and Burg, 'castle'. The red is gone, and the farm becomes a castle.
They may call it the “Red Rooster” Stead, but make no mistake─dodos are the birds that keep this stead steady.
Tu es viendu(e) admirer notre élevage de dodos dodus, dis donc ?
‘Did you come to admire our breeding of plump dodos, then?’
このレッドルースター農場では、ドードーの飼育も大々的に手がけてるんだ。
‘Here at the Red Rooster farm, we also raise dodos on a large scale.’
English puns that dodos keep this stead steady; French plays on "dodos dodus", plump dodos.
English puns that dodos keep this stead steady; Japanese says the farm also raises dodos on a large scale.
They may call it the “Red Rooster” Stead, but make no mistake─dodos are the birds that keep this stead steady.
Nicht zu vergleichen mit gewöhnlichen Hühnerprodukten.
‘Not to be compared with ordinary chicken products.’
German says dodo meat and eggs beat ordinary chicken; English jokes that dodos, not roosters, keep the stead steady.
Those sweet and tender eggs! That succulent meat! So long as you remove a dodoling's poison glands, you're in for some scrumptious and healthy poultry.
Das erlaubt uns, sie gefahrlos aufzuziehen.
‘That allows us to raise them without danger.’
有毒なブレスを作る「毒腺」って器官さえ、幼鳥の時に取っちまえば、安全に飼育もできるしな。
‘As long as you remove the organ called the "poison gland" that makes their toxic breath while they're chicks, you can raise them safely too.’
English says removing the glands means scrumptious, healthy poultry; German says it lets them raise dodos safely.
English says removing the glands means scrumptious, healthy poultry; Japanese says it lets them raise dodos safely.
They're so delicious, I have to remind myself some birds just aren't meant to be caged. Or perhaps I don't. Talk to X'payan and see if we can't return those exquisite creatures to their pen.
Nos dodos dociles ont déguerpi !
‘Our docile dodos have bolted!’
Aber jetzt sind die kostbaren Dodos auf und davon!
‘But now the precious dodos have run off!’
だが、その大事なドードーが逃げちまったんだ。
‘But those precious dodos have run away.’
English jokes some birds aren't meant to be caged, then takes it back; French says their docile dodos have bolted.
English jokes some birds aren't meant to be caged, then takes it back; German says the precious dodos have run off.
English jokes some birds aren't meant to be caged, then takes it back; Japanese says the precious dodos have run away.
Am I ever pleased to see you! I was about to cry “fowl,” but with your help we can round them up.
Tu es venu(e) m'aider à capturrrer les dodos qui se sont enfuis ?
‘You came to help me capture the dodos that ran off?’
X'payan rolls her r's in almost every line. In English she has no accent.
Those dim-witted dodos pecked through the fencing and flew the coop! Er, fled the coop. Luckily, they know better than to leave the Stead.
Comme personne ne les a vus sortir de la métairie, ils se cachent sûrement quelque parrrt dans le coin.
‘As nobody saw them leave the farm, they're surely hiding somewhere around here.’
Der Wächter am Tor hat sie nicht gesehen, deswegen müssten sie eigentlich noch auf dem Gelände der Gockelburg sein.
‘The guard at the gate didn't see them, so they should still be on Gockelburg's grounds.’
門番さんは見てないって言ってるから、農場のどこかにいるんだろうけど……。
‘The gatekeeper says he didn't see them, so they must be somewhere on the farm, but...’
English says the dodos know better than to leave the Stead; French says nobody saw them leave the farm.
English says the dodos know better than to leave the Stead; German says the gate guard didn't see them.
English says the dodos know better than to leave the Stead; Japanese says the gatekeeper didn't see them.
Oh, my precious darlings! Without their poison breath, they're defenseless out in the wild! Daddy dodo gets so worried...
Mais crois-moi, ces vilains volatiles voyous ne nous auront plus !
‘But believe me, these naughty hooligan birds won't get the better of us again!’
Das sind ja ein paar Unruhestifter!
‘What a bunch of troublemakers!’
まったく、とんだ暴れん坊だぜ。
‘Honestly, they're real rowdy ones.’
English dotes on his precious darlings; French calls them naughty hooligan birds.
English dotes on his precious darlings; German calls them troublemakers.
English dotes on his precious darlings; Japanese calls them real rowdies.
Oh, my precious darlings! Without their poison breath, they're defenseless out in the wild! Daddy dodo gets so worried...
Nous savons maintenant qu'ils sont capables de briser brutalement la barrière.
‘We now know that they are capable of brutally breaking the fence.’
Ich hatte erwartet, dass sie erst mal Ruhe geben, bis die Wunden verheilt sind.
‘I had expected that they would keep quiet for now, until the wounds healed.’
家畜にするため毒腺を切ったから、傷が治るまで、しばらく大人しいと思ってたのに。
‘We cut out their poison glands to domesticate them, so I thought they'd stay quiet for a while until the wounds healed.’
English worries they're defenseless in the wild; French notes they can smash the fence.
English worries they're defenseless in the wild; German expected them to stay quiet until their wounds healed.
English worries they're defenseless in the wild; Japanese expected them to stay quiet until their wounds healed.
And now my dodos have a mommy/another daddy!
Laisse-moi surtout te féliciter pour l'admirable adresse que tu as démontrée pour manipuler les animaux malins.
‘Above all, let me congratulate you on the admirable skill you showed in handling the clever animals.’
Du stellst dich wirklich geschickt an im Umgang mit unseren Tieren.
‘You are really skillful in handling our animals.’
それにしても、大した手際だな。
‘Anyway, that was quite some skill.’
シープにしてもドードーにしても、あんたの前じゃ簡単に大人しくなっちまうとは……。
‘Whether it's the sheep or the dodos, they settle right down in front of you...’
English jokes his dodos now have a mommy or another daddy; French praises your skill with the animals.
English jokes his dodos now have a mommy or another daddy; German praises your skill with their animals.
English jokes his dodos now have a mommy or another daddy; Japanese praises your skill instead.
Japanese praises your knack with both sheep and dodos; English jokes the dodos have a second parent.
You'll stay around and look after my babies, won't you? At least until they're ripe for slaughter?
なぁ、この農場でずっと働かないか？あんたがいてくれりゃあ、100人力なんだがなぁ。
‘Say, why don't you stay and work on this farm for good? With you around, it'd be like having a hundred extra hands.’
The English Moegramm only wants you to mind his 'babies' until the slaughter.
You'll stay around and look after my babies, won't you? At least until they're ripe for slaughter?
Du würdest eine ausgezeichnete Dodo-Hirtin/einen ausgezeichneten Dodo-Hirten abgeben.
‘You would make an excellent dodo herder.’
あんたがいてくれりゃあ、100人力なんだがなぁ。
‘If you were here, it'd be like having a hundred men.’
English jokes about keeping you until his babies are ripe for slaughter; German says you'd make an excellent dodo herder.
English jokes about keeping you until his babies are ripe for slaughter; Japanese says you'd be worth a hundred hands.
You'll stay around and look after my babies, won't you? At least until they're ripe for slaughter?
Mon ami(e), notre métairie mériterait bien de braves bras comme les tiens.
‘My friend, our stead could well do with brave arms like yours.’
Wenn du genug vom Leben als Abenteurerin/Abenteurer hast, stelle ich dich fest ein.
‘If you have had enough of life as an adventurer, I'll take you on permanently.’
なぁ、この農場でずっと働かないか？
‘Say, won't you work on this farm for good?’
French makes a plain job offer; English adds the dark joke of minding the "babies" until slaughter.
German offers you a permanent job as dodo herder; English jokes about babysitting them until slaughter.
Japanese offers permanent work, saying you'd be worth a hundred men; English jokes about slaughter.
Highlighted words have a note: click one to open it under the line.
They may call it the “Red Rooster” Stead, but make no mistake─dodos are the birds that keep this stead steady.
Hier an der Gockelburg haben wir viel Erfahrung mit der Haltung von Dodos.
‘Here at Rooster Castle we have a lot of experience keeping dodos.’
The name, „die Gockelburg“, comes from Gockel, 'rooster', and Burg, 'castle'. The red is gone, and the farm becomes a castle.
Tu es viendu(e) admirer notre élevage de dodos dodus, dis donc ?
‘Did you come to admire our breeding of plump dodos, then?’
Japaneseこのレッドルースター農場では、ドードーの飼育も大々的に手がけてるんだ。
‘Here at the Red Rooster farm, we also raise dodos on a large scale.’
English puns that dodos keep this stead steady; French plays on "dodos dodus", plump dodos.
English puns that dodos keep this stead steady; Japanese says the farm also raises dodos on a large scale.
Nicht zu vergleichen mit gewöhnlichen Hühnerprodukten.
‘Not to be compared with ordinary chicken products.’
German says dodo meat and eggs beat ordinary chicken; English jokes that dodos, not roosters, keep the stead steady.
Those sweet and tender eggs! That succulent meat! So long as you remove a dodoling's poison glands, you're in for some scrumptious and healthy poultry.
Das erlaubt uns, sie gefahrlos aufzuziehen.
‘That allows us to raise them without danger.’
Japanese有毒なブレスを作る「毒腺」って器官さえ、幼鳥の時に取っちまえば、安全に飼育もできるしな。
‘As long as you remove the organ called the "poison gland" that makes their toxic breath while they're chicks, you can raise them safely too.’
English says removing the glands means scrumptious, healthy poultry; German says it lets them raise dodos safely.
English says removing the glands means scrumptious, healthy poultry; Japanese says it lets them raise dodos safely.
They're so delicious, I have to remind myself some birds just aren't meant to be caged. Or perhaps I don't. Talk to X'payan and see if we can't return those exquisite creatures to their pen.
Nos dodos dociles ont déguerpi !
‘Our docile dodos have bolted!’
GermanAber jetzt sind die kostbaren Dodos auf und davon!
‘But now the precious dodos have run off!’
Japaneseだが、その大事なドードーが逃げちまったんだ。
‘But those precious dodos have run away.’
English jokes some birds aren't meant to be caged, then takes it back; French says their docile dodos have bolted.
English jokes some birds aren't meant to be caged, then takes it back; German says the precious dodos have run off.
English jokes some birds aren't meant to be caged, then takes it back; Japanese says the precious dodos have run away.
Am I ever pleased to see you! I was about to cry “fowl,” but with your help we can round them up.
Tu es venu(e) m'aider à capturrrer les dodos qui se sont enfuis ?
‘You came to help me capture the dodos that ran off?’
X'payan rolls her r's in almost every line. In English she has no accent.
Those dim-witted dodos pecked through the fencing and flew the coop! Er, fled the coop. Luckily, they know better than to leave the Stead.
X'payan makes bird puns. She nearly cries 'fowl', a play on cry foul. Then she changes 'flew the coop' to 'fled the coop'. This is because dodos, like the real extinct bird, cannot fly.
Comme personne ne les a vus sortir de la métairie, ils se cachent sûrement quelque parrrt dans le coin.
‘As nobody saw them leave the farm, they're surely hiding somewhere around here.’
GermanDer Wächter am Tor hat sie nicht gesehen, deswegen müssten sie eigentlich noch auf dem Gelände der Gockelburg sein.
‘The guard at the gate didn't see them, so they should still be on Gockelburg's grounds.’
Japanese門番さんは見てないって言ってるから、農場のどこかにいるんだろうけど……。
‘The gatekeeper says he didn't see them, so they must be somewhere on the farm, but...’
English says the dodos know better than to leave the Stead; French says nobody saw them leave the farm.
English says the dodos know better than to leave the Stead; German says the gate guard didn't see them.
English says the dodos know better than to leave the Stead; Japanese says the gatekeeper didn't see them.
There are three bolting dodos in all. If you spot one, just throw one of these dodo-sized sacks over its head.
Once you've caught all the birds, would you mind leaving them in Moegramm's care? I need to repair the fencing before we can return them to this enclosure, you see.
I've heard everything! Hand me the dodos!
Oh, my precious darlings! Without their poison breath, they're defenseless out in the wild! Daddy dodo gets so worried...
Mais crois-moi, ces vilains volatiles voyous ne nous auront plus !
‘But believe me, these naughty hooligan birds won't get the better of us again!’
GermanDas sind ja ein paar Unruhestifter!
‘What a bunch of troublemakers!’
Japaneseまったく、とんだ暴れん坊だぜ。
‘Honestly, they're real rowdy ones.’
English dotes on his precious darlings; French calls them naughty hooligan birds.
English dotes on his precious darlings; German calls them troublemakers.
English dotes on his precious darlings; Japanese calls them real rowdies.
Nous savons maintenant qu'ils sont capables de briser brutalement la barrière.
‘We now know that they are capable of brutally breaking the fence.’
GermanIch hatte erwartet, dass sie erst mal Ruhe geben, bis die Wunden verheilt sind.
‘I had expected that they would keep quiet for now, until the wounds healed.’
Japanese家畜にするため毒腺を切ったから、傷が治るまで、しばらく大人しいと思ってたのに。
‘We cut out their poison glands to domesticate them, so I thought they'd stay quiet for a while until the wounds healed.’
English worries they're defenseless in the wild; French notes they can smash the fence.
English worries they're defenseless in the wild; German expected them to stay quiet until their wounds healed.
English worries they're defenseless in the wild; Japanese expected them to stay quiet until their wounds healed.
And now my dodos have a mommy/another daddy!
Laisse-moi surtout te féliciter pour l'admirable adresse que tu as démontrée pour manipuler les animaux malins.
‘Above all, let me congratulate you on the admirable skill you showed in handling the clever animals.’
GermanDu stellst dich wirklich geschickt an im Umgang mit unseren Tieren.
‘You are really skillful in handling our animals.’
Japaneseそれにしても、大した手際だな。
‘Anyway, that was quite some skill.’
Japaneseシープにしてもドードーにしても、あんたの前じゃ簡単に大人しくなっちまうとは……。
‘Whether it's the sheep or the dodos, they settle right down in front of you...’
English jokes his dodos now have a mommy or another daddy; French praises your skill with the animals.
English jokes his dodos now have a mommy or another daddy; German praises your skill with their animals.
English jokes his dodos now have a mommy or another daddy; Japanese praises your skill instead.
Japanese praises your knack with both sheep and dodos; English jokes the dodos have a second parent.
You'll stay around and look after my babies, won't you? At least until they're ripe for slaughter?
Moegramm talks sweetly about his precious 'babies' all through the quest. The very last line shows why he loves them so much.
なぁ、この農場でずっと働かないか？あんたがいてくれりゃあ、100人力なんだがなぁ。
‘Say, why don't you stay and work on this farm for good? With you around, it'd be like having a hundred extra hands.’
The English Moegramm only wants you to mind his 'babies' until the slaughter.
Du würdest eine ausgezeichnete Dodo-Hirtin/einen ausgezeichneten Dodo-Hirten abgeben.
‘You would make an excellent dodo herder.’
Japaneseあんたがいてくれりゃあ、100人力なんだがなぁ。
‘If you were here, it'd be like having a hundred men.’
English jokes about keeping you until his babies are ripe for slaughter; German says you'd make an excellent dodo herder.
English jokes about keeping you until his babies are ripe for slaughter; Japanese says you'd be worth a hundred hands.
Mon ami(e), notre métairie mériterait bien de braves bras comme les tiens.
‘My friend, our stead could well do with brave arms like yours.’
GermanWenn du genug vom Leben als Abenteurerin/Abenteurer hast, stelle ich dich fest ein.
‘If you have had enough of life as an adventurer, I'll take you on permanently.’
Japaneseなぁ、この農場でずっと働かないか？
‘Say, won't you work on this farm for good?’
French makes a plain job offer; English adds the dark joke of minding the "babies" until slaughter.
German offers you a permanent job as dodo herder; English jokes about babysitting them until slaughter.
Japanese offers permanent work, saying you'd be worth a hundred men; English jokes about slaughter.
keeps his sheep and dodos there, the kobold chain is set around it, and Moegramm's warning starts Kobolds Ahoy.'s dodos (Much Ado About Dodos) and Lyulf
's plan at Swiftperch both depend on removing the dodo's poison glands.